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No. You don't tithe to God just to get back. God don't owe you. It is not like "I'll scratch your back, and you scratch mine". That is not how it works. If you give just to get, your giving in in vain and God will not honor that at all.
on 10/24/07
Sure. What would you like, 1,000,000?? No make it 2,000,000 oh and how about a new house too.
Oh wait, there is the little problem of all the hungry an homeless....
Do you think that is what Jesus might have had in mind when he said John 14:13, "And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
You cannot buy God. Money given with a view to getting a return is not an offering it is a bribe.
on 10/24/07
DO NOT seek God's hands, but rather, seek HIS FACE. Seek God for who He is, NOT what He can do for you or give you.
on 1/7/07
tithing is about obedience and faith, not expecting rewards or asking favors. if you give expecting Him to repay you, you're giving for the wrong reason.
on 8/3/05
Psalms 37:25 "...I have not seen the righteous forsaken, nor Gods {children} begging..." God will provide what we need. job 33:12 "God is greater then man"eph 2:9 I don't want gov. to take credit for what God does for me.
on 6/30/05
my blessings from God can not be confused with welfare, or food stamps. When I am blessed by God no one will say that it is any thing but God. I am healthy and therefore God has me work for my living. As I said "don't work don't eat". that was the way I was raised. God is my spouse and provider, not the goverment. Yes Christians should reach out to the people who don't have Christ to lean on. that is a way to show them Gods love and that God provides.
on 6/30/05
no. say and refelct on the prayer of "Our Father". even Jesus said, "not My Will(this cup) but Yours be done" <><
on 6/30/05
tithing is NOT a "payment"forGod's blessings, it is an unconditional love offering to Him,we CAN ask God for anything we want but He decides..there is great difference between want and needs.. He is not a blessing machine(pay and collect)
on 6/30/05
Dear Biyam,
Did you ever pray the "Lord's Prayer". What do you pray? Isn't it: "THY will be done"? Are YOU doing the will of God? What do you expect? God isn't a Santa Claus!! I believe in a blessing God, he wants to bless you, but he isn't a postorder market!
on 6/30/05
God is our source, but he may very well uses human agents (man) to give the blessing.
Luke 6:38, "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, SHALL MEN GIVE INTO YOUR BOSOM. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again."
on 6/30/05
Some churches when/if you give in "faith" that God must respond. This is not scripturally accurate. God doesn't "have" to do anything. He graciously chooses to bless us, for His pleasure and glory. You cannot manipulate or control the Almighty One - if you could, then he wouldn't be so "almighty."
on 6/30/05
If you're asking that question seriously then you missed the entire boat about Christianity. We tihe because it is a Commandment (no not of the 10 commandments but a commandment nonetheless); just look up "tithing" in your Bible.
on 6/30/05
What would you want next, a drive thru to pick up what God is giving you that day? And no He doesn't deliver! He will often give us the desires of our heart, and He answers our prayers-IN HIS TIME. God is allowing you to have money, He has no need for money. Its a good idea to give to our church to keep it up, pay a pastor, utilities etc.
on 6/30/05
The tithe is Gods to start with, to give it back is to obey. God loves a cheerful giver. I don't beleive in government programs,[my help is from God not man] so as the bible says "you don't work you don't eat". this means I have an income to tithe from. ask anything acording to the will of God. God will not give you something not good for you. If you do not tithe you may find our self dealing with disobedence
on 6/30/05
I`m going to admit to s herecy: being unemployed, I don't tithe! Shock, horror, how does God punish me?
De doesn't, I find my praers and requests answered just as much as when I tithed.
on 6/30/05
No! God is not our servant, we are his. You can ask him, but that doesn't mean he has to do what you ask. If that is how one feels, God would rather you not tithe at all. The sheep don't run the flock, the shephard does.
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No!!! After Christ died, and you accepted His Son, He can ask you for anything and YOU have to deliver. Does the sheep tell the shepherd what to do?
on 6/29/05
First you need to be saved by believing in Jesus as your saviour. Romans 3:23 6:23 5:8 1Corinthians 15:3,4 John 3:15-17 1:12 Ephesians 2:8,9 Romans 10:8-10 1John 5:11-13
Matthew 6:6-15 Jesus told how to pray.
Mark 11:24-26 He said to forgive others.
John 14:13,14,15 15:7,12,16,17 16:23,26 Pray to the Father in Jesus name
1John 5:14,15 according to His will
Mark 11:24 1John 3:3-22-24 believing
on 6/29/05
No,God does what is good for you.Remember the Bible says you ask/pray and have not because you ask amiss to consume it upon your lusts.God doesn't give peoples greeds,but he will supply our needs.We don't pay tithe to get anything ,but because 10% of what we get already belongs to God.It is His right.Why should anyone be able to ask for anything just because they gave God what was already His?God "have to deliver"?Surely you jest!God doesn't have to do anything.He's GOD.
on 6/29/05
God is All-sufficient, unpurchaseable, and doesn't need your tithe.
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Please remember that tithing is nothing more then giving back to God What GOD HAS GIVEN YOU, for without Him you would have nothing to tithe. It is not about what God does for us, He sent His Son to die for our sins, and he deserves to be obeyed. Tithing is a step in obedience towards God!
on 6/29/05
God has said that he will supply all are needs. And if we are living right, He will give us the desires of our hearts. It is wrong to demand God to give us what we want. He knows what is best for us, and He will teach this to you also. Keep paying your tithe and seeking God. He will bless you. His blessings are wonderful
on 6/29/05
God is not conformed to our will, it is His will to be done. The thing that you desire to have, does it somewhat glorify God? Think about what u asked... Tithe is given from the heart, God does not need the money, He sees where our hearts are. If u give to recieve, u should not give.
on 6/29/05
No, God does not "HAVE" to deliver as you put it. You are not to tithe to "GET" something you are tithe to give back to God a portion of what he has given you. God gives to Joyfull givers, not the selfish. And God only gives what he knows we need not what "WE WANT" It is according to God's will not our will.
on 6/29/05
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"BELOVED, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers." (3 John v2). -- Clearly God is "into" us. He cares about our well being, He wants us to have a good, happy life, but more important to Him is our soul. Make sure your soul is taken care of and He'll see to the rest.
"BUT seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added to you." (Matthew 6:33)
on 6/29/05
I agree with Bruce, even tho he wasn't very tactful. It is rare that you should ask God for anything except spiritual things. You should be asking for spiritual things like your whole family being saved, your whole family being in the will of God. Your neighbors saved, your friends saved, your church, your pastor and his family's needs, the poor, the homeless, the downtrodden, the sick. Until my family was saved, (all of them), I wouldn't dare ask God for anything secular.
on 6/29/05
Just because you tithe doesn't mean that you will get everything you ask for. But you can ask for stuff and the Lord will bless you as he sees fit factoring in whether it will help you or not. But your prayers don't get answered just because you tithe. Your prayers get answered by the kind of Christian you are and what you do for the Lord. If you're doing something to get something he doesn't bless that. Be careful you don't stumble into something that you shouldn't. God Bless
on 6/29/05
What do you think? As a Christian, you tithe because you want to please God and have Him as a friend. Pay is different and God does not take pay for it is mandatory.
