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Beautiful article about the Liverpool "For George" exhibition
This you really can't miss.
We have written about this exhibition and all things around it before, but this review about it with the stories about what you can find in this special exhibition is really beyond words.
Amazing is a good word for it.
the article has a few very nice pictures but because of the exclusive copyright and it being about George I will not use my version of the word copyright, which is .. having the right to copy
but do look at them !!
Liverpool George Harrison exhibition wows fans
by Katie Hickox
George Harrison was always known as the "quiet Beatle" but he outshines John, Paul and Ringo in this unique exhibition "For George" in George's hometown of Liverpool located on the third floor in St. George's Hall. This one of a kind exhibition features the largest collection of rare George Harrison memorabilia ever displayed and charges no admission.
The "For George" exhibition which runs through September 19th has no commercial sponsors and is put together by a small group of fans who wanted to celebrate all that George was able to do in his lifetime beyond being a Beatle. As George's favorite number was seven, the memorabilia is organized into seven phases, starting from George's early Beatles days which features rare handwritten lyrics that George wrote from the Everly Brothers' 'So Sad' song after having been deported from Hamburg for being underage. Also on display in this period is a rare signed photo in October 1962 by George as "George McCartney" as a joke by George because a fan asked if he was Paul's brother and George was known for his sense of humor. George's heart shaped sunglasses that he wore when he visited San Francisco's Haight Ashbury during the famous Summer of Love 1967 July visit have never been on display before.
Important items from George's Spiritual Journey phase on display feature several rare Indian instruments purchased and used by George in the late sixties. A sitar on display was purchased in 1966 by George, and Shambhu Das, a disciple of Ravi Shankar, gave him sitar lessons on this sitar. George so appreciated his time with Shambhu that he gave this sitar to Shambdu in appreciation.
The third phase in George's life titled "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" celebrates George as the gifted guitarist, composer, producer, lyricist and performer features four signed albums by George, a rare 1948 Abbott-Victor guitar which still has the original strings that George himself put on the guitar, a rare singles of My Sweet Lord and original Apple leaflet for My Sweet Lord. Also of historical note, the original Top 20 song charts are on display showing My Sweet Lord ranked at 15 on Nov 23rd 1970 and then rose to a number one on Dec 7th and stayed at number one until Jan 18th 1971. Original artwork created for George's 1974 Dark Horse tour are on display along with a one of a kind Dark Horse concert jacket that George wore.
The fourth phase shows George as a great humanitarian and philanthropist and features many rare photos of George from the ground breaking August 1st 1971 Concert for Bangladesh which was the first rock concert ever organized to raise money to help out a country in great distress when it wasn't politically correct at the time. Along with rare photos, a rare mold of George's handprint taken from his right hand is on display. Only 200 were made so it is interesting to look at the size and shape of George's hand and fingers--George didn't have a particularly large hand or long fingers but he was incredibly gifted as a musician. George used the proceeds from the sale of these hand molds to raise money for charity.
Another phase of George's life is: "Its What You Value: George the fan". George was very much a fan of other musicians such as George Formby and Bob Dylan but also was a fan of Formula One race driver Jackie Stewart and comedy shows such as the Goons and Monty Python. On display are items relating to these interests such as signed photos and programs from some racing events. Check out the rare 1928 Gibson Long Neck Banjole that George owned for several years before giving it away as a present to the President of the George Formby Society.
Also covered is of George's love of gardening "What is Life--the Gardener" which shows rare photos and maps of Friar Park and provide visitors with some idea of how dedicated George was to restoring Friar Park and his love for gardening and the great gardens of England. Even in his home town of Liverpool, George contributed in 1995 a substantial sum to restore Palm House at Sefton Park which was slated to be removed because it posed as a safety hazard but didn't want this publicized.
Don't forget that it was George the movie mogul who created a film company called "HandMade Films" which helped save the financing for Monty Python's Eric Idle's film project "Life of Brian" which has been called one of the funniest films ever made and one in which George played a small cameo role himself. Items include rare movie posters of films produced by HandMade Films. This is called George's "Dream Away" phase.
Don't miss this one of a kind George Harrison exhibition located at the giant neoclassical St. George's Hall building--across the street from the Lime Street train station. For more info, go to
The Exhibition for George Harrison runs through Sep 19, 2009, from 10AM to 5PM open everyday, at St. George's Hall in Liverpool. Tickets are Free of charge. Sorry, no photography allowed.
"The largest collection of George Harrison memorabilia to date. Organised by and for, but not reserved to, devoted George Harrison fans, this event has been curated with a lot of love and no funding to rejoice in the man and his music." The organisers would appreciate any contributions to help cover the cost of the exhibition; any surplus contributions will be donated to George's Material World foundation.
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I am so delighted that George's "Long & Winding Road" on earth has been so beautifully and tastefully displayed.
Cute joke on George's part about being Paul's brother when someone asked him once if he was - my two favorite Beatles all together now!
With a love like that, you know you should be glad, yeah, yeah, yeah!-- Beatles, 1963
If I seem to act unkind, it's only me, it's not my mind. -- George Harrison, 1966
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It was really such a pity that the exhibition had to be ended because of the stolen picture, yet there is now a report from the organisation about how it all was.
Work on the tributes For George commenced on 2nd December 2008. They were in place of creating a museum in his memory, which it is still hoped that someone with the necessary funds will be able to do.
There was no alternative to St. Georges Hall, the finest neo classical building in all Europe, as the venue for these tributes and everything fell into place. With a Tribute for George there could not be an Exhibition without also celebrating his music and with the glorious concert room being available on August 1st on the anniversary of Georges trail blazing Concerts for Bangladesh and the musicians all anxious to play for George the stage was set for the dual unprecedented tributes.
August 1st was named George Harrison Day in Liverpool by BBC Merseyside and several local businesses lent their support in publicising the events being put on by fans for fans.
Therefore, despite a surprising lack of help from the press, on the morning of August 1st, the exhibition was packed with visitors to view the largest collection of memorabilia pertaining to George Harrison that had ever been on public display. The vibes were tremendous with purple and orange saris festooning the walls (being Georges favourite colours), incense and an abundance of flowers to create an as un-museum like setting as possible for the artifacts belonging to a man so full of vibrancy and warmth.
The concerts were packed almost to capacity and the chemistry between the performers and the audience was palpable. George smiled from a banner at the back on the people gathered together to celebrate his enduring legacy to the world. A track from each of his solo albums was played, the music of George Formby who he loved so well, a tribute to his masterpiece All Things Must Pass, the magical melodies of the classical Sitar music that is now synonymous with George and of course his Beatle classics.
The concerts ended in his mantra of My Sweet Lord with the audience on its feet and a Good night George as the last notes died away. It was difficult, indeed, to leave the auditorium as the audience stayed on to chat with the various musicians who had given freely of their time and talent to honour a man whose name is linked with harmony both spiritually and physically.
