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By Revs. Don and Susan Dewey, Co-Regional Ministers
"The LORD delights in those who fear him, who put their hope in his unfailing love." ~Psalm 147:11
Hope is subversive according to Old Testament Scholar and Theologian Walter Brueggemann. He writes, "Hope, on one hand, is an absurdity too embarrassing to speak about, for it flies in the face of all those claims we have been told are facts. Hope is the refusal to accept the reading of reality, which is the majority opinion; and one does that only at great political and existential risk. On the other hand, hope is subversive, for it limits the grandiose pretension of the present, daring to announce that the present to which we have all made commitments is now called into question."
In the face of our current political divisiveness and growing proliferation of hateful rhetoric and violence, hope that envisions a more grace-filled and compassionate future can be both inspiring and empowering.
One could not help but be inspired by the incredible success of the U.S. women's gymnastics team, or "The Final Five," at the Olympics in Rio last month. Those five amazing women showed us the power of camaraderie and community across racial, cultural, economic, and religious lines. They showed us that when marginalized people lift each other up with love and laughter, even in the face of hate, everyone benefits. For us at least, "The Final Five" were a sign of hope in our turbulent world today.
In the midst of the shifting sands of our religious climate, how do we as the church offer relevance and hope to our communities affected by brokenness and fear? How do we demonstrate an alternative reality based on restorative justice and love?
Again Dr. Brueggemann invites us to consider the ancient practice of lament. "The surprise of Israel's prayer is that the extravagance of praise does not silence or censor Israel's need, but seems to legitimate and authorize a second extravagance, the extravagance of complaint, lament, accusation, petition, indignation, assault, and insistence." To genuinely lament the shifts in our current reality from what has been frees us to be ready to embrace the new and more hopeful future God is inviting us into.
We often listen to voices that tell us the church is dying or no longer relevant. The truth is that the church is alive and well and even growing in many parts of the world. What appears to be dying is our western Anglo-Saxon style of church. Our traditional models of church are giving way to new models and expressions of church that are reaching younger generations.
We must be willing to give one another permission to genuinely lament practices and styles of our corporate worship and ministry that have sustained us and that have been the primary source of our security and strength as faith communities as new forms and ministries emerge. It is not that these former ways are no longer valid or important, rather we must be open to new expressions and practices that are reconnecting us to the communities we are entrusted to serve.
The medium is changing, but the message is still the same – love, grace, compassion, justice and peace lead to life.
Fear arises when the current arrangements are being called into question and are no longer working. With fear there is always a push to hold onto the way things have always been even when those ways run counter to our call to love and justice. Hope on the other hand inspires us to imagine an alternative future where God's shalom is restored for all.
Brueggemann writes, "It is there within and among us, for we are ordained of God to be people of hope. It is there by virtue of our being in the image of the promissory God. It is sealed there in the sacrament of baptism. It is dramatized in the Eucharist—'until he come.' It is the structure of every creed that ends by trusting in God's promises. Hope is the decision to which God invites Israel, a decision against despair, against permanent consignment to chaos (Isa 45:18), oppression, barrenness, and exile."
Jesus said, "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another" (John 13:34-35). What was new was not the command to love – the Hebrew Scriptures were full of such commands – but the command to love as Jesus did – expansively, unconditionally, and inclusively.
In his ministry and teachings, Jesus broke down the barriers he encountered and refused to limit God's favor to a chosen few. Jesus demonstrated in his life and in his death that love cannot be stopped. If God is love, then it is a love that cannot be fully measured, cannot be fully known, cannot be fully comprehended; and it is a love that includes every person. Thinking back to the opening of the recent Olympics in Rio, and watching the parade of participants from countries all over the world as they made their way into the stadium, I imagined this to be a hopeful image of what God would desire for us as human beings; coming together to demonstrate our best in love and justice.
May we be bearers of God's hope for our world that is in desperate need of this Good News!
Together on the journey,
Don and Susan
Your Co-Regional Ministers


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Hi Lak, On Wed, 21 Aug 2002, V. Lakshmanan wrote: > > I changed the MathType from > > (radial,gate)->(x,y,z,gatevalue) > > to: > > (radial,gate) -> (x,y,z) -> (gatevalue) > > and attached the x,y,z axes to the Display axes > > and I do get filled pixels. Actually, your new MathType is ((x,y,z) -> gatevalue). A MathType of ((radial,gate) -> ((x,y,z) -> gatevalue)) would require a FieldImpl with FlatFields passed to its setSamples() method. > I spoke too soon ... there is still a problem. > I do get filled pixels in the xy plane, but > things are not filled along the surface of the > cone ... instead I get rings. > There is a snapshot and source code at: > http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/~lakshman/ElevationScan.html Thanks for this very informative web page about your problem. > a) I am using x,y,z as the domain, so why is > the x-y direction working, but not the z-component? > b) Is there a conical geometry in visad that > I am overlooking here? > c) How do I tell the display not to interpolate > but use the nearest neighbor? As you said in your previous email, the domain Set of your FlatField is a Gridded3DSet with manifold dimension = 1. The rings in your image are actually connected in one big spiral (you can see the jogs in the spiral at about 2:30 o'clock in your image). There are several possible ways to see the elevation of your data. One way is to use your original MathType: ((radial,gate)->(x,y,z,gatevalue)) with ScalarMaps radial->Longitude and gate->Radius. Then in your call to addReference() use the signature that takes a DataReference and also a ConstantMap[] array. Pass in a ConstantMap of your elevation value to Latitude. If you want the elevation to be part of your data, use the MathType: (elevation, ((radial,gate)->(x,y,z,gatevalue))) This is a Tuple combining a Real elevation with your original FlatField. Then include ScalarMaps radial->Longitude, gate->Radius and elevation->Latitude. A different approach is to use the MathType of your new program: ((x, y, z) -> gatevalue) But use a Gridded3DSet with manfold dimension = 2. In place of your constructor: new Gridded3DSet( domainTuple, xyz, xyz[0].length ) use: new Gridded3DSet( domainTuple, xyz, num_radials, num_gates ) Good luck, Bill
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Vivint Gives Back Brings the Holidays to Children in Need
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My son is turning 3 years old on June 8th. He has been with a private sitter since he was 6 weeks. I am concerned about his adjusting to being around so many other children. We agreed that he needs to be around other children his age for socialization. He starts next week and is there any advice for throwing him into such a new environment. Should I start him off with 1/2 days and transition him into full days? I am so nervous...