God's love is given-He does not bargain with it.
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Not all we ask will God deliver.God only deliver what we ask if that we ask is in his will for our life.
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The 21stAnnual Snow & Ice Symposium kicked off in Cleveland, Ohio this year. It is by far the largest conference for snow and ice professionals. It's the show to be at to see the latest products, trends equipment and service opportunities. Each year, thousands travel from all over to see the latest and greatest. This year was no exception to excellent attendance and exceptional products to showcase.
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Those policies and standards are the core of any information security architecture, as they lay out the purpose and mission of the program, as well as give the organization-specific guidance on how to accomplish key security goals. What differentiates security architecture policy from standards? Let's discuss a little bit about each and talk about why they're an essential part of every organization's information security strategy.
Security Architecture Policy
In short, a security architecture policy is a formal statement of the rules that govern an organization's security architecture and those who are given access to its information and technology.
These policies aren't one-size-fits-all and are most effective when they're custom-tailored for each organization. Security architecture policy comes from taking a thorough look at the entire environment in order to determine the various security risks and vulnerabilities that exist, a well as what countermeasures should be taken in order to mitigate those risks and contain them should one turn into a threat.
It's essential that enterprise security architecture policy be endorsed and enforced starting at the top of the organization and moving down through every person who interacts with the environment. This includes non-employees, as well as those who work for the organization. In order to help everyone adhere to the policies that have been put forth, the security architecture team will develop a set of security architecture standards.
Security Architecture Standards
If security architecture policy describes what needs to happen, then security architecture standards explain how it will happen. Security architecture standards are born out of the policy, and they lay out a set of requirements that will allow the organization to implement its policy across the entire enterprise security architecture. The standards help create mechanisms by which the policies are enacted in order to avoid risks, identify threats, and take action should an information security incident occur.
These policies and standards occur in different areas that stretch out across the entire organization. To help organize and manage them, they're laid out as a series of processes that come together to make up a comprehensive enterprise security architecture program. We'll discuss more about security architecture program and processes in our next article.
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text: Share: Comments Print December 5, 2010 at 12:21 AM Post-game links Posted by Mason Kelley Wow, what a game. Just clearing the cobwebs after the game, and the post-game interviews and finishing up some of the stories. Probably the happiest moment for the Huskies since the 2002 or 2003 Apple Cups, and what UW fans will hope is a harbinger of a lot more to come. Here's our coverage of the game and a few other links. … — Here's my game story with the nuts-and-bolts of what happened. — Jerry Brewer writes that the game shows the Huskies are really on their way back. — Here's the notebook (though the blog entry below on the bowls actually has more updated information so read that one, as well). — The Two-Minute Drill has some of the statistical info on the game and honors the player and play of the game. — Here's the coverage from GoHuskies.com. — Here's the coverage from the Spokesman-Review. — And I feel bad for neglecting the Cody Bruns game during the game. One of the unsung heroes is William Chandler, who came in to hold once Bruns went out. Comments


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The kids' advent calendar treat for today was a Gingerbread House kit. We had never built a gingerbread house before, mainly because I always thought it would be too hard, too messy, etc. I have really been depriving my kids all these years because it really wasn't that bad and they had a great time doing it. I built the house for them earlier in the day and then set them loose, along with some of the neighbor kids, for the decorating.
Jensen had actually fallen asleep on the couch that day and missed the main part of the decorating (she was soooo tired after her sleepover at Cameron's during our party). But the other kids made sure to save some of the frosting and candies for her to use after she woke up.
It turned out really cute. But they keep asking me when they can eat it.
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- Heather said...
yours turned out much cuter than ours! love the smilies on them!
- Brandy said...
that is adorable, love it!
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Tom Quarendon created KARAF-5440: ------------------------------------ Summary: No override facility for properties in system.properties Key: KARAF-5440 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KARAF-5440 Project: Karaf Issue Type: Bug Components: karaf-core Reporter: Tom Quarendon Priority: Minor There are two properties files in karaf that give global properties of various kinds, system.properties and config.properties. The "config.properties" file has a facility to override properties within it by putting values in the "custom.properties" file. We use this to tweak certain values in out custom distribution. There's no such facility though for the "system.properties" file. At the moment we therefore hold a copy of the whole system.properties file with a couple of modifications and include that in our distribution. This is fragile though. For example, recently one of the properties was changes by a commit to karaf and it took me a while to work out why things suddenly started behaving differently (this isn't a criticism, I'm just pointing out the fragility, in case it wasn't clear). It looks like there wouldn't be any particular reason why this couldn't be done by org.apache.karaf.util.config.PropertiesLoader. I'm happy to provide a pull request for consideration. I would have suggested having an ${optionals} line in the system.properties file that would load a file called, say, custom.system.properties. I would have just replaced the code to load the properties in loadSystemProperties with a call to loadPropertiesFile. -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029)
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Use biodegradable disposables: Officials to suppliers, religious places
Garhwal officials called for use of biodegradable glass, plates and bowls, saying non-biodegradable tableware items are still being used in the state despite a ban on plastic disposablesdehradun Updated: Jun 24, 2017 19:34 IST
Garhwal officials called for use of biodegradable glass, plates and bowls, saying non-biodegradable tableware items are still being used in the state despite a ban on plastic disposables.
At a meeting at the Garhwal commissioner's camp office in Dehradun on Saturday, additional commissioner (Garhwal) Harak Singh Rawat asked local disposable item suppliers, members of Paper and Plastic Association and representatives of religious places to "adopt biodegradable disposables" on a priority basis.
He displayed disposable tablewares made of bagasse (dry pulpy residue left after the extraction of juice from sugarcane) during the meeting, which are compostable and turn into manure after 60 days of being disposed.
Rawat said directives would be issued to magistrates, police heads, divisional forest officers and officials of urban local bodies across the Garhwal region to encourage people to take similar steps.
The had imposed a complete ban on the use, sale and storage of plastic, polythene or thermocol products -- including bags, disposable materials, such as glasses, cups, plates and packing materials -- in January this year after an order of the Uttarakhand high court in December last year.
"However, the desired success could not be achieved (despite putting a ban on plastic disposables) due to lack of availability of eco-friendly options. But now that such products are available, locals will be made aware of them for conserving the environment through their use," Rawat told Hindustan Times.
"Disposables are widely used at religious places also, so their representatives will be sensitised. We will run this as an awareness campaign for a month, after which we are planning to make it compulsory," he said, adding that plastic products lead to environment pollution, choked drains and loss of fertility of agricultural fields.
The initial cost of biodegradable items may be a little higher than the plastic disposables, but they are "totally eco-friendly and cost-effective in the long run," said Dehradun-based activist Sujata Paul Maliah who is into distributorship of a similar range of products.
"They will also help in reducing the damage done to environment by plastic-based disposables," said Maliah, who was present at the meeting.
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Museums are the best places to go when in a foreign land and when trying to understand its local culture, traditions and history. Museums are not only attractive for its displays but also educational in purpose and activities. Countries that have not been open to global scrutiny, such as Myanmar, for so many years may easily be misunderstood in so many ways. Visiting museums is a good way for the West to better understand the country, and the National Museum of Myanmar does not disappoint.