There were over 10,000 visitors to the Exhibition from all over the world culminating in Beatles week when the atmosphere was quite splendid in its love for George - nobody held back what they felt about him. Most visitors were simply grateful that at last the effort had been made to pay respects to a man that achieved so much his lifetime and people who did not know much about George left inspired by his achievements.
Even the theft of a signed photograph of George did not dampen the enthusiasm, although for security reasons it was deemed sensible to close early. These tributes were achieved with no funding and with no experience simply because it was felt that George had not had the honour due to him - the comments in the Visitors book bear this out to be fact.
Any surplus funds will be donated to Georges Charity The Material World Charitable Foundation and it is hoped that For George will be able to continue with legal charitable status and to raise funds as and when possible to help causes that would be dear to Georges heart. If anyone is interested in taking part in any future efforts please email
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For George would like to thank all those who participated in any way to make the Concerts and Exhibitions a successful Tribute to a Great Soul who with the passage of time only further gains our love and respect.
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To the pillaging pirate who pilfered George's picture - you bastard scoundrel! Return the pilfered portrait pronto!
With a love like that, you know you should be glad, yeah, yeah, yeah!-- Beatles, 1963
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In the Part I of this four part series we touched on the basics when it comes to knee pain and some of the fundamental issues that can cause chronic knee pain. If you haven't read Part I yet, I would recommend you go back and take a quick look at that before you continue.
In the second part of this series we are going to talk about tissue quality/length as well as some mobility drills that you can and should be doing in order to get and keep your knees pain free. This isn't the most exciting stuff in the world, but if knee health is truly a priority you'll make room to fit it into your routine.
Tissue Qaulity & Length
If you ask me, improving your tissue quality as well as the tissue length is the easiest thing you can do in order to improve or maintain you knee health. That being said it seems like it is something that everyone likes to overlook or not do on a regular basis. I am the first one to admit that it can be very boring at times, but if it's the difference between knee pain and pain free knees it's hard to pass on it.
The most basic way to improve tissue quality is foam rolling and targeted lacrosse ball tissue work. The foam roller is basically a $25 massage. Is it as effective as a massage? No – it's hard to match the expertise of a great massage therapist and their ability to find the sweet spots and really do some work with their hands. On the other hand, you get the most bang for your buck with a foam roller and a lacrosse ball.
As far as what parts of the body you want to target to improve knee health the obvious answer is most all the lower body. Make sure to get some quality time on everything – your calves, quads, glutes, hip flexors, hamstrings, IT Band/TFL and groin/adductors. Don't be afraid to use the lacrosse ball for a more intense session. Be creative, you can use the lacrosse ball practically anywhere.
First off, if mobility is a new concept to you I highly recommend you read the Joint by Joint Approach article written by Mike Boyle. The article is a great read on the importance of mobility as well as stability throughout the body and what segments of the body are designed for mobility and what segments are designed for stability.
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That being said, the two major areas we need to be concerned with when it comes to knee health are the ankles and the hips. Both the hips and the ankle are designed for mobility. To be simplistic, when we lack mobility at either one of those joints, the body looks for ways to make up for that lack of mobility elsewhere. In both cases, when mobility is lost at the ankle and/or the hips, that elsewhere becomes the knee. Unfortunately, as you can see from the table above the knee is not designed for mobility, its designed to provide stability. That's why your knee is bothering you…its trying to do its own job while also trying to pick up the slack for the lackluster performance of your ankle and/or hips.
Ankle Mobility Drills
Again, here are a couple hip mobility drills that you can do on your own to improve your mobility. The last video is another classic Kelly Starrett video where he will drop some knowledge bombs on some ways to improve the mobility at your hips.
So far in the first two parts of this series we've touch on the basics of knee pain and some of the often overlooked aspects of knee pain like tissue quality/length and mobility and how they may influence the health of your knee. In the third part of this series we'll get into some of the actual strength training that will help get and keep your knees as healthy as possible.


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|National Environment Tribunal Appeal 177 of 2016
|Betty Mbugua David Ndirangu & 100 others v Director General, National Environment Management Authority (Nema), Nairobi City County & Robert Mbatia
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|05 Mar 2019
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|Betty Mbugua David Ndirangu & 100 others v Director General & 2 others [2019] eKLR
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1. The Appellants instituted this appeal vide a Notice of Appeal filed before the Tribunal on 30/05/2016 under Rule 4(1) of the National Environment Tribunal Rules, 2003. The Appellants challenge the issuance of an Environmental Impact Assessment License No. NEMA RB/P2/5/1/9141 of 29/04/2016 on the basis that the same was issued without proper consultation.
2. The said Environmental Impact Assessment License issued by the National Environmental Management Authority (NEMA) on 29/04/2016 stems from an Environmental Impact Assessment Study Report submitted to the NEMA by the Chief Officer Education, Youth Affairs & Social Services c/o Nairobi City County.
3. The Study Report was in respect to a proposed social hall development that entails construction of one (1) leveled building comprising six (6) seminar rooms and a hall for recreational/social purposes at Uhuru phase 4 playgrounds-Uhuru estate area, Makadara Sub County in Nairobi County.
4. The Appellants in their Notice of Appeal seek the revocation of the said license and demolition and removal of structures constructed on Uhuru Phase 4 playgrounds-Uhuru estate area, Makadara Sub County in Nairobi County.
5. The Respondents replied to the Notice of Appeal vide the 1st Respondent's Reply to Grounds of Appeal lodged before this Tribunal on 23/01/2017 and the 2nd and 3rd Respondents Replying Affidavit lodged before the Honourable Tribunal on 13/09/2016.
6. In its Reply to the Grounds of Appeal, the 1st Respondent states that on or about 27/11/2015, it was furnished with an Environmental Impact Assessment Project Report by the 3rd Respondent for purposes of consideration for issuance of an EIA license. The 1st Respondent states that in the spirit of collaboration with lead agencies and due diligence, it wrote a letter dated 28/11/2015 seeking the views of the relevant lead agencies on the proposed project.
7. The 1st Respondent further states that none of the lead agencies responded objecting to the proposed project prompting a site visit and verification exercise on the proposed venue. Further, in its testimony, the 1st Respondent states that it wrote to the County Government on 18/01/2016 seeking for approved drawings of the hall and a public meeting with all stake holders owing to the sensitivity of the matter and the issues that had arisen from the project.
8. The 1st Respondent states that a stakeholders meeting was held on 13/02/2018 at Uhuru Estate Phase 4 Sports Ground with a total of 106 in attendance. It however acknowledges receipt of a letter from the residents association which states that they were unable to attend the meeting.
9. The 1st Respondent further states it wrote a letter to the County Government on 05/04/2016 seeking to get more details on the project and it received a reply from the County Government vide a letter dated 12/04/2016 giving further clarification on the matter.
10. The 1st Respondent states that having been satisfied that the 2nd Respondent's proposed project had met all legal requirements for issuing an EIA license, it issued an EIA license dated 29/04/2016.
11. It is the 1st Respondent's case that it did in all circumstances ensure that it took the views of the Appellants in consideration before issuance of the EIA license and that it followed all the laid down procedures before it issued the license.