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1994 Historic Northern New Mexico Addition
The challenge was to add a master bedroom and storeroom to a double adobe vernacular Northern New Mexico house in a village in New Mexico. Without compromising the character of the house or imposing an inappropriate mass in the land we added a new voice to the valley. We chose to use traditional proportions, slightly, over scale and designed a "knuckle" that allowed the massing shift which also takes advantage of the solar aspect of the site. The front and sides were untouched.


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Tadaaahh! Here's the last post on Marie Antoinette inspired tattoos, and maybe the funniest one. Because this one is about the most awful tattoos I could find! And unfortunately for Marie Antoinette and tattooing, but fortunately for us, there were loads! I'm not just talking about tattoos that are badly done, I am also talking about tattoos that in my opinion portray MA in a really odd or horrid manner, even though they're technically done well. If you don't agree, please let me know. ;D Enjoy!
P.S. I don't know who did these tattoos and I don't own any of these designs.
Left: okaaay, so I have seen several Marie Antoinettes as mermaids. Why? What's the link between MA and mermaids? The tattoo isn't that badly done, but it's just very ''what the F did I just see?''.
Right: the MA tattoo next to it however, isn't done that well. I think the tattooist tried to show Marie Antoinettes flirtiness in a kind of burlesque way or something, but instead it turned out kind of trashy. Like an 18th century Peggy Bundy. :') And what's with the white dress? With a subject like MA you can go all out with costumes, hair and accessories! So I say: you just waisted an amazing designing opportunity!
Left: this tattoo must be the stiffest tattoo I've seen in my whole life!! I guess it has to be a bit stiff seen as it's supposed to be a (neo)traditional tattoo. Okay, the linework and colouring are good, but jeeeez.. The face looks like they took it straight off a random pin-up tattoo, the wig is grey (why?! What's with the grey wigs?!!), the bow on the wig looks totally out of place like that, right in the middle of the wig, and the boat - although very Marie Antoinette - looks like they pasted it on there last minute. By the way: they didn't wear collars like that back then, but whatever.
Right: the zombie Marie Antoinette; I've seen several of them (doesn't matter if they were meant to be zombies or just turned out that way). This tattoo is VERY well done! I'll give you that one. And I get the idea, it's supposed to show MA as a zombie and/or as the decadent, spoiled etc. creature some people say she was. But Marie Antoinette as a zombie in a strapless dress, holding a Martini, just doesn't work for me.
Left: I think you can all see what's wrong with this tattoo: the proportions are totally off. Her head is huge compared to her shoulders, her arms are really short and slim, her feet are too small and her legs are as long as her torso. Which is a shame really, because this is one of the only tattooists that has used all the fun, extravagant assets of the fashion whims from back then. I like the wig and it's accessories!
Right: if you look really, really, really closely you should be able to see the beautiful actrice Kirsten Dunst as Marie Antoinette (in the movie with the same name), as she is shown on the movie poster and DVD cover. A picture I love by the way, and so does the lady in the pic. Unfortunately she chose the wrong tattooist to put it on her back. This is seriously ghastly! Don't let Kirsten see this!!
(P.S. The banner underneath the right tattoo says: ''L'Amour pour moi qui je suis, pas qui vous voulez être à moi'', which literally translates to: ''The love for who I am, not who you want to be for me'', but I guess it's supposed to say: ''Aimez-moi pour qui je suis, pas pour qui vous me voulez être'' / ''Love me for who I am, not for who you want me to be''. Should've studied her French a bit more before she got it I guess! ;'D)
And now, not to leave you guys behind with a horrible headache from all these tattoos and all my babbling, here is a gorgeous Marie Antoinette-esk drawing with an insane wig and hat I found somewhere on the internet. Unfortunately I totally forgot where I got it.
Gorgeous isn't she? ;)
'Till next time! X Puck


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Is a slutwalk feminist? What does it mean to reclaim the word "slut"?
The University of Manitoba Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics is hosting a discussion on Feminism and Slutwalks. Participants include Brenda Austin-Smith (UM Department of English & Film Studies), Jila Ghomeshi (UM Department of Linguistics), Meena Krishnamurthy (UM Department of Philosophy), and
Karen Busby (UM Faculty of Law).
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Becca Prismatic Amethyst Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed - Review, Photos and Swatches
Hi Beauties,
Becca has released another gorgeous Limited Edition Skin Perfector Pressed Highlighter in the shade Prismatic Amethyst. It is currently available at Sephora for VIB/VIB Rouge members and retails for $46 CND and $38 USD. It will be available to all on February 22rd, 2017 at Sephora.com and Beccacosmetics.com and in stores in March.
Prismatic Amethyst contains duo chrome pigments that reflect light as you move for a "holographic chameleon effect"; and comes in complementing packaging. The collector in me didn't even want to touch the stunning embossment in the powder. The shade is more lavender than amethyst with pale gold, violet, and rose pearls. Don't let the purple shade scare you as it leaves a subtle radiant glow to the cheeks. It has a semi-opaque finish that sheers out when applied. It appears very light on my complexion, definitely not my typical metallic highlighter but it would work on days I want to achieve a subtle glow. It would be more apparent once layered over blushes. The formula is very soft, blendable and great for layering.
This single product has multiple uses. See below (via Sephora.com):
1. Sweep across the high points of the face or apply to targeted areas, including cheekbones, over or under brow bones, and on the Cupid's bow.
2. Top off your favourite gloss for a prismatic finish.
3. Use over your favourite shadow for a multi-dimensional look.
4. Use wet as a liquid liner (add water to liner brush and sweep across powder).
So many makeup brands are creating their own holographic highlighters and I honestly love them! I never thought I would be into purple highlighters but if you have been following me for awhile you know that I'm obsessed with the shade Sassy Grape from the Anastasia Beverly Hills Sweets Glow Kit.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Doughboy's Uniform
Hey everybody! Look at this WWI Doughboy uniform. My friend Don Williams has it pants,leggings, belt and coat for sale! It is in remarkable condition. He is getting his information together to list it on ebay but he hasn't done it yet! He just wants $300. for it as is! I like the way he knows about the patches and the way the leggings were worn and the history behind it all! He says the patches like they are, hand sewn and the belt buckle with the little green oxidation on it are the original conditions and should not be polished to make it sell. Seems to affect the value and authenticity. It makes me feel like I stepped back in time! He also has a field manual from 1914 that he's willing to part with! The place is a beehive around the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. Laurence is going to fry a couple of turkeys and they will be so moist! Got to go, be good!
