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Arts For Life plugs seriously ill kids into art
February 20, 2013 By toddcohen49 in Arts/culture, Fundraising Tags: Arts For Life, Dan Timmons	Leave a comment
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 2001, Anna Littman spent a lot of time visiting her 11-year-old sister, at the time a cancer patient at Brenner Children's Hospital in Winston-Salem.
Seeing her sister and other children with serious illnesses at the hospital inspired Littman to do something to try to lift their spirits and shift their focus to creative activities.
So she rounded up donations of cameras, film and journals that her sister and the other kids could use to document their experiences in the hospital.
That effort led Littman to form Arts For Life, a Weaverville-based nonprofit that in 2011 provided over 257 hours a week of art and music programs for over 5,000 children and their families in hospitals in Asheville, Charlotte, Durham and Winston-Salem.
"It provides the children, both in-patient and out-patient, the opportunity to be involved in either art or music activities that divert their mind from having to deal with serious health issues," says Don Timmons, the nonprofit's Clemmons-based director of development.
Operating with an annual budget of $400,000, Arts for Life also employs four program directors who are based at Brenner, at Mission Children's Hospital in Asheville, at Duke Children's Hospital & Health Center in Durham, and at Presbyterian Hemby Children's Hospital in Charlotte.
The organization generates all its support through contributions, grants, sponsorships and special events, including support from the four hospitals.
Working with volunteers and paid arts fellows, those directors make art and music, including materials, instruments and lessons, available to seriously ill children and their families.
Breaking the gloom of a family visit to a sick child, for example, a music fellow may knock on the door of the child's hospital room, and then walk in pushing a cart filled with guitars, drums and other percussion instruments.
"In 10 minutes, the dynamics of the room have transformed to the entire family singing a song together," Timmons says.
To help generate more support and expand its programs, Arts For Life in 2012 held "Princess Balls" for girls that raised $5,000 and $2,000, respectively, for its programs in Winston-Salem and Asheville, and plans to hold similar events this year in Charlotte and Durham.
It also has launched "The Hope Mosaic," a collaborative project to benefit its program at Presbyterian Hemby.
The event aims to raise $40,000 and involve up to 100 local artists, children and teens, each of whom will paint a 6-inch-by-6-inch canvas, all of which then will be stitched together to form a large mosaic that will be exhibited at two Charlotte locations before being unveiled this spring at the hospital.
Timmons, who joined Arts For Life in July after serving for 4-and-a-half years as regional director of the Central and Western North Carolina chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, says he also will be holding lunch 'n' learn workshops for any companies or other organizations that would like to know more about the organization and becoming sponsors.
Fundraising, Part 1: Basics key as economy starts to recover
February 19, 2013 By toddcohen49 in Education, Fundraising Tags: Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, Bill McGinly, John Taylor, N.C. State University, North Carolina State University	1 Comment
[Note: This article is from a report written for Blackbaud, which asked me to look at fundraising strategies that nonprofits have found to be effective.]
With the struggling economy beginning to show some life again, and donors regaining some confidence, nonprofits need to be focusing on fundraising fundamentals.
That is the view of fundraising professionals in nine fields of interest.
"The primary tactic that seems to work most effectively is to ask people for money," says John Taylor, associate vice chancellor for advancement services at North Carolina State University.
"So many organizations I have worked with just kind of sit back and watch the money come in the door, and expect the same dollars from the same donors every year, and fail to recognize that the philanthropic climate is changing," he says.
Bill McGinly, president of the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, says building a "culture of philanthropy" within a nonprofit is critical, as is building the capacity of the nonprofit's fundraising operation.
"Until fundraising is recognized as a strategic partner in planning for today and for the future of the organization," he says, "you're going to struggle a bit more in order to build or grow philanthropy."
From engaging donors and volunteers and demonstrating impact to effective branding, direct-response marketing and back-office operations, fundraising professionals say, nonprofits need to invest in their fundraising programs and operations if they expect to produce results.
This series looks at some strategies that fundraising professionals say are working in their fields of interest, starting with higher education.
When John Taylor joined N.C. State University as associate vice chancellor for advancement services in November 2008, just after the economy collapsed, the school's advancement operation had less than a handful of prospect researchers and roughly 1,300 rated prospects coming out of its most recent campaign.
Today, the school employs three people in its prospect management department and another six in its prospect research department, and has 21,000 rated prospects in its database, Taylor says.
That is one result of a "complete reengineering process" of its fundraising operation that N.C. State launched at about the time Taylor joined the university.
Spurring that overhaul have been not only the ailing economy but also heightened competition for philanthropic dollars, huge growth in the number of nonprofits, and the added challenge of catastrophic disasters like Hurricane Sandy, he says.
"You just can't rely on those same dollars from those same donors," he says.
Key to N.C. State's strategy has been support for engaging its donors, including "more focused suggestions," renewals of annual gifts, "more targeted" asks, and solicitation of eight-figure gifts.
And that has paid off: In the first six months of the fiscal year that began July 1, N.C. State raised $82.4 million, up from $26.9 million in the same period a year earlier.
The school is working with donors not just to renew the gifts they make every year, but to make "much more substantive, transformational gifts," Taylor says.
Its prospect management meetings, for example, feature "focused conversations about strategies for approaching donors, prospect assignments, and making sure the assignments are fairly distributed" across the range of donor categories.
Those categories include initial "discovery" of prospects and whether they are viable as donors; "stewardship" of donors who have made a gift; "emerging" prospects who will be asked to make a gift within three years; and "top prospect" donors who will be solicited within 12 to 18 months.
The advancement office also sets expectations for major gift officers on the size of their portfolio, and on the number of asks and visits they should make, and uses that information to show their progress and evaluate their performance.
It also has invested heavily in infrastructure, increasing its advancement services staff by 50 percent to just over 30 people, and converting its operating system and development software system.
And it has been "asking people for money, and in particular for more money," Taylor says.
In the six months through Dec. 31, 2012, annual giving totaled $1 million, up from $837,000 in the same period a year earlier.
And the number of households giving $1,000 or more has grown 25 percent.
"The most important tactic," Taylor says, "is engagement of your constituency."
Next: Healthcare groups invest in development capacity
Fundraising, Part 2: Health care groups invest in development capacity
Fundraising, Part 3: Human services groups focus on direct response marketing
Fundraising, Part 4: Museums aim to diversify donor base
Fundraising, Part 5: Major gifts a focus of environmental group
Fundraising, Part 6: Direct marketing a key for public society benefit group
Fundraising, Part 7: International affairs group aims to show
Fundraising, Part 8: Faith-based groups count on direct mail
Fundraising, Part 9: Independent school partners with parent volunteers
February 15, 2013 By toddcohen49 in North Carolina	Leave a comment
Wake Tech raises $10.8 million in 'quiet' phase
Wake Tech has kicked off the public phase of a campaign to raise $12.5 million, and already has raised $10.8 million in the campaign's quiet phase.
Funds from the campaign, known as "The Ripple Effect," will support scholarships, new technology, and faculty and staff innovation.
Wake Tech, which opened on Oct. 7, 1963, as the W.W. Holding Industrial Education Center, now is the largest of the 58 community colleges in North Carolina, last year serving over 66,000 students or the equivalent of 1 in 8 Wake County adults.
Greensboro funder names chief operating officer
Mona Gillis Edwards, a vice president and chief of staff at the Center for Creative Leadership, has been named chief operating officer for the Community Foundation of Greater Greensboro, effective March 11.
Edwards, who joined the Foundation's board in 2008 and has served on its executive committee, chaired its marketing committee and played a key role in creating its current five-year strategic plan, will be responsible for day-to-day management of the Foundation and will assist its president, Walker Sanders, in translating organizational goals into its overall operational plan.
SECU Foundation funds innovation prize
SECU Foundation awarded the first of four planned $200,000 annual grants to support the newly named State Employees' Credit Union Emerging Issues Prize for Innovation through the Institute for Emerging Issues at NC State University.
The 2014 Prize for Innovation competition will engage college level students to collaborate and respond to challenges facing their communities and the state, specifically in the areas of education, health, natural and built environments, and the economy.
SECU Foundation's gift will allow the Institute to expand on its Prize for Innovation competition, offering $50,000 in prizes to winning college teams in each issue area.
Black Philanthropy Initiative awards $20,000
The Black Philanthropy Initiative at the Winston-Salem Foundation awarded $20,000 in grants in late 2012 from the Black Philanthropy Fund for programming that supports African-Americans in the area of financial literacy. Grants included $5,000 each to Experiment in Self-Reliance, Family Services, United Metropolitan Ministries, and Work Family Resource Center.
Community Foundation of Western North Carolina expands local food program
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina has awarded a $35,000 grant through its Food and Farming Focus Area to support expansion of the Appalachian Grown program at the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, or ASAP, that labels and promotes locally-grown farm products in the marketplace.
ASAP launched the Local Food Campaign in 2000 to build markets for locally-grown food and, with increasing demand, launched the Appalachian Grown program in 2006. Sales of Appalachian Grown certified products in 2012 exceeded $100 million.
Window World launches campaign for St. Jude
Window World in North Wilkesboro, though Window World Cares, its charitable foundation, has launched a national campaign to raise $1 million in 2013 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.
Immigration conference set for Raleigh
Immigration will be the focus of a conference on February 28 to be presented from noon to 5 p.m. by the Center for International Understanding at the Hunt Library on the Centennial Campus at N.C. State University in Raleigh.
WDAV launching annual drive
WDAV 89.9 Classical Public Radio will kick off its spring 2013 membership campaign on February 27, with a goal of raising $210,000 by March 7. WDAV generates 80 percent of its $1.6 million annual operating budget from annual membership gifts from individuals and underwriting by area businesses.
Musical event to benefit Charlotte Symphony
