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District of Columbia Office on Aging - AFB Directory Profile
General Information
District of Columbia Office on Aging
500 K Street, NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202) 724-5622 (Local)
(202) 724-4979 (Fax)
Brief Description
DCOA is committed to serving our elderly.
Hours of operation: Mon.-Fri. 8:15 AM-4:45 PM.
Geographic area served: Washington, DC.
Publications: Senior Yellow Pages, Senior Service Network Directory, State Plan on Aging, Caregivers Resource Directory, Spotlight on Aging Newsletter.
Laura Newland, Executive Director
Services Offered
Services for Adults
- Computer Training/Assistive Technology
- Provides computer training for seniors.
- Counseling
- Provides counseling and social services to seniors.
- Financial Assistance
- Funds and administers a network of services for seniors including an independent living program and other programs for blind or visually impaired seniors.
- Information and Referral
- Refers to other community-based aging services and provides information on issues relevant to seniors in District of Columbia. Provides referrals to Area Agencies on Aging and provides services funded and administered by Office on Aging.


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Electrifying your transportation.
Our world is moving toward sustainability, and Canada is a global leader in targeting sustainable development goals. With goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and rely on environmentally responsible fuel sources, electric vehicles (EVs) are the future of green transportation.
EV adoption is a prerequisite to meeting greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and achieving a sustainable future. AES specializes in the design of EV charging systems, and has been involved in:
Design of numerous EV charging systems for both residential and commercial facilities
Development of EV charging requirements with municipalities
Research projects on EV charging systems
Pilot projects for EV charging systems
Initiation of electrical code changes to facilitate efficient EV charging system design
Development of EV charging guides, which have been widely disseminated
Participation in the "EV charging industry" with regular communications with like-minded companies and organizations

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ok, has it really been almost a month since i've been here? where does the time go? ugh! i don't know, but i realized the other day that it does go and does go by fast. why did i realize this? let me tell you. i love taking pictures of my kiddo's and the places we go and things we do. i started out taking pics with a litte point and shoot canon elph. it's a good little camera, small enough to store away in one of the pockets in my back pack (keep this in mind for later). then, right before we had garrett we got a fancier camera, the canon T rebel 1i. it's not a professional camera, but it's good enough for what i need and like to do. (though, i would like a new and better lense, but that means more $$$). but then, i got an iphone. totally changes everything. it's small, i have it on me at all times, and it has cool apps that will make my pictures look better than i probably ever could. (can you tell i like to take the easy route sometimes? it's bad, but i have to admit i do.) point is, i use it all the time now and sometimes i don't even take out the other two cameras that i own. for instance, remember i told you i like my elph because it fits so well in the little pockets of my back pack? well, it's been there since january. i usually forget that i have it in their (panic because i think i lost it), then i take the kiddo's to disneyland or somewhere and i find it (yeah, i didn't lose it), and then i shove it back into the back pack, until the next time and repeat that same process. well, good news! i didn't lose my camera, i found it on father's day when we were at the beach. i also found a ton of pictures on it back from january - may. here are some of my favorites...
knott's berry farm
the kiddo's first trip to knott's berry farm.
my girl performed on the stage at knott's for her dance class. she's a snowflake.
this was garrett's most favorite ride in the park. (see him back in the blue car)
couldn't pass up a picture with the ladies. my sister and i always took our pictures with these two.
on the river boat with garrett.
he really wanted me to take a picture of him like this. (?)
father's day
the mister back on a boogie.
my little beach bum.
p.s. there was a ton more photos, but really it could get ridiculous if i posted all of the ones i wanted to.


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Why join?
NCIC seeks to be a platform that promotes dialogue and facilitates co-operation among Muslim organizations, and encourages active engagement in the larger civic society. Through this construct, Muslim businesses and organizations are represented in unified voice serving the the consensus of the community at-large.
Membership Benefits Include:
- Peace-of-mind: Knowing you are part of an actively unified engagement of civic society, establishing a platform for Muslim communities to thrive and collaborate as one.
- Events Listing: The NCIC online platform is incorporated with a thorough and efficient community event calendar to promote and house community-wide gatherings. Members have the option of manually adding their own events or allowing us to automatically pull it from the organization's Facebook page.
- Community Directory: As part of the online platform, we are constructing a Muslim directory of businesses and organizations as a resource for community growth and self-sufficiency.
- News: Have some news? Wanna save a date? Let us know, we will make sure to feature it online and in our reach via our monthly newsletters.


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Once upon a time, my family and I were all home for the holidays. My parents had to go to a party for the evening, leaving us kids to fend for ourselves for dinner. Mom felt so bad for us that she made an entire crockpot of meatballs in bbq sauce, because children in their late 20's are obviously unable to feed themselves. This led to us eating an entire crockpot full of meatballs in bbq sauce. What was such a happy day quickly took a turn for the worse, as I soon felt about as bad as one person with 2 quarts of meatballs in their stomach can feel. I spent the rest of the evening feeling terribly unpleasant and moaning softly from my fetal position on the couch, "Toooo many meeeeeaaatbaaaalllls…." I vowed then and there never to recreate that experience.
…until I found today's recipe of the day. Ok, seriously, I would singlehandedly devour every cheesy meatball on that plate, smacking the hands of anyone that tried to get too close. They look positively delicious and the secret ingredient is Bisquick. Who knew?
In starting out with my recipe-a-day until the New Year, here is the recipe from The Cutting Edge of Ordinary (this is a great blog, read it!):
Cheese & Garlic Sausage Balls
– recipe from Lisa@The Cutting Edge of Ordinary
1 (7.75 ounces)package Bisquick Complete Cheese-Garlic Biscuit mix
1 pound ground pork sausage (I used sage flavored)
1 cup sharp shredded cheddar cheese
1 egg
2 tablespoons chopped chives (optional)
Oven to 350.
Let the sausage sit out for a half hour to come to room temperature. This makes it easier to mix. Combine the sausage and biscuit mix. Add in the egg and mix (with your fingers) to combine. Mix in the cheese and chives. Form into walnut size balls and place on a baking sheet lined with no-stick foil. Bake 20 – 25 minutes or until cooked through.
Serve with dipping sauce of your choice.


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With everything from bank-mandated home inspections and mysterious last-minute counter offers to unexpected spikes in closing costs, buying real estate can drive you crazy if you're not properly informed on how the market operates. Read this article full of real estate-buying tips so you understand how to effectively purchase property.
When you enter the arena of real estate purchasing, be wary of mortgages with balloon payments. Balloon payments are surprisingly large payments the mortgage owner is required to make at the end of the loan term. They are ethically doubtful, and they usually indicate that the loan provider is unscrupulous. When you identify balloon payments, stay away!
When you are buying a home from things like auctions and short sale places you should "play the field". You should be looking at several homes at once because you never know when someone will bid a bit more than you and take it. Many short sales don't end up working out so if you keep a eye on several homes and one falls through you may be able to swoop in and get it for a even better price.
Be aware of the homeowner's responsibilities that may come with a new piece of real estate. Especially in expensive neighborhoods, buying property may require a homeowner to submit to extensive regulations about how his or her home is to be maintained and treated. A homeowners' association usually has such regulations. Potential buyers should review these requirements carefully before making a decision.
As the government is subsidizing your home purchase, buying a home not only provides housing to you and your family, but it has tax advantages too. All of the property taxes and mortgage interest you pay on the property can be deducted from your gross income, which may significantly reduce your taxable income.
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To avoid committing to more than you can handle, it is advisable to have an appraiser take a look at any properties you intend to purchase, especially fixer-uppers or foreclosed homes. This can save you from purchasing a house that has non-visible damage, such as a problematic foundation or a HVAC system that requires replacing.
If you are buying a foreclosed home, you should assume that it will need repairs. Most foreclosed homes may have been sitting vacant for some time before going up for sale, meaning that regular maintenance has not been done. Many foreclosed homes need a brand new HVAC system, and can have pests that need to be taken care of.
Avoid the craziness and keep your sanity by closely following the helpful and current tips that you have just read. As long as you can put these useful tips into action, you should be able to spot and take advantage of the best deals out there.