12. In support of its case, the 1st Respondent called one witness, Mr. Andrew N. Ndung'u, whose testimony from the witness statement filed before the Tribunal on 28/09/2018 largely reiterated the assertions contained in the 1st Respondent's Reply to the Grounds of Appeal.
13. On this basis, the 1st Respondent argues that the allegations by the Appellants against it are baseless and unfounded and prays for the appeal to be dismissed with costs.
14. On the other hand, the 2nd and 3rd Respondents in their Replying Affidavit contend that the said social hall being constructed is for recreation and social purposes which are all public purposes and for the benefit of the general public hence the need for the same. They further contend that the said construction and the process leading to the same did not just begin and end without consultations as intimated by the Appellants and that the process has never been a secret.
15. The 2nd and 3rd Respondents assert that the process leading to the current construction has complied with all laws including the requirement for public participation. They allude to various meetings held between the residents and the city council before issuance of the EIA license to commence the project. In particular, they make reference to an alleged meeting held on 13/02/2016 which was purportedly attended by more than 100 people who endorsed and supported the construction. They also contend that the two Appellants herein attended the meeting but walked away when the residents were called upon to give views on the project.
16. They assert that the Appeal herein has been filed for the sole purpose of personal gratification and not for the benefit of the community or for the protection of the environment as all the preliminaries to the issuance of the license were complied with and public participation carried out before the license was issued to the county to construct/continue the construction of the social hall.
17. They further contend that the Appeal herein is unmerited, a clear abuse of the process of this Honorable Tribunal and only meant to frustrate a project made for the public good and supported by all residents except the Appellants.
18. They further allege that the said project has been supported by the National Land Commission as it is a noble project being carried out by a public body, the Nairobi City County, for the benefit of the public and on public land.
19. On this basis, the 2nd and 3rd Respondents pray that the appeal be dismissed with costs to the Respondents.
20. In support of the present appeal, the Appellant filed its written submissions on 02/11/2018. In their submissions, the Appellants reiterated that the place where the Respondents intend to have the social hall is meant to be a playground for their use.
21. In their submissions, the appellants further place reliance on the testimony of four witnesses it called. The 1st witness, Betty Mbugua testified that construction of the social hall started in the year 2011 but the construction was stopped as the respondents did not have the requisite approvals. The witness further testified that the 1st Respondent issued the approvals in the year 2015 yet the construction began in the year 2011. The witness further asserted that before issuing the approvals to the Respondents, NEMA did not inform the residents who are stakeholders of the playground.
22. The Appellants also placed reliance on the testimony of their second witness, Mr. John Kihuto who stated that the construction of the social hall was being done without regard to the provisions of construction procedures. The witness further stated that the area residents were not consulted and that consultations were necessary since the playground belongs to the residents' children.
23. The Appellants submitted that all witnesses who testified stated that there was no consultation before the construction started.
24. The Appellants further contend that the residents filed complaints with the relevant authorities among them Nairobi City County and the National Construction Authority but the complaints were not addressed to their expectations.
25. The Appellants also allege that there were numerous attacks upon the residents by hired thugs with a motive of intimidating the residents from protecting what lawfully belongs to them.
26. In response to the 2nd and 3rd Respondents Replying Affidavit dated 08/09/2016, the Appellants submitted that the appeal is not misconceived but a genuine intention to protect the their rights and interests which would be in serious jeopardy if the Respondents are not stopped from proceeding to construct the social hall. The Appellants contend that if the construction of the social hall is not stopped until proper consultations and procedures are followed to determine a better way the playground can be upgraded for their benefit then they are likely to suffer irreparable loss and damage.
27. The Appellants place reliance on this Honourable Tribunal's decision in Tribunal Case No. NET/25/200B, Gaetano Grasso & Others –vs- The Director General, National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) & Another. The case involved an appeal against the decision of the 1st Respondent to lift a stop order issued on 10/07/2007 against the 2nd Respondent's construction of holiday apartments and villas known as Blue Lagoon on Plot Nos. 45 and 46 in Watamu, Malindi District. The Tribunal in the case revoked the 1st Respondent's approval of the development and cancelled the EIA license issued to the 2nd Respondent by the 1st Respondent on 23/05/2007 on grounds inter alia: that the project report lacked pertinent information required by law and was inadequate and that the 1st Respondent approved the development in question without sufficient information.
28. The 1st Respondent filed its submissions on 05/11/2018. It framed one issue for determination by this Tribunal, 'Whether there was public consultation of the residents (sic) in this matter'
29. The 1st Respondent submitted that section 58(1) of the Environment Management and Coordination Act, Cap 387, requires a project proponent to undertake a project report and submit the report to the Authority (NEMA) in the prescribed form. The 1st Respondent further cites Regulation 7 of the Environmental (Impact Assessment and Audit) Regulations, 2003 which specifies the issues to be included in the project report. On this basis, the 1st Respondent submitted that under both substantive law being EMCA and the regulations thereof, public participation can only be inferred and is not explicit on project reports as opposed to study reports.
30. The 1st Respondent submits that evidence of public participation was adduced in form of minutes for public meeting, signed attendance sheet by the estate members, notifications sent to the members of the public on the same and newspaper adverts on the project. On this basis, the 1st Respondent contend that the appellants' views were considered and it was satisfied that public participation was undertaken.
31. The 1st Respondent further submitted that the issue of public participation is a fiddly affair whose threshold is infinite and subject to various variations. The 1st Respondent contends that the mere fact that the Appellants' views did not take over the day do not in any sense invalidate the whole process.
32. The 1st Respondent placed reliance on Justice Mativo's decision in JR MISC. Application No. 485 of 2016, Republic v Cabinet Secretary for Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development & another Ex-parte Kenya National Union of Co-operatives Staff (2018) eKLR where the court observed that:
'The question that calls for an answer is whether in the circumstances of this case, the first Respondent undertook public participation that in any meaningful sense meets the threshold appropriate for public participation. Differently put, what was the threshold for public participation which would have been appropriate for this exercise? As Justice Sachs observed…What matters is that at the end of the day a reasonable opportunity is offered to members of the public and all interested parties to know about the issues and have an adequate say. What amounts to a reasonable opportunity will depend on the circumstances of each case.'
33. On the basis of the foregoing, the 1st Respondent submitted that a reasonable opportunity was offered to the members of the estate to give their views on the project and the same were considered. On this basis, the 1st Respondent prays that the Appellants appeal be dismissed.
34. There were no submissions filed by the 2nd and 3rd Respondents.
35. After considering the Appellants appeal filed via the Notice of Appeal lodged before the Tribunal on 30/05/2016, the 1st Respondent's Reply to the Grounds of Appeal dated 04/01/2017, the 2nd and 3rd Respondent's Replying Affidavit filed on 13/09/2016 and the written submissions by the parties, the Tribunal has identified the following issues for determination:
a) Whether there was public participation before issuance of the EIA license; and
b) What orders should the Tribunal make?
