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The Missional Fellows Program supports Wesley students who seek engagement in God's transforming work in the world. Specially designed to support young adults with experience in service-corps organizations—such as Americorps, City Year, Teach for America, Jesuit Volunteer Corps, United Methodist US-2 or Young Adult Missionaries—the Missional Fellows Program offers additional funding support for those interested in pursuing theological education. Based at Wesley Downtown, located in the Mount Vernon Square neighborhood of Washington, D.C., Wesley's Missional Fellows are equipped for leadership in churches or nonprofit organizations committed to social justice, service, community development, organizing and advocacy work with those in need. Missional Fellows may select a specialization in missional church as part of their degree studies for either the Master of Divinity or Master of Theological Studies programs.
Wesley's Missional Fellows are seeking faithful solutions to the challenges of service and social justice leadership within the growing number of missional churches, nonprofit organizations, and other emerging ministries. Missional Fellows receive a $10,000 stipend for educational and living expenses in addition to consideration for merit-based financial aid. Missional Fellows participate in a weekly seminar to read and discuss missional church theology and leadership and to reflect on how this applies to their own engagement in missional ministry. During their first year, Missional Fellows are able to engage in the Center for the Missional Church's Heal the Sick program, designed to support congregations' health ministry development. During their second and third years, Fellows may continue to work on the Heal the Sick program or they may develop their own missional engagement project in collaboration with ministry or community partners.
Students who are interested in becoming a Missional Fellow in 2014-2015 can apply to the program as part of their admissions process to Wesley Theological Seminary. Applications for admission and an additional Missional Fellows essay are due by February 1, 2014. Missional Fellows are required to be full-time Master of Divinity or Master of Theological Studies students taking a minimum of nine credit hours each semester. Applicants must submit an essay of 1500 or fewer words addressing the following questions:
Essays may be submitted by email to email@example.com, by fax to attention: Admissions at (202) 885-8585 or by mail to Admissions Office, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave NW, Washington, DC, 20016. Finalists for the Missional Fellows program will be invited to interviews in Washington, D.C., in early March 2014. Fellowships will be announced in late March of 2014.
Rachel Keller
Hometown: Camp Hill, Pennsylvania
Experiences: Before coming to Wesley, Rachel was a Mission Intern with the General Board of Global Ministries for 3 years in Johannesburg, South Africa and Seattle, WA. In Johannesburg, she served with community centers based on HIV/AIDS education and counseling. In Seattle, she served as volunteer coordinator with Mary's Place, a day center for homeless women and children. In both of these experiences, she saw people working with a passion in their own community, breaking down the barriers that keep people apart.
Why Missional Fellow? "I look forward to working with other students who come from all different experiences but share a common passion for social justice so that we may learn from and with one another. Although I am still discerning my ever-changing call, I see myself participating in the local church after seminary where I can give voice to the issues of inclusivity and the call of the church to be a body of Christ where all are welcome."
Laura Kigweba
Hometown: Collierville, Tennesee
Experiences: Laura is a political science major from the University of Tennessee of Chattanooga. Growing up, she was influenced by her father's story of survival from the political unrest in Burundi, Africa in the early 1970s. This led her to seek justice and serve in many different aspects both locally and globally, specifically with the local and global mission of the Church. Before coming to seminary, she served in a local campus ministry in Chattanooga, TN, where she was a full-time student ministry coordinator.
Why Missional Fellow? "I came to seminary to prepare my heart, mind, and soul to serve and aid communities of spiritual and material poverty. While here in Seminary, I hope to sustain my commitment in serving in local ministry by placing myself in challenging situations of self-discovery, spiritual growth and opportunities of service where I can be able to see how God can work in a variety of environments."
Aislinn Kopp
Hometown: Houlka, Mississippi
Experiences: Aislinn began her journey to service and social justice ministry at a very young age under the influence of very active parents. This early influence led her to be a lead activist in a small community for international issues while she was in high school. She continued to be involved throughout college in service and justice ministries, reaching its peak with an internship with Hope International during the summer of 2011.
Why Missional Fellow? "To see the evidence of Wesley, its fellows, and its partners coming alongside the churches in the DC community to make tangible impact in their surroundings stirred my heart. I am excited to continue to hone my call in working with the fellowship program and community programs throughout the city."
Katie Monfortte
Hometown: Villa Park, Illinois
Experiences: Katie was a US-2 with the General Board of Global Ministries. In that position, she partnered with domestic organizations on social justice work. Her placement site, Susannah Wesley Community Center, led her to work with positive youth development. At Susannah Wesley, she was involved with truancy, competency-based high school diploma, and after school programs.
Why Missional Fellow? "I see this missional movement as a way to re-center the church to the call from God to love and to care for God and neighbor. I see this vision as a catalyst for restoring communities."
Christopher Stewart
Hometown: Washington, DC
Experiences: Christopher is passionate about improving the disparities in his hometown of Washington, DC. In addition to serving in DC, he has served abroad in Haiti and Ethiopia. He is currently a Public Services Librarian with the Charles County Public Library and fellowships at First Baptist Church of Glenarden, Pastor John K. Jenkins.
Why Missional Fellow? "All I want to do is serve God and all people. Wesley Theological Seminary—Mission Fellows program offers students an opportunity to view ministry from a wider scope."
Scott Bostic
Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia
Experiences: Scott is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy and has served in the U.S. Army as a health care administrator. He worked in Iraq to provide shoes and footwear for local youth in the desert east of Baghdad. He has also worked with the Watertown Urban Mission, in Watertown, NY, and served with the Hospitality House in Black River, NY on various local service projects.
Why Missional Fellow? "I feel called to learn more about this radical love that God has for humanity and for creation. I hope to continue to work with efforts and causes to provide shoes to children in need both in the United States and internationally."