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In some cases, a DUI in Arizona may come with more than the consequence of fines and jail time. A DUI can also mean an ignition interlock device (commonly called IID) that you must use in your vehicle. In certain cases following a suspended or revoked driver's license, the device is mandatory. The device must be installed by the MVD (Motor Vehicle Division) authorized company. The IID is affixed to the ignition of a vehicle and is capable of testing the driver's blood alcohol level prior to starting the vehicle. The IID works in a fashion similar to that of a breathalyzer. The driver must blow into the machine (and continue to do so to keep the car in motion). If the IID senses alcohol in the driver's system, the car will either not start, or shut down if it is already running/in motion.
Not always will a DUI result in the required installation of an ignition interlock device. If your driving privilege is restricted after a DUI conviction, Arizona law requires you to install an ignition interlock. The Arizona law gives those who have the IID the ability to still operate a vehicle (as opposed to not being able to drive for an extended period of time). Arizona issues a special ignition interlock restricted driver's license for a driver required to use the device. You must pay the costs and maintenance of the device and provide proof of inspection at least ice every 90 days that the device is operating accurately. Any tampering of the device is reported when information is recorded by the certified ignition interlock. Tampering could result in an
extended period of time using the device.
The ignition interlock gets installed into the dashboard of your vehicle. Before your vehicle will start, you must breath into the device, and it will detect and analyze whether or not you have any alcohol in your system. The engine will not start if there is alcohol on your breath.
This law enforcing the use of ignition interlock devices applies to all vehicles. By definition, a vehicle is "a device in, on, or by which a person or property is or may be transported or drawn on a public highway…". So drivers of motorcycles and motor scooters would be affected by these DUI laws.
If you are caught driving under the influence on a motorcycle, you may lose both your vehicle driver's license and your motorcycle license. Arizona law uses "license" meaning ANY license or temporary permit that has been issued in Arizona, or any other state. The ignition interlock would be installed on any and every vehicle that you operate, including a motorcycle.
Arizona has strict enforcement and regularly performs unannounced checks of the IDDs, especially in cases where warranted. Arizona is one of the safest states in regards to enforcement of alcohol impaired driving. Contact our Arizona DUI Lawyer today!
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Velvety, creamy custard is a rich treat.
Custard traces its history back to the Romans, who discovered that eggs would bind things and firm up when cooked. They made all kinds of fillings using custards and flans, from sweet to savory (eel flan, anyone?). As the Romans travelled, they took their cooking customs with them and so spread the different types of custards that we have today, the saucy kinds added to pastries or trifles to the firm baked custard desserts. It's generally agreed that the dessert custards we know today came from the Middle Ages and were perfected in the last two centuries as ovens and cooking techniques have evolved and become more sophisticated.
Before I jump into the basic recipe for baking a custard, you may want to check out Vechey's Effortless Gourmet, because not only does she have great ideas for meals, she has a Starfruit Blackberry Topping recipe as part of a dessert course. That sounds like something that would be an amazing accompaniment to a basic baked custard.
The Basics
What makes a custard, well, custardy are eggs. It's possible to add things to cream like flour or cornstarch to create a thickened sauce but if eggs are absent then it isn't really a custard. Whole eggs and milk are heated until thickened. It is important, though, to not just let the eggs cook, because then it becomes a rubbery mess, like scrambled eggs in cream, and that's not a custard either.
Custard can be made with typical cooking implements, but you will need to make sure you have a deep enough baking dish and some small ramekins or bowls that will sit in a hot water bath, or bain-marie, as you bake it. If you don't have enough small bowls, then a one-dish custard is possible, provided you can fit the one dish into another for the hot water bath. For a one-dish custard, you'll need to increase the cooking time by about a half hour.
The reason for this hot water bath is to keep the milk from burning as it cooks. If it was merely put in a pan and baked, the mixture nearest the edges would cook and burn faster than the milk in the center, resulting in a creamy mess. The bain-marie will cook the custard gently without letting it heat up too quickly.
Despite the fact there are these technical needs it is actually very simple to make a baked custard.
Basic Recipe
Here's a basic recipe for a delicious baked custard.
You'll need:
- 3 eggs
- 2½ cups of milk, preferably whole, for that creamy goodness. Hopefully you weren't expecting something low fat here. If you do need a non-dairy substitute, almond milk works, too!
- ½ cup of sugar
- 1 tsp. of vanilla extract
- a dash of salt
And some nutmeg, if you like.
Pretty light on the ingredients, no? And it's also pretty easy to prepare.
Preheat your oven to 350º. Lightly grease your ramekins (or the tiny bowls you're using) and arrange them in the baking pan so that they are not touching each other. This is the set up for the hot water bath I mentioned before.
Heat your milk in a pot on the stove so that it's very hot, but not boiling. You want to make sure that you aren't burning your milk so don't just turn it on and walk away, keep an eye on it. When it starts to steam, that means it's ready.
While the milk is heating, go ahead and mix your eggs and the rest of the ingredients in a bowl (except the nutmeg, that will go last). Beat the mixture, but don't make it frothy, you just want to mix it up thoroughly.
Once that's mixed together and the milk is hot and steamy, you'll pour the hot milk into the egg mixture, slowly, stirring while you do.
Once that's all mixed, you'll want to put your pan onto the oven rack (pulled out of course), so you can do the next couple steps without sloshing stuff around.
You'll take the egg mixture and pour it into the bowls in the pan in equal amounts for each bowl. You can sprinkle the nutmeg on top.
Take very hot water (from the tap is ok) and pour it into the pan that's holding the ramekins and fill it till there's about ½ inch from the tops of the custard bowls. Don't pour the water into them! This is why you want to set up the pan on the rack first, so you won't need to move all that liquid around, risking potential spillage or mixing.
Once that's set up, you will cook them for 35-45 minutes. Check them and if a knife can be inserted and removed into the center of one of the custards without anything sticking to it, you'll know it's done. Take them out of the water, or else the temperature of it will keep cooking the custard. Set them aside and let them cool.
Et voila! You can serve them warm or refrigerate them for later.
If you'd like a few more pointers, the recipes I adapted this from have some excellent "expert" tips for future custards, too
While we don't have many custard specific classes here at Udemy, but there are a few cooking classes. You might get a kick out of Cook Like a Man. It presents a tasty menu, but sadly has no dessert portion for the class. Combine a creamy, delicious baked custard with his offerings of scampi and jambalaya, and you've got a guaranteed dinner to remember.
If desserts are your thing and you have a hankering to learn how to make more sweets, we have here a cooking baking course and a chocolate making course. Learn the Pastry Arts, cleverly subtitled The World of Cookies, has a whopping 13 cookie recipes included in the class, from checkerboard cookies to linzer cookies.
The Beginner's Course in Chocolate Making covers everything from what to shop for to how to prepare and store chocolate. With more courses promised, it looks like it will have a good line up of how-to's in store.