Whether there was Public Participation before Issuance of the EIA License
36. The crux of this appeal is whether there was public participation before issuance of the EIA license. From the evidence tendered before this Tribunal, the land in dispute, Uhuru phase 4 playgrounds-Uhuru estate area, Makadara Sub County in Nairobi County is public land held by the County Government of Nairobi on behalf of the residents. To this effect, the City Council of Nairobi through its Town Planning Committee meeting held on 20/06/1995 observed that,
'…….the area was reserved for a playground and that was the only open space for that use in the area. It was therefore imperative for the area to be reserved for that use.'
The said meeting resolved to approve the recommendation to develop the area as a sportsground.
This fact was is uncontroverted. Therefore, the Tribunal admits in evidence that the fact that the land in question is public land.
37. Being public land, the management and development of the said parcel is governed by the law relating to public land. The Constitution of Kenya under Article 61 (2) classifies land as public, community or private. Article 62 (2) further provides that 'Public land shall vest and be held by a county government in trust for the people resident in the county, and shall be administered on their behalf by the National Land Commission.'
38. It is evident from the above Constitutional provisions that the National Land Commission is tasked with the role of administering public land. This position is further buttressed under Article 67 of the Constitution which establishes the National Land Commission and which provides its functions to inter alia include managing public land on behalf of the national and county governments and to monitor and have oversight responsibilities over land use planning throughout the country.
39. The National Land Commission therefore had a critical role to play in any purported development activity on the said parcel of land since it was public land vested in the commission. The 2nd and 3rd Respondents in paragraph 31 of their Replying Affidavit filed on 13/09/2016 state that the project has been supported by the National Land Commission as it is a noble project being carried out by a Public Body, being the Nairobi City County for the benefit of the Public and on public land. They make reference to a letter dated 23/05/2016 from the National Land Commission to the Governor, Nairobi County in support of this assertion. However, the said letter does not expressly approve the project but expresses concerns about ownership of the property and requests for further information on the same. Part of the letter states, '……kindly provide any documents, claim of community ownership of the plot by the other proponents, failure of which will open up the way to proceed with your plans for urban renewals. It will be unfortunate if the awarded contract will be dishonored yet we have little or no confirmation of ownership by other entities.., you may also present to us the other referred to documents for further information.'
40. The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 enshrines national values and principles. To this effect, Article 10 (1) stipulates that, 'The national values and principles in this article bind all state organs, state officers, public officers and all persons whenever any of them-
a) Applies or interprets this Constitution;
b) Enacts, applies or interprets any law; or
c) Makes or implements public policy decision
Further, Article 10 (2) (a) recognizes, participation of the people as one of the national values and principles.
Therefore, public participation is not a foreign concept in our jurisdiction as it has been constitutionally entrenched under Article 10 (2) (a) of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010. Thus, the 1st and 2nd Respondent being state organs, are bound by the provisions of Article 10 of the Constitution on Public Participation.
41. The 2nd and 3rd Respondents allude to various meetings with the residents before issuance of the EIA license by the 1st Respondent and in particular, a meeting held on 13th February 2016 that was purportedly attended by more than 100 people who are said to have endorsed and supported the construction of the social hall. The Appellants however contend that there was no consultation before the construction started. The Tribunal is therefore called upon to determine whether there was public participation before commencement of the project and whether the said meetings alluded to by the 2nd and 3rd Respondent satisfy the criteria on consultation and public participation.
42. The question of public participation was discussed by the High Court of Kenya in the case of Republic v County Government of Kiambu Ex Parte Robert Gakuru & another (2016) eKLR where Odunga J. observed that 'Public participation ought not to be equated with mere consultation. Whereas "consultation" is defined by Black's Law Dictionary 9thEdn. at page 358 as "the act of asking the advice or opinion of someone", "participation" on the other hand is defined at page 1229 thereof as "the act of taking part in something, such as partnership…" Therefore public participation is not a mere cosmetic venture or a public relations exercise.'
The court further noted that 'it must be appreciated that the yardstick for public participation is that a reasonable opportunity has been given to the members of the public and all interested parties to know about the issue and to have an adequate say.'
43. However, the mere fact that particular views have not been incorporated in the decision making does not invalidate such decision. This was appreciated by Lenaola, J in Nairobi Metropolitan PSV Saccos Union Ltd & 25 Others v County of Nairobi Government & 3 Others Petition No. 486 of 2013, where he held that 'public participation is not the same as saying that public views must prevail.'
44. The Appellants called five witnesses who all testified that there was no consultation before the EIA license was issued. Further, it has been testified that the said construction started in 2011 before the 2nd Respondent had submitted a project report and an Environmental Impact Assessment License issued by the 1st Respondent. The Tribunal finds that the 2nd Respondent acted illegally and contrary to the principle of public participation enshrined under Article 10 of the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and section 3 (5) (a) of the Environmental Management and Co-Ordination Act, No. 1999 in embarking on the said construction before following the due process.
45. In light of the above, the 1st Respondent testified in its witness statement that it issued a stop order against the construction for failing to comply with the requisite procedures. It is only after the stop order was issued and the construction stopped, when the 2nd respondent undertook the Environment Impact Assessment that led to the issuance of Environmental Impact Assessment License No NEMA RB/P2/5/1/9141 of 29/04/2016 by the 1st Respondent. It can be deduced from this fact that the said construction was began without following due procedure with regard to safeguarding the environment.
46. Further, evidence has been adduced before this Tribunal that the site was set aside as a communal playing ground as per the recommendations of the Director of City Planning and Architecture Department presented to the Town Planning Committee on 20/06/1995. This recommendation was also upheld by the City Planning Department in November 2011. Consequently, any improvement or development on the parcel should only be authorized where the initial use has ceased to exist and for the good of all the residents. However, the Appellants have demonstrated that the site is still being used as a playground for their children and for other social activities.
47. The 2nd and 3rd Respondents in their Replying Affidavit contend that the development is noble and community oriented that is for the benefit and exclusive use of the community. They have however not shown how the public good that will be accrued from the project will outweigh the current use of the site as a playground.
48. The 3rd Respondent's role in the development is also called into question. In paragraph 32 of his Replying Affidavit, he describes the Appellants as having approached the Tribunal with unclean hands with the sole aim of frustrating a County Government project for their own malicious and ill motives and not deserving of any orders from the Tribunal. However, as demonstrated, the site is public property set aside for the use and benefit of all residents of Uhuru Estate Phase 4. They are entitled to protect the suit property from illegal use.
49. In light of the foregoing, the Tribunal is inclined to find in favour of the Appellants on the grounds that the process leading to the issuance of Environmental Impact Assessment License No NEMA RB/P2/5/1/9141 of 29/04/2016 did not involve the participation of residents of Uhuru Estate Phase 4. Further, the site was set aside as a playground by the Town Planning Committee in 1995 a recommendation that was upheld by the City Planning Department in November 2011. The public good to be accrued from construction of the social hall does not in any way outweigh the current use of the playground. Finally, public land is held and managed by the National Land Commission on behalf of the people and a County Government cannot embark on any development on public land without the necessary authorization by the National Land Commission.
