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Personnel Commission Links
FAQs for Classified Job Applicants
Personnel Commission
Meeting Schedule & Agendas
Personnel Commission Meetings are held at:
6225 El Camino Real, Carlsbad, CA 92009
Meetings begin at 4:30 pm and all meetings are open to the public.
Personnel Commission Meetings 2019
Jan 23, 2019
Feb 27, 2019
Apr 17, 2019
Apr 23, 2019
Jun 27, 2019
August 28, 2019
October 23, 2019
December 18, 2019
The above meeting dates do not prohibit the Commission from rescheduling Personnel Commission Meetings at a later date, within the scope of adhering to Brown Act requirements.
Personnel Commissioners
A Personnel Commissioner must be: a registered voter, a resident within the District's boundaries, and a known adherent to the merit system principles. The term of each Commissioner lasts for a period of three years and their terms are staggered so that one term expires each year.
Gaylen Freeman (Appointed by the Governing Board)
Commissioner Freeman retired from Carlsbad Unified School District in 2006 after serving as Deputy Superintendent. During his 43 years in education, he served as a teacher and then a district administrator, maintaining responsibility for Instructional Services, Human Resources and Business Services. He also served as a Superintendent in two school districts. These experiences have given him an extensive background in education that serve him well in his role as a Personnel Commissioner. Commissioner Freeman is eager to support the merit system at Carlsbad Unified School District and appreciates this opportunity to donate his time and energy to the District and its employees.
Kent Bricker (Jointly Appointed by the Other Commissioners)
Commissioner Bricker is excited to return to the CUSD Personnel Commission as the jointly appointed commissioner. After previously serving the Commission for nine years as the Governing Board appointee, he is honored to return and continue his service in his new role. Mr. Bricker is a Carlsbad business owner and has been involved in the community, having previously served as the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation President. He is a graduate of the Carlsbad Citizens Academy and proud father of a son that was educated through CUSD, graduated from Carlsbad High and is now attending ASU's Carey School of Business.
Kym Szalkiewicz (Appointed by LIUNA)
Mission Statement
"Consistent with merit system principles, the Carlsbad Unified School District Personnel Commission is committed to the oversight of a fair and equitable personnel system that employs the most qualified individuals to support the district's present and future educational programs."
To show pride in maintaining a highly qualified workforce consisting of talented and diligent staff who take initiative and employ teamwork to support our world class school district.
About the Merit System
Employment in Carlsbad Unified School District's classified service is based upon merit system principles as defined by California Education Code Part 25, Chapter 5, Article 6, Sections 45240-45320, federal law and the rules and regulations of the Personnel Commission. The Carlsbad Unified School District is an equal opportunity employer.
CA Education Code and the Merit System
The Personnel Commission is established and governed by the provisions of the California Education Code, Title 2, Part 25, Article 6, Sections 45240 through 45330.
The Personnel Commission has responsibilities "as they pertain to the classified service regarding applications, examinations, eligibility, appointments, promotions, demotions, transfers, dismissals, resignations, layoffs, reemployment, vacations, leaves of absence, compensation within a classification, job analyses and specifications, service ratings, public advertisement of examinations, rejection of unfit applicants without competition, and any other matters necessary to carry out the provisions and purposes of this article (E.C. 45261)."
"The Personnel Commission shall prescribe, amend, and interpret subject to this article (E.C. 45260) such rules as may be necessary to insure the efficiency of the service and the selection and retention of employees upon a basis of merit and fitness."
Basic Principles of the Merit System
- Recruitment from all segments of society and advancement on the basis of relative ability, knowledge and skill under fair and open competition
- Equal pay for equal work
- Efficient and effective use of the workforce
- Retention and promotion on the basis of merit, as measured by the adequacy of employee performance and professional achievement
- Correction of the performance of those whose work is inadequate and separation of those who cannot or will not meet required standards
- Protection of employees from arbitrary action, personal favoritism or political coercion
- Protection of employees against reprisal for lawful disclosures of information
- Fair and equitable treatment in all personnel management matters without regard to politics or protected status and with proper regard for individual privacy and constitutional rights
- High standards of integrity and conduct and concern for the public interest
Personnel Commission Responsibilities:
- Establishing and maintaining classification plans
- Recruiting for and testing job candidates
- Managing eligibility lists, transfer lists and reinstatement lists
- Tracking seniority, bumping and reemployment lists
- Hearing examination appeals
- Establishing and maintaining Personnel Commission Rules
- Recruiting Talented Staff
- Maintaining Classification Structure
- Hearing appeals to disciplinary action
Provided below is a delineation of the separation of duties between the Personnel Commission and the Board of Trustees and their designees that often impact classified employees.
The Commission
- Establishes classifications and classifies jobs based on assigned duties
- Creates job families
- Sets minimum qualifications
- Recruits for and tests candidates
- Certifies ranks of eligibility lists to hiring authorities
- Serves as an appeal body for employees disciplined by the Board organizations
The Board
- Determines District job tasks and functions
- Establishes departments and reporting relationships
- Determines number of people needed in each classification
- Sets work schedules and assigned hours
- Makes final hiring decisions
- Supervises and disciplines employees
- Negotiates with labor


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I discovered the glorious James Herriot, when I was a girl.
I rediscovered him last week when I picked up his audio treasury for children.
James Herriot wrote about his work as a veterinarian in post WWII England.
His series are titled from a children's poem by Cecil B. Alexander.
This week in our car we listened to an audio recording of James Herriot's Treasury for Children read by Jim Dale.
For the uninitiated, Jim Dale is simply the best audiobook narrator ever in the universe full stop.
For your read aloud pleasure, I leave you this pretty little poem that inspired this series.
All things bright and beautiful,
All creatures great and small,
All things wise and wonderful,
The Lord God made them all.
Each little flower that opens,
Each little bird that sings,
He made their glowing colors,
He made their tiny wings.
The purple-headed mountain,
The river running by,
The sunset, and the morning,
That brightens up the sky;
The cold wind in the winter,
The pleasant summer sun,
The ripe fruits in the garden,
He made them every one.
He gave us eyes to see them,
And lips that we might tell,
How great is God Almighty,
Who has made all things well.
by Cecil Alexander
My favorite books to share with my kids are books with rich language, warm humor and evocative of nature.
James Herriot has all of this and more. His books are friends, you can get lost in them and they never wear out.
What kind of books can you return to like a friend? What is your cosiest read?

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These questions are meant to relate to the sermon on 3 June 2018, More Fruit Bearing. It is a continuation of the series on Disciple Character. These questions may be used for personal reflection and group discussion.
1. Have you experienced any pattern of personal challenges during this series of teaching of Disciple Character? Are you willing to discuss it?
2. As a review, discuss what "bearing fruit" means? What kind of spiritual fruit have we been discussing?
3. How is this fruit produced?
4. If you have not recently, re-read John 15:1-8. By what other means might you teach the same truth?
5. Practically speaking, how do you stay connected to the vine?
6. What is the certain result of staying connected to Jesus?
7. What is the certain result of not being connected to Jesus?
8. The question has surfaced from this passage, have I lost my salvation if I am not currently bearing the fruit of a believer? If this question is a concern, read Matthew 7 and Matthew 25. What evidence does God notice?
9. Who is the judge or our fruit?
10. Is there anything you need to do to strengthen your connection to Jesus? If so, what is the first step, and what is the subsequent plan? Do you need help with it?


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Experience the tough Oregon coastal conditions and hills that made Pre a gutsy runner by running this 10K memorial run on his training route. The race starts in downtown, goes through Pre's childhood neighborhood, then finishes on his track at Marshfield High School.
