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Aggregate Industries UK has named Eddie Stobart as its Concrete Products division's new logistics supply partner.
From October 2016, logistics for Aggregate Industries' Concrete Products division will transfer to Eddie Stobart's manufacturing and industrial business unit.
The new five-year contract, awarded following an extensive tender, will see the haulier carrying Bradstone, Charcon and Masterblock products from 14 UK sites using a combination of specialist curtain-siders, flat trailers and mechanical off-load vehicles.
This strategic partnership with Eddie Stobart will enable Aggregate Industries to provide a more personalised and flexible service to meet its customers' ever-changing needs.
The varied nature of the work requires a very flexible haulage partner with specialist resources and equipment – a key reason why Eddie Stobart was chosen.
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Simon Marriott, Concrete Products director at Aggregate Industries, explained: "During a competitive tender process it was clear our two companies share a similar ethos, both committed to delivering innovative, tailored solutions and first class service to our customers. We're delighted to announce Eddie Stobart as the new logistics partner for our Concrete Products division and look forward to working with their dedicated manufacturing and industrial team."
Alex Laffey, chief executive officer of Eddie Stobart, added: "We are delighted to call Aggregate Industries our partner in the infrastructure sector. Our multimodal offering also presents a much broader opportunity for Eddie Stobart to support Aggregate Industries' efforts in reducing the amount of product moved by road, and helping further our commitment to sector-leading sustainability."


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Q. What is retransfer printing?
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As per the further update, such feature triggers automatically whenever it will detect that your device is out of space. After this it will clear the appropriate space by shutting down few inactive apps on that Smartphone. Android 8.1 is recently under developer testing phase and it may take some more time to reach users. Few companies are working hard with the Android 8.0 Oreo beta version and this OS will be there soon.
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With the increasing number of bench-attached tools in the workshop, I realized we'd need more benches. We bought wood and hardware and built 2 more using the same EAA project (which is really easy to build), again just adding casters to make them easier to move around.
The result is much more actual workspace, where I can leave the bench tools attached and use the two new benches for assembly:
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Lynne Watson, Gerry Haliburn and Judy Zur of Hounslow and Richmond Community Healthcare NHS Trust have all become prestigious Fellows in recognition of their outstanding contribution to the profession of health visiting. They were recognised at a ceremony in London recently to receive their Fellowship of the Institute of Health Visiting (FiHV).
The ceremony, the first of its kind for the Institute of Health Visiting, recognised the professional achievement of our exceptional health visitors – creating a group of UK experts who make a real difference to the health outcomes of children and their families in Hounslow and Richmond.
The Fellowship scheme, launched in May 2014 and sponsored by the Department of Health, culminated with an inaugural conferment ceremony in Westminster on 11 March 2015. The scheme set out to identify and acknowledge 150 exceptional health visitors who have made a real difference to health outcomes for children and families in England.
To become a Fellow, our three health visitors went through a very rigorous application process in which they were assessed for their contributions to health visiting and also to children, families and communities.
Judy Zur, health visitor and practice development lead shared her reaction to the prestigious award: "The client experience is very important and knowing that the service is valued by Richmond and families is very satisfying.I consider early intervention to be crucial when working with families. Heath visiting is focused on supporting families, working with individuals who want the best for their children. We enable parents to develop effective and rewarding parenting strategies."
Each Fellow needed to demonstrate excellence in practice and also their leadership potential. They had to submit three testimonials, one from a family, one from a peer and one from a senior manager. Since being accepted, all Fellows have undertaken a special four-day leadership development programme before the conferment ceremony on 11 March. They are acknowledged as "expert and confident" health visitor leaders who are ready to become local ambassadors for health visiting, as well as for the Institute of Health Visiting.
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This interview with Andy Lansing, president and chief executive of Levy Restaurants, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant.
Q. You rose to the C.E.O. position from the legal side. How did that come about?
A. I started, just because it was my nature, poking my nose into other areas. I would say to people, why do we do it that way in purchasing, or why do we do it that way in human resources? And Larry Levy, our founder, would say to me, "Just go fix it if you want. Go work with it." So I found myself collaborating with other people who didn't report to me.
Q. How did you do that without people getting their backs up?
A. Part of it is the nature of our company, which is sort of this entrepreneurial family where people really didn't live in silos. Even though there's a head of human resources and a head of purchasing, there's more of a sense of openness. We all did everything, we all worked hard, and I would approach people in a nonthreatening way.
I sort of did my best Columbo act, where I'd come in and say, "I don't know, I don't quite get it." Maybe things made perfect sense to everyone else, but not growing up in the business gave me an advantage because I could say, "I don't understand; will you explain it to me?"
I also learned early on about a trait of good leaders, which is that I may have the idea, but I'm going to make you think that you came up with the idea and give you credit for it at the end of the day. So it's sort of getting people to do things without letting them know what hit them, and giving them credit for it.
Q. And how did you learn to do that?
A. I don't know. What I can tell you is that early on I wasn't crazy about the concept of telling people what to do and being a boss. The power of being a boss is an awesome responsibility, and I feared it a bit when I first became a boss.
I figured out that I didn't want people to fear me and do things because of who I was. People have personal power or they have positional power. Positional power means I have power over you because I'm your boss — "I'm very important, I'm the C.E.O." You should fear me because of who I am. And then there's personal power, which is what's inside of you. I always say there are people in our company who are dishwashers who have more personal power than someone who's a manager because they have that quality.
So what I figured out early on is that being a manager doesn't equal being a leader. You can have the title of manager and that'll give you the right to walk around and spin keys on your finger or talk in a walkie-talkie or look and act important, but that's not what gives you power.
What I figured out is that what gives you power is how you treat people and how you lead. I remember when the first secretary I had at a law firm would introduce me to someone and say, "I want you to meet my boss." To this day it makes my skin crawl. I'd say, "I'm not her boss; we work together."
Q. Can you elaborate on the quality you're describing?
A. Leaders are the people you want with you when all hell is breaking loose. They have the knowledge about how to treat people with respect and dignity and how to just be a natural leader. There are those great debates — are leaders born or are they made? — and I think there are people who are just born with that natural ability that makes people want to follow them. I think some people are born with something that makes people gravitate towards them and want to work with them. I'm not saying it can't be honed, but I don't think you can teach someone that. I think it's in their DNA.
Q. Let's shift to hiring. How do you do it? What do you look for?
A. I have a pretty nontraditional approach to hiring. I hire for two traits — I hire for nice and I hire for passion.
If you sit down with me, no matter how senior you are in the company or the position you're applying for, my first question to you is going to be, are you nice? And the reactions are priceless. There's usually a long pause, like they're waiting for me to smile or they're waiting for Ashton Kutcher to come out and say, "You're being punked." Because who asks that question? And then I say, "No, seriously, are you nice?"
Q. What do people say?
A. It's a question that you don't prepare for and you're not used to answering. And quite honestly, who is ever going to say no — nobody is. So I let them talk for a little bit about it as they try to figure out why I am asking that question. Then I stop them and I say, let me tell you why I'm asking that. The reason is that the most important thing to being successful at this company is to be nice. And if you're not nice, this is the wrong company for you. It doesn't mean that there is something wrong with you, it just means that our cultures don't align, and there are great places out there for you, but this is the wrong one.
Because if you get in this company and you're not nice, I'm going to get you. It may be a day, it may be a week, it may be a year, but you will not have success at this company long term if you're not nice.
Then I say, I know you're not going to tell me that you're not nice and you probably are very nice. But when you're reflecting on the interview afterwards and whether you want to pursue this after our conversation, if you think that this nice thing is kind of "that's not me and why do they care about that, they should only care about if I can do the job," then pull yourself out of it. No harm, no foul. They won't say it, but I've had more than one person not come back or not pursue the job.
Q. Where did you get the idea to do that?
A. It was probably from Larry Levy, talking about the importance of being nice, and it kind of just evolved as a company philosophy that we only hire nice people. It's probably the first line in every one of our training manuals — we only hire nice people. And I realized a bit selfishly, too, that I only want to work with nice people. I don't want to work with jerks. Life's too short. I also knew intuitively that if you have a company of nice people in a service business, in a hospitality business, that's going to be a good thing.
Q. And the passion question?
A. Then I say, "What are you passionate about in your life? What does passion mean to you?" And I'm looking not necessarily for the magic answer, but I love it when I hear that someone has fire in the belly. And then I say, you have got to be passionate about this company and the job if you come to work here. If you're not, you're going to be standing there, people are going to be driving by at 90 miles an hour and you're going to say, "Whoa, what's going on?" So again, ask yourself whether this is just a job to you; if it's just a job, it's the wrong place. If it's just a step onto another career, it's probably the wrong place. And then we talk about how the two biggest predictors of success in our company are those two traits.
If you give me someone who's nice and who's passionate, I can teach them everything else. I don't care what school you went to, I don't care where you worked before. If you give me someone with those two traits, they will nine out of 10 times be a great success in the company.
Q. What else is unusual about your culture?
A. I'm not a fireside-chat kind of guy, doing company updates that are very formal. So we have a really fun thing called "On the Road With Andy," where I'll take my flipcam with me whenever I go to one of our locations and we'll do a video, either about a great employee we want to highlight or about an incredible food item they're doing at a particular location that I want the rest of the company to see. It's real tongue in cheek and fun and we post those for the whole company to see.
We just did a really neat feature where the whole company participated in a contest. We called it March Madness. Everyone's always saying, "Andy, we want you to come to our location, we have something to show you." So all 100 locations submitted a one-minute video of why I should come to their location, what they want to show us. And the whole company used brackets, like March Madness, with two videos that they were voting on online. One location got some pro athletes to say, "Come on Andy, you've got to come here and see this." Some had mascots doing things. To me it's about those kinds of fun, human things that help set the culture.
Q. Can you elaborate on what you said about not being a fireside-chat kind of guy?
A. I don't like the idea of being a corporate C.E.O. with formal messages. I don't like the town hall where you have to line up with a microphone. It's not who I am. So the more we make it casual and the more we use humor, the better. You don't have to be a comedian, but humor to me is the world's best tonic. I always say that the shortest distance between two people is humor. I didn't make that up, people have said that before, but it's totally true. We work our tails off in the hospitality business, but if you can do it and laugh and have a good time doing it, it's really special.