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I finally bundled myself up and dragged myself outside at lunch. I'm still feeling pretty bitter about this horrible winter that never ends but I couldn't resist the fluffy white snow. As much as I am starting to hate it, it looks good in pictures!
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Philippians 4:10-13 – Philippians: Life Together
4th Sunday of Easter – April 22, 2018 (am)
What do you possess in your life right now that you believe you could do without? Most often we use this expression just for humor. A friend was reporting on a rather intrusive procedure he'd endured at the dentist, and he finished a pretty gruesome description by saying what? I could have done without that!
Similar situations where I've heard it said are traffic jams, flight delays, sports injuries—anything inconvenient or undesirable that comes at us out of left field.
And as I've thought about it, I believe the only times I've heard this statement applied to personal possessions is when they break down at a bad time. The cable goes out on the day of the big game. Or, the frig stops working just before a large dinner party. We've had that one. And, yeah, we could have done without it!
I'm quite sure, however, that I've never heard anyone make that statement in prayer: Lord, by your grace and for your glory, please teach us what we can do without—teach me what I can do without. If you've prayed such a thing, I'd love to hear about it. But if you haven't, you may well be asking: Why should I. Why would I ever want to? In addition to worship, confession, and thanksgiving in prayer, we usually go on to ask for the things we need, right? Didn't Jesus say: If you ask anything in my name, I will do it (Joh.14:14). And the writer of Hebrews (4:16) added: Let us…approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need. Right here in Philippians (4:6) Paul said we should let (our) requests be made known to God. Why, then, would we ask God to teach us what we can do without?
Well, as we'll see in our text today, one reason might be that we learn things in our relationship with the Lord in seasons of lack, of need, that we can't learn, or can't learn as well, in times of abundance. Paul opens our eyes to that possibility here. He begins by (rejoicing) over the concern the Philippians expressed to him when he was facing a time of need. But that leads him into an explanation of the fact that his (contentment) was not at all dependent on their financial gift. In fact, it was rooted in something quite different—in a secret he'd learned (12) in his ministry life. As Paul reveals the secret of his (contentment), he actually makes three amazing statements in this passage.
I rejoice that you had opportunity to give. – 10
Now, that's an interesting way to put it. 10 I (rejoice) that you (had) the opportunity to give. Not, thank you for your generous gift; it was a great help to me, but I (rejoice) that you (had) the opportunity to give it. And look closer, Paul never even gets around to mentioning their money at all; he's actually grateful for their concern for him; and he (rejoices) in the fact that they've had the opportunity to express that concern again after some sort of a lengthy hiatus (Jerusalem offering? [Bruce]).
Regardless, Paul isn't just (rejoicing) that it's been renewed; he's (rejoicing) greatly that it's been renewed. And he's (rejoicing) greatly in the Lord. He (rejoicing) greatly that God enabled a concern within them that's once again being expressed—almost seeming crafted to avoid mention of their money. I say this because the Greek word behind both appearances of concern here (10) is not giving or gift. It is, once again, our favorite Philippian word in verb form φρονέω: to think, feel, ponder, to set one's mind on, to have a certain understanding or outlook, an attitude or perspective. These two appearances mark the ninth and tenth time Paul has used some form of that word in this letter. Lets do a quick survey: 1) it described his great love for the Philippians in 1:7 (it is right for me to feel this way about you). 2, 3) In 2:2 he urged them to have the same mind and to be of one mind, then 4) in 2:5 to have this mind among (them) which is (theirs) in Christ Jesus. 5, 6) In 3:15 Paul used this word two more times: let those of us who are mature think this way, and if in anything you think, otherwise, God will reveal that also. 7) Down in 3:19 it describes those enemies of the cross whose minds are set on earthly things. Then 8) in 4:2 Paul urged Euodia and Syntyche to agree with one another. Now (4:10), he uses this word twice to capture the Philippians' concern for him, their attentiveness to his need—they were on his mind (1:7), now he's on theirs. And this bond of attentiveness is facilitated in them as together they pursue the mind of Christ.
Paul is modeling here what it looks like when our minds and hearts are properly oriented. Even when he's in need (which we'll get to in a moment), he's more grateful for the work God is doing in the lives of the givers than for the impact of their gift in his own life. Think about that. This would be like having a flat tire on a lonely road at midnight, having someone stop to give you a hand, and being more grateful that God gave them an opportunity to please Him by their service than you are that you received the help in that situation. You're just delighted that they will be reminded by their own actions that God will supply in their times of need by some means that seems as random as their own stopping on a dark road to help a stranger!
I am content despite my circumstances. – 11-12
11 Not that I am speaking of being in need, for I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content. Whenever I read this verse, I'm reminded of 2 Co.11-12. In that passage we're given a rapid-fire recital of all that Paul had endured in his life and ministry. 24 Five times I received at the hands of the Jews the forty lashes less one. 25 Three times I was beaten with rods. Once I was stoned. Three times I was shipwrecked; a night and a day I was adrift at sea; 26 on frequent journeys, in danger from rivers, danger from robbers, danger from my own people, danger from Gentiles, danger in the city, danger in the wilderness, danger at sea, danger from false brothers; 27 in toil and hardship, through many a sleepless night, in hunger and thirst, often without food, in cold and exposure. And he wrote 2Co. as many as five-or-so years before he wrote Phi.—certainly before he was arrested in Jerusalem and eventually shipped off to Rome. Much more had happened since then—he was writing this letter from prison—and still he was able to say to these Philippians: I have learned in whatever situation I am to be content!
Friends, (contentment) does not flow from an abundance of resources. (Contentment) doesn't flow from a pain-free life. This word means sufficient. Whatever situation I'm in, I'm sufficiently supplied. In 2Co.12:9a, Jesus said to Paul: My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness. True (contentment) can come even when we're (weak). And as a matter of fact, weakness in the flesh—suffering, poverty—may well be one of the greatest blessings from God because strength in the flesh is a mere illusion. It's not real. Scripture says all flesh is grass (Isa.40:6). There's no strength there, no endurance, no self-sufficiency; it's here today, and tomorrow is thrown into the (fire) (Luk.12:28). But God's strength is brought to maturity in us when we realize our true weakness and so trust Him in it—depend on Him.
