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The 2016 Silver Maple Leafs also feature a unique light diffracting pattern of radial lines, making the coins harder to duplicate and providing another measure of security.
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The 2016 1 oz Silver Maple Leaf features a new form of security though the Royal Canadian Mint's Bullion DNA program. The Bullion DNA program offers the highest security on the market for any bullion coin. Each bullion coin features a textured maple leaf security privy mark, micro-engraved with laser technology and is visible only under magnification. Etched within the maple leaf security mark are the two digits indicating the coin's production year. Each micro-engraving is encoded, scanned and recorded at the mint for future authentication giving each coin their unique Bullion DNA.
Bullion DNA authenticates coins by scanning them with a Mint's proprietary Bullion DNA reader verifying that the micro-engraved security mark is a match to the Royal Canadian Mint's secure database. This process provides each Silver Maple Leaf coin with the highest security for any coin in the market place. The Royal Canadian Mint's unique Bullion DNA program authenticates Silver Maple Leaf coins dated 2015 and later. APMEX is a recognized Bullion DNA dealer for trusted RCM products.
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This was a well worth investment....I love the fact that the silver is .9999 pure, for me this just sits well. The package is a fine bundle of PM with high quality workmanship visible upon inspection of the coins. I cringed at cutting the straps but had to see and feel my excellent purchase (first Maples) Glad I did but the next box will stayed sealed till it pays to not be or whatever....thanks again to Apmex for stellar customer service.
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The Indian government has announced plans to replace all the country's current driving licences with contactless cards that traffic officers will be able to read using NFC-enabled handheld devices.
The new driving licences will look the same wherever they are issued, in contrast to the widely differing documents currently issued by the 1,100 Road Transport Offices across the country at present.
They will feature both contact and contactless interfaces, as well as a QR code, giving access to data such as validity dates, vehicle categories covered, the holder's blood group and organ donation consent, The Times of India reports.
Traffic officers will be able to access data from the licences with hand held devices using methods including keying in an identification number, reading with NFC, scanning the QR code or inserting the card into a contact reader.
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dharana Leads to Mastery
There are multiple reasons why we practice asana (the physical practice of yoga), but most of us would agree that the primary one is that we feel better afterwords. Asana offers us an opportunity to get to know our body deeper level because it demands the full attention of our mind. You can't mentally check out while holding a balance posture, you must stay present. Its that type of absolute focus that allows us to advance in anything we do. In the yoga sutras the harnessing of our minds attention to focus on one thing is referred to as Dharana. We can get to the state of Dharana on and off the mat, it's a skill that can permeate every aspect of our life. To become masterful at anything we do we must practice this single pointed focus, so how do we do it in our asana practice?
The challenge most of us face is that our only measure of progress in the asana practice is attainment of postures. I say asana specifically because the yoga practice includes far more than the study of the physical body, and for this discussion I want to target the development of our physical awareness. If the postures are our only measurement than we subconsciously will strive for the ability to achieve more of them so long as we feel safe enough. On the other hand if we dont feel safe than we will likely hold ourselves back from our potential. I'd like to invite you to focus your attention on something more specific in your physical practice: targeted, intentional muscle activation and the sensations you experience while doing so. Instead of practicing many postures, focus on fewer postures with several muscle activations. The body has a tremendous amount of muscles so limit your options by focusing on one area of your body i.e. the hips, shoulders, spine, ankles, core, etc. This is how I structure my Elements of Mastery immersion, I take you through simple postures while targeting each area of the body throughout the weekend, or online course. In the video below I give the example of how to activate 3 different muscle groups in the "hips" category for one single posture, lunge pose.
What Does it mean to be advanced?
The practice of yoga is always about developing some form of awareness through intentional actions. Advanced in the physical practice of asana means heightened proprioception of the body, or "Body Awareness". Understanding how to activate the various muscles of the body in order to move your bones/joints and be able to feel the sensations of these action is what qualifies an advanced practitioner. For some that may result in complex postures that require flexibility and strength, and for others it might be living a more pain free life. In any case "advanced" is not aesthetic its functional which may or may not be visually pleasing to someone watching. The recent interest in fascia, connective tissue of the body, has revealed many findings in modern research. While researchers are just a few years into the study of connective tissue, studies are showing the correlation between proprioception and chronic pain – those that are less aware of and capable of moving or activating certain areas of their body also experience chronic pain in these areas. What that means for us practicing yoga is to use the practice to develop greater body awareness if we want to decrease chronic pain. Watch the Video below to see how I explore different muscle groups within a simple lunge posture
To simplify your adventure lets look at one way of breaking down potential engagement into 4 directional movements.
- Squeeze in: This can be any movement where the extremities are moving or trying to move toward each other, or more specifically toward the midline of the body. It can also mean the front body contracting inward toward the center of our core – a full tuck position or balasana childs pose. In anatomy terms I am referring to Adduction, and Flexion of the body.
- Push Out: This is the opposite engagements or movements- away from the midline or when the front body expands like you are stretching out after a good nights sleep. Anatomically speaking this is Abduction and Extension of the body.
- Turn in: When the Extremities Rotate toward the midline of the body
- Turn out: When the Extremities rotate outward away from the midline.
In addition you have side bending and twisting. Side Bending is a push out on one side and a squeeze in on the opposite, while twisting the spine is a rotation along the central axis. My suggestion is to start with the four key movements as they will provide a strong platform to work with
Another approach toward simplification of the complexity of the body is using the elements of nature (Earth, Water, Fire, Air). This is the basis that I use for the Elements of Mastery both the online version and live immersions. With the elements you can still refer back to the 4 Key Movements.
