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IPAF Asia Conference makes successful return to China
More than 300 delegates attended the IPAF Asia Conference and Showcase, held for the second time in mainland China, in Hangzhou, the capital of the Zhejiang province on 17 July 2019, with safety, efficiency, recognizing and servicing customer needs and harnessing the power of technology among the main conference themes.
In its eighth year, the sell-out event saw attendees turn out from across Asia and further afield to hear a strong line-up of speakers, with Andy Studdert, IPAF's Interim CEO and Managing Director, opening the conference with the question "is a safe company a more profitable company?" The answer was "yes – the aim for everyone should be that their employees go home safely every time."
Jiro Noguchi, General Manager, Nishio Rent All, and Director, North Fork Group Australia, looked at operating a rental business from Japan to the rest of the world. In 1997 the company shifted focus to smaller end users over large construction firms, and had to relearn, understand and respect the culture of all of their customers in doing so.
Lewis Wu, Director of Marketing, Strategy & Product Management, Asia, at JLG, said customers aren't satisfied with the status quo; they want to do things quickly and technology like its app-controlled Mobile Elevating Work Platform (MEWP) is helping deliver this. Tech such as augmented reality (AR) or connected machines, including ones that read IPAF's smart PAL Card, also help make MEWPs more efficient.
Robin Dai, Senior Service Manager, Terex (Changzhou) Machinery Co Ltd, also talked about the need to enhance customer service and machine maintenance, while Jason Zhang Zhi, CEO of Rongfeng Software & Technology, agreed that as your fleet grows, good management becomes more difficult, adding: "You need to begin adopting good principles with a small rental fleet; don't wait until your fleet expands."
The first round-table discussion featured second-generation industry leaders: Johnson Lai, Sales & Marketing Manager at Keng Guan Skylift; Shawn Ong, COO of Galmon; Taewan Kim, Digital Strategist/Manager at Woolim International; and Xu Zhong, Deputy Sales Director of Zhejiang Dingli. Shawn Ong said: "MEWPs were childhood toys for me; I've been in the industry my whole life", while Johnson Lai talked about how his father is open to new ideas, such as for their firm joining IPAF and for Johnson to become an IPAF instructor.
Taewan Kim had a different view, saying that there is a conflict of opinion every day, but that the three family members in the company ultimately all work together to set goals. Xu Zhong added that he enjoys taking his company to the next level through innovation: "Dingli's models target the industry needs, rather than the industry trends."
"When you sell or rent machines, safety is the most important aspect," said Bai Ri, IPAF's China Representative, opening the afternoon program. "As a rental company in China you need to make sure the customer knows that safety is important to you." He also gave a brief overview of the new ANSI A92 standards in the US and what they will means for Chinese manufacturers, equipment buyers and operators.
Ángel Ibáñez, IPAF's Global Representative for MCWP and Related Products, said that operators often believe that once a machine is installed, nothing can go wrong, but this is incorrect. A lack of operator training and education is at the root of why people put themselves into risky situations or cause equipment breakdown, he added.
Geoffrey Lee, Director/General Manager, Modern (International) Access & Scaffolding, shared his 25 years of industry experience. He said he thinks a boss should be a visionary; maybe not a great manager, and need to give staff the leeway to do their job.
Vicki Hall, Director Technical Solutions, Trojan Battery Company, said that choosing a battery is about defining your customers' needs, with knowing what's available in the market and an understanding of technological innovation also key. On the theme of aligning the supply chain to suit your strategy, Xu Ziqi, General Manager of TVH China, said it's important to utilize good stock management and an efficient ordering process.
The final round table discussion saw four MEWP rental pioneers – Kwankamol Duangjun, CEO & Founder, Fivebond; Alex Tan, Founder of Aerial Global;
Vivi Gu, Director of Fleet, Safety & Facilities, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation (HercRentals); Dzung Tran, President of the TNC Group of Companies – who discussed what they would have done differently, given the wisdom of their experience.
The following day saw more than 150 people attend an informative guided tour of IPAF member and Asia Conference sponsor, Dingli's manufacturing and assembly plant in Deqing, Zhejiang Province. Of the event, Raymond Wat, IPAF's South East Asia Regional Manager, said: "Thank you to our partners who helped make this event possible; to our speakers and round-table participants and of course to all delegates."
Presentations from the Asia Conference are online at www.ipaf.org/asiaconference; the IPAF Asia Conference & Showcase 2020 has been confirmed for COEX in Seoul on 8-9 July – the first time the event will be held in South Korea.


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This helps giving a new look to your house. At times this turns out to be a very daunting factor if you do not have any idea about it. But once you get proper idea to deal with it you will definitely love doing it. You should at times modify the look of your house this will make you feel refreshed. Luxury interior design will completely transform your home decor. Rather than wasting all your money staying in some luxurious hotel to get the cozy feel you can spend just half of that amount to redesign your home.
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3. Work more on the entry of the house- You must have noticed during your stay at any luxurious hotel, the entrance has been well decorated and it seems too welcoming. Always make sure that you decorate the entrance with flowers and green and fresh plants this will make the entrance look fresh. Your entrance will speak all about the entire house too. Luxury interior design will give a new looks to your house. You can keep a small table beside your entry and enhance the look by keep few lanterns on it. This will lighten the entrance and will give a positive environment.
4. Curtains have to be the major focus- Curtain also plays the vital role when it comes to the interior designing of the house. It takes away all the charm if not used wisely. Modern interior design has many ideas when it comes to the curtains of the house.
If you are looking for the best interior design for your house, these days there are many magazines and online sites which will help you out with this. This way will limited budget also you will get a beautiful and cozy home.


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Barrio Manouche & Bicicletas Por La Paz
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The San Francisco-based acoustic ensemble performs a repertoire of original compositions with an emotionally charged sound that is difficult to classify yet instantly recognizable. The group's international roots shine brightly in their music with members from Spain, Quebec, France, Brazil and California and is deeply influenced by a wide range of musical traditions.
Barrio Manouche has been recognized for its surprise concerts, innovative style, complex technique, and its passion for musical improvisations.
With latest collaborations including French Flamenco dancer Fanny Ara, African sacred dance Brazilian dancer Emaye Ama Mizani, as well as Colombian singer Iván Rondón, Barrio Manouche plays what is perhaps the truest definition of World Music.
Barrio Manouche is taking their audience on a magical journey, with a unique fusion of cultures and musical backgrounds, an auditory and visual feast like no other.
Bicicletas Por La Paz is a nine-piece Latin Circus Funk band fuses Colombian folklore with modern psychedelic funk to create a high-energy sound that combines thick harmonies and hip-hop drive with positive and political messages in both Spanish and English.
Based out of Oakland, California, Bicicletas Por La Paz, has members from both the United States and South America. It's comprised of four vocalists, a drummer, two guitarists, a saxophonist, a trumpet player and an alegre player, as well as dancers, puppeteers, stilt walkers and visual artists.
Founded in 2013, Bicicletas Por La Paz is the creation of guitarist, Adley Penner, who lived in Colombia and studied Afro-Colombian rhythms for two years. After touring with other bands by car, Penner dreamed of creating a band that would tour on bicycle.
Bicicletas first bicycle tour, in 2014, down the California coast and into Mexico, included just a small group of musicians and a single, battery-powered amplifier. But this tour, which inspired the band's name, "Bicicletas Por La Paz," was hugely influential in shaping Penner's vision for the band. In Mexico, where public spaces are used for social gathering and street art is revered, Bicicletas was inspired to grow their band into a fully sustainable, roaming bicycle circus, combining art and activism and pushing the boundaries of what art could be in the United States.
Since then, Bicicletas has realized their dream and expanded their bicycle touring family to create Biketopia, a bicycle-touring music festival. Biketopia, comprised of four Bay Area bands (as well as clowns, jugglers, stilt walkers and dancers,) toured the Pacific Northwest in 2016 and 2018, utilizing a bicycle-powered sound system to amplify the music.
With songs like Fruitvale, written about the Black Lives Matter Movement, and Keep On, which highlights the power of community in resistance, Bicicletas Por La Paz believes that music can grow community and be an act of powerful resistance.