Paul knew that. These Philippians knew it too. They had suffered deeply themselves, and perhaps just needed to be reminded. That's why in Paul's second statement he affirmed that he is content whatever (the) situation (11). He's even content with weakness (2Co.12:10). In fact, he wrote: I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me (2Co.12:9b). That's an amazing statement. You see, (contentment) doesn't result from power in this life. It doesn't result from possessions. Paul's life, and the lives of the Philippians, had proven that with clarity.
12 I know how to be brought low (reduced to poverty) and I know how to abound (overflowing abundance). … He knows how to live in either state, and still be content. That's no small achievement! Have you mastered that? I haven't! Are we content regardless of our financial state, regardless of our need? Some are without work here today. Times are tight. So, we give up small things, and even some big things. But are we truly content as we do that? Do we rest in God's sufficiency? Or do we feel like something significant is being lost?
Paul continued. 12 … In any and every circumstance, I have learned the secret of facing plenty and hunger, abundance and need. My circumstances, my possessions, my bank balance, even the fullness or emptiness of my stomach, is not what determines my (contentment). Can you imagine being hungry, not knowing where your next meal will come from, and yet still feeling truly content, still (rejoicing) in the Lord? That's what Paul is describing here! Then he reveals his secret.
I can do all things through Christ. – 13
And apparently the Philippians had learned the same lesson. We know two things about them from Paul's mention of them in 2Co.8: 1) They had also gone through a tough time. In v.2 of that chapter Paul called it a severe test of affliction, a time of extreme poverty. We don't know the details, but we do know Paul isn't given to overstatement! And 2) they had still given sacrificially to the Jerusalem offering even at that time. They (begged) earnestly for the (privilege) of (being involved)! (2Co.8:4)
Generosity in the midst of poverty, that's not a very common quality to observe. Jesus saw it in the poor widow who gave two copper coins at the Temple (Mar.12:42-44), but it's exceedingly rare, and quite hard to understand. So, how did this poor widow do it? How did the Philippians? How did Paul? He gives us the secret of this (contentment) right here: 13 I can do all things through him who strengthens me.
When Christ is our treasure, we can give up anything for Him, endure any loss and still thrive, for where (our) treasure is, there (our) heart will be also (Mat.6:21). When we count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ (3:8), we don't lament losing it! In fact, we may even begin to ask God it prayer: What could I do without? What could I give away? And it could actually become a joy to start finding things! And odd as that may sound to some, there's actually rich biblical merit in it. Scripture itself gives us pictures of it.
Think of the rich young man (Mar.10), a negative example. How did Jesus break through his confidence that he'd kept the whole law? (He looked) at him, loved him, and gave him a challenge to test his affections—whether he loved God or money more. Jesus said to him, "You lack one thing: go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me (Mar.10:21). And Mark records that he went away sorrowful, disheartened by the saying, for he had great possessions (Mar.10:22).
And another, a positive example, turn with me for a moment to Heb.10. Like the Philippians, these folk were also living under great persecution. So, a pressing question filled their minds: Should they go encourage their brothers and sisters in prison and risk being identified as Christians themselves, or should they protect themselves by staying away? Listen to what they did: 32 Recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings, 33 sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated. 34 For you had compassion on those in prison, and you joyfully accepted the plundering—that is, the confiscation—of your property, since you knew that you yourselves had a better possession and an abiding one. These folk gave it all up! They allowed their property to be seized, because they knew their citizenship was in heaven—a truth we learned in 3:20—and that promised possession meant more to them than their possessions here and now! What can we do without? We can do without all of it, except Jesus! So how do we give it up? (We) count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus our Lord (3:8). How is that possible? Here's the secret: 32 (We) can do all things through him who strengthens (us). C. S. Lewis said: He who has Jesus and everything else has no more than he who has Jesus and nothing else. But do we really believe that?
Friends, until we do, we've not truly learned Paul's secret of (contentment), which means there is so much more of the gospel, and the joy of life together with our Savior here and now, that we've not yet tasted to the full! Let's taste and see that the Lord is good (Psa.34:8).


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Some bebop snobs attending the yearly meeting of the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE), a combination industry summit and educational caucus held at the Sheraton and Hilton hotels in New York in January, and attended by roughly 8,000 producers, publicists, business people, musicians and (mostly) educators, consider a jazz convention to be an oxymoron.
We would prefer jazz to remain hand-made music, minority music, music not for everyone. We are people who prefer to influence the majority from the margins, to be the power behind the throne. Whether or not this is a healthy attitude, and despite the opportunity to hang out with so many good people from all over the world, the fact remains that all those cats lobbying in so much expensive space in major hotel chains might be a ticking time bomb.
"I am afraid that in just a few short years, jazz's sole economic machine will be relegated to those in jazz education," wrote the respected saxophonist (ex-Miles Davis) and educator Dave Liebman in his newsletter. He fears that everybody will be "completely institutionally trained and educated. For the most part, players who will have gone through school as music students and advanced on to be music educators, all the while never having opportunities to seriously play, test, and challenge their own musical abilities. And not because they don't want to play, on the contrary, but because playing opportunities just won't exist at all. If this scenario becomes a reality, what makes jazz so personally risky and special would be lost."
Whatever the future might hold, at the moment, thanks in part to the IAJE presence, playing opportunities were still plentiful in New York. Hearing hand-made music is, however, getting expensive. Admission was $40 plus a $10 minimum per person to hear bassist Dave Holland's big band at Birdland on West 44th Street. It cost $30 plus the same minimum to hear the drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts's quartet at the sparsely attended Village Vanguard, and the same thing for violinist Mark O'Conner's Hot Swing band, a kind of knock-off of the Quintet of the Hot Club of France, at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola (it was packed) in the Time Warner building on Columbus Circle. It was kind of scary – the prices not the music.
Listening to O'Conner's light-hearted Gypsy swing, and looking over Central Park to the lit towers on Fifth Avenue out of the enormous picture window behind the bandstand was kind of like being on a cruise boat. Todd Barkan, who programs and manages Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, has also been producing a string of piano trio recordings by the likes of George Cables, Renee Rosnes, and Bill Charlap for the Japanese market, where, he said, they sell well enough to make a profit, which they would never do in the US.
There are people who say that jazz can no longer be called America's music. Although an important foreign presence was evident, New York, however, remains more than ever the jazz capital of the world.