Earth: The way I structure the earth practice in EOM is we look at the foundations of our postures – the two main connectors to the earth are the feet and the Hands. There are 4 main directions of the ankles and if you practice these joint articulations throughout your standing postures you will gain a mastery over the feet and ankles – same is true for the hands.
Water: The Element of Motion and Emotion appropriately relates to the hips which are the main area of our body that initiates movement from one place to another. The video above is a great example of hip activation in one posture. To really dive deep into developing awareness of the hips check out Hips: Rock Em and Unlock Em
Fire: Relates to the Core, the four directions of core activation are Flexion, Extension, Rotation, and Lateral flexion. Of these, Flexion and Rotation are most accurate to the element of Fire. To get to know these best you will want to practice Part 3 and 4 of Elements of Mastery.
Air: Air relates to Latteral flexion and extension of the spine along with thoracic diaphragmatic breathing. Part 4 and 5 of Elements of Mastery.
By exploring the multiple options within just a few postures, you will gain tremendous insight to your body. When you focus your attention in this way, more advanced postures will likely become accessible simply because of your increased ability to activate muscles and move your joints. This masterful approach done over the course of time will increase the health of your muscle tissue leading to increased range of motion and greater strength.
Dharana is the practice of focusing your attention, or harnessing the full power of your mind. Now you know how to apply it to your body, but you can also apply this skill to anything you do.
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The Celtic midfielder scored a spectacular solo effort in the first half which put Scotland in the lead.
Celtic fans who have seen Mikey in the developmental side will not be surprised to see the youngster scored the wonder goal but the wider fan base are wakingnupmto this bhoys talent.
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Doss is permitted to be an Army medic which pays off great dividends by his heroic feats saving at least 75 men without firing a shot.
Flashbacks to a domestic tangle, between his mother and father in his boyhood years when Doss comes close to shooting his dad, may have contributed to refusal to use a gun in addition to his religious beliefs.
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It's not a question if "Hacksaw Ridge" is worthy of serious Oscar consideration, it is any director's but Mel Gibson for the taking. Indeed, Gibson, rightly or wrongly, is probably on the Academy's Enemies List.
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Linguistic and grammar curiosities, Gestures, proverbs and idioms: discover the curiosities related to a harmonious language, rich in nuances and words like few others in the world. Considered the language of culture, characterized by melodious sounds, Italian is a lively and expressive language.
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On Saturday the 24th of August we kicked off with our first Italian course in "Borgo Pianello holiday homes and winery", a beautiful residence between Bologna and Florence.
Buon Natale
Very soon Italians will exchange Christmas wishes saying "buon Natale" to each other. Many wishes are similar to this one: "buon viaggio" (have a good trip!), "buon appetito" (enjoy your food!), buono studio (have a good day of study!)…. But
Bomboniera, confetti e coriandoli
First time I have heard that British people throw glazed almonds to the bride and the groom after their wedding I must admit that I was a little puzzled but after a while I discovered that I was mistaken.
Avere la botte piena e la moglie ubriaca
An italian proverb: literally "You cannot have a drunk wife and a full barrel". However why is it desirable to have a drunk wife?
"Giallo", what does it means?
"Leggo un giallo", "guardo un giallo"; literally I read a yellow!, I watch a yellow! If you are in Italy and you listen to this, don't worry, they are not going mad!
Speak in metaphor, phrases involving clothing
Italians have good reputation for fashion and love to use phrases involving clothing. Today I am talking you through some of them
Italian style breakfast
Usually Italians don't eat much in the morning Many do not eat anything at home and stop at a cafe on the way to work. Traditionally Italians stand at the counter and they have a coffee or a cappuccino and
Grave accent and acute accent
In the Italian language there are two accents, the grave and the acute one that respectively indicate a closed or open sound of the vowel.
Vocal open or closed
Some words accented on the same syllable change meaning depending on whether the pronunciation of the E or O is either open or closed.
Accent and syllable tonic
When pronouncing a word, the tone of the voice falls on a particular syllable, called precisely tonic. It is simply said that the accent "falls" on that syllable.


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The true character of ministry is a servant's heart
Some 41/2 years ago, the Rev'd Paul Seiler and his wife, Carol, came from the Wangaratta congregation to minister at St Paul's. Paul is now enjoying retirement. In this next period of time being without a permanent Minister we are able as a congregation to consolidate resources using our God-given gifts while under the care of our Interim Moderator, the Rev'd Linden Fooks from Ann Street Presbyterian Church.
The Elders are men and women who were elected by the congregation, ordained and inducted to the role and they assist the Minister with the spiritual wellbeing of the St Paul's community. Together they form the Kirk Session.
The ladies of the Pastorium complement the work of the Session with a specific focus on pastoral care and the nurture of members of the congregation.
Several times during the year on a Sunday evening, the Pastorium arranges a Café Church on St Paul's where we share a meal at 5 pm in the hall before an informal service a little later.
Some of the Ministry Team visit our members who are unable to come to worship, and they share Prayer and Communion with them during these home visits.
We seek to provide for our young people suitable programs that encourage them to learn about God and be nurtured by the teachings of the Bible; to grow in grace and faith as they mature and as they establish themselves personally and professionally in our busy and ever-changing world.
St Paul's Youth meets every Sunday morning with the exception of school holidays. The children and young people sit with their families during the first part of the 9.30am worship service. Part way through the service, they move to the adjacent church hall with their teachers for fun activities and Bible learning time. During school holidays, the service includes a talk especially geared for children.
Activity bags for children of different ages can be borrowed from the church porch for use during worship if the young ones become restless.