The Charlotte Symphony will benefit from Classical Idol, a musical event that will be produced by the Symphony Guild of Charlotte, sponsored by Time Warner Cable, loosely patterned after American Idol, focusing on music in the daily life of the community, and held April 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Spirit Square's McGlohon Theater, with a reception starting at 6:30 p.m.
Autism Society poised for growth
February 14, 2013 By toddcohen49 in Fundraising, Health/Human services, North Carolina Tags: Autism Society of North Carolina, Tracey Sheriff	Leave a comment
RALEIGH, N.C. — In their long session that convened January 9, state lawmakers are expected to consider a bill that would require private health insurers to cover treatment related to autism.
That requirement would cover costs that can exceed $50,000 a year for some families and on average would add 31 cents a month to costs for all people insured by companies that offer autism coverage in the 32 other states that have passed similar legislation, says Tracey Sheriff, CEO of the Autism Society of North Carolina.
The legislation, he says, is important in the face of continuing growth in the prevalence of autism, which affects one in 88 individuals in the U.S., including over 60,000 North Carolinians, up from one in 150 in 2000.
Founded in 1970, the Autism Society provides advocacy, training and education, and direct services for individuals with autism and their families.
The Raleigh-based agency operates with an annual budget of $16 million and a staff of 125 people working full-time, 525 working part-time, and 50 to 75 seasonal employees who work at its Camp Royall in Chatham County.
With five regional offices and five satellite offices throughout the state, the agency in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2012, served nearly 11,000 people with autism, a developmental disability characterized by difficulties in understanding social relationships and interactions.
The Autism Society, for example, employs 18 parent advocates who serve parents of children with autism in all 100 counties in the state, providing support for children throughout their lives.
It also operates 49 chapters, all led by volunteers, that serve families and provide peer support in 66 counties.
And it serves an advocate on public policy issues, including the shift to managed care and the impact it will have on families living with autism.
The agency also provides workshops, conferences and consulting for individuals and families, as well as training for organizations ranging from schools, libraries and churches to medical practices, hospitals, child care providers, and employers. And it operates a bookstore, the largest in the U.S. on autism, that offers 700 titles and last year sold 5,000 items.
It provides residential housing for 25 adults in seven communities, as well as job training, "day programming" for people with autism not ready for competitive employment, and community-based services, mainly for children who live at home.
And its 38-year-old, 133-acre Camp Royall, the oldest and largest camp in the U.S. for people with autism, served 350 adults and children from ages 4 to 64 last summer in 10 one-week sessions, and also serves another 650 people during the rest of the year.
The Autism Society generates $10.3 million in Medicaid reimbursements for its community-based services, housing, and day programs, and $3.3 million through a state contract to help underwrite its advocacy services for individuals and families, its camp, and its training and education services.
It raises another $1.4 million through fundraising, including nearly $150,000 that supports scholarships at Camp Royall.
In December, it raised over $72,000 in its first formal annual fund campaign, double the total it raised a year earlier in its traditional year-end appeal.
It also received a three-year, $100,000 gift from Gregg and Lori Ireland in Chapel Hill through their Ireland Family Foundation to create the position of clinical director, which will be filled by Aleck Myers, the former director of the state's Murdoch Developmental Center in Butner.
And with founding support from Evernam Family Racing for a Reason, it is launching a program in Davidson that will serve young adults with high-functioning Autism or Asperger's Syndrome, a mild form of Autism.
While some autism organizations focus on medical research, the Autism Society focuses on supporting people living with the disorder, says Kristy White, the agency's director of development.
"We are looking to improve the lives of individuals with autism, support families affected by autism, and educate our community," she says.
Nonprofit revenue, donor numbers drop
February 13, 2013 By toddcohen49 in Fundraising, Research Tags: Target Analytics, Target Q3 Index of National Fundraising Performance	Leave a comment
Nonprofit revenue fell slightly in the first nine months of 2012 as nonprofits continued to face the erosion in overall donor numbers they have experienced for most of the past five years, fueled mainly by declines in acquisition of new donors, a new report says.
In the face of those declines, median revenue in the first three quarters of 2012 fell a median 2 percent from the same period in 2011, according to the Target Q3 Index of National Fundraising Performance.
The Index is based on the evaluation of transactions from 75 large organizations, mainly focused on direct mail, that had over 37 million donors and over 78 million gifts totaling over $2.3 billion for the 12 months ended in the third quarter of 2012.
Among those organizations, 43 percent had revenue increases for the period, while 57 percent had revenue declines.
Donor numbers fell a median 3.2 percent for the nine-month period in 2012, compared to the same period in 2011, continuing a trend that began the recession, which the National Bureau of Economic Research says began in December 2007 and ended in June 2009, says Target Analytics, a Blackbaud company.
"Donor populations have been shrinking for the past five years," Target Analytics says. "The index has not experienced positive year-to-year overall growth since the U.S. Gulf Coast hurricanes in the third quarter of 2005."
New donor acquisition posted widespread growth in the first half of 2012 but continued for only a few sectors for the first nine months of the year, the report says.
"This may indicate that much of the first-half growth was more of a temporary leveling-off or moderation in long-term acquisition declines, rather than real increases in new donor numbers," it says.
Revenue amounts per donor grew slightly and varied by segment in the first three quarters of 2012, with 61 percent of organizations Target tracks posting positive growth over the period in revenue per donor.
"Revenue per donor shifts ted to be largely influenced by the mix of donors across different loyalty segments, since long-term donors typically contribute larger amounts than new donors," the report says.
The relief sector, for example, posted the both biggest drop in overall revenue per donor in the third quarter and the biggest growth in new donors compared to the same period a year earlier, the report says.
"Organization strategy may also be impacting overall revenue per donor as organizations work to maximize net revenue by focusing efforts on higher value donors," it says.
While the relief sector posted declines in most key measures, those declines represent mainly a "return to normal giving patters from phenomenal disaster-related growth in the two previous years, rather than a concerning decline," the report says.
The societal benefit sector posted "extremely strong" performance in most key areas for the third quarter, especially in new donor acquisition.
The environmental, human services and religion sectors all overcame donor declines as a result of increases in revenue per donor.
Health organization, while posting declining performance in most key measures that continued their pattern of most of the past five years, posted increases in revenue per donor and donor retention and resulting in "slower revenue declines than donor declines," the report says.
Arts and culture groups had decreases in most key measures in the third quarter after showing some recovery in 2011, with revenue per donor representing the only metric that saw increases in the third quarter.
Nonprofit revenue that Target tracks "has been, in general, weak since the declared end of the recession," the report says. "Most participating organizations have not yet regained a significant portion of the ground lost over the past four years."
That trend may not be unexpected, the report says, citing research by the Giving USA Foundation finding that, once a recession is over, "it has taken an average of three to four years for inflation-adjusted charitable giving to rise back up to pre-recession levels."
The most recent recession, it says, was one of the worst in recent memory and the post-recession recovery has been one of the slowest.
"This implies that the nonprofit industry is likely to continue to struggle for a while yet," it says.
— Todd Cohen
HandyCapable puts people with disabilities to work
February 12, 2013 By toddcohen49 in Employment, Health/Human services, North Carolina Tags: Barbara Davis, HandyCapable Network	4 Comments
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Carl, a man in his mid-30s, has a severe case of cerebral palsy, a condition that makes it difficult for him to control the use of his arms, legs and parts of his speech.
In his job as a volunteer computer technician, he must be lifted from his electric-powered wheelchair onto a floor mat, where he lies using a headpointer to load software onto refurbished computers and to work as his employer's webmaster.
His employer is HandyCapable Network, a Greensboro nonprofit that has refurbished over 3,500 computers since it was formed in 2006 to provide computer training for people with developmental disabilities.
Operating with an annual budget of $180,000 and a staff of two people working full-time and three working part-time, the agency works with eight volunteer "HandyTechs" who refurbish used and donated computers that HandyCapable distributes to low-income families and to nonprofits, churches and other groups.
In 2012, with those volunteers contributing over 4,000 hours, HandyCapable placed nearly 500 refurbished computers with low-income families, and refurbished another 400 that were awaiting distribution.
HandyCapable, for example, has distributed over 1,100 computers to the homes of children who are students in six elementary and middle schools in Guilford County.
Each family that gets a computer also takes part in a 45-minute training session from HandyCapable on how to hook up their computer, use educational software, anti-virus software and open-source office software that is loaded into the computer, and understand internet safety.
HandyCapable was founded by Barbara Davis, who serves as executive director.
In 2000, after managing group homes for people with developmental disabilities, she became "disillusioned and a little sad" that group homes had lost their focus on their clients and had become "more about the money" and about "government regulations in a corporate-like atmosphere," Davis says.
"It was not leading people with developmental disabilities to become productive members of society," she says.
Having begun at that time to learn about computers herself, she contracted with The Arc of North Carolina to develop four computer learning centers in the Triad that would provide computer training for people with developmental disabilities.
In addition to four centers she got started at nonprofits and churches in Burlington, Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem, Davis started seven other centers at organizations that served low-income people, at-risk kids and senior citizens.
And needing computers for the center, she looked for donated and used computers, learned how to fix them, and began to teach people with disabilities how to fix them.
So when her contract with The Arc ended, she founded HandyCapable.
HandyCapable counts on grants and donations from individuals, foundations and corporations for 75 percent of its revenue, and generates the remainder through earned income.
The Weaver Foundation and the Mary Lynn Richardson Foundation made grants of $7,500 and $5,000, respectively, making it possible for HandyCapable to distribute over 200 computers to low-income families for the most recent holiday season.
And HandyCapable generates revenue from dismantling unusable computers and selling their parts to Powerhouse Recycling in Salisbury.
"We give people with disabilities a place where they can show their abilities," Davis says, "and find fulfilling work in the community."