Link to register for the annual Prefontaine Memorial Run in September, at Coos Bay, Oregon. www.prefontainerun.com


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Dulce de leche (is a confection prepared by slowly heating sweetened milk to create a product that derives its taste from caramelised sugar. Literally translated, it means "candy of milk", "milk candy", or "milk jam" in the same way that dulce de frutilla is strawberry jam.
I have always known you could make Dulce de Leche from boiling a full, unopened tin of evaporated milk for 2-3 hours but as this method requires you to watch over it to make sure the tin doesn't boil dry and explode, trying it has never really appealed to me. I have seen people who empty the tin into a pan and boil it directly, but the dulce de leche does not obtain its lovely golden colour.
Alas, it seemed shop-bought was to be my destiny, until I found a neat way of making it (or at least a very good substitute for it!) in a pan, without risking any explosions.
- Measure out 1 part butter, 1 part brown sugar and 2 part evaporated milk.
- Melt the ingredients in a pan on a very low heat.
- Continue to simmer for around 20 minutes, ensuring to stir constantly.
- The dulce de leche is done when it gives off a 'caramel' smell and has a gloopy consistency. The longer you simmer it, the thicker it will get. You could even make a mixture of toffee consistency.
As dulce de leche's flavour is essentially caramelised sugar, it is interchangeable for caramel or toffee in many recipes (I certainly know many banoffee pie recipes that call for it.) It's a versatile mixture so experiment and have fun!


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Algiers, Council of Saudi Chambers, in collaboration with the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, organized a joint business forum here today, in the framework of the current visit of His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz, Crown Prince, Vice President of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, to Algeria, to discuss mutual cooperation and ways to develop bilateral relations.
It was attended by the Algerian Minister of Industry and Mines Yousuf Yousfi and the Saudi Minister of Trade and Investment Dr. Majid bin Abdullah Al Qassabi, Chairman of the Council of Saudi Chambers Dr. Sami Al-Obaidi and Chairman of the Algerian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Eid bin Omar.
Algerian minister praised the distinct Saudi-Algerian relations which are witnessing continuous development, stressing that the forum will give strong impetus to trade and investment cooperation, in all fields and a true picture of the partnership between the two sides.
He called on Saudi and Algerian businessmen to work together to establish development projects that best serve the economy of the two countries, too.
For his part, the Saudi minister expressed hope for further economic cooperation with the brothers, in Algeria, in order to increase bilateral volume of trade exchange, pushing it into advanced levels to satisfy the aspirations and common anticipations, urging Saudi and Algerian businessmen to benefit from the attractive investment environments, in both countries.
While Algeria enjoys many economic and investment advantages, the Kingdom Vision 203, has the most important strategic objectives to raise the proportion of Saudi exports and boost foreign direct investment, in the Kingdom, on the other hand.
The forum's sessions pointed out that the volume of bilateral trade exchange has been raised, during the previous decade 2008-17, from $116 million to $527 million, however, the two sides aspire to further development of relations, under the economic reforms undertaken by Algeria, in recent years, and its position as a gateway to Saudi products for African and European markets, as well.
The meetings have witnessed launching of four joint projects, in the fields of the non-organic chemicals, metal processing, pharmaceutical industries and production of sanitary paper, in addition to signing of a juice bottling projects.
Hooding bilateral meetings between Saudi and Algerian businessmen to discuss ways to enhance investment cooperation and work to establish strategic partnerships, under appropriate conditions, in both countries, were concluded, during the forums' sessions, too.
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"Almighty and everlasting God, you hate nothing you have made and forgive the sins of all who are penitent: Create and make in us new and contrite hearts. . ." (from Collect for Ash Wednesday)
Life and death. We prefer life—maybe because we think we know more about life than about what lies in the realm of death—or we fear what lies in that realm. So we may not want to hold life and death up equally. They are opposites, we might argue. And many of us have had to face those opposites in the last year. Yet I would like to invite you to think about life and death in a different way on this Ash Wednesday.
Water. Ashes. Water gives us life. Water is a symbol of baptism and new birth. Ashes are a symbol of death. At the end of our lives, we return to ashes. We return to the good earth out of which life comes. Adamah. Earth. Yet even as we hold, and consider, these two symbols—one of life and one of death—I would like to invite you into forty days of life—a life that is different. A life that may hold greater richness, depth and joy for you at the end of it.
A while back, I began to read a nightly devotion from Sr. Joan Chittister's book entitled The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century. Monday night, I read the following: "Each of us should have two pockets," the rabbis teach. "In one should be the message, 'I am dust and ashes,' and in the other we should have written, 'For me the universe was made.'"[1] I am dust and ashes. And yet, for me the universe was made. In other words, I come from the earth. I will return to the earth. Yet I am part of something greater—the universe, with its vast expanse of galaxies, stars, suns—vast planetary systems I cannot see with my bare eyes, even on a clear, cold winter night in a field.
In his Rule of Life, St. Benedict reminds us of this dual nature of death and life. Benedict set up a rule of life that included prayer, work, leisure. A rule, a balance of life reminds us that we are not God. We cannot seclude ourselves and pray all the time. We cannot rest all the time. We cannot work all the time. If we do one of those things and forget the others, we will throw our lives into a dangerous imbalance. We need life and blessing. We need death and forgiveness.
Benedict structured the prayer life of his community around two psalms: Psalm 67 and Psalm 51. Benedict assumes that we have some kind of prayer life. Psalm 67 is a "plea for continued blessing," and Psalm 51 reveals our "need for continual forgiveness; a sense of God's goodness and our brokenness; a sense of God's greatness and our dependence; a sense of God's grandeur and our fragility. Prayer, for Benedict, is obviously not a routine activity. It is a journey into life, its struggles and its glories. It is sometimes difficult to remember, when days are dull and the schedule is full, that God has known the depth of my emptiness but healed this broken self regardless, which, of course, is exactly why Benedict structures prayer around Psalm 67 and Psalm 51. Day after day after day."
Our journey through life has the reminders of blessing and need for forgiveness. It is full of life and joy, and it is full of struggle, pain, betrayal and death. Yet we do not give up hope. We look at this water and we remember. We remember that 50-60% of our bodies are made up of water. We remember that water is both a symbol of life and of death. We can drink water. We can also drown in it.
Every time we have a baptism, I move my hand through water in this baptismal font. I feel the wetness and fluid nature of the water. I make the sign of the cross IN it as I bless the water. Then—because you cannot see that sign—I make the sign of the cross OVER the water three times—in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. I then take a beautiful big sea shell—symbol of baptism and new life that it is—and with it, I pour that clear, holy, fluid water over the forehead of a baby or a child or a teenager or an adult who has come to those waters of new birth. Three times, they feel that water. They have decided—or their parents on their behalf—to follow Jesus. To learn from Jesus. To walk with Jesus. To do what Jesus did—come to worship for prayer and spiritual nourishment, then to go out into the world to be the healing hands of Jesus. To feed the hungry, to visit people in jail, to do justice, to love mercy, to walk humbly with the God who creates, redeems and sustains us—over and over, day by day by day.
Then there are the ashes. The ashes are dark and grainy. They need a bit of holy oil mixed in with them to make them stick. Perhaps it is fitting that I mix a bit of holy oil into these palm branches ground to dark, grainy powder, because at baptism, after I pour water over someone's forehead, I make the invisible, yet indelible sign of the cross on his or her forehead. "You are sealed by the Holy Spirit in baptism, and marked as Christ's own forever," I say. Forever. Day by day by day into forever. A forever that means that after all the water in my body is gone, and I am only coarse, grainy ashes given back to Mother Earth, I belong to God, the creator of heaven and earth.