The French pianist Jean-Michel Pilc, who moved to New York in 1995, played at Small's, a nice little reasonably priced club just off Sheridan Square in Greenwich Village, and he has released a trio album "Live at the Iridium" (Dreyfus Records). Pilc, the French Moutin Reunion band, and the quartet of the rising English drummer Chris Higginbottom all appeared at Smalls during the IAJE convention.
The busy and respected Russian trumpeter Alex Sipiagin worked at the Iridium and Birdland with the Mingus Big Band and Dave Holland. The Russian bassist Boris Kozlov is hot at the moment, as is the bassist and singer Richard Bona, from Cameroon by way of Paris. There will be a "Top Italian Jazz" week at Birdland featuring Dado Moroni, Enrico Rava, and others in March.
Two (unrelated) Israelis, a bassist and a trumpeter, named Avishai Cohen are getting hard to avoid. The Israeli bassist Omer Avital, a regular at Small's, played one night with the band of Avishai Cohen the trumpeter, which likes to groove in odd time signatures, at Fat Cat, a pool parlor with a jazz side-car one block from Small's. The band featured the guitarist Lionel Loueke, from Benin, also by way of Paris, who has lately been attracting attention playing with such people as Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, and Sting.
Ben Ratliff described how Loueke sounded at Fat Cat in the New York Times: "With cycles of fingerpicking on dampened strings, he could sound like a hand drummer; he played swift, Malian-sounding runs, unspooling beyond bar divisions but making sense within the groove of the music; he forged strong, improvised lines based on scales that clarified his connection to modern, post-Pat Metheny jazz guitar-playing…He surged through all the music, squeezing it for all its rhythmic and harmonic potential."
Avishai Cohen the trumpeter and Lionel Loueke are two examples of how "world music" is sprouting new branches on the tree of jazz in New York.


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Does it rain where you live? How about snow? Do you live near a lake or ocean? Deck ownership is largely dealing with water management; in choosing smarter materials, you decide how much upkeep and maintenance will be required from you.
Composite decks are durable. Changes in precipitation and temperature have a tendency to warp and rot outdoor materials, but some will hold up better than others.
Wood has a tendency to accumulate mildew unless constantly supervised, and can warp drastically as the boards dry out after a winter thaw or an epic rainstorm. If you're in a climate that fluctuates from wet to dry, sunny to overcast, then even more vigilance is required.
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Pro Tip: You might find sites that slam composite decks for warping worse than wood decks. Check the date of the post! Fifteen years ago, when composites were just entering the industry this was somewhat true, but the technology and manufacturing processes have improved vastly, and this fact is no longer true. Although, it is still very important to purchase your composite deck from a company with a proven track record.
Like durability, "low-maintenance" gets thrown around as a deck-keeping catchphrase. But what exactly does it mean?
Maintenance on a deck translates to the frequency of repairs, how often the deck will need to be stained, cleaned, and power washed.
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Angie's List estimates that, over an 11 year period, a wood-deck owner will spend $4,600 dollars on upkeep. Now that's what we call high-maintenance!
Think of your fondest summer memories. Do any of them include splinters?
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Ghostbusters (Soundtrack, 1984)
Before I had a thing for movie based video games during the NES Era and around the same time as I hoarded movie novelizations from school book fairs, I had a thing for soundtracks. If I saw the movie, I wanted the original motion picture soundtrack: Gremlins, the elusive Transformers: The Movie, and even the Footloose record my sister played over and over while I, in the next room, carefully arranged my Matchbox and Hot Wheels cars. Yet another expedition around the house that won't get finished before having to pack them all up into that sweet blue hot wheels case with the stackable trays. Anyway...
Ray Parker Jr's theme song: This song aged pretty well considering its rather consistent exposure since release. One curiosity, though: What is that cow sound at the beginning? It sounds awfully similar to a sound at the beginning of Faith No More's version of "War Pigs."
"Saving the Day": Not as good as "You're the Best" by Bill Conti from the end of The Karate Kid (and certainly no "Cruel Summer"), but a decent song to psych you up for some Zuul.
"Cleanin' Up the Town": As much as I loved soundtracks, my familiarity with the songs stem from the scenes that featured them. If it wasn't featured in the movie, I didn't want to listen to it. That being said, that jubilant piano intro while the boys raced down those steps was all of the song that I needed to listen to every time I broke this record out.
"Magic": Boring song played during one of the coolest parts of the movie. Boring and aged about as well as Gatekeeper Dana's hairstyle.
Soundtracks were a part of my collection along with those storybooks with the little records: E.T. as read by Gertie, Return of the Jedi and some random Star Trek record that I could never make it all the way through. "Captain's log..." Zzzzz... The storybooks, along with soundtracks, were a way to relive the movie until it aired on HBO or if my sister was taking up the TV in the den with a game of 2600 Pac- Man.


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Invasion of the Candy Snatchers/
By Kay and Eric Langenbacher
On a balmy Saturday afternoon, October 31, vampires, witches, and superheroes (and these were just the parents!) invaded the Tot Lot for Burleith's traditional Halloween party. (Click here for more photos.)
More than 40 parents and kids sampled a delicious spread of candy, cookies, cupcakes, drinks, veggies, fruit, and other snacks donated by Whole Foods Market, Safeway, and Lenore Rubino Realtor. A few babes-in-arms, grandparents, and other senior citizens rounded out the party demographics.
While the adults socialized, their costumed offspring competed for prizes in the witches hat toss and ping pong ball game. At the other end of the table, Jessica Lindeman of Lenore's office used her prior art teacher skills to engage kids in the mysteries of slime (made of glue, borax, and food coloring).
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When the body fails, what then?
This column by the Aroostook County Action Program is meant to give a voice to people in Aroostook County who "Champion Change" — mostly in their own lives, but also in their community. Our hope is that by sharing real stories of people we've come to know through our "community action" work, that readers will experience some amount of change within themselves.
From humble beginnings in the cool Alaskan bush, to struggling in Florida's heat, George's path eventually led him to Aroostook County, which he now calls home.
George first entered the workforce at 16 years old. He struggled in school, but decades passed before he received a diagnosis for the learning disability that had hindered his reading and writing development. Still, he was a hard worker and learned well with hands-on instruction. When his body was healthy, he used it to earn a respectable wage that supported himself, his wife and their two children. When his body began to fail after decades of hard labor, however, George's life changed forever.