What orders should the Tribunal make?
50. Section 129 (3) of the Environment Management and Co-Ordination Act, No. 8 of 1999 empowers the Tribunal to make either of the following orders upon hearing an appeal:
a) Confirm, set aside or vary the order or decision in question;
b) Exercise any of the powers which could have been exercised by the Authority in the proceedings in connection with which the appeal is brought; or
c) Make such other order, including orders to enhance the principles of sustainable development and an order for costs, as it may deem just.
51. In this case the Tribunal allows the Appellant's appeal and makes the following orders:
a) The Environmental Impact Assessment License No NEMA RB/P2/5/1/9141 issued by the 1st Respondent on 29/04/2016 is hereby revoked.
b) The intended development of a social hall at Uhuru Phase IV playgrounds-Uhuru estate area, Makadara Sub County in Nairobi County, by the 2nd Respondent is hereby stopped.
c) An environmental restoration order is hereby issued against the 3rd Respondent. The 1st Respondent shall enforce the order at the cost of the 3rd Respondent. This order requires the demolition of the social hall structure on Uhuru Phase IV Estate playground, the restoration of all soils, flora and natural features therein, together with the supervised removal of all building materials and sources or causes of pollution and/or environmental hazard or damage on the Suit Premises; within sixty (60) days after the lapse of the period set out under Section 130 (1) of the Environmental Management and Co-ordination Act; and
d) The Costs of the Appeal are awarded to the Appellants and to be borne by the 3rd Respondent.
Dated at Nairobi This 5th Day of March 2019


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: The utter humorlessness of Noam Chomsky never ceases to amuse me.
The Observer interviews him on the release of his latest book (in which he says, 'No president in that time, judged on the principles of Nuremberg, would have escaped hanging' — with, of course, a straight face) and it begins with this exchange:
I start tentatively enough with a question about a remark he made recently in the New York Times about the fact that he continued to live in America, because it was 'the greatest country in the world'. In what sense did he believe this?
He starts, too, as he means to go on. 'I have to first of all give a background,' he says, already a bit exasperated. 'That interview never took place. It is rather interesting, interviews like that never take place.'
The New York Times made it up?
'It was a senseless contraction of an hour-and-a-half telephone conversation in which I explained question by question why I am not going to answer this question or that question, because it is not a sensible question.' Right.
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By Michael P. Holsapple, Heather E. Dover and Keith Ayoob
Spring is here, and with it comes another growing season. Eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables can help lower calorie intake; reduce risks for heart disease, obesity and Type 2 diabetes; and protect against certain cancers.
With all these benefits, why do some consumers choose to avoid produce? Approximately three-quarters of people in the U.S. don't eat enough fruits and vegetables, according to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
A lot of factors could explain the shortfall, including fear. Media stories about topics such as GMOs and pesticides may convince some consumers that it's not safe to eat certain fruits and vegetables.
There's no question that negative news about produce can affect consumer choices. One survey found that, among 510 low-income shoppers, those who heard messages about pesticide residues on produce were less likely to purchase any type of fruits and vegetables.
One high-profile report intended to drive consumer choices is the Environmental Working Group Dirty Dozen report, a listing of fruits and vegetables it claims to have the highest levels of pesticide residues.
The group is an American nonprofit environmental organization that specializes in research and advocacy in a number of areas, including toxic chemicals.
This year's report came paired with the group's 2017 Shopper's Guide, which promises to "[help] protect your family from pesticides!" Both publications are based on an analysis of more than 36,000 samples of 48 popular fruits and vegetables, taken by the USDA in 2016.
But while a list like the Dirty Dozen may attract attention from concerned consumers, it doesn't use the same rigorous methods for measuring risk that food scientists typically do.
We are not challenging EWG's right to publish this list, but its failure to provide proper context is a concern. Without that, an informed decision is impossible. As scientists interested in food safety, we believe the most appropriate context would be to compare that list to the actual USDA reports, which are developed under their Pesticide Data Program.
The results suggest there is far less to fear from our produce than some would have you believe.
Making the list
To build the annual list, the EWG says it looks at six measures of pesticide contamination.
For each metric, it ranks each food based on its individual USDA test results, then normalizes the scores on a 1 to 100 scale, with 100 being the highest. A food's final score is the total of these six normalized scores from each metric.
This year, it lists strawberries at No. 1 (the "dirtiest" of the dirty), apples as No. 4, peaches as No. 5 and celery as No. 9.
We did a comparison of the last 10 years of the Shopper's Guide published by EWG. These four commodities were included on every list since 2007. We compared these lists against the USDA's actual annual reports from 2006 to 2015 and uncovered some interesting anomalies.
The USDA produces the most comprehensive pesticide residue database in the country. These data enable the EPA to assess dietary exposure, particularly among commodities popular with infants and children, and to provide guidance to governmental agencies.
Tolerance levels
Over the 20 years the USDA has tested residues, about 99 percent of crops and commodities have tested below – often significantly below – EPA tolerance levels.
The USDA has consistently emphasized that "based on the PDP data, consumers can feel confident about eating a diet that is rich in fresh fruits and vegetables."
Because the USDA doesn't test every food every year, the EWG says that it generally uses the most recent sampling period for each food. However, using data that are as much as four years old to put together its annual lists seems more than a little arbitrary.
It appears to us that some commodities have been mistakenly targeted over the last decade by the EWG as dangerous.
Importantly, the USDA actually analyzes the pesticide residues on fruits and vegetables. The EWG merely relies on the USDA data and scores risk simply by whether pesticide residues can be measured.
By emphasizing fear over facts, it reinforces irrational perceptions.
What's missing from the Dirty Dozen list?
The EWG says that their "goal is to show a range of different measures of pesticide contamination, to account for uncertainties in the science." They claim their approach "best captures the uncertainties about the risks and consequences of pesticide exposure."
However, the EWG errs by considering any and all pesticides as equally toxic, rather than relating detected pesticide residues to known safety standards.
EPA registration
All pesticides must be registered with the EPA, which evaluates an extensive amount of scientific data. The EPA assesses risks and benefits of a product's use; provides label directions to control how products are used; and can suspend or cancel a product's registration. The EPA also
The EPA also sets pesticide tolerances – that is, maximum permissible residue levels – for each and every pesticide used in or on food. The tolerance for an individual pesticide is tailored to reflect the specific scientific data, including toxicology studies, for that pesticide.
The EPA requires a large battery of studies to measure the effect and safety of a new pesticide. First, it determines the highest dosage at which there is no observable adverse effect. That dosage is then divided by uncertainty factors of up to 1,000 to calculate the allowable daily intake, and by an additional uncertainty factor of up to 10 to calculate the reference dose or maximum acceptable dose.
First, it determines the highest dosage at which there is no observable adverse effect. That dosage is then divided by uncertainty factors of up to 1,000 to calculate the allowable daily intake, and by an additional uncertainty factor of up to 10 to calculate the reference dose or maximum acceptable dose.
