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Fans of Louis Sachar will welcome the adventures of a contest-crazed seventh grader who uses his wits and way with words in hopes of winning a big cash prize to help his family avoid eviction. Benjamin is about to lose a whole lot more than good toilet paper. If he doesn't make tons of money fast by selling candy bars and winning contests—like the Royal-T Bathroom Tissue slogan contest—his family will get kicked out of their apartment. Even with his flair for clever slogans, will Benjamin be able to win a cash prize large enough to keep a promise he made to his dad before he died? Or will he lose everything that matters to him? Praise for Death by Toilet Paper "Readers can't help but enjoy this heartening book about hanging in there."--Kirkus Reviews"Ben is a character kids will root for."--Publisher's Weekly "Would make a fine classroom readaloud."--The Bulletin
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By Kathy from San Jose, USA
Check prom supply catalogues - they often have themed party kits from which you can get ideas. Also, think about making giant versions of your masquerade masks to hang on the walls ( I assume you're using the ones in the photo?)
The most important decoration to keep in mind for a Quinceanera celebration is Christ. You could place an enlarged replication of your choice of Christ paintings on a main wall and/or small replications on all the tables within the table decorations. You might also consider giving out small crosses to all who attend.
Decorate the chairs with tied on ribbons alternating the colors you want from chair to chair. And have a centerpiece on all tables with all of the colors you want. Of course crepe paper streamers in your color choices will add to the festivity too :-)
Congratulations on your passage!
Where can I get quinceanera invitations that have Cinderella and masks? It's a Cinderella masquerade ball theme.
By rosa from Somerton, AZ
Have you considered making your own invitations? This site has Cinderella clipart images that you could use:
Pardon me for asking, but what the heck are Quinceanera Invitations? I have lived in NYC for 25+ years, and this is a new one on me. Thank you in advance for any responses.
My daughter's Quinceanera theme is dragonflies. I have figured out how to make the body and wings, but cannot figure out how to combine them without looking "dirty". Any suggestions?
By Pastora from Kansas City, MO
Not sure what you mean by 'dirty'. Why don't you tell us what you've made the other parts from, and that might be useful for ideas.
I'm trying to have a "Phantom of the Opera" themed quince, and I have so many questions. What colors should I do? What about music and food? I also need ideas for centerpieces. I would like any cake ideas too. I would really appreciate any help you can give me. Thank you.
By selena from El Paso, TX
Hello there,
I actually turned 17 and I had my Phantom of the opera themed Quinceanera 2 yes ago, and I can say it went pretty outstanding. The colors I used were simple the already dramatic colors of red and gold! I refused to see anything white. My dress in addition was blood red. My centerpieces consisted of a gold on gold vase with antiquate details and angels with red roses, and red roses only, the flower petals consisted with white sort of thorns and i took it to myself to make sure that every piece of white was gone! So everything was red and gold.
My cake was ivory, a black ribbon at at the bottom of each cake, (cause they were separated), and at the top of each little cake were red roses. It was beautiful! For my waltz I did a medley of all the phantom songs for my entrance and the main overture for my main waltz!
Only the male dancers were wearing masks my extra dancers with my female companions (who were wearing red and gold tutus with a red ribbon in their hair ('Meg Giry', lol), well anyways the male dancers were wearing normal masquerade red masks, while my main dance (only one), was wearing the phantom Mask.
Also the thank you grams for all my guests. I had a copy of the 2004 movie, for each family and a red rose with a silk black ribbon to accompany it.
I hope this helped.
Overall you will have so much fun! Especially if you love phantom ad much as I do. ;)
My birthday is in May and I don't know what to do. Usually people have a party but I don't like the whole center of attention thing. Plus, I don't have that many close friends so it would mostly be family and people I hardly talk to (awks). But I do want the dress. I thought about a cruise or something because I have never gone on one, but it might be hard considering my family consists of 6 people.
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The Terms of Service faux pas Instagram made last month doesn't appear to have permanently damaged its upward membership trajectory. The company has posted that it now has 90 million monthly active users, a 10% increase from the previous month.
In late December, the company's new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service provoked the kind of furious backlash by its members that more commonly accompanies privacy-related actions by its new parent, Facebook -- Facebook bought Instagram for a reported US$ 1 billion in cash and stock last spring.
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The Privacy Policy and Terms had been modified to include sections that gave Instagram the right to use "your username, likeness, photos (along with associated metadata) and/or actions you take, in connection with paid or sponsored content or promotion, without any compensation to you." It also said that "paid services, sponsored content or commercial communications" would not always be labeled, which some users thought undermined the credibility of postings on the site.
Within days of posting the new corporate documents, Instagram responded. Co-Founder Kevin Systrom wrote on the corporate blog that the company was reverting to its original language for those sections. He emphatically stated that the site "has no intention of selling your photos, and we never did," and added that users own their photos.
After the controversy hit, there was a report in the New York Post that Instagram's active user base dropped by 25% in one week because of the privacy/ownership controversy. It was based on data from research firm AppData, which utilized stats of Facebook's applications employed by Instagram's users.
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At the time, Instagram denied that there was any drop off, telling news media that there was still "strong and steady growth" among registered and active users. The Post's report was cited by observers as a key cause for a 2.9% drop in Facebook's stock about the same time.
The newly posted active usership indicates that the Post/AppData report was way off in total numbers, as it showed the drop going from 16.4 million active users to 12.4 million. Given the huge discrepancy in total active users, and the fact that not all users connect their accounts on Facebook and Instagram, the report's accuracy in depicting a 25% drop is also now called into question.
In late December, AppData issued a statement essentially retracting the idea that any drop was related to the privacy/ownership fracas. It said that the drop seemed "likely related" to the Christmas holiday, especially since similar drops were shown at Skype, Pandora, Pinterest and Yelp.