"When my body collapsed on me, I was pretty much done in," said George. "I don't spell so well, but there ain't a trade that I don't know — that's all I know. Without my hands, I'm done in, and my body won't let me use my hands."
George never faced hard work he was unwilling to do. Over the years, he worked in various trades, did "tree work," worked with sled dogs and horses, and drove long-haul truck runs. In his off time, he continued to push his body, living in the rugged Alaskan bush without electricity or running water and chopping wood to heat his home or the water he hauled to his remote location. As tough of a life as it may sound to folks accustomed to modern conveniences, the lifestyle choice suited George just fine. He appreciated the solitude and freedom his bush life provided him, and he was happiest when he was busy and hard at work.
At nearly 50 years old and after more than three decades of pushing his body to its very limits to care for himself and his family, George suddenly faced needing help just to survive. His wife left him. His children, now adults, were pursuing their own lives. With his challenges in reading and writing, navigating the complex social services system was an overwhelming task. Alone, unable to keep up with his bush property, and fearing his ability to earn an income was nearing an end as his body began to deteriorate, George journeyed as far south as he could fathom, where he could live in a tent if need be without fear of freezing and dying in the Alaskan winter. He went to Florida.
It was in Florida where George began his fight for disability. He had several herniated disks in his back and neck, was in constant pain and receiving steroid injections just to function. His doctors pushed for surgeries, but he needed money to eat and pay for mounting medical and legal bills. So, instead, he pushed himself through excruciating pain to haul garbage, further damaging his already battered body, until the day came that he literally couldn't anymore. After six years, George finally received his disability, but ironically, it was his mind, more than his body, that earned him the designation. Because of his learning disabilities, coupled with his now physical limitations, the system finally determined he was officially unable to function in the workforce.
"I don't particularly like it, but there's nothing I can do about it," said George. "There was a lot of discussion about how to survive, that's what it came down to."
With settlement in hand, George attempted to find a middle ground — something that would remove him from the stifling heat of tent living in Florida and give him some semblance of the life he knew and loved in Alaska. He relocated to Maine and bought himself a small, off-grid cabin nestled in the trees of Woodland. He hoped with continued medical treatment, he might be able to provide for himself with a small garden, but reality – and his body – quickly swept those hopes aside.
Coming next in George Part II, George faces some of the misconceptions and fears that people have when someone chooses to live less traditionally in our society. He also is forced to make decisions in order to survive.
Aroostook County Action Program administers more than 40 programs in the community that help people meet their basic needs and that offer support, education and encouragement. For information, visit our website at acap-me.org or call our office at (207) 764-3271.


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It's an all too common problem. You're hosting an event and have fundraisers signed up to raise money on your behalf. Everything is going smoothly, until you realize many of the supporters who signed up to fundraise... aren't actually doing anything.
These zero-dollar fundraisers are taking up your time and energy, and aren't activating.
We've found that one way to better engage the zero-dollar fundraiser is to offer incentives in order to kick-start their campaigning and encourage them to raise money throughout the process. It not only helps to convert potentially zero-dollar fundraisers into full-fledged fundraisers, but it also encourages your donors to give more, and give more often.
What's an incentive?
An incentive is basically a catch-all term to describe anything you'd give away as a prize in exchange for a donation or money raised for your campaign. You could give away a physical prize like a signed autograph, an experiential prize like a trip, or even a virtual prize like points to a rewards program or a coupon.
How your supporters enter and engage with incentive campaigns can happen in a couple of different ways:
A sweepstakes is when you offer up an incentive as a chance to win. For example, 'The next 50 people to raise $100 will be entered to win an annual membership to the museum.' Or, 'Donate at least $50 to our animal shelter and you'll be entered to win a pampered pets gift package.'Often times with sweepstakes, you can also offer up multiple chances to win. Say you have a $50 threshold to enter to win a sweepstakes, you can craft it so if someone gives or raises $150, they're entered to win three times. If the prize is desirable enough, you'll see a boost in entrants trying to get better odds at winning by entering multiple times.
A contest is a method of entry where you get something in exchange for taking an action that meets a requirement or requires a skill. Unlike a sweepstakes where everyone who takes an action (donating to enter the contest) has a chance to win, with a contest, not everyone is guaranteed a prize.
Examples of a contest could be 'Raise at least $500 and get two tickets to our carbo-load dinner before the big race,' or 'Donate at least $40 and get a [Your Nonprofit] tee shirt.' Contests can even give away virtual prizes such as points or coupons. For example, 'Donate at least $50 and we'll add 5,000 rewards points to your account.'Contests offer instant gratification meaning that when you give or raise, you know you're entitled to the prize at stake. And, studies have even shown that getting something for free or at a discount can actually cause your brain to perceive the benefits of the product as higher than they actually are.
Benefits and challenges
Incorporating incentives into your fundraising campaigns can be a great way to foster excitement, and get supporters involved and invested in your fundraising efforts. But, making sure you know the pros and cons will help make everything run that much smoother:
The benefits
Like we said above, contests and sweepstakes can help inject some energy into your campaigns. They can help nudge that zero-dollar fundraiser to take that leap, or can give an extra boost to some of your best fundraisers and keep the momentum going.They can help create some excitement during the middle or end of the campaign when you need a little extra love. And they can also help encourage donors to not only give, but to give more than they were maybe originally intending to.
Using some simple phrasing and strategy can also help boost the success of your incentives. For example, when you phrase your incentive with an 'at least' clause like 'Donate at least $50,' you're not limiting the amount given or raised by the supporter.
Also, placing time limits on certain incentives can help create needed urgency during critical moments in your campaign. Say you're organizing an endurance event and have a lengthy pre-race fundraising period, launch a contest or sweeps at the beginning, middle, and end of the fundraising period so that momentum is strong throughout the entire campaign. This has the potential to turn a one-time donor into a multi donor, or a lightweight fundraiser into a heavyweight.
The challenges
Cons may not be the right word. It's more that you want to make sure you have all of your t's crossed and i's dotted.
For example, you've got to be ready for the fulfillment of the prizes you're giving away. If you're running a sweepstakes, that means handling choosing the winner, contacting them for their shipping information or other details, and getting them the prize or necessary instructions to redeem their prize. You'll want to make sure you have someone dedicated to do the reach out and manage communication from the winner and those inquiring about the incentive and entry details.