Some of our young adults are part of the Future Directions Group.
The Presbyterian Church of Queensland is committed to the safety and holistic wellbeing of all children and young people involved in its events. To ensure that children and young people are kept safe from harm, Presbyterian Church of Qld staff and volunteers are required to hold a current blue card, agree to adhere to a Code of Conduct when working with children and to undergo training in child safety.
The Presbyterian Church of Qld takes child protection and safety seriously and therefore has policies and procedures in place to ensure that your child has the best possible experience with the church. (PCQ Child Protection Policy.)
We delight in welcoming newcomers and visitors to St Paul's. Whether you are searching for God and a faith community or just visiting our city, everyone is welcomed and we love the opportunity to meet and greet you.
St Paul's Care Group, as part of the Pastorium's ministry provides practical help and comfort to members who are in need of prayer, emotional support or practical assistance.
Our care and concern goes beyond our own community in various ways. We provide financial and prayer support for those involved in Mission and Outreach and participate in projects supporting local and overseas causes.
Mission Support
We support a missionary family working with Interserve and provide both prayer and financial support to this important field work.
Mission and Humanitarian Projects
Each year a particular area of need is chosen. For 2020 it is School Chaplaincy under the care of Scripture Union. The Presbyterian Inland Mission was our special focus for 2019. We supported this important work in prayer and by our monetary contributions to assist the Patrols across this vast state.
The Special Care Nursery of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital receives from St Paul's each year donations of particular handmade items for tiny babies in hospital – e.g. bonnets, booties, wraps, peanut pillows, cushioned supports for medical tubes, humidicrib arm cuffs – all lovingly sewn, crocheted or knitted by ladies of the church and their friends. These are presented at worship for dedication before being delivered to the Nursery. This is love in action and these gifts are of special comfort to the babies' parents as they cope with this time of distress or concern.
Hummingbird House was chosen as the focus for 2017 and 2018. It is Qld's only hospice for children with life-limiting conditions and was opened in 2016. It provides specialised care and services in a fresh and inviting space with areas of accommodation for both the child and their family.
For 2016 it was Mummy's Wish – a charity supporting cancer-suffering Mums with children aged twelve years or younger.
Rural Fire Services was our focus in 2015. Other past projects have included Addis Ababa Fistula Hospital in Ethiopia, the Royal Flying Doctor Service, Mercy Ships, Presbyterian Inland Mission, Fire and Rescue Services, Operation Christmas Child.
Worship Service Times
Sunday mornings 9.30am
Sunday evenings 5pm


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Falling through the air feels a lot like swimming through syrup. There's something dragging you down and you feel like you can't breath. Struggling for breath as you try to reach the surface. Struggling cause you know that it wasn't worth it.
Syrup is sticky and golden. A lot of people like to pour it over there pancake so that it makes them moist, yummy and flavorist. This is what I have every Saturday morning. My favourite breakfast. Sometimes i will have it after school when i'm not doing anything
The bucket was stuck to the tree; they hadn't ever bothered to take it down; I don't know how the whole thing works. But when we got to that part of the woods where they were collecting the maple syrup, we stopped to look at this stuck thing. "Do you know anything about how this works?" I asked him. He pulled me down to the ground, first to sit, then to roll around together, then to have sex on the leafy floor of the woods. I didn't want to, but I always felt with him that if I said no, he would find someone else who'd say yes. He probably would have; he was only 17 so there was some truth to what I thought. When we were finished and smoking our cigarettes, he pointed up to this bucket, all rusty and really now pretty much glued to the tree. "That's what I think it feels like to be married," he said. "Which part? The rusty part or the stuck to the tree and can't get away part?" He smiled. "They're both the same. You rust and die right there, stuck to the same old person." I didn't think that way about it. But looking at him there, sitting with his back propped up against the tree, I couldn't think of him as anything even close to a rusty bucket. Or myself. I got up and looked inside the bucket, just for the hell of it.
"There's syrup in there!" He jumped up and looked and stuck his finger in, took it out and stuck it in my mouth. "How's that taste?" I spit and spit and spit. It was the worst thing I'd ever tasted. "Told you," he said. He put his shirt back on and took my hand. We had to go home, or somewhere where we wouldn't rust.
It is my best option for traveling comfortable and safe!
The molasses slipped off the table unto the floor. By the sticky puddle near the table was the shuttered remains of the container that once housed the sweet syrup. Now transformed into the shattered remains of a tool of matrimonial destruction.
it's sticky and it reeks of childhood
is that why i'm afraid of it?
maybe it's sweet and i can pour it on my adult pancakes
there's someone named honey in my life
she's showing me that syrup can be okay.
this year we started doing shots of maple syrup.
they say that manischevitz is like cough syrup,
cough syrup, nyquil, helps me sleep.
i have been persuading myself not to talk it unless i really have a cold.
syrup is a club in haifa. i went there with my cousin, S.
it was dark, we dance. it was loud, and i went outside, and stood.
syrup on of course the pancakes but also on an inmates anus says chirs rock. Or jam i guess. other breakfast foods. Is this thing really going to turn off after 60 cause I haaven't singed up for anything. Sing your little heart out you depressing little ass syrupy bitch. haha. that
it's sticky, tasty with waffles and pancakes. sometimes it is flavored like butter, strawberry, but mostly it's known for being maple. also, syrup is good when you dip sausage in it.
This is the same word from the other day! Let's get a little more imaginative please. I've been on here for three days and I get a repeat. What the hey hey? And now I want waffles but don't have any. This is sadder than when you ask Siri what 0/0 is.