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There are quite a few ways to whiten your teeth. This one sounds especially odd but it actually really helps and it's totally natural: use strawberries!
Strawberries are great for a natural toothpaste that you can make yourself at home. The malic acid in strawberries is a natural emulsifier, helping to remove crumbs and plaque. Besides that, strawberries contain folic acid, which whitens teeth and removes coloration, especially yellowness. Who'd have thought the sweet summer berry would be the key to a radiant smile!
It works similarly to hair bleach. Apparently even eating just one strawberry after a meal can start the process of lightening your teeth. Or get even better results with this toothpaste recipe.
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Take note: this method shouldn't replace your normal toothpaste but it will complement it beautifully. With this trick you won't have to buy expensive bleaching paste ever again!


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The Lightening: a Project for Wave Hill's Aquatic ...
Chris Doyle
The Lightening: a Project for Wave Hill's Aquatic Garden
On the grounds | April 24–May 24, 2015
Chris Doyle: Landscape Fictions
Glyndor Gallery | April 22–May 24, 2015
Chris Doyle explores the way that human anxieties and collective attitudes about the environment are projected through representations of landscape. Known for animations that abstract natural patterns and structures, he will present a major installation, The Lightening, a Project for Wave Hill's Aquatic Garden as part of Night Lights at Wave Hill which celebrates Wave Hill at 50. Accompanying this dramatic installation is Chris Doyle: Landscape Fictions in Glyndor Gallery featuring three previous animation project and light boxes created for this exhibition. These works have a strong ecological message and reflect on the anxiety surrounding our current environmental conditions.
Tending toward the Untamed: Artists Respond to the Wild Garden
Glyndor Gallery | April 3—August 19, 2012
Doyle's work with Wave Hill began with an earlier project, Interleaves, a digital animation on two-screen custom display created for Wave Hill's exhibition Tending Toward the Untamed: Artists Respond to the Wild Garden in 2012. Drawing intensively from the structure of the Wild Garden, Doyle manipulated his images through processes of repeating, mirroring and folding, he pushes them toward abstraction. This practice parallels that of taming or maintaining a garden, which, without human intervention, can easily slip into a state of unruliness. View the full video here.
Doyle has exhibited widely at venues in the United States at the Brooklyn Museum of Art, Queens Museum of Art, P.S.1 Museum of Contemporary Art, MassMoCA, Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Tang Museum, Wellin Museum of Art, Sculpture Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and as part of the New York Video Festival at Lincoln Center. Internationally his work was presented at Melbourne International Arts Festival with projects commissions for the US Embassy in Sarajevo, Bosnia, the US Ambassador's residence in Stockholm, Sweden. He has completed public and private commissions in Culver City, CA; Kansas City, MO; Tampa, FL; Louisville, KY; and Austin, TX.
Doyle is the recipient of a 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. His work has also been supported by grants from the Creative Capital Foundation, New York Foundation for the Arts, NYSCA, and the MAP Fund. He earned a BA in fine arts from Boston College and an MA in architecture from Harvard University.
Pictured above: Chris Doyle, The Lightening, 2014. Animation still, Courtesy of the artist.
Click here for more information about the artist.
The Arts at Wave Hill are supported by the Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Inc.; Michael J. Shannon; Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York Community Trust Edward and Sally Van Lier Fund; New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature; The Pollock-Krasner Foundation; The Shelley & Donald Rubin Foundation; and by the Cathy and Stephen Weinroth Commissioning Fund for the Arts.