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will of raphe clifford of early, sunnige, berks yeoman.
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to my brother roger clifford
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mr humphrey fettyplace
john arderne, mrs margaret arderne
henry treadwell
nicholas bowell
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witnesses: john arderne, roger bracegirdle, john raycar, william pereson.
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It may be holiday season, but we've still found 22 free nonprofit webinars scheduled for December. This month's round-up includes webinars on topics such as: e-strategy for your nonprofit; perfect phrases for fundraising; nonprofit sustainability; the mobile revolution; engaging supporters with video; volunteer engagement; and much more.
Take a look through the webinar list below and share this with your friends and colleagues. You can also check back from time to time through the month to see if late-coming webinars have been added in the comments section, down below.
Be sure to let us know if there is a free nonprofit webinar that missed our list - include a comment with the details!
Here are the product webinars we're offering in December:
Getting Started With Your Wild Apricot Account
This webinar is designed to help you get started with your new Wild Apricot account. We'll cover basic features, such as:
If you have any questions, be sure to ask them in the Q&A session at the end!
This webinar will be offered on the following dates in December (click on the date to register):
Managing Your Membership Database in Wild Apricot
This free one-hour webinar offers an overview of the membership database portion of Wild Apricot software, including:
This webinar will be offered on the following date (click on the date to register):
Managing Events in Wild Apricot
Feel like you could be doing more to promote your events? In this webinar we'll teach you how to use all the features of Wild Apricot to publish and promote your events. In this webinar we'll cover:
This webinar will be offered on the following date (click on the date to register):
Setting Up Your Wild Apricot Website
Want to know more about how to customize your Wild Apricot website? Topics will include:
This webinar will be offered on the following date (click on the date to register):
Grantseeking Basics
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Eastern)
Are you a representative of a nonprofit organization? Are you new to fundraising? Do you want to learn how the funding research process works, and what tools and resources are available? Learn how to become a better grantseeker in this Foundation Center webinar. This session will cover: what you need to have in place before you seek a grant; the world of grantmakers; the grantseeking process; and available tools and resources.
Create a Story and Tell it Too: Engaging Supporters With Online Video
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Eastern)
Video is the most powerful media tool for telling your organization's story online. Your moving narrative and your complex issue can be communicated more clearly and with more impact using sight, sound and motion. The experts in fundraising and advocacy understand this, but how can any sized nonprofit benefit from these insights? This session combines a little art & science: namely the art of video storytelling with the science of using your org's assets and existing channels to push your video stories to those who need to see them. Expect to see some great examples of nonprofit video, learn the fundamentals of translating your story to video, and review great new (and some old) tools for online video distribution.
Takeaways from this NonprofitWebinars.com session include:
Making Volunteer Engagement Everyone's Job
Tuesday, 4 December 2012
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern)
Too often engaging volunteers falls to the volunteer program manager, and it's not uncommon to hear the phrase "your volunteers" used in organizations. How do you make volunteer engagement everyone's job? This VolunteerMatch webinar will provide you with the tools to become an advocate for volunteer engagement. Learn how to create a step by step communication plan to reinforce the importance of volunteer engagement to important stakeholders within your organization.
Nonprofit Sustainability: Building Blocks to Organizational Success
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Eastern)
Learn how to enhance your organization's competitiveness and strengthen its financial health. Sustainability is a popular but often misunderstood buzzword in our sector. Nonprofit sustainability means more than just generating enough money to keep our organization afloat. In this class we will begin with the definition of nonprofit sustainability, and then we will cover each of the four key elements that contribute to long-term sustainability for an organization. Learn what you can do to increase your organization's competitiveness and strengthen its financial health in the current economic climate.
This Foundation Center webinar will cover:
4 Simple Steps to Raising All the Money Your Nonprofit Needs
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Eastern)
In the world of the nonprofit, it's all about fundraising. But it shouldn't be all about you! For too long, nonprofit staff have focused their fundraising efforts on the organization's needs, while donors have become savvy and are more interested in outcomes and how you'll use their gift than ever before. The techniques that worked years ago don't work anymore. In this webinar, you'll learn the donor-based fundraising techniques that ARE working. We'll cover the 4 simple steps that you can follow to effectively raise those much-needed operating dollars for your nonprofit. You'll get practical information that you can implement right away and take advantage of the end-of-year fundraising time.
Wednesday, 5 December 2012
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern)
Are you modeling the volunteer engagement you want for your organization in your own program? Stop just talking the talk and start walking the walk! Learn how to effectively delegate volunteer engagement and management work to volunteers so you have the opportunity to "think bigger." This VolunteerMatch webinar will discuss evaluating your program for volunteer engagement, determining how best to use volunteers, creating a communication plan, screening and training volunteers to be an important part of your volunteer recruiting, retention and recognition plans. Sample VolunteerMatch listings and position descriptions for key positions will be provided.
Where do I go from here? Evolving Your Volunteer Program for More Involvement
Thursday, 6 December 2012
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern)
How long do volunteers usually stay with your program? Do you struggle with keeping them interested, involved and engaged? This VolunteerMatch webinar will help you think about new strategies and help you evolve your program to include new roles and responsibilities for volunteers, pathways for more involvement and leadership positions in your program, how recognition plays a role in retention, and the importance of including continuing education and professional development to keep your volunteers engaged. Tools to help you evaluate your program implement new ideas will be provided.
Text to Donate and the Mobile Revolution
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Eastern)
It is no secret that the future of mobile communications is here now, and those who do not embrace it will be left in the dust. But figuring out how to enter the game and get the best ROI can be intimidating at best. This session, which focuses on mobile fundraising will dissect both traditional (Red Cross type) and grassroots style text to donate campaigns, and talk about the pros and cons of each. It will also present a couple case studies in which nonprofit organizations successfully used text messaging for fundraising and to advance their organizational goals. There will be ample time for Q&A and an interactive group brainstorm on how participants can make their entrance into the mobile revolution.
Before You Seek a Grant: A Checklist for New Nonprofits
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Eastern)
Learn the characteristics of effective nonprofits and assess whether yours is ready for foundation fundraising. This Foundation Center webinar is designed for new nonprofits or community groups with very little experience in grantseeking. We focus specifically on foundation fundraising.
This webinar will address questions such as:
Creating a Comprehensive and Engaging Volunteer Training Program
Tuesday, 11 December 2012
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern)
What do you volunteers need to know to be successful? This VolunteerMatch webinar will start with the basics and help you understand how to determine what information you should be sharing with your volunteers, and how that can be used to create a curriculum. We'll then discuss how to present this information in a variety of ways using different delivery methods that appeal to adult learners. Assessing what your volunteers have learned, and creating ongoing training and professional development training for your volunteers will also be covered.
Perfect Phrases for Fundraising
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM (Eastern)
In this NonprofitWebinars.com session, Dr. Beverly A. Browning, author of Perfect Phrases for Fundraising will discuss how to use THE RIGHT PHRASE FOR EVERY SITUATION . . . EVERY TIME. Using precise language in a fundraising campaign is an absolute must. The words you choose can make the difference between having your appeal read . . . or tossed. Learn how to craft a message that recipients will read and respond to. The author will share her time-saving tips, message-crafting strategies and ready-to-use phrases for getting results in any campaign.
How to Approach a Foundation
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Eastern)
Learn how to build relationships with foundation prospects and prepare for calls and meetings with funders. From initial contact to getting funded, following field-tested best practices will increase your chances of getting the grant. This Foundation Center webinar will cover:
Please note: Prior attendance at Grantseeking Basics is strongly recommended.
An Introduction to Raising More Money Without Asking
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
11:00 AM – 11:45 AM (Eastern)
This CharityHowTo webinar will provide you with valuable takeaways and new insights about how to raise more money without asking. To change people's actions your communication must change. This session will give you fun, new ideas about how to talk about your fundraising needs and will cover:
You Got the Grant! Now What?
Thursday, 13 December 2012
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM (Eastern)
Learn best practices in reporting and communicating to deepen relationships with foundations. This Foundation Center webinar is designed to help you successfully manage life after the grant. You will learn about the best practices in managing the reports and the communication required to build long term partnerships with foundations, ultimately leading to more opportunities for support. Topics will include:
e-Strategy for Your Nonprofit
Monday, 17 December 2012
10:00 AM – 10:30 AM (Pacific)
This Charityfinders.com webinar shows how your nonprofit can develop and execute an Internet strategy to further its mission. You'll examine how nonprofits are using the Internet, how they'd like to be using the Internet, and how they should be using the Internet – and how to bridge that significant gap easily and quickly. You'll learn how to drive more traffic to and fundraising through your site. We'll give specific suggestions on how you can improve your website so it will offer lots for your website visitors to SEE and lots for them to DO.
Proposal Writing Basics
Thursday, 20 December 2012
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM (Eastern)
Learn the key components of a proposal to a foundation. For those new to proposal writing, this Foundation Center webinar will cover:
This round-up of free non-profit webinars is a regular monthly feature compiled by the Wild Apricot Blog. Subscribe by RSS or get updates by email and be sure to catch next month's webinars, as well as other great resources for associations and non-profits.
If your organization offers a free webinar that would be of interest to non-profit, membership or volunteer-based organizations and you want to include it in next month's post, please email an overview (like those above) to email@example.com no later than December 15th.
And, as always, if you know of a free webinar that we've missed for this month -- please share the details in the comments section below - but please provide only a brief overview!


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Carbs: 28.2g | Fat: 15.9g | Fiber: 10.6g | Protein: 21.7g | Calories: 336.5
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this snack is very satisfying. you can add lettuce and tomatoes. make more than one for it to be a meal. this will really take the edge off your hunger till dinner, or is good for a packed lunch. easy to make for the whole family.Submitted by 7KELLISON
Carbs: 23.5g | Fat: 4.8g | Fiber: 7g | Protein: 18.5g | Calories: 187.5
South Beach Chock-Full-Of-Veggies Chili (Phase 1)
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Carbs: 53.2g | Fat: 5.2g | Fiber: 17.2g | Protein: 15.8g | Calories: 307.9
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Ben Peetermans
Ben has had a passion for website design, graphic design and online user experience since childhood. He is thrilled to be able to fulfill his dream, working both as part of teams and as an individual to create solutions for clients in over 14 different countries.
Specializing in a number of Adobe products, software and platforms, Ben offers a wide range of solutions which in most cases would require multiple professionals to get the job done.
Website design, WordPress development, implementing mobile friendly solutions, eCommerce management, eCommerce conversion increase and on-site SEO are just a few of the many services Ben provides.
Aside from his technical knowledge, Ben has a broad skill set which includes the ability to be observant, collaborate idea's and manage large projects.
He is very dedicated to his work and will always put client satisfaction first.
With eight years of experience under his belt, Ben now sees himself as a business partner to his clients, not just as a one-time service provider and prides himself on building lasting relationships.
Outside of the office, Ben enjoys nothing more than spending time with his wife and pursuing his love of the great outdoors. From fishing, kayaking and boating, to watching the sun set over the Florida ocean, Ben gains great balance from the serenity afforded by his downtime.