"I am dust and I am ashes. AND for me the universe was made." I am a blessed, beloved child of God. I must never forget that. You are a blessed, beloved child of God. You must never forget that.
During these forty days of Lent, I invite you to find some way to remind yourself of your two pockets. Make two cards. On one, write "I am dust and ashes." On the other, write "For me the universe was made." Every day, read Psalm 67 and Psalm 51. We may have come from dust and to dust shall we return. However, what we do between those times of dust and ashes makes a difference. We can waste that time on worry, work, clutter, eating or drinking to dull the pain we carry in our hearts and bodies, living a terrible imbalance of existence. Or, today, we can vow to live our lives differently.
God invites us to think about how imbalanced our lives are between dust and ashes. God invites us to remember that we are beloved children, created for a purpose. In these forty days, I invite you to think about that. Why are you here? For what purpose has God put you here, right now on this earth? You have something to do. Something you are supposed to do. What is that? Maybe you know, and have been avoiding it. Maybe you don't know, so you need to spend some quiet time to reflect about it, to ask God what that something is.
Life and death. Water and ashes. The ability, the potential to live the time we are given to its fullest potential. "I am dust and ashes." "For me the universe was made." Put those cards in your pockets. Pray them. Think about them. Wonder with them. At the end of Lent, we will celebrate how we have lived. Fully. Differently. Thoughtfully. Joyfully. Always with joy. Always with love. Always with love. Amen.
© The Rev. Dr. Sheila N. McJilton
[1] From entry on Feb.16 – June 17 – Oct. 17 in Joan Chittister, The Rule of Benedict: A Spirituality for the 21st Century, (New York: The Crossroad Publishing Company, 1992 & 2010), 113.
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I started looking for an alternative to crucibles in 90s. CLEAPSS (www.cleapss.org.uk) were receiving repeated reports of poor results for the magnesium/oxygen reaction carried out in crucibles because students could not lift and replace the lids quick enough or they dropped the lids and they broke; that was caused by tongs not closing correctly because they had been "vandalised" in previous classes. Also crucibles would crack apart on cooling. Using stainless steel and nickel crucibles on a class basis were the only alternatives available but they are expensive. When I heard that Worcester Royal Porcelain where shutting down their crucible-making section, I phoned to ask about it.
"Not a week goes by without a school teacher or technician phoning us up to complain about the quality of porcelain crucibles because they broke, or they could not be cleaned to their original state. Don't teachers know they are only supposed to be used once?" In fact it appears they were used to remove samples of molten steel from a furnace for analysis." When the steel industry collapsed, so did the crucible market in the UK. "Oh" I stupidly said "So you do not just make them for schools". "No, it was only a fraction of the market" was the reply.
I get excellent results for the oxidation of magnesium (Fig 3). See https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8QWXCaXfSs. It amazed me that bottle-tops fitted snugly into a small pipe-clay triangle. Remember that you do need to burn out the plastic insert in the bottle top before proceeding further. This is best done in a fume cupboard or out doors on a camp fire (as done in Uganda).
Could the bottle-top be used as an open crucible for activities such as the reduction of copper oxide with carbon? Unfortunately it is difficult using tongs to pick up hot bottle tops and I ended up with hot solids all over the bench.
I also visit the local DIY and cookery shops regularly just to see if an idea triggers off in my head. In the tools section were pliers at 0.99p (Fig 4), cheaper than tongs from educational suppliers, sturdier without that weak central hinge and most important, (Fig 5) easier to grip. But how do you hold a crown-bottle top with pliers? Feeling inspired on my Saturday morning shop, I looked further and found nuts and bolts and so here was the equipment. A crown-bottle top with a hole and inserted through the hole is a nut and bolt (Fig 6). The bolt is held with the pliers or a clamps. I do tend to forget what I originally went in the shop to buy.
Here is an example of its use in finding the percentage water in hydrated salts (Fig 7), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3b1V38YV0wo. The use of a spirit burner is often questioned, afterall UK labs have methane gas supply and Bunsen burners. The spirit burner avoids further decomposition of the anhydrous salt, eg metal sulfates to oxides, sulfur dioxide and sulfur trioxide. Helpline calls to CLEAPSS have regularly reported children suffering breathing issues in class from this reaction being taken too far.
Now by using the hand held bottle-top deflagrating spoon or the nuts & bolt bottle top crucible with plier , you can heat carbon and copper(II) oxide, see the reaction and neatly place the hot bottle-top with products on the surface of water (do not sink it) (Fig 11). The copper formed in the reduction has not re-oxidised and there is a beautiful sample of copper metal. It can be carried out with iron(II) oxide to make iron which is magnetic.
So should you buy expensive nickel crucibles? The only regular use I have for nickel crucibles is a demonstration of the fat pan fire but it is always useful to some in the labs but a class set? I really do think it is necessary..
There are more ideas on the other pages of this website www.microchemuk.weebly.com.


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Home decor is something that every single homeowner needs to consider. Every single room in the home must be decorated carefully in order to bring out the room's best features. Each person needs think about ways they can make any home come to life. One of the ways that modern homeowners have found to add lots of wonderful personality is with the use of a Moroccan Berber rug. These are rugs that are noteworthy for their many fantastic qualities. They are warm to the touch, luxuriously crafted, created by people using traditional methods and superior materials. This is why so many people have discovered again and again why a rug of this kind is an ideal thing to add to their home decor plan.
Perfect Flooring
Flooring is an important decision. Flooring sets the tone for everything else to follow. The Beni Ourain rug makes an ideal flooring choice. It is soft underfoot, thus making a nice place for people to rest their feet. The rug also comes in many sizes. This makes it easy for anyone to find a Moroccan Berber rug that fits into their flooring plans with ease. The rugs also go well with a wide variety of other flooring material choices. Use the rug on top of a long expanse of wood. The inviting texture, thick, plush wool and natural patterns work well with the wood's grain. The same is true of other forms of flooring such as different types of stone, concrete and tile flooring.
Made By Hand
Another wonderful thing about the Beni Ourain rug is that such rugs are made by hand. Each rug begins with the wool that is grown in the mountains of Morocco. Herders have sheep that yield highly superior wool that is noted the world over for its softness and fine quality when spun. Once the wool is gathered, it is cleaned and then turned into fine material that is used to create the rug. The wool is examined by experts who draw on the local tradition of creating quality rugs. Each rug is made by many hands, leading to a rug that speaks of handmade traditions and a love of fine items.
True Luxury
Luxury adds a lot character and appeal to any home. This is why choosing a rug of this kind is a great idea for those who wish to add something to their home that is opulent and yet understated at the same time. All rugs of this kind are made by experts using an ancient process that has been proven time and again to yield remarkable results. Each rug is something entirely unique and totally one-of-a-kind. Each rug is also deeply dense, giving it a sensuous feel that so many homeowners have come to adore. Such marvelous rugs are the perfect thing to bring home for the homeowner looking for something they can bring home and enjoy for many years to come. The true luxury of these rugs is apparent at every …


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Pacific Aman Garda, PT which based in Jakarta, Indonesia was established in early of 2007. PAG is a company with worldwide network that provides various kind of security equipment for military and law enforcement personnel as well as private industrial companies and government institutions, with products focus in field of Intelligence, Detection and Protection. Although it is a newly founded company, PAG is well known by customers from each of its existing business units which is Defence, Law Enforcement, and Industrial. Mainly for its consistency of up-to-date product with high quality of products and services.