The Missional Church specialization is designed to equip church leaders to focus on the church's mission of being sent into the world to create disciples for Jesus Christ. The program does this by focusing on both the nature of the church to be missional and the leadership and practices of fruitful missional churches. These two emphases are covered in the core courses, CM150 Leadership and Practices of the Missional Church; and CM 205 Mission of Church in Contemporary World. Students are required to select one of these core courses for the specialization. In addition to the core course, students must select at least three electives for 8 or more credit hours (from the list below) to complete the specialization. If students take both core courses, the second core course may be counted toward the elective requirement for the specialization. Finally, students are required to complete a capstone missional church project that allows them to undertake and reflect upon an engaged missional ministry project.
In the core courses, students are introduced to understandings of missional ecclesiology—the nature of the church as Christ's Body sent into the world to carry on the mission of making disciples and caring for one another—and the practices of fruitful missional churches. Beyond this foundational examination of the missional church, students are encouraged to take a course that examines the church in its context—this may be the contemporary church facing a postmodern culture (ST-225); the global church and issues of post-colonialism; or the church today facing a multicultural, interfaith context (e.g. courses CM-225, ST-294, WR-294). Students may wish to concentrate their electives to equip them to enter into a particular mission field, such as youth and young adults (CF-240, CF-253, CF-255), urban ministry (CM 230, CM231), emergent church (CM-203, CM-204), or public theology (ES-237, ES-304, ES-491, ES-495, ES-497). Or students may wish to survey a diversity of these missional settings, to better equip themselves for challenges of leading the church as lead (sole) pastor who must address all of these challenges.
Students are encouraged to select their Practice in Mission and Ministry placement site with an eye toward their area of concentration, if such concentration is desired. Students should speak with missional church program faculty members to design a course concentration that will suit their ministry goals. It is recommended that students declare their interest in a missional church specialization within the first 30 credit hours of their degree program by completing a "Missional Church Specialization" form and filing it with the Registrar.
Capstone project: (2 credit hours) Missional Engagement Project CM-440 -- Students are expected to complete a project that entails their engagement in the community on a missional church project. It is expected the student will be working as part of a ministry team or have partners engaged in the project that demonstrates how the student is engaging in God's transforming, redeeming work in the world. This may take a number of forms, but sample projects might include: helping to form a new missional community in a particular area or among a particular group of people; assisting a community in establishing or growing an outreach missions ministry; or helping to create a new worshipping community among a targeted group of people.
Core courses: All students are required to take one of the two core courses in the theology and ecclesiology of the missional church:
Capstone course CM-440 (2 credits): Students are required to complete a capstone missional church project that allows them to undertake and reflect upon an engaged missional ministry project. This should be scheduled for the final or second-to-last semester of the student's course of study.
Elective courses: Students must complete at least three additional courses (minimum 8 credit hours) that assist in understanding the missional church in the world and/or the practices of the missional church. Courses may be chosen from the following list or selected from among other seminary (or consortium) courses pending prior approval of the program director:
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A NewsChannel 5 investigation found shoppers could wind up buying something that's dangerous and has been recalled because of safety concerns.
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10 Things Every First Apartment Should Have
Although the internet existed when I rented my first apartment, it was mainly chat forums and wasn't exactly full of the helpful information it is today. Ready to move out on your own for the first time? Here's a check list to get you started. Old pro? Add your basics to ours and help out those moving newbies!
1. Kitchen Basics: The important things that might top this list might be a can opener, sharp knife or wooden spoon. Check out this list at The Kitchn for more ideas on these essentials.
2. A Toolbox: You'll at least need a screwdriver (or two), a hammer, a tape measure, a level, adjustable wrench, and set of allen wrenches for all those IKEA purchases. The rest is up to you.
3. A Plant: Even if you kill it in a few months, the breath of life they bring to a space is unmistakable. If your thumb isn't exactly green, try a succulent that only has to be watered every few weeks.
4. Books: Even if you have a Kindle, a few books are always good to have around. Sometimes you just want to flip through the pages for inspiration or a little reading. If you're not big on collecting such things, make them classics that even a visitor might enjoy picking up.
5. Baking Soda & Vinegar: It doesn't matter what mess, mold, or grime the last tenant left, this combination of ingredients can clean just about anything. Save your money for other things like food and curtains to block out the view of your neighbor who refuses to wear a bath robe.
6. 3 Light Sources: Many apartments can feel lacking in light and often your first apartment isn't as awesome as you wanted it to be. Remember 3 light sources for your main room and it will always feel more like home. Plus, as a rule of thumb, all overhead lighting in apartments is ill-placed, too harsh, or too dim.
7. A Place To Lay Your Head: Yes it seems overly basic, but it's easy to get caught up in the smaller things you might need. Just because you think you can get away with sleeping on a futon doesn't mean your back will agree. Sleep comfortable and everything else, even the smallest space with the worst bathroom is suddenly tolerable.
8. 5 More Extension Cords Than You Think You Need: Unless you designed and built your own home, there's a 99% change your outlet ratio to products that require them will suck. Having a few extension cords or power bars on hand will save you frustration and trips to the hardware store later on.
9. A Box Knife: This small simple tool will save you a great deal of headache when it comes to opening moviing boxes, unpacking furniture or taking off zip ties held into new packaging that needs to be disassembled. You won't need it until you have no other choice but to go buy one and then you'll think back and say, "Apartment Therapy was right."
10. $50 Emergency Money: It doesn't matter if you keep it in the bank or stashed in your secret hiding spot, every first apartment has some sort of emergency. It might be the need to escape and have a night out, a lamp you didn't think you'd need or possibly a fan due to the lack of air circulation. Big or small, there will always be something.
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i would agree with all, and add 'rugs' to the list.
not only for a 'homier' feel, but to dampen sound. if you've never lived in an apartment before, you might get annoyed with the sounds of your neighbors, and they could even get annoyed with the sounds of you, the new tenant.
A roll of duck tape always comes in handy.