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December 5, 1995, Section B, Page 16Buy Reprints
With their pursuit of first baseman Tino Martinez stalled because they removed third baseman Russ Davis from the discussions, the Yankees have angered the Seattle Mariners and are considering other options in securing a replacement for Don Mattingly.
A Yankee executive said yesterday that the talks with the Mariners were "not dead." But a Mariner official said the only way to breathe life back into them was for New York to return Davis to the equation.
General Manager Bob Watson refused to reveal whether he would trade Davis and added intrigue to the muddled picture yesterday by speaking to the agents for three other free agents -- Mark Grace, B. J. Surhoff and Mickey Tettleton, all first base candidates.
"I'm patient," said Watson, scoffing at the notion that the Yankees are progressing slowly in their revamping under the new general manager. "When you're patient, you're more likely to get what you want."
The situation is so snarled, however, that the Yankees have not even officially announced Wade Boggs's agreement on a two-year contract with a club option for a third season. The return of Boggs at third base was expected to be the precursor to Martinez's arrival and the availability of Davis for the trade.
"I think that it's a matter of them getting back to us now," the Mariner official said. "When Davis was taken out, it changed everything."
Again Watson scoffed. "I think this whole thing has been blown out of proportion," he said. "We never had a deal. Seattle is one of a number of situations we are working on."
After days of negotiations with the Mariners involving the possibility of shipping Davis and the left-hander Sterling Hitchcock to Seattle for Martinez, the Yankees hedged when the trade grew to six players. Instead of Davis, Hitchcock and catcher Jorge Posada for Martinez, reliever Jeff Nelson and a minor leaguer, the Yankees wanted to remove Davis from the mix.
"I didn't like the idea that was proposed," Seattle General Manager Woody Woodward told The Associated Press, referring to what he termed the Yankee effort to trade Hitchcock and Posada for Martinez and reliever Bobby Ayala. Watson said of his dealings with Woodward, "We'll continue talking."
Gregg Clifton, Surhoff's agent, was talking with Watson yesterday. "They're very interested in B. J.," Clifton said of his client, who can play the outfield, third base and catcher, as well as first base. "There was a little hiatus in our conversations because the deal with Seattle was pending. I think now that the deal is quote-unquote dead, I think the matter could be expedited soon."
Clifton said the Florida Marlins had offered Surhoff a three-year contract but have not guaranteed that he would play every day. Surhoff, who batted .320 in 1995 for the Brewers, is open to handling different positions, but wants to be assured of playing regularly.
With a similar versatile player in Randy Velarde available to return to the Yankee family last month, Watson refused to promise a specific amount of playing time. Velarde, a free agent, then signed with the California Angels.
"B. J. was drafted out of high school by the Yankees," Clifton said of the player who was born in the Bronx and graduated from Rye High School in Westchester County. "I'm sure there are days that go by when he wishes he went in that direction. He's very desirous of playing in New York and being in a good situation. I think the Yankees would like us to make a demand. I'd rather see them make an offer."
FRED McGRIFF, perhaps the most attractive first baseman who was a free agent this off season, is no longer in the Yankee picture after re-signing with Atlanta on Saturday. The terms of the four-year deal announced yesterday guarantee the Braves' player $20.5 million. . . . The Yankees selected MARC RONAN, a Class AAA left-handing-hitting catcher, from Milwaukee for $50,000 and lost TIM RUMER, a Class AAA left-handed pitcher, to Oakland in yesterday's Rule V draft. Ronan hit .213 with Class AAA Louisville for St. Louis, JOE TORRE's former team, and was traded to the Brewers after the season. Rumer was 10-8 with a 5.22 e.r.a. at Class AAA Columbus. Both Ronan and Rumer must remain on the 25-man roster all season or they can be reclaimed by their former team for $25,000.


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WANTED: Business Model Innovators/
I would like to conduct a series of short video/phone-interviews with high profile business model innovators for the book project I'm working on. Then I could share them with you through the web...
Please send me some ideas of who I could/should interview. Even better, tell me how I can get in contact with that person (e.g. through your network). I'm looking for business model innovators (not mere innovators ;-) in any possible industry, such as pharma, banking, clothing, ... The requirement is that the person is in top management and his company has a certain size (and visibility)
- Niklas Zennström (or Janus Friis), KaZaA:Skype:Joost
- Michael Dell, Dell
- Stelios Haji-Ioannou, easyJet
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I would also be interested in getting your ideas on innovative business model examples in general. Particularly those with a turn-over of over 100 mio USD.
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: The Game of Life (09/11/08)
- TITLE: Not By Sight
By Holly Westefeld
"Good evening! Welcome to the first Sunday Fireside Fellowship of the fall. It's way too hot still for a crackling fire, but I trust that your testimonies of what God has done in your lives over the summer will warm all our hearts. Let's start with "My Life Is In You.""
"Heavenly Father, we thank You for the privilege of freely gathering here this evening to worship You. What a joy it is to raise our voices in praise and testimony to your goodness and faithfulness. As we begin a new school year, I ask that You would encourage us all in living by faith as Nicole shares her special insights this evening. In Jesus' precious name, amen."
Near the front, a girl with a long, honey-colored ponytail shifted her beanbag in order to face the rest of the group.
"Hi, everybody. I'm Nicole Nelson, and I'm a sophomore this year. I should have been a junior this year, except a drunk driver broadsided me on my way home from my high school graduation, so I took a year off to learn to read braille, to use a computer with screen-reading software, (imagine not being able to use a mouse,) and to travel with this." She held up a long white cane with reflective red tape.
"I didn't know Jesus then, just like all my "cool" friends who promptly forgot I existed." Nicole waved her hand toward a girl with russet ringlets. "But God sent Dana, an acquaintance, I am ashamed to admit, who I had joined my "friends" in snubbing. She invited me to the youth group at her church, where I came to know the One no one can see, but shows us His presence like the effects we can see, or feel, of the wind we cannot see either."
"For me, 2 Corinthians 5:7, "We live by faith, not by sight," seemed very literal."
"As Dana and others discipled me, however, I began to understand that self-reliance has absolutely nothing to do with sight. At first, I was scared to move without clinging to someone like a barnacle. Gradually, I learned how my senses of hearing, touch and smell could provide much of the information I had relied on vision to supply. Just for the record, I do not necessarily hear better than any of you, but I sure do pay attention to what I hear, which you may or may not do. Anyway, then I started learning to use a cane. It warns me of steps and obstacles, and helps me identify changes in surface--sidewalk and grass, tile and carpet, etc. I learned to detect whether traffic is parallel or perpendicular to me, and how traffic pattern sounds could tell me whether or not it is safe to cross. Pretty soon, I realized something about those arms I had adhered to so ferociously at first. Some I could trust completely, and others I had better keep my cane in my other hand. Now, accepting someone's arm to lead me, without cane in hand, is an act of faith, not fear. I must have faith that they will remember how far I extend from their side, so I don't get bruised, or worse, from bouncing off of posts, doorjambs and the like. I must trust that they will approach steps straight on, instead of at an angle that could cause me to trip because there is no warning of their arm moving up or down first. It's in my best interests, having decided that someone is trustworthy, to stay a step behind them so I can sense every motion, left, right, up, or down."
"Following Jesus in faith is much the same. It is not faith if I seek some means of sneaking a peek at the path ahead. It certainly isn't faith if I take off on my own, believing I know a better path than He does. And I am not wise to get out of step with Him so I cannot sense His leading. May we all strive this year to truly say, "My LIFE, (leader in faith everywhere,) Is In You.""
The rapt silence lingered for a few more seconds, then the lounge erupted in applause.
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Your Social Security number is one of the keys to your financial health. It's a unique indentifier lenders use to assess your creditworthiness. It's also exactly what a would-be thief needs to apply for a credit card, mortgage, car loan or job in your name.
If you're like most Americans, it's also something you give out all too frequently.
"As with so many procedures in the business world, your Social Security number is something that many companies ask for, so no one really questions it," says James Van Dyke, president of Javelin Strategy & Research, a research firm that tracks financial services topics. "But giving out your Social Security number is definitely a practice consumers should think twice about."


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With possibilities and entertainment, that is! I have this new addiction... it started about six weeks ago. I discovered Google Reader and then I started random clicking people's blogrolls. I now have about 75 blogs in there. The awesomeness is there is almost always something to read. But then comes the time when I can't read for a couple days and have 150 POSTS to read! Aaaagh! Today I finally finished reading them.
One of my new favorites is Sweetney's new Linkblog. It entertains me, while at the same time saving me the time of finding random internet awesomeness on my own. You should check it out. If you like cool stuff, that is. Maybe you will discover something like this:
I am SO there.