Bicicletas Por La Paz has put out three albums, Musica Por Puppets (2015) and Coco Avenges (2017), and Surfeando un Cometa (2018). They have enjoyed performing at The Great American Music Hall, The New Parish, playing with Aterciopelados at The Independent, and a variety of West Coast Music Festivals.
CALMAO is one of the leading Latin bands in San Francisco Bay Area's thriving new latin fusion music scene.
A delicious Colombian/Caribbean fusion of rhythms, from the Caribbean Coast all the way down to the lush Andean meadows, with a heavy dose of Bay Area steez.
A mixture of furiously energetic salsa and funk, Caribbean Colombian music (Champeta, Cumbia, Chande and Currulao del Pacífico), and R&B along with jazz-edged brass and keyboard lines. It's a rousing and entertaining style. But there's classy musicianship at work behind the frenzy, as the musical versatility and tradition of it's members proves on the slower tracks, where they ease towards cool latin jazz.
Rooted in urban sounds from Colombia and Cuba and celebrating the traditional sounds of Latin America, CALMAO's fresh style adds a variety of elements to the mix. Incorporating the Afro-Caribbean tradition, the band performs with traditional Colombian instruments like the tambor alegre, tambora and pacific marimba de chonta.
CALMAO's airy yet virtuosic instrumental foundation connects traditional 1940's Cumbia and Son with the youthful spirit of modern San Francisco. It is the perfect backdrop to showcase the golden combo of singers: Ivan Rondón, Mayombe Cruz & Obrayan Calderón, at the very center of their signature "Neo-Salsoul" style.
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Empire Warriors TD apk is a strategy game. This game is set on an imaginary continent. There are many races on this continent, including humans, elves, dwarves, orcs, trolls, goblins, monsters, and many other legendary creatures.
You are the prophet who chooses to help the country's warriors, build big castles, build allies, and train the royal soldiers on your shoulders. Players need a reasonable lineup to guard their castles. The elements of the game are very rich. Different races have different skills. You need to randomly arrange battles to test the on-the-spot resilience!


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Types of Roofs
Roof types can be interpreted in different ways so we have split into three sections so we cover all the different similarities and meanings that you may interpret types as. We have split it into styles, materials and pitch below to explain what the different types of roofing construction are.
Styles of Roof
A-Frame | Butterfly | Flat Roof | Folded Plate | Gable | Gambrel | Hip | Mansard | M-Shaped | Parapet | Pyramid | Saltbox | Shed | Winged Gable
A-frame Roof:
This type of roof is very popular for churches, cottages, homes, and other structures. The roof acts as both the roof and the walls for a structure.
Butterfly Roof:
The butterfly roof is not a roof style that is widely used. The style provides plenty of light and ventilation as it provides options to have large windows due to the high perimeter windows. It can be effective when it comes to water drainage as it can centralise the water flow however, the cost to install and repair can be expensive due to the complexity in installing.
When done right this roof structure can add a modern look and feel to the property making it a good choice to add a new dimension to a building for architects.
Flat Roof:
Flat roofs are common especially with commercial buildings. Flat roofs are definitely the most simple roof to build because they have little to no pitch. The most common types of roofing systems used with flat roofs are rubber roofing systems.
Folded Plate Roof:
The folded plate roof has limited use in single family homes. It looks like a series of small gable roofs placed side by side of each other.
Gable Roof:
Gable roofs are the kind young children typically draw. They have two sloping sides that come together at a ridge, creating end walls with a triangular extension, called a gable, at the top. The house shown here has two gable roofs and two dormers, each with gable roofs of their own. The slant, or pitch, of the gables varies, an inconsistency that many builders try to avoid.
It is one of the most common roof structures around and one of the least expensive to build. It allows water to drain off easily making it a desirable structure for environments with heavy down pour. However, damage may occur in places that do have heavy wind.
Gambrel Roof:
Gambrel roofs are a type of gabled roof. Commonly associated with Dutch building traditions and barns, they break each sloping roof section into two parts—one close to the ridge that is relatively flat and one closer to the eaves that drops down steeply. This design makes maximum use of space under the roof.
The best way to describe a gambrel roof is by saying barn roof. The gambrel style roof is most commonly used on barns. However, it is also used in residential construction. This type of roof has the benefit of providing a good amount of space in the attic. In fact, it provides so much extra space that it is often turned into bedrooms or other living areas.
Hip Roof:
Hip roofs are a common residential style roofs. This type of roof is more difficult to construct when compared to flat roofs and gable roofs because they have a more complicated truss and rafter structure. A hip roof has four sloping sides with zero vertical roof lines/walls. Hip roofs can be both square and rectangular but most commonly seen with two sides that are longer than the other two sides.
Due to its pyramid structure the hip roof if very stable and incredibly strong providing very little need for extra support.
Mansard Roof:
The mansard roof is a french design and is more difficult to construct than the hip or gable roof.
A Mansard roof is similar to a Gambrel roof in that each side of the roof has multiple gradients, however Gambrel roofs have just 2 sides while a Mansard roof has 4. Typically, dormer windows are installed on the lower, steeper slopes of the Mansard roof to aid the roof's architecture and open up the space to become habitable.
M-Shaped Roof / Double Pitched Roof:
Double-pitched roof is a traditional, most often used roof. It is the most popular roof type. Generally, we can describe the double pitched roof as a triangle that consists of two surfaces which are connected with ridge on the top.
Parapet Roof:
A parapet is a barrier which is an extension of the wall at the edge of a roof, terrace, balcony, walkway or other structure. Where extending above a roof, a parapet may simply be the portion of an exterior wall that continues above the line of the roof surface, or may be a continuation of a vertical feature beneath the roof such as a fire wall or party wall. Parapets were originally used to defend buildings from military attack, but today they are primarily used as guard rails and to prevent the spread of fires.
Pyramid Hip Roof:
The dutch hip roof is basically a hip roof with a small gable at either end. The gables can be used as ventilation. Pyramid Hip Roofs are commonly used for smaller buildings such as bungalows, cabins and garages and are an ideal roof structure for places where the weather is a little wet.
Saltbox Roof:
A saltbox house is a traditional New England style of house with a long, pitched roof that slopes down to the back, generally a wooden frame house. A saltbox has just one story in the back and two stories in the front. The flat front and central chimney are recognisable features, but the asymmetry of the unequal sides and the long, low rear roof line are the most distinctive features of a saltbox, which takes its name from its resemblance to a wooden lidded box in which salt was once kept.
It is very similar to a gable roof however, the main differentiating factor is that the salt box is asymmetry while the gable design has symmetrical slopes on either side.
There are many pros to a saltbox such as; it's drainage capabilities, ease of access due to its low edges, eye catching design and ease of adding roof windows.
It does come with some cons however, starting with its complexity to build and the limited space it can bring to the attic. Not to mention the sloping ceilings to the rooms.
If you are looking to create more living space in the property, maybe this isn't the ideal roof to use.
Shed Roof:
A shed roof is basically a flat roof but has more pitch. It is frequently used for additions on homes or other roof styles.
Winged Gable Roof:
The winged gable roof varies slightly from the tradition gable roof. It varies by extended outwards from the peak of the roof.
Roof Pitch
The pitch or slope of a roof is a critical deciding factor in many of the roofing decisions. Depending on the pitch/slope of a roof, certain materials can or cannot be used. Pitch not only helps determine what type of materials can or cannot be used but it also plays a major role in attic space, drainage options, weather durability, design, and difficulty of construction and maintenance.
The slope of a roof is split up into three categories.
1. Flat Roof: (Anything under a 2:12 pitch)
2. Low Slope: (A 4:12 pitch to a 2:12 pitch)
3. Steep Slope: (A 4:12 pitch to a 21:12 pitch)
Roof Material
Asphalt Shingles:
Asphalt shingles are the most commonly used steep slope/residential roofing material used on roofs in the United States. Asphalt shingles vary in quality and are produced by multiple manufacturers.
Wood Shake:
The shake shingle is the inspiration for the modern day asphalt shingles. Similar to the asphalt shingle, the wood shake overlaps each other making the roof or siding weather proof. A down side to shake is that they often need more maintenance than newer asphalt or fiberglass shingles. An upside to shake the unique rustic look they give to a structure.