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Hello you all! I am back! And yes, I am back all fresh from vacations with nice resolutions.
The reality is that we spent a wonderful week in beautiful St Martin island and we spent the week eating and drinking more than we usually do. You know what that means… Back to reality and the scale sets the tone!
What do you do when it is like that? Of course, you do like me! You make a few resolutions to shed those pounds that invited themselves on your hips. Here comes my Salade niçoise.
It is fresh, it is nutritious, it has great flavors and colors. Before I left, I told you about my olive oil flavored with Herbes de Provence, it is a perfect opportunity to try it out.
There are different versions, I did not have black olives and some put tuna in it, but I do not prefer that. How will you make yours?
- - A handful of green salad of your choice
- - 1 hard-boiled egg
- - 1 boiled potato
- - A handful of cherry tomatoes
- - A few slices of cucumber
- - Flavored olive oil
- - Sea salt Fleur de Sel
- - Wash all your ingredients and cut them if necessary
- - present them in your plate the way your wish.
- - Add salt to taste to add a little crunchy
- - Drizzle olive oil
- - Enjoy!


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- March 30, 2015
- Cerro Gordo, North Carolina
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VMware vCenter Server scalability for VDI deployments View
VMware vCenter (ESX) is still a popular platform for VDI deployments, also with QWDV (vWorkspace). This article discusses the limits that vCenter imposes on deployments.
This article talks about VMware View but the same limits apply for other desktop virtualization solution on top of vCenter. When talking about vCenter Server, VMware View administrators frequently ask questions about the scalability differences between desktop and server workloads. vCenter Server 5.0 has a documented scalability of 10,000 virtual machines. However, VMware View 5.0 has a documented scalability of 2,000 desktops. As of VMware View 5.1 few things changed, as noted below.
VMware Architecture Guide defines the following: "With vCenter 4.1 and 5.0, each vCenter Server can support up to 10,000 virtual machines. This support enables you to have building blocks that contain more than 2,000 View desktops. However, the actual block size is also subject to other View-specific limitations. If you have only one building block in a pod, use two View Connection Server instances for redundancy."
That is great news, however because of the picture demonstrated below in the VMware Architecture Guide, and because of previous bad experiences with vCenter Server tasks failing to complete because of insufficient resources, administrators and architects in general have start designing VMware View solutions with no more than 2,000 desktops per vCenter.
Source: http://myvirtualcloud.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Screen-Shot-2012-06-22-at-10.29.40-AM.png
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Renewable energy
Fossil fuels are non-renewable, that is, they draw on finite resources that will eventually dwindle, becoming too expensive or too environmentally damaging to retrieve. In contrast, the many types of renewable energy resources-such as wind and solar energy-are constantly replenished and will never run out. Most renewable energy comes either directly or indirectly from the sun. Sunlight, or solar energy, can be used directly for heating and lighting homes and other buildings, for generating electricity, and for hot water heating, solar cooling, and a variety of commercial and industrial uses. The sun's heat also drives the winds, whose energy, is captured with wind turbines. Then, the winds and the sun's heat cause water to evaporate. When this water vapor turns into rain or snow and flows downhill into rivers or streams, its energy can be captured using hydroelectric power.
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I spent a little too much time on YouTube yesterday, doing, er, "research"…and found this great video about the first playable glass trombone! I especially enjoyed watching the guy make the trombone, and thinking about all kinds of glass trombone questions, like:
What's it like to play a trombone with no spit valve? and
Could you play the right pitch and shatter the glass? and
How would salsa sound on a glass trombone? Or some orchestral excerpts?
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Exuding confidence, a 42-member second-string Indian athletics team, comprising 26 men and 16 women, left Chennai for Colombo on Wednesday to compete in the 14th Asian Track and Field championships, from August 9 to 13, with the hope of returning with at least ten medals.
The squad had a pleasant surprise, with former ace woman athlete Shiny Abraham turning up to pep the confidence.
Chennai Joint Commissioner of Police C Sylendra Babu accompanied the squad as manager, along with AAFI secretary-general Lalit Bhanot.
With China, Japan and South Korea also fielding second-string squads, as they are preparing for the forthcoming Asian Games in Busan, South Korea, the Indian athletes have a good chance of winning at least a dozen medals.
Women's high jumper Bobby Aloysius and shot putter Navpreet Singh are the only Commonwealth Games athletes in the squad. Aloysious narrowly missed a bronze in the women's high jump, while Navpreet Singh fouled on all his three attempts in the qualifying round of the men's shot put at the Games.
Satbir Singh (400 metres), P S Primesh (800 metres), Sivananda and Gojen Singh (10,000 metres, 5000 metres), Navpreet Singh and Hridayanand (shot put) and Jagdish K Bishnoy (javelin), among the men, and Bobby Aloysius (high jump), Mukthisha (100 metres, 200 metres), Sunita Dahiya (800 metres), Swaranjit Kaur (discus) and Soma Biswas (heptathlon) are the medal hopefuls.


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Crooked River Ultimate
Cleveland's first Youth Club Team
The CDA is excited to announce the formation of a local YCC (Youth Club Championship) team. This competitive team will hold regular practices twice a week throughout June and July, and attend several tournaments in the area. It is open to any youth player in Cleveland who will be 18 years of age or younger by July 1st, 2014.
When are Practices/How can my child play?
Info about practices can be found here.
What is the Youth Division?
Information about the USAU Youth division can be found here.
What is Ultimate Frisbee?
Information about the game of ultimate frisbee can be found under "What is Ultimate" in the main menu.


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On August 6th all of our collecting (dare I say hoarding) of backpacking gear was finally put to good use and we hiked to Upper Loch Leven Lake in the Tahoe National Forest. For our first loaded outing it was a hell of a hike, and we learned some valuable things.
The girls did pretty awesome and most whining was limited to the first mile or so. We had a number of quick stops to adjust packs since we're all new to this. We did get started rather late in the day (around lunch time) so snacks and LOTS of water were needed.
Once we got to Upper Loch Leven and set up camp everyone spent a bit of time wandering around and scoping the area out. The campsites were limited, and we were kind of lucky to grab one. Sophia got filthy, and Nola hid by the lakeside and drew. David brought along a ukulele and sat around playing for awhile. He did admit to being bored after awhile. I think it was about that time when he wandered off with his GoPro.
In the pictures above are my water filtration set up and camp stove setup, and our two tents can also be seen in the left picture. I will do a separate post in the future about all our gear, and things I've learned in two backpacking trips (thus far). I don't regret any of our purchases so far, and I've put a lot of research time into this whole deal. 😉
The hike back out wasn't so bad, and to be honest it went WAY quicker than the hike in. We had camp packed up and were heading out by 8:45am. Not hiking in mid-day heat helped a ton too.
Lesson learned: Sleep pads and backpacking pillows are a necessity.
I can't wait to hike more. It's a nice addition to scuba diving and riding my bike, and something we can do as a whole family. 🙂