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The ability to clone a Prismic repository to development or staging environments is available on Enterprise tiers. Reach out to the Sales team to learn more.
Previewing a new collection of content
Previewing a new collection of content does not require a separate environment. Prismic provides tools to natively include the preview capability, directly configured on production environments. Read more about previews.
We recommend that editors always stick to the Production environment to experiment with new content sets. This will make their life easier, and developer's life as well: no need for content migrations from Dev to Production repositories.
However, if you need to make changes to your content model, you should consider using a separate environment.
Impacts of iterating on the content model
Understanding impacts of changing the Prismic Custom Types
When one changes the Custom Type configuration, this impacts the Prismic API responses. Depending on the stage of your project, you might be concerned about your API responses changing. For instance, if your project is in production, removing a field in the Custom Type might break your site.
Safely iterating on the model
When a team needs to make some changes to their Custom Type (adding or removing fields, creating new Slices, etc.), it is useful to have a separate clone of your production Prismic repository to safely make these changes.
Content model versioning
Iterating on the custom types model always implies changes in your templates' code. For instance, adding a field to the Prismic custom type requires an update on your code so that the new field's content can be displayed on your front-end.
That's why we recommend that any iteration on the custom types are versioned along with your code, so you know which Prismic configuration corresponds to which branch of your code.
You can easily track your custom type versions by versioning their JSON representation in a "Custom Types" folder of your application code repository.
Environment syncing
Let's assume you have to ship a new feature including changes in your custom types. First, safely test the content model changes on a separate Prismic environment which is linked to the corresponding branch of your code.
Test and validate the flow in the development or QA environment:
- Editing experience in Prismic
- Rendering and styling on your front application
Once this is validated, you're ready to merge this new model into your Prismic Production repository and start populating the new content.
We recommend that editors always use the Production environment to populate content. However, if you choose to create the new copies in a Dev repository, you can always use the Import/Export tools to move content to the Prod repo once the Custom Types have been updated.
To merge the new custom types into the Production repository:
- Replace the JSON representation with the new one
- Deploy the corresponding code (that includes templates changes)
As soon as you publish a document, the Prismic API response will include the new field's content.
Step by step illustrated workflow
The following illustrates a typical development workflow using several Prismic environments.
This might change depending on your particular development lifecycle, but that gives one example.
Preparing a code iteration involving changes in content schema
- Provision a new development repository by cloning the Prismic production repository (feature available on Platinum and Enterprise tiers)
- Modify the Custom Types (schema) in the development environment
- Version the Custom Type changes in your development code branch (we recommend creating a "Custom types" folder for that
- Developers preview and validate changes with the app's development environment (locally or deployed)
Deploying a stable pre-production environment for content editors to review the new feature
- Provision a pre-production Prismic repository by cloning the development repository
- Deploy the app on a pre-production environment, set the pre-production API endpoint
- Developers can continue iterating in the development environment
- Approved iterations can be easily pushed to the pre-production Prismic repository
Merging content model changes into the production Prismic repository
- Synchronize the custom type changes into the Prismic production repository
- Merge the new code into your Master code branch
Synchronization is about promoting configuration and content changes from the development (or staging) environment to the production repository:
- Custom Types (configuration): The sync is achieved by copying the JSON representation of the Custom Type in the dev environment, and pasting it into the production repo.
- Content: If you have created content into the development or staging environment, you can use the Export/Import feature to migrate it to the production environment. The content will be imported into a Content Release within the production repository. This way you can make a final verification (using the Preview function) before publishing it live.


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This week everything I have ever learned about shoemaking has been stood on its head as I took on the challenge of replicating a particular finish on a customer's boots. The customer is very keen that they should be as close a replica as possible and everything about these boots totally goes against the norm. (I know, I know - what were we thinking!)
Anyway, where sole edges should be sharp and square, they are round; where the heels should be smooth they are dented; and where our usual finish is waxed and smooth, although high-shine the texture underneath is raw.
The boots' journey started with the channelled soles...
For now I'm sharing the trials and tribulations of shaping the heels. As you'll have seen last week, I kept the welt full, under-welted with my sole stitches and then sunk the stitches in a channel on the underside of the sole. (The fore part will be covered by a thick rubber mid sole).
With the split lifts in place, I contemplated how best to recreate and colour the heels. We spent some time earlier in the week mixing a variety of dyes to paint onto the edges and also soaking the heel lifts in baths of dye. much was to no avail - the dye penetrated the surface but did not soak into the leather as we wanted despite glassing the surface. Water based dyes were more successful, but still the results were not ideal.
I got one heel built, but unfortunately it turned out the lifts compressed too much and looked a little too thin.
Disappointed, I pulled the heel off and started again, this time with thin heel lifts. Rather than cut each lift into sections I left them whole aiming to use a screwdriver blade to recreate the dents in the surface where the sections would join.
Although these lifts are a little thicker looking than in the original, the overall result is more successful and will be stronger longer term. At this point I was in two minds whether to rasp, glass and sand as usual. I decided to go ahead as usual. However, when I inked and polished the lifts the end result was too pale and blended; too neat a finish from the original.
Today I will be re-glassing and then staining the lifts darker to see if that will improve things. Fingers crossed.
And that, fellow shoemakers, is what they call 'a cliffhanger'! To find out how they turn out, tune in again next week. Until then happy shoemaking!