text: lockish 3 Report post Posted July 21, 2016 (edited) Like everyone I'm getting used to my specs. I'm learning in dungeons but uneasy about raiding pre-expansion patch. For instance single target effigy aff is pretty easy to me but multi target destro wasn't. I don't think I was setup for assualt destro but that's not the point. I'm just wanting some suggestions on talents for some fights. Specific talents: 2,7,8 for affliction, 1,7,8 destro and 1,7,8 on demonology. Any help would be appreciated... maybe even multi targets I'd go with this single target I'd go with that. Edited July 22, 2016 by lockish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Company's Marks
After receiving a charter by royal approval from Queen Elizabeth I on the 31st December 1600 the 'Company of Merchants of London trading into the East Indies' came into being. It quickly developed a range of icons to help identify itself. In doing so it created the world's first global corporate brand.
Soon after its creation the company began to use a "balemark" – an essential identifier for its products as they arrived in busy ports or were sold on the trading floor. Initially a simple mark this evolved by the 1700s into a heart shaped figure surmounted by a figure of four and containing the initials of the company. This symbol became known as "the chop", a word derived from the Hindi छाप ćhāp – which means stamp. The chop was not only a mark of ownership showing that products were from The East India Company, it also became a symbol of the quality of those wares.
The East India Company was also granted a Coat of Arms under the direct instructions from Queen Elizabeth I to William Camden alias Clarencieux, Garter Principal of the King of Arms. It was provided as a symbol of her confidence and also so that The Company would be recognised as having her royal patronage. The original declaration provided by the Queen herself, with detailed instructions of the elements to be incorporated, resides to this day in the Collection of documents at The College of Arms.
The Coat of Arms features waving St. George pennants and sea lions supporting a shield featuring ships and roses. The ships have open sails and are facing East, signifying that they have a favourable wind and are journeying to the colonies and the roses signify England. There is a smaller field of Lions and Fleur De Lys. On top there is a blue Globe signifying the world, and above and beneath there is a banner displaying The Company's Latin Motto:
"Deus Indicat. Deo Ducente Nil Nocet."
(God is our leader. When God leads, nothing can harm.)


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Have you ever watched Dr. Pimple Popper? … before I get into that, let me give you a little personal history…I've had some life issues the last few years. Big stuff—things that hurt. Death, betrayal, anger, deception, bitterness, hurt that goes deep…along with the normal life issues…kids, marriage, in-laws, relationships…just life. Life is HARD! Seriously, y'all. It is. But God tells us that we are to face life with joy…He is our Joy! We gain our strength from Him! I want to share with you about a dream I had…but a little back story first… I've been trying to forgive the hurt I have caused and the people who have hurt me in these life issues. It's been hard! I've read the verses. Oh have I read the verses, but it's still hard. It's work! And it's a process—at least it has been for me.
The sermon at service Sunday was great! It was just what God wanted for me to hear. I have been angry with God. In my selfishness, I have not wanted my life to look the way it does at this point in my life. I wanted to have a "perfect life." Where my kids are perfect, make good decisions, I have a plethora of friends and my marriage, well…it's so fantastic. Seriously…I know. Silly. No one has that life. … but in today's world of comparison, I just don't think it's "fair" that I have had to have these life challenges…Well, life is not fair. I know! So, because of that, I have been working on forgiveness. I've been trying—I really have. And I guess that's the problem. I'm trying to do it in my own strength—it's never gonna happen if I continue trying to do it in my own strength. God's going to have to have full access to me, my heart and the deepest wounds.
So I pray: Psalm 139:23-24 says, "Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! And see if there be any grievous way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." God knows my heart. He knows my thoughts. He knows it all and he loves me. He is leading me in His ways. I am a slow learner, but he is leading and I am willing to follow!
Psalm 66:18-20 "If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened. But truly God has listened; he has attended to the voice of my prayer. Blessed be God, because he has not rejected my prayer or removed his steadfast love from me!
I have read this verse many times, but never read it like I did today. See, I have always heard it preached that our sin separates us from God…and that is true—God cannot be near sin. But read this verse again. IF I had cherished iniquity in my heart…IF. See, we all have sin in our lives…but IF we cherish it, THEN God will not listen. If we are striving for forgiveness and working on letting go…does that mean our prayers are still being heard…I think maybe that's what this says. I've asked him to take my troubles, but I don't think that's exactly what he wants to do—not take it, but he wants to USE it–use it to make me better, use it to continue to write my story. He wants it to be my 2 Cor 1:3-7 story. Share in sufferings so I can help others as they go through similar sufferings…
So, as I was thinking about that, I went to sleep and had a dream…
And now back to my first question: Have you ever watched Dr. Pimple Popper? I know some of you are saying, "Oh, yes! I love that show!" and others are saying, "oh my gosh! That's so disgusting I can't I can't even finish reading this because it's so gross!" —but then you cover your eyes and peak…just to see what's next. You know who you are! Well it was a crazy dream and it was about pimples. It was about Dr. Pimple Popper. See, in our house we are fans of Dr. Pimple Popper—the shows are just captivating. What is going to come out of the body next?
How does this relate to my story–sin? Ok—here was my take away from the dream. God was showing me through that show, that's how sin is— it's a big pimple and in our life we tend to have pimples that need attention, but when left unattended, that little surface blemish, turns into a pimple or black head that goes deep, the kind that when you squeeze on them, yeah, there's some gross stuff that comes out…a little white puss or even blood…but then when the doctor actually gets in there it just keeps oozing out—and just when you think there's no more…the doctor finds another pocket of infection. That's how the sin in our lives are when they are not dealt with right way. So, this unforgiveness that I have been focused on, must be dealt with now, before it becomes a sin that is cherished…harbored…embedded in my life! Before that infection gets even deeper.