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The promotional video clip of this newly blossomed trading online system TNT Trading Software gets underway with a guy said to be a legal professional named Greg Moris of some Moris Law Firm. Allegedly, he's working for the other guy who is shown in the very first scenes of the video. He is named as Timothy Tibbits, and this man is the
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A Brief History of Jazz
Jazz became organized as a musical genre in the United States in the early 20th century, but its roots originated in the l9th century in the South. The Atlantic Slave Trade brought over half a million Africans to America and with them came musical influences from their native land. As African americans learned to play European instruments in the 19th century and developed their own styles of music, like the cakewalk. The Cakewalk is a combination of harmony and syncopation. It became very popular and caught on among white folk, and was played in minstrel shows.
Toward the end of the 19th century, a new style of music emerged called ragtime. After the abolition of slavery, opportunities to learn opened up to many African americans. However, there were not many job openings. Many talented African americans took jobs as musicians in minstral shows, in bars and clubs. Ragtime was created in the red-light districts of New Orleans and was a modifcation of the march, characterized by polyrhythms and syncopation. It was very upbeat and perfect for dancing. Ernest Hogan was a black entertainer who first recorded ragtime on sheet music in 1895. It became very popular music and was even adopted by white musicians in America and in Europe. The ragtime is considered the first type of jazz music.
The ragtime carried its popularity into the 20th century. Small jazz groups began to travel and eventually spread the music from coast to coast. Jazz even traveled across the seas. During World War I, the "Hellfighters" infantry band carried ragtime to Europe. By the 1920's Jazz had become the dominant genre of music in America. Jazz was associated with parties, extravagent behavior and drinking. The peak of Jazz music in the first half of the century lasted from 1920 to 1933. Many believed it was the cause of moral decay in American society. This period was the dubbed "The Jazz Age."
By the 1930's ragtime had lost its novelty. A new grand and exaggerated form of jazz was introduced, the big band swing. Big band or swing jazz was composed of a very large section of brass and reed instruments and was headed by a bandleader or an arranger. Some of the most famous bandleaders were Duke Ellington and Glenn Miller.
In the 1940's Swing Jazz introduced a string section and vocals to the big band. Swing jazz was broadcasted over the radio and soon travled to other countries. During World War II, for example, a collection of dissenting german youth known as the "swing kids" adopted swing jazz and swing culture. They would dance and play swing music in defiance to Hitler. He had forbidden any Swing Jazz or swing dancing because of its ties with African-Americans and Jews.
During the 1950's a type of jazz called "cool jazz" was preferred. The 1950's was a decade of conservatism and the jazz music of the period definitely reflected that. Cool jazz was a toned-down version of jazz, where the big band reduced in size and sound.
The 1960's and 1970's saw a new forms of jazz with the introduction of Latin cultural influence rock and roll and soul. In the 1960's Afro-cuban jazz became popular, but was soon replaced by Brazilian Jazz. Latin jazz combined traditional jazz with unconventional instruments like bongos, morracas and different types of flute. Into the 1970's soul jazz was formed from a mixture of soul, blues and gospel music. The unique thing about soul jazz was that the solo instrument was typically an organ, which was very new to jazz music. Finally the 1970's saw a rise in rock and roll. Jimmy Hendrix was famous for infusing jazz with rock and roll and established a form of jazz- jazz infusion. In the recent history jazz has been experimented with and a plethora of subgenres have emerged like, pop fusion or "smooth jazz", jazz rap, nu jazz and even vocal jazz.


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Most teens start school too early in the morning, which deprives them of the sleep they need to learn and stay healthy, a new study says. The American Academy of Pediatrics last year urged middle schools and high schools to start no earlier than 8:30 a.m. in order to allow teens — who are biologically programmed to stay up later at night than adults — to get the recommended 8.5 to 9.5 hours of sleep each night. But 83 percent of schools do start before 8:30 a.m., according to a study released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The average start time for 39,700 public middle schools, high schools and combined schools was 8:03 a.m., based on data from the 2011-2012 school year.
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Cook's Illustrated Serve with Basmati Rice Pilaf (see related recipe), passing yogurt and at least one type of chutney or relish at the table, (see related recipes and tastings).Submitted by LITTLEMEDEE
Carbs: 29.9g | Fat: 9.6g | Fiber: 6.7g | Protein: 6.8g | Calories: 225.4
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The monkeys were released back to their home mangrove swamp near Kingkaew Soi 9 in Rassada at 4pm, the same area where they were caught just days ago. (See story here.)
Present for the release were Phuket Vice Governor Thawornwat Kongkaew and Pongchart Chouehorm, Director of the Natural and Wildlife Education Centre, Khao Phra Theaw, who has been tasked with carrying out the campign, and vets from Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP) who are carrying our the mass sterilsations.
So far 71 captured monkeys have been neutered, officials said, noting that sterilising about 60% of any wild monkey troupe should help to control their population, which has been among the chief concerns prompting the campaign. (See story here.)
Other neutered monkeys will be released at appropriate places, the wildlife officials noted.
Following the monkey release at Kingkaew Soi 9, Mr Pongchart and his campaign associates went to inspect the cages set up at the at Monkey View Point at Koh Siray, also in Rassada, at 7:45pm.
A total of 52 wild monkeys had been captured there, Mr Pongchart reported,
"In total, we have now caught 216 wild monkeys," he said.
As with their fellow wild monkeys rounded up from areas where they are starting to be considered troublesome, the monkeys caught at Koh Siray yesterday were taken to the site near Bang Pae Waterfall in the Khao Phra Theaw Non-Hunting Area to join the mass-sterilisation program.