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The Grand Saline Sun (Grand Saline, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 20, 1951
Description: Weekly newspaper from Grand Saline, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: December 20, 1951
Creator: Harle, Neil
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This week we received a certificate from the mayor of La Concepción to give recognition to CIELO de Amor as a legal organization for the municipality. It's a great milestone for CIELO de Amor. CIELO de Amor became a legal organization in La Concepción last February. With facilitation by a lawyer we created our mission, vision, and family members elected six local people for the board of directors, including staff and a parent. Now we are official!
As a result of the recognition by the mayor, we received a visit from five board members of the local commission for health. They were very impressed with the services we are providing and offered to help us in any way they could. Liseth informed them families have a need to access affordable medicine, for example Maria Jose has not been able to get the medication she needs for her seizures.
Ten children from a nearby school also visited us this week. They joined in our activities and learned about children with disabilities. We love to have visitors and it was an important and fun experience for everyone. We are as passionate about children learning about people with disabilities, as children with disabilities being included in their community. Speaking of which, we are also preparing to be in a community parade with other school children early September. The local food cooperative, and hardware store are generously donating funding so we can buy white shirts like all the other children have, and a banner is being made for us at a discounted rate. We are thrilled that the local community is coming to know and support CIELO de Amor and the services we provide.
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Major concerns for Shan State and the NLD-led Government
From 26-28 March 2016, the United Wa State Party/United Wa State Army (UWSP/UWSA) hosted an Ethnic Armed Organizations leaders' Summit at its headquarters in Panghsang, Wa Special Region. Present at the meeting were representatives from the Kachin Independence Organisation/Kachin Independence Army (KIO/KIA), Shan State Progress Party/Shan State Army (SSPP/SSA), Palaung State Liberation Front/Ta'ang National Liberation Army (PSLF/TNLA), the Kachin based United League for Arakan/Arakan Army (ULA/AA) and the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA).
While ostensibly organised by the UWSA to discuss the negotiating position of those groups present that did not sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement on 15 October, in reality, a major focus of attention was the continuing conflict between the TNLA and the Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army (RCSS/SSA), better known as the SSA-South. Conflict between the two groups erupted in Shan State on 27 November 2015 in Namhkam and Mantong townships, near the China border. Reports from the Ta'ang claim that members of the SSA-S had crossed into their areas, which they designate as Kyaukme, Namhsan, Mantong and Namkham townships, without seeking 'permission' a claim the RCSS has denied (See EBO Background Paper No.6 – A Disturbing Portent – Inter-ethnic tensions and the peace process).
While there is little doubt that a main area of discussion at the meeting was focussed on how to work with the new government, the summit also elevated the inclusion of the UWSA in the peace process. The UWSA had, over the years, attempted to move away from ethnic politics in relation to armed ethnic groups frequently claiming it already has an agreement it is happy with. After being told that if they did not sign the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) they would not be granted an autonomous state, a senior UWSA official apparently replied,
We have made a statement that we will not sign the NCA, because throughout the past 25 years there was no fighting between us . . . We have been staying in peace. There is no point in signing the NCA.
However, over the last couple of years, with fissures in the ethnic alliance United Nationalities Federal Council (UNFC), political dialogue in January 2016, and the inauguration of the new government, it has recalibrated its position and appears now to be seeking a much greater role among those ethnic organisations that have yet to sign a ceasefire agreement.
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11 Great Quotes By Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, generally regarded as the most significant heavyweight in the history of the sport. Early in his career, Ali was known for being an inspiring, controversial and polarizing figure both inside and outside the boxing ring. He is one of the most recognized sports figures of the past 100 years, crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC. He also wrote several best-selling books about his career, including The Greatest: My Own Story and The Soul of a Butterfly.
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We've made camera straps, but I've never touched my camera when it comes to DIY. Seriously, how could you DIY your camera? Well, I found a way (you knew I would) with a DIY lens cap. I think these would even make my brother smile and say cheese instead of making his usual silly face.
Supplies: Snap on lens Cap* Cricut vinyl (Happy note: Cricut vinyl is on sale through 3/4!) Cricut transfer tape (for "say cheese") Cricut Explore *We ordered a plain lens caps here. To determine what size you need you can find it by looking on your lens for the symbol Ø with a number next to it. This number is the size in millimeters of your filter threads, which is the size cap you need. This marking typically appears either on the rim of the front of your lens, or on the side of your lense barrel.
If you're using a Cricut Explore, use Cricut vinyl to create the camera lens caps. Directions are below. Otherwise, you could use an Exacto knife or punches to cut out the shapes that you want to create.
1. Open up Cricut Design Space and click "New Project" 2. Then click "insert images" 3. Search "donut" and find one that you like! (We used the donut part of Studio DIY's and created our own frosting.) 4. Then click "insert image" 5. After it's on your canvas, highlight the image and look at the bottom of your layers palate and click "ungroup." 6. Then delete the frosting layer. (This is what we did, but feel free to leave all of Studio DIY's donut - hers is so cute, but we had created our idea before hers was available, and then printed the day it became available, so we wanted to use part of hers and ours to see how it looked! Of course hers is amazing!) 7. Next click "upload image" and then find your frosting layer. We simply drew our sprinkles on with Sharpies since they would have been tiny little dots! Here's our file you can upload.
8. Next, measure the size of your lens cap and make your donut and frosting that size. 9. Then click the "Go" button and follow your on screen instructions.
To create the "Say Cheese" you would find a picture in Step 3 of cheese or cheese pizza or whatever cheese-y. Then use text and transfer tape to print & apply the words "Say Cheese."
It's as simple as that! And the results are fun and different, and just might make someone smile. If you make one of these camera lens caps (or your own version), be sure to tweet or Instagram us a picture. We'd love to see your creations.
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Life is about giving. Your talents, your knowledge, your love, your support. We all possess unique gifts to share and no gift is too small. Your time, too, is your gift. To share that time with someone you care about means something both to you and that person. Giving doesn't have to be an expensive gift or experience...giving can come in much simpler foods: a nod, a smile, a handshake, a hug, an ear to listen.
Be Good to Others
The golden rule is so ancient it's nearly forgotten: treat others the way you would like to be treated. Be warm, open and trusting, even when it's easier to be cold, hard or guarded. The energy you put out in this world will come back to you. To treat others with kindness and respect, even if you're not fond of them. Before doing so, though, it's impertinent to remember the next lesson...
Be Good to Yourself
Even when we're doing for others, we often forget to do for ourselves. To love ourselves; to find balance amongst our mind, body and soul. To treat ourselves - as we do others - with love and respect. Our external relationships are simply mirrors of our internal relationships with ourselves. Build a solid foundation for the relationship with yourself. It is, after all, one of the few, if only, relationships that will last throughout your entire lifetime!
Be Good to the Planet
Politics aside, there is no argument against the hard facts that we are rapidly depleting the Earth's beautiful and divine natural resources. Do your part, no matter how small, in making the world a better and safer place for future generations - like your children. Consume less, give more, become as green as possible. The closer you get to the Earth - and the more appreciation you have for it - the more grounded you'll become, mind, body and soul.
Accept that You Won't Please Everyone
No matter how much good you do in this world, let's face it: you won't please everyone. In fact, the more good you do, the more adversity you might find. Embrace these challenges, including external criticism, as growing points for your own personal development and success. Never let the negativity of others affect the way you feel about yourself.
Treat Your Body Like Your Temple
Your body is the only house you have to live in. Would you rather live in a rotting house, set on a rocky foundation, or in a beautiful one, that is securely grounded? This isn't about the exterior; it's about the interior. Feed your body through clean, natural and organic foods. Feed your mind through thoughtful information. Feed your soul through meditation, gratitude and ongoing harmony with the world around you.
Don't Waste Time or Energy on Negative People
Life is too short to spend time fretting over others' criticism or overall negative states. There are only two states of mind to reside in: one of happiness, or one of suffering. While we all experience suffering in many different capacity, suffering is a gift because it enables us to relate. But that doesn't mean we should harp on it! Instead, we should support one another to overcome it. Find a comfortable and peaceful state of mind that will enable you to achieve balance through life's challenges.
Never See Your Mistakes As Failures
Mistakes aren't failures; through learning, understanding and self-realization, they're simply opportunities to grow. In fact, they could be your best jumping off point for success! Do you feel you've made a lot of mistakes? Are you still holding yourself accountable for what you perceive to be past failures? Stop torturing yourself. Through your missteps, you will continue to grow. Through time, you will begin to understand that all of these missteps and mistakes became important lessons that lead to necessary changes in your life.
Be Grateful
Gratitude precedes happiness, but sadly, so many people believe it's the other way around. They believe they will be grateful when they are happy. Happiness is simply a state of mind. Learn to be grateful for all of the positive things in your life, even the harder things that lead to something better. Through that gratitude, it will become much easier to achieve long-term, sustainable happiness.
Remember the Bigger Picture
Keep things in perspective. It's so easy to get caught up in our schedules, daily frustrations and the intricate fabric of our own minds. But don't overanalyze everything. It will only lead you to further disillusionment and likely cause you to compare your life to someone else's. See the bigger picture and remember that you are a small element in it...but that even a small element can make a big change.
See the Beauty in Everything
Everything has a divine sense of beauty - including you! Nature is comprised of incredible, symmetrical patterns. Think about the work your body does every day just to keep your machine alive and moving. See the beauty in yourself and the beauty in others. Focus on their beauty, rather than what you perceive to be their shortcomings. Appreciating beauty is expressing gratitude. As we're beginning to unravel, gratitude leads to happiness, which is nothing more than a solid state of mind.
Don't Compare Your Journey to Anyone Else's
Run your own race. If you're cycling and you look in someone else's lane, guess what? You may crash! The wise man, Mark Twain, once said, "Comparison is the death of joy." Isn't that so true? Your life is unique because you are unique. Someone else's journey is not and will not be your own. Run your own race, at your own pace, and thank yourself and the universe for how far you've come.
Release Fear
We all have fear. It's built into the human mind as a survival mechanism, and it's as old as our ancestors. But as we've evolved and certain civilizations have surpassed the basic needs for true survival, we've created "perceived fear" about what we think it means to survive. But too much perceived fear can actually lead to your demise. Perceived fear can be crippling, causing us to constantly worry about the past, the present and future, instead of focusing on the beauty of the only moment we truly possess: which is now! To release perceived fear, you must be able to: identify what you are afraid of, look it in the face, and then conquer it.
Take Time for Yourself
In-line with loving yourself, you need to take time for yourself. I mean time completely alone: away from everyone and larger distractions. It can be several minutes a day, and I know that no matter how busy you are, if you value your well-being you can find time for that. If you don't meditate, simply sit quietly. Reflect. Write down what your grateful for. Or simply remind yourself of not who you are, but what you are: a beautiful being on the incredible and exciting journey we call life.
Don't Settle
Don't settle for mediocrity. Not in your relationships, in your career, in your passions, in your state of mind. Don't settle because societal paradigms convince you that you "should" be doing something. You make around 60,000 decisions a day. Make those conscious decisions about what you want to create, to give, to become. Write your story, and repeat it to yourself. The story you tell yourself will become your life's story. Make it a good one.