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Boryana Ivanova
Vox refugee: Fatima
Chadian Fatima left her home country in 2003 but arrived here in 2012. Her world opened up not only culturally but politically after she arrived in Berlin, and she wants to continue using her voice in fights against injustice. Read more
Vox refugee: Mohamad
Mohamad has been through his share of hardships, both at home in Syria and on his long trip to safety in Germany. Now, he calls his journey here "the best experience of my life". Read more
Vox refugee: Ercan
Ercan is a former political refugee who now runs the legendary Cafe Kotti. He talks about using his position to help newly arrived refugees find a place in society, putting people before bureaucracy. Read more
Asylum seeker seeks job
Are refugees employable? The facts, the bureaucratic maze, the official and unofficial initiatives... and the (rare) success stories. Read more
Vox refugee: Hend
Hend has known war since a very young age, but she can remember a time when Syria felt like paradise to her. Unfortunately the situation in Syria has changed. Regardless, she's happy to be here in Germany where she can continue her education. Read more
Vox refugee: Musa
Musa's mother died while he was at boarding school, and he lost contact with his father when fighting broke out in their home region of northern Mali in 2012. Now, the 22-year-old is searching for connections here in Germany. Read more
Vox refugee: Muhammad
The literature student narrowly avoided conscription to the Syrian army and bribed his way out of the country; now, Muhammad worries about his parents back home in Damascus. Unlike them, he has little hope that the situation will improve soon. Read more
Asylum greeters
Why refugees volunteer to help other refugees, the challenges they face, and how they feel about it all. Read more
Vox Refugee: Mustapha
Time to meet someone on the other side of the LaGeSo line. Mustapha is not a refugee himself, but left Morocco for fairer economic weather. Now that he's here, he feels compelled to help Berlin's newest arrivals. Read more
Vox refugee: Jonathan
Starting as a rebel fighter in Chad, Jonathan has been shuffled from there to Sudan to Libya to Italy to Germany, where he has been unable to study or work for three years. He explains the emotional cost of living in limbo. Read more
Vox refugee: Yussuf
Meet Yussuf, whose tragic loss of his best friend prompted him and his brothers to flee Syria for Germany. After an exploitative job, being scammed and frightening walks, his journey finally brought him to Berlin, ready to start over. Read more
Vox refugee: Anas
Once a successful entrepreneur driven to despair by war in Syria, Anas is ready for a new start in Germany. Read more
Vox refugee: Abdul
Meet Abdul, a Palestinian refugee with technically no nationality. Beginning his struggle a year ago in Syria, he has made his way to Germany, joining a relieved mother and bringing his family along later. Read more
Vox Refugee: Nasir and Omar
Among the din of voices in the current refugee crisis, one important voice is often forgotten: that of the refugees themselves. In our brand-new series, Boryana Ivanova visits the camps, Amts and homes to meet the men and women behind the stories. Read more


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I am surely not the only "millennial" who is mildly amused (it's more enjoyable than being mildly offended) by the proliferation of articles over the last couple of years written about my generation.
Many of the articles are by folks from the same generation that raised us, and are written in the tone of a National Geographic TV special describing the daily habits of a recently discovered bird species:
"The young males and females of this species tend to cluster in groups and exhibit strange communication techniques and irregular mating patterns. They remain mostly nomadic in their nesting tendencies, but some can be found still residing in the stick-and-mud shelters of their mature parents. Scientists believe this is not due to a shortage of nest-building materials, but rather to the fact that these young birds are just inherently lazy and are too busy taking selfies for Tinder so they can have non-procreative sex with other birds."
Okay so I may have mixed narratives there a bit, but you get the picture.
[Another take on this: the Snake People Chrome Extension. Check it out, you won't regret it.]
So who are these "Millennials"?
Well, as a native of this mysterious species, I'll tell you what I see.
I see compassionate people whose constant and easy communication with the "globalized" world around them makes them not narcissists, but rather powerful empaths who are made profoundly aware every day that they are not alone on this planet of ours, and that they have the capability to leave it at least a little better off than they found it.
I see employees and entrepreneurs who work passionately and with nearly inexhaustible energy, but who are unwilling to sacrifice the things that are important to them in the work environment, because they can see what the corporate inefficiencies and profit-hoarding of their parents' generation has contributed to the world. They believe that it's not wrong to aim higher.
But how to make a living while also making a difference? Do I have to be a martyr, earning pennies while working for a charity, in order to do something good for our world?
The answer is no.
Many people, millennials and non-millennials alike, are finding what they're looking for in the field of social entrepreneurship.
The concept of social entrepreneurship puts a twist on traditional business models, designing them to solve problems in our world that are truly problems — not just a method of extracting money from consumers.
Business is an incredibly powerful force in our world (if not the most powerful), with brilliant minds behind it, creating unimaginably intricate structures, organizations, and networks to meet the needs of certain market segments. Why not channel that force into creating the solutions that our world actually needs, for problems faced by market segments not yet being served?
As you can imagine, for many millennials, this idea clicks. We don't think it's naive to believe that we should push for a higher standard for our world, and we believe that doing good is not mutually exclusive from doing well.
So while traditional management struggles to compute how young people can rank work-life balance and working toward a larger purpose as equally important as salary (are they lazy??? are they hippies??? who raised these brats?????), a generation of people are joining together across industries, ages, and backgrounds to redefine what it means to work with purpose.
The field has grown enormously in accomplishments, opportunities, and breadth in the last ten years, with new local ecosystems sprouting and blooming in communities all over the world. It's being reshaped and expanded every day by new perspectives, new ideas, and new possibilities.
There is no "typical" career path, meaning that despite the fact that the ladder is not laid out in front of you, you can choose, edit, backtrack, and explore your own path according to your own strengths and goals. In part due to the Recession and the near-disappearance of the traditional vertical career track, millennials have become exceedingly good at doing this anyway! And luckily there is no shortage of options with which to take your first step, as new opportunities appear every day, for nearly any profession, all over the world.
As millennials have come of age, we have seen many serious global economic, social, political, and environmental crises come to a head. The world that we know is not one where work is separate from personal. It is not one where, during our 40 hours a week in the office, the rest of the world is not going on.
We get by-the-minute updates of world events; we read personal accounts by normal people, not just press-sponsored journalists; we see photos of everyday life in places and cultures that are not our own.
We are often blamed for our refusal to separate "work" from "life". Critics say it's a reflection of our inability to concentrate, to work hard, to make sacrifices.
But what if this blurring of the lines is exactly what the world needs?
Maybe the world needs a generation who sees their own lives as irrevocably tied up with those of people on the other side of the world. Even — *gasp!* — between the hours of 9 to 5.
Maybe the world needs a generation who envisions "doing good" as not just volunteering a few hours a year, but as a way of life, all week long.
We want to work on important stuff full-time, and believe me, there's plenty to be worked on. And if we have to help build an entire new concept of business to do it, then that's what we'll do.
If all of this is, as the critics say, because we got too many trophies in youth soccer, well it sounds like our parents didn't do so badly after all.
More importantly: are you with us?


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Katherine's Collection Candy Glass Nutcracker Display
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Katherine's Collection Christmas table decorations will dress any home for the Christmas season, Katherine's Collection are truly unique display, each item has been handmade and hand painted with the finest materials and trims to dress any table theme this season, from jester wine bottle holders to Christmas dolls and many other creative items. Let Katherine's Collections be apart of your creation this season.
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amount of the energy used at expression of emotions and moods.
A reactivity threshold the level of intensity of the incentive demanded in order that the necessary reaction was shown.
Quality of mood a positive spirit as opposed to negative: gay, pleasant, joyful, friendly character by contrast with unpleasant, whimsical, loud, spiteful behavior.
Ability to distract.
Characterizes extent of influence of foreign hindrances on ability to concentrate attention on the line of conduct..