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Bills' rookie McCloud wants to produce on the field, then on the big screen
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Could the Bills' rookie wide receiver someday play characters in Hollywood movies like a handful of NFL players have before him? The Clemson product knows he's got a lot of football in front of him, but when it's all done, years down the road, that's his plan.
But unlike most former NFLers-turned-actors, McCloud's aspirations go beyond just being seen on the big screen. He wants to be behind it, too. In fact, the 21-year old has already started writing loose scripts.
"One day, when I'm done with football, I want to be a director and producer in movies," McCloud told me after one of his final minicamp practice before heading back to Florida before training camp starts, adding he wants to act, as well. "I'm going to learn how to write scripts word-for-word, but right now I just write how I want my movie to be, planned out and set."
How did one of the top high school football recruits in the nation fall in love with "lights, camera, action?" Even he isn't totally sure.
"I don't know," he said. "I didn't read too much growing up, (but) I used to write a lot." And that writing wasn't just words. McCloud's love for cinematography was an extension of another of his off-the-field talents. Drawing.
"Once I was like imagining stuff and 'what if this movie was like this?'' he said. "I just watch [movies] differently. I'm like, 'what if they ever did this, how would it be different?''
Acting. Directing. Producing. It's no surprise McCloud wants to be involved in every aspect he can when his playing career is over. That's because versatility has always been the name of his game in football, too. The Bills' sixth-round pick was a do-it-all offensive and special teams threat for the Tigers, but he even had college experience playing on the defensive side of the ball as a cornerback. McCloud was an honorable mention All-ACC performer as an all-purpose player, mainly because of his receiving and punt return abilities. He's a huge threat with the ball in his hands. In fact, as a running back in high school in Tampa, McCloud ran for 1,933 yards and 17 touchdowns as a senior, and 5,765 yards and 58 touchdowns for his career.
He chose to go to Clemson over other big-time programs that offered him a scholarship, like Alabama, Florida, and Auburn. While there, McCloud says Clemson didn't have much to offer in the line of TV production. So he became a sociology major. But he certainly paid attention to the industry, and, of course, just like having favorite football players, he also has his favorite actors.
In no particular order, Will Smith, Denzel Washington, and Nick Cannon are at the top of McCloud's list. Cannon was the actor he really started following at a young age, and even started to rattle off some of his favorite movies he's starred in while we talked.
McCloud has even thought about doing some television work during his football career, but the gridiron comes first right now as he begins his rookie season - and will for a while. The big screen can wait. "Football is my first priority," he said, even recognizing that any success he has on the field could help his future movie endeavors. "Movies are my second love. Football is my first, it's always been football."
That's why McCloud's not only working out in his hometown of Tampa to get ready for his first pro season, but also putting in time in Los Angeles with some close football-friends, including former Clemson teammate and current Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson, as well as Bills quarterback Josh Allen, who's part of the same rookie class as McCloud.
McCloud's hoping it's not the last time his talents take him to Hollywood.
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393. The boy travellers in the Far East, part third : adventures of two youths in a journey to Ceylon and India with descriptions of Borneo, the Philippines Islands and Burmah Page 37
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I am using android 2.3.5 version phone. I want to upgrade my phone into 4.0 versions. I dont know how it will possible. Can you explain me how to do it?
I am using android 2.3.5 version phone. I want to upgrade my phone into 4.0 versions. I dont know how it will possible. Can you explain me how to do it?
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Hello friend,
First of all check whether your manufacturer has released ICS officially for your device.
If Yes:
- You can check for updates directly from your device and download through WiFi over the Air. Check your device's official page.
- Update through the PC Software of your device (e.g: Kies in Samsung), connect through USB and download and install updates.
If No:
Don't worry if it is not officially released for your device.
Rooting your device is the key to all problems. The procedure is different for different devices so just Google it for your device. Once rooted, you can have almost total control over your device. Although it may void warranty.
There are many ICS ROM's available unofficially for Android device. The best one is CyanogenMod 9. It is also somewhat official to some extent. Even MIUI is good though.
Un-official stock ICS ROM's are also available. You can also use patched ICS ROM's of other popular device.
You can get all the procedure on XDA Forums.
You can upgrade if you have an official update you can easily update by connecting the phone to a PC and then opening the system PC connectivity tool and by selecting the firmware update it will automatically update it or if you have a wifi connection you can do it over the air from settings->software update. If you want to upgrade unofficially then you have to follow the procedure
1. Root your phone.
2. Install recovery (for backup purpose and other advanced features)
3. Install custom ROM.
It depends on phone on how to install so mention your phone model and number correctly to get accurate procedure.
Hope this helps.
Here you have specify your Smrtphone.
After it i can Give you Advice.
Or whether Just check it out there is there any official ICS update is available for your Samrtphone,
If yes then you can easily upgrade your Device with an official ICS from Authorised Customer care.
Its Pretty simple.
No need to worry.
Pleasure to help you..!
How can I upgrade OS from 2.3.5 to 4.0 in my android phone? I am using HTC Desire S.
can you post the steps please. I can't proceed from the root after wiping all data, install from SD card - rather, I don't know what to do. Please help.
Hello friend,
I will help you to solve your problem,don't worry just follow as i say.
Firstly you hadn't mentioned the model number of your phone.So i can't give you the accurate solution but the common procedure to upgrade your phone is in this way.
1.Firstly check whether you have an official version of update available for your phone.
Then connect your phone to the PC.
And your phone will get detected by the PC automatically.
Then afterwards you will be prompted with the firmware update of your phone.
Then follow the onscreen instructions and your problem will get solved for sure.
All the best............................
Yeah sure you can !
You can upgrade your Android Device to the latest 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich version provided your device supports that. You can do that in two ways possibly : Please read along :-
1. Go to settings -> Phone -> About Phone -> Software Update -> When you click on it, it would check for the latest software update and then notify you about it and the file size. Please connect to a Wifi as these are large files and cannot be downloaded in 2G speeds. Also connect your phone to the AC Power supply so that it doesn't run out of power..
2. Another way would be to take your phone to the company service station. If its in the guarantee period or its less than a year that you bought your device then they will update it for free. However if not, then they would charge you some Rs 100/- Thus you can get it done this way also..
Hope this helps
All the best


