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Company Formation in Dubai
SFM Corporate Services aims to provide its clients with a clear and precise picture on how to incorporate and operate a business in Dubai whether for Free Zone, Onshore or Offshore UAE-based companies. Through our wide banking network and as a trusted introducer, SFM Corporate Services is also able to assist in the opening of UAE-based offshore and onshore corporate bank accounts for Dubai company formations. Offering a complete package-once the Dubai-based company has been incorporated-we are also able to guide clients, step-by-step through the immigration process which includes applying for UAE residence visas.
We help our clients-who range from high-net-worth individuals to start-up entrepreneurs to investors to SFM Corporate Services owners-steer through the governmental regulation and UAE-specific processes involved in the Dubai onshore and offshore company formation procedure. The entire process is expedited and simplified thanks to our experienced, multi-lingual employees who specialize in company formation procedures and who are based out of our Dubai offices, ensuring that our clients obtain all necessary permits in a timely manner and with minimal inconvenience.
By having SFM Corporate Services take care of the Dubai company formation and bank account opening procedures from A to Z, our clients can rest assured that all administrative processes are being properly handled allowing them to focus primarily on the development of their company's business strategy.
Moreover, we ensure that our clients are protected by conducting the most stringent international due diligence checks. As a Swiss regulated entity, SFM has strict risk control procedures in place to prevent any unregulated or undesirable elements in our corporate environment and to guarantee best business practices.
SFM Corporate Services is the leading Dubai company formation house, consistently chosen by multinationals and individuals the world over. By offering Free Zone, Offshore and Local Onshore company formation options in over 20 different zones within the UAE, in addition to access to safe and sound UAE-based bank accounts that these set-ups entitle clients to, we can give businesses a solid platform to engage in commercial activities in the prosperous region of the Middle East. At the same time-due to the country's strategic central location-having a company incorporated in Dubai facilitates our clients to tap into the vast Asian and African markets, from a safe, business-friendly environment.
We can help you form a UAE company quickly and efficiently starting today so contact us now by calling +971 4 356 2000 for a free consultation or for further details.
SFM Corporate Services (Dubai) Ltd
Company Location & Address : Office 604 & 605, OPAL Tower, Business Bay
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company Telephone Number : +9714 246 9700
- Experts in company formation
- Competitive price policy and efficient processing time
- One-stop-shop / Single point of contact / Turnkey solutions
- Professional executive and implementation teams
- Confidentiality, integrity and due diligence
- Member of leading international associations
Experts in company formation in Dubai – A global company, with offices in 4 countries, and over 50 dedicated staff. SFM traces its origins back to the Swiss banking and finance sector. With the Swiss indoctrinated "client comes first" attitude, SFM offers incorporation services to the world. With this extensive experience and in depth incorporation knowledge, SFM now brings its client-focused expertise to the incorporation market of the United Arab Emirates. Our clients can rest assured knowing that we have over 15 years of experience and are professional in our handling of the incorporation process.
A dedicated account manager, specialised in the field of company law and administration, will be your point of contact during the year and will assist you with your company administration, bank account opening and any other services that we offer. Our professional team of public relation officers on the ground are up-to-date with new laws and formal incorporation requirements by the various authorities. We commit to always reply to our clients' concerns within one business day.
The most competitive prices in Dubai – SFM's pricing commitment is derived from the fact that we always use our own personnel to initiate, follow up and process the necessary procedures, ensuring competitive prices and efficient operations. We are able to offer prices that are transparent, intermediary-free and among the most competitive.
Because we do not use intermediaries or third party personnel to process any of our work, we have our ear to the ground and are up-to-date with the latest requirements to incorporate, establish residency and other related matters. Our professional team has had many years of experience in the processing of company and personal documentation here in the United Arab Emirates and we are happy to be able to put all of that experience and professionalism at your disposal.
One-stop-shop / Single point of contact / Turnkey solutions in Dubai – SFM will assign you your own dedicated Account Manager, who will be your only point of contact during the entire process of incorporation and visa affairs.
Professional executive and implementation teams – With our reputation for outstanding customer service and overall client satisfaction, we will guide you through the process of setting up your corporation in the UAE and then, at your instruction, assist in the formalisation of your residency in the country. You will be kept up-to-date and advised about all the ongoing processes and be kept abreast of the next steps to be taken to reach your desired outcome.
Confidentiality, integrity and due diligence – Confidentiality is one of the most important aspects of our work. We guarantee the privacy of our customers through three key components:
- Our website is completely secure. The data entered by our customers on our websites is encrypted using SSL 128 bit certificate encryption.
- Our IT infrastructure at our offices is fully secure in order to prevent any intrusion.
- Our customer database cannot be printed, copied or exported. Thus, all confidential data or personal data of our customers is strictly confined to our offices.
In addition, SFM has been certified by TRUSTe, which confirms that our privacy policy meets all the relevant standards of the highest level. SFM's corporate standards ensure integrity in all our business dealings with our clients. We go to great lengths to ensure that a due diligence process is applied fairly but meticulously, all the time, protecting our clients and ensuring the processing of their requests with care and professionalism.
Member of leading international associations – SFM is a member of several reputable associations, such as the International Fiscal Association, the International Tax Planning Association, the Geneva Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services and more.
SFM Corporate Services provides complimentary consultation to its existing and potential clients on UAE incorporations. Since the UAE laws are quite diverse and there are so many different options for incorporations, with the added element of residency laws and labor affairs. This advice can prove very beneficial for a new company wishing to enter this lucrative market and to help them navigate through the red tape and complicated procedures.
From Free zone entities to local onshore incorporations, we at SFM are up-to date with the new laws and regulations. We put all of this information at your disposal, so that you may be able to focus on the management of your company and not to waste time dealing with different government entities or formal processes.
The advantages of a UAE incorporation for businessmen can be summarized as follow:
- With strong and reliable banking and a currency that is pegged to the US Dollar, this is a good banking environment
Couple with strong banking, is liberal laws and absolute free movement of funds, there are no restrictions on capital and profit repatriation
Since UAE is not a tax haven per se, it is easy to use UAE company formations to deal with different clients worldwide
- The history of import – export and the strong trading tradition of UAE make this a very attractive location for any company dealing with trading and other such related activities
- The very strong construction industry is well documented and provides a huge market for all construction related activities to prosper and operate in very dynamic environment
- A UAE corporation, is free to hold accounts in many parts of the world, giving you a respectable institution with access to various bank accounts worldwide. We at SFM pride ourselves in our banking introduction abilities and look forward to providing this service to our clients for their benefits
There are very many jurisdictions and incorporation options here in the United Arab Emirates. Within those different jurisdictions, there are decisions to be made on the type of entity and the different types of offices / warehouses / showrooms.
Following that there are visa formalities and medical examinations:
All this may sound over whelming but as an SFM client, you will be guided every step of the way. You will not need to go to any unnecessary departments to submit or sign documents. The majority of the work will be done by ourselves, only asking you to attend when it is mandatory.
From amongst all these different possibilities, SFM endeavors to advise you on the most suitable package for your specific needs and to ensure the success and continuity of your venture. Whether it be a General trading license, a specialized trading license, industrial license, professional service licenses or other forms of incorporations, the choices are many and we aim to provide you with the most relevant information.
The various free zones that are available all offer similar incorporation but which one is most beneficial to your specific needs?
Which one is geographically located in proximity to the areas of business that most supply your needs?
How will the incorporation process be affected by the documentation that you are able to provide?
What number of employees do you wish to accommodate in your office and is this possible with the incorporation package that you are considering?
All these questions and many more will arise once you begin to look at incorporating in UAE. We will be on standby in order to provide the relevant information at your convenience.
Once all the necessary documents have been obtained and formalized, the initial application process will begin at the relevant issuing authority. The formal name of the company is also addressed here. This stage is quite crucial in that it paves the way for the final fees to be clarified and the final acceptance of the proposed activities of the company.