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September 13 is National Peanut Day, a day to pay homage to mighty and tasty peanut.
Summer is coming to an end and teachers from all over the country are preparing for the school year with welcome poster designing, course planning and classroom decorating.
Convey the crisp magic of autumn with following creative and elegant elements to describe the year's most colorful season.
There are many Hindu religious festivals around the world. Festivals usually celebrate events in Hindu mythology, usually in line with seasonal changes.


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remember how my mantra is wear your crazy shit like it ain't no thing?
and i feel like anouck is a kindred spirit?
just wanted to let you know that i still feel that way.
margiela facefarers are PERFECT for coachella!
i love you, anouck.
call me.
pic from style.com
a gal after my own heart
3 comments:
- laia. said...
anouck fan club member reporting for duty.
- April 29, 2008 at 1:58 PM
- Gnarlitude Jen said...
she is the best. love this whole look.
- April 29, 2008 at 8:26 PM
- geri hirsch said...
such a cute dress!
- April 29, 2008 at 11:40 PM
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Project Proposals:Application Policy Plugin
- 1 Name
- 2 Repo Name
- 3 Description
- 4 Scope
- 5 Resources Committed (developers committed to working)
- 6 Initial Committers
- 7 Vendor Neutral
- 8 Team Meeting Notes and Works in Progress (Google Doc)
- 9 Meets Board Policy (including IPR)
Group Policy Plugin
Repo Name
This document describes the Group Policy incubation project for OpenDaylight that introduces the notion of groups of endpoints and policy abstractions that govern communication between these groups. The goal is to support a northbound API that accepts abstract policy based on application requirements while offering numerous concrete southbound implementations for programming network element with configuration/programming stanzas rendered from application policies.
It is important to draw a distinction between the model and it's implementation. Some implementations may offer/consume a subset of either the model or another implementation.
This approach offers a number of distinct advantages, including:
- Easier, application-focused way of expressing policy: By creating policies that mirror application semantics, this framework provides a simpler, self-documenting mechanism for capturing policy requirements without requiring detailed knowledge of networking.
- Improved automation: Grouping constructs allow higher level automation tools to easily manipulate groups of network endpoints simultaneously.
- Consistency: By grouping endpoints and applying policy to groups, the framework offers a consistent and concise way to handle policy changes
- Extensible policy model: Since the policy model is abstract and not tied to specific network implementations, it can easily capture connectivity, security, L4-7, QoS, etc.
An example use case of a multi-tier application, where different application policies are defined for different application tiers, is shown in the following figure.
Group Policy Information Model
This project will also introduce several important new primitives in the group policy model, including:
- Groups: Groups include sets of network endpoints (potentially but not limited to virtual machines) with the same policies and requirements.
- Policies: Policies consist of sets of rules that govern how groups interact.
- Policy rules: Rules capture specific requirements about how groups interact. For example, a policy rule may allow HTTP traffic to a group of web servers for example. While rules capture a specific requirement, they must remain abstract and not tied to a specific hardware or software implementation.
The Group Policy information model is shown in the following figure:
The components in the model are as follows:
- Group: Set of network Endpoints with the same policies.
- Contract: a policy element that exists between Groups. A Contract can have one or more Subjects
- Subject: Each subject can have multiple classifiers, but only a single Directive in each direction
- Directive: a set of actions (e.g. forward, drop, …) that can be applied in each traffic direction (In, Out, In/Out); any given Subject has a single Directive, while a Directive can be applied to multiple Subjects
- Classifier: describes a filter (match) associated with a Subject.
- Endpoint: a single L2 or L3 identifier
- Subnet: a section of a logical L3 IP namespace
- Broadcast Domain (BD): Logical Layer 2 domain
- L3 Context: Logical L3 namespace
- Sensitivities: meta-data used by external systems in the consumption of policy constructs specified using this policy model.
The expressed policy module is a combination of the application's desires, the network's capabilities, and infrastructure policy, as shown in the following diagram:
Group Policy Components and Plugins
The Group Policy project will implement several new components and plugins:
- Endpoint Registry: a new component that keeps track of all configured and discovered endpoints, as well as assignments of Endpoints into EPGs (Endpoint Groups). The Endpoint Registry stores its data in the SAL in the "EP DB"
- Contract Composer: a new component that holds the Group Policy data model and provides the entry point through which applications specify contract policies. The Contract Composer stores its data in the SAL in the "C DB"
- Affinity Decomposer: a new SB plugin that transforms Contract policies into pairwise affinity specifications defined and implemented in Affinity Metadata Service. The idea is that group-based policies may be decomposed into pairwise relationships so affinity relationships can be applied prior to rendering by a specific southbound plugin.
- "Native Driver": a new SB plugin that talks to a system (or systems) that can understand Group Policies directly
- "Classic Decomposer": a new SB plugin that decomposes Group Policies into network element configurations / programming stanzas and uses existing configuration/programming protocols (OF, Netconf, CLI, ...) to apply the configuration to Network Elements
The Group Policy plugin will use several existing OpenDaylight components:
- The Forwarding Rules Manager: existing component that provides flow programming and other flow operations over one or more domains
- Various protocol plugins, such as the OF1.0/1.3 plugin or the Netconf SB client plugin.
- Affinity Service: an existing component that provides affinity services
- Inventory: existing component that keeps track of nodes, hosts (Endpoints), ...
The design of the Group Policy plugin is shown in the following figure:
Use Cases
Policy Configuration
The following figure shows the policy configuration sequence with Plexxi Affinity components.
The sequence is as follows:
- An application creates a new contract using the Contract Composer REST API (create contract). The REST API is rendered from the Contract Composer model by RESTCONF at runtime, when the Contract Composer model is loaded into the controller.
- RESTCONF translates the request into a transaction that adds the contract data to the Contract configuration database in the SAL. The Contract Composer validates the transaction (2a) and the new contract data is then stored in the SAL.
- The Contract Composer invokes an operation to push the contract into Drivers that proxy different hardware subsystems: the Native Driver and the Affinity Decomposer. The Driver can be a "Native" Driver that passes the contract transparently to systems that can natively understand contract policies or an Affinity Decomposer that can transform Contract policies into pairwise affinity specifications
- The Affinity Decomposer invokes the Affinity Service NB API [reference] (either Java or REST) to program the pairwise affinities. The Affinity Service translates the affinities programming into programming of physical network nodes; The Affinity Service can program OF flows in OF-capable nodes or ACLs through a device's CLI or the Netconf configuration protocol.
- The Affinity Service uses the ODL Inventory Service to discover the physical nodes, and to discover the nodes' capabilities. Through the node model's hierarchy the Affinity Service also can access, for example, OF-capable node's tables and flows or a netconf-capable node's ACL models. In this step, the Affinity Service will invoke the physical node programming transaction (Across one or more physical nodes). The Inventory plugin will validate the transaction.
- Once the transaction is validated, the Inventory Service will invoke appropriate plugins (Forwarding Rules Manager for OF (6a), the Netconf protocol plugin for ACLs (6b), or a CLI plugin (6c), for example) to program physical network devices
- The Forwarding Rules Manager will talk to the OpenFlow Protocol Plugin to push the desired flow to the corresponding devices
- The protocol plugins will use their respective protocols to push the configuration to the physical nodes.
The full scope of the proposal is as follows:
- Offer an additional northbound plugin based on application policy.
- Support the Affinity MetaData Service through southbound plugin
- Support "native" southbound plugins that can accept application policy constructs
- Support "classic" southbound devicesmodels (openflow, etc.)
Other components might be affected by this proposal:
- The OpenDaylight Inventory model will be extended to include the concept of a Logical Node
Relationship with OpenStack/Neutron Policy Model
The model developed within this project relates to that being developed in OpenStack in the following ways:
- The Neutron model being developed MUST be always renderable into the OpenDaylight policy model.
- The OpenDaylight model MUST NOT be constrained in any way by the Neutron model being developed.
UML Model
Resources Committed (developers committed to working)
- Mike Dvorkin <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Keith Burns (alagalah) <email@example.com>
- Derick Winkworth <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Suchi Raman <email@example.com>
- Stephen Wong <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Ryan Moats <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Muthu Kothandaraman <firstname.lastname@example.com>
Initial Committers
- Mike Dvorkin <email@example.com>
- Kyle Mestery <email@example.com>
- Derick Winkworth <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Suchi Raman <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Stephen Wong <email@example.com>
- Ryan Moats <firstname.lastname@example.com>
- Muthu Kothandaraman <email@example.com>
Vendor Neutral
The code bse will be created as a port of the project, no existing vendor-specific code base will be used. The new code base will have no vendor package names in code and no vendor branding present in code or output of build. In addition, no vendor branding will be present in documentation.
Team Meeting Notes and Works in Progress (Google Doc)
Meets Board Policy (including IPR)
The Project team has indicated that all code will be written from scratch once the project is approved. No existing code will be contributed, hence no ICR is necessary. [PJR-12/5/13]