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Your four-door sports car awaits in the form of the 2019 Nissan Maxima. Nissan's latest iteration of its Maxima luxury sports sedan boasts revised exterior styling, standard V6 performance and upscale interior amenities, along with plenty of high-tech features that enhance every drive!
Bob Richards Nissan invites motorists from nearby North Augusta and Aiken, South Carolina to get into a 2019 Nissan Maxima at our full-service Nissan dealership in Beech Island, SC. You can shop for a new Nissan Maxima right now here on our website, where you can learn more about the available trim levels like the sport-tuned Maxima SR model.
For drivers who want luxury, performance and value all in one sedan, the 2019 Maxima is your ride, so don't hesitate to visit Bob Richards Nissan for a closer look!
Nissan equips every 2019 Maxima with a potent, 300-hp V6 engine and stellar driving dynamics that you would expect only from a sports car or coupe. The Maxima's "four-door sports car" moniker lives on in this latest version; in fact, the 2019 edition is sportier than ever with an available sport-tuned suspension, paddle shifters and striking 19-inch alloy wheels.
The proper way to experience the all-around performance and head-turning style of the 2019 Maxima is with a test drive, so stop by our Beech Island, SC dealership to take one of these sporty Nissan sedans out for a spin!
You wouldn't be wrong for thinking that the 2019 Nissan Maxima is as much a luxury car as it is a sports sedan. Thanks to popular available amenities like leather-appointed seating and heated steering wheel and a Nissan Navigation System, every journey in the new Maxima is a rewarding and enjoyable one.
Other premium features offered on the 2019 Nissan Maxima include:
Nissan's flagship sedan can be had with an array of highly advanced driver-assist technologies and safety systems that make up Nissan Intelligent Mobility™. These high-tech safety features help elevate your drive by helping you change lanes or back out of a parking space with confidence, thanks to systems like Blind Spot Warning and Rear Cross Traffic Alert.
For 2019, Intelligent Forward Collision Warning is standard on the Maxima; this system is always on the lookout for changes in traffic that drivers might miss. When the forward collision system detects the sudden slowing of traffic ahead, it can alert the driver to reduce speed to avoid a potential collision.
Also standard on all 2019 Maxima sedans is Automatic Emergency Braking, which can automatically apply braking pressure should the driver fail to react to the Intelligent Forward Collision Warning system.
Bob Richards Nissan is your dedicated source for new Nissan vehicles for sale near North Augusta, SC. If you want to tour a powerful and high-tech Nissan like the 2019 Maxima, shop our dealership where we offer competitive prices on our large inventory of new and pre-owned Nissan vehicles. Feel free to visit us at your convenience or contact our team for more information about your new Nissan of choice!


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Reason to Book
A Haven on the Highway
Willow Springs is Tranquility personified and you will feel the warmth enveloping you as you pass by the huge welcoming gates.Willow Springs Resort is located on the Medchal highway in Hyderabad city. It takes about 30 minutes drive from the national highway 7.
Plan your Corporate off site. Office picnic at our resort fully equipped conference facility and huge outdoor lawns for team building exercises and group activities
School Picnics
School Picnics are the highlight of every school kid's academic year. Our beautifully landscaped gardens that we've designed is the ideal spot for recreation. With ample space for children to eat, play and run around, every school picnic will be a memorable one with us.
We don't just promise a wonderful stay, they also promise a spectacular food. Here, it's easy to combine the best of both dining and hospitality in one go.
Water Games
Beat the heat in our exclusively designed water park! Filled with lots of fun activities for adults and children to bond in, this is the perfect getaway for your family this festive season.
Put on your dancing shoes because we're offering the best disco in town! We provide fantastic tunes, funky disco lights
Rain Dance
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(Left) A monk walks alongside a row of prayer wheels. As you rotate a prayer wheel, it says a prayer on your behalf. They must be spun clockwise to say 'Om Mani Padme Hum', the most powerful mantra in Buddhism. I tried to look up the meaning of this mantra on the net but couldn't quite grasp the real essence of it. You can refer to this link link if you are interested.
The head lama of a monastery lights holy lamps in preparation for prayers (below)