Saat ini PT. Pasific Aman Garda (PAG) membutuhkan lulusan dari Politeknik Negeri Jakarta dan akan mengadakan rekrutmen kampus / Campus Hiringpada hari Selasa tanggal 23 Oktober 2018 di PNJ ..... segera daftar dan siapkan lamaran saudara
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Synthetic and natural rubber compounds
Organic rubber family includes a wide variety of elastomer materials. Polymers adopted in organic rubber compounds can be the simple plain rubber tree coagulated latex or the enormous variety of products developed in the years by the petrochemical industry such as EPM, EPDM, NBR, SBR and CR among the most common grades, HNBR, ACM, EU, AU, ECO, CSM etc.Read more
Silicone rubber
Silicone rubber (VMQ and FMVQ) is a highly versatile elastomer that can be used in many diverse sectors. Industrial grades of silicone rubber are generally based on polydimethylsiloxanes, partially substituted with other organic groups such as alkyl, vinyl or phenyl, which regulate respectively the processability, reticulation and resistance to low temperatures.Read more
rubber compounds
Among the other rubber classes, fluoro-elastomers (FKM or FPM and FFKM) show the best properties in terms of resistance to fire and to chemical agents due to the high content of fluorine and to the intrinsic stability of the carbon-fluorine bond.Read more
Thermoplastic compounds are a class of material whose base resin is of thermoplastic nature, formed by polymer chains interacting through intermolecular interactions (Van Der Waals forces) and generating a 3D structure, more or less entangled.Read more
Masterbatches for polymers mass colouring are concentrates that transform thermoplastic and thermoset polymers from colourless and opaque materials to brilliant and coloured.Read more
Additive masterbatches
Additives are ingredients pivotal for polymers' employment success. Without antioxidant additives, for example, all products made of polypropylene and polyethylene largely used both for private and industrial purposes would not be available.Read more
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Immanuel Lutheran Church & School • 115 South Sixth Street • Saint Charles, MO 63301 • (636) 946-2656
Women's Ministries
Charm is deceptive, and beauty evaporates, but a woman who has the fear of the Lord should be praised. Proverbs 31:30
Women's Ministries is all about building relationships: our relationship with Jesus and our relationships with other women. The Lutheran Women's Missionary League, with a membership of over 250,000, is the official women's organization of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. The LWML focuses on affirming each woman in her relationship with Christ to enable her to be in ministry among the people of the world. Women's Ministries hosts Bibles Studies, Service Activities, and fun events during the year. To see all that Immanuel's Women's Ministries offer, download the Women's Ministries Brochure.
A great way to plug in to Immanuel is through Bible Study. We offer a number of different studies/times during the week. See the Bible Studies page for all the listings of the different studies.
There are different women's groups that meet during the month: Evening Guild, Lydia Society, Mother's Club Alumni, Naomi Circle, and Christ's Casserole Crew. Meeting times are available in the Women's Ministries Brochure.


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While the rest of the team worked on projects in their garage or spent time with family and friends across the pond, Lance was pushing Barney to new extremes at the Momentum Performance Driving Academy. weekend for a 2-day event. Not only is HPT a great site for autocross with the large asphalt slab, but it will make for the perfect testing ground for the new trike. So far we have been limited to our driveway, and now we can truly see what this beast can do on the long straights and large enough room for proper drifting!The event was hosted by World Racing League at Raceway Park of the Midlands. Lance loved the track and learned a lot, especially some driving line tricks and tuning tweaks from fellow drivers. Lance was fortunate enough to drive in all conditions. It was hot and dry the beginning of day 1, and Lance took advantage of the horsepower upgrades he made over the winter. Then the rain came, and Lance loved racing in the rain. "It takes so much away from the car and setup and puts it right in the driver's hands," noted Lance. He finished up his weekend racing in drying conditions and having a blast. Adam and family spent some time back home in the UK. Not only did they reconnect with family and friends, but Adam also found himself riding along with a few thousand bikers down the scenic Poole Quay. Jeremy and Doug discussed crazy ideas for Doug's "brokus" Focus recently. Who knows, maybe after the rat rod and the trike, the Dare 2 Dream garage will have a sensible car to work on... but based on their brainstorming session, even sensible can be sensationalized. Stay tuned for more updates as many of us head out to Heartland Park Topeka (HPT) for the SCCA Midwest Divisional this


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Our neighboring country France offers a very interesting alternative. It is the river cruise which offers the incentive of a smooth sailing program, fun, nice and different with lots of possibilities between the water and the earth.
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The Hills Choir's vision is to be a choir that sings beautifully and contributes to individual and community well being. We are a mixed voice SATB group that performs a wide range of choral music. We are based in Mundaring, Western Australia, and have been part of the Perth Hills community since 1986.
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On Friday 24th February, Talent Match Champion Zara Parkin got to put on her sparkly shoes and attend the Glass Slipper Awards as a shortlistee for the Young Achiever Award 2017.
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Zara has been involved with projects at Youth Focus: North East for almost three years, since her involvement in Reducing the Skills Gap with Gateshead Young Carers.
We nominated Zara for the Young Achiever Award for her dedication, commitment and drive in a number of areas. Zara is a regular volunteer here and has constantly put herself forward for opportunities to help others. Outside of Youth Focus: North East, Zara has recently completed a Fixers project aiming to inspire more young women to consider the STEM industries as a career. Zara has been an ambassador for women as a welder and has taken some big steps forward in advancing her career over the last 12 months. Finally, Zara has achieved all of this while caring for her Nan.
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Robert Lobetta on his early years as a hairdresser
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Robert Lobetta describes himself as "a poet, madman, soccer player, hairdresser, filmmaker and director". Most of all, however, he describes himself as "a visual narcotics person". This is perhaps the perfect description for Lobetta's practice; while hair is always at the forefront, his work is led by a desire to create visually arresting imagery, through an array of disciplines including photography, collage and sculpture. He describes hair as "a fabric, a fibre to be manipulated and coerced into any shape or form I want", and this often takes centre stage in his artworks; both as a subject matter and a medium.
With over 40 years of hairdressing experience, his illustrious career has seen him work with industry icons including David Bailey, Ridley & Tony Scott and Helmut Newton. Infringe caught up with him to discuss his inspirations, how the Punk movement influenced him, and why he thinks collage is the perfect artistic medium for modern society's 'cut and paste' mentality.
How did you get into hairdressing? It's funny, because I never wanted to be a hairdresser; I really just wanted to go to art college, but somewhere along the lines I was thrown into hairdressing. I think my father thought it would be a good idea because he was a tailor, and to him there was an art to being a pattern cutter. He saw a connection between pattern cutting and cutting hair. When I first started hairdressing, you had two choices: you cut hair like Vidal Sassoon or you did chignons like Alexandre de Paris. My first two years were a bit of a disaster really; I wasn't getting where I wanted to go with hair cutting and my chignons were resembling delinquent croissants. But after about six years in hairdressing, something very strange happened to me: 1976 arrived and Punk punched me in the face, simply for the fact that for six years I had been learning to cut and dress hair with the eloquence of beautiful hand crafting work! Punk basically said "fuck off" to any notion of convention, and "I'm going to piss and spit all over what you think hair and make up should be".
That's when a friend of mine, Charles, said to me "Robert, you always say how you love doing art, so why don't you think differently, and do hair how an artist would do hair. Just think about hair as a piece of fabric, a piece of fibre that you can manipulate and coerce into any shape or form you want".
