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                            turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden
                            icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire.

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for centuries, the Vikings were a certain way of life, and they had the
                            traditional view. They even became the heroes of comic illustrations. to the berserkers in
                            horned helmets, rooks, Valhalla, one-eyed god Odin and the soldiers, dying with a sword in
                            his hand, or drinking from the skulls.

In medieval Norway, it was difficult to engage in agriculture. Many Norwegians living in
                            coastal areas, were unsurpassed masters of shipbuilding. The Vikings built the boat
                            ("longshipy") with a wide, flat-bottomed hull. Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal
                            waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the absence of the stern, so that the ship had
                            two nose, allowing to change direction without turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter
                            it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden icebergs. Paddles were established almost the
                            entire length of the vessel, so that the ship was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Later,
                            the square sails - for better movement with a fair wind. It significantly speeds up the
                            rowers, and could even replace them.

Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the
                            absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction without
                            turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden
                            icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that the ship
                            was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
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                            Jorvik Viking Festival 2012

In medieval Norway, it was difficult to engage in agriculture. Many Norwegians living in
                            coastal areas, were unsurpassed masters of shipbuilding. The Vikings built the boat
                            ("longshipy") with a wide, flat-bottomed hull. Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal
                            waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the absence of the stern, so that the ship had
                            two nose, allowing to change direction without turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter
                            it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden icebergs. Paddles were established almost the
                            entire length of the vessel, so that the ship was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Later,
                            the square sails - for better movement with a fair wind. It significantly speeds up the
                            rowers, and could even replace them.

Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov
                            - is the absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction
                            without turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of
                            hidden icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that
                            the ship was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
                            adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque
                            penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis,
                            ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla

Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the
                            absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction without
                            turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden
                            icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that the ship
                            was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
                            elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis
                            dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis, ultricies nec, pellentesque
                            eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla

In medieval Norway, it was difficult to engage in agriculture. Many
                            Norwegians living in coastal areas, were unsurpassed masters of shipbuilding. The Vikings
                            built the boat ("longshipy") with a wide, flat-bottomed hull. Such ships are perfect for
                            shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the absence of the stern, so that
                            the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction without turning the ship. And on such a
                            ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden icebergs. Paddles were
                            established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that the ship was moving rowed as
                            fast as under sail. Later, the square sails - for better movement with a fair wind. It
                            significantly speeds up the rowers, and could even replace them.

Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature
                            longshipov - is the absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change
                            direction without turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to
                            sea, full of hidden icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the
                            vessel, so that the ship was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
                            consectetuer adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis
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                            ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla

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Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the
                            absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction without
                            turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden
                            icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that the ship
                            was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
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The capital of the northern lights

Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov
                            - is the absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction
                            without turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of
                            hidden icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that
                            the ship was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer
                            adipiscing elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque
                            penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. Donec quam felis,
                            ultricies nec, pellentesque eu, pretium quis, sem. Nulla