Established in 1952, the National Museum of Myanmar was moved from its original location to a more spacious building on Pansodan Street in 1970. Today, the museum is found on Pyay Road in a 5-storey building with beautifully landscaped grounds. Priceless ancient Burmese artifacts are seen in the many rooms and halls of the museum; there are four halls on the first floor, exhibit halls for important historical relics on the second floor, exhibits on prehistoric Myanmar on the third floor and rooms containing natural history on the fourth. The major rooms and halls include the following.
The Throne Room features miniature models of Myanmar's eight traditional thrones. The most prominent throne is the magnificent Royal Lion Throne, which was used by the country's last monarch, King Thibaw. This majestic throne is heavily gilded and made of smoothed local timber that is richly decorated with lion images at its base. It is never removed from the "Hluttaw" Hall or Hall of the Council of Ministers. The king sat on this throne whenever he declared important judgments and addressed his ministers on state affairs.
Another room is the 19th-century Ratanabon Period Exhibit Hall, which displays traditional clothes and fashions, pieces of furniture and old household items, including a palanquin used by the chief monk of King Thibaw. The palanquin, a covered seat in which important people were carried around on the shoulders of four servants, has a gilded roof and three spires.
The Royal Regala Hall displays ornamented relics that were prominently used through the centuries in important royal ceremonies of ancient kings and queens. An old royal betel box shaped like a Brahminy (Hamsa) bird demonstrates the high standard of craftsmanship observed by local artisans in the past.
Meanwhile, the Hall of Myanmar History reveals pagodas, temples and monasteries from the Bagan Period, as well as intriguing murals of the Pinya, Innwa, Taungoo, Nyaungyan and Konbaung periods. The most notable relics on display here are the rare ancient votive tablets that depict Jataka stories or life stories of the Lord Buddha.
Finally, the Hall of Pre-historic Times showcases a model of the Padalin Cave that was determined to be more than 10,000 years old. Dug from this cave and now on display are prehistoric stone weapons and bronze weapons from a later age, clay pots, urns, tablets and necklaces, some dating back from the first century to the 9th century. There are also prehistoric paintings found inside the cave. Other rare archeological finds on display are a number of silver chedis (stupas) and fossils that are millions of years old. An anthropoid primate fossil is believed to be about 40 million years old. It was unearthed in the Pondaung Region of Upper Myanmar. These prehistoric treasures reveal just how extensive the collections are inside the National Museum of Myanmar.


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The Gecko team recently took to the streets of Split to find out about the Jewish history of Split.
Many cities have a rich Jewish cultural history and Split is no exception. We are guided on our tour by Lea Altarac, a member of the small Jewish community in Split. What follows is a fascinating account of how the Jews came to be in Split and how they managed with the Romans and beyond!
Here's a brief summary:
The tour includes a general history of Split and the development of the city from the 3rd century until today, focusing particularly on the settlement and the progress of the Jewish Community. We visited all the important sights that have had a historic and cultural significance to the development of the city and the Jewish Community. In fact, any tour of Split should not go without mentioning the role that the Jewish Community played in the cultural and economical development of the city and this tour certainly doesn't allow for that!
The tour includes a visit to the 1700-year-old Roman Palace – here, in the time of Emperor Diocletian, within the basement of the Palace lived a Jewish community. We know this because of the minora they carved in the ancient stone, still visible today – what were they doing there? Let Lea explore this question with you ….
We wander the City admiring the many beautiful squares and statues, the Bell Tower, the former Jewish ghetto and the merchants houses, the City of Split Museum and the Split synagogue. In the synagogue we get to meet Lea's dad who looks after the synagogue in Split but who explains he is unusually relaxed about the security of the Synagogue in Split – a most charming man who gratifies us all with tales of his family, past and present, who in common with most Jews had suffered persecution through the ages.
Then we are up the Marjan Hills, with spectacular views of Split and the Islands – towards the old Jewish Cemetery – it takes about 15 to 20 minutes to reach on foot but it can equally be reached by car/taxi. Most certainly worth the effort! We pick ourselves around the cemetery with Lea, once again, personalizing our tour by regaling us with stories of the Split Jewish community and some of the inhabitants.
Then we're down the hill and back in Split and much wiser for the experience I should add – a definite hit we all agree !!!
If you would like to go on the Jewish Walking Tour of Split please don't hesitate to ask as and we'll arrange it
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If the string of these three letters has you blushing, thinking of Barry White or latex bodysuits, you are in for a treat.
I don't need to tell you this, you know sex is everywhere. Beyond its constant use by the media and advertisers, sex has been used as a tool - for power, for money, in the subway, in art, in Instagram, and mail – for millennia. Sex is human, a cultural compass that defines us as the creatures we have become.
Sex's influence on design and architecture is sometimes subtle and sometimes obvious. It runs deep, dating back to antiquity, and continues to excite us all. To understand sex in design is to understand its context, both culturally and historically.
To us, unearthing its influence is important, as our studio was founded on sex and nightlife. During ICRAVE's infancy as a design/build studio, our founders spent their waking hours creating iconic environments that would excite anticipation. Those first night clubs were the foundation to all the hospitality work that quickly followed. Back then, our job was to anticipate people's wants before they even knew them. Throughout the process, we learned how to properly structure stripper poles and wrap banquettes with fabric strong enough to withstand the sharp heels of stiletto shoes. Yes, the old days were indeed fun – living right at the brink of being too much or just enough.
For The NSFW Issue, we are taking a deep dive to find sex's influence in design in both obvious and veiled places, with the hope of better understanding its power and its potential. From furniture design, to the influence of sex on typography, and the mad method for re-imagining the champagne room, this issue will open your eyes to the secret, juicy, sexy life of design.


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Announcement I love to search for unique treasures, which I use in my vintage redesigned jewelry. It may be an aged brass token, worn rhinestones, patinaed pearls, numbers of any kind, junk elements, semi-precious gemstones, vintage beads, and/or all other unique one-of-a-kind elements that I find in my treasure hunting. I search long and hard to find those special treasures just waiting to be unearthed, and than give them a new lease on life, to be once again loved and worn.
I love to search for unique treasures, which I use in my vintage redesigned jewelry. It may be an aged brass token, worn rhinestones, patinaed pearls, numbers of any kind, junk elements, semi-precious gemstones, vintage beads, and/or all other unique one-of-a-kind elements that I find in my treasure hunting. I search long and hard to find those special treasures just waiting to be unearthed, and than give them a new lease on life, to be once again loved and worn.
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Gretchen is awesome! She is such a talented, skilled artisan. With an incredibly creative eye for composition and detail. I love the ides that she takes things and repurposes them into something new, beautiful and one of a kind. I get so many compliments on my bracelet and look forward to the next piece that talks to me! Thanks Gretchen!
Why I Create Jewelry?