One paper from 2011 looked at mean exposure to pesticides in each of that year's Dirty Dozen. All pesticide levels were well below even a fraction of the reference dose. Indeed, the vast majority were less than 0.01 percent of the reference dose.
Finally, according to the Food Quality Protection Act, the EPA must determine that a pesticide poses "a reasonable certainty of no harm" before it can be registered for use on food or feed.
Since analytical instruments are able to pick up increasingly smaller concentrations, many crops have detectable residues yet no significant risk.
The USDA reports its data on pesticide residues in parts per million, or ppm. To put that in context, one ppm is roughly equivalent to a single minute in two years.
Risk assessment
In addition, the overwhelming understanding within the scientific community is that any risk assessment carries some level of uncertainty. The EWG twists this fact around to suggest that uncertainty equals harm. But its approach ignores the fact that uncertainties are a part of risk assessment. It effectively misrepresents the consequences of pesticide exposure.
Despite the claims made by the EWG, the mere presence of pesticide residues cannot constitute a risk.
A "risk" is, by definition, dependent on the level of exposure, and the EPA has set specific tolerance levels for each and every pesticide. The challenge lies in accurately communicating risk and, by extension, safety, to consumers.
Real risk
While some groups, such as the EWG, promote organic produce over conventional produce, there are a far greater number of regulatory safeguards in place for use of conventional pesticides.
As noted above, the EPA requires an extensive amount of scientific research to support an application for a new conventional pesticide. Organic pesticides are managed by the USDA National Organic Program (NOP). The NOP does not specifically list each allowable natural substance that can be used for organic farming. Rather, it sets the criteria for determining if a substance is natural.
The reality is that data on pesticide use in organic farming are limited. Importantly, the NOP is managed by the 15 members of the National Organic Standards Board, of whom only one is listed as a scientist.
Finally, a huge body of peer-reviewed research shows the positive benefits of a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, including conventionally grown produce. Consumers should not avoid fruits and vegetables simply out of fear, or because they cannot afford the often higher cost of organic fruits and vegetables. No fruits or vegetables are nutritious until they're eaten.
About the authors
Michael P. Holsapple is the founding director of the Center for Research on Ingredient Safety, which is a partnership between Michigan State University, food, beverage, and consumer products industries, and the Grocery Manufacturers Association. Heather E. Dover is a research assistant at Michigan State University, and Keith Ayoob is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at Yeshiva University. Hannah Rose Park at Michigan State University also contributed to this article, which was originally published on The Conversation. More information is at theconversation.com.
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Anne and I have been together for more years than I care to think about. Anne originally trained as a designer (first in glass!) at the Sheridan College School of Design in Toronto, Canada. I was a member of the collective that ran Guerilla, an underground newspaper in Toronto for a number of years after high school, and then took that experience into a period working as an operator of offset printing presses for various companies.
Anne's interest in design focussed more and more on textiles and the dyeing and printing of them and I was willing to move my interests in graphic design on paper into the world of textiles.We founded Gothic Design as a textile printing studio on April 1, 1976, intitially in the basement of our house on Gothic Avenue in Toronto, but eventually in old warehouse space in downtown Toronto.
Now, about Gothic Design . . . and kites
We initially spent most of our time designing and producing items made by screenprinting textiles that we could then sell on the craft fair circuit in Ontario in the winter, and the folk festival circuit in the summer. We designed and made felt hand puppet kits for children, wall hangings, cloth calendars, silk scarves, placemats, tea cozies and other domestic goods, in fact almost anything using printed fabric other than clothing.
In an effort to find something we could sell in the summer that was instantly usable, I hit on the idea of making kites. After many fruitless attempts to fly test prototypes on the roof of our warehouse, I found the Touch The Sky kite store in Toronto, went in to look at their kites and discovered KiteLines Magazine and the world of kitemakers and fliers for the first time. The first kites we sold were small silk deltas, easy for us to print, but extremely difficult to sew together.
Then I got the copy of KiteLines that had the article "Mastering Nylon" by Bill Tyrell. It had a wealth of information about cutting, sewing and working with ripstop nylon for kitemaking. At the very end, Bill mentioned that he hoped to find an easy way to colour ripstop nylon, but hadn't yet.We, being foolish, wrote a letter to KiteLines saying that we had been screenprinting with acid dyes on silk, but knew that these dyes worked on nylon as well and couldn't see there being a problem.We immediately received a package of ripstop by mail from Bill with his request to try printing on it. We tried it out with some dyepaste we had for silk, it worked, and we got good results that we were unable to duplicate again for five years!
It turned out that the brand of ripstop, what coatings (if any) had been applied to it, and a host of other variables were critical. Bill got his fabric as mill ends and bankruptcy stock, and never usually had the same fabric twice in a row. We eventually found suitable fabric, made many changes to our printing techniques, and got colours we were happy with several years later.
We moved from Toronto to an old turn-of-the-century schoolhouse in a small village in southwestern Ontario that had enough space for both our living accomodations and the studio in 1981. By 1984, when we went to our first American Kite Association convention in Nashville, Tennessee, we were making only kites and kite paraphernalia under our trade name, Boreal Kites, and the rest is history.
A Boreal Kites resume
(major festivals and kite events we have attended)


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Greycroft Partners is a leading early stage venture capital firm focused on investments in outstanding companies built on digital, mobile, and internet platforms. With offices in New York and Los Angeles, Greycroft is uniquely positioned to serve entrepreneurs who have chosen us as their partners. We leverage our extensive network of industry connections to help our entrepreneurs gain visibility, build strategic relationships, successfully bring their products to market, and build explosive businesses. Greycroft manages more than $800MM and has made over one hundred investments in leading companies including Huffington Post, Buddy Media, Maker Studios, Trunk Club, Braintree/Venmo, and App Annie. We have a deep respect for the roles that entrepreneurship and venture capital play in the world economy and are committed to learning from both success and failure.
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- Evaluate potential investments in early stage companies through financial due diligence, market research, and competitive analysis.
- Assist in the preparation of fundraising documents, valuation memos, and investor updates.
- Manage/document meetings with entrepreneurs, portfolio company management meetings, and deal flow in general.
- Attend industry events/conferences and support the local entrepreneurial community
- 1-3 years of investment banking, management consulting, private equity, venture capital, or technology (preferably in product management / engineering) experience
- Strong analytical and quantitative skills
- Extraordinary attention to detail
- Strong writing skills
- Polished abilities with Excel and PowerPoint
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- Team-oriented
- Desire to integrate with the technology and startup community
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- Compensation is market-competitive
- This is designed as a two-year position for pre-graduate school professionals
- Please submit to firstname.lastname@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com the following documents for consideration:
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- Sample Excel model (plus, but not required)
- Deadline to apply: July 8, 2016


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Earrings: c/o Uncommon Goods (exact)
Jacket: Loft via consignment store (option, option)
Striped Tee: Old Navy (option)
Jeans: Madewell (exact)
Booties: Gap Outlet (exact sold out, option)
This week's "Mom Style" edition features some of my basic style staples: striped tee, jeans, cargo jacket and tan booties. Often times, I find myself incorporating at least one of these items into an outfit but today, I figured I'd do them all at once. Nothing terribly fancy here, but I still feel put together, so I'd call it a win.