Such ships are perfect for shallow coastal waters and rivers. Feature longshipov - is the
                            absence of the stern, so that the ship had two nose, allowing to change direction without
                            turning the ship. And on such a ship-shifter it was convenient to go to sea, full of hidden
                            icebergs. Paddles were established almost the entire length of the vessel, so that the ship
                            was moving rowed as fast as under sail. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing
                            elit. Aenean commodo ligula eget dolor. Aenean massa. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis
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'Wavelength' is part of an ongoing series dedicated towards CAPAM contributors exploring ideas about issues and opportunities associated with public administration.
Succession planning for senior leadership in the public service means different things to different countries. In some governments, this represents guiding to positions of power those that you know and trust, whether loyal allies, close acquaintances, or even family members. In other governments, senior leadership rejuvenation means enticing a broad range of individuals and nurturing the "stars" according to a merit-based system that is open and transparent. For the latter, significant efforts are put into attracting, retaining, and developing new candidates to the public service, and the current demographic wave of desired young adults are now represented by millennials.
The public sector must understand millennials' motivations, aspirations and belief systems in order to develop strategies that will resonate for this group. There is significant competition for these potential future leaders in both the private sector and civil society, and appealing to their sense of values will oftentimes make the difference in their determination of career choices. However, despite being generally portrayed as homogeneous through a narrow, Western-world lens, it should be blatantly obvious that millennials around the world are not the same. Distinct regional differences exist as influenced by culture, socio-economic factors, and country-specific circumstances. Understanding the variance is essential and in this Wavelength article, we examine regional attitudinal differences among millennials from a variety of sources.
"Millennials are interested in becoming leaders — for different reasons. On average, 40% of respondents claimed that becoming a manager/leader was "very important." This ranged from 8% in Japan to 63% in India. And the reasons (money, opportunities to coach, building career foundations, etc.) also varied across cultures.
identifying differences by age and according to gender.
Governments and youth are disconnected.
Relatively low percentages of youth surveyed feel that their government cares about their wants and needs, with significantly more low-income youth feeling disaffected (72 percent) than high-income youth (54 percent). Young people in Latin America are particularly disaffected: only 10 percent feel their government cares.
Youth are very concerned about corruption.
Eighty-one percent of survey respondents said corruption is a major problem for their countries, with 90 percent or more in Latin America (94 percent), Sub-Saharan Africa (91 percent), India (92 percent), and Rising Income Asia and Oceania (90 percent).
The Global Shapers Survey 20173 (#ShapersSurvey), first undertaken in 2016, presents information and data that were compiled and/or collected by the Global Shapers Community, an initiative of the World Economic Forum. The analysis drew from nearly 25,000 young people aged 18-35 worldwide. While most of the report consolidates information into generalised findings, it does pull out regional differences where appropriate within the text and includes appendices that provide results by region and country. Of particular interest is the section on governance and civic engagement, which indicates that trust levels in most institutions are low, and that a major frustration about government leaders is abuse of power and corruption. Equally compelling is the section on business and the workplace that addresses factors deemed important by millennials.
What quickly becomes evident when one delves deeper into trying to understand and attract millennials is that they cannot be taken as a cohesive group. There are regional and country-level differences that impact what this age group deems important.
Understanding these differences will go a long way towards ensuring that the best and brightest young people in any country will consider a rewarding career as a public service professional, and that they will remain engaged to potentially take on a senior leadership role to lead the next generation.
1 Henrik Bresman "What Millennials Want from Work, Charted Across the World," Harvard Business Review, February 23, 2015. https://hbr.org/2015/02/what-millennials-want-from-work-charted-across-the-world#comment-section. Accessed October 10, 2017.
2 International Youth Foundation and the Center for Strategic and International Studies, "The 2016 Global Millennial Viewpoints Survey", International Youth Foundation, January 2017. https://www.iyfnet.org/library/2016-global-millennial-viewpoints-survey. Accessed October 10, 2017.
3 Global Shapers Community, "Global Shapers Annual Survey 2017", World Economic Forum. http://shaperssurvey.org Accessed October 10, 2017.


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Q: What is a good way to show that PDE is linear I just entering new world called Partial Differential Equations , now i just start with Classification PDE , in my Stanley J. Farlow's Text book there are six classification of PDE . But now I little bit struggle with linear or non-linear PDE
Second  Order Linear Equation in two variables is PDE can be written in the form
$$Au_{xx}+Bu_{xy}+Cu_{yy}+Du_{x}+Eu_{y}+Fu=G$$
So , when i face with PDE like $u_{t}=\alpha^{2}u_{xx}$
i can identify its linear by saying it can be written as general form above with $A=\alpha^{2},B=0,C=0,D=0,E=-1,F=0$
but what if i face with some PDE with higher order let say
The Vibrating Beam  Equation  $u_{tt}+u_{xxxx}=0$ ?
If i must identify this equation like the previous one , i really need a massive variable in general form , is there other good way to show that PDE is linear ?