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An Incentivised Key Resource, or IKR represents a foundational resource required for the secure operation of a blockchain. The IKRs fulfil roles that receive a reward for their provisioning. IKRs come in various shapes and sizes and fulfil different roles dependent on the nature of the blockchain in question.
Cent is a dApp-based application layer, orchestration platform and accounting system – it seamlessly bridges blockchains, infrastructure providers and exchanges to deliver a simple, one touch process to deploying an IKR and receiving the respective payments the IKR generates.
Skyminers act as decentralised nodes for the private routing of network traffic as a layer on top of the current Internet, and in the future, as an independent network through its own mesh-network topology. Skyminers earn coin hours for the availability of service which will be converted into Skycoin. During their testnet phases, the rewards are paid directly in Skycoin.
Bulwark is a privacy-centric blockchain project that offers censorship resistant transactions that are completely unknown to anybody but the sending and receiving parties - Masternodes are operational to facilitate the cryptography necessary for these secured transactions as well as quickly validating instantaneous transactions.
Livepeer is a decentralised network operating on the Ethereum platform where end-users are rewarded for the provisioning of network bandwidth and compute power for the transcoding of live and pre-recorded content. Content producers opt to use Livepeer over traditional streaming services where network bandwidth and computing power often come at a premium.
Infrastructure Provisioners form the backbone of our offering. IPs are rewarded for making available to compute, storage and network capacity to serve our IKRs and we provide a dependable income that fairly compensates you for this.
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In its simplest form, Cent transparently manages the creation of an IKR for you and oversees its performance through its community of Infrastructure Provisioners, the rewards received for the work completed on your behalf are then processed and distributed through smart contracts.
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Alcoa Foundation Partners with Keep America Beautiful for Campus Recycling Competition
Alcoa Foundation Partners with Keep America Beautiful for Campus Recycling Competition
NEWSROOM: Keep America Beautiful
CAMPAIGN: Keep America Beautiful Recycling Grant Programs
CONTENT: Press Release
(3BL Media) March 8, 2012 - Alcoa Foundation is partnering with national nonprofit Keep America Beautiful and the College & University Recycling Coalition to provide a total of 20,000 recycling bins to colleges and universities during the RecycleMania competition.
Alcoa Foundation's recycling bin grant program is an effort to help schools boost their results during the 8-week competition, and expand their recycling efforts throughout the year. Based on strategic plans to collect the most recyclable materials, Alcoa Foundation and Keep America Beautiful haves awarded 33 grants to colleges and universities in the U.S., including 16 of which are Alcoa partner schools. The grantees will have the option to use the recycling bins in different on-campus settings – student housing, athletic facilities, academic buildings, administrative offices and outdoors.
The recipients are:
• Arizona State University (AZ)*
• Baldwin-Wallace College (OH)
• Blinn College (TX)*
• Butler University (IN)
• Case Western Reserve University (OH)*
• Clemson University (SC)*
• College of Charleston (SC)*
• Denison University (OH)
• Florida International University (FL)
• Hampton University (VA)*
• Indiana State University (IN)
• Ivy Tech Community College – Southwest (IN) *
• Kent State University (OH)*
• Lycoming College (PA)
• Missouri University of Science and Technology (MO)
• New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)
• Old Dominion University (VA)*
• Penn State Erie, The Behrend College (PA)
• Purdue University - West Lafayette (IN)*
• Randolph-Macon College (VA)
• Southern Illinois University Carbondale (IL)
• Spelman College (GA)
• Thiel College (PA)
• University of Akron (OH)*
• University of Houston (TX)*
• University of Iowa (IA)*
• University of Michigan (MI)*
• University of Missouri-Kansas City (MO)
• University of Mount Union (OH)
• University of Tennessee at Martin (TN)*
• University of Texas Medical Branch (TX)
• University of Virginia (VA)*
• Virginia Military Institute (VA)
*Alcoa campus partner
"Our continued support of RecycleMania is designed to ignite real change, to achieve one thing: dramatically higher recycling rates," said Beth Schmitt, director of recycling programs for Alcoa. "Through the recycling bin grant program, we want to encourage a social shift toward recycling on college campuses. We want to show Millenials that recycling is not only the right thing to do, it's the smart thing to do, and it's something they should be in the habit of doing long after they leave college."
In an effort to increase recycling at partner schools, Alcoa Foundation offered three types of recycling bins – small general purpose bins designed for residence hall rooms or offices, indoor public space bins and a public space bin ideal for outdoor venues. This year's bin variety enabled selected schools to get the infrastructure where it is needed most to divert recyclables from the waste stream.
RecycleMania is a friendly competition that aims to change behavior about recycling and raise awareness about waste reduction programs on campuses. During the competition, which concludes on March 31, colleges and universities vie for top awards in nine categories to see which schools recycle the most on a per capita basis, produce the least amount of waste and recycle the largest percentage of their overall waste. In 2011, 630 colleges and universities participated in the challenge, collecting more than 91 million pounds of recyclables and compostable organics. This prevented the release of 127,553 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent into the atmosphere.
"RecycleMania provides colleges and universities with an easy way to boost recycling on campus and to instill students with a greater sense of obligation to recycle throughout their lives," said Matthew M. McKenna, president and CEO of Keep America Beautiful. "We're thankful for the support of Alcoa Foundation, and for the company's continued leadership in advancing recycling nationwide."
The Keep America Beautiful partnership further reinforces Alcoa and Alcoa Foundation's commitment to increasing recycling across communities. Alcoa set a goal to increase recycling rates in the U.S. to 75 percent by 2015. Since 2008, Alcoa has distributed close to than 150,000 recycling bins, launched the Make an Impact program to help families live more sustainably, developed the free Aluminate™ recycling app, and, in the last five years, invested nearly $4.5 million in community-based recycling programs.
About Alcoa Foundation
Alcoa Foundation is one of the largest corporate foundations in the U.S., with assets of approximately US$446 million. Founded more than 50 years ago, Alcoa Foundation has invested more than US$550 million since 1952. In 2011, Alcoa Foundation contributed more than US$20 million to nonprofit organizations throughout the world, building innovative partnerships, engaging its people to improve the environment and educating tomorrow's leaders. The work of Alcoa Foundation is further enhanced by Alcoa's thousands of employee volunteers who share their energy, passion and purpose to make a difference in the communities where Alcoa operates. Through the company's signature Month of Service program, in 2011, a record 56 percent of Alcoa employees took part in more than 1,200 events across 24 countries, reaching 81,000 children, serving 9,000 meals, planting 34,000 trees and supporting 1,800 nonprofit organizations. More information can be found at www.alcoafoundation.com.
About Alcoa Recycling
Alcoa and the aluminum industry have a goal to increase can recycling rates in America to 75% by 2015. To hit this goal, Alcoa and the Alcoa Foundation have distributed nearly 150,000 recycling bins, launched our Make an Impact calculator to help families live more sustainably, created the Aluminate™ recycling app and, in the last five years, invested nearly $4.5 million in community recycling programs across the country. If every American recycled just one more can per week, we would reach our goal, saving enough energy to power a city the size of Denver or Baltimore for one year. Join us in this important effort, download the app, and recycle. Together, we CAN make a difference. More information can be found at www.alcoarecycling.com.
About Keep America Beautiful, Inc.
Keep America Beautiful, Inc., established in 1953, is the nation's largest volunteer-based community action and education organization. This national nonprofit forms public/private partnerships and programs that engage individuals to take greater responsibility for improving their community environments. For additional information, visit www.kab.org.
About the College & University Recycling Council
The College & University Recycling Council (CURC) is a membership-based nonprofit organization made up of collegiate recycling and sustainability professionals seeking to exchange technical knowledge and best practices on recycling and waste reduction programs between institutions of higher learning. Originally formed in 1992 as a technical council of the National Recycling Coalition, CURC incorporated as an independent organization in 2009. Today, CURC counts nearly 1,300 members and is led by a steering committee made up of recycling and sustainability program managers from universities across the United States. Among other initiatives, CURC supports collegiate recycling programs through a free webinar series, annual workshops, a quarterly e-newsletter, the development of best-practices manuals and toolkits. For more information, go to www.curc3r.org.


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Happy Jersday!
Season 5 of MTV's Jersey Shore premieres tonight.
Twitter is abuzz with anticipation of the wildly popular reality show returning for its newest season.
In other Jersey Shore news, the next season is reportedly going to be filmed in SOUTH AFRICA!
Also — cast member Deena Nicole will be making an appearance here in Pittsburgh at World of Wheels on Saturday, January 28th, 2012 from 1pm-5pm.
The World of Wheels will be held at the David L. Lawrence Center in Pittsburgh on January 27-29.
Hopefully, Deena is on her best behavior….
Psssttt…rumor has it that Snooki may be getting her own spin-off. That being said, other Jersey Shore cast members have also been rumored to be involved in spinoff projects; but none yet have ever come to fruition.