Once the initial approval is granted, we would then be able to settle the final fees and expect the incorporation certificate to be issued. Throughout this entire process, you will be guided and steered in the right direction by a dedicated SFM Corporate Service Officer. The summary of different companies available for you to incorporate are as follows:
Limited Liability Company
- Very versatile company
- Sponsor is needed
- The foreigner can only be maximum 49% shareholder
- Office space is required (we can arrange virtual offices also)
- Residence visa is provided depending upon the license
- Able to open UAE accounts and accounts worldwide
- Has access to other GCC markets through its UAE incorporation
- Has the ability to register at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce
Professional License company (no limited liability)
- Only able to conduct business in the specific area of expertise of the license owner / manager
- A local service agent is needed
- The foreigner may be 100% shareholder
- Office space is required (we can arrange virtual offices)
- Residence visa is provided
- Able to open UAE accounts and accounts worldwide
- Has access to other GCC markets through its UAE incorporation
- Has the ability to register at the Dubai Chamber of Commerce
Free Zone Company
- Only able to trade within the specified free zone and to operate worldwid
- Goods exiting the free zone to enter mainland UAE must pay a 5% customs duty
No sponsor is needed
- Foreigner can own 100% of the license
- Residence visas are issued
- Office space is required within the free zone and this is strictly enforced
- Able to open UAE bank accounts and accounts worldwide
- Has the option of becoming a member of the Chamber of Commerce through the relevant office in the specific Free Zone
Offshore company
- Only able to trade outside of the UAE
- No residence visa is issued except in the case of a JAFZE offshore license with an office space inside JAFZA
- No local sponsor needed
- Foreigner can own 100%
- Able to have UAE bank accounts
- Able to have accounts worldwide
At SFM Corporate Services we consider a company to be impractical unless it holds a corporate bank account. The exceptions are holding companies that are created with the sole purpose of holding shares in other companies. Thus we have developed a banking network and expertise which enables us to open accounts for all companies we register. Obviously, the final decision to open an account depends on the bank. So far, our opening success rate, in the UAE, is 100%.
Our professional status «International Corporate Service Provider» and our signing of a good conduct charter give us the status of «eligible introducer» in the eyes of financial establishments in general. As a result of this, opening an account and managing the dossier are much simpler, we send the banking file directly to our clients. We can open bank accounts by correspondence for the majority of banks with whom we work internationally. However, in the UAE the law requires that the client has to meet in person with the bank. We therefore arrange this meeting for our clients, in our own offices, to ease the process. You are also able to open personal bank accounts for you and any of your relatives / employees at this stage. The account will be active about 5 working days after the visit and you will then be given all your online access and your requested cards will be dispatched to your specified address or delivered to you in person.
As a general rule the following facilities are available from the financial establishments with whom we work :
- Multi-currency accounts
- E banking
- Trading in currency, shares and other titles
- Interest bearing accounts
- Credit card and debit card
- Letter of Credit
- Structured products
- Capital Guaranteed products
With our fifteen years of experience in the field, we were able to select banks that are secure; provide excellent services, as well as numerous banking facilities (e-banking, credit cards, letters of credit etc.).
How do we choose our banks?
In addition, other important characteristics were studied before selecting a bank, such as :
- Bank confidentiality to preserve the privacy of our customers
- Financial guarantees of the bank to avoid the risk of bankruptcy
- Excellent reputation of the institution
- Wide range of financial products offered.
The SFM Corporate Services customer profile is very varied and includes among others, entrepreneurs, pensioners, shareholders, import-export businessmen, heirs, consultants, patent owners, etc. We have therefore developed a banking network where an account can be opened for any type of activity and to suit our diverse clientele. We shall arrange all the relevant paperwork to open the bank account and this will allow our clients to simply focus on the development of their business strategy whilst they rest assured that the administrative process is being dealt with by us.
There are a few mandatory formalities that must be completed before you are able to have your UAE residence visa issued. Our clients can expect that they will be guided step by step through the immigration formalities of the UAE. Our specialized team of public relations officers will endeavor to make the process as streamlined and fast as is possible. Allowing our valued clients to focus on their companies' performance. We will also provide you with immigration advice concerning your family and staff, should you require such assistance.
The immigration process falls under two basic categories one being the residency and the other combining the residency with the work permits to be able to work commercially in the country. The various entities involved are the Naturalization and residency departments and the Department of Labor, the Ministry of Interior is also a party to these formalities.
Once a company has been formally incorporated in any of the UAE jurisdictions. It is then possible to start the residency visa process. This is quite a simple process involving the medical exam, which is mandatory for all and subsequent application to issue residency for the individual.
Generally the medical examination takes a maximum of 5 working days, although this can be expedited in most cases with an urgent medical application.
Once the residence visa has been approved it is a simple process of entering it into your passport whilst simultaneously obtaining your emirates identification card. For persons wishing to take up employment there is a mandatory requirement to obtain a labor card from the labor ministry.
SFM dedicated corporate service officers will be at hand throughout the entire process to assist you and to speed up the process where possible.
Contact Us For More Details & Get Your FREE Consultation Booked.
SFM Corporate Services (Dubai) Ltd
Company Location & Address : Office 604 & 605, OPAL Tower, Business Bay
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Company Telephone Number : +9714 246 9700
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Start and Manage a Small Business online short course
Professionals often enter the world of entrepreneurship with limited knowledge on how to start a small business - which could explain why a high percentage of startups fail in their early years.
If you're a budding entrepreneur wondering how to start a small business, first consider equipping yourself with the skills and tools needed to successfully manage a business in the South African context by taking an entrepreneurship course from UCT. In just 9 weeks, this course in how to manage a business, guides you through conceptualising a new business idea, to making your first sale and sustaining the growth of your enterprise.Download course prospectus
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This UCT online entrepreneurship short course will teach you how to start a small business by giving you the confidence to:
- Generate and identify new business opportunities to capitalise on
- Navigate the minefield of legal requirements for starting a business in South Africa
- Develop a business plan that is best suited to your specific form of organisation
- Understand the cornerstone of how to start a small business: accurate financial management
Course curriculum
This online short course in how to start a small business is designed to give you the flexibility to work when it suits you. You'll receive continued support and guidance from an expert tutor and your Success Manager as you progress through the weekly modules in your own time.
- Orientation Module: Welcome to your Online Campus
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Earn a certificate from the University of Cape Town (UCT)
Earn a certificate from the University of Cape Town as recognition of the workplace-ready competencies you've developed over the 9 weeks of this online entrepreneurship short course, and use it to set yourself apart as a confident professional.
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If you want to find out more about any of these options or you want to know which you qualify for please get in contact with a Course Consultant here.
GetSmarter's learning model is designed to help you, as a working professional, improve your skills without compromising on work and family responsibilities. The course work is broken up into weekly, manageable bite-sized modules, with incremental deadlines, designed to help you pace yourself over the duration of the course and allow you the legroom to work when it suits you best.
At the beginning of each week you'll be presented with all the lectures, notes and assignments necessary for completion. You also have access to your Success Manager who will help you set goals and track key milestones, manage your time, and field any administrative requests you might have.
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Strikers, Clive Platt and Gary McSheffrey have returned to fitness, but are unlikely to start, although they may feature on the bench.
Thorn confirmed to the CT: "Clive Platt is back in the squad. He's had two 90 minutes and a 60 but you have to remember he didn't play a game in the pre-season which was unfortunate for him."
"It's good to have Gary McSheffrey back because we have got competition for places and that's probably why the standard has gone up in training as well. All of them are in my thoughts for Ipswich and it's nice to have a squad to pick from."
Thorn said: "The big thing is to maintain the standards we have set. We can't guarantee results but what we can guarantee is a performance, so it's important we maintain the standard of performance we have had recently and if we do that we will be fine."


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ESA Discipline Process and Options for Licensees
As part of its mandate, ESA is responsible for administering the provincial licensing requirements which include ensuring that Licensed Electrical Contractors (LEC) and Master Electricians (ME) are in compliance with their obligations as licence holders. This includes an LEC's duty to ensure that all electrical work is carried out in accordance with all applicable laws.
All licence holders have received the ECRA/ESA Licence Holder Standards of Conduct and the Guideline to the Duties and Responsibilities of Licensed Electrical Contractors (LECs) and Designated Master Electricians (DMEs). These resources explain in layman's terms, the obligations of licence holders when performing electrical work.