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Reimagine! is pleased to cosponsor a celebration of 30 years of Freedom Voices Publications and the release of Mujeres Magicás: Domestic Workers Right to Write by Las Malcriadas. We are celebrating with doubleheader SF / East Bay release events co-sponsored with Freedom Voices and Mujeres Unidas y Activas.
Lake Erie and the Cuyahoga River Fire — 50 Years Later
By Laife Janovyak
50 years ago, the Cuyahoga River suffered its final industrial river fire, and the nation read about it in Time Magazine. Out of this depiction, a deeply negative regional identity was born, one that stubbornly clings to Cleveland regardless of its historical half-truthfulness. Despite the reality that the same thing happens on industrial rivers elsewhere then and now, and that the blaze was nowhere near the first or even the largest fire to burn on the Cuyahoga, Cleveland became known as "the mistake on the lake."
Iran—Hope and Fear in Time of War
A theatrical Town Hall: Voices from the Iranian Community and Allies.
Central Stage, 5221 Central Ave, Richmond
Sunday, June 16th, 2:00-4:00pm
Kairos Theater Ensemble, in collaboration with Central Stage is hosting an interactive townhall and teach-in using theater (Playback Theater/Theater of the Oppressed) to lift up and explore the voices of the Iranian community, its community of allies, the stories and hopes of those who fear for war and hope for peace.
The Economics of Climate Change
By Noam Chomsky
Last June, a group of MIT scientists released the results of what they describe as the most comprehensive modeling of how much hotter the Earth's climate will get in this century. It shows that "without rapid and massive action, the problem will be about twice as severe as previously estimated" a couple of years ago. It could be even worse than that because their model does not fully incorporate positive feedbacks that can occur, such as the melting of permafrost in the Arctic regions caused by the increased temperature. It will release huge amounts of methane, which is worse than carbon dioxide.
"There's no way the world can or should take these risks," says the lead scientist on the project. "The least-cost option to lower the risk is to start now and steadily transform the global energy system over the coming decades to low or zero greenhouse gas-emitting technologies."
At present there's very little sign of that happening. Furthermore, while new technologies are essential, the problems go well beyond that. In fact, they go beyond the current technical debates in Congress about how to work out cap-and-trade devices. We have to face something more far-reaching—the need to reverse the huge state-corporate and social engineering projects of the post-Second World War period, which very consciously promoted an energy-wasting and environmentally destructive fossil fuel economy.
Amazon Delivers Low-Paying Jobs and Dirty Air to California
By Jess Clarke
Amazon, long known for its low pay and bad labor practices at the company's fulfillment centers, is starting to feel some heat. One of the largest trade unions in the United Kingdom, GMB, is staging ongoing protests, the SEIU has launched a "Warehouse Workers Stand Up" campaign in New Jersey and Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced the Stop BEZOS Act. The legislation would recapture the hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars provided by the US Treasury for health coverage, food stamps and other government payments to Amazon workers.
Solidarity to Solutions: San Bernardino Groups Take on Warehouse Pollution
"These diesel trucks are going to go in our neighborhoods, regardless if you're in Bloomington, Jurupa Valley, Fontana. These warehouses are going everywhere.... The beauty of this environmental justice struggle that we're all fighting is that we're not alone.... the beauty of it is getting the people together. We don't got money, but we got that people power." Chela Larios
Jess Clarke: Please welcome Chela from the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice from the Inland Empire. Coming at you from San Francisco Sol2Sol convening in the face of Jerry Brown's West Coast world summit of climate inaction. Chela, what's your full name?
Fresno Residents Choking on Amazon's Dust Demand Rights
An interview by Jess Clarke with Leo Martinez Macias
As the online retail market continues to expand, massive warehouse and distribution facilities are being plopped down in communities already overburdened by hazardous wastes, industrial and agricultural pollution. In Fresno California the city council recently permitted three million square feet of construction in what the California EPA measures as the most environmentally burdened census tract in California. Neighbors weren't notified about the project until construction had already begun. Jess Clarke sat down with a local resident, and an attorney advocate who have been battling this new pollution source in their community.