At first I thought he was mad, but after a couple of weeks I started to establish that thought process. I started weaving hair, twisting it into cornrows and linking them together. And all of a sudden everything changed for me. Hairdressing now made sense, Punk made sense, Charles made sense. I could manipulate hair into any shape and form, all that I was lacking was imagination. So I started to go out on the street, looking around at any shape or form I could see, and trying to make that happen. It was a fantastic feeling, because in the same way an artist would look at a piece of clay and they'd be a sculptor, I was now looking at hair as my medium in a way that I'd never seen it before. So for me that started a whole new revolution in hair. And I think that was the most fantastic time to be in hairdressing.
"I was now looking at hair as my medium in a way that I'd never seen it before"
Robert Lobetta
Can you tell us more about how Punk influenced your work? Punk was a huge motivator in changing my perception of hair. When I started working at a salon called Ricci Burns on London's Kings Road, there were a fantastic array of people, and individual boutiques, that inspired me. Ricci had an amazing clientele. I remember in my first week, in walked the Rolling Stones, and here I am shaking hands with Mick Jagger and making him tea!
Down the road from the salon was Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren's shop 'SEX'. Vivienne's muse at the time was a girl called Jordan. She used to come in to see me to have her hair done, and one day she said she wanted to bleach her hair absolutely white. Jordan was one of those characters you didn't argue with, she was very sure of what she wanted. The colourist, Lester, said "if we do this, the hair is just going to break and fall out". Jordan just looked at us both and said "well do it anyway".
So we bleached it white, and just as we thought a lot of it had broken off. We didn't know what to do, so I suggested "we could take the short bits and cut them really short where they've broken off, and leave the long bits really long?" Jordan looked at me and said "Robert! That's a fantastic idea!" I had no idea how I was going to do what she wanted, but Jordan started to direct me saying, "Cut that bit shorter! Leave that bit longer!" We ended up with a style which now looking back, really represented Punk at that moment in time. At first I sort of hated it because it was the antithesis of everything I'd been taught about cutting hair. But it was a tremendous learning curve in understanding how Punk could make you think differently. The hair, and the clothing that went with it, illustrated people's attitudes and this rebellious sort of nature. It taught me to look at hair in a different way somehow.
You mention how you see hair as a fibre, a medium to create anything you want. What other mediums do you like to work with? Collage is a discipline that influences me in a huge way. I believe that the world we live in at the moment is a very cut up society, where we spend three seconds on doing something, and we have an answer for just about anything. In a funny way that's why I think collage suits our society right now, because everything is cut up and pasted, it's frivolous, you look at it and then it's gone.
What would you say is the most important lesson you've learnt on the course of your career? The most important lesson I've learnt is to trust myself, trust my instincts and intuition. I think its natural to look for validation from the outside, that justification that what we're doing is going to take us where we need to be. The problem with that is that you end up doing certain things based on other people's opinions, and you end up there and realise… this isn't really me. So I feel like its important to keep hold of what is most important to you, no matter what.
Straight or curly? Straight.
Perm or Mohawk? Mohawk.
If you could do anyone's hair, fictional, real, dead or alive, who would it be? I've always liked Japanimation magazines. I would make a hairstyle that's just so wonderfully big and unreal, like a cartoon character that's come to life.
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Filled with brand new and exclusive content, INFRINGE Issue #3 is a visual feast of art, design, beauty and fashion, all based around the theme of hair. Choose from 5 different covers, each created exclusively for Issue #3
In honour of Michael Baker
We pay tribute to the editorial hairstylist and self-confessed 'Fiber-Sculptor', who has passed away aged 59
Immerse yourself in Evanie Frausto's head-turning, hair-raising creations
Never one for minimal hair, the New York based hairstylist gravitates towards the gloriously kitsch
Meet the man behind Lady Gaga's favourite hairy headpieces
Japanese hairstylist Shinji Konishi's animal props are a work of art
Lyle XOX Reimer
The Canadian mixed media artist using trash to create otherworldly beauty looks
How to construct sophisticated femininity with a splash of eccentrism
Hair stylist Mai Ha has unexpected ideas, albeit a consistent vision
Session stylist Erol Karadag on the inspirations behind his unique hair aesthetic
"During some periods of time, my vision of structure for hair was the only kind of structure I had in my life"
Dennis Lanni – a sincerely playful hair visionary
On growing up in a barber shop and collecting yard sale items
Roxie Jane Hunt is the holistic hairdresser wanting to redefine the beauty industry
"Beauty is a birthright to everything born under the sun."
Antoine Mancini is a theatre turned film hair stylist and wig specialist
Mancini takes us through establishing his career and what to do when hair colours don't match
Session stylist Keith Harris on facing up to mortality and creative rebirth
"When you stare at a white wall you end up over-thinking everything until your thoughts morph into creative ideas."
Glitch Hair – the hair trend taking Moscow by storm
Kseniya Sukhova on what inspired her to create this explosive rainbow look
In conversation with Akin Konizi
"Some people think that hair is like an organ or a limb – it isn't. It's cloth."
Joy Matashi on how her two loves, architecture and hair, inform one another
"The exciting thing about working on a smaller scale is that there's more room to experiment, change, adapt - the versatility of Black hair is incredible."
Why Angelo Seminara's exhibition hairpieces are like miniature artworks in themselves
Seminara's collaborations with fashion curator Judith Clark illustrate the synergy between fashion and hair
Drawing hair inspo from classical paintings
Canadian hairstylist Letizia Slaayer Sprio on nurturing your inner artist, and achieving sustainability in hair salons
Meet the Japanese hair artist with a taste for the unconventional
Masayoshi Okudaira's quirky headprops are crafted from a variety of unexpected materials
The radical theatre group turning the act of styling hair on its head
Osadia's show-stopping performances merge hair with theatre
In conversation with Annie Humphreys
The celebrated colourist and 'mother of colour' reflects back on her extraordinary career
Malorie Shmyr's macro shots reveal the intricacies of catwalk hair
The photographer's backstage shots reveal the craft behind Fashion Week hairstyles
Maverick maker Lydia Chan on her otherworldly headpieces
"Most of the hairpieces I make are based around monsters and aliens."
Photographer Chloe Orefice on the perfect backstage hair shot
"For me, it's about making hair look interesting even to people who know nothing about it."
Australia's leading hair creative Frank Apostolopoulos shares his inspirations
"The most important thing is to have an open mind and accept that there might be better ways of doing something than what you already know"
Parisian hairstylist Olivier Schawalder reveals his many creative outlets
"I love to draw, because unlike hair, it can be completely controlled and I can really go into detail."
New York hair artist Bob Recine on the role of magic in his life and art
"The whole area of the head is my realm and domain, it's been my fascination for a very long time."
New York hairstylist Joey George shares his visual diary of hair
The session stylist fills scrapbooks with doodles, paintings and collages – all dedicated to hair
Asami Nemoto's immersive art installation combines hair with light and sound
Created for Tokyo arts hub Pavilion, the Japanese session stylist's atmospheric piece features hair-covered lanterns
Janine Ker's hair carvings transform heads into technicolour artworks
The Californian hairstylist sculpts intricate carvings and stencils inspired by the 80s
LA hair guru Candice Birns on styling for the music industry
The hairstylist to Calvin Harris, Haim and Bastille talks trends, inspiration, and what it takes to style for the music world
In conversation with Christel Lundqvist
The award-winning colourist talks trends, colour predictions and the experience of opening her first salon
Explore genre-defying hair pieces by Nicolas Jurnjack
"I enjoy creating all kinds of hairstyles, from the simple ponytail to the most intricate and elaborate of styles."