My daughter just moved out of a shared apartment into a condo of her own. She sold 3 pieces of her old furniture for $180 and later that day spent the entire amount on a trip to Target for cleaning supplies, bathroom, kitchen, and laundry sundries. Easy come, easy go.
definitely agree about the rugs... my apt doesnt have blinds so i spent hundreds on curtains and hardware... cheap cheap curtains from target!! i loved all the windows... until i realized how much would be spent on curtains.
This is key stuff for the first couple of days.
Window coverings, with binder clips/string/duct tape for the first night.
Several 3-prong to 2-prong adapters
Coffeemaker with coffee, scoop, filters, sugar, creamers in one marked box.
Juice/seltzer/Gatorade, bottle of wine, 6-pack of beer to go right in the fridge. Your helpers will be grateful! Snacks/energy bars too.
Overnight bag with: 2 changes of clothes, sheets, towel, toiletries, meds, other essentials.
Shower Curtain. People always forget to buy a shower curtain
Ditto the 3-prong to 2-prong adapters, and I would add COMET to the list. If it's your first apartment, it's likely that the bathroom floor and tub will be much improved after some major Comet treatment. Less green than baking soda, but that stuff WORKS.
Toilet paper. I always leave a roll behind despite the fact that no one else seems to do the same and I bring a roll with me.
Seconding the 3-prong to 2-prong (grounded to ungrounded) adaptors.
Also, any tool you need to borrow twice, you should probably buy for yourself, which means I'm getting a stud finder this weekend to hang up some IKEA shelving in my kitchen!
I would add a nice bottle of wine, some candles and an ambien if you live below someone else.
Ear plugs. I moved in to the cutest place but the walls and outside noise are unbearable on some days!
Replace the "$50" Emergency Fund with a "6 month salary" Emergency Fund, and you'll have me in agreement.
I would add paper towels, rags, or something to dust with. I find that it's easier to make sure everything is clean before all your stuff is moved in and you have to work around it to dust every inch of the place.
Also maybe a fan if you are moving in the summer.
A bottle of good champagne for celebratin' the first apartment with!
..."set of allen wrenches for all those IKEA purchases"
I can't recall ever purchasing something which required an allen wrench for assembly but didn't come with one.
Adding to the list:
- a vacuum
- a toilet brush
- a toilet plunger
- a water filtration pitcher (Brita or Pur)
- 1-quart and 2-quart Pyrex measuring cups, which can double as mixing bowls.
- a toaster oven, which is much more efficient than using the large oven.
I agree w/all of the above, especially seawhitney's comment.
Your landlord presumably has a spare key. I suggest making yourself a second: a spare, spare key that you can retrieve from the source 24/7. Locksmiths are expensive and I invariably lock myself out on long holiday weekends. ;)
My newbie essentials are, in order of importance: a box/pocket knife, Philips and flat head screwdrivers, tape measure, level, hammer, flashlight, and plunger. Everyone always seems to forget the plunger, but it always seems to be the thing you forget about until you REALLY need it.
I'd go even further and say to figure out how to turn the water off on your toilet before you use it. There are few things worse than panicking because of watching a toilet overflow due to old pipes and aren't sure how to stop it. Also, immediately locate your breaker box. I once sublet an apartment and had a brown out. I did a search for the breaker box by flashlight, looking in all the usual places, but couldn't find it. I finally called the power company, who basically decided I was a moron who didn't know what I was looking for. Turned out that the breaker box was in the basement (I was living in a house that was broken up into apartments) and didn't know it.
And really, multiple flashlights are a good idea, with extra batteries. Put one in the bedroom and one in the kitchen. I haven't lived in an apartment in years, but the power to my house goes out about 6-8 times a year, so I've got flashlights, candles, and lighters scattered in every room of my house.
The plunger is an excellent suggestion!!! And not something you really move with from apartment to apartment always, good thinking!
A corkscrew, coffee machine, and a good saucepan.
This is more for moving in general, but I always start by marking one box "Open First". Then when I'm packing I put anything in there that I'll need the first day. Tea, cereal, change of clothes, toiletries kit, etc. Works out pretty well. You can live out of that box the first couple of days.
I agree with most of what everyone said, and I would also add:
1) Steak knives. Yes, you need silverware, but steak knives can be used for just about any kind of food in a pinch - my husband and I have yet to invest in a real knife set, but we did get a set of steak knives.
2) Rugs. Depending on where you live and what kind of floors you have, this can get important. Rugs in the entry are a MUST - especially if you live anywhere with snow. They absorb the water, dirt, and salt while keeping the floors dry and not slippery.
3) I agree with plunger for obvious reasons. If you're REALLY lucky, there may be one provided with the rest of the utility stuff.
4) Vacuum. Even if you live in a building with a communal one (like the plunger) it may not always be available, reliable, or have the necessary settings or attachments. I also prefer to have a HEPA filter to help clean the air.
5) Flashlights and reliable sources of power. Whether that means a crank light or an extra set of batteries at all times, it's just a good idea to have one.
6) Shower curtain and liner, or combination of the two. If a fabric curtain gets wet without a liner and it should have one, then it can get moldy.
If you move into a place with carpet, go to Home Depot or its twin and buy a roll of butcher block paper to put on the carpet when your friends or movers are moving the stuff inside. They will track in lots of dirt going from the moving van to the apartment. Then when they are finished just throw it away.
Curtains or a way to pin up thick, dark sheets until you get curtains. Our first week in my first apartment I got no sleep and therefore was an emotional wreck. Oh, and sleeping on an air mattress while you wait to find a real bed SUCKS. Especially with 2 people! And if you're a nonsmoker, I'd say make sure you take care of smoker smell before any of your stuff gets moved in. Windows open, fans on, febreeze and maybe some dog pee enzyme spray to get out concentrated smells (even gets paint out of carpet!) Oh, and bleach any walls your bed will touch. Nothing like waking up to your nose pressed against an unknown occupant's hair that has been painted over on the wall *shudder*
a fire extinguisher!!