If these requirements aren't followed, ESA's Director of Contractor Licensing has the option to discipline licensees.This webpage explains:
- How the discipline process works
- The types of disciplinary actions that can be considered by the Director when making licensing discipline decisions; and
- Factors considered by the Director when taking disciplinary action
How the Discipline Process Works
When an allegation of misconduct is reported:
- The allegation of misconduct must be verified by the Director
- If verified, the disciplinary action considered is proportionate to the gravity of misconduct
- Disciplinary action is determined by the specific facts of each case
- Consideration is given to choosing the most appropriate discipline action, including those that allow the licensee to comply with regulation
Types of Disciplinary Actions
The Electricity Act, 1998, R.S.O. c.15 sets the following types of disciplinary actions in legislation that can be considered by the Director when making licensing discipline decisions:
- The imposition of restrictions, limitations or conditions on the licence
- Refuse to grant or renew the licence
- Suspension of the licence
- Revocation of the licence
If the Director considers misconduct not to be serious enough to suspend a licence, the licence holder could still be subject to other corrective actions that the Director deems appropriate. Corrective action generally requires a licence holder to correct non-compliance with the Regulation. Corrective action(s) could potentially include, but are not limited to:
- Education – The Director could provide information regarding licence holder responsibilities and requirements in the form of advice or written material.
- Monitoring – The Director could periodically or regularly review the licence holder's business administration relating to electrical contracting work, such as permit history, to ensure compliance with the Regulation.
- Acknowledgement and Undertaking – The Director could accept an "Acknowledgement and Undertaking" by the licence holder. This means a written agreement on how a licence holder is to correct non-compliance or how they will ensure Regulation requirements are followed.
- Attend a Meeting – The Director may invite the licence holder to attend a meeting with representatives from ESA's Licensing Department to discuss a complaint. At the meeting the licence holder may receive an informal educational reminder, advice, or warning.
- Training – The Director may require that the licence holder take training courses (for example, training on work safe procedures or the Electrical Code).
- Warning letters – The Director may issue a written warning explaining the requirements needed to comply with the Regulation. The Director could indicate that if the conduct that led to the complaint continues, legislative disciplinary action may be taken.
- Other – The Director may consider other appropriate disciplinary actions.
Factors considered by the Statutory Director of Licensing when making discipline decisions
When making a discipline decision, the Director considers the types of disciplinary actions available with the following factors related to the misconduct:
- The nature of the misconduct;
- The seriousness of the misconduct;
- Extent of real or potential harm to the public, the worker, and/or the industry;
- Whether the licence holder engaged in numerous acts and/or pattern of misconduct or misconduct that occurred over an extended period of time;
- The level of accountability of the licence holder in the misconduct;
- The licence holder's relevant history including warnings and disciplinary actions;
- Whether planning or premeditation was involved;
- Whether the licence holder cooperated in or obstructed the investigation of the alleged misconduct;
- Whether the licence holder acknowledged the misconduct, has accepted responsibility, or notified ESA of the misconduct prior to investigation;
- Whether the licence holder has made voluntary acts of restitution or has enacted corrective measures to avoid recurrence of misconduct;
- Whether the licence holder had developed reasonable supervisory, operational and/or technical procedures or controls that were properly implemented; and
- Other relevant factors related to the particular case, if any.
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Starting at the base of the pyramid, the first step in compliance is for the Director to take non-legislative measures such as information, education and advice so that licence holders are aware of their legal requirements and how they can maintain a state of compliance. In the middle of the pyramid and progressing upward, activities include disciplinary actions aimed at directing compliance to assist those who do not always comply with their licensure requirements or deter those who do not want to comply. At the top, there still remain circumstances where regulated persons demonstrate an inability or unwillingness to comply with or correct a non-compliance issue, or where there is an imminent threat to public safety, which requires the consideration of using more severe discipline measures.
It is important to note that the pyramid above describes a range of discipline actions that may be imposed by the Licensing Director for verified findings of non-compliance. The type and severity of the discipline action depends on a number of factors, including for example, the circumstances around the contravention and the compliance history of the licence holder.
The principles and assessment criteria established by the Licensing Discipline Decision-Making Guideline for Statutory Directors are considered in the decision making process to ensure that the discipline action is proportionate to the degree of non-compliance and the safety risk, as well as to ensure that the most appropriate discipline action or combination of are considered in order to achieve the desired compliance outcome.


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UPS's objective was to target business. After the Customer Insights Study, a common theme emerged, "shipping was critical to the business but there was something else in the workplace equally critical to the individual and his/her performance - coffee."
A direct mail campaign was developed to offer a free pound of coffee with your first corporate account shipment. The message: "Two things business can't
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The Jesus Strategy
By John White
Why was Jesus so dissatisfied?
Two questions. (Actually, the same question repeated in two places.)
In Mt. 9:38, Jesus is getting ready to send out six church planting teams of two men each. If we understand that Jesus Himself was a church planter (see Roger Gehring's book, House Church and Mission), we can see that He has just multiplied church planting capacity by 600%! (From one church planter (ie, Jesus) to six church planting teams.)
Wouldn't you be thrilled with that? But, Jesus is apparently far from satisfied. He assesses the situation and says, "The workers, these six teams, are only a few." (oligos = little, small, few) The Message says, "How few the harvest hands." What was Jesus thinking that would cause him to be so dissatisfied?
And, notice that His dissatisfaction then leads to an exhortation for His disciples to begin doing what we must assume He has been doing all along (Lk. 6:40)- beseeching the Lord of the harvest for more workers (Lk 10:2b). The number of people praying the 10:2b prayer has just grown from one to 13.
(This prayer asks for more "harvest workers". From the context of Luke 10, it seems clear that there were two kinds of workers. First, there were those in a "house of peace". This is a household where God has been working preveniently in such a way that a church is ready to be birthed. The home of Cornelius is an example of this (Acts 10). This answer to the 10:2b Prayer results in one new church being planted.
The second type of harvest worker is the apostolic church planter. This person is called and gifted to plant multiple churches. The job of the apostolic church planter is to find the houses of peace and get those churches started. The 12 in Mt. 10 and the 84 in Lk. 10 are "sent ones" (from apostelo, to send in Lk 10:1). They are sent out by Jesus to plant many churches.)
Fast forward one year to Lk 10:2. Jesus is now sending out 42 church planting teams. (12 + 72 divided by 2) The 13 have been praying the prayer in Mt. 9:38 ("beseech the Lord of the harvest…") and the Lord of the harvest has answered in a big way. Church planting capacity has increased by 700%. (From 6 teams to 42 teams.)
But, is Jesus satisfied with this number? Not at all! His assessment is the same. "These 42 teams are only a few." (oligos) We must ask again, "What was Jesus thinking that would cause him to continue to be so dissatisfied?
Notice next that His dissatisfaction again leads to an exhortation for His disciples to begin doing what Jesus and the 12 have been doing for the last year – beseech the Lord of the harvest for more workers (Lk 10:2b). The number of people praying the 10:2b prayer has now grown from 13 to 85 (Jesus plus the 84).
Jesus' assignment explains His lack of satisfaction
In Mt. 15:24, Jesus is clear about His assignment while on earth. "I was sent only to the lost sheep of Israel." So, how many of those "sheep" were there? Sociologist Rodney Stark writes that there were an estimated six million Jews in the first century. (One million in Palestine. Five million in the diaspora throughout the Roman Empire. The Rise of Christianity, p. 57.)
Now, let's add Roger Gehring's estimate of 15 people (between 10 and 20) in the average house church. (House Church and Mission, p. 87) That means that 400,000 house churches would be needed to reach all of the "lost sheep of Israel". There is, of course, no indication that Jesus had a specific number in mind. At the same time, something was deeply motivating Jesus to repeatedly say, "That's not enough! We need more!"
Now, we understand Jesus' dissatisfaction!
While I don't think that Jesus, while He was on earth, knew exactly how many "lost sheep" there were, I do believe His heart was to "find" every single one of them. (See the parable of the ninety-nine and the one in Lk 15:4.) That's what drove him to repeatedly say, "That's not enough apostolic church planters! We need more! Ask for more!"
Jesus was motivated by joy
On one level, we see Jesus' dissatisfaction. But, if we drill down we see that, at the deepest level, Jesus is motivated by joy.
"Then Jesus told them this parable: "Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn't he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.' I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents (metanoeo – to change one's thinking) than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent." Lk 15: 3-7
Who are the lost?
No doubt, the lost refer to those who are not yet followers of Jesus. Non Christians. But, it also seems reasonable that there are Christians who, for whatever reason, have become separated from an intimate, conversational relationship with Jesus. Who are not able to connect with Him (or, perhaps, others in the flock) on a heart level. When either type of person becomes intimately connected with Jesus, there is great rejoicing.
The extent of rejoicing
Notice three aspects of the rejoicing…
- In the shepherd. The shepherd "joyfully puts (the lost sheep) on his shoulders and goes home". What a picture of intimate connection with Jesus! This fills Him with joy.