Many years ago, a young girl began a collection of all things small. She was always intrigued by the little things in nature. The agates along a winding gravel road. The tiny feather left behind by a bird. The beautiful cancelled stamp on a letter. The broken family heirloom necklace, long since forgotten in the attic of the quaint farmhouse she grew up in. Mother of Pearl or cut steel buttons from her Grandmothers button tin, were also something this young girl loved to run her fingers through. There were many other unusual things of beauty, that were also culled and collected along the years of this young girls life.
Flash forward to 19+ years ago, and this young girl, was now a young Mom. A Mom that was blessed to raise her baby girl and be a stay at home Mama to her then two year old daughter. It was then, that I the young Mom began playing with some of these items I had collected long ago. I started creating jewelry for myself, with the vintage pieces and beads collected over the years of my life. My church friends soon also wanted a piece of my jewelry I was creating. Thus, Mimi-Toria's became a reality. The name "Mimi-Toria's" came from my daughter, Emily, at age 2 would call herself MimiToria for her real name of Emily Victoria. This business I created is dedicated to my Mom now in Heaven, and my beloved daughter Emily Victoria, now 21 years old.
Vintage jewelry redesign is what I truly love to do. I take pieces of the past and recreate them into UNIQUE~SOULFUL~BEAUTIFUL jewelry designs. Each piece I create is created with much Prayer and with my whole Heart & Soul put into its design. I believe my God given calling is exactly what I am doing, and I share His love through my jewelry and build relationships that grow deeper with my customers. Many of these relationships have developed into life long friendships.
The materials I love to use are a mix of semi precious gemstones, natural objects such as Heart rocks and beach finds, unique keys, compasses, clock parts & mechanisms, Mother of Pearl elements, rhinestone pieces, mens pocket watch chains, lockets, watch fobs, locks, anything heart shaped, spoons, leather, feathers, brass tool tags, tokens of any kind, coins, religious medals, rosaries, crosses, baroque pearls, mercury glass, silk ribbons, and whatever else appeals to my senses.
I am grateful for you my customers, giving me the opportunity to live the dream of doing something that I love with my whole heart and soul, and because of repetitive requests, I am now going to use Etsy as another opportunity for customers to purchase my jewelry starting in 2016. If this platform of buying is your preference, then here are some lovelies for your heart to ponder now owning.
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Boundary Bay Day/
We three went off to Boundary Bay today in a beautiful pea green boat. (Not really, it just sounded like the beginning of a nursery rhyme and the story does involve an owl.) It was rather chilly, what with the wind coming off the water as it was and I was glad I had on my thick, wind-blocking, insulated pants. At first I felt overdressed, like I should be skiing, but I was sure glad I had them on after standing about staring through binoculars. Happily we saw three Northern Harriers flying over the swampy salt-water marsh area and at one point, very exciting this bit, one harrier startled/annoyed a Barn Owl into flight. The Barnie soared and flapped over the reeds in a jerky fashion until it settled down lost to sight. I know, silly harriers and their silly antics disturbing you.
Of course we didn't get any photos of the aforementioned birds but I included a pic of the area anyway because it is very beautiful, even in winter.
Even in winter...brrr... ( And yes, I noted the irony of wearing down whilst bird-watching. The down jacket is from Patagonia, however, and they source geese from European farms where goose down is a by-product of the food industry. The geese are raised primarily for their meat and liver (no force feeding is used). The down is collected by live-plucking at the farms and from slaughterhouses after the geese are killed. On these farms, live geese are plucked only when their feathers are ready to molt. The geese live outside but have access to the barn if they like. This is all from their Footprint Chronicle webpages so you can check out how they do things. Also the nice lady from Patagonia emailed me back right away when I asked her about the down. I love the jacket and I like knowing geese weren't killed just to keep me warm...just fed ; ) I guess I like to eat birds but not denude them??? Weird standards. Something to think about later.)
Okay, where was I?
O.W.L is the Orphaned Wildlife Rehabilitation Society and we stopped by on our way out of the area. Unfortunately it was closing time and we just missed the tour but the very friendly fellow invited us back in such a friendly fashion that we could not help but be befriended.


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We want our Anty Jane to feel allbettersoon very, very soon. Sending her strength
Callie Marie McChew-La and her stinky mom
A 21/2 hour pet scan she has to drink 16 ounces of something its better them 2 day colenocopy prep to see if they can find the precancerous tumor. She also has to call a neurosye dr to see why cant see on Paddy my iPad & get terrible headaches . I tried to do the pet scan for Mom but did not work .
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Some people can hold their breath longer than others. It always starts the same with an amused curiosity wondering how long you might be able to hold your breath. Not long into the challenge you find yourself coming to the realization that it won't be long before you are needing a fresh, new breath to fill your lungs and contribute oxygen to your bloodstream.
Interestingly in both the Hebrew and Greek languages, the word for "breath" also translates "spirit." They are synonymous in their expression yet in two parallel realms. Air is to the body what prayer is to the spirit.
Gen 2:7 the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. (NIV)
God breathed out and Adam breathed in. God breathed inspiration Word inspired literally means to be breathed into! Adam was dead and God breathed "the breath of life" into him and he was living. We are breathing and when we die we stop breathing. Breath and spirit are connected.
No matter where your focus was, when you stop breathing your focus changes to survival mode. If left "airless" for a short amount of time you begin slipping into unconsciousness. The same is true spiritually only the timeline is longer. Over a period of time if a Christian remains "prayerless" he or she begins slipping into spiritual unconsciousness.
This is why Leonard Ravenhill said, "A sinning man does not pray and a praying man does not sin." This parallel awakens so much understanding in Scripture.
1 Thess 5:17 pray without ceasing. NIV
We are taught to pray exactly the same way we breathe, "without ceasing."
Luke 18:1 "…men ought always to pray, and not to faint." KJV
If you're praying you're not fainting. If you're fainting you're not praying. A conversational relationship with God will cause you to live a life that is inspired and empowered by God!
Job 19:17 "My breath is offensive to my wife, And I am loathsome to my own brothers." NAS
Job was inspired by God breathing in what God was saying so he was breathing out what God was saying and those who were angry with God around him found this offensive. Sleepers find it offensive when light hits their slumber.
When you choose to live a life that is inspired by God daily you awaken your destiny! This is the idea behind the daily prayer focus. Here is a two minute video you can watch that shows the daily layout and the power of our prayer of agreement.
As we have looked at the origin of the words Monday and Tuesday we have learned together that Monday is a day of new beginnings. Tuesday is a day of fighting to create momentum to give us traction for progress. In today's message we are focusing on understanding Wednesday and Thursday.
From Creation standpoint Wednesday is the 4th day of creation when sun and moon were created. This is the place where you consider light for the future as well as reflection of the past. Giving reflection to what was and focus to what is ahead produces momentum to give birth to a very powerful Thursday.
The origin of Wednesday comes from the Old English Wōdnesdæg 'day of Odin,' named after the Germanic god Odin or Woden. Odin is equated with the Roman god Mercury. In English it is Wednesday from English origin. In Spanish it is Miercoles from Roman origin.
If you know your Marvel characters you know Odin produced a son named Thor.
Thursday comes from Thor's day. Again we have another day of the warrior. Tuesday is cultivating momentum to move into the week. Thursday is capturing momentum as continue through the week producing "victorious warfare" as a result of great momentum. Click here for the layout of the seven day focus.