Meet Brick Lane's dancing barber
Armed with nothing but a chair, boombox and willing client, his unique barbering style never fails to draw a crowd of curious onlookers
The artist sculpting her own hair into animated artworks
Ivorian artist Laetitia Ky shapes her hair into elaborate shapes, scenes and characters
In conversation with John Rawson
The former hairdresser-turned-photographer speaks to Anthony Mascolo about trading in his scissors for a camera
Session stylist Tina Outen on her colour-filled world
"My hair has started an obsession that has overtaken my life. I have become my own colour palette of expression."
Gianni Scumaci
"A hairdresser's job is not only to make people look good, but feel good. They fulfill a really high social function all over the world."
Akos Bodi, European Creative Director for TIGI, reflects on his 25 years in the world of hair
"I got pretty lucky, because I fell into a world where I loved being from day one."
In conversation with Angelo Seminara
"My style is very eclectic. I like to go where people don't usually go."
Takayuki Shibata
Exploring the exquisite, dreamlike creations of the Tokyo hairstylist and headpiece designer Takayuki Shibata
In conversation with Sam McKnight
"Collaboration is key, I think that is the most important advice I could offer."
The Provocateur: Inside Charlie Le Mindu's iconoclastic world
Much has been said about the transformative power of hair, an idea truly embodied by the anarchic creations of Charlie Le Mindu
Glasgow born hairstylist Howard McLaren on culture, heritage and Antoine de Paris
The Creative Director of R+Co discusses his hair icons
Cos Sakkas: We meet TONI & GUY's Artistic Director and Head of Education
Born in London with Cypriot roots, Cos Sakkas's first brush with the world of hair was through trips to the local barber with his dad.
Cyndia Harvey's love affair with hair
The London hairstylist on buzz cut love and growing up in her mum's salon
Iggy Rosales: Talking creativity with the Hair Editor of Laud Magazine
"At primary school I used to choose my friends on the grounds of their hair!"
Holli Smith: The radical New York hairstylist talks Prince, Tumblr and favourite hair trends
Her bold, edgy style has made her a key player in the world of hair
Jake Gallagher's world of iconic characters, bad taste and 'ugly pretty'
The London hairstylist discusses pop-culture inspirations, hair icons and what his own hair means to him
Hairdresser Allan Hogg on why music will always be his biggest inspiration
"Hair is such an important part of expressing your identity in music"
Stockholm session stylist Rudi Lewis on why he is inspired by imperfection
Rudi Lewis on musical icons, his love of photography and the importance of collaboration
Dolled up with Dejan Cekanovic
The Stockholm based hairstylist discusses his 'Doll' Series
Jiv D on creating wearable sculptures, styling for the hair industry and why he loves latex
The stylist on trends, inspirations and what it is like to style for the hairdressing industry
The mask maker transforming faces into enigmatic artworks
We visit the studio of Muriel Nisse, who uses hair to create experimental masks and headpieces
Princess Gollum and Snake shot by Coral Garvey
The multi-hyphenate talks to us about how to deal with social media, growing up sheltered and allowing yourself to break free and live your truth
Inside Katsuya Kamo's Tokyo studio
INFRINGE meets the Japanese designer and artist, renowned for crafting his unique headpieces for Chanel and Junya Watanabe
Watch the Popovy Sisters create their intricate dolls by hand
Go behind the scenes at the studio of Russian dollmakers Lena and Katya Popovy
Until The Day I Die
How barbering helped Walied leave the violence of gang life
Bree 'Shag Queen' Ritter
A hair stylist with a mission: to make the world a shaggier place
Tunga: The legacy of one of Brazil's most prized contemporary artists
INFRINGE meets the late artist's son and visits his former studio in Rio de Janeiro
In conversation with Sally Brooks
INFRINGE meets the reigning British Hairdresser of the Year Sally Brooks and talks daring career moves, and reworking the industry's reputation
Multimedia artist Luisa Popovic on how art, craft and hair co-exist in her world
"One thing hair has taught me about making art is to finish what I start. You can't walk away from a haircut halfway through because you're over it."
Jawara on working with Solange and the changing face of the beauty industry
"I think the beauty world has become a lot more inclusive and versatile."
From US marine to one of LA's most sought-after celebrity hairstylists
Daniel Moon on trusting his intuition and doing unnatural hair colours before they were en vogue
This hairdresser is documenting every client they see over the course of a year
Ross Cosgrove's Instagram serves as a revealing visual diary into the tiny, often beautiful details that occur during a haircut
The Colour of Hair
Fabio Hendry and Martijn Rigters are the innovative duo behind this new printmaking process involving hair
Toni & Guy's Artistic Director Indira Schauwecker on her love of Avant Garde hairdressing
"I try to take my inspiration from things that have been created in another art form, like stitching and sculptures."
In conversation with Luís Llongueras
INFRINGE meets the iconic Spanish hairdresser-turned-artist, renowned for his collaborations with Salvador Dalí
Moonage Daydream: Robert Lobetta shares his latest collages
"The power of collage relies on a strong idea and focus on the content, much like hairdressing."
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Meet our new favourite part-time noodle house server and full-time A.I. entity
In conversation with Paul Hanlon
"It doesn't matter if people like what I do or if they don't, as long as they feel something."
Pablo Kümin, Hairstylist and Wigmaker Extraordinaire
On juggling work and staying inspired in times of scarcity
LA hairstylist Dylan Chavles on rejecting 'Hollywood' hair
"I try my best to stay away from stereotypical West Hollywood hair. I feel like I'm doing myself and Los Angeles a disservice by entertaining that aesthetic at all."
In conversation with Robert Cromeans
The prolific platform artist talks showmanship, controlled chaos and on-stage swagger
Meet the twin doll-makers bewitching the world with their hyperreal creations
Russian twin sisters Lena and Katya Popovy, aka the Popovy Sisters, create highly bespoke dolls from their St Petersburg studio
Behind the scenes with New York Wigmaker Raffaele Mollica
INFRINGE meets trailblazing wigmaker Raffaele Mollica, who has been in the industry for over 40 years
X-presion merges hair with technology in search of new hairdressing techniques
A hair studio like no other, X-presion discusses the creation of their pixel hair trend and why it's vital for hairdressers to embrace modern technology
London based session stylist Ryuta Saiga on how his Tokyo roots influence his work
"In Shibuya and Harajuku, where I grew up, people are very individual and not scared of being different."
How swapping hair for sculpture reignited this hairdresser's passion for his craft
"I got some old hairdressing scissors and literally started trying to do haircuts into the clay."
A rare glimpse inside the studio of a Tokyo wig maker
81-year-old Kanehisa Osawa has been styling traditional Japanese wigs for over 60 years
'Hair Magician' Ryoji Imaizumi reveals his inspirations
Using everyday objects to craft his quirky headpieces, the Japanese hairstylist transforms the mundane into the extraordinary
Photographer Alex Black on the satisfaction of shooting hair
"I love working with hair. For me it feels like the last space in fashion photography that is still innovative."
The London hairdresser providing free haircuts to the homeless
Josh Coombes is the founder of the movement #DoSomethingForNothing which encourages people to reach out to a person in need through simple acts of kindness
Session stylist Anthony Turner shares his inspirations
"I love it when risks are taken in order to stand out from the crowd."
Maria Kovacs, TIGI's European Session Director, on mentoring the next generation of session stylists
"It is such a great feeling when you are able to really tap into the story the designer wants to tell."
In conversation with Trevor Sorbie
"The most important thing in life is to be inspired, that's what makes you want to get up in the morning and do something important."
ASOS unveils campaign showcasing a myriad of colourful hairstyles
We speak to the hairstylist behind 'Go Play', the new beauty line from ASOS
Tom Connell discusses the new stripped-back aesthetic of the Trevor Sorbie Art Team
"Shooting this way hopefully made these experimental ideas look as real and natural as possible."