And then my final thoughts…see, I have been concerned about some of the hurt that has been done to me…even more than my own sin of hurting others. But that's a mistake. Each of the people in my life have decisions to make. They have to choose to do what they need to do and I must deal with my own choices. In other words: You must deal with your own pimples. If I am worried about the mistakes or errors of my kids or friends or husband, then my sin goes unattended. … and remember, unattended, it only gets worse. So…forget about the guy who has a big white head right on his forehead! Let him deal with that himself. You worry about the pimple on your butt! Seriously…don't tell me you don't get butt pimples.
Matthew 7:3-5 "Why do you look at the speck of sawdust in your brother's eye and pay no attention to the plank in your own eye? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me take the speck out of your eye,' when all the time there is a plank in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the plank out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother's eye.
My paraphrase will go something like this: "Why do you look at the pimple on your brother's forehead and pay no attention to the pimple on your butt? 4 How can you say to your brother, 'Let me pop that pimple for you,' when all the time it hurts you to sit down because of the big pimple on your butt? 5 You hypocrite, first take care of your own pimple, and then you will see clearly to that your brother's pimple is his to deal with.
Go out today and deal with that sin before it becomes something that you cherish.


text: At national retailer Bed Bath & Beyond's flagship Manhattan store in Chelsea, visitors needed a place to meet, sit, relax and enjoy a meal before, after or during their shopping. The busy location has tons of foot traffic walking by the location throughout the day. SideTrip conceived and executed a plan to build and operate Cafe Beyond, transforming prime avenue frontage into a casual restaurant that serves as haven for shoppers and neighborhood workers and residents.


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The chickens were nesting and laying eggs in their new homes. Children were running free in what soon will be corn fields. Some were learning how to plant a potato. Neighbors were meeting for the first time. The day felt good.
(special thanks to BeGoodHumans.org for video production)
The sun came out and the winds died down. Almost 130 folks gathered under a large white tent on Saturday, May 7th for the First Planting Celebration at The Farm.
Sitting on hay bales, sipping sweet tea and lemonade, each family heard the heart and vision behind The Farm from Mike Rusch, one of the founding members of the Cobblestone Project.
The elders of New Heights Church were on hand to pray for this large endeavor and dedicate the land to the needs in Northwest Arkansas.
Families purchased Harvest Share subscriptions and 30 more volunteers signed up to add to the over 200 that have volunteered at The Farm since March.
A special thank you to our partners & sponsors who made this dream become a reality!
Amazing things are growing at The Farm – cabbage, sunflowers, and real community.
Won't you 'Be the Farmer' and take part in this beautiful place? You can volunteer and share in the harvest.
(special thanks to Novo Studio for photographing the day)


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Tech lobbyists — and, yes the mayor's office — bent the ears of planning commissioners prior to last week's vote on corporate cafeterias. So, it's important to someone. But why?
San Francisco is a serial boomtown. And it's had to be.
It's not a coincidence that there's a phoenix rising from its ashes on our city flag. Our town has a tendency to burn and rise again, either physically or metaphysically. If it's not an earthquake and fire, it's social strife or economic calamities or competing splinter groups of domestic terrorists or dueling serial killers or homicidal messianic grifters or political assassinations or the constant backbeat of gentrification, coming gradually, then suddenly.
And, eventually, another earthquake and fire. You know this. (Stock your survival kits because, clearly, the federal government is spending all our money on Alabama).
Yet while San Francisco continues on, San Franciscans come and go. There is a neurosis that develops knowing that, any day, you could be buried beneath rubble and/or a wave of instant tech millionaires whose money-losing outfits will, imminently, go public.
As such, workaday matters in this city are often blown up into some manner of deep, existential scenario. To wit, take the national rancor inspired last summer by this city's attempts to regulate cafeterias in offices. Just last week, there were reporters and TV cameramen at the Planning Commission for this item — and the commissioners beforehand received calls from both tech lobbyists and the mayor's office inveighing against it.
Big business doesn't enjoy regulation. Provided your business didn't blow up San Bruno or immolate much of Northern California, the mayor's office is inclined to agree.
But that's behind the scenes. During public comment, more than a dozen cafeteria workers and other food contractors for Airbnb, Google, and Facebook testified to the fantastic working conditions they enjoyed, which would, supposedly, be menaced by this legislation. This testimony was effective; the Planning Commissioners deadlocked at 3-to-3. Well played: That means the item moves on to the Board of Supervisors with a "no" recommendation (more on that in a moment).
It's unusual for inchoate land-use policy in a west-coast city to make the New York Times — but this one did. And yet, last week, this was just item No. 13 on a crowded Planning Commission meeting schedule. And item No. 14, incidentally, would rezone the entire city, via Accessory Dwelling Units in new construction, transforming every single-family neighborhood (RH-1) into RH-2, and every RH-2 or RH-3 district into RH-3 or RH-4.
That passed.
That's a big deal. That's consequential. When other cities took similar steps, that was national news.
But not here. Here, the hot item was the largely inconsequential vote on tech cafeterias.