While not a must, the next thing i would add to the tool box would be a nice small to midsize wireless drill/driver. It makes a HUGE difference in making it easy to put stuff together and make repairs around the house. Plus my nice mid size drill does about everything I throw at it.
Trash and recycling bins. I've known too many peers whose "trash bins" were just plastic grocery bags hanging from a drawer pull in the kitchen.
nearby pizza and chinese food delivery menus.
trash bags, for all the packaging you will be opening and tossing in one day! Also, I just did a few lists on how to set up your first kitchen, the first part being this http://thefirstapartment.blogspot.com/2011/07/how-to-equip-kitchen-basics.html
Thanks for the list!
Can I also add that keeping large amount of coffee will always help, not only to consume, but also to get rid of any unwanted smell in the kitchen.
Based on personal experience, on my first night & day at the apartment, these things are so necessary:
1. Yes, the place to lay your head upon, be it a mattress, futon, sofa bed, or even a large rug & a pillow. And the blanket, of course.
2. Toilet paper.
3. Shower curtain and a bath mat.
4. Of course, the towel.
5. A box of tissue, that you can even use as kitchen towel.
6. Utensils.
7. At least one standing lamp.
8. A torch.
9. Non-stick saucepan, that you can even use to boil water :D.
Night lights. I even take them to motels for the bathrooms.
A mother who likes to paint and sew
*and will teach you how to do both.
And a father who can fix anything
**and will supply you with a complete tool box as a housewarming gift so that next time you can do it yourself...advice is a phone call away if needed.
We're the See One, Do One, Teach One kind of parents.
Command hooks... you can place them on any surface and they don't leave holes. Also, you can move them around easily.
Hand soap and a towel in the "essentials" box-- nothing grosser than that post-move grimy feeling.
Also: command hooks, hammer and nails, screwdriver, trash bags, and a good all-purpose cleaner. Everything else you can sort out as it comes.
Adding to Megan303's excellent suggestion for the "essentials" box: throw some Chapstick, hand cream, and a travel packet of face-cleaning wipes in there (not WetOnes--something that will make your sweaty face feel nice). After using Comet all day and washing your hands 18 times, your skin will be like sandpaper.
the title says TEN. 10 things. It's about 147 things now.
The post also says "add your basics to ours and help out those moving newbies!"
Your mom. I'll never forget my parents hauling all my stuff from their house to my apartment an hour away. They loaded up the farmtruck, a 1976 seafoam green Ford Pickup and brought it all down for me. And trust me, Mom's will think of something you'll need that you would have never thought of. :)
I would add :
1. Plunger
2. Tissues
3. Coffee
4. Matches
5. Beer or wine
6. Scissors
7. Measuring tape
8. Bug spray
9. Simple and energetic snacks
... All for the first day after the move... Easily accessible
2 more:
New toilet seat, and
Stepladder high enough to reach ceilings, to change light bulbs, etc.
I second a fire extinguisher. For a small place, you can get a marine one that tucks nicely under the kitchen sink.
Along those same lines, renter's insurance! Apartments are notorious for fires (and the related flooding), because it's not just about how responsible you are but also your landlord and your neighbors!
First aid kit....
Made that mistake last weekend, nearly cut off the end of my thumb. Took the subway to the store with bloody paper towels around my finger. Not fun!
Agree, the step ladder is crucial.
six month salary emergency fund? if i could save that much i wouldnt have been in a cheap apt for my first place. i'd be in a house. and be rich.
I agree with cccb12. 6 months salary of emergency fund is a little short of what I have now while owning two homes and is quite excessive for a first time apartment. But I also think $50 is severely short. Try collecting one month's salary. More than one thing will go wrong at once. I think they call it Murphy's Law...
Renter's insurance. A friend had her video game stuff stolen, and then was surprised to find that the theft wasn't covered on the landlord's building insurance. You need renter's insurance for your possessions.
This is a really scattered list. Half the stuff is useful, the other half feels like stuff a guidance counselor would say or beyond common sense! Half the stuff feels like a list for when you first move in, the other for after you've lived there a long while lol
The only of the list and above comments that I readily agree with is (for more immediate moving in) having basic tools, a plunger, a small fire extinguisher (not mentioned but come on, super important and many apts dont come with one!) Curtains you can easily get up soon after moving in, shower curtain. For cleaning stuff, a roll of paper towels and a bottle of windex cover about everything for me when I first moved in apts (obviously you could get more later as you settle)
For long term, yes to rugs, even with carpet. It feels more homey and bonus when you move out, thats all the more untouched carpet your landlord will leave you alone about. Lamps. We took the bulbs out our overheads and never used them once. Too harsh of light. And the biggie for me, if you cook at all, take a good look at your apt kitchen- odds are its not your dream kitchen. Figure out one easy way you can make it more functional without ruining it and do it. For me, that was getting a cheapo ikea cutting board island. It was my kitchen after that.
And yea, don't listen to the 50 buck thing (doubt anyone would) If you're moving in an apt and don't have 50 bucks in the bank to where you'd need emergency funds (real emergency funds, not lamp buying money!) might be time to reconsider getting that apt in the first place.
I read the $50 emergency money as more of a small necessities fund - things like picking up a lamp or a fan you didn't realise you would need or needing a break from settling in and going out for an evening are not crises but can be important when you are setting up house. Having a decent amount of money set aside for those kinds of things is a good idea. And of course, in an ideal world everyone would have a six month emergency fund but in this economy it is not always possible unfortunately.
@tdubb2008 LOL! "147 things." And I don't think anyone's yet mentioned light bulbs? In case any are missing, or too dim, or too bright.
The other "thing" I'd add is, if possible, paying a day or two of double rent, so you can sleep at your old place but get in and clean the new one thoroughly - even paint, if allowed - without boxes everywhere and/or cleaning/paint smells while you sleep. This also gives you time to measure windows etc; and to realize more things you'll need like the great suggestion of push-pins for temporary curtains.