And can we talk about these earrings? They are from Uncommon Goods. If you not familiar, they've been around for nearly twenty years and is all about featuring unique jewelry like this, decor, and handcrafted gifts in harmony with the environment and without harm to animals or people. What's not to love? I picked out the Wire Wrapped Druzy Earrings made by Laura from Philadelphia. Classic, timeless and easy to wear with just about everything. They also made some really great necklaces like these and a ton of jewelry that can be personalized or tell a great story, like these gifts for Moms if you want a head start on Mother's Day…
I picked up the perforated booties this month at Gap Outlet and wasn't sure about them initially, mainly concerned that they made my feet look big or made me look stumpy. But they really go with everything, are comfortable (yay flats!) and look decently good, especially when you roll your pant legs a bit versus tucking them in. And it's great that you can wear regular ankle socks or sock liners (I got these on clearance at Target) if you want to make sure your socks don't show. I plan to bring these along for a work trip next week. I'm taking just a carry-on, so needed something versatile and these booties did the trick!
What do you consider your staples to be? And what do you think about booties- yay or nay?
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The Bible is a drama that tells the story of life — and life is made meaningful by relationships. Quite simply, the Bible is a book about relationships.
A story of relationships
At its core, the Bible offers wisdom for relationships and life. Through narratives, historical records, letters, poetry, and songs, the Bible offers guidance on how we can relate to ourselves, to others, and to God.
Ultimately the Bible tells the story of God pursuing a relationship with people. It is a story of God working to restore a broken relationship between himself and humanity.
Creation of relationship
In the beginning, God created the planet and populated it with life. He decided to place something of his own self into this world, so he made human beings in his own image and breathed his own breath into them, giving them life. He created people to live in close relationship with himself — a relationship that brings true, satisfying, lasting life.
Breaking of relationship
But these first humans, being free to love, broke the relationship when they chose to turn away from God — they chose instead to live independently of God, trying to find meaningful life and relationship in their own ways.
The consequence they suffered from being separated from God — the Author of life — was a physical, emotional, and spiritual death. Their disconnection and broken relationship with God had a deteriorating effect on their sense of self, their relationship with other people, and with creation around them.
They tried to find life in relationships with other people and things. Their imperfect attempts at life were a mere shadow of God's intended design for a life of whole and healthy relationships.
Creation of a new nation
Despite the pain of rejection, God still loved the people he created. He longed for them to experience the deep relationship with himself that he originally purposed for them to enjoy. So he provided a solution by creating a nation through which he would bless all of humankind. God promised to Abram, a Semitic shepherd, that he would be the father of a family whose descendants would bring spiritual blessing to the world. This nation would be known as Israel.
God wanted this emerging nation's relationships — their relationship to him as their God, their relationships with each other, and with the world around them — to be ethical, moral, just, and pure. He desired to establish this nation to reflect his own ethical, moral, just, and pure nature.
God guided Israel to a new land of their own (east of the Mediterrenean) to be established in their existence as a nation and to grow in their relationship with God as his people.
A rocky relationship
Over the next several hundred years, they struggled to remain faithful to God. They experienced downward spirals of chaos during the times they practiced unfaithfulness, often influenced by poor leadership of various kings. Eventually the spiral resulted in the exile of the nation.
Despite the wandering heart of Israel, God continued to love them. Through messages delivered by special spiritual leaders called prophets, God reminded them of his promises to return them to their land, rebuild their nation, and restore their heart focus and relationship with God.
Hope for restored relationships
Through the lineage of this nation, God himself stepped into humanity and history to ultimately restore relationships — he came in the flesh in the person of Jesus. The life of Jesus — God's own Son — showed people what good relationships looked like through the way he lived and interacted with others and with God his Father. He came to teach, heal, and be the way for people to relate to God.
Jesus came to establish the kingdom of God — a revolutionary way of living where counterintuitive principles, like loving your enemies and feeding the poor, would bring real restoration to relationships and the world.
Jesus came to live the perfect, righteous, and pure life required to be close with God — a life that humans simply could not live out of their own heart, effort, and goodness. He willingly chose to suffer a brutal innocent death that absorbed and paid for the wrongs of the whole human race.
On the third day after his burial, his tomb was found empty. He conquered death and came back to life, offering the possibility for all people to enter into a life of restored relationship with God — true, spiritual, emotional, and physical life. Those who witnessed his resurrection brought the good news of this new kingdom and life to the entire world.
In a nutshell, the story of the Bible involves God creating people for a lasting life of relationship with him, only to have people reject him many times in many ways. It is a story of God working throughout history to restore that broken relationship through the life of Jesus.


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Steps for Paint Surface Preparation
People tend to put a lot of emphasis on paint finishes. Of course, the importance of a new and sparkling paint film of a well chosen color can't be over stated. After all, this is what they will be looking at after the paint has dried. But, if this look of a freshly painted home is to last, one must not underestimate the importance of proper surface preparation.
Listed below are preparation steps for both interior and exterior paint jobs. These steps do not cover all of the possible circumstances that one can encounter on a painting project, only the more common ones.
Interior Paint Preparation Steps
- Wash the walls if accumulated dirt is a problem. Any household detergent will work. Use TSP (Tri Sodium Phosphate) for grease or a heavy build-up of cigarette smoke. If you use powdered TSP, be sure to rinse it off with water. Use chlorine-based bleach on mildew.
- Using a scraper or a spackle blade to remove all loose paint and sand down the rough ridges where the paint has broken off. Dig out any cracks a fraction of an inch on both sides so as to form a 'V' shape. This increases contact area for your patching material to adhere to.
- Apply spackle to cracks, holes and heavy paint ridges. Two thin patch coats are always better than one thick coat. Spackle that's too thick tends to shrink and crack as it dries. In deep holes and cracks, I like to use "Fix-All" for the first patch coat. "Fix-All" is difficult to sand so keep it in the crack or hole, slightly recessed below the surface of the wall, then follow it up with a thin coat of spackle.
- If the wall has something other than a smooth texture, your patch should match that texture as closely as possible. You can create a stippled effect by dabbing the surface with a sponge or stiff bristle brush while the patching material is still tacky. You can also roll a coat of stipple paint or thinned out joint compound on top of the dried out patch.
- Use latex caulk to seal joints around door jambs, window casings and baseboards. Wide and deep joint may require more than one application. Use a damp rag to wipe off any excess caulk.
- Sand down all glossy surfaces or treat them with liquid sandpaper. This provides a roughened surface or "tooth" for good adhesion of your subsequent coat.
Primer Application
No matter what type of surface you're painting, it has to be clean, free of loose or cracked paint, rust scale, oil, grease, dirt, mildew and chemical residue before application of primer.
Primer or undercoat has two main purposes:
- to seal the substrate so as to prevent the chemistry of the substrate from migrating into and interfering with the chemistry of the finish coat;
- to help bind the finish coat to the surface being painted.