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Mount Shasta Community Earth Day Celebration
Sunday, April 22,
11 am to 6 pm
in City Park
Join us for Mount Shasta's free community celebration of all things natural and good! This year's event is headlined by Zahira and Rising Buffalo Tribe. Our theme is Bring It Back To The Earth.
We'll have an opening drum ceremony, food available to purchase, sustainable cooking classes (for kids, too!) live music, workshops on prescribed fire, permaculture, and biochar. Children's activities are brought to us by the Siskiyou County Arts Council, plus booths from community education and outreach programs, local crafts to purchase, and so much more. This year's Earth Day festivities will be filled with fun and information for the whole family!
More information on exhibitors and stage schedules will be posted when available.
This will be a fun and educational event – come on down to enjoy the festivities (but please leave your dogs at home per park regulations…!). We'll be going on all day – and make sure to save some energy to dance!
To help support Earth Day and get a jump on the fun, join us as we celebrate the Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center's 30th Anniversary the night before, featuring violinist Tim Snider on Saturday night – you can find more information and online tickets here!
Micah and Bianca check out the City Park on Facebook Live!
Take a walk through the park with our organizers…!
Canadian performing artist Zahira is an internationally known vocalist, songwriter and performer who lights up each stage she performs on. She has come together with PNW's #1 Roots Reggae Band 'Rising Buffalo Tribe' to deliver a captivating set of original music. Beyond genre, their sound is a fusion of soul, reggae and dub. Driven by deep bass, soaring guitar solos, lush harmonies and passionate lead vocals, they bring forth a high energy performance captivating the hearts of listeners. Together they promote awareness and empowerment for the environment and all of humanity.
We're thrilled to be hosting the Siskiyou County Arts Council this year!
This year, SCAC will be debuting their S.C.R.A.P.S. art Cart! On Earth Day bring your recyclables and non-recyclables to re-purpose them into art and usable goods! If you don't have room to store them, schedule a time to bring them to the Ecology Center office by calling (530) 926-5655. In addition to turning tin cans into planters and bottle caps into bug magnets, the art cart will have a large canvas for the kiddos to paint on.
In addition to our headlining performer, Big Water from Portland, OR with his earth centered, original music that blends folk, country and blues with beautiful melodies and grooving rhythms will also grace the stage.
The Black Widow Belly Dancers are coming up from Redding to delight the eyes!
The day is going to be filled with so much information! We'll have several presentations: Jay Ma of Living Mandala will give a presentation on aquaponics. Amy Parscal will present on regenerative cannabis farming. Elijah Pine Cohn will present on regenerative landscaping and Tom Ward aka Hazel will present on social forestry. With our very own Angelina Cook moderating, following the individual presentations, the group will answer questions as a panel.
Join our Founder, Michelle Berditchevsky, for the annual water blessing. All people are welcome to join in by the headwaters.
Cara Saunders of Bear Wallow Herbs will guiding a nature walk during which patrons will identify diverse plant life and their potential uses. Perhaps even some animals will be spotted on this 45 minute journey through City Park!
The Boys & Girls Club and the School CAFE will join forces to teach sustainable, healthy cooking classes. The duo will teach children (and family members) how to make snacks and meals with foods typically found in the refrigerator along with local fare. Join them in the kitchen of the upper lodge anytime from 11AM to 4PM.
We're excited to introduce an amazing group of exhibitors for Earth Day 2018!
Barefoot Books
Children's books. Find out more at barefootbooks.com
Bear Wallow Herbs
Bear Wallow Herbs is led by herbalist Cara Saunders. We create organic handmade herbal massage oils, salves, glycerites, and tinctures from local plants. Herbalist Cara Saunders will be at the booth to provide information about how to use local plants to improve your health and well being.
Crystal Clan
The Crystal Clan sells crystals, crystal wands, smudge fans, Native American crafts, feather hair clips, wire wrapped trees with crystals, fairy wands, and gem elixirs.
The Environmental Protection Information Center (EPIC) advocates for the protection and restoration of Northwest California's forests, using an integrated, science-based approach, combining public education, citizen advocacy, and strategic litigation. We will provide information of our work, and various locally based "action alerts" for the public to engage in.
Faerwear sells recycled leather jewelry, which you can find at faerwear.com.
Food by Sidra
An annual food vendor, if you've been to Earth Day, then you've have Sidra's tasty selections! This year, she's offering vegan coconut curry over rice, bone broth, and simple salads.
Fairtrade, handmade silver jewelry, wooden gifts and musical instruments, crafts
Healthy Gardens
Certified Organic vegetable and herb plant starts!
Holistic Body Therapy
Organic handmade local herbal medicine and bodycare products and art.
Infinity Kombucha
Mount Shasta's Kombucha Brewery! Starting with Mount Shasta's famously pure water, and only using the finest locally sourced ingredients. You can find Infinity Kombucha on tap at local restaurants, local farmers markets, and at the Growler club in their brewery in downtown Mount Shasta. For more information: InfinityKombucha.com
Inner Mountain Protection Alliance
The purpose of our organization is to achieve the highest standards of ecological integrity pertaining to forest management and resource extraction in our region.
Interfaith Table
Mammoth Microbes
MAMMOTH P is the first product engineered and produced by Growcentia. Growcentia was founded by a team of three Colorado State University PhD soil microbiologists that share a passion for enhancing soil health and promoting sustainable agriculture. Using innovative proprietary technology, this team developed an approach to identify and apply nature's very best microbes to improve nutrient availability to plants. Growcentia aims to help growers maximize the health of their soils or growth media to enhance plant health and yields, while minimizing environmental impacts of agriculture.
Mount Shasta Bioregional Ecology Center
Don't forget to stop by and enter the raffle to win something AHmazing!! We'll also have our swag for sale, information on upcoming volunteer opportunities, upcoming events and more.
Mount Shasta Thrives!
Creating abundance together. Mount Shasta Thrives is creating a new way of living in harmony and abundance with the earth and each other. Our way is rooted in contribution, sharing, and support. We have created a Nourishment Circle where together we are building a distributed network of organic home gardens. We are creating lives of abundance by doing what we love, feel passionate about, and by being supporting and helping one another. Please join us, help us support our dream of a thriving Mount Shasta!
Mt. Shasta Community Garden
Table with information about plots available in local, organic community garden.
Ruth Rhiannon Designs
Feather Earrings and Adornments, inspired by nature, buying as much of my materials at local jewelry stores and an aviary based in Southern Oregon. Feather hat/hair clips, clip-in feather extensions for hair, assorted beaded earrings and woven wrap bracelets, as well as installing feathers in people's hair as a service.
Phoenix Rising
At Phoenix Rising our mission is to help Siskiyou County repurpose the abundance of woody biomass into a more useful product, biochar. Biochar is a wonderful soil amendment that balances both the chemical and physical properties of your soil while simultaneously helping with long term nutrient and water dispersion/drainage. The creation and subsequent sequestration of the "charcoal" into the ground is a carbon negative process that helps combatant global climate change, reduce the fuel loading of our surrounding forests, and helps reduce water use age in drought conditions. Our booth will be informative and interactive!
Shasta Earth Art
Art inspired by what is found in nature, including: wood, stones, crystals, sea glass, gemstones and other materials. The wood art is called Spirit Wood and some pieces include Light Language. Shasta Earth Art is an everyday celebration of the Earth!
Mt. Shasta Apothecary, Natural hand made Skin Care products
Siskiyou County Arts Council
The SCRAPS Art Cart, which will launch on Earth Day, will encourage participants to Be Re-Purposeful with items we typically consider trash and that end up in landfills. Our art activities for our traveling Art Cart will ask communities to collect and bring specified reusable materials that they'll repurpose in a free, eco-educational and fun art activity they'll take home with them. For Earth Day, we're collecting aluminum cans (soup can size) to decorate, and will have seedlings & soil which guests can plant in their artsy cans to take home with them, ultimately planting it outside in a garden or planter box when the weather allows.
Synergy Seed Exchange
Non-taxable Garden seeds grown bioregionally for sale, seedsaving info, and spiral bound farm and garden reference books, videos and other resources (on display only.)
The Sacred Well
The Sacred Well sells ethically-sourced crystals and mineral specimens, hand-made jewelry, body care products featuring native botanicals, herbal teas, and sacred art. Photos can be found at www.sacredwell.com
Taste of Bugs
Introducing to visitors the delicious world of edible insects. Helping people make healthier and sustainable choices in the foods they select. Taste of Bugs will be giving out samples for the public to try, I will have retail items for the public to see and purchase and much information on how giving up meat and eating bugs can help save the planet. The three reasons why edible insects are the food of the future: 1. World Hunger 2. Ethical eating on a budget 3. Edible Insects are some of the best sources of protein.