Why inconsequential? Because, No. 1, once this matter gets to the Board of Supervisors, nobody there gives a damn that the three mayorally appointed Planning Commissioners voted against it. Because, No. 2, this legislation is sponsored by Supervisor Ahsha Safaí and co-sponsored by Supervisor Aaron Peskin (who make up two-thirds of the Land Use & Transportation Committee, where this next must be heard — and will, naturally, find a date and time to hear it and summarily push it through). And, No. 3, with Safaí already on board, it will be a bit of a challenge for the mayor's forces to peel off a fourth supervisor, preventing the eight aye votes that override a veto. (Yes, another pickle for Supervisor Vallie Brown).
But it's also inconsequential because … it's not very consequential. It wasn't designed to be.
This isn't major legislation. It doesn't, say, rezone the entire city. But this was never intended to be major legislation; you're just hearing so much about it (and not about other things) because it caught everyone's attention and spurred a flurry of coverage. And that's because it — again — epitomizes the existential San Francisco scenario and conjures up on-the-nose San Francisco scenes of well-compensated techies, employed by companies enjoying a tax break, supping at gourmet cafeterias in walled-off fortresses while the have-nots amble around a fetid wasteland.
And, of course, you also heard about this because, initially, Safaí and Peskin proposed to outright ban corporate cafeterias. Which was heavy-handed, and did indeed turn heads. But this was, as we wrote last summer, not so much a hard-and-fast desired end as a negotiating tactic:
Shortly after its introduction, its principals explicitly confirmed to me that this was merely an initial gambit, an opening salvo meant to spur discussion and end up in a different, milder place.
Or, as one City Hall source put it, the ultimate goal is to have the cafeteria ban "massaged into something less extreme and into a program of the sort that already exists where companies are handing out vouchers."
So, that happened. Asking for a lot and scaling back to something more reasonable is how negotiations often work. As now proposed, new cafeterias would not be banned but require a Conditional Use permit (CU) — as would any Philz Coffee or hotel going up in San Francisco. Among the criteria that would come up at any CU hearing: whether the cafeteria's patrons would, periodically, be given vouchers to patronize local unaffiliated restaurants.
There was a lot of apoplectic coverage of this issue. But, frankly, we seem to have had it gauged pretty decently.
Meanwhile, for the Googles, Facebooks, and Airbnbs of the world, a CU isn't a major hurdle. Virtually any major office project already requires several Conditional Use permits. And you don't lay out a major office, bring in hundreds of workers — and then decide to install a cafeteria. Today's Giants of Industry are organized; they have calendars that you can access right from your phone. They can multitask. They can get this done.
A CU, one longtime land-use professional tells me, is the sort of thing that requires the services of a decent attorney and $15,000. Tech companies, so often pilloried as the source of all wrong in this city, would have the opportunity to wow everyone with pledges to treat their cafeteria workers right and additionally provide their employees with mealtickets to patronize this city's businesses. A CU hearing needn't be a three-ring circus or an anti-tech show trial. It could be a bit of leverage for organized labor and put-upon mom 'n' pop businesses and a PR coup for savvy tech outfits.
This is not going to be the barrier that keeps Big Tech from doing business in San Francisco. They are coming. They are here. They can handle this, and it could be a win for everyone.
So, Safaí's legislation could help out some future cafeteria workers or restaurateurs. But that's not most of us. Most of us aren't eating in those cafeterias, either. This is, again, not rezoning the entire city. Why, some outraged observers ask, are our legislators wasting their time with workaday marginalia and not doing that?
But … they are. The sponsor of the legislation that'd rezone the entire city was, after all, Ahsha Safaí.
Just because a bit of legislation piques everyone's interest and sparks a disproportionate amount of media coverage doesn't mean our legislators are in turn spending a disproportionate amount of time on it. Much of the criticism of this legislation seems to have come from people who've never bothered to look at a legislative calendar. There's a lot on there.
Say what you will about governance in this city, but our leaders are able to walk, chew gum, regulate cafeterias, and rezone vast swaths of San Francisco all at once. They, too, have the calendars in their phones. They can multitask. They can get this done.
Compared to the Accessory Dwelling Unit legislation, regulating tech cafeterias is pretty much what its co-sponsor Aaron Peskin describes it as: "just a pedestrian piece of public policy."
A flashy, symbolic — ultimately pedestrian — item sucked up all the air in the room, while the in-the-weeds, consequential, and potentially transformative one sailed on through with barely any scrutiny.
When you think about it, that is the existential San Francisco scenario.
Until the earthquake. Until the fire. Until the IPO.


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The RADD Collective had the honour of producing this song for Carley Fleischmann. Carly wrote this song despite the fact that she is a non-verbal autistic woman. It's all about facing life's challenges head on and living the life of your dreams.
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These are words the three of us have heard our whole lives. Everyone in the world has his or her own personal challenges. Today the three of us have overcome our challenges. I wrote and helped produce a song and asked my friends to sing along.
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Carly has asked Kaitlin, an upcoming country artist who is facing her own challenges as a result of low self-esteem due to bullying, and Lil Jaxe, a rapper who has caught the world's attention for being a fluid rap artist despite a speech impediment that makes it hard for him to get a word out, to collaborate on this project. Together they have teamed up to show the world a powerful message.
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So if you're a millennial who has somehow managed to convince the financial powers that be to give you a mortgage – heartiest of congratulations to you. Once you've packed up your belongings, survived moving day, and have been handed the keys to your very own home, you might be itching to get renovating (once your back and fingernails have recovered). With that in mind, I've put together what I consider to be key tips for new homeowners.
I know when we secured our mortgage, we spent months dreaming of how we'd fix up our new home. All the additions we'd make, the makeovers we'd do… We spent hours in homeware stores getting excited over cushions and area rugs. It's such an exciting time!