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McCONNELLS, SC- Enjoy period music and dancing during the annual Independence Day Celebration at Historic Brattonsville's Hightower Hall. Toys, games and a paper hot-air balloon launch are part of the outdoor fun. Make a 1850s-style toast after the reading of the Declaration of Independence at 3:30 p.m. on the front steps of the Hightower Hall.
Slow Smokin BBQ food truck will be on site.
Tuesday, July 4, 2017 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Historic Brattonsville's Hightower Hall is located at 1036 Brattonsville Road, McConnells, SC.


Quirky educational film comparing the sea bed with a busy traffic system - pile ups, crashes and jams.
The busy sea bed is compared to a traffic system with jams and crashes. Sailing boat on the sea. Underwater shots of fish. Many fish moving around together. Voice over calls for a "one way system" to avoid pile ups. Strange sea creatures. Starfish moving around on the sea bed. Starfish sinking into the ground to avoid being seen - "don't you sometimes wish you could do the same?" Masked (?) crab burrows into the sand leaving its long feelers sticking out. A strange fish with legs. Cuttle fish and its frilly fin. Crawfish meandering around the sea bed. Lobster blunders in and out of the rocks. Lobsters escape predators. Prawns and shrimps have instantaneous reverse motion. Crabs walking sideways. Hermit crabs - "owner drivers in baby cars." Spider crab in C/U. A "fight" between two spider crabs. A sea plant opens up its petals. Whelks. Scallop opening and closing is compared to a sneeze. Mussels on the back of a scallop shell, the scallop is overbalanced by the mussels. Starfish stalks its prey - eventually getting on top of the scallop shell. The crabs finish what the "greedy starfish" doesn't eat. "The sea swarms with other murderers intent on robbery with violence..." including the ravenous conger eel. "The sea cucumber looks like a harmless pin cushion..." but produces a firework effect of touch sticky threads if frightened or pinched (a hand in the tank prodding the cucumber is just visible). A crab in a hurry gets entangled in the threads. A lobster gets held up too. A smaller crab gets caught and struggles until he has no life left. Voice over says: "and with his last kick, there ends another of those traffic fatalities which are forever occurring beneath the surface of the sea..." Portentous music over shot of the sun setting over the sea.
Note: multiple prints and negs exist. German and French tracks exist.


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States that Reciprocate a Pharmacist's License with Florida
By: Roger Thorne J.D.
How to Become a Licensed Conservator
The state of Florida, along with all other states, requires that pharmacists must obtain state licensing before they can work in the state as a pharmacist. A licensed pharmacist in Florida can sometimes work in another state if that other state accepts the Florida pharmacist license, a practice known as reciprocity. Each state has its own pharmacist reciprocity laws, which are subject to change.
According to Visalaw.com, most, but not all, states allow Florida licensed pharmacists to obtain licensure through reciprocity. The states that, as of June 2011, that allow for pharmacist reciprocity licensing from other states but do not allow for pharmacists from Florida are Alabama, Hawaii and Wyoming. California does not allow for pharmacist reciprocity licensing from any state.
Florida pharmacists seeking to obtain licensure in another state through reciprocity must apply for licensure though the requirements differ between states. For example, a pharmacist seeking licensure in Main must submit an application along with various fees, according to the Maine Office of Licensing and Registration. The state requires a $250 fee for license reciprocity applications, a $21 fee for a criminal background check and a $100 fee for any exam score transfers.
Reciprocity Requirements
While many states do allow reciprocity with Florida, many also impose additional requirements before a licensed Florida pharmacist can obtain licensure in that state. For example, the state of Alaska requires that the pharmacist must be able to provide verification of having worked at least 1,500 hours as a pharmacist before they can obtain licensure through reciprocity. The pharmacist must also have certification through the Foreign Pharmacy Graduate Examination Committee, North American Pharmacist Licensure Examination and Multistate Pharmacy Jurisprudence Examination.
Florida and Other States
Florida also allows licensed pharmacists from other states to work in Florida, but the pharmacist must meet specific requirements. Florida requires that an applicant must show that she has been a practicing pharmacist for at least two of the prior five tears and has participated in at least 30 hours of continuing legal education prior to applying, or has spent 2080 hours as an intern.
Visalaw.com: Pharmacist Licensing Requirements By State
Florida Department of Health: Pharmacist Examination Application
Maine Department of Licensing and Registration: Pharmacist
Roger Thorne is an attorney who began freelance writing in 2003. He has written for publications ranging from "MotorHome" magazine to "Cruising World." Thorne specializes in writing for law firms, Web sites, and professionals. He has a Juris Doctor from the University of Kansas.
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Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September 2013 : the 2nd edition of the Belgian Jazz Meeting.
Belgian Jazz Meeting 2013 is an initiative of Museact (Gaume Jazz Festival, Jazz 04/Les Chiroux, Jazz Station, Maison du Jazz/Jazz à Liège, Les Lundis d'Hortense, Collectif du Lion, Sowarex/Igloo, Ecoutez-Voir), Jazz Brugge, Wallonie-Bruxelles Musiques and Flanders Music Centre. With the support of Federation Wallonie-Bruxelles, the Vlaamse Gemeenschap, the city and the provence of Liège and the city of Bruges.