A: To add to Batman's answer: If we consider the vector space of smooth functions $C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)$ recall that the partial derivatives
$$
\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} : C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n) \to C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)
$$
are linear transformations since given $f,g\in C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)$ and $\alpha,\beta\in \mathbb{R}$ we have that
$$
\frac{\partial}{\partial x_i} (\alpha f + \beta g) = \alpha \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} + \beta \frac{\partial g}{\partial x_i}
$$
Also, note that multiplication by a smooth function
$$
\cdot f: C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n) \to C^\infty(\mathbb{R}^n)
$$
is a linear transformation. Since we can compose linear transformations to get a new linear transformation, we should call PDE's described via linear transformations linear PDE's. So, for your example, you are considering solutions to the kernel of the differential operator (another name for linear transformation)
$$
D = \frac{\partial^4}{\partial x^4} + \frac{\partial}{\partial t^2}
$$
You can take this further. For example, solutions to the pde
$$
cos(x)u_{ttt} - u_y
$$
corresponds to the operator
$$
D = \cos(x)\frac{\partial^3}{\partial t^3} - \frac{\partial}{\partial y}
$$

A: Assume you have two arbitrary solutions of the PDE, $u$ and $v$. Then, if you can show that for any scalar $\alpha$ that $u+\alpha v$ is also a solution, the PDE is linear.
In your vibrating beam equation, you have $u_{tt} + u_{xxxx} =0$ and $v_{tt} + v_{xxxx} =0$. Then, $(u+\alpha v)_{tt} + (u+\alpha v)_{xxxx} = u_{tt} + \alpha v_{tt} + u_{xxxx} + \alpha v_{xxxx} = (u_{tt} + u_{xxxx}) + \alpha (v_{tt} + v_{xxxx}) = 0 + \alpha (0) = 0$, so the PDE is indeed linear. The first step is simply linearity of (partial) derivatives, then some rearrangement and using the assumption that $u,v$ satisfy the PDE.

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Impressed by the 'movement' on large greens and the many pin positions available, which will punish careless approach play, I realised that Seapoint is not a good course by accident. No less a judge than Padraig Harrington said after shooting a fine 68 in a Links Society Outing last year, "There is not a weak hole on the entire golf course." Ivan Morris, Golf Digest
The challenge begins from the first tee embarking onto a testing 7,150 yard Par 72 course set on 260 acres of magnificent links land. There is an abundance of natural vegetation and wonderful dunes awaiting any errant shot. Every club in the bag is required to play this championship course. Progress through a front nine with a slightly heath land feel with an abundance of gorse and mature trees lining the boundary off the course. Water comes into play on 5 of the holes.
The back nine drift close to the sea and are characterised by uneven fairways, thick rough and deep bunkers, requiring accuracy both of the tee and into the greens. Continuing home to the clubhouse presents little time to relax with the last three holes weaving through dunes and distracting the golfer with panoramic views and a strong sea breeze - pure links enjoyment.
Seapoint opened in June 1993 and was designed by 'Des Smyth' Associates', a combination of the Irish Tour Golfer Des Smyth and Leading Irish Internationalist Declan Brannigan.
The experiences acquired by the pairing through their distinguished careers, combined with the undulating landscape have resulted in a truly spirited links course that will set a challenge for any standard of golfer. Playing this course means you are becoming part of an exclusive club; there are only approximately 150 links courses in the world. Seapoint is a proud and well respected member. Experience this impressive course on a stunning stretch of coastal land, with breathtaking views of the Mountains of Mourne alongside a sweeping Irish Sea. Seapoint is certainly one of the most beautiful links courses in the world.
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Pathetic Washington
Posted by Roger Hutchings on October 1, 2013 at 11:21am
i jus sent this to news media and also to TV talk shows;
The American people are outraged! Please find out the annual salary for these idiots and calculate the hourly rate when they are in session and actually doing something. And talking gibberish and reading from Dr. Sues doesn't count I believe it will further emberase them and really trigger their ouster from their pathetic useless terms and allow the election of new young people who want to properly serve this country!
David W Asche October 1, 2013 at 11:13pm
I have been trying to tell people about him for SIX YEARS (2006) so when someone finally comes out and says, "Hey! This guy doesn't like America!"
All I can say is, "About time you woke up!"
David W Asche October 1, 2013 at 2:53pm
You would think that with their PAY and their WILLINGNESS to SPEND, it would be a LOGICAL CHOICE to buy some BALLS.
John Boehner, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are all wondering how to spend us into oblivion!
Wingnut is also enjoying his relationships with the OTHER MUSLIMS across the world.
James Franklin Benson > David W Asche October 2, 2013 at 8:21am
hi David....Some of these "guys" actually DO have balls....I have been told that NANCY PELOSI has some...Don't know how true that is,though...still workin on THAT one,though...Thoughts,anybody?
David W Asche > James Franklin Benson October 2, 2013 at 2:53pm
Oh yeah! Nanci has balls all right! She was a bull dyke wrestler before she ran for government office. I want to sneak in and put Ben-Gay in her jockstrap.
James Franklin Benson > David W Asche October 2, 2013 at 3:38pm
Boy!...That ought to give her an extra bounce.Hee Hee Hee!...Maybe she could be teamed up with " THE HULK " in the NWA...NO HOLDS BARRED...
You hit it SPOT ON,David...ole WING NUT ("NUMNUT") dosen't care about OUR AMERICA,nor does our "leader" have ANY MORAL VALUES...PERIOD!!
James Franklin Benson October 1, 2013 at 1:27pm
Roger,I totally agree with what you're saying;America WOULD be MUCH better off without some of these CLOWNS RUINING OUR country,but there WILL be some resistance to their ouster...Our " leader " has BOUGHT so many votes with his little" giveaways" to illegal as well as domestic " willing recipients" that every voter who has any common sense MUST get to the polls,and vote all the trouble makers...left AND right...totally out of existance.Some of these characters need to be tried for TREASON & dealt with accordingly,don't you agree?