Click here for a downloadable pdf file of this guide.
Please make sure everybody in your group has the handout of the 7 days of prayer focus.
1. Share something God has been revealing to you lately? This could be something you sense God has been speaking to you or perhaps something you've noticed as you've read your Bible lately.
God is so conversational that he sent his son and described him as a word in Scripture. It is important that we work to develop conversational rhythms with God in prayer, reading the Bible and gathering to worship.
2. As we read the following verses consider what stands out to you:
1 Thess 5:17 pray without ceasing. NIV
Luke 18:1 …men ought always to pray, and not to faint KJV
Rom 12:12 Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. NIV
Make room here for people to share any thoughts they have on these verses. You may want to read them more than once as the conversation continues.
Here are a few things you can point out after people have had the opportunity to share:
• Air is to the body what prayer is to the spirit. We pray like we breath, without ceasing.
• We are told to pray always so obviously this is not something you stop doing. Since it isn't something we stop doing it has more to do with who we are than what we do. Basically put this is about our conversational relationship with God as sons and daughters. God is constantly talking to us and he wants us to listen and participate in that conversation.
• We can be joyful in hope and patient in affliction by listening consistently to what God has to say about any and every situation. Prayer empowers us with God's perspective!
3. What are you thoughts on this quote by Leonard Ravenhill?
"A sinning man does not pray and a praying man does not sin."
Conclude again this week by making time to pray. Perhaps you can read through and pray according to the 7 day prayer focus according to whatever day of the week you are meeting as your prayer focus.


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Hi from London,
It's been a week of mind opening ideas. I've had 5 meetings a day. It's been an interesting mix of serious corporate types plus craft whiskey / beer company owners.
What I'm learning is that understanding of what it really takes to as we say "Find, Filter and Fast Track" big ideas is very low.
I've talked to corporate people who are living in denial that the world is changing.
I've talked to entrepreneurs who are not confronting the reality of their "math."
FORTUNATELY - I've also talked to…
Very wise retired corporate leaders who have a real sense or urgency.
Young entrepreneurs who are profitably commercializing products that blow away the "big guys."
I met the owner of the Speakeasy under Milroy;s (You have to push on a bookcase to find the hidden staircase). He blew me away with his understanding of the art and science of cocktails. I He tasted our whiskey - and we riffed on ideas for new cocktails.


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On absences, and life.
Hey there. Long time no see, right?
Well, yes, I understand I haven't updated the comic since… June. I have reasons. Life reasons!
Thing is – Kyuzo and I journeyed into the most difficult level in life – New Game+, essentially.
So yeah, I haven't been feeling good lately because I was preggers. Thankfully that's over… But now I have sleepless nights. Wonderful, right? Gyahahahhaa!
But fret not… the comic WILL resume! Just other things took priority during my time in the last couple of months [like completing commissions and other personal projects] but the comic is NOT DEAD and is NOT UNDER HIATUS! Nope!
I will resume updates soonish.
Soonish could mean in a week or in a month.
As soon as I figure out what this lil' demon wants from me…
Also, yes, the little one will shoot his arms skywards – as if to… Oh, I don't know…
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One of the highlights during our trip in Herefordshire was the visit in the International Centre for Birds of Prey in Newton. You'll find more information about the centre on their Website.
Sie sieht aus wie ein kleines weisses "Gspängstli", die Schleiereule in Action.
Barn Owls look to me like little ghosts.
Isn't she a beauty?
Bon app!
I think this was a Harris Hawk, but I'm not sure anymore. For me it's very difficult to see the difference between Hawks, Kites, Buzzards etc.
I was always wondering, why the birds didn't just vanish while flying free. But they are well kept, have enough food and everything else they need for a comfort life. But sometimes they get out of sight for a short time to have some fun with the pidgeons or other wildlife at the field beside the centre. During the show, one kite disappeared for about five minutes and then returned to finish the show. The staff wasn't bothered at all, they knew the birds will return sometime.
Mother and daughter at their show.
A falcon at his training program.
Of course the man isn't hurting the falcon. He just swings the rope while the falcon tries to get the target at the end of the rope.
He enjoys that game and takes just another try ...
… to catch that thing.
And so he did! Well done!
The star of the show was this snow-owl youngster. What a beauty!
Well, he needed a little bit more motivation to get his butt in the air. The staff member has first to come a bit closer to persuade the feathery guy.
Natürlich sind die Flugshows für uns Besucher faszinierend, aber das Zentrum macht fiel mehr. Sie päppeln verletzte Raubvögel wieder auf, wildern sie aus, wann immer das möglich ist ... wenn nicht, haben die Tiere im Zentrum ein Für-Immer-Zuhause. Auch Zucht wird betrieben und Aufklärung und Unterstützung in fernen Ländern angeboten, um das Aussterben vieler bedrohter Arten zu verhindern. Wirklich eine gute Sache und natürlich haben wir uns da noch etwas weiter umgesehen unter den Bewohnern.
Of course the shows are the publicums favorite, but there is a lot more the centre is doing to protect and save many of the most endangered species of birds of prey. They get injured birds, foster them to get them back into the wild or if this isn't possible because they have seriously injuries, they'll have a forever home at the centre. The staff work on projects all over the world to provent extinction of those magnificent creatures. They do such an important job. Of course we had a good look around between the shows.
Hey, Babe. Have a date with me?
In another life, kid.
Oh, you wanted to meet the little red riding hood? Sorry, wrong cap.
Vulture. The ICBP is working hard to save vultures from disappearing. Those misunderstood animals are very important to the Environment in prevention of disease, cleaning up and in some places for cultural reasons. Fingers crossed that those projects will end in a success.
Hmm, Habicht, Milan, Bussard oder doch ein Adler? Sorry, mein Guter, ich kenne mich wirklich zu wenig aus.
Hawk, Kite, Buzzard or Eagle? Sorry, I don't know anymore… What I do know, that he looks very majestic and …
Auf alle Fälle kann er seine Flugshow kaum abwarten.
… that he can't wait to get back up into the air.
A Hawk… I guess.
He is waiting for his stage appearance as ...
… does this little falcon.
Gosh, I didn't even ask him to pose. He's a natural :o)
Oh dear, I still have to laugh thinking back on this giant baby. The hopping feather ball is a Condor baby girl.
That pic shall give you an understanding how big the baby was.
She seems to join the staff everywhere, even in their lunch time. To our joy, she had a lot of nonsense in her mind.
Uuuuargh, I'm a big bird monster, who frightens the people to death!
Warum glaubt mir das bloss keiner?
Why don't they believe me?
Fruit salad… how delicious … Sure this is for me.
After lunch it's playtime.
Then a little bit of cuddling.
Gosh, I would have loved to take this sweet girl with me. How my neighbors would have looked, to see a Condor flying over their heads :o). But no, of course the Baby Condor is in good hands at the ICBP. If you like, I show you some more photos of this exciting place on another time. Till then, have a good time.


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Have you discovered the Profusion thrillers? Profusion, a publishing house based in London, UK, offers Romanian crime fiction that certainly thrills, but also offers a glimpse into a country that used to be behind the Iron Courtain but is now part of the European Union.