Healthcare: Protect the ACA by expanding Medicaid to benefit all Georgians.
Education: Public schools should be governed by local school boards and the citizens who elect them, not private entities.
Jobs: Strong economic development is mandatory to create jobs for all Georgians.


AccorHotels has confirmed the purchase of asset portfolios representing 29 hotels (3,677 rooms) from three European investors for €284 million.
A portfolio acquired from AXA Investment Managers – Real Assets comprises 19 hotels in France (1,512 rooms) that have been operated under variable leases by AccorHotels since 2008, under the Ibis budget, Ibis, Novotel and Mercure brands.
Another is a portfolio purchased from Invesco for €152 million which comprises six hotels (1,347 rooms). Located in Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Austria, the hotels were operated under fixed and variable leases under the Novotel and Mercure brands.
The final portfolio has been purchased from Deutsche AWM for €76 million, and comprises four Novotel hotels (818 rooms) located in Madrid, Barcelona and Seville, which were operated under fixed leases prior to the acquisition.
The AXA and Invesco deals are scheduled to be finalised during the first half of 2016, while the transaction with Deutsche AWM was finalised on November 27, 2015.
They first two deals include substitution clauses for the buyer, enabling Accor's real estate investment arm HotelInvest to integrate the hotels directly into its asset management program.
John Ozinga, chief operating officer at HotelInvest, said: "Following the recent acquisition of 43 hotels from Foncière des Régions, these transactions once again demonstrate HotelInvest's expertise in dynamically managing its real estate assets.
"The transformation of HotelInvest is continuing at a fast pace, with close to €1 billion worth of real-estate transactions secured in 2015.


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NEW! Why is it important to turn off lights when you leave a room?
Answer: Lights run on electricity. If you leave lights on when you're not using them, you waste electricity. Turning off lights when you leave a room not only saves electricity, it also helps reduce your family's energy bill. For more ideas on how to save energy, check out the Energy Efficiency page of this website: http://www.pgesafetyeducation.com/school/elec_safety-smart/tell-me-more/efficiency.html.
How is electricity measured?
Answer: Electricity is measured in voltage (abbreviated as volts) and amperage (abbreviated as amps). To understand the difference between them, think of water in a hose. Opening the hose faucet supplies the pressure to move the water, and this pressure is like voltage. The amount of water that moves through the hose is like amperage. There is a third unit of measurement, wattage (abbreviated as watts) that describes the work electricity does. Watts are the product of volts and amps. Or, to say it mathematically, watts = volts x amps.
What is the energy cycle?
—Ashika
Answer: The energy cycle is a process by which some of the sun's energy is cycled through plants and then released back into the environment. The cycle starts with photosynthesis, in which plants capture sunlight to produce sugars. The sugars are used by plants as food to give them energy to grow. Because animals can't produce their own food the way plants can, they get their energy by consuming plants, or animals that have eaten plants. When the animals die, they decompose and the energy that is stored in their bodies is released back into the environment, completing the cycle.
How many electrical customers does PG&E serve?
Answer: PG&E provides both natural gas and electricity to our customers (hence our name, Pacific Gas & Electric). We serve approximately 15 million people throughout a 70,000-square-mile service area in northern and central California.
What do spinning turbines in power plants do to make electricity?
Answer: Turbines turn electromagnets that are surrounded by heavy coils of copper wire. The moving magnets cause the electrons in the copper wire to move from atom to atom, generating electricity.
What is a substation?
Answer: A substation is a facility where equipment lowers the voltage of the electricity in high-voltage transmission lines so that the electricity can travel safely along smaller lines for local distribution. The equipment inside a substation is very dangerous to touch; that's why substations have warning signs on them and you should never go inside one.
What do you do if there is an electrical fire, electrical shock, downed power line, or if a power line touches your car?
Answer: This is a lot of questions wrapped up in one! Because it would take up a lot of space for me to address all of them here, I think the best way for you to get your answers is to check out the In Case of an Electrical Emergency link in the Electrical Safety-SMART! section of this website at http://www.pgesafetyeducation.com/school/elec_safety-smart/emergency/index.html.
What is the recommended furnace setting when you are home and when you are away?
Answer: It is recommended to keep your house temperature at 68°F during the day, and much lower at night. Three to five percent more energy is used for each degree the furnace is set above 68°F. A programmable thermostat can help you save energy by lowering the temperature while you're asleep or at work. When you are out of town for a few days, it's best to turn the heat off altogether, but if you live in an area with freezing temperatures and have central heating, leave heat on at its lowest setting. This helps to prevent pipes from freezing.
How does the power line get electricity?
—Katlynn
Answer: A turbine generator produces electricity at a power plant, after which the electricity is sent to a transformer that boosts the voltage so that it can travel long distances over power lines more efficiently. (Voltage is a measure of the force with which the electricity is "pushed" through the lines.) The electricity then travels along thick, high-voltage transmission cables made of copper or aluminum. When these high-voltage lines approach neighborhoods, transformers along the power lines' path decrease the voltage to levels that are safe for use in homes, schools, and other buildings. Because it travels along a circuit, the electricity then returns from buildings back to the transformers and power lines.
How is electricity made?
Answer: Electricity starts with atoms, the tiny particles that make up everything around us. Even tinier particles called electrons orbit the centers of atoms. When electrons move between atoms through a wire, electricity results. Electricity is typically produced at power plants, where various energy sources are used to turn turbines. The turbines turn electromagnets that are surrounded by heavy coils of copper wire. The moving magnets cause the electrons in the copper wire to move from atom to atom, generating electricity.
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/*
 Handle a confirmable response to a non-confirmable GET request:

 1. Client sends a request:
 ==============================================================================
 Version | Type | Token Length | Code            | Message ID
 0 1     | 0 1  | 0 0 0 0      | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 | 0x0001
 1       | NON  | 0 bytes      | GET             | 1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Remote Endpoint: 127.0.0.1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Uri-Path: temperature
 ==============================================================================

 2. Server sends a response to the #1 request:
 ==============================================================================
 Version | Type | Token Length | Code            | Message ID
 0 1     | 0 0  | 0 0 0 0      | 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 | 0x4321
 1       | CON  | 0 bytes      | 2.05 Content    | 17185
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Remote Endpoint: 127.0.0.1
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------

 3. Client receives the 32 response and acknowledges it:
 ==============================================================================
 Version | Type | Token Length | Code            | Message ID
 0 1     | 1 0  | 0 0 0 0      | 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 0x4321
 1       | ACK  | 0 bytes      | Empty           | 17185
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 Remote Endpoint: 127.0.0.1
 ==============================================================================