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Pagosa's Past: Who are the Jicarilla Apaches?
Photo courtesy John M. Motter
Welch Nossaman, pictured here, is said to have been the first white man to visit the Pagosa hot spring.
By John M. Motter
PREVIEW Columnist
When Spanish explorers entered the area that was to become New Mexico while searching for gold at the Lost Cities of Cibola, they soon encountered the Jicarilla Apaches.
The Jicarilla are one of seven Indian tribes living in the southwestern United States classified as Southern Athabascan. Also included in this classification are the Chiricahuas, Navajos, Western Apaches, Mescalero Apaches, Kiowa Apaches and Lipan.
These tribes are thought to have migrated from the McKenzie River Basin in Canada into the American Southwest sometime between A.D. 1300 and A.D. 1500. Compared to the Pueblo Indians, they are newcomers to this part of North America. They settled in eastern Arizona; New Mexico; northern Mexico; southeastern Colorado; the Oklahoma and Texas Panhandles; and west, central and south Texas.
By 1700, the Jicarilla homeland was distinguishable from the other Athabascans. Their homeland was bordered by the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado, the northeastern Plains area drained by the tributaries of the Canadian River, the flatlands of the Pecos River Valley, and the area northwest of the Rio Grande, the Chama River Valley.
As a tribe, they had a dual personality which divided them into two bands. Their material culture, especially their war and raiding complexes, was influenced by the Plains Indians. The Pueblo Indians of the Upper Rio Grande influenced their agricultural and ceremonial rituals.
This duality helped them adapt to their environment, which consisted of the plains, mountains and river valleys. The basic social organization of the Jicarilla reflects this duality. One band is made up of the Llanero, or Plains, clan. The other clan is made up of the Ollero, or Mountain/Valley people.
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, in 1541, journeyed through Eastern New Mexico. He met the Jicarillas, but referred to them as the Querechos and Vaqueros. Not until 1600 was the name Apache applied to eastern members of this tribe by the Spanish.
In 1700, New Mexico Gov. Pedro Rodriguez Cubero ordered a condemned criminal's head stuck on a pole in Taos to warn the "Apaches of la Jicarilla" not to harbor Spanish fugitives. The name Jicarilla is said to mean "Maker of Little Baskets."