Slate Shingles:
These are shingles made out of rock. Slate shingles are created out of a sedimentary rock. This rock can be split into thin sheets that are ideal for roofing shingles.
Metal is a very common material used for roofs. There are many different types of metal roofing systems available. The types of metal used with available systems varies from zinc to steel, copper, aluminium, and tin.
Tile is one of the more expensive materials used for roofs. Although the traditional clay tile is probably the most well known tile material it is not the only one. Other materials that are used to create tile products are metal, concrete, slate, and various synthetic compositions.
Membrane Roofing Material:
There are many different types of products included in this category for roofing and in fact that number continues to grow with the technological advancements and findings. Membrane roofing products are used on flat roofs. Some of the various brands or variations of rubber roofs are modified bitumen, thermoplastic membrane, EPDM, single ply, TPO, CPA, CPE, NBP, and others.


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How to achieve your goals with a popular prioritization framework The other day I heard this quote while listening to a podcast episode: The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities. — Stephen Covey My instant reaction was — whatever 🙄! It sounds great to hear, but in the end, aren't these two … Continue reading Prioritizing your Schedule Vs. Scheduling your Priorities
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2017 Retrospective and 2018 Goals
My reflections on what worked well and what didn't in 2017 and what I would continue to do and do something new in 2018. I've started this practice last year — to retrospect on the last year's achievements, misses, and learnings and define the goals for the next year at the beginning of the new year. I have … Continue reading 2017 Retrospective and 2018 Goals
Another Side of The "Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand" Story
Or why instead of following it blindly, it's time to modify it a bit. I'm sure most of you have heard of "The jar of life — Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand" story. If you have not, here is a quick refresher. The original story A philosophy professor once stood before his class with a large empty jar. He filled … Continue reading Another Side of The "Rocks, Pebbles, and Sand" Story
Starting up… a new chapter
Today is my birthday. Birthdays are generally a good milestone to start something new, to have new resolutions and goals, to reflect on the past and think about the future — very similar to the beginning of a new calendar year. Today is that day for me. I'm starting a new chapter of my life — one of the … Continue reading Starting up… a new chapter
Things are for us; we are not for things
It's so sad to see that nowadays we care more about making sure the smartphones and wearables we use get required attention and care instead of just being happy that we achieved our true goal for which those devices are designed in the first place. A few days ago a friend of mine shared a … Continue reading Things are for us; we are not for things
This is how I want to use Facebook
For the last 2 months, I deleted the Facebook app on my iPhone as a part of a casual experiment. Sounds crazy, right? Well, probably not to sane ones, but definitely to addicted ones. Let me explain in detail. Being mindful about my time In general, I'm very observant and mindful about how I use my … Continue reading This is how I want to use Facebook
Why you need to produce more than what you consume
A couple of days ago, I stumbled upon a Reditt thread which was discussing the small lifestyle changes you've made to have a big impact in your life. The most popular comment on that thread was about how one person improved his life by being a Producer vs a Consumer. Here is brief excerpt of … Continue reading Why you need to produce more than what you consume


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Tunisia has one of the most sophisticated telecommunications and broadband infrastructures in North Africa. Penetration rates for mobile and internet services are s among the highest in the region. Stimulated by the Digital Tunisia 2020 program, a number of regulatory measures and infrastructure projects have been instituted aimed at improving internet connectivity to underserved areas. These in initiatives will also see the auction of spectrum in the 800MHz band for IoT and mobile services. For its part the incumbent telco Tunisie Telecom has invested in its LTE network as well as vectoring VDSL and fibre infrastructure. The company is also in the process of migrating internet traffic to its new Broadband Network Gateway (BNG) platform.
The events of the 'Arab Spring' revolution in 2011 drove the country into a brief recession, but GDP growth soon returned to pre-crisis levels. This encouraged growing confidence in economic recovery, though GDP growth has been modest. Political difficulties in recent years have also had an impact on the telecom sector.
Ooredoo and Orange Tunisie are also licensed as fixed-line operators and have launched DSL and Fibre-to-the-Premises (FttP) services. In addition, a dozen public and private ISPs compete in this sector, supported by a nationwide fibre optic backbone network and international access via submarine and terrestrial fibre.
A reform of the country's Telecommunications Act was initiated in 2013 and government internet censorship was officially abolished. In addition, laws supporting e-commerce and digital signatures have been passed, which has led to one of the most active e-government and e-commerce sectors in Africa.
Tunisie Telecom (Tunicell), Orange Tunisie, Ooredoo (Tunisiana, Orascom, Wataniya, Qatar Telecom/Qtel), Planet Tunisie, 3S GlobalNet, HexaByte, Tunet, Topnet, Divona Telecom, Thuraya, Nokia Networks, Huawei Technologies, ZTE, Alcatel-Lucent, Ericsson.
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The Birmingham Research in Imagery and Observation Group would like to invite you to a one-day workshop to share with you our latest research and how it can be applied to your practice.
Part 1: How to deliver Layered Stimulus Response Training (LSRT)
This training technique developed by the BRIO group has been proven to enhance imagery's effectiveness. Participants will be guided through variations of LSRT and provided with information on how to deliver this technique as a practitioner.
Part 2: How to develop effective imagery scripts
Drawing from our research and applied experiences, we will explain how to plan, write, deliver, and evaluate scripts by considering the five Ws (who, where and when, why, and what)."
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Venue: School of Sport, Exercise & Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Birmingham
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text: Go Byōsoku Senchimētoru, better known as 5 Centimeters per Second, is an anime film based on the manga by Makoto Shinkai and Yukiko Seike. It tells the story of two best friends, Takaki and Akari. Both had to move and change schools. Before Takaki's second moving, he decides to visit Akari and declare his love, because later would be almost impossible. A snowstorm makes that the trip delays several hours but when she gets off the train, sees that Akari was still waiting. Even with all the love they had, after this meeting, they understand that they can't be together.


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WeHaKee Camp for Girls is the premier summer camp in the Midwest. You will have more fun than you can imagine, create incredible friendships with girls from around the United States and the world, and discover gifts within you that you never knew were there. The experience of a lifetime is waiting for you at WeHaKee Camp for Girls. It is our most important goal to make you feel welcome and comfortable the moment you arrive at summer camp. Once you're here, you'll know this is the place for you - you were meant to be at WeHaKee. With that feeling comes the confidence to make new friends like you've never had before. Whether you're horseback riding, water skiing, dancing or roasting marshmallows, at WeHaKee its all about building great relationships.


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|On April 29, 2019, Belgian Queen Mathilde attended the first session of the first round of 2019 Queen Elisabeth Violin Competition held at Brussels Flagey Culture Center. Of the 172 candidates who applied for the competition, 64 violinists were admitted to the first public round of the violin competition.
Queen Mathilde attended the first session of 2019 Violin Competition
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Globalink Logistics Group recently arranged the transportation of Military Plastic proof Dyna Towers from Pakistan to Afghanistan.
The cargo weighing upwards of 30 tons arrived at the Port Of Karachi, Pakistan where staff from Globalink Karachi were on hand to arrange the trans-loading onto low bed trailers for further delivery to Afghanistan. Given the short deadline, customs clearance was swiftly conducted and the trailers departed for their final destination. The attention to detail and smooth execution resulted in successful completion and an extremely satisfied customer.


text: Jennifer Esperanza's photography is as much a part of the Broomdust Caravan's creative work as the fiddles, guitars, the upright bass, the drums, the singing and the songs we write. Her work goes far beyond documenting what we look like. Her photographs depict who we are as human beings in relation to our community and our world. She not only sees us but somehow makes us better and more beautiful people and musicians in the process.


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Feed the Hungry, Inc.'s (FtH) signature program, "GG" as it is fondly called at FtH, has evolved through our twenty five years of implementations, to one program that has always kept us in touch with folks all over the Philippines, and yes, to the many places that have us travelling by air transport, car, jeepneys, buses, trucks, pump boats, ro-ros, tricycles and using our super feet for walking a few miles!!!