 4. Request emits the `response` event.
*/

'use strict';

require('should');

var sinon = require('sinon');
var helpers = require('../helpers');
var Message = require(helpers.LIB_DIR).Message;

helpers.test(__filename, function(ctx)
{
  var expectedRequest = {
    type: Message.Type.NON,
    code: Message.Code.GET,
    id: 0x0001,
    token: new Buffer([]),
    uri: '/temperature'
  };
  var expectedResponse = {
    type: Message.Type.CON,
    code: Message.Code.CONTENT,
    id: 0x4321,
    token: expectedRequest.token,
    payload: new Buffer('22.3 C')
  };
  var expectedAckRequest = {
    type: Message.Type.ACK,
    code: Message.Code.EMPTY,
    id: expectedResponse.id
  };

  ctx.socket.expectRequest(expectedRequest);
  ctx.socket.scheduleResponse(50, expectedResponse);
  ctx.socket.expectRequest(expectedAckRequest);

  var req = ctx.client.request(Message.fromObject(expectedRequest));

  var eventSpy = sinon.spy(req, 'emit');

  ctx.clock.tick(3600000);

  return function assert()
  {
    ctx.socket.assert();

    sinon.assert.callCount(eventSpy, 1);

    sinon.assert.calledWith(
      eventSpy, 'response', sinon.match.instanceOf(Message)
    );

    eventSpy.args[0][0].should.be.equal('response');
    sinon.assert.coapMessage(
      eventSpy.args[0][1], expectedResponse, "Invalid `response`."
    );
  };
});

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Q: Second async function running before first async is finished I'm trying to write tests for a node/postgresSQL setup. Currently at the step where I create a table and then seed the table with users. I have an async function called createUserTable and then a second async function called seedUserTable, but when I run them I get the error 'relation "public.user" does not exist. I'm really confused as to why my second async function is running before the first one has finished.
Here is my code
const { Pool } = require('pg');

const { DB_HOST, DB_USERNAME, DB_PASSWORD, DB_PORT, DB_TEST_DATABASE } = require('./config');

const pool = new Pool({
    host: DB_HOST,
    port: DB_PORT,
    user: DB_USERNAME,
    password: DB_PASSWORD,
    database: DB_TEST_DATABASE,
});

const createUserTable = async () => {
    console.log('createUserTable')
    try {
        const newUserTable = await pool.query(`
            CREATE TABLE public.user
            (
                user_id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY UNIQUE NOT NULL,
                username VARCHAR(35) UNIQUE NOT NULL
            );
        `);
        console.log(newUserTable);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error.message);
    }
}

const seedUserTable = async () => {
    console.log('seedUserTable')
    try {
        const seedUserTable = await pool.query(`
            INSERT INTO public.user(username)
                VALUES (
                        $1
                    ),
                    (
                        $2
                    )
                    RETURNING *
        `,
            [
                'demo',
                'demo2',
            ]
        );
        console.log(seedUserTable);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error(error.message);
    }

}

createUserTable();
seedUserTable();

This is what I'm getting in the terminal.
$ node index2.js
createUserTable
seedUserTable
relation "public.user" does not exist
Result {
  command: 'CREATE',
  rowCount: null,
  oid: null,
  rows: [],
  fields: [],
  _parsers: undefined,
  _types: TypeOverrides {
    _types: {
      getTypeParser: [Function: getTypeParser],
      setTypeParser: [Function: setTypeParser],
      arrayParser: [Object],
      builtins: [Object]
    },
    text: {},
    binary: {}
  },
  RowCtor: null,
  rowAsArray: false
}

Edit: Removed the async from the two functions and wrapped the call in an async function like this.
(async () => {
    await createUserTable();
    setTimeout(() => {
        console.log('5000 ms timeout');
    }, 5000);
    await seedUserTable();
})();

Currently getting this error:
createUserTable
Promise { <pending> }
seedUserTable
Promise { <pending> }
(node:19684) UnhandledPromiseRejectionWarning: error: relation "public.user" does not exist
5000 ms timeout

A: I suggest to remove all async functions that you've added and do this down below:
(async() => {

    await createUserTable();
    await seedUserTable();

})();

A: i am just thinking that the problem maybe from the postgress naming when it creates tables
try checking the name of the tables in the database after it's creation

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The story of Beyond War does not summarize the underlying complexity or make its claims practical inventions alone - no matter how unique. The Methods of that Trade Secret property protected by Title 21 Oklahoma State Law and Oklahoma Territory Common Law, afford these discoveries to be protected - even as the UNITED STATES and other government organizations fail to secure the technology from foreign export and piracy - and aid in that fraud actively from 2001-2021.
Each method is a specific feature in the game engine which provides a critical element of function and mathematical core relationship executed in the M2OS platform and message stack for cross-platform multi-node clustered computing owned solely by RACCOON TECHNOLOGIES INCORPORATED, and licensed from designs by SHADOWDANCERS L.L.C. - the parent firm in legal name of SDP MULTIMEDIA GROUP.
The methods of Beyond War's core engine are derived from invention and discovery which are the product of 25 years of comprehensive storytelling, communication, database engineering design and development, transaction security, customer service system and multiplexor work; and military experience.
Among these are the experience of actual warfighters and aerospace experts working on leading programs in signal warfare and advanced military theory, foreign intelligence, and foreign station for diplomatic and military activity over 200 years.
Every aspect of the platform is designed for immersion, similar to virtual reality concepts and simulator design for practical civilian and military training in weapons systems and commercial aircraft.
Beyond War is therefore a product of scientific computing subject to substantial complexity for which a breakdown of these features before the public and without license would be no more appropriate than discussion of United States military weapon systems in the public. Many features and design specifications are classified from public release, and will be discussed in general - omitting the formulas, mechanisms, influences, and factors.
Likewise, character traits are notoriously quantified in most IIAM systems, unlike Beyond War - where the player knows "about their character" but cannot make qualitative judgments or access other players character information by design. Perception, appearance, information which is not visible to all classes, use of subtle language and signals, and other factors allow for the player to operate in a very large community which contain secret groups and organizations - for which other players are not privy and exact determination is purposefully left vague. This forces players to make commitments and trust each other in a social context not present in most other large games.
Elements of this "social deception and personal affiliation" in a diverse character base and community incorporating vast distances, faster than light travel, very large populations, and communication based on telepresence are all components of the sophisticated "agency of force" that players enjoy as part of Beyond War. Other products have experienced demonstrations of this technology, and wrongly made claims to exclusive rights or discovery after such contact, closing the firm from cooperation with many countries and permanent bans on those nations from access to Beyond War due to this pattern of fraud.
These systems are incorporation and implementation of "human social interact", and while the principles and need may be subject to public domain like illustration of characters in avatars (so ruled recently after years in court) - the technology and methods used by Beyond War and SDP MULTIMEDIA GROUP to carry out those features remain "trade secrets" and protected intangible property from sale or disclosure, similar many other industries right to this proprietary technology themed too valuable for general patent registration due to its multi-use and military applications.
This is especially true in Turing and avionic learning technology inherent in the Beyond War stack, which is incorporated in several real-world applications from virtual simulation and device control data gathering sets in the online game.
As such, the intelligence systems and social message stack, language, and other proprietary technology will be described in purpose and outcome - as factors of the essential game - without method details.
The way the ship anticipates or interprets signal, or manages defects and adjusts, or how the player can determine the extent of damage to the ship which is unique to Beyond War, will not be outlined.
We can say publicly that the damage control systems and management of such technology is the outgrowth of very technical engineering and experience, to create immersion in the game unlike anything we have seen in market worldwide.
The same is true of player interaction, injury, and other experience which differs from the conventional first-person shooter or combat games; and this is essential for the player to enjoy the aspect of the game that impacts their character. In most games, the character is simply an extension that operates in the game at direction of the player. In Beyond War, there is a method which is reliant on more intuitive and natural reactions to situation, which incorporate the players actual playstyle and decision into the character in ways which cannot be duplicated from one character or account to another - making each individual unique in the game.
For this reason, the loss of a character is not simply a trivial loss of a class. The actual character, their experience, and their name matter. They are non-fungible.
Again, this concept upsets a certain class of potential player, and our effort to screen those persons from trying to abuse the system in an effort to make it operate like another game or system and exploit the IIAM system they are accustom to in other games, is central to our licensing and selection process.
We believe the loss of accessibility will result in a far superior property, and in technology which can increase the value of online and multiuser games thereafter - provided this proof is not molested or diluted by foreign competition to reverse engineer or abuse our method systems and game engine, which are protected by copyright as a complete system and collective work: "Beyond War" in our laws and under The Berne Convention, an International Treaty.
The willingness of Radical Socialists to steal, extort, and seek to export those technologies for use against our license and franchise in non-Berne-convention ports and countries, underline our desire to keep this information proprietary and restricted from public diagnostics and reserve engineering. The network stack and communications protocol in our system is therefore similar to payment card service systems in nature, and designed to limit the logic to end-user and client-side attacks on system code.
To further limit theft, all users are issued time-restricted keys for their session access, which may not be legal for use in all countries. Session keys present strong Virtual-Private-Network-like security, and are now widely employed by all industries. This security was not widely accepted in the prior 20 years of development, and many critics, unable to digest or acknowledge the issues in permanent death and real-time games as legitimate, wrongly suggested this technology would be used for abuse now widely known as separate from the fundamental fiscal security and importance of account security common in e-sports and privacy management industries.
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A philosophical contempt of life is no guarantee of courage in the face of death.
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Because I could not stop for Death,
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Biography lends to death a new terror.
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In this world, nothing is certain but death and taxes.
It's not a thing to do while one is not in one's best mind. Never kill yourself while you are suicidal.
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No hero is mortal until he dies.
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People like us, who believe in physics, know that the distinction between past, present, and future is only a stubbornly persistent illusion.
Razors pain you
Rivers are damp
Acids stain you
Drugs cause cramp
Guns aren't lawful
Nooses give
Gas smells awful
You may as well live
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Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Suicide is belated acquiescence in the opinion of one's wife's relatives.
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The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.
There is no need for signposts in the journey of life since the destination is always the same.
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class LunchController < ApplicationController
  before_action :detect_curl
  layout false