I remembered everything when we moved, including the shower curtain, and then remembered that you need something to HANG the shower curtain with.
LOL - i know! It's just funny to imagine the person who is ready to write down these ten awesome things ... then they see the comments. Carpel tunnel is on its way!
Folding stepstool. Cost $18 dollars and still using it a few times a week, couldn't get by without.
Arkay has a point. Gotta know where the coffee and supplies are and some clothes. It's easy, especially if you've been short on time, to pack everything up in a day or two and then get to the new place, look around and wonder which box your work clothes are in and which one the toiletries are in, even if you mark them well.
HAHA yea. I forgot that one, shower curtain rod! I had to take baths for the first week at my place and ended up making an emergency store run one night to buy one. It was overpriced and not what I wanted, but live and learn. This one's mine, it's comin' with me.
a place to put your dirty laundry until you wash it
A bed for when you first move into your new place
What about art? Blank walls are tres dull x
All of these comments have been very helpful for this first time apartment renter.
I'd immediatly thought of light bulbs because when I bought my first home in the UK, the old lady removed every bulb in the house, as well as every curtain! However she was supposed to move out on the Saturday morning, but didn't move out until the Sunday evening just on dusk so we discovered the lack of bulbs when we tried to turn on the light to walk in ... & to add insult to injury, it was just after all the shops had closed! We made do with sheets on the windows for a week or so. Garbage bags for any mess left behind & all the packing materials, etc. She did however leave rotting meat in the pantry & perishable food that was obviously weeks old! We used sugar soap on the walls, floors, bath, basin, etc. & every item left in the kitchen, incl all the cupboards & the cooker, was ripped out before we put anything in there. It was better to use wooden packing boxes than what she'd left behind!
Now, as for an Emergency Box ... When moving, I use the same box that I've used for last minute kitchen essentials at the old house for moving into the new one. It's usually kitted out with Longlife milk, coffee, tea bags, a few nibbles & maybe some quick noodles, etc for a quick pick-me-up, kettle (or coffee maker), dishwashing liquid, 3 tea towels, dishcloth, sugar, tea spoons, basic cutlery, bowl, cup, glass, plate, batteries of most regularly used sizes, MATCHES & candles in case the power isn't on & you need light. Remember, this may be the only box you come across with all your kitchen necessities for a couple of days! Keep all of these in a clear plastic box with a lid. A refridgerator is an essential, espeically if it's summer.
I keep a suitcase for sheets, towels, pj's, 2 days worth of old clothes, socks & undies. as well as bathroom essentials, incl tissues/toilet rolls, soap, etc. that you used last thing in your old place. Some form of music is also a nice bit of relief while un packing.
You'll have stripped the bed before moving, so fresh sheets are a luxury when exhausted! Ensure that you put screws,etc for the bed into a ziplock bag & tape to the bed along with whatever you needed to undo them. Follow same procedure for any other furniture. Remember to pop in your mobile phone charger. As the suitcase & kitchen essentials will be packed up last thing before going to the new apartment. It & the suitcase will be the last items you'll take to the new apartment, so it's not as likely to get mixed up with all the other boxes.
Taking a bucket (or two) with a lid & some basic cleaning items eg. dishwashing liquid, vinegar, bi-carb soda, bleach, toilet brush, laundry liquid & pegs. You'll use that bucket for all sorts of things ... mopping the floors, washing cupboards, etc., rinsing out small items if you don't have a washing machine, and then you can still use it as a make-shift kitchen tidy until you buy one. A small plastic tub with lid that fits into your sink or laundry tub is another useful item as you can use it to soak lingerie, tired feet after the big move, soaking pot plants, esp. if you go away for a few days, even for storing food, tools, cleaning cloths, shoe cleaners, etc. or even in the car. Small plastic baskets are also handy when you are unpacking & organising your pantry items, small kitchen utensils, make-up, etc in the vanity, desk items, medicines, etc. If you buy several sizes & try to keep to the one colour, you'll be able to easily organise your new apartment as you unpack. Larger baskets are good for storing jumpers, etc. on closet shelves, & lingerie.
A good mop, broom & vacuum cleaner are also essentials for your list.
You'll also need an iron & at least a thick blanket that you can use on a table or bench until you get an ironing board. When you do, pad it well & put a sheet of heavy duty aluminium foil underneath the top cover. This will help the steam & heat to return back to your ironing rather than be wasted in the padding. To help reduce your ironing time, try hanging all the wet items you can, direct from the washing machine & onto plastic hangers, then either hang inside or on a clothesline. It's also quick & easy to bring inside if the rain decides to hit when you have a line full of washing! You'll find that they crease much less & many items won't need ironing at all.
If you have the closet space & you've already put the clothes onto hangers to dry, you can usually just hang most items in the closet as soon as they are dry. Most items with polyester, etc won't need ironing after being hung for a little while & other will only need a light rub over. I usually just separate the items that need a light iron into another closet.
If you fold all bedlinen, etc. as you take it off the line, it won't need much ironing at all.
Another tip ... if you use vinegar & bi-carb of soda in the final rinse instead of laundry conditioner, you'll find that your towels will be much softer & your colours will remain brighter for longer as there'll be no further soap residue.
If you have a clothes line, or a portable one, remember the pegs. You'll also need coathangers & possibly a shoe rack or box (even a broom handle or a couple of curtain rods that you can attach to the insides (bottom) of the closet (using tension springs I think) for your shoe storage. These are also handy rods to use for a shower curtain - just remember the hooks.
It also helps to use a pest spray before lining your closets, drawers & shelving. Even putting some Napthaline on the shelves before the lining paper is useful ... or you can use lavender, or even wooden citronella balls. If there's time, I'd actually recommend setting off some Pest bombs inside the apartment a day or two before moving your things in. It's really worth trying to start off with these things done before you attempt to unpack. It will be a lot easier before unpacking,than trying to do it later (or too late, if the bugs beat you to it). Of course you may not need to do all this, depending on what part of the country you're moving to.