But, the journeys, though at times hard and rough, are always overshadowed by the instant smiles we see on faces of folks who meet us; the cheers we receive because we did take the time to visit them; and the affirmation that we, FtH, are but the hands of thousands of our kababayans in the United States who have never forgotten to help and reach out to them … all priceless and more so, give us the strong energy to keep coming back!
The main objective of Feed the Hungry, lnc.'s Gift-giving Program is to provide relief to impoverished families; orphans, abused, abandoned, and sick children; children with disabilities; sick elderlies; and to give relief to communities affected by natural disaster.
FtH volunteers, mostly from the United States, travel to the Philippines and then to provinces to get to target areas. Volunteers pay for their own food, transportation, and accommodation. They help in the preparation, bagging, and distribution of relief bags of goods. Relief goods consist of but are not limited to grocery items, school supplies and backpacks, hygiene supplies, and other essential needs.
The Gift-giving Program had a successful implementation early this year reaching:
I. 450 impoverished families – vetted and screened and pre-selected
- 200 informal settlers, Little Payatas at Holy Trinity Parish, Commonwealth, Quezon City
- 250 informal settlers, Sacred Heart Parish, Novaliches, Quezon CityII. 1,115 sick, abandoned, malnourished children (0 months to 6 years old) and indigent schoolkids and abused girls ( 6 to 18 years old)
- 45 sick children, House of Hope for Children with Cancer, Bajada, Davao City35 abused girls, Balay Dangupan/Crisis Intervention Center. Buhangin, Davao City30 school-age abused girls. Holy Family Foundation. Inc .. Purok Sontan. Bacolod City
- 23 abandoned babies/ toddlers, Holy Infant Nursery Foundation, Inc., Sebastian Village, Bocolod City
- 32 abandoned and exploited girls. Bacolod Girls' Home Foundation, Inc .. Alijis. Bacolod City
- 450 deprived students, Lumaniag Elementary School, Lian, Batangas
- 450 underprivileged students, Tapulanga Foundation, lnc./St Francis of Asisi School, Silay City
- 27 malnourished c hildren, Missionaries of Charity. Tinagong Paraiso, Bacolod City
- 23 orphaned 6hildren Bahay Maria Foundation, Bel-Air Village, Makoti CityIll. 109 destitute, abandoned, sick/ dying elderlies
• 47 elderlies, Go Su Gian Home for the Aged &Center for Elderly, Buhangin, Davao City
• 27 elderlies, St. Vincent's Home, Tangub, Bacolod City
• 35 elderlies, Missionaries of Charity, Tinagong Paraiso, Bacolod City
We were honored to be joined by Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle's parents, Mr. Manuel Sr. and Mrs. Milagros Tagle, and brother, Manuel Tagle, Jr., in our implementations in Bacolod City. They were so thankful that they had the opportunity to visit the home for abused girls and two other facilities run by the Missionaries of Charity sisters.
The girls from one orphanage were so excited to see us. They even prepared special performance numbers of songs and dances. These girls were being given complete care to mold them into socially functioning individuals. Our other stops were homes or shelters for physically and sexually abused girls. These shelters give them hope to recover from their traumatic experience with the help of social workers and foundations that provide long-term residential care, protection, and rehabilitation. Taking and posting pictures is strictly
prohibited because of the girls' sensitive situation. It was the same case at other homes and orphanages.
The gifts we brought were acknowledged with heartfelt gratitude. We told the beneficiaries that the donors are also Filipinos living in America who care about their kababayans and have not forgotten to give back and help those in need. They then extended their gratitude to their generous benefactors.


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Genesis 37, 39-48
Jacob continued to live in the land of Canaan, where his father had lived.
This is the story of Jacob's family.
Jacob loved Joseph more than all his other sons, because he had been born to him when he was old. He made a long robe with full sleeves for him.
his brothers saw that their father loved Joseph more than he loved them, they
hated their brother so much that they would not speak to him in a friendly
One time Joseph had a dream, and when he told his brothers about it, they hated
him even more. He said, "Listen to the dream I had. We were all
in the field tying up sheaves of wheat, when my sheaf got up and stood up
straight. Yours formed a circle around mine and bowed down to it."
"Do you think you are going to be a king and rule over us?" his brothers
asked. So they hated him even more because of his dreams and because of
what he said about them.
Then Joseph had another dream and told his brothers, "I had another dream,
in which I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me."
He also told the dream to his father, and his father scolded him: "What
kind of a dreams that? Do you think that your mother, your brothers, and I are
going to come and bow down to you?" Joseph's brothers were jealous of
him, but his father kept thinking about the whole matter.
One day when Joseph's brothers had gone to Shechem to take care of their father's flock, Jacob said to Joseph, "I want you to go to Shechem, where your brothers are taking care of the flock."
His father told him, "Go and see if your brothers are safe and if the flock
is all right: then come back and tell me." So his father sent him on
his way from the Hebron Valley.
Joseph arrived at
Shechem and was wandering around in the country when a man saw
him and asked him, "What are you looking for?"
"I am looking for my brothers, who are taking care of their flock," he
answered. "Can you tell me where they are?"
So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.
They saw him in the distance, and before he reached them, they plotted against
him and decided to kill him. They said to one another, "Here comes
that dreamer. Come on now, let's kill him and throw his body into one of
the dry wells. We can say that a wild animal killed him. Then we
will see what becomes of his dreams."
Reuben heard them and tried to save Joseph. "Let's not kill him," he said. "Just throw him into this well in the wilderness, but don't hurt him." he said this, planning to save him from them and send him back to his father.
When Joseph came up to his brothers, they ripped off his long robe with full sleeves. Then they took him and threw him into the well, which was dry.
While they were eating, they suddenly saw a group of Ishmaelite traveling from Gilead to Egypt. Their camels were loaded with spices and resins. Judah said to his brothers, "What will we gain by killing our brother and covering up the murder? Let's sell him to these Ishmaelites. Then we won't have to hurt him; after all, he is our brother, our own flesh and blood." His brothers agreed, and when some Midianite traders came by, the brothers pulled Joseph out of the well and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelite, who took him to Egypt.
When Reuben came back to the well and found that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes in sorrow. he returned to his brothers and said, "The boy is not there! What an I going to do?" Then they killed a goat and dipped Joseph's robe in its blood. They took the robe to their father and said, "We found this. Does it belong to your son?" He recognized it and said, "Yes, it is his! Some wild animal has killed him. My son Joseph has been torn to pieces!"
Jacob tore his clothes in sorrow and put on sackcloth. He mourned for his son a long time. All his sons and daughters came to comfort him, but he refused to be comforted and said, " I will go down to the world of the dead still mourning for my son." So he continued to mourn for his son Joseph.
Meanwhile, in Egypt the Midianites had sold Joseph to Potiphar, one of the king's officers who was the captain of the palace guard. Now the Ishmaelite had taken Joseph to Egypt and sold him to Potiphar, one of the king's officers, who was the captain of the palace guard.
The LORD was with Joseph and made him successful He lived in the house of his Egyptian master, who saw that the LORD was with Joseph and had made his successful in everything he did. Potiphar was pleased with him and made him his personal servant; so he put him in charge of his house and everything he owned. From then on, because of Joseph the LORD blessed the house hold of the Egyptian and everything that he had in his house and in his fields. Potiphar turned over anything except the food he ate.
Joseph was well-built and good-looking, and after a while his master's wife began to desire Joseph and asked him to go to bed with her. He refused and said to her, "Look, my master does not have to concern himself with anything in the house, because I am here. He has put me in charge of everything he has. I have as much authority in this house as he has, and he has not kept back anything from me except you. How then could I do such an immoral thing and sin against God?" Although she asked Joseph day after day, he would not go to bed with her.
But one day when Joseph went into the house to do his work, none of the house servants was there. She caught him by his robe and said, "Come to be with me." But he escaped and ran out side, leaving his robe in her hand. When she saw that he had left his robe and had run out of the house, she called to her house servants and said, "Look at this! this Hebrew that my husband brought to the house is insulting us. He came into my room and tried to rape me, but I screamed as loud as I could. When he heard me scream, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me."
She kept his robe with her until Joseph's master came home. Then she told him the same story: "That Hebrew slave that you brought here came into my room and insulted me. But when I screamed, he ran outside, leaving his robe beside me." Joseph's master was furious and had Joseph arrested and put in the prison where the king's prisoners were kept, and there he stayed.