  def feed
    @restaurants = Lunch.today_cached

    respond_to do |format|
      format.html
      format.html.terminal {
        render "feed.text.erb"
      }
      format.text
    end
  end
  private
    def detect_curl
      request.variant = :terminal if request.user_agent =~ /curl/
    end
    def analyse_filter(filter)
      if filter =~ /lindholmen|johanneberg/
        :location
      else
        :fuzzy
      end
    end
    def restaurants_in(location, restaurants)
      restaurants.select do |rest|
        rest[:location].nil? || rest[:location].downcase == location
      end
    end
    def filter_restaurants(filter, restaurants)
      restaurants.select do |rest|
        rest[:name].downcase.include? filter
      end
    end
end


No movie is complete without a fantastic exploding car chase, right? Well, your talents are needed on the set in this fast-paced, wheelie-poppin' action game! Perform outrageous tricks to grab money and make the shot. Use your rockets and exploding car to complete the scene, earn cash and fame, and unlock more levels and awesome upgrades! When you need a mad motorist, bring in a stuntman! Go Stunt Crazy now!


It's important to understand that money is not static and owned/controlled by one person at a time. If you added up all the investment values, checking accounts, savings accounts, CDs, bonds… all the instruments that are tied to money, you will have a much higher total money count than what is currently in circulation. All that really counts is the VALUE of the instrument that you own or control. It's not the physical paper money. Anyone in the US that can drive to the store and back, turn on a computer and type, or have the intellect enough to watch All My Children and understand the plot line, can choose to not be poor in this country. Period. If you're productive and don't make stupid decisions that hamper your productivity, you'll not get "poorer" as the doom and gloom Democrats like to say.
If you've read my bio on this blog, you'll know that I had a very poor upbringing. It was about as poor as you can get, for the most part, without actually living on the streets. But I chose, from an early age, to not continue that way after I left home. I remember when I was 8 years old, telling my mom that I wasn't going to be poor when I grew up. All through my childhood, it was a something that permeated everything that I did. I read books on wealth creation. When others were playing, I was reading real estate investment books. I was bound and determined to break the poverty cycle I was born in to.
My first choice to break that cycle was to join the US Air Force. I couldn't afford to go to college so the military was my way to learn a trade and to get onto my feet but most importantly, to get me away from my life at home. Another choice I made early on was to not marry early in life. It almost happened but I managed to not drink the kool aid. One of the biggest wealth defeating choices a young person can make is to get married. Your focus will be diminished a great deal and your chances of putting yourself in the path of financial success is greatly diminished. Not impossible, but hampered a great deal. It's not so much the marriage… it's the family that inevitably comes after.
While in the military I read and read and read. I was voracious. I would read anything having to do with business and creating wealth. I would start business after business in my spare time. Being in the military didn't allow me to see my businesses through to success. But that wasn't my goal at the time. I just wanted to get a taste for it and to work through concepts and ideas I had at the time. The bottom line is, I tried really, really hard, to make choices that would bring me closer and closer to success. I finally got out of the military and I got married soon after that. However, I was 33 by then and much more capable of continuing my focus towards wealth.
I had an important conversation with my wife to be one night on the phone. It was early in our courtship. But it was so important for me that she knew and understood one thing. I said that since I was a child, I vowed that I would NEVER settle in life. I won't "settle" for the middle class life. I won't be the type of husband that comes home from a 9 to 5 job, lights up the barbecue and drinks beers with the guys, watching sports and playing on the bowling league. I will work into the night most nights, reading and working on my road to success. I'll most likely get 4 or 5 hours a sleep a night. I told her that I don't want to have kids until I feel it won't hamper my (now "our") journey to wealth. I just won't do it. There will be sacrifices we'll have to make and big risks that we'll take and they'll most likely make her very uncomfortable to think about. She understood and has since said that those traits were a large part of what she loved about me.
The following image is the result of pasting together 3 or 4 screenshots from one of my business checking accounts. I did this back on the 5th of May and the online account only shows back about 72 days, so this is pretty much representing each day from Feb 23rd to May 5th. It's a list of the deposits during that timeframe. I've grayed out private info displayed down the middle.
Don't make bad choices, read EVERYTHING you can about success and creating wealth, do NOT create debt that is not furthering you financially, act on any and every idea that you've given at least 30 days thought to, even if it doesn't succeed… and eventually you WILL succeed. It's just a matter of time. Some of you will take 'till you're 60 to do it, but you WILL do it if you persevere and never settle in life.
Update 9/10/10: I just reread this post of mine from over 5 years ago. I had a fond trip down memory lane. The numbers shown above pale in comparison to today's numbers. And again… it was all about making choices that put you on the path to success. Not to say I haven't made poor choices, too. But the trajectory has been nothing but up.
Question: if you are a heterosexual male and you had a choice, would you rather be forever "poor" in America – and therefore relegated to never marrying and being single all your life, or being "average" in some other country and therefore likely to marry and have a family?