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Vote Vets Action Fund — which last week attacked the presumptive GOP nominee, Donald Trump, as a "cheap fraud" — is currently the highest spending liberal nonprofit active in federal elections, a perch it is accustomed to holding. Fueled largely by social welfare organizations aligned with Democrats and millions of dollars given by unions, VoteVets — with just two employees and no volunteers — has spent more on elections since its founding in 2006 than the combined spending of much more prominent politically active groups on the left, like NARAL Pro-Choice America and the Sierra Club, according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
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LSC Black History Month 2017
On February 7, 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson organized Negro History Week, which was expanded in the 1960s to Black History Month. He believed that "Those who have no record of what their forebears have accomplished lose the inspiration which comes from the teaching of biography and history." Dr. Woodson believed Blacks should be proud of their heritage and other Americans should also understand it.
The Legal Services Corporation has embraced this challenge, annually sponsoring events that afford staff the opportunity to broaden their awareness and appreciation of the contributions of Blacks in America. The mission of the Legal Services Corporation is to promote equal access to justice in our Nation and to provide high-quality civil legal assistance to low-income persons. By working with other organizations that we consider our partners, our goal is to make the judicial process available to everyone who is in need.
Achieving our goal requires increasing the public's awareness of legal rights, remedies and organizations that are available to provide legal assistance. Black History Month is an opportunity to promote that goal.
LSC's Black History Month observance includes the "Partnering for the Future" project, which focuses on creating opportunities to encourage, strengthen and inspire young people who may feel that success is beyond their reach. Since 2006, LSC has partnered with local D.C. and Maryland schools. The goal of the project is to educate youth about the variety of careers that support the equal justice mission and delivery system. Additionally, it has afforded LSC the opportunity to model leadership and mentoring development in the community.
The project has included several panel presentations by LSC staff at the schools that focused on career and life-building skills. In addition, students attending the LSC Black History Month program have the opportunity to meet prominent African American leaders who participate as keynote speakers. Past keynote speakers include: Congressman John Lewis, Congressman Artur Davis, Congressman John Conyers, Maryland Chief Judge Robert Bell, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder, and most recently, Kim M. Keenan, General Counsel of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and Marian Wright Edelman, President of the Children's Defense Fund.
The "Partnering for the Future" project has had a positive impact on the students involved by allowing them to envision greater possibilities for their lives, and it has been a wonderful opportunity for the LSC staff to give back to the community that it serves.
Black History Month 2017 Student Challenge
This year, the Legal Services Corporation Black History Month Student Challenge theme is "The Crisis in Black Education – How Am I Impacted?". Please see the links for detailed information on the Black History Month Student Challenge.


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Dennis Liang (Drake Dragon) spends most of his free time building and tinkering with surplus electronics. Dennis has been working as an IT Computer Contractor for the last 5 years, developing custom solutions for everyday Tech problems. Dennis also works for Orbit Industries as an IT Manager. Dennis approaches his work like a Computer Engineer: there is no problem that cannot be resolved. Additionally, Dennis loves to Cosplay as a Super Tech Dragon, Drake Dragon, who always puts the "Magic Smoke" back into the box.
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In the News: Driving and Autism, Epilepsy Learning System, Youth-onset Diabetes, Mitochondrial Research Award, MicroRNA and Obesity, Well-being Measures
Even as the lazy days of summer approach, our researchers are busy making news with innovations in their respective fields. In this edition of In The News, a multidisciplinary study lauds parental support as key for autistic adolescents who want to drive, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia announces a pioneering partnership in the Epilepsy Learning Healthcare System, and the TODAY study shows youth-onset type 2 diabetes leads to later complications.
For more summer reading, Dr. Douglas Wallace is honored for mitochondrial research; scientists find a correlation among gut microbiota, microRNA 181 (miR-181), and obesity; and a validated pediatric tool for self-reported outcomes becomes available for clinical use.


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Who's going to Coachella?!?!! Week 1or 2? Or both? Who are you excited to see?!?! If you're not going.. Are you going to stream any of the performances live? It'll be our first time going this year (week 2)!! When I say "our", I mean Erin, me and some of our friends and cousins.
For those of you who ARE going.. Have you packed and planned your outfits? Have you activated your wristbands and downloaded the app to your phone?
Here are a few things we came up with to add to your checklist!
When I travel or go to all-day events, I often try to avoid bringing my favorite items. This way, if you do lose a cheap pair of sunglasses, you won't be too upset with yourself! Pair your outfit with some comfy danceable sandals, a nice layer of bracelets, and a hands-free bag.


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Samsung says it's churning out updates to fix nagging performance problems plaguing some Galaxy S6 owners.
An XDA Developers forum thread thread is generating a lot of comments related to the phone slowing down, with speculation that RAM management could be the cause.
Someone reached out directly to Samsung UK on Facebook, getting a response from a company representative about forthcoming fixes:
"Micro-updates are in the process of being rolled out to correct issues relating to device performance and stability Johan! Keep checking for these on your device via Settings > About device > Software update > Update now."
The post didn't specify what exactly was behind the problems.
The impact on you: If you're one of the many new owners of the Galaxy S6, it's good news that Samsung is working on this problem. Bugs are practically inevitable with a new product launch, but Samsung has really improved its efforts at faster software updates and addressing minor inconsistencies.
This story, "Samsung promises fixes to RAM management bugs on Galaxy S6" was originally published by Greenbot.


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We specialise in school tours. We have sent more than 1 000 school tours overseas.
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School tours offer great educational opportunities, even if it is a school sport tour.
It gives the school a chance to lift the bar on the sport standard, and the learners benefit tremendously through the exposure to new countries and cultures. Teachers assist us during the organising and execution phase of the school tour and therefore travel on the cost of Travel and Sport. To organise a tour is simple and easy, and with integration of the online space Travel and Sport takes the slog out of tour organising.
You say yes and give us exposure to the learners and their parents, and we see that the tour happens.
The SA School Sports First XV rankings 2016:
15 of these top South African schools make use of Travel and Sport for their tours abroad.
1. Paarl Boys High, Paarl
2. Affies, Pretoria
3. Grey College, Bloemfontein
4. Paarl Gim, Paarl
5. Dale College Boys' High School, King William's Town
6. Boland Landbou, Paarl
7. Kearsney College
8. Hoërskool Monument, Krugersdorp
9. Helpmekaar Kollege, Johannesburg
10. Selborne College, East London
11. Paul Roos Gymnasium, Paarl
12. Glenwood High School, Durban
13. Hoërskool Dr EG Jansen, Boksburg
14. Jeppe High School for Boys, Johannesburg
15. Grey High School, Port Elizabeth
16. Kingswood College, Grahamstown
17. Hoërskool Outeniqua, George
18. SACS (South African College High School), Cape Town
19. Hoërskool Garsfontein (Garsies), Pretoria
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Today is the second day of a two-day staff meeting. Yesterday's topics interested me more than most staff meetings, and today looks to be even better, so I am feeling fortunate to have good colleagues and a good leader. Still, my instinctual dread of staff meetings is hard to suppress, and I have been rerunning some odd staff meeting moments in my mind.
In my first full-time job, I was part of a group that had just formed, and thus I was present for the boss's first staff meeting as a boss. She was clearly determined to make a strong impression. Standing before us in a grim tomb of a conference room, Marina began (name changed out of discretion): "From the moment I wake up, I evaluate everything I deal with by asking 'How does this effect Marina?' If it doesn't effect Marina, I ignore it."
She turned to one of the people seated in the front of the room, Chuck, and asked him, "What question do I expect you to ask yourself all day long?" Chuck paused, and ventured, "How does this effect Chuck?" "No!" Marina bellowed. "No, no, no! The question you and everyone else in this room, ask yourselves, Chuck, is 'How does this effect Marina?' Once you answer that, then you'll all know what to do."
At first, I thought Chuck had botched his answer because he wasn't clever enough to see the obvious response, but as I got to know him better I concluded he'd phrased his answer as a gentle protest against the raging egomania on display in that airless room that day almost 22 years ago. That job was a huge challenge for me and a perfect example of the aphorism "Experience is what you get when you do not get what you want." My immediate supervisor was a feckless demonstration of the Peter principle, his boss was Marina, and her boss was scheming and horrible. In retrospect, I marvel it took me two years to quit.
Fingers crossed that no one asks me today what one question I should ask myself all day long, but if they do, I will know the right answer.