- In the community. "Then he calls his friends and neighbors together and says, 'Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.'" When even one person is reconnected with Jesus in this intimate way, a party breaks out with the rest of Jesus' friends!
- In heaven. "There will be more rejoicing in heaven…" This is bigger than we ever imagined! The earthly party spills over into heaven. (Or, maybe it's the other way around!)
What happened next?
The Jesus Strategy. No doubt, Jesus' disciples caught both His dissatisfaction and His joy. I believe it is reasonable to assume that the 84 continued praying 10:2b and taught their disciples to do the same who taught their disciples to do the same and so on. (The very definition of a disciple, a follower of Jesus, was that they "obeyed everything He commanded them to do". Mt. 28:19. Praying this prayer was one of His commandments. (The word "beseech" in Lk 10:2 is an imperative.)
As a result, more house churches were planted and more apostolic church planters were sent out by the Lord of the harvest. More lost sheep were reconnected with the Shepherd and the joy in heaven an earth increased. All of these church planters were taught what Jesus taught in Lk 10 and this cycle continued to repeat itself. (ie, the Jesus Strategy for the fulfillment of the Great Commission!)
200 house churches. We have one numerical picture of this process in Acts 2:41 where Luke records that 3,000 were added on one day. These people were all apparently incorporated (for a time) into what I assume were existing house churches. "Every day…they broke bread from house to house". In the next part of the verse, we hear the joyful emotional component of these meetings. "… and ate together with glad and sincere hearts…" Acts 2:46) (Most of these converts were just visiting Jerusalem – Acts 2:5.)
Using Roger Gehring's estimates again of 15 in a house church, this means that there were at least 200 house churches in Jerusalem at this time. (3000 divided by 15.) This was probably less than a year after the sending of the 84 in Lk 10! The Jesus Strategy was producing great fruit and great joy!
Note also the regional element with these 3000 Jews in Jerusalem. You can begin to see the next stage of the Jesus Strategy to reach Jews, the lost sheep of Israel, throughout the known world. "Now there were staying in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven." (Acts 2:5) "Parthians, Medes and Elamites; residents of Mesopotamia, Judea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia, Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya near Cyrene; visitors from Rome (both Jews and converts to Judaism); Cretans and Arabs." Acts 2:9-11. Isn't it reasonable to assume that, in the 200 house churches, these Jews were taught, among other things, the Jesus Strategy from Lk 10?
Jesus' disciples (no doubt!) prayed 10:2b. Who were some (by no means all!) of their answers?
Possible or probable houses of peace: Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8), Cornelius and his household (Acts 10), Philip (Acts 21:8-9), Simon the tanner (Acts 9:43), Judas (Acts 9:11,17), Lydia (Acts 16:11-15), Philippian jailer (Acts 16:25-23), Jason (Acts 17:1-9), Phoebe (Rom. 16:2), Gaius (Rom. 16:23), Priscilla and Aquila (1 Cor 16:19), Titus Justus (Acts 18:7), Crispus (Acts 18:8), Stephanas (1 Cor 1:16), Philemon (Col. 4:9, 4:17), Nympha (Col. 4:15)
Apostolic church planters: Saul (Paul… certainly the most surprising 10:2b answer in the NT!), Barnabas (Acts 14:14), Andronicus and Junia (the first female apostle? Rom 16:7), Silas (1 Thes 1:1, 2:6), Timothy (1 Thes 1:1, 2:6), Apollos (1 Cor. 4:9
Fast forward to 300 AD. Rodney Stark estimates that there were by then 6 million Christians (10% of the Roman Empire). (The Rise of Christianity, p. 6.) Most, if not all, of those believers met in homes. ("There are no evidences of larger places of meeting before 300." Snyder, Archaeological Evidence of Church Life Before Constantine, p. 166)
Using Gehring's estimate of the average size of a house church again, we would conclude that there were roughly 400,000 house churches by 300 AD. More evidence that the Jesus Strategy had been hugely successful!
Derailment! Stark goes on to estimate that, if the rate of growth of Christianity had continued, there would have been 33,000,000 Christians by 350 AD (p. 10). (Something over 2 million house churches!) And, we could surmise that the Great Commission might have actually been completed by 400 AD at that rate of growth. What happened to derail the Jesus Strategy? In a word, Constantine. But, that's a whole other story.
Restoring the Jesus Strategy
The LK10 Community is committed to restoring the "Jesus Strategy". That is, we see the 10:2b Prayer as the critical practice towards our LK10 Vision of fulfilling the Great Commission by seeing a "vibrant family of Jesus in easy reach of every person in every region and people group on earth". We are motivated by both the dissatisfaction and the joy of our Shepherd. The dissatisfaction of seeing many who are far from Him. And, the great joy of seeing even one connect intimately with Him and with His people.
One of the ways we do this is by including "The 10:2b Round" in all of our Leader Team meetings. (Leader Teams are part of our Leader 101 Course.) Each time we are in a meeting with our Leader Team, we are identifying our region (or people group) that we feel called to pray for. We identify the number of vibrant families of Jesus needed in that region. (We call this our "crazy goal" because the numbers are so large that they would seem crazy apart from God doing the work.) And, we tell joyful stories of any 10:2b answers we seen since our last hangout.
The point is that God is restoring the Jesus Strategy! He is beginning to expand our hearts and minds and prayers to reflect the immensity of the epic story that He has invited us into. This is the Joy Revolution that Jesus started almost 2000 years ago.


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Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Sneak Peek: Promo videos for Active Sports & Fitness
The weather was beautiful for the Active Sports and Fitness shoot this past Friday in Walnut, California.
Jay, the owner and trainer, is a friend who I've actually collaborated on a video with before. We ran two Ragnar Relay's together, in Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
He asked me to create a series of videos that would exemplify his unique business approach and informed training for healthy lifestyle seekers of all types. :)
Now... to edit!
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Accelerator to help entrepreneurs tackle cybercrime
A government-backed cyber security accelerator is searching for entrepreneurs looking to combat cybercrime.
The HutZero accelerator, which is run by Cyber London (CyLon) and the Centre for Secure Information Technologies (CSIT), will also give entrepreneurs the opportunity to learn new skills that will enable them to start up their own cyber security company.
Twenty businesses will be selected to participate in HutZero's first event, which will consist of a bootcamp lasting five days. The bootcamp will take place from 12th to 16th September 2016 at CyLon's business premises, with a second event scheduled for later in the year.
Businesses will have the chance to receive one-to-one mentoring, learn about technical development and business fundamentals and connect with a network of cyber security and innovation experts. There will also be co-working spaces.
The programme will give entrepreneurs the chance to work on and develop their own cyber security ideas.
Applications are open until 18th July and interviews will take place on the 27th and 28th July. Applicants have the choice of attending the interview in person or online.
Commenting on the programme, Digital Economy Minister Ed Vaizey said: "The government is committed to investing in the UK's cyber security industry so I'm pleased we're supporting HutZero, a unique programme for talented individuals wanting to start a cyber security company in the UK."
He added that the programme will "help make sure we support the next generation of innovative UK cyber security companies."
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Welcome to Blue Strike Solutions a series of blogs to help small and mid-size organizations excel at fundraising.
Let's talk about one of the potential perils in any fundraising shop: the annual recognition list, the list of names of all your donors, usually sorted by giving level and published in the annual report or newsletter. You may have a great system for making sure you never leave someone's name off your annual list of donors. But if you have ever received that angry phone call from a donor whose name was left off or misspelled, you are not alone.
The list is an all-important marketing tool. It not only provides recognition, it let's people know who is "in the club," it let's your board know who they might ask. But in order to be effective it needs to be handled carefully. As you work on your honor roll remember this is a marketing tool
- First, establish the time period in which your recognizing people and make sure that appears at the top. Make it correspond to the fiscal year so you can stay on a regular schedule and
- Second, I've used a simple technique to start the annual process. Start by getting out last year's list. Remember the list you toiled over making sure all names were correct? Well, that's your starting point. Don't begin with a blank slate.
- Next, add new names. For this you'll need to pull a list of all donors from the prior year who gave at various levels. You will probably want to expand the giving levels a small amount so you don't miss someone who gave just below the cut-off as often happens with stock gifts. Add those names.
- Then you take people off. Hopefully there won't be too many. You'll want to be careful about who you remove. Do you have intermittent donors who will most likely be back? They drive us crazy but they're a reality. Is there anyone who falls just outside the window? They gave in Dec. one year, nothing in the current year, but gave in Jan. Technically they fall outside the fiscal year but they should probably stay on.