Their books are available on the Profusion site and, in electronic format, through the Kindle Shop on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com, or via the localised versions for Germany, France, Italy and Spain.


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The current marathon world record was set in September 2014 by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto
Vodafone has joined forces with elite runner Kenenisa Bekele in a world record breaking attempt to beat the two-hour marathon barrier.
The operator and the Ethiopian long distance athlete are part of a project called SUB2 whose main purpose is to demonstrate how science and technology can improve athletic performance. Bekele and his support team have been using an application designed by the network which measures distance and speed. Vodafone claims it is up to 10 times more accurate than alternatives currently on the market. It will soon be able to measure heart rate alongside skin and core temperature once future updates have been completed.
The application connects to a cloud-based portal, allowing Bekele and his team to study data on a desktop, tablet or smartphone in real time. It has been designed to operate on smart watches independent of any handset.
Bekele is currently the world record holder for 5,000 (12 minutes and 37.35 seconds) and 10,000 (26 minutes and 17.53 seconds) metre distances. He currently holds the second fastest recorded time for a marathon at two hours and 03.03 minutes. The current world marathon record of two hours and 2.57 minutes was set in September 2014 by Kenyan Dennis Kimetto.
Vodafone Group head of network strategy and architecture Santiago Tenorio said: "As the SUB2 project's technology partner, Vodafone is empowering elite athletes to make some of the marginal gains needed to break the two hour marathon barrier. This project showcases Vodafone's ability to provide connectivity and innovative services for standalone wearable devices."


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The 8th century poem, thought to describe the ruined Roman city of Bath, could actually be the oldest known surviving text in the world to describe Stonehenge, according to a medieval language scholar.
'The Ruin' was written in Old English by an unknown author and published in the 8th century in the Exeter Book (unfortunately, a large diagonal burn damaged part of the script). It mournfully evokes the former glory of the ruins it describes by jumping from present to past.
The general consensus among analysts since the 19th century is that it depicts the city of Bath due to its distinct references to a hot spring, bathing halls, and a circular pool. It was also written at a point in history when Bath had greatly decayed in the several centuries since its former imperial Roman heyday.
Medieval language expert Dr Graeme Davis, a research fellow at the University of Buckingham, has now provided a new translation of the famous poem. He believes it actually describes Stonehenge, as well as an ancient spring recently discovered by archaeologists at nearby Blick Mead and Amesbury, the oldest settlement in the UK, having been continuously occupied since 8820 BC.
Dr Davis points to references to the stones as the "elders" or "old ones", how "fate has shattered the wondrous, mighty stones" and how they have "fallen", as well as the "hundred generations" passed since they were built. He told the BBC: "it's describing a ruin and Stonehenge. There are so many references to curved beams, and a ditch around it, so it doesn't appear to be Bath."
The earliest known direct reference to Stonehenge was made by Henry of Huntingdon around 1130 AD in the Historia Anglorum (History of the English), when he wrote: "Stonehenge, where stones of extraordinary dimensions are raised as columns, and others are fixed above, like lintels of immense portals; and no one has been able to discover by what mechanism such vast masses of stone were elevated, nor for what purpose they were designed."
If Dr Davis is correct, 'The Ruin' would pre-date this by around 4 centuries. Read his translation and see what you think:
Fate has shattered the wondrous, mighty stones. The city is broken, the works of giants has perished. The top parts have fallen, the high rocks tumbled, the beams are bereaved, the mortar has failed, broken holes provide no shelter from the storms; the old ones are eaten away. The worldly craftsmen, now decayed, now departed, are held in the clutch of the earth; they have rested in the grip of the grave while a hundred generations of their nation have passed away. Only the wall, lichen-covered and stained red, has outlived one kingdom after another, and remains standing against the storms, its high curves fallen.
[What their] hearts knew, their craft expressed through zeal for circle building. The foundations of the walls were wondrously supported and the surrounding earth-banks shone. There were many {standing stones} with many pinnacles, full of the sounds of war and of much banqueting and of earthly pleasures. Then swift fate changed all that. Men perished everywhere; the day of pestilence came; death took all the host of men; the warriors were stolen. The bulwarks decayed. The site was in ruins because those who should have repaired it were dead. Therefore these structures are mournful and these curved, red-stained remnants have fallen away from the circular beams. In their downfall they sank down to the ground, smashed to pieces.
Before in this place had been many men, joyous and splendidly adorned with bright gold, proud and drunk, shining in their armour, with treasure, silver worked gems, wealth, riches, pearls and the bright fortress with its wide dominion. Near where the raised stones stand there is a warm stream with a wide spring. A wall surrounds it all, and within its bright circuit were the baths, warm and ready, conveniently placed. The flow…over the grey stone warm streams…the round pool…warm…where the baths were.


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Ladies…10 things your man should never make you do, no matter how much you love him| Beware of #2
You might think that you love your man so much, you'd do absolutely anything for him, but then again, there are also some things a man simply should never ask a woman to do for him.
Being in a relationship doesn't mean that you have to give up the right to be an individual, with a mind of your own, so find out where the line has to be drawn and read these ten things no man should ever ask a girl to do.
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Ghpage.com brings you 10 things your man should never make you do, no matter how much you love him| Beware of #2
10. Stop seeing your friends
You do need a life outside of a relationship and friends are an important part of that. If he is trying to stop you from going out with your friends, then that's a sign of his own insecurities or of his controlling nature and you shouldn't be putting up with it.
9. Be more of a girl
Yes, some guys do still think that girls should know their place! Well, don't stand for it. If you are not the pretty pink, candy floss, stay at home type, then don't be.
Get out there and do the things that you want to do, even if he does think that they are not 'girly' enough pastimes.
8. Force you to stay when you really want to leave
If you are really unhappy in a relationship, then you should end it. Don't let a man force to you to stay, just because he doesn't want it to end and, don't let him make you stay through emotional blackmail either.


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Beware Northern Line users: TfL warns of bank holiday travel trouble
Frequenters of the Northern Line, prepare yourselves.
For parts of the line are set to be extremely busy for the bank holiday with a planned closure over the weekend.
Clapham Common Tube station will be closed after events on Clapham Common from 9.30pm on Saturday 26 August, Sunday 27 August and Monday 28 August.
Ranked: These are the 10 most irritating Tube gripes for Londoners
Those hoping to use Clapham Common Tube station have been advised to go to Clapham North station instead, or avoid travelling from 9.30pm on Saturday, and from 9pm on Sunday and Monday.
Transport for London (TfL) has warned a queuing system will be in place at Clapham South station, due to the SW4 and House of Common events, as it's expecting it to be extremely busy. Passengers have been encouraged to opt for the nearby Balham station instead, or avoid travelling from 10pm if possible.
The news probably isn't going to do much for the poor Northern Line's rating among Londoners either. Just this week, YouGov released research revealing while the Jubilee Line was favoured among users of the capital's transport network, the Northern Line trailed as the worst (yes, even beating out the sauna that is the Central Line).
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Meanwhile, TfL has also warned that the bank holiday weekend will be busy with Notting Hill Carnival, as well as football matches (plus some upgrade work taking place over the rail network).