There is a specialty primer for just about every type of surface – wood, masonry, metal, etc. Essentially, the primer serves as a foundation that supports the finish coat. Understanding this should help you understand the importance of primer. The best primer available is going to be your best choice for any paint job.
Exterior Paint Preparation Steps
Before any other work is begun, check for leaks and any moisture getting into the substrate. Repair any roof leaks, gutters, windows and leaky plumbing. Damp basements and other excessively humid interior rooms are other common sources of moisture in the substrate. Use vents and dehumidifiers as necessary. Unless the source of moisture in the substrate is found and eliminated, the quality of your paint job will be compromised.
- All exterior surfaces will need to be washed to remove mildew, dirt and excessive chalking. Consider using a power washer if there are more than 500 square feet of surface to wash. Mildew has a blotchy and powdery appearance. It is a living organism that's common in damp areas which get little sunlight. Any surface that has mildew must be completely sterilized before painting. Wash the mildewed surface with a mixture of one quart of household bleach in a gallon of water. Chalking is loosely-bound powder that forms on the surface of paint. Chalking happens when paint binder is destroyed by sun and moisture. Scrape, sand and wash off all chalking before primer application.
- On stucco, thoroughly scrape off loose paint, repair all cracks and holes. Fill gaps around windows, door casings, or where two materials meet such as at the foundation line or where wood meets masonry. Use caulk or elastomer-based patch to fill these cracks. (Elastomer is a polymer with the property of high elasticity. The term derives from elastic polymer.) Cracks of 1/16″ wide or larger should be chiseled out a fraction of an inch on both sides so as to form a 'V'. This increases the contact area for the patching material that you will be using. If you use a non-textured stucco patching material, texturize the patched area to make it approximate the existing stucco. You can use a coarse fiber brush, like a scrub brush, for this purpose. Rub the brush over the partially set patch in a circular motion until the repair looks like the rest of the wall. If you are using elastomer-based patch, take an old brush, dip it in water and feather out the edges of the patch.Remove any efflorescence (calcium deposits) with a stiff-bristled brush. Then neutralize the salt with a 5% solution of muriatic acid. Rinse thoroughly with clear water.Use good exterior primer or surface conditioner for previously painted stucco. Because of the chemical reaction that occurs in the newly applied stucco, the new stucco must be allowed to properly cure and then primed with alkali resistant primer.
- On wood surfaces, thoroughly scrape off all of the loose and cracking paint. Sand it to remove any remaining loose paint and create a smoother surface. Consider stripping if more then 25% of the coating is cracked or peeling. In stripping, chemicals or heat is used to completely remove all of the existing coatings down to the substrate. When multiple coatings are present, stripping may be the best way to prepare the surface. However, because of the laborious nature of the stripping process, costs vs. benefits will need to be evaluated. Inject caulking compound into any cracks around windows, doors and all open vertical seams. Use good quality exterior wood primer. Note: Do not caulk the horizontal seams between siding planks. Because siding planks overlap each other, this opening almost never is a source of a leak. On the contrary, caulking of these joints can cause moisture to be trapped in the substrate. Important Note: Never use an inflexible patching material, such as spackling, in a shallow depression of an exterior surface. This is because exterior surfaces (and wood, in particular) undergo a greater degree of contraction and expansion due to humidity and heat fluctuation in a substrate. Spackle dries hard and will become brittle. It will crack and cause premature paint failure. If you must use patching to smooth out shallow imperfections (like paint ridges), use elastomer based products that will move with the substrate as it expands and contracts.
- Galvanized metal comes from the factory with a residue of the manufacturing process that prevents good paint adhesion. It is best to let galvanized metal surfaces weather for about six months. Weathering tends to neutralize the surface, making it more ready to accept paint. If you have to paint galvanized metal right away, etch the surface with a mild acid such as vinegar. Rinse the surface thoroughly and then apply a coat of galvanized metal primer.
- When you're painting iron or steel, the most important thing is good contact between the surface and the coating. These metals rust when air and moisture get under the protective coating. Rust is like cancer. Once it is in the metal, it is virtually impossible to get rid of. That's why surface preparation is so important. Use a good rust inhibitive primer.
- Rusting metal must be sanded to remove loose rust scale, then cleaned and primed with rust inhibitive primer. Punch in rusting nails to set them slightly below the surface. Spot prime the nail heads with rust inhibitive primer and fill the nail holes with epoxy filler.
In my past 25+ years as a painting contractor, I have been called on to help with many prematurely failing paint jobs. Some of these jobs were done by amateurs and some by "professionals," but all of them had one thing in common – one or more skipped or improperly done surface preparation steps.
As mentioned before, good surface preparation is essential for a lasting paint job. The most expensive paint, the best painting technique and the finest brush will not compensate for even a single needed but skipped preparation step. Skimp on surface preparation and you will cut years off the useful life of your paint job.
(Also read Young Couple's Paint Job Story.)
Yefim Skomorovsky
Painting Contractor in San Francisco Bay Area


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During seasons of the year, New Creation offers Sunday school and catechism (discipleship) for both adults and children.
Typically kids classes will center around the Lord's Prayer, the Apostles' Creed, the Ten Commandments, or some other Bible-centered theme.
Adults & kids 12+ will study similar themes. Please check out our calendar and front page advertisements for our next offering!


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VIENNA, Va., Sept. 8, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- Stemtree Education Center will celebrate its official grand opening on Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 220 Maple Ave West, beginning at 6 p.m. Light refreshments will be served. Stemtree takes a unique approach to providing students in grades K-12 with one-on-one instruction in science, technology, and engineering. The community is invited to see our facility first-hand and to learn how Stemtree differs from traditional STEM centers.
Stemtree is the first after-school center in the area to offer STEM-focused enrichment through hands-on projects and experiments which we have aptly named "workouts." Students enjoy learning outside of a traditional classroom setting through a highly structured, yet highly customizable curriculum. Flexible scheduling and individual attention ensure students can progress at their own pace.
Stemtree is the brainchild of founder Dr. Abdelghani "Bell" Bellaachia, affectionately known as Dr. Bell. "I created Stemtree to give students the edge they need to succeed in school, career, and beyond," notes Dr. Bell. "But we can't reach them with more lectures and lessons, especially after a full day of school. That's why you will not find a traditional classroom here. Instead, we ignite the kids' passion for learning by engaging them in fun, hands-on activities. We bring basic science to life through workouts in science, technology, and engineering."
Stemtree Education Center first opened its doors in October, 2014. During the week, after school programs are offered at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, with optional pick up at local elementary schools. Students enjoy snack time, play time, and workouts in science, engineering and technology, plus support for homework and test preparation as needed. A home school program is available weekdays. Summer camp keeps kids busy and engaged each year from June - August. Fun, science-related birthday parties can be hosted on request.
Please stop by on September 24 to learn more, or visit our website at http://www.stemtree.com/.
Stemtree Education Center LLC, 220 West Maple Avenue, Vienna, VA 22180, Phone (703) 281-7836.
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