- Once you have your removals you might want to just double check to make sure something didn't fall through the cracks, a lost piece of mail, missed gift. This is an excellent time to call your donors and see what's up. You may discover a glitch that explains the lapse. It could be a changed name.
- Next pull out your board list and make sure you can account for each and every name. Why take this extra step? Because if someone is going to be left off the list it will probably be a board member! All kidding aside, your board is a special audience and deserves a little extra attention and the last thing you want is someone pulling out the annual report in the middle of a board and asking why they can't find their name.
Once you feel certain you have most of the names, go through to check for spelling suffix, prefix, spouse name. People can be listed any way they want -- don't assume you should add a spouse. But if you can try for some consistency. Obviously you're listing people by giving level and then alphabetically. Literally take a ruler and go line by line by line.
And remember it is not a financial report. Don't get hung up on reconciling your honor roll with your financial reports. That's not what it's for.
As a final step, you may want to print a printer's copy and distribute it in advance asking people to check their name and report any errors.
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The Alligator Diet
When it is time to eat, alligators are neither hunters nor gatherers. They are lurkers. They wait for something edible to swim or walk nearby and they lunge at it with incredible speed. Using their tails, alligators can push themselves up to 5 feet out of the water to snag small animals in low-hanging tree branches.
Alligators will eat almost anything they can capture -- fish, turtles, frogs, birds, small mammals, and sometimes even larger mammals like deer. Alligators capture all of these creatures by lurking in the water.
When lurking, only the eyes and nostrils are above the waterline. If it is lurking in the shadows at a pond's edge, this posture can make an alligator impossible to detect. An alligator can sit like this for hours waiting for something edible to wander nearby. When its prey gets close enough, the alligator moves with startling speed.
Besides its eyes and ears, alligators are equipped with skin sensors that are incredibly sensitive to vibration. These sensors make it possible for an alligator to detect anything entering the water or disturbing the surface of the water anywhere nearby.
Once an alligator captures something, it will hold it in its mouth and drag it underwater to drown it. It must then get back above water to swallow it -- otherwise, the alligator's stomach and lungs would fill with water. Using its incredibly powerful jaws (which are able to exert up to 2,000 PSI), an alligator will break bones or crush shells (in the case of turtles) to create a chunk of flesh that can fit down its throat. Then it will raise its head, open the palatal valve and swallow the piece whole. An alligator can digest anything it swallows -- muscle, bone, cartilage, etc. are all digested completely.
Alligators, being cold-blooded, do not have to eat very often. Once a week is a typical feeding schedule for alligators living in the wild. Excess calories are stored in fat deposits at the base of the alligator's tail. Incredibly, by burning fat reserves, it is possible for an alligator to last more than two years between feedings.


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In the past two weeks, numerous Arlington basketball players were named to all-district and all-region teams due to their strong play during this season.
For Yorktown, senior LaNia Charity was named to the girl's all-Northern Region second team and all-National District first team after averaging almost 11 points per game this season. Sophomore Lena Negri was named to the all-district second team, while seniors Lindiwe Rennert, Brooke Huffman, and Shannon Briggs were all honorable mention all-district. Senior Carla Manger was named to the all-defensive first team.
On the boy's side senior Simon Kilday was also named to the all-Northern Region second team and all-National District first team after scoring close to 18 points per contest this year. In addition, junior Mike Veith garnered second team all-district honors, while teammates Jack Earley and Will Carey were named honorable mentions for the district squad.
For Washington-Lee, junior Shante Waller picked up third team all-region honors and was named first team all-National District. Teammates Jen McCue, Janese Jackson, and Brianna Hogan were all named to honorable mention all district. On the boy's side, seniors Gavin Treweek and Charlie Fuller both made the all-district honorable mention list.
Wakefield's Veronica Paz was named to the National District's first team, while senior Johnathan Ford was named to the all-region second team and first team all-district.
Check back next week to see if any Arlington hoops stars made our all-Connection team this year.
O'Connell Hockey Wins Title
The Bishop O'Connell boy's ice hockey team took home the Northern Virginia Scholastic Hockey League title this past weekend, defeating Forest Park, 6-5, in overtime at the Capitals Kettler Iceplex in Arlington.
Sophomore Chris Clark bailed out the Knights with his game winner after O'Connell had squandered a 4-1 lead in the second period. The game winner was Clark's second goal of the game.
Dramatics also saved O'Connell (16-6-1) in its semifinal round upset of top-ranked Stone Bridge. Sophomore Alex Guerrere tallied the game-winning goal with just 58 seconds remaining in overtime to give the Knights a 4-3 victory. The win ended Stone Bridge's 20-game unbeaten streak. Guerrere's older brother, Nick, also had a goal for the Knights.
O'Connell Loses in WCAC Quarterfinals
All season long, the WCAC has proven to be the toughest boy's basketball league in the area. For better or worse, the Bishop O'Connell boy's basketball team learned that lesson this past weekend, getting upset by Paul IV in the quarterfinals of the league's playoffs by a score of 52-34.
Paul IV jumped on O'Connell early, building an 18-4 first-quarter lead that it would never relinquish. The Knights tried valiantly to push the lead under 10 at a couple points in the second and third quarters, but were unable to fully recover from the poor start. O'Connell was 14-4 in league play during the regular season, while Paul IV was just 7-11. The Knights had defeated Paul IV by 24 points on Feb. 15.
Senior David Eismeier led O'Connell (22-8 overall, 14-5 WCAC) with 11 points, while junior Kendall Marshall chipped in nine points. Despite the loss, the O'Connell will still take part in the Virginia Independent School League state tournament, which begins next week.
The Bishop O'Connell girl's basketball team also fell in the WCAC quarterfinals, losing to Good Counsel, 67-60. Seniors Kelly Horvath and Meg Lagos led the Knights in scoring with 19 and 12 points, respectively.
Youth Gymnastics
The Arlington Tigers, an area boy's youth gymnastics team, took third place in the President's Day Invitational two weekends ago in Woodbridge, Va. It was the Tigers' first team trophy ever. Corwin de Boor led the team, taking first place in the all-around competition for boy ages 10 and up. Julian Gagnier earned third-place honors on the parallel bars for the 8-9 age group. Scott Sawicki also came in third place on the horizontal bar for the 10 and up age group.
The following boy's qualified to compete in the Virginia Boy's State Championship, to be held March 21-22 in Richmond: Nolan Kataoka, Collin Carey, Corwin de Boor, Scott Sawicki, Ben Bloom, Julian Gagnier, Jonah Margosis, and Shayne Richmond.


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The Norfolk Art & Design Competition celebrates creative student talent from Sixth Forms and colleges across Norfolk.
Shortlisted work is exhibited at Norwich University of the Arts, with a private view and awards ceremony, followed by a touring exhibition of award winning work at galleries in Kings Lynn and Great Yarmouth (dates below).
This competition is a great opportunity for students to professionally showcase their work at external venues and to enhance their portfolios.
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The 6th form taster day was a real success. Nearly all our year 11 students, and around 20 external candidates, enjoyed a flavour of what life could be like in Sprowston 6th form. Don't forget to sign up now on the 'Help you Choose' website.
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Meal prepping for dummies
Meal prepping is easy, a bit time consuming, but easy. I am a firm believer in prepping my meals on a Sunday.
What you will need to start your meal prep journey:
- Kitchen Scale
- Lots of frieken Tupperware
- Food bags
- The food (Healthy food) – You can't order pizza and pack it into the Tupperware and call it meal prepping. That's not how this shit works.
- Patience
- A plan – You can't just throw shit together and hope it preps itself.
- Maybe some gangsta rap on in the background – That's right, show that food who is boss.
Why prep meals?
- Saves time in the evenings so you can actually go for that run you have been avoiding all day.
- Eliminates all the guessing, which makes the chances of you over eating less.
- No caving into take-away orders at work, because you already have your meals packed.
- You know exactly what you are eating and it is easy to track your calorie intake.
Some excuses I have used in the past;
(And yes, below is reference to my fat ass)
"But I don't like eating old food" – Well I bet you also don't like your fat ass when looking in the mirror?
"What if I don't feel like having that meal tomorrow" – Well, what if you also didn't want to look at your fat ass in the mirror tomorrow.
"But its difficult" – Everything is difficult when you first start. Get off that fat ass of yours and take the first step to becoming better.
"But I don't have time" – Make the effing time.