Changes over the bank holiday weekend:
- No DLR between Stratford and Bow Church due to Crossrail construction work at Pudding Mill Lane (Sunday 27 August and Monday 28 August)
- No London Overground between Euston and Watford Junction for Network Rail track work (Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 August)
- No London Overground between Romford and Upminster for Crossrail construction work (Sunday 27 and Monday 28 August)
- No TfL Rail service on the entire line between Liverpool Street and Shenfield for Network Rail track and station work as well as Crossrail construction work (Sunday 27 August and Monday 28 August)
- No London Overground service between South Tottenham and Barking on Saturday 26 August until 7pm due to Network Rail work
- No London Overground service between Gospel Oak and Barking from 7pm Saturday 26 August until 3.30pm Sunday 27 August due to Network Rail work
Events to be aware of:
- Chelsea vs Everton and Crystal Palace vs Swansea City (Saturday 26 August)
- Tottenham Hotspur vs Burnley at Wembley Stadium (Sunday 27 August)
- Notting Hill Carnival (Sunday 27 August and Monday 28 August)
Read more: Travel chaos looms in London over busy August bank holiday weekend


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Maybe the traditionally acrimonious SQL and NoSQL camps will end up as one big happy family after all.
A new beta tool from Quest Software lets users mix and match traditional SQL data and non-relational NoSQL data in the cloud.
Toad for Cloud Databases, released in beta, aims "to put NoSQL databases within reach of traditional relational database developers," according to a company spokesman.
CTOEdge.com said Quest seeks "to act as a peacemaker between the emerging NoSQL databases and proponents of traditional SQL database software."
Toad uses a GUI with visual query and data access capabilities to let users "query and report on non-relational data, migrate data in both cloud and relational databases from one to the other, and create queries that combine the two," the company said. It works with Amazon SimpleDB, Microsoft Azure Table services, Apache HBase and ODBC relational databases.
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Spray it baby
When we think of food that has been sprayed upon, it is usually not a good sign. Yeah yeah. But this one is obviously different because what is inside the bottle brings great flavour to the object of desire.
Fragrance bottles are found mostly in your cosmetic department. We know you could fill a whole department ;) But what if you think of elements, you can extract from there? Like this spray bottle you could fill with all kinds of fun liquids to apply on the (boring/casual/flavourless/same old) food. Ehh when it is an unused bottle of course.
Beetroot and lemon juice on a piece of sweet apple? Or a vinaigrette for a salad? The salty truffle oil on those boiled potatoes? Or maybe even some cognac you would light up the next time you serve cheese? Just spray it baby.
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Build a Farm, Grow MEVO!
We need your help!
We are building a movement for collective action to create a future that is sustainable for our children and grandchildren and we need YOU to make it happen!
We are MEVO (Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization, Inc.) - a youth led environmental not-for-profit organization based in Northern New Jersey.
We are led entirely by unpaid youth volunteers, high school, college, and graduate students, as well as adults with a young spirit.
We are building a two acre, community/educational farm, the first of its kind in New Jersey. Please volunteer, donate, and SHARE this kickstarter video with your friends, family, and community.
The Farm
MEVO's two acre community farm at Campgaw Mountain Reservation in Mahwah, New Jersey is the first of it's kind in Northern New Jersey. Managed by a part-time farm manager and an army of volunteers, the farm will work within and throughout the community to grow a larger environmental movement in the region. The mission of the farm is to provide educational organic farming programs, opportunities for creative sustainability innovation, and to inspire a value for growing nutritious organic produce to Northern New Jersey residents.
This community farm is focused on being an innovator and thought leader for environmental sustainability and we believe it has a huge opportunity to go above and beyond similar farms of its kind. The farm is innovative in several ways. Its primary focus is education rather than producing food. It is extremely accessible to Northern New Jersey residents. It will be operating on a community level within and throughout Northern New Jersey. It will inspire a direct connection between community members and local farmers. And it will serve as a creative space for sustainability innovation in many forms.
What does all that mean? The farm, like MEVO, aims to inspire a larger movement for environmental sustainability throughout the suburbs and a greater care for the quality of food people are eating. The farm will be open to all types of people, all ages, from anywhere! We will offer educational field trips to students from Kindergarten to Graduate level, opportunities for visitors from abroad to stay at the farm and work, volunteers days and educational programs for people with disabilities and developmental delay, as well as handicap accessible farming for people who are in wheelchairs. This community farm is focused on being a community effort and the more people involved in collectively growing this project the greater the impact will be.
Our vision is to create a future that is sustainable and better for future generations. This farm will be the seed that will grow the forest of social change and achieve our vision.
Changing the culture of society is hard work and we can't do it by ourselves - we need partnerships, allies, and, most importantly, people. With this in mind MEVO's farm is focused on being as collaborative as possible. In addition to farming on site, we will continue to partner with local schools by building gardens and farms on their campuses. We will offer educational workshops for community members to learn how to farm at their homes and we will help them install gardens and hives at their private residences. We will also be partnering with local farmers whose families have been growing food for hundreds of years and have them advise and support our farm's mission. We have countless not-for-profit, for-profit, government, and many other organizations donating and partnering with MEVO to really make this farm a "community" effort and use this space to bring people together around our collective values of sustainability.
What is MEVO (Mahwah Environmental Volunteers Organization)?
We are a youth led environmental not-for-profit organization in Northern New Jersey.
- Founded in July of 2008
- Led entirely by high school, college, and graduate students as well as young spirited adults.
- Carrying out volunteer initiatives in Northern New Jersey and Lower New York since 2008.
- Mobilizing over 2,500 volunteers to carry out over 23,000 hours of service.
- We plan a lot of volunteer events
- Giving out free recycling bins and rain barrels
- Building hiking trails and restoring soil erosion
- Teaching about sustainability in schools
- Planting trees, community organizing, and more.
We clean-up illegal pollution in Northern New Jersey.
- Our biggest partner for this work is Ramapough Lunaape Nation an indigenous community in Northern, NJ.
- We work with them to remove illegal dumping on Stag Hill in Mahwah, New Jersey.
- 2013 we removed over 100,000 lbs (50 tons) of waste
- 2014 over 4000 tires removed. All with volunteers.
We have already started.
We have the land. We have the hands. We have already taken soil samples of the property and have started obtaining donations of compost, tools, storage containers, wheel barrels, and more.
We are planning on breaking ground this fall and starting the basic excavation of the site this month.
The farm programs:
Educational Field Trips for people of all ages to learn about sustainable agriculture and how to grow their own food with our methods.
Horticultural/Garden Therapy for children in abuse shelters, pediatric hospice, and foster homes. In addition, we hope to lead several summer camps for these groups to come out and experience the farm.
Volunteer opportunities for people with disabilities and developmental delay.
Handicap Accessible Workdays for people who are in wheelchairs to be able to volunteer and help grow a bounty of produce.
Lectures, presentations, and roundtable discussions at the lodge on environmental sustainability and social change strategies.
Workshops offering hands-on intensive educational opportunities for people to learn basic farm skills. Crop rotation, beekeeping, mushroom growing, orchard management, etc.