French hairstylist Jean Baptiste Santens shares his inspirations
"I know that if a wig is very well prepared it could be magical on set."
Bad Apple Hair unveil their latest collection 'PLAY'
"You get one chance to catch someone's eye."
Hairstylist and head prop extraordinaire Tomihiro Kono reveals the inspirations behind his new book
"Head props are pieces of transformative and wearable art. I don't see them as headpieces used to decorate hair but as a way of creating one-off characters." - Tomihiro Kono
INFRINGE meets the punk rock sisters behind iconic hair dye brand Manic Panic
Tish and Snooky Bellomo, founders of Manic Panic, look back on their rock 'n' roll roots
Transformative hair: Robert Masciave's unique outfit created entirely out of human hair
The French hairdresser merges fashion and hair with his handcrafted pieces, which push the limits of hair artistry
In conversation with Eugene Souleiman
"I'll be very truthful; I've never wanted a job. I'm probably not particularly employable, I just want to enjoy what I do."
INFRINGE meets the World's Oldest Barber
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Remember when I told you that Lily was finally crawling around 13 months? And that she had a funky crawl? Yeah, she still has it. I somewhat suspect that this will be her only crawl and she'll go on to walking after this (still some months away I'm sure). She already tries to pull up, and yesterday she did manage to get up on both feet while holding onto my legs as I sat on the ground.
I think I figured out how to share her little crawl with you. It's unique. She gets around fairly quickly when she wants to. Everything else seems bilateral about her, so the doctor isn't concerned that there is a problem with her leg. My take is that she just really disliked being on her belly, and so she found a way to avoid the whole army crawl to normal crawl path that most babies take.
Without further ado... (I apologize that you have to listen to me "babytalk". Honestly, who likes hearing themselves recorded?)
Have a wonderful weekend!!
Friday, March 26, 2010
26:: as promised
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Floor to ceiling glass is not green.
Cities like Toronto, New York or Chicago get cold in the winter and hot in the summer, yet almost every new condo and office building is designed with floor to ceiling glass. I have been complaining about it for years (see links to the left), about what Andrew Michler calls the "the very contagious disease waytoomuchglassia." At Building Science, John Straube does the math and shows how really bad they are. He explains:
Glazing systems, including almost all modern high-performance ones, have very little ability to control heat flow and solar radiation. Older windows also did little to control heat loss and solar gain. Hence, most older buildings had restrained window-to-wall area ratios. Most of the tremendous performance gains in glazing technology over the past 25 years have been squandered on increased window area, not improved performance.
He goes on to explain that there is a balance that has to be found, between maximizing daylight but minimizing unwanted heat gain or loss. Straube also points out that there are some expensive, high quality assemblies that can get up to R-12. But most of these window walls thrown up on condos have the R-value equivalent of 1/2" of fiberglass. (R-2). Who would build a house with that? Straube concludes:
Many designers have shown that beautiful and high-performance buildings can result from a proper balance of glazing quantity and quality. All too often, however, designers appear to choose all-glass curtain walls or floor-to-ceiling strip windows because they make it easy to create a sleek impression while leaving all the tricky details in the hands of the manufacturers. How much longer can we afford to pay the energy bills that result from that choice? It's high time to revive the craft of designing beautiful facades that don't cost the earth.
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Coming back from tropical Manila made me miss the cold weather so much that I'm saying yes to the 1°C freezing situation here in Macau and yes to this all black layered ensemble. Never mind the showers and the gloom, Penguin and I still made it a point to go out and make the most out of our day off. We rarely spent our holidays together since our Europe trip so times like these, there are no excuses.
I'm starting to have this affinity for Korean streetstyle that I've started hunting down Korean clothing brands in Hong Kong. I like how a lot of their pieces are so unconventional yet minimal at the same time; oddly shaped yet can be so well put together in an outfit. I don't know, maybe it's another phase that I'm trying out. You know I've always been interested in streetstyle and a lot of the looks that stand out from my point of view take inspiration from Asian fashion, particularly Japanese and Korean; those boxy type of jackets, oversize long coats, cropped jeans, knits, and culottes; tailored pieces combined with sports luxe trends; I mean they have been pretty much in trend in Japan and Korea way before they were trends in the western runways. I guess I'm sort of experimenting with the roots; something old, something new.
Photos by Pierre Elma
[Coat : B + AB][Shirt : Jack Wills][Vest : Nava][Trousers : Bershka][Stockings : We love colors][Loafers : Zara][Bag : Steve Madden][Beanie : H&M]
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A huge thank you to Simon Gregory and his team at Beckenham-based Peach Design who kindly donated two pull-up banners to us. These will be used to raise the profile of the charity at concerts and other fundraising events, and we're very grateful to them for supporting our work in this way.
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(Shameless plug: New Year drawing by ME featuring my favourite furry friends. For more art/design of mine, please go to www.facebook.com/beckiiness)
So it comes round to that time of year again, and I wish that I had more time to blog more frequently. Looking at how few blog posts I managed to write this year ( I think it was 4…4!?) reminds me that yes, God IS and was doing a crazy amount of things in my life this year (as always) so I didn't even have time to sit down and clear my thoughts to write. But sometimes I wish I had another me so that I could share every lightbulb moment God placed on my heart in REAL TIME, right? haha…
Anyway, as I write every year, and as I have experienced every year – beyond anything I could have ever imagined, every year has been vastly different from the previous, and progressively more crazy. I am now writing this from Thailand, for one.
But looking back, I can clearly see how God has guided me, moulded me, and opened doors to prepare me for where He wanted me to go (even though it has always felt in the present – and still does – that I am walking blind in a fog), for who he wanted me to be, and ultimately as His desires become mine – the opportunity to do many things that I've always wanted to do, but never thought possible.
God is good in every season, and I am thankful:) So as I reflect…
2009: Started attending church after feeling touched by a youth service I attended once off with friends in Hong Kong. Got baptised soon after my first real encounter with God through a dream; but I kept barriers up and my mask on, and things got worse – lost my drivers license through an (unintentional) drink driving incident falling asleep at the wheel, realised in horror that I didn't want to be an optometrist with 6 months until graduation (I have wanted to be an artist ever since I was little), battling several things at once left me severely mentally unbalanced towards the end of year (I told no one and remained as much as I could by myself at home), so much so I nearly failed university.
2010: Struggling working in Australia as an optometrist for long hours with a manipulative boss, hating my life and job, battling severe clinical depression and suicidal thoughts (note: daily thoughts I have had year in and year out since I was around 10 years old) amidst family dysfunction and refusing to meet or see any friends the entire year as a result from the depression and mental imbalance, barely sleeping and spending my free (note: hours I should have been sleeping) hours desperately practising drawing in a bid to develop another skill and as desperate self therapy to mentally stay put together…living on too much caffeine and painkillers to combat the constant headaches…praying desperately that God would pull me through…
2011: Started seeing a psychologist as a desperate attempt to stop the neverending persistent thoughts of wanting to kill myself and regular panic attacks, and to avoid the use of prescriptive medication (for fear of someone finding out about my depression/mental state), ended up sharing for the first time in my life about my depression in my small group at church, and received physical healing from the depressive effects – something I had daily for the past 1.5years (if you have depression, you will understand the physical side effects that come with it).
Internally renewing but the outer factors remained unchanged, so my mind started to slip backwards again.