You'll also need lining paper or sticky vinyl for shelving in the linen closet, kitchen cupboards & drawers, & bathroom vanity, etc. You won't want to put your nice clean things directly onto shelving where someone else's things have been, even if you've just washed them down with vinegar &/or bleach. For this you'll need that box cutter & scissors, as well as a marker pen & a metal rule however, if you buy a metal spirit level, you'll be able to use it as a straight edge for the lining, as well as hanging pictures ... & who knows what other little jobs you'll find for it around the apartment!
I also agree with the suggestion to pay for an overlap of two or 3 days rent so that you can clean the new place before moving your things in, spray for pests, line cupboards & shelving, etc. It's something I always try to do.
If you aren't sure of the area ... & even if you are, it's also worth considering a deadlock or chain on the inside of the front door, along with a peep-hole. Ensure that there's a lock on your letterbox too.
The step ladder is also an essential to my mind. In fact, my most recent move was only 2 mths ago & the first thing I attempted to put away was a bulky doona & no step ladder! How frustrating was that! Unless you are 6' 6" & can put things in top cupboards without a step ladder, it's a good idea to have one. :)
Another handy item is aluminium foil to line the oven, grill & hotplates in you need to use the cooker when you first move in. You'll still have to eat ... & this could save cleaning up a mess later on. especially if you get carried away unpacking a box while also trying to cook. You'll also want a basic oven tray for quick oven baking meals/heating (potato wedges, fish, etc). Basic kitchen scissors, knives, tongs, cutlery, glasses, plastic containers, cutting board ... & that often mentioned box cutter.
A cheap shower curtain will also do as a curtain, but so will a sheet or newspapers & stickytape. A couple of clean tea towels also come in handy for all sorts of things.
You'll also need a bed, sofa/couch, table/desk & a couple of chairs (at a pinch it also comes in handy as a bedside table), as well as 2pr of sheet sets, a summer & winter doona & 2 doona cover sets, pillows & pillow protectors, as well as at least one mattress protector. It's usually best to have double of everything incl. bath & hand towels, facecloths, bathmat, & everything bedding related so that you have one set to put on while the 2nd set is in the wash.
Vinegar is a good all purpose cleaner, along with bi-carb soda ... & both are cheap & eco friendly! The bi-carb is also lovely in the bath as a water & skin softener. That will cover all emergencies, as well as cleaning the toilet. You'll also want/need a fan if it's summer & a heater a good doona &/or blankets if it's winter.
Note pad & pen for all those emergencies. Also, try to take a photo of the inside of the top of each box with a number on it. Label each box with a coloured paper, basic contents & a number. Keep a list of the box number & basic or detailed list of contents. Use one colour for each room. Put the same colour on the door to each room so that when boxes are delivered, everyone knows where to put them instead of having to move them all around again later. You'll then know if any boxes are missing & what was in them. Handy for insurance claims or discussions with the carrier.
I smiled at the number of people who suggested a plunger. I've also seen them called for in many US movies too, but I don't know why you seem to need plungers so often. I'm 60 & have lived in 34 houses in Australia & the UK & have never even owned a plunger, let alone needed or used one. I've never needed to call a plumber for blocked pipes either. Perhaps we have a different plumbing system? Perhaps when you use a plunger, that's when we'd use something like 'Drano' or for me, bi-carb of soda & vinegar.
I realise that some of this would be suggestions for those who are moving from another place ... but I hope it's useful. It's also a tad disorganised because I've been writing it while doing a few other things at the same time. Cheers.


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Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity.
Too many bones, not enough CASH!!
RIP Craig
Still probably a crap fit for Thurston though.
RIP Craig Walsh (Craig) 1985-2012
Proudly supporting the #2 cricketer of all time.
FAO Brumby - what rights do Sky have this season?
Also, can anyone point me in the direction of a decent RL website? Gonna try and get back into league this year but I hate watching sport and not understanding tactics.
Who do you go for GF?
Also, I've joined the Dream Team Comp, an 18 character team name always limits my creative name ideas.
Sky does have the rights to the Anzac test, State of Origin series and the NRL grand final, but not the meat and potatoes of the weekly rounds.
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"We knew we needed a larger space for the future," says David Rupert, Director of International Distribution Engineering at Timberland. "When we looked at the cost of maintaining older equipment that would need to be replaced, we decided it would be more cost-effective to build a new, larger facility with more efficient equipment that required less energy to run," he says.
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To live up to the company's environmental commitment, Timberland partnered with OVG re/developers, a Dutch developer with a proven track record in sustainable building construction. "OVG re/developers wanted to build a 'green' building because they wanted to market it to future investors," Rupert explains. "And of course we wanted to have a 'green' building to reduce our energy costs and meet our environmental goals."
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Timberland's passion for preserving the environment drives us to constantly develop new practices for generating clean energy sources. Turns out, we're in good company. In November 2012, we were recognized as the Corporate Citizen of the Year at the New England Clean Energy Council's 5th Annual Green Tie Gala. Timberland was the only non-energy company to receive an award.
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Our goal is to help drive down energy demand for all facilities. One area of focus is our distribution centers, which are some of the largest facilities we operate around the world. Our first distribution center to source renewable energy is located in Enschede, Holland, which today gets 100% of its energy from wind power.
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For the past three months, a small motel room at Millington's Magnolia Inn has been home to Brian Whitehead and his growing family.
"I've got two kids, a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old, a wife who's pregnant, due any day with a due date of January 12," Whitehead said.
Whitehead says he would like to move to a bigger place, but so far, he has not been able to.
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"We had all our paperwork done in October. Now, all we're getting is, 'I don't know if they got the paperwork...I don't know if they sent it,'" he said.