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As a means to outline economic inequality, Olalekan Jeyifous decided to show what shanty towns in Lagos, Nigeria, might look like if they had towering skyscrapers like more well-off urban landscapes.
The project, dubbed 'Shanty Megastructures,' is strange to view due to its ability to subvert ones expectations as to what a city should look like. By translating shanty towns to the center of cities, the designer places the issue somewhere that can't be ignored, as the people living in extreme poverty too often are.
Olalekan Jeyifous explained the project by saying "These images juxtapose sites of privileged and much coveted real-estate throughout Lagos, Nigeria, with colossal vertical settlements representing marginalised and impoverished communities." With this, Shanty Megastructures looks to generate a conversation surrounding the lack of resources granted to shanty towns and the government's desire to replace the areas with private sectors.
Designer Olalekan Jeyifous Imagines Poverty-Stricken High-Rise Towers
Riley von Niessen — August 11, 2016 — Art & Design


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**Lack of beautiful Chicago photos in this post brought to you by Apple Computers: Planned Obsolescence. Rated G, for AnGry. (as in, my brand new iphone died with all photos in it before I could post. Ahem. )**
photo courtesy of en.petitchef.com
So it's 5AM Monday morning and Vitamin A is earning Good Guy points driving me to O'Hare Airport. We are listening to an REM compilation and talking about "Fall on Me", the first song of theirs I ever heard (age 10, Amy S.'s room, Highland Park NJ, cassette tape player). I tell him I have a vivid memory of my exact mental image while listening: that I was holding in my hands a ripe melon - coarse, scratchy, and brown outside - and prying it open to look at the fruit - rich, coral, miraculous- inside. I remember that is what I thought. Why a melon? I have no idea, especially since it was probably a cantaloupe and I've never liked them. But that's what came to mind, and it's probably my earliest food/art mental collusion.
A says "You should tell the band that. They would probably love to hear it."I fleetingly imagine doing so. (Ring, Ring. Hello? Michael? This is The Boo. Well, you dont know me, but, your song reminds me of a melon.)
Rewind to Saturday night. Date night dinner at Longman & Eagle. Scooping bone marrow and onion jam onto a toast point, Vitamin A asks me, "So do you really like to read books...about food?"
Pause to imagine a photograph here. Blustery exterior, dimly lit and gray-brown vivaciously noisy interior. Dark wood bar, friendly crowd in various jeans and sweaters. It's all very Chicago. Menu titled "EAT". Zoom in on cocktail menu titled "DRINK" and the phrase "Extensive Libations Program".
Yes, let's rewind further. Longman & Eagle, named for the adjoining street and a nearby statue of an eagle, is attracting a lot of Chicago foodie interest with its adventurous menu and casual dare I say hipster vibe. A friend of A tells me, breathlessly, that the restaurant recently earned its first Michelin star. Not too shabby.
Yes, let's rewind further. Longman & Eagle, named for the adjoining street and a nearby statue of an eagle, is attracting a lot of Chicago foodie interest with its adventurous menu and casual dare I say hipster vibe. A friend of A tells me, breathlessly, that the restaurant recently earned its first Michelin star. Not too shabby.
I bypassed the "Blood and Sand" (involving scotch and 'flamed orange oil') and the "Harvest Sidecar"(applejack, pear liquor, cointreau, nutmeg) in favor of a "Hot Apple Cider" which is exactly that, if you add generous amounts of rum and applejack brandy. I watched Vitamin A peruse a list of beers with names like "Three Floyds Robert the Bruce" or "Half Acre Daisy Cutter"; I think he ended up with "Goose Island Night Stalker", but I can't swear to it.
Anyway the point is that the whole reason we are eating bone marrow (I moved on to wine at that point) is because of a book about food, which is how the subject comes up. I am so sure I remember some articulate rhapsodizing about bone marrow on toast in Ruth Reichl's memoir "Tender at the Bone" that I knew we'd have to order it. Even before I texted you, Mouse, (A: "Are you really going to text your sister about this?") for support.
It arrives - this really should not be surprising- in a bone, a thick short bone right there on your plate. It comes with warm toast, a pot of tangy red onion jam, and an overflowing spoonful of sea salt. I really, really like all of these things. So far so good. I scoop some of the - yep, that's really marrow isn't it? - creamy, translucent substance out with my knife, spread it onto the toast, dress it up, and bite in.
Vitamin A is talking about Shakespeare's Henry V, which I am about to assistant direct with a cast of 5th-7th graders (true). I reflect on how interesting it is to talk with people who a) LOVE books and literature, b) love food, c) are well-educated and well-spoken about both... yet do not necessarily see how these things could be connected. While for me, as I've said many's the time, Food and Art 'live' in the very same place. Sure, I say, I read books about food. Because they're not just about food. But food can be a language all its own, a powerful way to put the reader "there". No? I can't imagine a better description of my 'Fall on Me' experience than that imaginary melon.
But it takes all kinds. Vitamin A's response to food-in-literature is the same as my response to raisins in my baked goods and your response, at age 5?, to the freckle you found on your arm: Nooooooooo! Get it oooooofffff!
We also ate veal (because why stop at one aggressive meat) with some really stellar creamy grits, a beautiful salad with sliced apples and a melted cow's milk cheese called "Barely Buzzed" (there was pork in the dressing!!), and a main course of Maple-Braised Pork Shank (this also contained pork), which we both agreed was kind of disappointing; like they just poured maple syrup over it. But all in all a delicious meal, if a bit too sweet.
We stopped just short of the dessert menu, because I was full, A is not a dessert guy, and because the menu features - get this - gruyere donuts (!) with parmesan (!!) and "whipped citrus goat cheese" (!!!). Longman, please.
And the Item Itself? Well ... honestly: there was love, but I'm not sure if it was the marrow or its accessories. And there was the gelatinous-ness, which usually spells trouble for me. I've often said I despair of being a "real gourmet" because there are so many classics (think bleu cheese, or foie gras), that I just can't get into. And also ... it was bone marrow. I kind of couldn't get past that. So I'm not sure I'd go back. But it was exciting and new and if nothing else certainly an endorsement of Ruth Reichl's ability to turn a phrase. Perhaps sometimes the reading is better than the eating.
If, of course it was Ruth at all. I searched for that Reichl passage in order to write this post, and I just couldn't find it. If anyone has it, send along. I offer you this instead.
Well I could keep it above...
but then it wouldn't be sky anymore...
so if I send it to you, you've gotta promise to keep it whole...
Love and cantaloupe,
(and Happy Thanksgiving!!)
The Boo


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The Specialist Buyers Guide for Rail Supplies and Services
Switchpoint Heating supplies:
Cables & Accessories
Self-limiting, series resistive, parallel resistive cables
Accessories such as channels, mounting clips etc
Control cabinets for control of switchpoint heating.
Supervising / Communication via Internet.
Accessories: Various accessories for switchpoint heating such as weather station modem, thermostats etc.