But the LORD was with Joseph and blessed him, so that the jailer was pleased with him. He put Joseph in charge of all the other prisoners and made him responsible for everything that was done in the prison. The jailer did not have to look after anything for which Joseph was responsible, because the LORD was with Joseph and made him succeed in everything he did.
Some time later the king of Egypt's wine steward and his chief baker offended the king. He was angry with these two officials and put them in prison in the house of the captain of the guard, in the same place where Joseph was being kept. They spent a long time in prison, and the captain assigned Joseph as their servant.
One night there in prison the wine steward and the chief baker each had a dream, and the dreams had different meanings. When Joseph came to them in the morning, he saw that they were upset. He asked them, "Why do you look so worried today?" They answered, "Each of us had a dream, and there is no one here to explain what the dreams mean." "It is God who gives the ability to interpret dreams, "Joseph said, " Tell me your dreams."
So the wine steward said, "In my dream there was a grapevine in front of me with three branches on it. As soon as the leaves came out, the blossoms appeared, and the grapes ripened. I was holding the king's cup; so I took the grapes and squeezed them into the cup and gave it to him."
Joseph said, "This is what it means: the three braches are three days. In three days the king will release you, pardon you, and restore you to your position. You will give him his cup as you did before when you were his wine steward. But please remember me when everything is going well for you, and please be kind enough to mention me to the king and help me get out this prison. After all, I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here in Egypt I didn't do anything to deserve being put in prison."
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation of the wine steward's dream was favorable, he said to Joseph, "I had a dream too; I was carrying three breadbaskets on my head. In the top basket there were all kinds of baked goods for the king, and the birds were eating them." Joseph answered, "This is what it means: the three baskets are three days the king will release you--and have your head cut off! Then he will hang your body on a pole, and the birds will eat your flesh."
On his birthday three days later the king gave a banquet for all his officials; he released his wine steward and his chief baker and brought them before his officials. He restored the wine steward to his former position, but he executed the chief baker. It all happened just as Joseph had said. But the wine steward never gave Joseph another thought--he forgot all about him.
After two years had passed, the king of Egypt dreamed that he was standing by the Nile River, when seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the river and began to feed on the grass. Then seven other cows came up; they were thin and bony. They came and stood by the other cows on the riverbank, and the thin cows ate up the fat cows. Then the king woke up. He fell asleep again and had another dream. Seven heads of grain, full and ripe, were growing on one stalk. Then seven other heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind, and the thin heads of grain swallowed the full ones. The king woke up and realized that he had been dreaming. In the morning he was worried, so he sent for all the magicians and wise men of Egypt. He told them his dreams, but no one could explain them to him.
Then the wine steward said to the king, "I must confess today that I have done wrong. You were angry with the chief baker and me, and you put us in prison in the house of the captain of the guard. On night each of us had a dream, and the drams had different meanings. A young Hebrew was there with us, a slave of the captain of the guard. We told him our drams, and he interpreted them for us. Things turned out just as he said: you restored me to my position, but you executed the baker."
The king sent for Joseph, and he was immediately brought form the prison. After he had shaved and charged his clothes, he came in to the king's presence. The king said to him, 'I have had a dream, and no one can explain it. I have been told that you can interpret dreams."
Joseph answered, "I cannot, Your Majesty, but God will give a favorable interpretation." The king said." I dreamed that I was standing on the bank of the Nile, when seven cows, fat and sleek, came up out of the river and began feeding on the grass. then seven other cows came up which were thin and bony. They were the poorest cows I have ever seen anywhere in Egypt. The thin cows ate up the fat ones, but no one would have known it, because they looked just as bad as before. then I woke up. I also dreamed that I saw seven heads of grain which were full and ripe, growing on one stalk. Then seven heads of grain sprouted, thin and scorched by the desert wind, and the thin heads of grain swallowed the full ones. I told the dreams to the magicians, but none of them could explain them to me."
Joseph said to the king, "The two dreams mean the same thing; God has told you what he is going to do. The seven fat cows are seven years, and the seven full heads of grain are also seven years; they have the same meaning. The seven thins cows which came up later and the seven thin heads of grain scorched by the desert wind are seven years of famine. It is just as I told you--God has shown you what he is going to do. There will be seven years of great plenty in all the land of Egypt. After that, there will be seven years of famine, and all the good years will be forgotten, because the famine will ruin the country. The time of plenty will be entirely forgotten, because the famine which follows will be so terrible. The repetition of your dream means that the matter is fixed by God and that he will make it happen in the near future. "Now you should choose some man with wisdom and insight and put him in charge of the country. You must also appoint other officials and take a fifth of the crops during the seven years of plenty. Order them to collect all the food during the good years that are coming, and give them authority to store up grain in the cities and guard it. The food will be a reserve supply for the country during the seven years of famine which are going to come on Egypt. In this way the people will not starve."
The king and his officials approved this plan, and he said to them, "We will never find a better man than Joseph, a man who has God's sprit in him." The king said to Joseph, "God has shown you all this, so it is obvious that you have greater wisdom and insight than anyone else. I will put you in charge of my country, and all my people will obey your orders. Your authority will be second only to mine. I now appoint you governor over all Egypt."
The king removed from his finger the ring engraved with the royal seal and put it on Joseph's finger. He put a fine linen robe on him, and placed a gold chain around his neck. He gave him the second royal chariot to ride in, and his guard of honor went ahead of him and cried out, "Make way! Make way!"
And so Joseph was appointed governor over all Egypt. The king said to him, "I am the king--and no one in all Egypt shall so much as lift a hand or a foot without your permission." He gave Joseph the Egyptian name Zephaniah Apnea, and he gave him a wife, Senath, the daughter of Peripheral, a priest in the city of Mediapolis.
Joseph was thirty years old when he began to serve the king of Egypt. He left the king's court and traveled all over the land. During the seven years of plenty the land produced abundant crops, all of which Joseph collected and stored in the cities.
In each city he stored the food from the fields around
it. There was so much grain that Joseph stopped measuring it--it was like
the sand of the sea.
The seven years of plenty that the land of Egypt had enjoyed came to an end, and the seven years of famine began, just as Joseph had said. There was famine in every other country, but there was food throughout Egypt.
When the Egyptians began to be hungry, they cried out to the king for food. So he ordered them to go to Joseph and do what he told them. The famine grew worse and spread over the whole country, so Joseph opened all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians. People came to Egypt from all over the world to buy grain from Joseph, because the famine was severe everywhere.
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, "Why don't you do something? I hear that there is grain in Egypt; go there and buy some to keep us from starving to death."
So Joseph's ten half brothers went to buy grain in Egypt., but Jacob did not send Joseph's full brother Benjamin with them, because he was afraid that something happen to him. The sons of Jacob came with others to buy grain, because there was famine in the land of Canaan.
Joseph, as governor of the land of Egypt, was selling grain to people from all over the world. So Joseph's brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground. When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he acted as if he did not know them. He asked them harshly, "Where do you come from?" "We have come from Canaan to buy food," they answered.
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. He remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said, "You are spies; you have come to find out where our country is weak."
"No, sir," they answered. "We have come as your slaves, to buy food. We are all brothers. We are not spies, sir we are honest men." Joseph said to them, "No! You have come to find out where our country is weak." They said, "We were twelve brothers in all, sir, sons of the same man in the land of Canaan. One brother is dead, and the youngest is now with our father."
"It is just as I said," Joseph answered. "You are spies. This is how you will be tested: I swear by the name of the king that your will never leave unless your youngest brother comes here. One of you must go and get him. The rest of you will be kept under guard until the truth of what you say can be tested. Otherwise, as sure as the king lives, you are spies"
With that, he put them in prison for three days. On the third day Joseph said to them," I am a god-fearing man, and I will spare your lives on one condition. to prove that you are hones, one of you will stay in the prison where you have been kept; the rest of you may go and take back to yore starving families the grain that you have bought. Then you must bring your youngest brother to me. This will prove that you have been telling the truth, and I will not put you to death."