You also want to make sure you have messaging ready to go that announces the incentive and method of entry via all of your channels including social media, email, live events, etc. If your fundraisers, donors, and supporters don't learn and get excited about the opportunity, the point of the incentive is lost. So, make sure to leverage these opportunities in the right way to create a sense of excitement and encourage both fundraising and giving.
Legal (you know the fun stuff)
Contests and sweepstakes are subject to regulation to ensure that they are conducted fairly, and these regulations can vary from state to state. So, be sure your contest or sweepstakes rules meet the all the legal requirements in your area.
In addition, if you are hosting your incentives online through a platform or website that you don't control, it's important to double-check the platform's terms of use to make sure your contest or promotion plays by the rules and is permitted.
For example, on CrowdRise, our terms of use prohibit 3rd party contests and sweepstakes for liability reasons, which is why we created a featured product add-on that helps with all of the administrative aspects, including drafting legal rules, and doing everything that's needed to make sure that your contest or sweepstakes is legal and your organization is protected.
Incentives can work with all campaign types
Many different types of campaigns can benefit from using incentives. Endurance events such as runs, walks and cycles are often the examples that come to mind when we think about successful incentives. You can give away access to the VIP tent, corral spots, pre-race dinner or breakfast, a hotel stay for race weekend, etc. Many of these incentives don't have to cost money and the ones that do, can often be covered by a generous sponsor. Similar types of prizes can also be given away for walks, bowl-a-thons, or golf outings.
Single charity events such as annual holiday fundraising events or galas can also benefit tremendously from adding incentives. Movie premieres, concert or sporting event tickets, and VIP tables at a dinner benefit are just some examples of how live or virtual fundraising events can use incentives.
With a well thought out messaging plan, sought after prizes, and a community ready to fundraise and give, using incentives can be a successful tool for engaging and empowering your supporters to do more.
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Are you vegan?
It's a simple question. And it brushes aside a lot of posturing and pontificating.
Dario Ringach was bothered enough at being asked this simple question during his recent presentation at UW-Madison that he felt compelled to write about it.
His response offers some insight into his perceptions of the animal issue. Giving him the benefit of the doubt, yet again, he seems confused by the lack of compartmentalization of concern on the part of people who are opposed to cruelty.
If one genuinely believes, as Ringach and essentially everyone who experiments on animals claims to do, that he wishes he didn't "have" to hurt and kill them, but that animal experimentation is exactly like having to choose between saving a child or a mouse from a burning building, then he wouldn't eat animals. Deciding to have a meat burger rather than a bean burger is nothing like having to choose between a child and a mouse.
If one chooses the meat burger, then why bother with highfalutin excuses for experimenting on animals? Clearly, someone who is motivated by the simple gustatory delight of flesh isn't dependent on the notion of saving children from a burning building to justify their actions.
Ringach seems to think that in a discussion about experimenting on animals that one ought not talk about one's food choices, but that one should talk about burning buildings.
Ringach provided some evidence to help us make sense of his claim that talking about being vegan in a discussion about the use of animals in research isn't appropriate. He showed this slide, or a different photo of the same display:
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Live imaging of growing dermal bone: a novel model system in development and evolution
Principal Supervisor: Professor Georgy Koentges, School of Life Sciences
Co-supervisor: Robin Allaby, School of Life Sciences
PhD project title: Live imaging of growing dermal bone: a novel model system in development and evolution
University of Registration: University of Warwick
Project outline:
Project Highlights:
- Live imaging of cellular clones in growing bone and migration modelling
- Evolution of hard tissues
Overview: The origin of dermal skeleton is one of the most significant evolutionary inventions deep in the gnathostome stem lineage. Amongst others we are studying the earliest biomineral which is acellular, its architecture and what it can tell us about the early origins and development of bone biomineral. In a parellel track we are investigating cell migration during the earliest development of mammalian bones. We discovered recently an invasive mechanism of bone growth which wil substantially change the way we think of bones not as hard tissues but as slow moving fluids. Using recombinase mediated fate mapping methods the student will be involved in establishing landscapes of clonal origins in live growing bone and see the patterning process in action, using novel imaging setups that we have developed and are working well. The PhD proposal will combine the two strands, grounding in Evolutinary biology (GK,RA), image generation (GK) and analysis (RA,GK). Meshing these two strands together will provide a deep mechanistic insight into the driving factors of a critical phase of vertebrate organic biomineralization and evolution.
Training and skills:
GK will provide training in evolutionary biology, cellular and evolutionary analysis, molecular biology and image analysis. RA will provide training in modelling and the application of phylogenetic analysis tools to image analysis questions of lineage. Students will learn how to harness image analysis to study cellular dispersion, integrate this with architectural (landscape') features of biomineral and place observations into a strict phylogenetic context. Cellular modelling is a transferrable skill as it can also be used for modelling fluxes of organisms and migration patterns (Levy flights etc) through Ecosystems. Image analysis is the mainstay of state-of-the art biology applications.
Possible timeline:
Year 1: image acquisition ,learn techniques of image analysis.
Year 2: Extend data corpus and start writing manuscripts.
Year 3:, phylogenetic analysis,biomineral analysis
Further reading:
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v451/n7179/full/451658a.html provides the context of our work.
Further details:
This Phd studentship will be embedded in a longs-standing collaborative effort between our respective labs to unravel the molecular and cellular processes deep in vertebrate biomineral evolution. Please feel free to contact GK for further details on this project. Students need to enjoy sophisticated data analysis and can come from a variety of backgrounds (including engineering, maths, physics).
BBSRC Strategic Research Priority: Molcules, cells and systems
Contact: Professor Georgy Koentges, University of Warwick


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Beijing is expected to unveil today the draft of the proposed process by which Hong Kong's chief executive will be elected in 2017.
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's legislature, reviewed the proposed framework for political reform on Tuesday, Ming Pao Daily reported Wednesday.
Hong Kong's deputies to the NPC will know first-hand what is in store.
Recent media reports said the proposal will stipulate that a candidate for the chief executive race must have the support of at least half of the members in the nomination committee and the number of candidates would be limited to three.
If that turns out to be the case, Occupy Central will launch its movement as soon as next month, Benny Tai, one of the organizers, said.
In the meeting on Tuesday which was attended by Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, participants suggested the committee agree with the proposal that the election in 2017 can be in the form of universal suffrage, the official Xinhua news agency reported Tuesday.