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Little Bang Brewing Company has released Tangerine Schwang, a citrus-laden Berliner weisse, into cans for the first time, along with a new take on their sour NEIPA, made with 200 kilos of mango puree.
"Do you want to try the new beer?" Filip Kemp calls out, as CityMag approaches Little Bang's still-new (and still evolving – the kitchen is imminent) Henry Street brewery.
We've visited to talk with Fil and his Little Bang co-founder Ryan Davidson about a prior release – the super tasty Mango SNEIPA (AKA sour New England IPA) – but we're never one to turn down a mid-morning sip of something pouring straight from the tank.
"It's Tangerine Schwang. So it's only like three per cent, a Berliner Weisse" Fil assures us.
The beer is a sessionable citrusy fruit punch, released just in time for the last burst of warm-ish weather before autumn truly takes hold.
"It's absurd how fast a pint of that is going to disappear. We should put a warning on it," Ryan says.
Tangerine Schwang, like its sister beers Schwangberry and Schwangcherry, has been kegged at Little Bang previously, however this latest release is the first time Tangerine has been released into package (with a "sarcastic Sunkist"-inspired label), and also the first time it's been made with real juice.
"We're trying to really move [in that direction]," Fil says.
"Sarcastic Sunkist" design by Matt O'Connor.
Similarly, the Mango SNEIPA makes use of 200 kilos of Kensington Pride mango puree, sourced from Queensland, and is an elegantly balanced combination of flavours.
Little Bang has been producing NEIPAs since early 2018 when they debuted the first edition of Undercover Fashion Police, poured straight from the tank at the brewery's birthday party.
Ryan and Fil were interested in the style after having some delivered to the brewery by customers directly from the States.
"We have quite a few customers who travel internationally regularly, and chatting about beers, it's lovely what presents they'll bring you back," Ryan says.
"We got to try some of these New England IPAs fresh from the source within a couple of weeks of packaging. They were really, really something.
In the 12 months since, the Little Bang take on the hyped style evolved, and when they were approached to contribute to the Carwyn Canvent Calendar the brewers concocted the first release Little Bang sour NEIPA.
"We knew Carwyn Canvent Calendar was over 1000 cases going out there all over the country [and] out of 24 beers, one of them would have our name and our label on it – that's great," Ryan says.
"So yes, it's being a little bit sarcastic, but we don't have to be so damn serious about the whole thing too. It's not war out there. This is beer, for Christ's sake, and this is the silly end of beer, so let's be silly, but let's try and actually smash this silly idea together.
In January, the brewery released a Pineapple version, and three weeks ago came the latest iteration – the Mango SNEIPA.
The beer is made of ingredients wholly sourced from within Australia – the mangoes, the mixture of grain (Little Bang now uses Coopers exclusively for its base malt), and the hops – a combination of Vic Secret and Galaxy, which were selected for the way they would work with the beer's feature fruit.
"Galaxy's got that passionfruity character to it, which goes well with mangoes, and Vic Secret's a bit more tropical fruit, tropical punch kind of thing going on, which also softens that out," Fil says.
Both the Tangerine Schwang and the Mango SNEIPA showcase the value of producing beer with fresh, seasonal produce. Ryan says Little Bang is not against the idea of using essences ad extracts if the beer calls for it, but he says seasonality should be seen as a positive attribute in the beer industry.
"People will happily accept annual vintage differences in wine, in fact they celebrate it – I think we should go to what's really strong," he says.
Both the Mango SNEIPA and Tangerine Schwang are available to take home from the Little Bang brewhouse and all good local and independent-inclined bottle shops.
Stay tuned to Little Bang's social media for updates on future releases. They plan to release one new beer into a packaged take-home pack each month, including favourites previously only released in keg.
Before CityMag leaves Little Bang's Stepney warehouse, Fil, ever the host, offers us a parting drink – another relatively new release, Hellbound Holy Water, made in collaboration with the titular Rundle Street wine bar and 919 Wines.
The drink is a mix of Little Bang's hibiscus sour, The Pinkening, and 919's Pale Dry Apera (apera is the name given to fortified wine made in the style of sherry but which is not made from grapes grown near Jerez de la Frontera in Andalusia, Spain), and had been the unofficial knock-off of choice for Hellbound's co-founder, Mark Reginato.
"They're just cheeky little devils and they're all about perpetual indulgence and debauchery, all of them. Reggie's the worst of them. So they just combine everything with everything," Ryan says.
"This came out of one of their experiments, but they just kept coming back to it, and they ended up giving it the name Hellbound Holy Water.
The beer was released on Thursday, 14 February and is already almost completely sold out, much to Fil's chagrin.
"I was [initially] very unimpressed, and then when it went into cans it was bloody delicious," he says.
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Julian Assange helped organize Wikileaks, one of the most prominent press leaks sites ever organized. As he uncovered deeper deep state secrets like US Army shooting Iraqi civilians or uncovering Hillary Clinton email coverups, the deep state came for him. They added rape charges in Sweden and Julian Assange fled to UK and then the Ecuadorian embassy seeking asylum. He got stuck there for 7 years until he wore out his welcome by exposing Ecuadorian president eating lobster while putting in austerity measures for his country. The next day he "volunteered" to leave after losing Ecuadorian citizenship to be arrested for crimes against the state.
In his time, running Wikileaks he got the following journalist awards:
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Olympians, World Champions on Tap for 2008 US Outdoor Masters Championships
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INDIANAPOLIS – Six Olympians and 41 current world champions are among the 1,000 competitors expected to compete August 7-10 at the 2008 USA Track & Field Masters Outdoor ChampionshipsatSpokane Falls Community College, in Spokane, Wash. Athletesages 30 to 95 will provide an extraordinary demonstration of speed, power, skill, and endurance, …
Former Brookline High (MA) Ace Jonathon Riley to Defend Falmouth Mile
July 28, 2008	National News, Uncategorized 0
Jonathon Riley winning last year's CIGNA Falmouth Mile in 3:57.07.
Drug Fraud Marion Jones Seeks Clemency From President Bush
An open letter to President Bush USA Track & Field has written President Bush to express our concern at Marion Jones' application for pardon or commutation of her conviction for making false statements to federal investigators. Make your own voice heard and join USATF in writing to President Bush. For …
Former Soccer Executive Logan Named USATF CEO
Doug Logan named USATF CEO INDIANAPOLIS – The USA Track & Field Board of Directors on Thursday approved top sports executive Doug Logan, the former Commissioner, President and CEO of Major League Soccer, as its next CEO. A bilingual sports and entertainment leader with a proven track record of generating …
Complete USA Men's & Women's Roster For Beijing
Potent Team USA roster set for Beijing INDIANAPOLIS – An experienced American team featuring 15 Olympic medalists, 31 World Outdoor Championships medalists and 10 individual outdoor American record holders will represent the United States in track & field competition at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China. USA Track & …
Conclusion of Trials Showcases US Pole Vault Record by Native New Yorker Jenn Stuczynski
July 9, 2008	National News, Regional News, Track And Field, Uncategorized 0
Stuczynski breaks AR; hurdlers impress as Olympic Trials conclude EUGENE, Ore. – Another American record and some dramatic close calls highlighted the final day of competition Sunday at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field, where a Hayward Field record crowd of 21,176 fans brought the eight-day …
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Team USA roster announced for the 2008 IAAF World Junior Championships REPLACES PREVIOUS ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT; adds relay pools and updates men's discus USA Track & Field today announced the Team USA roster for the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships, to be held July 8-13, in Bydgoszcz, Poland. A total of …
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Goucher victorious in brilliant women's 5,000m; Abdi takes 10km EUGENE, Ore. – Kara Goucher claimed her first national title and Abdi Abdirahman out-dueled an Oregon fan favorite to highlight competition Friday night at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Track & Field. The 2007 World Outdoor bronze medalist in …
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Over the years he has developed projects in Italy, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, India, Maldives, China, USA. Over the years of experience has made him specialize in luxury hotels, wellness centers, SPA, and residential projects.
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Welcome to this world, Roy Batty.
In some lab somewhere in the world, the android Roy Batty will be coming to life today, at least if the movie Blade Runner is to be trusted. Batty will be sent off-world and lead a rebellion of fellow replicants angered by the fact they are programmed to have short lives. He will end up arguing with and killing his maker. He will live only three years and ten months. Brutal and short as his life is, he will see things that we can't even imagine. He will see fire off the shoulder of Orion. C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate. Happy birthday, Roy Batty. Enjoy life while you can.