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Listening to, and Learning from Market Systems
Market development requires us to have a finger on the pulse of not only economic opportunities that can include vulnerable populations, but also to the drivers motivating individuals to engage in economic activities.
I am working with 2 producer groups, but they are not really groups- they are a collection of individuals who want to increase their household incomes. And to participate in the classes that I am leading, they need to be a group. This is not an unusual circumstance- I have seen it all around the world. In fact when I was teaching at the Microenterprise Development Institute (MDI), I always encouraged my students to get their producers to form groups.
The common wisdom of forming producer groups is that collectively the individuals can:
- decrease their input costs by buying in bulk
- decrease their operating costs like transport by sending all their products to market together
- increase sales by bulking their volume to sell to a lead firm or even sell to a higher value market with increased volume
This is all very nice theoretically- but truly, what is needed for a group to function?
- Communication between members to share information and support each other
- Responsibility to accomplish tasks that they volunteer for
- Purpose for the group to exist that everyone agrees with
- Trust between members
When groups do not emerge from self organizing, then there usually is little to no communication between members, no one takes responsibility for what needs to be done, and the level of effort of individuals is usually inspired by an outside person who asks that something gets done. Self-motivation, will and collective concern is usually lacking in a group that did not emerge from self-organizing. In the end, the project becomes preoccupied solely with making the groups work instead of facilitating interventions that inspire systemic change.
Emergence and self-organization are two concepts inherent in a robust market system. Are we paying attention though? I'd like to deconstruct these concepts.
Systems thinking is best described by EMERGENCE – the process where larger entities or patterns arise through interactions among smaller or simpler entities that themselves do not exhibit such properties. "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts" because the whole has properties and characteristics that aren't central within the parts. The new properties only can emerge at the level of the whole.
Donella Meadows in her article Dancing with Systems, which is also the final chapter in the edited book with her writings (Thinking in Systems- A Primer, 2008), talks about getting the beat of the system. I like that. Every system is telling us something, but are we observing and listening? Or are we imposing our assumptions and mental models on a system to make it work the way we want it to so that our outputs and outcomes are achieved?
In this particular instance, the project here is based on the premise that food security can improve if people can diversify their crops and household income streams. This makes sense and comes from lots of experience that has emerged from our field of work. Figure 1 presents a stock and flow diagram used to illustrate a simple system with a causal affect.
Figure 2 illustrates the intention of the project's intervention to incorporate women into an economic activity through microenterprise development (MED) to enable them to earn an income, which will then result in decreased food insecurity.
These diagrams are simplistic illustrations and do not take into account the complexity of factors impacting on not only food security and household income, but also the reality of the individuals who are to create the change in the system of food insecurity. Figure 2 above does not take into consideration any of the contextual constraints that impede the development of microenterprise even if capacity building was provided.
Food insecurity is a grave issue, and we have to start someplace. Microenterprise development (MED) has been an important initiative in our attempts to alleviate poverty. Yet the learning has indicated that the necessary inputs to create microenterprises like access to credit, understanding markets, promotion, basic bookkeeping, packaging, production, inventory control, and the list goes on, requires lots of human resources to create even a minimal number of successful viable microenterprises.
This project would have to link with and/or hire many types of skilled professionalsin in order to develop 122 enterprise operators (the target of this component of the project). One also has to look at and analyze entrepreneurial characteristics of candidates participating in the project. An entrepreneur is determined, curious, innovative, self-disciplined, self-motivated, passionate, a risk taker, self-confident and adaptable.
In the field of MED, we have learned time and time again that most individuals do not possess most of these qualities and that these qualities cannot be taught, they are inherent in the individual. This goes for industrialized countries also. In fact, this learning has shifted the field of microenterprise development (MED) to move away from offering business development services (BDS) to individual businesses, to facilitating market development which is demand driven and can affect systemic change that benefits thousands of individuals and households.
To shed some light on the importance of context in an initiative, and how the context influences the outcome of any facilitated intervention, I present below in the following chart the project activities being implemented to achieve household food security with the women learning about MED. I also present how the women are impacted and affected by the context in which they live.
Leverage Point
From a systems perspective, the context is not the problem here—it is the leverage point which is the place where alterations can be made in the existing system (food insecurity) to produce the desired set of changes (food security). One of the leverage points selected in this project was providing support to women to run their own business so they could earn and income and reduce food insecurity.
The chart above gives us information that supporting women with little education and few material resources to start their own business successfully requires lots of resources and handholding. The project has a year left, and to get 122 women business owners operational in groups is not viable when the individuals are not self-motivated, there is no will to collectively run a business and there is minimal risk taking because the margin of error is so minute due to lack of household resources.
Self Organization
Self-organization is when a new way of interacting emerges out of what had been typical interactions at the local level. The process of self-organizing is spontaneous: it is not necessarily directed or controlled by any agent inside or outside of the system, there is no coercion here.
If we look at what happened with the eruption of the Arab Spring when Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire in protest of the confiscation of his wares and the harassment and humiliation that he reported was inflicted on him by a municipal official and her aides. The people had had enough of the harassment from their government when they were trying to earn a living and self organized to bring about change. Now what has replaced the Arab Spring seems chaotic and complex now, but it is a new order of interacting that emerged spontaneously.
The groups of women I am working with know each other, and interact with each other in their communities, not necessarily in a very close way, but they know each other. And they do want to increase their household income, but to expect them to collectively work together to achieve this, well that is more of pipe dream than anything. Their reason for existing as a group did not emerge from them, it was directed by the NGO.
Self-organizing makes for a more resilient system. Individuals who are interested in changing their lives by improving their income levels, as the women I am working with all are interested in- well heck, that is a good place to start. There is a common theme, which can be the glue to move forward with. Coercing individuals to become a group with incentives and benefits for the purpose of reaching more individuals is not going to improve income levels of individuals. If we step back though and see where these individuals are living, what skills they have, what assets they have and interests that are based in their reality, we have a starting place to then go out and identify and assess if there are market opportunities that the individuals would self select to engage in.
In review- the women are interested in earning an income. They have been showing up to the class, traveling and taking the time out from their households. This requires organization to have their children cared for when they are out, getting meals planned, and working around the transport issues. Being interested in learning can be a driver for change. The question that begs to be asked is this the right leverage point—can we improve food security at the household level with women operating micro enterprises? How could we harness that driver within the time and resource constraints that have been encountered thus far with the focus on MED?
Let's return to the leverage point selected in this component of the project to address food insecurity—supporting women entrepreneurs so they can earn an income. If we listen to the women, they are indicating that they want to increase their household income. They have no labour market skills that permits them to be close to home to take care of their children and households. If we start with the desire to earn an income, let's shift from the women supplying the market with a product to the women responding to demand for a product that was an input in a market system.
For instance, what would we find out if a market analysis was conducted to see what agricultural products local Nicaraguan firms require as inputs for their products- for instance in a condiment or juice factory? This would shift the orientation of the project from supply oriented to demand oriented, and the buyer would establish the criteria for the sale- for instance volume, quality, delivery dates. The women would then be joining the labour market instead of being a business operator, which requires many more skills than providing an input for a lead firm. The experience of earning an income and working with a buyer can only contribute towards improving self-confidence while at the same time increasing the household income. Who knows what can happen from that point on! This is just an idea that needs to be researched and tested.
If we are attempting to affect change in a system, then it is critical that we pay attention to what the actors in the system are telling us- behaviour is not to be condemned or judged. Behaviour is shaped from experience and context. Now is the time for reflection on the part of the NGO I am collaborating with to revisit what they have learned thus far and adapt their strategy of increasing household income to assist families to be more food secure. Otherwise, all the effort being expended by the project, and the women, will result in little to no change in the ability of rural households to be food secure.