However, Hong Kong's pan-democrats are demanding universal suffrage that meets international standards.
Most of the Standing Committee members were said to show non-conceding positions on the nomination rule, according to Ming Pao.
Hong Kong legislator and NPC deputy Ma Fung-kwok said the nomination rule of 50 percent support for a candidate is reasonable and consistent with democratic process.
The meeting also reviewed a report submitted by Hong Kong Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying.
The report shows some people in Hong Kong are against the Basic Law and want a decision on the core issues regarding universal suffrage, Xinhua reported
But the meeting agreed the Basic Law must be strictly followed with any reform pushed forward prudently, Xinhua said.
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While many are talking about the dearth of affordable housing options for workers on Hilton Head Island, a few are actually doing something about it.
Consider the Richardson Group, owner and developer of Coligny Plaza and other commercial properties on the island. Making use of empty space above a building the company already owned, eight studio apartment units were created over the past year. Tenants moved into the units the first weekend in February.
It wasn't easy, said Lee Lucier, chief operating office for the Richardson Group. "There were a lot of slips, falls and dives," he said. But the group persevered through the "steep learning curve."
The building at 7 Lagoon Road has been in the news recently as the new home of the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, called SoundWaves, which occupies the lower level. Previously the space had been used by the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office.
J.R. Richardson, CEO Of the Richardson Group, bought the building in 2014, "because it was contiguous to Coligny and he wanted to have some say as to what growth around Coligny would be," Lucier said. "He felt we didn't need another national chain store - he wanted local."
When the leadership from the Orchestra reached out, looking for space, Richardson was happy to work with them.
"Converting from a police station to the symphony was not an easy process," Lucier said, but the company worked diligently with the orchestra board and the Town to make it work. SoundWaves opened its doors in October 2018.
Then the question arose, Lucier said, of "what to do with the upstairs?" After getting opinions from various directions, someone said, "Why not living spaces?"
As they began to consider the possibilities, Lucier said they they discovered this sort of thing hadn't happened on Hilton Head Island before.
Lucier said as far as building codes and logistics are concerned, it would have been easier to create retail space upstairs. To convert from commercial to living space required many conversations with Town officials in order to meet three sets of code requirements.
There were also noise concerns. Because the orchestra holds performances in its space, Lucier said they had to ensure that the ceiling was extremely well insulated so as to not disturb the residents upstairs.
"The process has been challenging," Lucier said, "with the planning of a renovation to a mixed-use building, since it really hadn't been done before here in Hilton Head, yet the Town has been amazing in their support."
The eight units vary in size, averaging approximately 420 square feet each. A community laundry room is provided at the end of the hall. Rent ranges from $900 to $1,000, Lucier said, including utilities and internet.
Once word got around the Coligny area that the rental space would be available, potential tenants spoke up quickly. Many of the eight tenants are retail workers, chefs, and other hospitality workers.
"Maybe it's not a lot," Lucier said, "but it does provide alternative housing for eight people."
Lucier said the cost of the project was "well in excess of $700,000."
The Richardson Group intends to continue finding suitable existing buildings to convert to alternative housing. The management hopes other corporations will follow suit.
The next project is already in the works, Lucier said. The upstairs of the Rollers Building in Coligny Plaza is slated to become four units, each with two bedrooms and two baths.
Additionally, there's another, larger housing conversion in the works, Lucier said, that hasn't been announced just yet. "But I can say we have a large building on Hwy. 278 that will be converted to 20 units," he said. "That will mean 20 to 30 food and beverage employees on the south end who aren't going to be sitting on the bridge."


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Why partecipate?
Why attend the Fairs?
In 2016, the turnover generated by exports amounted to € 417 billion.
For many SMEs, exports are the only way to survive in a historic moment when domestic demand is still unable to return to pre-crisis levels.
And to be able to conclude new contracts and increase exports, trade fairs are the stage to showcase their products.
Every year in Italy around 1000 fairs are held, including regional, national and international fairs.
And it is precisely from the fairs that small and medium-sized enterprises are able to produce more than 50% of total exports: during the events agreements are made with new customers and the turnover is increased.
Unfortunately, not all small and medium-sized enterprises are able to understand the importance of participating in the fairs, despite the presence of calls that finance the participation of companies.
The internationalization of businesses.
The fairs are the place where to expand their knowledge and do networking activities.
The international market is increasingly important for small and medium-sized businesses and being able to make itself known by new customers is essential to keep growing.
This is demonstrated by the turnover produced by the fairs: over 60 billion euros.
The international fairs held in Italy attracted a total of 13 million visitors, of which 10% came from abroad.
A number that may seem small, but in reality it is not.
About one and a half million foreign entrepreneurs arrive in Italy to discover the new products made by small and medium-sized Italian companies.
A unique opportunity to be exploited to the fullest.
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Day 2: Tue, Jun. 13
I slept on your side of the bed last night. I went to bed late (11:30p) because I was finishing up running errands and taking care of a few odds and ends here. And, while lying in bed, I listened to about 10 minutes of a 22-minute story on Calm. Ha! While you're gone, I get to listen to whatever I want!
LOVED FactTiming and talking with you today.
Had a couple beers with Pat Evans at Founders. I think we're really going to start planning out my Modern Ahabs coffee table book. And, he's going to come over this Friday to help me drink my Siera Nevada Bigfoot vertical.
Love you!


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Ayurveda Friday - Golden Milk
Ayurveda Friday 🙏🏻 Today's recepie is Golden Milk 🥛
Turmeric is bitter, astringent and pungent in taste. In ayurveda, each taste has a relationship with the balance of the doshas. Turmeric contains balancing qualities for all three doshas: its "hotness" balances Vata and Kapha; its dryness and its pungent tastes balance Kapha; and its bitter taste balances Pitta; making it tri-doshic! Turmeric has many positive benefits: it supports detoxification for the liver; assists digestion; supports circulation and nervous system and is anti-inflammatory.
1 cup of whole organic milk
1 teaspoon turmeric powder
A sprinkle of black pepper
A dab of ghee
Honey or organic sugar (jaggery)
Place milk in a saucepan over low/medium heat. Bring to low boil.
Add all ingredients except the honey or sugar. Let the mixture simmer for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Turn off heat, and allow the mixture to cool to a warm drinkable temperature. When the mixture has cooled, add honey or sugar to taste. Serve warm