They agreed to this and said to one another " Yes, now we are suffering the consequences of what we did to our brother; we saw the great trouble he was in when he begged for help, but we would not listen. That is why we are in this trouble now." Reuben said, "I told you not to harm the boy, but you wouldn't listen. And now we are being paid back for his death."
Joseph understood what they said, but they did not know it, because they had been speaking to him thought an interpreter. Joseph left them and began to cry.
When he was able to speak again, he came back, picked out Simeon, and had him tied up in front of them. Joseph gave orders to fill his brothers' packs with grain, to put each man's money back in his sack, and to give them food for the trip. This was done.
The brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain they had brought, and then they left. At the place where they spent the night, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey and found his money at the top of the sack. "My money had been returned to me." he called to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack!" Their hearts sank, and in fear they asked one another, "what had God done to us?"
When they came to their father Jacob in Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them: "The governor of Egypt spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying against his country. 'We are not spies' we answered, 'we are honest men. We were twelve brothers in all, sons of the same father. One brother is dead, and the youngest is still in Canaan with our father.' The man answered, 'This is how I will find out if you are honest men: One of you will stay with me; the rest will take grain for your starving families and leave. Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but honest men; I will give your brother back to you, and you can stay here and trade.'"
Then when they emptied out their sacks, every one of them found his bag of money; and when they saw the money, they and their father Jacob were afraid.
Their father said to them, "Do you want to make me lose all my children? Joseph is gone; Simeon is gone; and now you want to take away Benjamin. I am the own who suffers!" Reuben said to his father, "If I do not bring Benjamin back to you, you can kill my two sons. Put him in my care, and I will bring back." But Jacob said, "My son cannot go with you; his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. Something might happen to him on the way, I am an old man, and the sorrow you would cause me would kill me."
The famine in Canaan got worse, and when the family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought form Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Go back and buy a little food for us."
Judah said to him, "The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother wiht us. I f you are willing to send our brother with us, we will go and buy food for you. If you are not willing, we will to go, because the man told us we would not be admitted to his presence unless our brother was with us." Jacob said, "Why did cause me so much trouble by telling the man that you had another brother?"
They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family, 'Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?' We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?" Judah said to his father, "Send the boy wiht me, and we will leave at once. Then none of us will starve to death. I will pledge my own life, and you can hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you safe and sound, I will always bear the blame. If we had not waited so long, we could have been there and back twice by now."
Their father said to them, "If that is has it has to be, then take the best products of the land in your packs as a present for the governor: little resin, little honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds. Take with you also twice as much money that was returned in the top of your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake. Take your brother and return at once. May Almighty God cause the man to have pity on you, so that he will give Benjamin and your other brother back to you. As for me, if I must lose my children, I must lose them." So the brothers took the gifts and twice as much money, and set out for Egypt with Benjamin.
There they presented themselves to Joseph. When Joseph saw Benjamin wiht them, he said to the servant in charge of his house, 'Take these men to my house. They are going to eat with me at noon, so kill an animal and prepare it.""
The servant did as he was commanded and took the brothers to Joseph's house. As they were bring brought to the house, they were afraid and thought, "We are being brought here because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time. They wills suddenly attack us, take our donkeys, and make us his slaves."
So at the door of the house, they said to the servant in charge, "If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food. When we set up camp on the way home, we opened our sacks, and each man found his money in the top of his sack--every bit of it. We have brought it back to you. We have also brought some more money with us to buy more food. We do not know who put our money back in our sacks."
The servant said, "Don't worry. Don't be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, must have put the money in you sacks for you. I received your payment."
Then he brought Simon to them. The servant took the brother into the house. He gave them water so that they could wash their feet, and he fed their donkeys. They got their gifts ready to present to Joseph when he arrived at noon, because they had been told that they were to eat with him.
When Joseph got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the ground before him. He asked about their health and then said, "You told me about your old father--how is he? Is he still alive and well?" They answered, "Your humble a servant, our father, is still alive and well." And they knelt and bowed down before him. When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he said, "So this is your youngest brother, the one you told me about. God bless you, my son."
Then Joseph left suddenly, because his heart was full of tender feelings for his brother. He was about to break down, so he went to his room and cried. After he had washed his face, he came out, and controlling himself, he ordered the meal to be served. Joseph was served at one table and his brothers at another. The Egyptians who were eating there were served separately, because they considered it beneath their dignity to eat with Hebrews.
The brothers had been seated at the table, facing Joseph, in the order of their age from the oldest to the youngest. When they saw how the had been seated, they looked at one another in amazement. Food was served to them from Joseph's table, and Benjamin was served five times as much as the rest of them. So they ate and drank with Joseph until they were drunk.
Joseph commanded the servant in charge of his house, "Fill the men's sacks wiht as much food as they can carry, and put each man's money in the top of his sack. Put my silver cup in the top of the youngest brother's sack, together wiht the money for his grain." He did as he was told.
Early in the morning the brothers were sent on their way with their donkeys. When they had gone only a short distance from the city, Joseph said to the servant in charge of his house, "Hurry after them, ask them, 'Why have you paid back evil for good? Why did you steal my master's silver cup? It is the one he drinks from, the one he uses for divination. You have committed a serious crime!' " When the servant caught up with them, he repeated these words.
They answered him, "What do you mean, sir, by talking like this? We swear that we have done no such thing. You know that we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found in the top of our sacks. Why then should we steal silver or gold from your master's house? Sir, if any one of us is found to have it, he will be put to death, and the rest of us will become your slaves." He said, " I agree; but only the one who has taken the cup will become my salve, and they rest of you can go free. "
So they quickly lowered their sacks to the ground, and each man opened his back. Joseph's servant searched carefully, beginning wiht the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. The brothers tore their clothes in sorrow, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there. They bowed down before him, and Joseph said, " What have you done? Didn't you know that a man in my position could find you out by practicing divination?" "What can we say to you, sir?" Judah answered. "How can we argue? How can we clear ourselves? God has uncovered our guilt. All of us are now your slaves and not just the one with whom the cup was found." Joseph said, "Oh, no! I would never do that! Only the one who had the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go back safe and sound to your father."
Judah went up to Joseph and said, " Please sir, allow me to speak with you freely, Don't be angry with me; you are like the king himself. Sir, you asked us, 'Do you have a father or another brother? We answered, 'We have a father who is old and a younger brother, born to him in his old age. The boy's brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother's children still alive; his father loves him very much.' Sir, you told us to bring him here, so that you cold see him, and we answered that the boy could not leave his father; if he did, his father would die. Then you said, ' You will not be admitted to my presence again unless your youngest brother comes with you.' "When we went back to our father, we told him what you had said. Then he told us to return and buy a little food." We answered, ' We can not go; we will not be admitted to the man's presence unless our youngest brother is with us. We can go only if our youngest brother goes also.' Our father said to us, 'You know that my wife Rachel bore me only two sons. One of them has already left me. He must have been torn to pieces by wild animals, because I have not seen him since he left. If you take this one from me now and something happens to him, the sorrow you would causes me would kill me, as old as I am.'
"And now, sir," Judah continued, "if I go back to my father without the boy, as soon as he sees that the boy is not wiht me, he will die. His life is wrapped up wiht the life of the boy, ad he is so old that the sorrow we would cause him would kill him. What is more, I pledged my life to my father for the boy. I told him that if I did not bring the boy back to hi, I would bear the blame all my life. And now, sir, I will stay here as your slave in place of the boy; let him go back wiht his brothers. How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I cannot bear to see this disaster come upon my father."
Joseph was no longer able to control his feelings in front of his servants, so he ordered them all to leave the room. No one else was with him, when Joseph told his brothers who he was. He cried with such loud sobs that the Egyptians heard it, and the news was taken to the king's palace.
Joseph said to his brothers, " I am Joseph. Is my father still alive?" But when his brothers heard this, they were so terrified that they could not answer. Then Joseph said to them, " Please come closer." They did, and he said, " I am your brother Joseph, whom you sold into Egypt. Now do not be upset or blame yourselves because you sold me here. It was really God who sent me ahead of you to save people's lives. This is only the second year of famine in the land; there will be five more years in which there will be neither plowing nor reaping. God sent me ahead of you to rescue you in this amazing way and to make sure that you and your descendants survive. So it was not really you who sent me here, but God. He has mad me the king's highest official. I am in charge of this whole country; I am the ruler of all Egypt.