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IDB Group launches Open Innovation Challenge to reduce plastic use
September 26, 2019
Washington, D.C. — The Inter-American Development Bank Group together with MIT Solve launch an Open Innovation Challenge that seeks to find the most innovative solutions that substantially reduce or eliminate single-use plastic and plastic waste in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Rethink Plastics Challenge offers the selected solutions prizes totaling 60,000 USD.
IDB launches Superheroes of Development contest to recognize executing agencies
March 04, 2019
In its second edition, the call for proposals will be open from March 4th to May 17th, 2019. The Superheroes of Development Award will recognize executing agencies of IDB-financed projects that have successfully addressed challenges during its implementation. The contest will identify eight finalists from across Latin America and the Caribbean who will travel to IDB's Headquarters in Washington, D.C. to present their solutions.
Colombia pushes forward financial system reforms with $450 million IDB loan
June 07, 2017
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved the second phase of an operation to support financial system reforms aimed at boosting up Colombia's economic growth. The loan is for $450 million.
Better management of tight budgets could help Latin American and Caribbean governments to raise living standards - OECD/IDB
December 06, 2016
SANTIAGO, Chile – Governments in Latin America will need to improve public sector management and capacity – including budget allocation – to compensate for the pressure on public finances from sliding commodity prices, according to a new report by the OECD and Inter-American Development Bank covering more than 15 countries in the region.
Finance ministers discuss deeper regional integration to stimulate growth and development in LAC
October 05, 2016
Latin America and the Caribbean is urged to implement a bold integration agenda Finance ministers of the Americas and the Caribbean, and the heads of the Inter-American Development Bank, International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the U.S. Department of Treasury met today at the IDB to discuss policy options for relaunching regional integration to stimulate growth and contribute to long-term development in the region.
IDB implements Colombia program for private investment in renewable energy in areas not interconnected
February 29, 2016
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), through the Banca Nacional de Desarrollo, has announced the approval of a loan for $9.3 million to promote private investment in the generation of renewable energy in areas of Colombia that are isolated or not interconnected.
IDB supports energy efficiency green bonds
November 24, 2015
Financing package of up to $450 million to underwrite energy efficiency projects will also receive funding from Green Climate Fund The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved financing to establish a regional Energy Efficiency Green Bond Facility. The program was selected to receive up to $217 million in additional funding as one of eight projects worldwide in the first round of allocations announced by the Green Climate Fund (GCF) on November 6.
Remittance Flows Up in Central America and Caribbean, Down in Mexico and South America
June 10, 2014
MIF study outlines 2013 trends, continued importance of flows for the Region In 2013, remittances to Central America and the Caribbean increased over the previous year while remittance flows to South America and Mexico declined, resulting in flat growth for the region as a whole, according to a new report from the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), a member of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group.
Banking the Unbanked in Colombia
March 04, 2013
Approximately 35 percent of the Colombian adult population has no access to any formal financial services and are considered "unbanked," according to the Colombian Banking Association. Some 79 percent of adults have no access to credit cards.
MIF to help consolidate venture capital financing in Colombia
December 22, 2011
$1.5 million project to improve SME access to equity financing The Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF), in partnership with Banco de Comercio Exterior de Colombia, S.A. (Bancóldex), will help strengthen the venture capital industry in Colombia to pave the way for increased access to finance for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the country.


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RVing provides you with the unique advantage of being able to see a variety sites without having to stretch your budget. Within the nooks and crannies of our great American cities lies small treasures you won't want to miss out on. The great thing about RVing is that getting to your destination is half the fun. One of the biggest challenges of RVing with children, however, is ensuring they're entertained and enjoying the ride.
To ensure your kids have a great time while hitting the open road, consider putting together some simple, yet enjoyable games for them to play. You'll be surprised at how engaged it gets them and how it takes the edge of long drives.
Create a Scavenger Hunt | Scavenger hunts promise fun for children and adults alike. When creating your scavenger hunt try making it specific to the state you're in. For example, if you're in Texas during Bluebonnet season, ask your kids to find Bluebonnets. If you're planning a trip through several states try to count the number of license plates from other states. If your children are old enough, hand them your camera to take pictures of the license plates so they can make a scrapbook later.
Going To Grandma's House | This game has been a favorite amongst families who have enjoyed road trips because it doesn't require anything but your mind! This game is great for practicing memorization and recall, as well as teaching children the sounds of the alphabet. You start by saying "I'm going to grandma's house and bringing A for…" and continue with the remainder of the alphabet. As you continue through the alphabet you need to say all the letters and the words associated with them before adding your word. This game continues until you reach the letter Z and requires you to take turns.
Count The… | Count The requires you to decide on an object you want to find and count the amount of it you find during your drive. Anything goes in this game, and you can choose the topic – animals, car types, and much more. After deciding on an object you simply need to drive and spot the object as you move forward.
Tunnels | This game is a simple way to enjoy traveling through the states. As you approach a tunnel hold your breath and see who can hold their breath the longest. This is a fun game that breaks of the monotony of a drive and leaves you excited to spot the next tunnel you approach.
Enjoying games is a great way to make your time on the road one that is fun and memorable. Games also tend to bring families together, allow you to get excitement on the road while you reach your destination, and help you exercise your creativity. And, if any of these games don't appeal to you try making up your own games.


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We believe in baptism and we would love to be part of a baptism service for you or your child!
Baptisms normally take place during our normal Sunday morning services and there is no charge. We would love to welcome you and your family. We normally have baptisms on particular Sundays each month at each of our different churches – the first Sunday of each month at St John's, the third Sunday of the month at St Stephen's and the fourth Sunday of the month at St Ethelbert's. Please get in touch with Mike, your vicar, to discuss possible dates.
Click on the following links for more information about baptism, symbols used during the baptism service, thanksgiving and confirmation services , choosing godparents and being a godparent. Please get in touch with Mike with any questions or to discuss details.
There are also lots of helpful details on the Church of England site dedicated to baptisms (also known as Christenings).
To see more photos of baptisms at our churches, please visit our baptism gallery.
If someone in your family was baptised in one of our churches, we'd love to feature them in our Baptism Gallery. You can send us a photo, we'll add it to our gallery and your friends and family will be able to see it online.


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| You show a gleaming metal sword and set it aside. Three cards are then selected and shuffled back into the deck. A volunteer is next asked to throw the deck of cards in to the air. As the cards flutter to the ground, the performer stabs the sword into their midst. Three cards are found impaled on the sword, the same three cards selected by the volunteers! The cards can be handed out as souvenirs.
This well made prop is priced at fraction of the cost of other Card Swords. The sword is made of brass and is nickel plated to a high glossy metallic shine. The Card Sword measures approximately 29" from top to bottom and the handle can be detached for storage and transport. Indeed, a very nice prop and hard to keep in stock. 0594nufud00010


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