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1WD reader Matt (that's all your getting, as I don't have permission to print the person's full name here) recently wrote to me via an email with a title so intriguing, it sparked the first-ever "reader mailbag" style post on this site in its seven-some-odd-year history:
"Trying New Wine Is A Pain In The Ass"
There's much juiciness to be squeezed from Matt's email, so I'll first reprint it here before addressing Matt's questions in detail:
"Let me rephrase that… Trying new *quality* wine is a pain in the ass, literally in the wallet. Its all a gamble really and I'd bet that the average person, let alone the active wine drinker wants to bet on a $50 bottle. We are not all in your position where nice wines may be shipped to us for tasting purposes in hopes that you blog about it.
So… My reason for contact is this. Today I read the article, 'Wine execs are scared of the craft beer and spirits growth.' You probably read it since its well circulated. Following the gambling terminology, beer and spirits have a relatively low buy-in. If that bet pays off and I like it, then I can opt for the higher price points. Quality wine, on the other hand, does not have this low cost of buy-in. It's all or nothing and if you get burned once, then you will likely never go all-in on a 50+ bottle again.
I'm curious, do you have any opinions on opportunities of low buy-in options for higher priced wines? The tasting room is the only opportunity I can think of and that is not exactly mass market. When exactly does the average person opt for that $50 bottle cab? marketing fluff? friends advice? impressing the boss? Do wine drinkers randomly buy expensive wines that they have never had before? If not, when are they exposed to them that creates a buying opportunity? I'd love to hear your comments and what your readers may think. I've never met a wine I didn't like… to try. Thanks Joe! Matt."
Talk about food (or drink?) for thought! And Matt seems to want to hear your responses to all of this as well, so it's giving us a nice opportunity to argue in the best internecine fashion that is the hallmark of modern wine discourse!
Well, Matt, following are my responses. I hope you don't mind the delay, I just wanted to share the dialog with a (much) wider audience!…


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Most Innovative Marketing Program
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|The Training Tuesdays home page provides information on upcoming Webinars, as well as archived sessions.
Training Tuesdays by Atrium Cos.
The Atrium Cos.
Dallas, Texas
In 2008, Atrium Cos. Inc. launched a series of free, targeted educational Webinars designed to increase remodelers' profits and industry savvy. The webinars are designed as a proactive solution for the challenging construction market and a value-added service for remodelers and building industry professionals. The monthly training sessions were held the second Tuesday of every month and covered crucial topics such as sales, advertising, lead generation, management, Web site tips, business software, legal information, green products, green building and more.
Participants registered for each individual seminar via Constant Contact emails that directed them to www.trainingtuesdays.com. Session confirmations and reminders were sent via email to participants.
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Typically, there were 300 to 400 registrations per session with thousands of industry contractors total participating in the series, the company reports. A variety of spokespeople led the Webinars providing expert advice and industry insights. They included Rick Grosso, an expert in sales psychology and training; Phil Rea, founder of R2R Associates, a coaching and training organization specializing in the home improvement industry; Chuck Anton, canvassing expert; Diane C.O. Gilson of Info Plus Accounting; John Wagner, co-founder of the Certified Green Dealer program; and Tim Musch of MarketSharp, creator of database marketing systems for the remodeling industry.
Small/Medium Manufacturer
|Gorell not only achieved Green Seal certification, it created a marketing program to better communicate.what makes a company and its products green.
Green Seal Certification Program
Gorell Windows & Doors
Indiana, Pa.
In the fall of 2008, Gorell replacement double-hung window models were certified by Green Seal, an independent nonprofit green organization. According to the company, it is one of only two window manufacturers in the country to have its products achieve Green Seal certification at that time. The certification process is an intensive, comprehensive one that the company worked on for eight months. Green Seal uses stringent standards to ensure that certified products have attained high levels of performance and quality, and the process includes on-site plant visits by independent examiners. Windows are evaluated on criteria such as performance ratings, product packaging and labeling, and manufacturing and testing procedures.
To achieve Green Seal certification, Gorell windows were evaluated on the materials from which they're constructed and their overall product performance. The windows are made of vinyl, a sustainable material that lasts for decades and doesn't emit toxins. Because vinyl products last longer, vinyl windows need not be replaced as often as windows made from other materials. As a result, less energy-consuming manufacturing is required. Vinyl windows consistently retain their shape and are energy efficient all year long. Its double-hung replacement windows also achieved the U-value, solar heat gain coefficient, visible light transmittance and air leakage ratings required by Green Seal to ensure high energy efficiency.
To meet the strict Green Seal criteria, Gorell also had to prove that its facility meets all applicable environmental regulations. The company works to ensure that its manufacturing facility and processes are friendly to the environment. It recycles 100 percent of its glass, vinyl, aluminum and cardboard and nearly all of its white paper to help safeguard the environment. Gorell provided documentation regarding its production methods and materials used, in addition to data on its product testing so that Green Seal could ensure that windows are made in accordance with its stated methods. The packaging used on its Green Seal certified windows was evaluated as well to ensure that an appropriate percentage of the materials were recycled and the packaging was environmentally friendly.
As part of the Green Seal certification process, Gorell created new marketing literature about the Green Seal program, as well as a Green Seal section on its Web site to help consumers better understand what makes a company—and its products—green. It utilizes the Green Seal logos on marketing items whenever possible to further promote the Green Seal message. The manufacturer consistently promotes the benefits of Green Seal certification to its dealer base by including information about the program in dealer communications and on its dealer Web site. Gorell has also developed a CD on Green Seal and provides marketing aids, such as Green Seal banners, display materials, stickers and literature.
|Designed to educate industry professionals about IG certification and changing standards, Edgetech's display incorporate classroom-style sub-booths featuring a variety of industry experts.
Edgetech University at GlassBuild America 2008
Edgetech I.G.
Cambridge, Ohio
Edgetech I.G. took the opportunity at GlassBuild 2008 to educate its customers about IG certification and other changes affecting the industry, including tougher Energy Star criteria. With the introduction of "Edgetech University," the company took a non-biased approach with the focus on providing concise information to help customers.
The Edgetech University booth served as a forum for industry professionals to meet, discuss and learn. The décor included "college" themed look, furniture, literature and graphics, as well as "classroom" styled sub-booths where third-party subject-matter experts taught courses on the changes in the industry.
To help customers make important decisions about IG Certification, representatives from ATI test lab, IGMA and NFRC taught attendees about IG Certification, third party testing and Energy Star. Additionally, Edgetech hosted a few of its own classes, including Edgetech MythBusters, which dispelled myths about silicone foam spacers vs. metal spacers through a dynamic demonstration; demonstrations of the Eco Coat Glass Protection System application and removal; and hands-on Super Spacer application training.
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To "graduate" from Edgetech University, attendees simply registered at the reception desk where they received a report card listing all of the available classes. Attendance at three or more classes (report cards initialed by "professors") made graduates eligible for the company's grand prize drawings. Attendees also received pledge pins and a copy of the supplier's comprehensive IG Certification Manual. The company tapped into industry resources to compile the manual, which includes useful timelines, step-by-step instructions, frequently asked questions, a glossary of related terms and a full list of certification agencies. Keeping to the theme of the booth, the IG Certification Manual was designed to mimic a college composition book, complete with doodles, drawings and illustrations of important timelines manufacturers need to follow to ensure they are prepared for the 2010 mandates. The manual was available at the booth in the campus bookstore, and continues to be a popular download on www.edgetech360.com.
The company's press kit was nearly paper-free, consisting of a Web launcher that connected media to the company's redesigned press room. The launcher was packaged in a small kraft-style pillow box. Playing on the current green building movement, Edgetech's "Play the Greens" giveaway awarded a set of Callaway golf clubs and a round of golf at Firestone Country Club. The ETU Report Card game awarded four $500 gift cards, and a grand prize of $2,000 toward IG Certification.
Edgetech also showcased its redesigned Web site and the SustainaView Window Technology campaign, which highlights the energy efficiency and sustainable attributes of Super Spacer. Additionally, Edgetech implemented an automated lead follow up program through a branded eBlast after the final day of the show that included important links to downloads and additional information.
Other 2009
Crystal Achivement
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Most Innovative Window
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Ultimate Push-Out Casement
Marvin Windows & Doors
|Small Manufacturer
H-3 Casement Window
Hurd Windows & Doors
Most Innovative Door
|Large Manufacturer
Trimmable Fiberglass Doors
Plastpro Inc.
|Small/Medium Manufacturer
Folding Door System
Luxbaum Windows & Doors
Most Innovative Component
Pollentec Screens
Screens Inc.
Solar Entry Light
ODL Inc.
Unique Innovation
|Eazi Lifter
Harnser Solutions Inc.
Most Innovative Plant
|Northeast Building Products
Most Innovative Machine
|Frame/Sash Fabrication
Linear Pro Automated Cutting and Fabrication System
Stürtz Machinery
|IG Production/Glazing
TAPE MT 1500 Insulating Glass Production Line
Besten Inc.
Best Product Literature
|Large Manufacturer
Product Literature System
Harvey Building Products
|Small/Medium Manufacturer
Family of Literature
Soft-Lite LLC
Interactive Literature
Truth Hardware
Best Industry Web Site
|Large Manufacturer
Marvin Windows & Doors
|Small/Medium Manufacturer
Seaway Manufacturing
Interlock USA
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