"Now hurry back to my father and tell him that this is what his son Joseph says: 'God has made me ruler of all Egypt; come to me without delay. You can live in the region of Goshen, where you can be near me--you, your children, your grandchildren, your sheep, your goats, your cattle, and everything else that you have. If you are in Goshen, I can take care of you. there will still be five years of famine; and I do not want you, your family, and your livestock to starve.'"
Joseph continued, " Now all of you, and you too, Benjamin, can see that I am really Joseph. Tell my father how powerful I am here in Egypt and tell him about everything that you have seen. Then hurry and bring him here." He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and began to cry; Benjamin also cried as he hugged him. Then, still weeping, he embraced each of his brothers and kissed them. After that, his brothers began to talk with him.
When the news reached the palace that Joseph's brothers had come, the king and his officials were pleased. He said to Joseph, " Tell your brothers to load their animals and to return to the land of Canaan. Let them get their father and their families and come back here. I will give them the best land in Egypt, and they will have more than enough to live on. Tell them also to take wagons wiht them from Egypt for their wives and small children and to bring their father wiht them. They are not to worry about leaving their possessions behind; the best in the whole land of Egypt will be theirs."
Jacob's sons did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons, as the king had ordered, and food for the trip. He also gave each of them a change of clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of clothes. He sent his father ten donkeys loaded wiht the best Egyptian goods and ten donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and other food for the trip. he sent his brothers off and as they left, he said to them, "Don't quarrel on the way."
They left Egypt and went back home to their father Jacob in Canaan. "Joseph is still alive!" they told him. " He is the ruler of all Egypt!" Jacob was stunned and could not believe them.
But when they told him all that Joseph had said to them, and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to take him to Egypt, he recovered from the shock. "My son Joseph is still alive! " he said. "This is all I could as for! I must go and see him before I die."
Jacob packed up all he had and went to Beersheba, where he offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac. God spoke to him in a vision at night and called, " Jacob, Jacob!" "Yes, here I am," he answered. "I am God, the God of your father," he said. " Do not be afraid to go to Egypt; I will make your descendents a great nation there. I will go with you to Egypt, and I will bring your descendants back to this land. Joseph will be with you when you die." Jacob set out from Beersheba.
His sons put him, their small children, and their wives in the wagons which the king of Egypt had sent. they took their livestock and the possessions they had acquired in Canaan and went to Egypt. Jacob took all his descendants with him: his sons, his grandsons, his daughters, and his granddaughters.
The members of Jacob's family who went to Egypt wiht him were his oldest son Reuben and Reuben's sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. Simeon and his sons: Jemuel, Jamin, Ohad, Jachin, Zohar, and Shaul, the son of a Canaanite woman. Levi and his sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Judah and his sons: Shelah, Perez, and Zerah. ( Judah's other sons, Er and Onan, had died in Canaan.)
Perez's sons were Hezron and Hamul. Issachar and his sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. Zebulun and his sons: Sered, Elon, and Jahleel. these are the sons that Leah had borne to Jacob in Mesopotamia, besides his daughter Dinah.
In all, his descendants by Leah numbered thirty-three. Gad and his sons: Zephon, Haggi, Shuni, Ezbon, Eri, Arod, and Areli. Asher and his sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Beriah's sons were Heber and Malchiel. These sixteen are the descendants of Jacob by Zilpah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah. Jacob's wife Rachel bore him two sons: Joseph and Benjamin.
In Egypt Joseph had two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, by Asenath, the daughter of Potiphera, a priest in Heliopolis. Benjamin's sons were Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
These fourteen are the descendants of Jacob by Rachel. Dan and his son Hushim. Haphtali and his sons: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. These seven are the descendants of Jacob by Bilhah, the slave girl whom Laban gave to his daughter Rachel.
The total number of the direct descendants of Jacob who went to Egypt was sixty-six, not including his sons' wives. Two sons were born to Joseph in Egypt, bringing to seventy the total number of Jacob's family who went there.
Jacob sent Judah ahead to ask Joseph to meet them in Goshen. When they arrived, Joseph got in his chariot and went to Goshen to meet his father. when they met, Joseph threw his arms around his fathers' neck and cried for a long time.
Jacob said to Joseph, " I am ready to die, now that I have seen you and know that you are still alive."
Then Joseph said to his brothers and the rest of his father's family, " I must go and tell the king that my brothers and all my father's s family, who were living in Canaan, have come to me. I will tell him that you are shepherds and take care of livestock and that you have brought your flocks and herds and everything else that belongs to you. When the king calls for you and asks what your occupation is, be sure to tell him that your have taken care of livestock all your lives, just as your ancestors did. In this way he will let you live in the region of Goshen." Joseph said this because Egyptians will have nothing to do with shepherds.
So Joseph took five of his brothers and went to the king. He told him, " My father and my brothers have come from Canaan with their flocks, their herds, and all that they own. they are now in the region of Goshen." He then presented his brothers to the king. The king asked them," What is your occupation?" "We are shepherds, sir, just as our ancestors were," they answered. "We have come to live in this country, because in the land of Canaan the famine is so severe that there is no pasture for our flocks. Please give us permission to live in the region o Goshen." The king said to Joseph, " Now that your father and your brothers have arrived, the land of Egypt is theirs. Let them settle in the region of Goshen, the best part of the land. And if there are any capable men among them, put them in charge of my own livestock."
Then Joseph brought his father Jacob and presented him to the king. Jacob gave the king his blessing, and the king asked him, "How old are you?" Jacob answered," My life of wandering has lasted a hundred and thirty years. Those years have been few and difficult, unlike the long years of my ancestors in their wandering." Jacob gave the king a farewell blessing and left.
Then Joseph settled his father and his brothers in Egypt, giving them property in the best of the land near the city of Rameses, as the king had commanded. Joseph provided food for his father, his brothers, and all the rest of his father's family, including the very youngest.
The famine was so severe that there was no food anywhere, and the people of Egypt and Canaan became weak with hunger. As they bought grain, Joseph collected all the money and took it to the palace. When all the money in Egypt and Canaan was spent, the Egyptians came to Joseph and said, " Give us food! Don't let us die. Do something! Our money is all gone." Joseph answered," Bring your livestock; I will give you food in exchange for it if your money is all gone." so they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for their horses, sheep, goats, cattle, and donkeys.
That year he supplied them with food in exchange for al their livestock. The following year they came to him and said, " We will not hide the fact from you, sir, that our money is all gone and our livestock belongs to you. There is nothing left to give you except our bodies and our lands. Don't let us die. Do something! Don't let our fields be deserted. Buy us and our land in exchange for food. We will be the king's slaves, and he will own our land. Give us grain to keep us alive and seed so that we can plant our fields."
Joseph bought all the land in Egypt for the king. Every Egyptian was forced to sell his land, because the famine was so severe; and all the land became the king's property. Joseph made slaves of the people from one end of Egypt to the other. The only land he did not buy was the land that belonged to the priests. They did not have to sell their lands, because the king gave them an allowance to live on.
Joseph said to the people, " You see, I have now bought you and your lands for the king. Here is seed for you to sow in your fields. At the time of harvest you must give one-fifth to the king. You can use the rest for seed and for good for yourselves and your families." They answered," You have saved our lives; you have been good to us, sir, and we will be the king's slaves."
So Joseph made it a law for the land of Egypt that one-fifth of the harvest should belong to the king. This law still remains in force today. Only the lands of the priests did not become the king's property. The Israelites lived in Egypt in the region of Goshen, where they became rich and had many children.
Jacob lived in Egypt seventeen years, until he was a hundred and forty-seven years old. When the time drew near for him to die, he called for his son Joseph and said to him, "Place your hand between my thighs and make a solemn vow that you will not bury me in Egypt. I want to be buried where my fathers are; carry me out of Egypt and bury me where they are buried." Joseph answered, " I will do as you say." Jacob said, "Make a vow that you will." Joseph made the vow, and Jacob gave thanks there on his bed.