Live in it
It's so tempting to immediately rush off to the hardware store for new paint, garden furniture, and a big scary mallet for bashing walls in like on Extreme Makeover Home Edition (say it with me: move that bus!). But here's the thing: you really don't know what things are urgent or a priority until you've lived in it.
Something we think is a priority (like painting the bathroom to cover up the previous owner's bold choice of lime green) can actually wait, in favour of something you didn't realise was an issue (such as squeaky floorboards). So hang back on the project planning for a few months, and let the house tell you what it needs.
Sleep in your guest bedrooms
We've all stayed at a friend of family member's house for the night. Sometimes it's lovely, and other times you cannot wait to get yourself out of there. It's so much easier to create an inviting space for your guests if you know first hand what it needs. Perhaps it's blackout curtains to prevent the sunrise from burning their corneas into a crisp, or maybe you haven't realised that there's no outlet for them to charge their phone. These things present themselves to us so quickly when we spend the night.
As an absolutely minimum, definitely make sure you include power adaptors, a full length mirror, bedside lamps, and extra blankets. And if you live in a mosquito heavy area, some repellant on the bedside table is a good idea.
Work with your budget
Unfortunately, many of us have little spending money left once the move has taken place, and all of the expenses that come with purchasing a house have been paid. But that doesn't mean you can't get started on making your home something special.
Once you've listed all of the things you want to buy/DIY/renovate, take a moment to categorise each list item. I recommend something like this:
- Free or very cheap to accomplish
- Small DIY projects and home purchases
- New furniture, large DIY projects, investment decor
- Construction work and renovations
There's no reason why you can't begin phase 1 projects right away, which will serve as fantastic momentum until you have more money to spend.
Thrift it up
South Africa isn't the best place to find thrift store gems – we have a history of donating old belongings to the poor and disadvantaged people we know personally, rather than giving it to a charity. However, there are many good bargains still to be found at your local charity shop.
Try to imagine each item in your home as you search the shelves – you'd be surprised how much better a 70's vase can look when it's not next to an old teddy bear and a pile of magazines from 1993.
Lastly, if you find something you like but it's not in the right colour, consider spray painting it, recovering it, or repurposing it. You can find amazing quality photo frames, light fixtures, and even occasional chairs. You just need to know how to look.
Ask the neighbours
When you're finally ready to get stuck in, be sure to ask your neighbours if they have any recommendations for contractors, supply stores, or any other tips and tricks up their sleeves. Chances are, they've already worked on their homes and know just where to go and who to ask.
Look back and smile
If you're looking around at your outdated kitchen cabinets, the bare curtain rail, and the chipping paint on the skirting boards – don't! Take a deep breath, and look back at just how far you've come. Being a homeowner is a huge accomplishment, and you've likely had to work very hard to get to this point. Enjoy marching out onto your lawn in your underpants, wagging your fist and the proverbial kids on your lawn.
I really hope these tips for new homeowners give you a sensible starting point. Whether you're just about to move in, are starting to house hunt, or have been in your new home for a while now, I wish you all the best in creating your dream nest. If nothing else it's the start of you living your life with the purpose you've intended.


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To avoid statistics, I idly made a Christmas bracelet, in October. I really need to make more bracelets so I can make excuses to buy more beads. Beading is really relaxing! I'm totally taking it up as a hobby.
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This is a story that has been running for a while, and has now finally come to its inevitable conclusion: shame and humiliation for Lutfur Rahman the Mayor of Tower Hamlets.
As is well known, Lutfur Rahman came to power on the back of a campaign run by his allies in the Islamic Forum Europe: the British franchise of the Bangladeshi political party, Jamaat e Islami. Its founder, Chowdhury Mueen-Uddin escaped to Britain from Bangladesh, where he is alleged to have abducted, tortured and murdered a number of Bangladeshi intellectuals and patriots, who were seeking self-determination and independence for their country. He was also backed by the former Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, who has been labouring long and hard to get his man readmitted to the Labour Party – without success.
Lutfur Rahman cultivates sectarian and extremist support, in particular by running adverts on Britain's many Islamist TV channels, where the politician is promoted along side hate preachers and other bigots:
Government ministers have criticised Tower Hamlets Council and Mayor Lutfur Rahman for "a worrying pattern of divisive community politics and mismanagement of council staff and resources".
Parliamentary under-secretary for local government Brandon Lewis launched the attack after a question from MP for Poplar and Limehouse Jim Fitzpatrick in the House of Commons.
Mr Fitzpatrick asked what sanctions the government was considering imposing after broadcasting watchdog Ofcom censured five television channels in January for carrying political advertisements promoting the Mayor, at the taxpayer's expense.
In Bangladesh, where the first war criminals have been convicted of their crimes, massive crowds are thronging the streets, demanding the death penalty for the genocidaires – which, incidentally, I would oppose as I oppose all capital punishment. However, in East London, as Nick Cohen reports in The Observer today, the Islamic Forum Europe supporters are physically attacking opponents of Jamaat e Islami on the street:
The conflict between the Shahbag and Jamaat has already reached London. On 9 February, local supporters of the uprising demonstrated in Altab Ali Park, a rare patch of green space off the Whitechapel Road in London's East End. They were met by Jamaatis. "They attacked our men with stones," one of the protest's organisers told me. "There were old people and women and children there, but they still attacked us."