I am not saying that you will fail at getting rid of your unwanted body fat if you don't prep your meals, but it does sure as hell make it a lot easier.


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PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – The stunned Pittsburgh Penguins head to Boston for Game 3, and Root Sports Penguins analyst Bob Errey offers his analysis with Vinnie & Cook on Sportsradio 93.7 The Fan.
Errey doesn't hold back his thoughts on Sidney Crosby's struggles, and where they may be coming from.
"I think somebody had a conversation with him and said to taper it down after Game 1," Errey said. "I think he tapered it down way too much and played with no emotion in Game 2. I looked at his face in Game 2, and there wasn't anything there. You don't like to see that."
"You've got to play this game with emotion. You cannot be a faceless guy out there. Some guys can get away with that, maybe a Henrik Zetterberg. But when you're a Sidney Crosby, an Evgeni Malkin, the way this team is made up you've gotta be in your opponent's face. If you don't have that, you're not going to be successful in hockey."
As the series switches to Boston, Errey reveals the adjustments he would like to see the Penguins make.
"They're going to have to start banging Zdeno Chara the way they have in the past. They've chopped this guy down. They have to get in there and attack the good players of the Boston Bruins and see how they react. Get back to your gameplan."
Errey also reveals whom he thinks should start in goal for Pittsburgh in Game 3, wonders where Tyler Kennedy is, and implores the leaders to step up.


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I'm intrigued by the choice of colour and icon on this sign at Brunel University. Unfortunately I couldn't find a female sign to compare with and didn't have time to search. Gendered loos are becoming an issue - could this be some kind of a response?
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
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Menil Drawing Institute
According to Josef Helfenstein, director of the Menil Collection, Los Angeles-based architecture firm Johnston Marklee's proposed design for the Menil Drawing Institute (MDI) is both serene and revolutionary. Helfenstein likened the achievement, which displays fragile works on paper in the modulated presence of natural light, to "squaring a circle."
The 30,150-sf, $40 million MDI will be the first free-standing facility in the country dedicated to the exhibition, study, storage, and conservation of modern contemporary drawings. It is also the first installment in a planned reinvigoration of the Menil Collection's campus in Houston's Montrose neighborhood. The 30-acre enclave includes the main museum building and the Cy Twombly Gallery, both designed by Renzo Piano (in 1987 and 1995, respectively), as well as a 1930 masonry structure that houses a permanent Dan Flavin light installation. Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates plans to transform the site with the development of an expansive, coherent, and sustainable landscape. Houston's Stern and Bucek Architects are working on the transformation of a bungalow into a cafe for the campus, and the new Energy House, also to be designed by Johnston Marklee, will serve as the central utilities resource for the museum and its annex buildings.
Johnston Marklee's design for the MDI takes its cue from the site's prominent live oak trees. The design calls for trees to be surrounded by three square, open-roofed courtyards. Principals Sharon Johnston, AIA, and Mark Lee described the new building as self-evident and direct. "The site itself showed us the way forward," they commented. "The garden-like character of the campus with its tree-shaded streets of bungalows gave us the clues we needed to find the right scale, resolve the relationship between interior and exterior spaces and, above all, to modulate the light."
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I had work this afternoon…mehhh.
- Denim Jacket, GAP. Thrifted for $4.99 at the Goodwill. Love the wash, love the fit. I like it better with the sleeves rolled up. Just looks more relaxed.
- Lace top, Diane Von Furstenburg. Thrifted for $5 in Ventura. I basically saw the label and snatched it up without looking at the shirt. Then I went to Justine and whispered, "I JUST FOUND DVF, I JUST FOUND DVF!" Epic day.
- Tan tank (since the DVF top is a few sizes too big.)
- Leggings, Marciano. I love these things more than words can describe. I'd highly recommend them to anyone in need of an excellent pair of leggings.
- Necklace, White House/Black Market.
- Boots, Cathy Jean.
I love this shirt. It's so beautiful and I hang it in my closet with such pride. The lace, the layered ruffles, the silk, the little buttons on the lace trimmed sleeves. Just shows that with money and good designers, you get details that you don't normally see on regular clothes. Of course, since I lucked out and found it at a thrift store, it wasn't in my size, (I'm usually a 4 and this is a 12) but I kind of like it that way. I think the look of the tank under it almost improves it and adds even more layers and I love wearing this top when I'm looking for something elegant and sophisticated, yet don't want to look too dressed up. Not to mention, it's super comfortable!
In sad news, I went sunbathing yesterday for the first time of the summer to disastrous results. My chest now has a pink bib on it. I know it'll fade to brown soon enough, but it still looks ridiculous. My forehead is hot pink too. I look like cotton candy or something. Which sucks, since I hate cotton candy.


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Introduce yourself. Who are you and what's your role at EduDeo Ministries?
I'm Karla-Maria Ponce – Karla for short – and I'm the HANDS Coordinator here at EduDeo. What would like HANDS participants to know about you?
Well, I speak Spanish, which is helpful for teams going to a Spanish-speaking country! I also have past experience as a missionary and I've spent time as a teacher. My teaching experience has given me the tools to interact with people and connect with them, to teach them on a different level.
What do you like about working here at EduDeo?
I love to teach others about missions. My favourite part is mixing my love for people and watching them grow in their vision for what missions is.
What do you love about EduDeo?
I love this ministry because it is a group of people passionate for seeing change. We're small, and we're a mix of talented, interesting people working towards a common goal: to further the Kingdom of God.
What's a fun fact about you that people might not know?
I feel like I'm very open with my life and you guys already know everything about me! One thing is I love the idea of princesses and castles and anything magical. As a kid I was obsessed and would research real princess… probably because my life-long dream was to be a princess! What is your ideal HANDS team meeting location?
Meeting with people in their home. It's special to be invited into someone's living room and I'm always honoured to be able to join in on a team meeting. A HANDS team feels like a family – which is why meeting in people's homes feels so appropriate.
We hear you're going to run the Road2Hope?
You bet! I've downloaded the Couch to 5k app on my phone… but right now I'm still at the couch part. Anything else?
If you have any questions about HANDS trips, please call me! I'd love to work with you, your church group, your business, or your school.


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Kona's column 16: Originality, reloaded
August 31, 2011
What makes a poem original? In my previous column, I referred to originality as something more than mere novelty – "perhaps some combination of exactness, particularity, intelligence and beauty", "something ineffable" – which admittedly dodged around the tricky business of actually defining it. These approximations are still my best working description of originality, but the fact that I can't pin it down doesn't prevent me from indulging in that fine artistic tradition of speculating about where it comes from.
Speaking as a writer, the poems that feel the most satisfyingly original, the most unmistakeably themselves, are the ones that are at least partly "given" – or, as I've described it elsewhere, poems whose writing provokes "the delicious sense that you're not making something new so much as uncovering something that has always existed, word by tantalizing word." Many poets have spoken of the subjectively remarkable, yet apparently commonplace, experience of having a poem seem to write itself; here, for example, is Michael Longley in a recent interview:
"[A poem is] a rare event […] It has a feeling of inevitability, as though the poem has always existed, and was just waiting to be discovered."
A poem doesn't write itself, of course, even if it sometimes feels that way – so where is this spine-tingling sense of otherness coming from? The ancient world had its Muses, and religious people might still incline towards the notion of divine inspiration, but what's a secular modern writer to conclude?
When I puzzle on the deep roots of originality, the thing that immediately comes to mind is sleep – something of a pet subject at the best of times, I admit! – and more particularly, the dreamlife that accompanies sleep.
Consulting the scientific literature, one could be forgiven for concluding that sleep is as inscrutable as originality: its exact purpose in human and non-human biology is far from clearly understood. (For example, in people, it may have some role in filtering the day's experiences in order to lay down useful memories, and animal studies have suggested that it may replenish neural processes – but there are plenty of competing theories). Scientific studies tend to emphasise short-term, biology-driven benefits of sleep, but the writer in me can't help but suspect that there's some deeper, longer-term organisation or intelligence at work in dreaming.
Sometimes my dreams seem shamelessly symbolic – the careening car-with-very-spongy-brakes that I'm desperately trying to slow down, or the collection of baggage that I'm going to have to leave behind if I'm not to miss my imminently-departing flight. At other times my dreams are intensely filmic, telling convoluted but essentially linear adventure stories. Most interestingly, there's a recurring dream which I've had for many years, but whose denouement continues to change subtly over time as I myself change, grow older, sort a few things out – a metaphorical mirror, almost.