Building Gardens - MEVO already builds gardens for both not-for-profits and schools and donates these gardens to these groups for their own programs. We will continue to do this with the schools that visit the farm.
Educational Classroom Visits - During the farm season we will be visiting classrooms to teach about the work on our farm and invite students to visit.
Summer Camping / Farm Camp- Countless rustic campsites surround the farm which will be used by high school students throughout the summer for several farm camps. These youth will stay over at these camp sites hiking, farming, learning about sustainability during the day and hanging out at night.
Apprentice Farmers and Internships- Every summer MEVO has a crew of interns that work for MEVO's farms learning the basics of sustainable farming. There will be a huge intern crew this summer helping to manage all the work on the two acre farm.
The Long Term Plan? To Change the World.
MEVO's mission is to be the model for the creation of scalable ecological solutions that inspire and empower people to take action for a better future.
Our vision for this farm is that it becomes the model for how to establish a truly sustainable community farm between government and not-for-profit organizations.
Our organization has been recognized nationally and locally. It is our vision to grow this farm's impact to an ever bigger level.
Our Team
MEVO has thousands of volunteers working every single day to create a sustainable world. The people below are some of the dedicated environmental volunteers making this farm possible.
David Nicholson - Director of Communications
David (email@example.com), a veteran volunteer, is responsible for MEVO's e-mails and MEVO's various social media channels. He also contributes to the written content of the MEVO website. David has completed wilderness first aid training, was inspired to start beekeeping thanks to MEVO's Farm to Live program, and has hiked the local state parks of Northern New Jersey with family and friends. Currently, David is a student at Northeastern University in Boston, with a major in Business Administration along with an Environmental Studies minor. David enjoys strength training with kettlebells, beekeeping, improvisational theater, reading books of all kinds, and the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes. His plans for the future are to pursue a path that helps make the world a better place.
Isaac Rozenberg - Farm Designer and Builder
Isaac (firstname.lastname@example.com) is currently designing and building the Bergen County Educational Farm with his brother, Josh Rozenberg. Isaac is also pursuing degrees in both Biochemistry and French at SUNY Stony Brook on Long Island. He lives in Morristown, NJ and enjoys rock climbing, skiing, hiking, traveling, and gardening. Isaac has a deep interest in mycology (the study of fungus and mushrooms). He farms using permaculture design principles and grows edible and medicinal mushrooms. Isaac hopes to see MEVO grow and continue to make a positive impact on our local communities.
Josh Rozenberg - Farm Designer and Builder
Josh (firstname.lastname@example.com) is one of MEVO's farm designers and builders. His job is to plan, design, and build the spaces that we use for farming. He began working with MEVO as a volunteer in summer 2013 and has been involved with the Bergen County Educational Farm project since January 2014. He is Interested in sustainability, especially in the fields of permaculture, land use, green building, agriculture, and development. He served 3 years in the NJ Army National Guard and is currently studying Geography at Rutgers University.
Pamela Gilligan - Farm Crew Leader
Pam (firstname.lastname@example.com) is a student at Ramapo College and pursuing a major in Environmental Studies. This past Summer of 2014 Pamela worked for MEVO as a Farm Crew Intern where she was able to get a hands on experience as a farmer and learn a significant amount about beekeeping and community involvement. She is currently MEVO's Farm Crew Leader for the Fall of 2014. From a young age she has been one with the environment, developing a green thumb while working in her yard and participating in activities to spread environmental awareness. She was active in many 4-H volunteer clubs throughout high school. In these clubs she cleaned rivers and streets, maintained nature trails, planted trees, and did a wide assortment of other environmental projects. In her free time, she enjoys gardening, reading, yoga, aromatherapy, and baking.
Eric J. Fuchs-Stengel - Executive Director / Farm Manager
Eric (email@example.com / 2013164888) is the Executive Director and Founder of MEVO. He has recently graduated from the New York University Gallatin School of Individualized Study majoring in Environmental Sustainability and Social Change with a minor in Environmental Studies. He has worked for many environmental organizations such as City Growers, New York-New Jersey Trail Conference, Greenpeace, AmeriCorps, and the Energy Action Coalition. In addition, to his full time role at MEVO, he is also the full time Outreach Coordinator for the Rockland Conservation & Service Corps a program of the Rockland County Government Youth Bureau. He has worked internationally, in the summer of 2011, Eric went to the Buddhist Kingdom of Bhutan in the Himalayan Mountains and studied eastern Himalayan forests and rural livelihoods with the School for Field Studies. Among the many honors Eric has received for his work thus far, in 2014 he was declared a "New Jersey Hero," by New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie; he is the 29th New Jersey Hero to date. That same year he was also awarded the National Jefferson Award for Public Service, "The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Award for Outstanding Public Service Benefiting Local Communities." The Jefferson Award is positioned as the, "Nobel Prize for Public Service," and is considered the nation's highest honor for community service; Eric is one of only two hundred people in the world since 1974 to receive this award.
We have two acres of land.
Our land is donated by the government! The County of Bergen has generously donated two acres of farmland at Campgaw Mountain Reservation in Mahwah, New Jersey. After many meetings and discussions the Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders and County Executive Kathleen Donovan approved the farm to be built.
- The County of Bergen is the best partner to have
- To change society requires having the government involved in creating that change.
- We have a vision for a future that is environmentally sustainable and to make that future come true you need to have all systems in society participating in creating that vision.
- Our farm is located on land owned by the government and it is supported by for-profit, not-for-profit, and many other organizations.
- Government support shows that creating a sustainable community farm is needed, important, and possible anywhere.
- We are creating a model that can be replicated anywhere in the country.
- The land is leased for five years with renewal of the lease at the end of the five years.
We have camping bathrooms with showers on site so we can stay squeaky clean. We can connect into these bathrooms for electricity. We have no electric bill.
We have the Mountain Side Lodge
A 1970's era ski lodge. This building has been waiting for a productive use since the closure of the tobogganing hill in this section of the park years ago. We will be using the lodge for our barn, workshop, community center, meeting place, and on-farm environmental education center.
The lodge has a HUGE stone fire place with two fire pits inside. We have already thrown some awesome events here.
Risks and challenges
What are our biggest challenges?
1. Hiring our first paid Farm Manager
SOLUTION: MEVO is working everyday to find donations from corporate partners to support hiring a Farm Manager full-time to be paid to manage the farm. Our Executive Director, Eric will be the Farm Manager for the farm's first two years of operation. We have already received donations from SHARP Electronics, Rockland Electric, United Water, and others to support this cost.
2. Building the farm this spring
SOLUTION: We are mobilizing a small army of thousands of volunteers to support building the farm this spring. We have acquired commitments of donations for the use of trucks, machinery, and tractors to prepare the farm for cultivation.
3. Developing a sustainable business model
SOLUTION: MEVO's Board of Directors and farm designers are developing value-added products which our farm can sell to support our operations. Fruits, vegetables, mushrooms, honey, salsa, sauces, beeswax, mushroom dowels, seeds, hot sauce, dried herbs, spices, teas, as well as educational program fees will support the farm after the initial start up cost.
Funding period
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