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Smartphones are miraculous for my generation.
For my 5-year-old daughter's generation, while these devices may be "awesome," they are hardly astounding. To them, digital is just part of the landscape and has seemingly always been here.
That point was really driven home for me recently when I was asked to present to my daughter's New Jersey kindergarten class, which was doing a track on supermarkets.
I recycled an old industry Powerpoint by removing most of the text (the kids can't really read yet) and retaining only the slides with the most interesting images. On presentation day, I was feeling pretty good as I flipped through pictures ranging from shopping carts to fruit displays, explaining how each fits in.
Towards the end of the talk, I showed some SN magazine covers, including one that displayed a smartphone. I asked, "How can you use a phone like this in shopping?"
That's when the surprise began. These kids rattled off a full list of how mobile ties into shopping, including some aspects that stores haven't even really embraced yet.
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These kids are already aware of how smartphones will become embedded in the shopping experience.
Many food retailers are experimenting with mobile in one form or another, and one company that stands out is Ahold USA, the winner of this year's SN Technology Excellence Award for its efforts. That company became a pioneer last year when it translated its popular in-store handheld device used for scanning and obtaining targeted offers into a smartphone app for shoppers.
The impact of mobile devices doesn't mean the in-store experience is any less valuable. But that experience can't proceed divorced from digital. It must be integrated.
In the near future, these capabilities will no longer be differentiators, but will instead be expected by kids and their families. Failure to embrace the mobile trend could cause stores to lose shoppers.
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Every once in awhile, I go back and reread on of the chapters of a book that changed my GOD view. It was Max Lucado's book GOD Came Near. I say it changed my GOD view because, prior to reading it, my view of GOD was that of someone far off, out of touch, unable … More "Just a Moment"


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CHICAGO (CBS) — A South Side pastor has completed his cross-country fundraising walk, and has returned to Chicago.
WBBM Newsradio's John Waelti reports Rev. Corey Brooks spent 130 days on the road, on a fundraising walk to raise money for a community center in Woodlawn.
At a welcome home party at his New Beginnings Church of Chicago on Sunday, Brooks said — with all the publicity his walk received — a lot of people have been hitting him up for money personally.
"I had people call me from New York, wanting me to pay for their kid to go to a private Christian school somewhere in Virginia. Then I had somebody's car was broke down in Alabama. I didn't even walk through Alabama," he said.
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He started the walk in June, and he has said he'll need a knee operation when he's done. He also said he has lost more than 30 pounds and went through four pairs of shoes.
The pastor made it clear the money he has raised doesn't belong to him, but instead belongs to Project HOOD – the non-profit he founded to purchase land at 6625 S. King Dr., a shuttered Super Motel that had become a haven for drug dealers and prostitutes.
After spending 94 days on the roof of the motel to raise the $450,000 needed to purchase the building, Brooks had it torn down to make way for a new community center, intended to give local kids something to do.
"Kids are dying every day," he said Friday as he neared the end of his walk. "So when I think about the whole walk, I think about how it's been a significant part of our lives. But we got to keep on walking and keep on doing the things we need to do to enhance the lives of people."
Brooks raised $500,000 for his Project HOOD during the walk, and said another donation will soon be coming.
"It's more than Tyler Perry gave us," Brooks said, referring to the $100,000 Perry donated to help buy the motel on King Drive.
Brooks needs to raise approximately $15 million total to build the community center he has planned for the King Drive location.
Donations are being accepted via Brooks' campaign, Project HOOD (Helping Others Obtain Destiny) website.


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Neukölln / Britz: This is the largest playground in Berlin, with the most variety in play equipment. Even in the park around it, there are things and attractions hidden everywhere.
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Schöneberg: This one is also one of Berlins newest playgrounds. Beautiful and large place.
Kreuzberg / Schöneberg: Probably the playground we revisit most often, as Gleisdreickpark just offers so much variety - there are skateparks here, beer gardens, nature playgrounds, old abandoned train tracks. Just amazing!
Dahlem: This is one of the newest playgrounds in Berlin - and its colorful and beautiful! The park around it is also nice with a bunch of more play and sports equipment.


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