The relationship between Lutfur Rahman and the Islamic Forum Europe was exposed by Andrew Gilligan in a Channel 4 Dispatches programme. One segment showed how Lutfur Rahman had tried to install an incompetent IFE activist, Lutfur Ali, as the Assistant Chief Executive of the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
Almost three years ago, in March 2010, The Sunday Telegraph and Channel 4's Dispatches revealed how Mr Rahman, then council leader, had achieved power with the help of the Islamic Forum of Europe (IFE), an extremist group that wants a sharia state in Europe. One of his first acts was to hire a man with close links to the IFE, Lutfur Ali, as the council's assistant chief executive, even though a leaked report of Mr Ali's job interview by a professional headhunter described him as a "limited", "superficial" and "one-dimensional" candidate who might "struggle intellectually" with the post. His CV, which Dispatches exposed as containing a falsehood, was also leaked. Mr Ali was responsible, among other things, for council grants, which flooded in their millions to a range of front groups for the IFE. He was forced to resign after our programme, when it emerged that he was moonlighting in another job on council time.
In late 2009, we filmed Mr Golds sitting in his study and reading from the leaked headhunter's report.
And here's the amazing thing. Look what Lutfur Rahman did next:
Incredibly, in 2012, more than two years later, Rahman's council started disqualification proceedings against Golds for "infringing" Lutfur Ali's "right to privacy" in this interview and breaching council confidentiality by "leaking" the document to me.
Andrew Gilligan takes up the story:
Tower Hamlets hired a professional investigator to pursue its preposterous claim against Golds, with a full panoply of interviews, witnesses and statements. Oddly enough, or perhaps not, the one person its fearless gumshoe didn't manage to hook up with was the key witness, myself.
So I contacted her to point out that the documents were not in fact leaked to me by Golds; that they had been circulating in the public domain since the previous year; that their contents had been referred to in the local newspaper as early as May 2008; and that even if Golds had been guilty of any disclosure simply by repeating them on TV the year after, the deceits and disqualifications of the council's second most senior officer were surely not private, but matters of the clearest public interest.
I asked why Tower Hamlets was spending thousands of pounds to defend a long-gone employee who was forced out for essentially cheating it – especially since Lutfur Ali himself never complained, either to the council or to us. I asked why the investigation was launched so long after the supposed offence had taken place. And I also asked why, given that something Golds had said to me was the basis of the complaint, the investigator had made so little effort to contact me.
Answers came there none – presumably because the answer is that the whole farrago was launched for the sole purpose of hassling Mr Golds, a regular thorn in Mayor Rahman's side, tying him up in legal knots, costing him big money in solicitors' bills, and deterring anyone else from holding the Dear Leader too vigorously to account.
Marvel at how long, how intensively, and how expensively Lutfur Rahman pushed this hopeless case:
Despite having a formal written statement from me making it clear that the central allegation was false, the investigation accelerated. As well as the investigator, the council hired a legal consultant, a firm of solicitors, Weightmans, and one of Britain's most prominent (and expensive) local government QCs, Elisabeth Laing. The case was briskly rejected by a judge in the first-tier local government tribunal. Undaunted, the council decided to appeal. Only last week did it finally give up, after being advised by its own lawyer that its position was untenable.
Tower Hamlets refused to say last night how much it had spent on the affair. But the estimated cost to council taxpayers, including investigator, lawyers, court fees and staff time, is in the region of £80-£100,000. Council disclosure records show that more than £5,000 was paid to Weightmans in a single month alone. Even so, Rahman may, by his own lights, have got value for money – because fighting the investigation has diverted Peter Golds' time and energy from scrutinising the Mayor.
"It's been absolutely traumatic," says Mr Golds. "I have worried about it a great deal. For doing my job, holding the council to account, I was subjected to a process that could have finished me in public life. It seems to me, and we see the same thing in the NHS, that there is a coterie of people who will do anything to stop bad behaviour being exposed." In one sense, Golds was fortunate; some of his legal expenses were covered by the Conservative Party, and his barrister, Richard Harwood, worked for nothing. Had this not been the case, however, he would have faced legal bills of at least £7,000: a high price for a TV interview.
Frankly, it is amazing that Peter Golds stayed the course. When faced with a campaign of harassment, funded by Lutfur Rahman's multi-million pound budget, most people would give up.
You'd never find this out if the only newspaper you read was The Guardian, by the way. As far as they're concerned, Lutfur Rahman is a tribune of the people, who weeps at the thought of having to make cuts in public spending. Perhaps he should spend a little less money trying to grind councillors who expose his incompetence and extremism into the ground.


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Another memorable experience for WKPP was attending PCJ's Schools' Energy Programme. JEP/WKPP Community and Public Relations Specialists, Melissa Newman and Moya Rose, witnessed the creativity of students from schools island-wide, as they displayed their original drawings and models regarding energy efficiency, conservation and alternative energy sources.
The students were also required to create jingles, which proved a creative and entertaining way to promote their projects and the importance of the various forms of energy. WKPP sponsored a jingle this year.


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Jay Olaguer was the lead author of a recently accepted paper for the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, entitled "Overview of the SHARP campaign: motivation, design, and major outcomes."
The Benzene and other Toxics Exposure (BEE‐TEX) Study
The Benzene and other Toxics Exposure (BEE‐TEX) Study is a field study of exposure to and source attribution of the air toxics: benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene and xylenes (BTEX), as well as other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) such as formaldehyde and 1,3-butadiene. The study will be conducted in 2015 in the Houston Ship Channel where intense industrial sources of BTEX and other HAPs are located in close proximity to residential neighborhoods.
The goals of this study are to facilitate the establishment of cost‐effective, state‐of‐the‐art neighborhood‐scale monitoring networks in the Houston Ship Channel and other potential areas of high toxic emissions around the country, the improvement of emission inventories, the conduct of epidemiological studies for air toxics, and ultimately the enforcement of regulations.
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