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Nov. 30, 2016 - The 2016 Ontario Wood WORKS! Design Award winners were announced on November 15, recognizing 10 projects, along with their architects and structural engineers.
Winter Station 2016 Steam Canoe, designed by OCAD.
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Besides the large projects such as community centres, schools and an Orthodox church, two unique projects won awards: one a mobile pop-up store, and the other a canoe-inspired pavilion designed by a team from the Ontario College of Art and Design. As well three awards were given to individuals.
Marianne Berube, executive director of the Ontario Wood WORKS! program noted that wood use is increasing around the world and that prefabrication is now allowing it to "outpace even its own relatively quick construction speed."
Following are the winning projects in their categories:
Environmental: Upper Thames River Conservation Authority – Community Conservation Centre, London. Randy Wilson Architect and Hastings & Aziz engineers. A 40,000-sq.ft. multi-purpose building that preserves the existing environment and responds to Fanshawe Park Lake to its north, defined as an entry point for an urban river and flood control system. The building is a post-disaster facility and has an underground wet lab and flood control room.
Interiors: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre, St. Catharines. Diamond Schmitt Architects and Blackwell engineers. The 95,000-sq.ft. complex comprises four different event spaces, including a wood-lined 780-seat theatre known as Partridge Hall. The centre serves a key role in the renaissance of the downtown.
Residential: Bridgehouse, Port Sydney. LLAMA Architeture and Blackwell engineers. A "horizontal line to counterpoint its setting atop a ravine," the 2,400-sq.ft. house has a glue-laminated Douglas Fir span of 60 feet across a ravine, allowing a structure-free frontage to the lake.
Multi-Unit: Templar Flats, Hamilton. Lintack Architects and Strik Baldinelli Moniz engineer. An urban infill project that adapts two existing structures with new construction between them. The upper floors contain 25 rental residences, while the street level has four new restaurant spaces. It was the first 6-store wood-frame project completed in Ontario under new mid-rise code provisions.
St. Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church, Brampton, Ontario.
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Institutional-Commercial ≤$10 M: St. Elias Ukrainian Catholic Church, Brampton. Zimmerman Workshop Architecture and Moses Structural Engineers. Modeled after the architectural style known as "Boyko" from western Ukraine, the heavy-timber structure is over 75 ft. high, with dramatic copper-clad domes that are a hybrid of glulam, stick frame and curved plywood. The largest of the five domes weights almost 20 tons.
Rock Garden Visitor Centre, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario.
Institutional-Commercial ≥$10 M : Rock Garden Visitor Centre, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton. CS&P Architects, WSP engineers. A compelling new entry point into the revitalized David Braley and Nancy Gordon Rock Garden, the 9,075-sq.ft. visitor centre main spaces have a heavy timber wood frame that accommodates the complex curvilinear shapes of the design. Wood columns and beams also suited the transparent, pavilion-like building in the middle of its natural surroundings.
Northern Ontario: Woodland Public School, Near North District School Board, North Bay. Mitchell Architects and WSP Canada engineers. Situated next to a 17-acre forest, the school design draws inspiration from this woodland to create a warm and welcoming environment. It features heavy timber roof construction in its core areas like the lobby, gymnasium and main stairway, and heavy glue-lam columns as a façade element in the library.
Jury's Choice: La Ruche: Collaborative and Experiential Lab, Ottawa. La Cité, project lead and design. A unique pop-up space for education, collaboration, promotion and exhibitions, the structure is constructed of CLT as a key material, which makes it durable to withstand multiple trips around the region, and gives it a solid shell that is easily fastened to the trailer base for transport.
Jury's Choice: Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation, New Elementary School, Cape Croker. MMMC Architects, and Blackwell engineers. Located on the western shores of Georgian Bay, the building's form and structure were developed with the participation of the First Nation and with respect for their cultural sensitivities and the land. The main structure is a heavy timber hybrid providing a large ceremonial space. Wooden screens inspired by indigenous motifs are used to control noise and hide mechanical systems from public view.
Ontario Wood Award: Winter Station 2016 Steam Canoe, Toronto. OCAD Design Team (architect). The project is a pavilion shell inspired by a canoe. The structure consists of spruce and oak laminated together by the use of Grip Metal, a type of metal Velcro fastening system by NUCAP industries that bonds the material together with micro hooks.
The Engineer award went to Michael Baldinelli of Strik Baldinelli Moniz of London. The Architect Award went to Ian MacDonald Architect of Toronto, and the Wood Champion Award went to Mike Yorke, president of the Carpenters & Allied Workers Local 27.
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I've heard it said that the ABC's of spiritual growth are Adversity Builds Character. And I'll be the first to admit, I don't like adversity.
But if we're going to grow spiritually, adversity is part of the growth process. When I've found myself in the midst of adversity, I don't enjoy it. But when I'm on the other side and look back over that season, I can see how God has used that time to help me grow spiritually and deepen my walk with Him.
Life is full of blessings, but it also has its share of hardship, discouragement, pain, and tears.
Because Jesus went through difficult times, He understands what we're feeling when we're in the middle of these hard times. He faced rejection, He was betrayed, and He was falsely accused and misunderstood (by the very people He came to save). He experienced pain and suffering (that He didn't deserve), and He faced death – death on a cross.
He knows what it's like to feel alone – He experienced that on the cross when the Father had to turn away while Jesus bore our sins.
Jesus knows what it feels like to experience pain on this earth.
Take courage. Don't Lose Heart.
Because of what Jesus did on the cross for us, because of the Resurrection, we have hope – even when it seems we're at the end of our rope.
As we approach Easter, let's reflect on Jesus' sacrifice for us. Let's remember He has gone through everything that we could possibly face on this earth. Because He lives, we can look beyond our circumstances to what's ahead for us – eternal life.
What passage of Scripture encourages you when you're feeling discouraged (losing heart) in the midst of adversity?
Melanie, I love those verses in Isaiah 43! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the reminder. As believers we must acknowledge that we will go through trials Paul told Timothy "In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted," 2 Tim 3:12. A very difficult concept but understandable when we live in a sinful world filled with the effects of the fall. Thank you Crickett.
"Jesus knows what it's like to experience pain on this earth." I love that line. It helps me in tough times to remember that Christ really does understand–that our High Priest can sympathize with our weaknesses because he also experienced them.
Leigh, thanks for sharing. And yes, it keeps me going just knowing that Jesus understands.
Proverbs 3:5-6 has been my go to verse lately. He is teaching me about trusting HIS plan not my plan or my understanding. His understanding of things is always a better perspective.
Lauren, I love those verses in Proverbs! Thanks for sharing.


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Parish priest slams disgraceful allegations made about him online
A PARISH priest slammed "disgraceful allegations" that were posted online about him in the aftermath of a recent funeral.
The posts, which have since been removed by administrators on the Legends of Ballyer Facebook page, questioned the priest's handling of a funeral for Patrick Lim (22), from Kylemore Road, who passed away on December 15.
Fr Joe McDonald, author of the book "Why the Irish Church deserves to die"
The funeral mass was celebrated by Fr Joe McDonald, parish priest at St Matthew's on December 21.
Fr McDonald, an outspoken critic of the Catholic Church in recent years, appeared on the RTE Radio Liveline show on Tuesday, to engage in a discussion with Mr Lim's sister Patrice (21).
Patrice claimed the family were treated "rudely' by the priest in preparation for the mass the day before, and during the service itself.
She said the first meeting with the priest "got heated", after they clashed on certain aspects of what the family wanted at the service – Patrice claiming the priest wouldn't allow readings, gifts or songs, or her Aunt from Australia deliver a eulogy.
At the service the next day, Fr Joe said he realised that a group of people came to the mass "gunning for him" after he called the Aunt up early on for a reading.
The priest said he "clumsily' told the mourners 'we need to move' after a 30 second delay.
"I'm not sure if she was briefed on speaking early in the mass, there was a considerable delay – a group of two rows reacted most aggressively," said Fr Joe.
"I was quite taken aback. It was quite a harmless comment. I realised then that the group came to mass angry because they heard this priest blocked this. My feeling (day before) is that what Patrice wanted was something different to mass."
The priest wasn't invited to the crematorium after the service, but felt compelled to respond to some comments delivered by other residents on Facebook, claiming he did not treat Patrick, who died by suicide, with respect.
"The allegations against me were disgraceful, not from the Lim family, but social media had a field day," said Fr Joe.
"In six years at St Matthew's, we have celebrated over 500 funeral masses. If four or five people are upset, I'm not aware of anybody. I often speak out about how the Church has treated people in that manner of death. I have celebrated many tragic funerals and would never judge. It was a most unfair allegation."
Fr Joe said it was not his intention for the family to have that experience and "for that failure I'm truly sorry."
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