Whitehead says he is not getting calls back from the Memphis Housing Authority or Millington Oaks Apartments.
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Whitehead says he is spending nearly $300 a week to stay in the motel. And with his family getting bigger, he's worried about what to do next.
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Banks keep piling on the overdraft fees
A survey shows that banks are still lugging in big bucks off our mistakes. It doesn't have to be that way, but it is up to you.
This post comes from Lynn Mucken at MSN Money.
Despite what all those "we are family" commercials might lead you to believe, banks exist to make money, not friendships. And if a little sleight-of-hand maneuver helps the bottom line? Well, you know: Business is business.
Banks don't steal our money; most of them merely trick us into giving it to them through things like overdraft fees that can be incurred by letting you write checks, use debit cards and withdraw money from ATMs without alerting you that you are overdrawn. It's perfectly legal and quite lucrative -- overdraft fees bring in about $1.77 billion a year.
Regulations created last year to protect bank customers from being unknowingly enrolled in punitive overdraft "protection" programs appear to have failed. About 100 million Americans willingly opted in to those programs when finally given the choice, and overdraft fees remain just as steep -- averaging $35 a whack with the nation's largest banks.
You can see the cold facts by grinding through a Consumer Federation of America survey of the nation's 14 largest banks, or skim a solid nuts-and-bolts version by The Associated Press, but this sassy report by Marlys Harris of CBS MoneyWatch is a lot better reading, mostly because she uses terrific adjectives. Some excerpts:
A year ago, the Federal Reserve started requiring banks to get customers' explicit permission to overdraw their checking accounts when using debit cards. Now, if you don't opt in to the bank's overdraft program, you can't get the dough -- or the goods if you happen to be using your debit card to buy stuff at, say, Walgreens or Target. That could be embarrassing, especially if the sales clerk has the bad grace to sneer, but at least you escape the fees. Nevertheless, … frenzied bank marketing campaigns preying on consumers' dread of humiliation at the cash register induced 75% of American checking account holders -- about 100 million souls -- to sign up for the costly service.
I don't know how much it costs when a customer overdraws an account, but given that such a transaction is electronic, I can't imagine that the bank pays more than a few pennies. … And, there's no cost to collecting the money. Banks merely vacuum the fees out of your account the minute you make your next deposit.
But you are using the bank's money until you replace it. That's worth something, right? Well, I don't know about you, but my bank savings account is now paying 0.03% a year. My MBA son Max calculated that the (annual percentage rate) for a $35 fee on that $20 overdraft for maybe two weeks comes to 4,550% a year. You could probably get a loan with much, much better terms from your friendly neighborhood loan shark or predatory payday lender.
There was some good news in the Consumer Federation report. Some of the nation's largest banks -- including Bank of America, Citi, Fifth Third and Wells Fargo -- have stopped, altered or announced they plan to change the practice of processing the largest overdraft of a day first, which allowed banks to slam you with overdraft fees on several transactions instead of just one.
Here's how that works: You start the day with $100 in your checking account. On your errands, you use your debit card to buy $9 worth of cards at Hallmark, $42 worth of T-shirts at Wal-Mart, an $8 lunch at Subway and then finish off with $103 worth of stuff from Costco. If the bank processes the largest purchase last, you would have one overdraft fee of $35. If it processes the biggest first, you're slammed to the tune of $105. Post continues after video.
The banks are not changing out of compassion, however. In February, Bank of America agreed to a $410 million settlement of a suit alleging deceptive practices that created excessive fees for overdrafts. Wells Fargo had to return $203 million to customers as a result of a lawsuit. Other banks have also been sued.
According to the Consumer Federation report, many smaller banks are continuing with business as usual, so here are some basic thoughts on how to avoid painful overdrafts. Warning: Every one of these requires fiscal discipline. Only you can save yourself.
- Make sure you have the money before you shop. This is a version of the Chris Rock routine on how to avoid getting messed with by the cops. It starts with "Don't do the crime."
- Balance your checkbook. This seems pretty basic, but a lot of people don't.
- Reject the automatic overdraft coverage. The banks frame this as "protection." It isn't. All it does is allow you to be an undisciplined spender, with painful consequences.
- Use a credit card. You will have a big bill at the end of the month, but you will be charged only for what you bought. Then pay the bill in its entirety.
- Spend only cash. What an outdated concept, but it does work. Sliding a card through a machine is magic. Watching $100 in twenties slip away in two hours is reality.
- Bury that embarrassment. It only hurts for a little while to have your card rejected, but paying $100 in overdraft penalties has ripple effects.
- Sign up for real overdraft protection or find a good bank. They are out there. Back in May, I brainlessly wrote a check for $6,000 to pay my quarterly $2,000 IRS payment. Unfortunately, I had just $5,960 in my checking account. On the day that check was processed, so too were a check for $45, another for $424, plus I had spent $90 using my debit card. My bank processed the smaller withdrawals first, leaving an overdraft of $508.38. It promptly "loaned" me that amount, then charged me $509.09 three days later when my paycheck was automatically deposited. My cost: 71 cents.
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There is no excuse for spending more than you have. If you do it, it costs you, pure and simple. If you can't balance your checkbook you probably shouldn't be allowed to have one. If the debit card is causing you to be irresponsible, throw it away. Banks are evil but this isn't one of their dastardly plans - this is consumer stupidity - don't blame the banks for that.
I was a Vice President at an Alaskan bank during the 1980s so I had access to seeing how decisions were made. In our case, one of the Executive Vice Presidents was in charge of increasing bottom line income. She was brilliant at discovering new ways to hose the customers. We had an outrageous over draft fee which produced significant bottom line income. The government finally demanded that we demonstrate some valid relationship between our incurred expenses and the fee we were charging. You should have seen the furor that went on within the bank. First there was a massive wave of outrage at the government, or any one else, questioning the banks' right to do whatever it wanted. When it became apparent that the regulators weren't going to back off there was a frenzied race to prove that our cost of a bounced check was actually even higher than what we were charging. Every department was directed to report back as to how they were impacted by bounced checks. I managed the Consumer Lending activity and someone writing an NSF check generally had absolutely no impact on our activity. I reported that fact and was immediately told to go back to work until I found something.