Some time later Joseph was told that his father was ill. So he took his two sons, Manasseh and Ephraim, and went to see Jacob. When Jacob was told that his son Joseph had come to see hi, he gathered his strength and sat up in bed. Jacob said to Joseph, "Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan and blessed me. He said to me, ' I will give you many children, so that your descendants will become many nations; I will give this land to your descendants as their possession forever.'"
Jacob continued, " Joseph, our two sons, who were born to you in Egypt before I came here, belong to me; Ephraim and Manasseh are just as much my sons as Reuben and Simeon. If you have any ore sons, they will not be considered mine; the inheritance they get will come through Ephraim and Manasseh. I am doing this because of your mother Rachel. To my great sorrow she died in the land of Canaan, not far from Ephrath, as I was returning from Mesopotamia. I buried her their beside the road to Ephrath. " ( Ephrath is now known as Bethlehem. )
When Jacob saw Joseph's sons, he asked, " Who are these boys?" Joseph answered, " These are my sons, whom God had given me here in Egypt." Jacob said, " Bring them to me so that I may bless them. "
Jacob's eyesight was failing because of his age, and he could not see very well. Joseph brought the boys to him, and he hugged them and kissed them. Jacob said to Joseph, " I never expected to see you again, and now god has even let me see your children."
Then Joseph took them from Jacob's lap and bowed down before him with his face to the ground. Joseph put Ephraim at Jacob's left and Manasseh at his right. But Jacob crossed his hands, and put his right hand on the head of Ephraim, even though he was the younger, and his left hand on the head of Manasseh, who was the older.
Then he blessed Joseph: "May God, whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac served, bless these boys! May God, who has led me to this very day, bless them! May the angel, who has rescued me from all harm, bless them! May my name and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac live on through these boys! May they have many children, many descendant!" Joseph was upset when he saw that his father had put his right hand on Ephraim's head; so he took his father's hand move it from Ephraim's head to the head of Manasseh.
He said to his father, " Not that way, father. This is the older boy; put your right hand on his head." His father refused, saying, " I know, son, I know. Manasseh's descendants will also become a great people. But his younger brother will be greater than he, and his descendants will become great nations."
So he blessed them that day, saying, " The Israelites will use your names when they pronounce blessings. They will say, ' May God make your like Ephraim and Manasseh.' "
In this way Jacob put Ephraim before Manasseh. Then Jacob said to Joseph, " As you see, I am about to die, but God will be with you and will take you back the land of your ancestors. It is to your and not to your brothers that I am giving Shechem, that fertile region which I took from the Amorites with my sword and my bow. "
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God has a place for you; He has a work for you. Are you in that place, and are you doing that work?
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We welcome you and your child to Kinder-Startin' Pre-School. Please read the operating procedures here as well as notes and newsletters that we may send from time to time.
Kinderstartin' Preschool, opened in February of 1988, is committed to providing the best in child care and preparation for your child's school years. We encourage your suggestions, comments, and constructive criticisms as well as your moral support.
All Kinderstartin' staff meets or exceeds the state requirements for their position, and are registered with the Community Care Licensing Department of the State of California.
We believe:
· That a pre-school should be a safe, loving environment that children look forward to attending.
· Each child is a unique individual and we should appreciate and respect those differences.
· A comprehensive child development program for children enhances every individual's potential to develop to his/her capacity.
Our goal is to provide an environment which fosters creativity, responsibility, and independence; one that provides a comprehensive child-development program.
A comprehensive child development program provides opportunities for the child to become a healthy, happy learner through interaction with peers in a positive, secure atmosphere. This comprehensive program is provided through the following component services:
Goals for Social Development:
· Creating friendships with children their own age.
· Achieving a balance between spontaneous behavior and obedience to social standards.
· Providing positive and trusting experiences in working with adults.
· Goals for Intellectual Development:
· Encouraging curiosity and creative thinking. Build listening and communication skills.
· Providing an experience for learning in a planned program.
· Broadening the child's horizon beyond the home through varied experiences.
Goals for Physical Development:
· Building good health habits and attitudes.
· Training independence in physical development; developing motor coordination.
· Becoming aware of physical abilities and limitations.
Goals for Emotional Development
· Developing self-confidence, self-reliance, and self-discipline. Helping the child feel that he/she is accepted by others. Channeling inner destructive impulses into positive responses.
Goals for Nutrition and Health
· Helping the child know about a variety of foods.
· Learning to classify foods into the food groups of fruits, vegetables, milk, meat, bread and cereal. Learning to recognize that some foods are needed for growth and health.
· To know the sources of some foods and that they can be prepared in different ways.
· Developing good health habits.
Admission Policies:
Kinder-Startin' Pre-School welcomes all children regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry or sex, who are 2 years old and potty trained, through Kindergarten age. Admission is based on space-availability and agreement by staff and parents that the child is ready and will benefit from our program.
Parents wishing to enroll their child should complete the following simple process:
1. Call in and schedule a tour with the director. During the tour, parents can observe a class in progress, which will help to decide whether this program is what they desire for their child. This observation will help answer some questions that can be addressed at the meeting with the director.
2. Parents will be provided with enrollment paper work during their tour with the director.
3. Parents complete the enrollment application(and related documents) and return it with an annual, non-refundable registration fee of $50.00.($35.00 for after school program).
4. If space is available, the child is registered in school. The child may begin attending class upon completion of all registration forms.
5. If all classroom spaces are filled, prospective students will be placed on our waiting list, and parents will be notified when space becomes available. Children will be enrolled on a first come-first serve basis.
Withdrawal Procedures:
If your child must be withdrawn from the center, notify the director two weeks before the date of withdrawal.
If your child is withdrawn without notification, the tuition is considered forfeited.
The center reserves the right to terminate any child's enrollment any time for any reason. Tuition in such a situation will be refunded proportionally. We reserve the right to terminate your child from our facility at any time for any reason or on the basis of the following:
1. Non fulfillment of pre-school contract.
2. Abusive contract hours.
3. Excessive behavior problems.
4. Program not benefiting the child.
5. Non-payment of tuition.
6. Continuous Late Payments.
Yearly Schedule & Holidays
Kinder-Startin' is open twelve months a year, and observes the following holidays: New Years Day, President's Day, Martin Luther King Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving Day & following day, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.
The tuition at Kinder-Startin' is payable biweekly. Payment is considered delinquent if not paid within 3 days after the due date. A $10.00 late fee will be added for delinquent payment for each due date. An account with a balance carried into a new month will be charged a $25.00 late fee in addition to other late fees and child care will be terminated until payment in full is made. Delinquent accounts will be sent to collection. The school depends on each month's tuition to pay its current expenses. We regret that we are unable to adjust tuition (no deductions or refunds) or substitute one class time for another in order to accommodate your child's illnesses.
Each child enrolled the entire year is entitled to a 1 week vacation credit per year.
Tuition Rates:
· Full Time Tuition (eight to ten hours five days a week): $125.00 per week.
· Full Day / Part Time: $26.00 per day
· AM or PM: $20.00 per day
· After-School Rate (age 1st- 6th grade) $16.00
· The above rates are for pre-subscribed days only. For additional days of "drop-ins" there will be an additional $.50 billing charge per day.
Your child's contracted time allows 15 minutes before and after for leaving and picking him/her up. An additional late fee will be charged at the rate of $5.00 per five minutes, which will be debited to your account.
If the scheduling does not meet your childcare needs, please feel free to communicate. We will try to work out a suitable schedule.
The enrollment fee is $50.00 per child. The after school fee is $35.00.
Rates printed here may be subject to change during the school year.
Billing and payment policies
You will receive a statement 7 days before the due date, for the days your child is enrolled. Please check this statement to make sure it is accurate. Parents pay their bill on the Brightwheel website. Checks should be made payable to Kinder-Startin' Pre-School. There will be an additional fee of $15.00 for all returned checks. We also a $10 per month discount if you enroll in Autopay through Brightwheel.
In order to run an efficient pre-school, it must be properly staffed at all times. Because of this, the teachers' scheduling is done according to the days you subscribe to and not on the actual hours of attendance. Payment is due if you agreed to use certain days whether or not the child attends during those hours. Also, there will be no credit given in tuition for holidays that the pre-school is closed.
We will assist in the necessary escorting of children from Linwood Elementary School who are attending Kindergarten.


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