The cumulative experience of all this dreamlife creates the sense of some coherent other, deep in my own mind, which has a penchant for symbolism, a vivid narrative imagination and (sometimes) a thing or two it wants to tell me. It's subjectively tempting – and yes, of course, rationally unjustifiable – to infer that it's the same coherent other that feeds me both these ever-surprising dreams and these occasional "given" poems, constructions that are nominally offshoots of my own mind, and yet somehow feel like they're from somewhere else.
What are the implications if the dream-self and the deeper writing-self are indeed two faces of the one entity, the true locus of our originality? I find it encouraging – not least because I've never suffered from Dreamer's Block! Dreamlife is abundant, so perhaps the rarity of Longley's "rare event" is not because that deep creative voice doesn't have things to say, but because we get too caught up in the noise of our busy conscious minds to hear it. When we reach an artistic impasse, and all our work seems stale and unoriginal, perhaps it really is a sensible idea to "sleep on it"?
Kona Macphee is a UK-born, Australian-bred poet now living and working in Scotland. This column is a monthly feature. Kona also facilitates the Poetry Society Poetry Surgeries – keep an eye on our events page for further information on the next surgeries. You can also hear Kona on the SPL podcast 'Witching Hour'and follow her on Twitter.
Calling all interns! | Wordsworth Trust
August 23, 2011
Another opportunity from our friends at the Wordsworth Trust:
Wordsworth Trust Internship Programme
20th January- 31st December 2012
Applicants should demonstrate an enthusiasm for heritage and learning, and are expected to develop a knowledge of British Romanticism during the internship. Previous experience of museum work is not essential.
Interns will receive a unique, all-round experience (five out of seven days a week) of both an historic house and a working museum that receives over 55,000 visitors a year. Alongside visitor services, such as delivering guided tours of the cottage, selling tickets and merchandise in the gift shop and receiving visitors to the museum and the collections centre, interns will gain experience of caring for, maintaining and developing a Designated Collection of approximately 65,000 catalogued items. The curatorial team will equip interns with a knowledge and experience of museum practice and procedures, preventative conservation methods, updating and maintaining the collections records and researching potential and recent acquisitions and deposits. We are currently contemplating developing our own bespoke qualification which interns will complete during their residency.
There may also be opportunities to undertake projects and gain experience in other areas, such as education and outreach, custodianship, development and marketing.
Alongside the Museum, the Wordsworth Trust runs an extensive contemporary literature programme, which receives National Portfolio funding from the Arts Council. It includes an internationally renowned series of poetry readings, a Residency, and Writer and Reader Development programmes. There will be an opportunity for one intern to work closely with the Literature Officer on this programme, alongside their general duties.
Duration: Interns will be asked to commit to this programme and to see it through, unless unforeseeable personal circumstances intervene, during the dates specified above.
Financial implications: The Trust is able to award a training bursary of approximately £50.95 a week for subsistence.
Accommodation: This is a residential scheme, with shared, on-site accommodation available to rent. The rent is currently £60 a week and most interns find that they are eligible to receive housing benefit to cover their rent. Interns with savings of £6,000 or more may receive less benefit
Closing date for applications: 28th October 2011
For more information, please contact Jane Connolly at firstname.lastname@example.com
Interviews: Week commencing 21st November 2011
Remembering Edwin
August 18, 2011
Edwin Morgan has been much in our minds this week, on the first anniversary of his death. His own words are the best ones for remembrance. Several people turned to his poem 'Fires' at this time last year, with its wonderful evocation of a gramophone record heard across the street in Rutherglen, where he was growing up, and the repeated song 'One Fine Day':
… I thought of that person,
him or her, as taking me to a country
far high sunny where I knew to be happy
was only a moment, a puttering flame in the fireplace
but burning all the misery to cinders
if it could, a sift of dross like what we mourn for
as caskets sink with horrifying blandness
into a roar, into smoke, into light, into almost nothing.
The not quite nothing I praise it and I write it.
We write his name and go on praising the work, the far from nothing.
~ Robyn
K.O. Arvidson (1938-2011) | remembered by Alan Riach
August 16, 2011
Alan Riach pays tribute to the New Zealand poet K.O. Arvidson (1938-2011), who died recently.
Ken Arvidson was one of those very few people you meet in your life who is a co-ordinate point forever. He published one book of poems, Riding the Pendulum (Oxford University Press, 1973), collecting work from 1961 to 1969. Later, intermittently, individual poems appeared in magazines and anthologies. But the concise nature of the yield is not to be underestimated. If ever there was an argument against quantity as value, this is it.
I met him when I first arrived in New Zealand. I left Scotland in 1986 for a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of Waikato, on the other side of the world. I knew nobody there. Glasgow to London to Los Angeles to somewhere in the Pacific to refuel, to Auckland, then the last, small plane to Hamilton. When I got off the plane and he met me at Hamilton airport, eyes shrewd, smile slightly crooked, cigarette between fingers, he had that look on his face and in his whole body as I approached him across the tarmac that is there in that line from his poem 'The Tall Wind' – a great poem that should be in every anthology – 'we'll find out now what this young charlie knows' – and I knew I was in good company and that I'd moved into some better context for conversation and exchange and respect and best of all, a liking. And forever equal to his giving, his implicit demand that such respect and liking should be maintained in balance.
It wasn't always, and it never is, in any life, but that doesn't matter: what matters is the example, the reliable fact of that co-ordinate point. For most of that first year in NZ for me, 86-87, Ken and his wife Mary were in Britain, visiting my parents and encountering Dickens-country, Pip's domain, Cooling Church and its lozenges, and Rochester, and I was in Hamilton, New Zealand, teaching Great Expectations and beginning to lecture, and using Ken's office at the University of Waikato, which he'd kindly allowed me to do while he was away. I remember that office, his books there, the view from that window over the Waikato landscape to the mountains, and colleagues, the good company of those months, so clearly. I still have a collection of his letters to me from then, full of sharp observation, with a sense of a kind of residual wisdom about them.
Later, when I was a lecturer in the Department of English there, there was a whole stretch of years where the Department was altogether a great place to be, to work and learn and do good things.
Later again, I was teaching Scottish literature while Ken and Mary were travelling in Scotland, finding Orkney and the whole world of the Orkney archipelago particularly congenial and deeply affecting. The poems that came from his experience there are worth digging for. ('Mid-Winter Orkney' is available online from the NZ literary journal Sport, as is another travel-poem, mature, funny, bitter, ironic, from a journey in America: 'Some Legends of the Civil War'.) Other poems are utterly earthed in New Zealand. 'Six o' Clock in the Gluepot' evokes the Auckland bar frequented by newspaper reporters, once upon a time: 'So what's it to be then? The question's a hawk / On the point of hatching. The intoxicating air / Opens on more horizons than Cézanne.' The 'loveliness of exchange' might turn to merely 'affection's flak…a bitter fall, and then the dark.' Or, more optimistically, 'a whole theatre of students getting your point at once, / Their jackets warm with rain, an indoors rainbow.' Something that New Zealand offered him, and others too: 'a breath of air, / Encountering again the child who knew itself / The centre, the unique spindle of the world.' And ending, perfectly: 'What's it to be? / The enemy all along, gentlemen. It's time.' 'Fish and Chips on the Merry-Go-Round' takes a long, keen look at what Christianity, across centuries, might, at its best, still give 'glints' of. And 'The Four Last Songs of Richard Strauss at Takahe Creek Above the Kaipara' unwinds and explores all the bitter, longing, lonely implications of its title with rich, assiduous, slow, unstoppable momentum.
The way things are in the world, someone of Ken's integrity and modesty is badly undervalued, even overlooked. But if you read his poems closely, they will give their worth and keep it, while others whose fashion might be glitzy will fade.
I'm told that at college he was in a class of boys discussing what literary character they would most like to be. Some opted for the-then newly-minted James Bond, one swot for David Copperfield. Ken said he'd rather be Banjo Patterson's The Bastard from the Bush.
He had an element of greatness. There is that, to be said.
You can read more about New Zealand poets in our Introducing New Zealand poets project, including Alan Riach introducing Bill Manhire.
Poems from Small Islands | edbookfest
August 15, 2011
The Edinburgh International Book Festival is here and our August will never be the same again! There's plenty of poetry events that we can't wait to get stuck into, and the first of the lot was last night's 'Poems from Small Islands' event, the showcase of the now annual Crear / Literature Across Frontiers / SPL translation workshop [here's a piece Robyn wrote about Crear from our Poetry Reader issue 6]. This year, the participating poets all come from 'small islands': Miriam Gamble is from Northern Ireland; Adrian Grima from Malta; Maria Rosa Llabrés Ripoll lives in Palma, Majorca; Jenan Selçuk lives in Famagusta, Cyprus and Ian Stephen in Lewis, Stornoway (when he's not at sea).