2012: I 'bought' myself some time to think and moved to Korea during summer for 3 months to pray about where God wanted me to go, but distractions and wrong company made me fall away from church and I almost gave up believing. Answerless, I returned back to Australia for a few months, but then decided to ( for the meanwhile) go back to Korea at the end of the year to pursue God SERIOUSLY ( I challenged myself, "Just how hard can I run after God?") desperately seeking to find more and to find purpose to combat the returning negative thoughts and lack of life meaning.
2013: My first full year living in Korea I saturated myself – double service every Sunday at two churches for 6 months; self- Bible reading/study every day, women's ministry, church retreats, prayer meetings, conferences, discipleship, small group/Bible study groups, EVERYTHING and anything I could get my hands on. And then my eyes began to be opened…I received the gift of tongues, truly developed a REAL, strong understanding and relationship with Christ (prior to Korea I thought I knew but really had no idea what I believed in), still made a lot of mistakes falling on my face which made me TRULY understand His grace.
I once again, started training (perhaps too much) in taekwondo, but at the same time also started to become recognised for my art (after all the many sleepless nights and hours of practise I put in) and became involved in a North Korea related business as well as design at church, but wondered if hiphop could ever become something more in my life…something that I have always loved.
2014: My second year led me somehow to a good bboy friend of mine Dyzee (and I mention him everywhere haha), and my whole life started leaning towards hiphop as we became buddies in hiphop ministry, ended up leading hiphop bible studies for a few months with him and another friend, organising Christian hiphop jams with Dyzee a few times as Krosswerdz Korea, started getting involved in designing hiphop Christian apparel with this said friend and other friends separately in other churches, and started leading small groups and discipleship at church (who…ME? 0__o) as a leader.
That summer, I met the Korean electro hiphop missionary team Hispop, and I began to see how hiphop could be used as a tool for Christ…
2015: This year I finally started to understand my identity and who I am in Christ (that I have value as a person…I have value?!), I learnt how to wake up even more to His presence, and it led me to Thailand several times to serve with Hispop for different ministries short time. For the first time, I was able to go back to Australia with less fear in my heart, and my mother began to go to church. Hallelujah!
I ended up helping my friend out with R16, the biggest hiphop/bboy championships in Korea (working for Cartel Creative as staff – an event I would have previously flown out from Australia for, an event that I paid for tickets to watch in 2012, 2013 before I even met Dyzee! Who would have guessed back then…)…and now here I am in Thailand, delving into full time mission work as I made the decision to join as a missionary with the Hispop team.
5 years ago if you told me I would be where I am now, as someone with the drive and determination to spread the Gospel, as someone (mostly) free of depression and suicidal thoughts which plagued me DAILY year in and year out, as someone to live in a fully Korean speaking environment in Thailand (and translate things from Korean to English – I can't believe I can converse in another language semi proficiently), as someone in a leadership role (or was) when I refused to even speak in public or stand on stage, as someone recognised for my art and design skills as someone who is actually an optometrist by training…even thought life is still SO hard, and I'm still struggling so much in this fog…I look back as this year comes to an end and I thank you, God. I thank You for everything you have made me into, I thank You for all the blessings, all the connections, even though I couldn't see it at the time.
So as 2016 (literally) starts in a few days, I pray and hope that I will continue to grow, continue to grow closer to Him, to understand and be shown where my purpose and calling is, to finally feel like I belong somewhere, and for more breakthrough. I ask every year for breakthrough and it doesn't really come, but I'll keep asking…please Lord? hahaha.
I pray that in 2016:
- I'll be on the path to somehow get married…please? hahaha. And that all my dearest single sisters and brothers get married too (shout outs especially to my church fam in Korea)~! haha.
- That I'll be fluent in Korean, quickly pick up Thai and hopefully improve my Mandarin and Cantonese FAST (fail Chinese person)…and then move onto other languages?! YAS?
- That God will use me in ways beyond my imagination to reach people world wide, and give me stability and concrete understand in WHAT this life is for, that I will have no doubt in my calling.
And I pray that for you, you who is reading this – you too, whether you believe or not – that His love, the love of Christ will transform your life, CAN transform your life into something beyond anything you can imagine.
2016…lets go.
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For the second year in a row, the Yellowhammer State ranks as America's third least energy-efficient state.
The average American household spends at least $2,000 per year on utilities and another $1,900 on motor fuel and oil, which makes WalletHub's findings bad news for for Alabamians who are spending more than the average American consumer on energy consumption.
In the new, in-depth analysis of 2017's Most & Least Energy-Efficient States, the personal-finance website endeavored to bring awareness to the impact of energy on American wallets and encourage citizen to conserve more, as October is National Energy Awareness Month.
Energy efficiency in Alabama (1=most energy-efficient; 24=avg.)
- 46th: Home energy efficiency
- 4th: Vehicle-fuel efficiency
- 47th: Transportation efficiency
WalletHub's analysts compared the auto- and home-energy efficiency in 48 U.S. states across two key dimensions, "Home Energy Efficiency" and "Auto Energy Efficiency." They obtained the former by calculating the ratio of total residential energy consumption to annual degree days. For the latter, they divided the annual vehicle miles driven by gallons of gasoline consumed to determine vehicle-fuel efficiency and measured annual vehicle miles driven per capita to determine transportation efficiency.
Neighbor-state Mississippi ranked 4th least energy-efficient, meanwhile Tennessee ranked 5th. South Carolina ranked the least energy-efficient of all states.
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In the March 12th Daily Press, Scott Nassif's "Valley Voices" piece starts off by stating, "Opponents to the town's efforts to acquire our water system — led by the current owner, Liberty Utilities — have taken to social media, public records requests and letters to the editor to trash our ability to finance and manage such a move."
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"Real" 4G Mobile broadband. Verizon recently launched its 4G LTE network (via laptop modem cards). The Verizon network speed dwarfs the "4G" networks being advertised by Sprint and T-Mobile. Verizon's 4G will be users' first taste of true mobile broadband and will further drive mobile data usage and the percentage of time users spend on the mobile Internet. The first 4G LTE handsets will be introduced mid-year and will be lighting fast compared to 3G models. Verizon's 4G deployment combined with its rumored access to the iPhone market will place substantial pressure on AT&T to accelerate its 4G rollout with exciting new (likely Android-based) handsets.
Speech recognition. Voice input into mobile devices will start to become more mainstream. Companies like Audience are enabling the reduction of background noise on handsets, driving much greater speech recognition accuracy. At the same time, the Android platform has legions of end users effectively "training" Google's speech recognition engines (in multiple languages) via Google's voice search. Speech recognition quality will get better and better and voice input will start to feel more intuitive and efficient compared to touch screen typing
Solar industry progress. After a two-year drought of capital access and valuations challenges, a number of solar start-ups will have weathered the storm and start to show real progress on commercial deployments, manufacturing capacity and competitive costs per kilowatt hour. While it is unlikely this sector will be positioned to see new IPOs, a few early winners will emerge and bring new investor enthusiasm to the sector.
"See what I see". Apple's Facetime technology will expand its footprint and be enabled across multiple devices and beyond just WiFi. While video conversations will be common, the more mainstream use will be providing a video window to another person to "see what I see"- e.g., a concert, a document, a product, a meeting, etc. These video interactions will start to become commonplace.
Biotech M&A. Biotech sector deal making should heat up as the large pharma companies face increasing pressure to fill their R&D pipelines and mitigate the impact of drugs going off patent. While the IPO market for biotech may remain lukewarm, there should be more and more big deal making for attractive clinical programs as well as acquisitions by the large players.
[Editor's Note: This is part of a series of posts from Xconomists and other technology and life sciences leaders from around the U.S. who are weighing in with the top surprises they've seen in their respective fields in the past year, or the major things to watch for in 2011.]
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