We worked on justifying things (a polite way of saying "lying in our teeth") and eventually the regulators were apparently appeased and troubled us no more. The NSF fee never went down and has been increased over the years. With modern technology I'm sure the banks, all banks, have become even better at picking the customer's pocket. If anyone actually believes that any bank actually care about anything but grubbing every possible dime out of its' customers, they ought to quit smoking that stuff.
How about people be responsible and quit blaming the banks for their problems? The article clearly states that 100 million people opted in to overdraft fees. I wouldn't care if I was denied at the cash register for not enough funds. The bank is holding your money (most of the time for free) so when they provide a service such as borrowing money from them they can charge. I bet if they charged less they might make the same or more because people wouldn't balk so much at $15 per overdraft.
I can only shake my head in disbelief as people whine about banks charging them for taking money from an institution whose sole practice is to find every possible way to take money from you.
If you do not have the ability to manage your money (and it does not take much more than a 2nd or 3rd grade level in math to add/subtract) in a basic checking account, then maybe you should think twice about even keeping money in there. Open an account at a bank/credit union, put in the minimum to keep it open, and CASH your checks and use CASH for your purchases and not a debit card. Very few excuses for people not knowing at any point in time what their balance in their account(s) are. Online websites, mobile phone access, ATM inquiries...
Most of these are exampled by the writer. I start with $100 in my checking account, then I go out and spend $250 on stuff I may/may NOT need, then I sit and whine and complain that the bank dinged me a penalty for taking their money. Think of it as getting an automatic pay day loan without having to go to a payday loan store. Would you expect THEM to give you money for free? But these people who yell about bank fees will probably happily pay $75 to a pay day loan service for $500.
All the people here who are commenting about the stupidity of not being able to balance a check book are forgetting a couple of important things.
1. Even the best mathmatician can make an error. Millions of people who bounce a check are not stupid, they have just made an error. If you live pay check to pay check like many American's do, slip up by 1 cent and the order in which a bank processes your incoming debits/checks can cost you hundreds of dollars. They tell you they process the largest debit/check first, because most customers want it that way. We all know this is not true, it is a script written for customer service reps to handle customer complaints. Truth is, just like the article says, they process the largest debit first so they can make additional fees off your errors. I don't mind paying for an error that is my fault, I just want to pay a fair amount.
2. The banks are using all of my money, your money and everyone else's money, all day long every day to make money. They invest it. And that's fine, but I don't want to hear them cry about not being able to survive if they can't cheat their customers out of money by lying about fees.
Moral of the story..... run, do not walk, to your nearest credit union and take all of your money with you. I did. I don't have much money but they treat me like I am a millionaire. They process debits/checks in real time, so their customers do not get hosed. After 32 years of being a "bank" customer, I left and have never been happier.
"Back in May, I brainlessly wrote a check for $6,000 to pay my quarterly $2,000 IRS payment. Unfortunately, I had just $5,960 in my checking account. On the day that check was processed, so too were a check for $45, another for $424, plus I had spent $90 using my debit card. My bank processed the smaller withdrawals first, leaving an overdraft of $508.38. It promptly "loaned" me that amount, then charged me $509.09 three days later when my paycheck was automatically deposited. My cost: 71 cents."
I'm thinking she made this story up because my experience is that every bank on the planet charges a "overdraft protection fee" usually $15 to $20. I know because I have overdraft protection with my checking acct and being incensed with this fee I looked for another bank or credit union that did not charge this outrageous fee. I could not not find one in my area.
To the Author: If you have a bank that does not charge you and overdraft fee of $15 or $20 or more, please share with us the name of that bank. Otherwise we are left thinking you are making stuff up for your story.
Even when you are responsible banks treat you like crap. My experiences with large banks are the worst...
My bank was acquired and they opened a credit card for overdraft protection without notifying me or asking my permission. Well I never used the overdraft protection and I never opened the credit card statements thinking they were junk mail. However, they eventually placed a $25 annual fee on the card which I did not know about and caused a bad credit report. I easily got it reversed through the credit agencies because even I know you cannot open a credit card for someone without a signature. I guess it's OK for banks to engage in illegal practices. Now they deduct the annual fee directly from your checking accnt - how thoughtful!
On another occasion, my address changed so I called the bank to change my address. Unfortunately my bank did not change the address on my credit card. I soon realized this and tried on many occasions to try to get it changed (always got an answering machine) but it was too late and it went on my credit report. However, I had proof that I had requested an address change since my new address was on my bank statements. I pleaded with the bank to reverse the bad credit but they refused and were very nasty about it. I got it reversed through the credit agencies but only after many hours of letter writing.
Finally, I had one major credit card company punch in a credit card payment as $10 instead of $1000 as was written on the check. So I got a $25 late payment charge since the amount was insufficient. I called and asked them to remove it but they refused it even though I had the cancelled check that was written as $1000 (but cleared as $10). I clearly remember the clerk treating me like an idiot even though the mistake was theirs.
So IMO the banks are scum and I won't give them one extra dime if at all possible.
For example, my bank actually sent me a notice in the mail stating that they will NOT honor any checks, check card transactions, debit card transactions, etc. unless I specifically called a separate, specialty toll free number or returned the form stating that I want to Opt-In to allow my bank to approve charges that will overdraw my account and I will incur a fee. If I did nothing, then my bank would not approve charges that would overdraw my account and I would not incur a penalty fee.
So at this point, as far as I am concerned, if anyone gripes about an overdraft fee after having to exclusively Opt-in to do so, I really have little to no pity for them. They chose this feature. This is not predatory because no one is being baited into believing there will be no penalty, it is clear as day.
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