The story of their week was unfolded through this dialogue via poems. We started by hearing Miriam's translation of Adrian's 'Andrew Dreams of Catherine Wheels'; heard Adrian read his translation of ';' by Miriam; Maria Rosa read her translation of Ian's poem, 'Baptist Church (Abandoned)' and Jenan read his attempt at translating Miriam's challenging poem 'The Flaying of Marsyas' ('it nearly killed him', Miriam told us). And so wonderfully on – a journey through their week, free-wheeling between Catalan, English, Turkish and Maltese.
It was a lovely evening, many of the poems prefaced with an explanation of the process: the difficulty of gendered words; the challenge of uncharted subject material; how some of the translations cleaved more closely to the original than others. One poem, Adrian's poem for Abder, became 'The Sea Swell' in Ian's hands, and many stanzas shorter in Miriam's version, owing to the tradition of the compact Northern Irish lyric.
Miriam articulated her feelings on the complexities of translation: 'it's not the original poem, but not a freed poem either. It falls somewhere between the lines.' Robyn closed by saying that she appreciated it was challenging to listen to an hour of poetry in an unknown tongue, but that she hoped the audience had revelled in the music of language. We certainly did.
Poet in Residence | Wordsworth Trust
August 12, 2011
The Wordsworth Trust is offering an opportunity for a new Poet in Residence, to run for ten months from the beginning of December 2011 to end of September 2012.
The Wordsworth Trust was founded in 1891 to maintain Dove Cottage, in Grasmere, Cumbria, home of William Wordsworth when he wrote much of his greatest poetry. Dove Cottage is now an internationally famous visitor attraction, and the Trust's collection is now home to 90% of Wordsworth's known manuscripts, one of the largest archive collections of a writer in the world. The contemporary literature programme at the Trust includes a season of Poetry Readings, renowned as one of the best in the country, and growing Reader and Writer Development programmes, often presented in partnership with national organisations such as The Poetry School and the Poetry Translation Centre.
The Residency offers an invaluable opportunity for a published poet, from any cultural background and writing within any literary tradition, to spend time in Grasmere, Cumbria, in the heart of the Lake District, an area of outstanding natural beauty that so much inspired William Wordsworth. The poet will be given space to develop their own work and will also be involved in delivering parts of the Wordsworth Trust Literature Programme, and be involved in the wider cultural life of Cumbria.
The Poet in Residence will be paid a monthly stipend of £1000, and provided with a cottage for which they will be charged a subsidised rent. For full details, and application procedure, contact Andrew Forster on email@example.com or 015394 35544
The Wordsworth Trust welcomes applications from members of black and ethnic communities. Closing date for applications 4.00pm Friday Sept 2nd 2011. Wordsworth Trust website: http://www.wordsworth.org.uk/
Interns for Wigtown Book Festival
August 11, 2011
A fantastic opportunity to work with our pals at the Wigtown Book Festival:
In the past 12 years, Wigtown Book Festival has blossomed into one of the most vibrant literary events in Britain. A registered charity, the Festival showcases writers old and new and reaches more than 2,000 children a year. It also contributes to the economy and national profile of Dumfries and Galloway.
For more information about the Book Festival go to: http://www.wigtownbookfestival.com/
We are looking for two interns to help the Festival increase its appeal to young people between the ages of 14 and 25. The successful interns will gain experience in how a book festival is run and promoted. You will develop skills in events management, as well as interviewing and editorial in a multi-media context. You will be mentored by a professional team; a journalist, the literature development officer, the Wigtown Festival Company Director and the Wigtown Festival Company manager.
This is an unpaid role offering journalist experience at a high level that will suit a young person interested in a career in broadcast, journalism or radio production. You will be expected to write a short evaluation report at the end of the internship
Full-time from Wednesday 21st September to Wednesday 5th October
Travel, expenses and accommodation in or near Wigtown will be provided.
Intern duties (2 posts)
The kind of projects / tasks you will undertake include:
- Providing clear, simple to read content with the ability to speak directly to young people (14 to 25 years)
- Interviewing visitors and volunteers at the Book Festival
- Interviewing authors
- Assisting the literature development officer with producing Wigtown Ink newsletters and events
- Website: building a young readership by updating content, stories and events
- Contributing to our multimedia presence e.g. GLOW, other web sites, facebook, YouTube, local radio
- Other events – helping out where required
- Liaising and responding to requests from national media
Skills required:
- Research;
- Following Editorial Guidelines;
- High-level oral and written communication skills;
- Good time keeping – ability to meet deadlines a must;
- Flexibility and initiative;
- Good team member.
Education Level
At least: A – Level / Scottish Highers / BTEC or NVQ equivalent
Access / Foundation Course or Apprenticeship
Application: a letter, no more than one side of A4, outlining why you want this opportunity, and an attached short CV.
Closing date and time for application: 5.00pm Friday 19th August.
There will be an interview for those short-listed so please indicate how to contact you quickly by e mail or phone.
Carolyn Yates
Literature Development Officer, Wigtown Book Festival
Dumfries and Galloway Arts
The Midsteeple, High Street
Tel: 01387 253383 Fax: 01387 253303
Mobile number: 07833477728
Registered in Scotland No: 127838 Charity No SCO08593


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The Cataract
Ben Vereecken
- Year: 1911
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Available only as part of this book: Grand Album of Selected Solos for Alto Saxophone
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – The Birmingham-Southern College football team unleashed its offense in front of a record crowd of 2,800 people in Krulak Stadium Saturday night. But they could not fend off Huntingdon College down the stretch who came from behind to win 45-38. BSC moves to 1-1 on the year with the loss.
Kerrigan Pennington (Wagerville, Ala./Washington County HS) led the team in total offensive yards. He finished with a game-high 250 passing yards including two touchdowns. The senior also rushed for a team-high 144 yards and two touchdowns.
Two receivers collected over 80 yards on the day. Damian Mitchell (Maplesville, Ala./Maplesville HS) and Jamal Watkins (Hampton, Ga./Dodge City CC) earned 86 and 82 yards, respectively. Watkins also collected 98 return yards on special teams for a team-high 180 all-purpose yards.
Ryder Andrews (Homewood, Ala./Homewood HS) continued his stellar play in the Panthers kicking game. He finished with a season-high eight points that included a career-long 43-yard field goal. He also put up 92 punting yards, averaging 46 yards per kick.
Defensively, the Panthers were led by Sy Butler (Childersburg, Ala./Childersburg HS) and Cole Murphy (Gaylesville, Ala./Gaylesville HS). The pair earned 11.5 and 11 tackles, respectively. Murphy's including a sack for a loss of seven yards. Matthew Byers (Pelham, Ala./John Carroll Catholic HS) was a standout in the secondary. He broke up a game-high two passes.
BSC opened scoring with a 43-yard field goal by Andrews. The defense then came through on a blocked punt by Tyrone Cason (Oakland, Tenn./Whitehaven HS). Mitchell scooped it up and took it back 20 yards for the first touchdown of the night. The Panthers took a 17-0 lead off a 31-yard touchdown catch by Buddy Dowd (Dothan, Ala./Northview HS) from Pennington.
The BSC defense held Huntingdon off the board until just 42 seconds left in the first quarter. The Hawks put two in the end zone before BSC responded.
Pennington rushed from one yard out with 7:26 left in the half to push the lead to 10. He would find Watkins four minutes later on a 24-yard pass to give BSC the 31-14 lead. With just 20 seconds left before the break, Huntingdon put in a 36-yard field goal to pull within 17.
The Hawks came out swinging in the second half. With two quick scores and a field goal, they tied the score at 31-all with 1:51 remaining in the third quarter.
Pennington rushed for an 11-yard touchdown on the Panthers first possession of the fourth quarter, but Huntingdon put in back-to-back touchdowns to take the lead for the first time in the game with 8:45 seconds left.
The Panthers had an opportunity to tie it up in the final minutes. They weren't able to convert on fourth-and-long and the Hawks ran the clock out.
BSC hits the road next to open Southern Athletic Association play. They face Rhodes College on Saturday, Sept. 23 in Memphis, Tenn. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m.