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Crispin Youth Organization the latest to host 'Coach Bag BINGO'
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A new version of BINGO night is sweeping the Northeast — Coach Bag BINGO.
On Friday night the Crispin Youth Organization will be hosting its own event to help raise money for the football, cheerleading, basketball, softball and baseball programs.
"The money is for the kids so that the club can continue to run at its best capacity," Cheerleading Director Dawn Bringhurst said. "We don't want the kids to have to suffer the consequences of such hard financial times."
All of the sports within the organization will benefit from this event. But in order to get the bags, some of the board members had to go on a shopping spree.
"We went shopping at the outlet stores and then eight bags are sponsored," Board Secretary Patty Leneghan explained. "Fran Murray, [Pa. Rep.] Ed Neilson's office are a few who are sponsoring. And a couple of families went in together on a bag and sponsored it."
About 250 to 300 people are expected to attend the ticketed event.
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Posted on July 1, 2019 by Gallipolis Daily Tribune
Election boards to boost election security
By Dean Wright - deanwright@aimmediamidwest.com
GALLIPOLIS — Gallia Board of Election officials spoke with Gallia Commissioners Thursday morning to discuss a state order from the Ohio Secretary of State's Office directing boards to upgrade election security technology.
"This is a more of an FYI type of thing than anything," said the board's executive director, Dale Whitt, to commissioners. "The Secretary of State has decided to beef up our cyber security and it's a statewide project. It's not just us. They issued a directive earlier in the month, and last week when we went to their conference, it was basically devoted to it…There are about seven or eight guideline sheets along with a letter and a lot of it is marked as do not disclose and those kinds of things. This just gives you an idea of what it is that they want us to do and procedural things. We've already initiated some of the items."
Whitt said the board had been in touch with the US Department of Homeland Security and there is a seven-step assessment needed to evaluate Gallia's election technology. Gallia Information Technology Officer John Grubb is collaborating with the board in the project.
"The one thing I mostly wanted to communicate with you men is…there is a grant that's tagged into this and it's $50,000 to us and to alleviate some of our costs while we're doing this," said Whitt. "We met with (Gallia Auditor) Larry Betz and discussed some procedures because the money is to be kept in a separate interest-bearing account."
"So, we're going to make some changes that are going to increase our costs for elections and this grant is going to cover that this time, is that right?" said Commissioner David Smith.
Commissioner Harold Montgomery replied he felt the grant seemed like a one time offer.
Smith expressed concern that the security upgrades in the future mandated by the state would rely on Gallia resources and was dubious of further financial support from the state to maintain upgrades.
Previous conversations with the board have indicated that Gallia, and much of the state, are switching to paper ballot technology as well. Reportedly, all measures need to be put in place before the upcoming presidential election.
Dean Wright can be reached at 740-446-2342, ext. 2103.
By Dean Wright
deanwright@aimmediamidwest.com
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Faith Connections On Mental Illness
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The Community Church of Chapel Hill UU is working towards becoming a congregation
where members have the language, the understanding and the patience to recognize the issues and needs related to mental illness,
where members are able to reach out to people whose lives are affected by it
where the caring ministry includes all illness, physical and mental, and
where stigma related to mental illness is addressed by peer support and effective advocacy
The members of the Mental Illness Ministry are working towards providing training to members, connecting with community organizations with related missions, for example, NAMI and Faith Connections, developing a resource library, in print and on-line, and organizing church events related to mental illness.
The Caring Ministry includes MENTAL HEALTH
The Caring Ministry is working to reduce stigma by providing information about mental illness and support when possible to those church members affected by mental illness. We have church members who have experience in dealing with mental illness in their own families and can provide:
information on local mental health resources
confidential emotional support
transportation and meals during times of crisis
For more information about resources and support: please contact Susan Spalt or Maggie Scarborough at caring@c3huu.org
NAMI Orange Helpline: 919-929-7822
Alliance Behavioral Health: 800-510-9132, 24 hour help line in which a licensed clinician will help you find a crisis evaluation or facility‐based crisis center.
A National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI) support group meets at the church on the 1st Wednesday of the month from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm in the Manse. For information, contact Lisa Hamill, 919-933-8941, lisahamill@gmail.com
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Snodland Town begin work on clubhouse: This is a major step in the clubs history as it will make us totally self-contained within the ground, satisfying all Southern Counties East Football League requirements
SNODLAND TOWN have started work on their new changing rooms and hospitality facilities at their Paddlesworth Road base.
Planning permission was granted along with the stand, floodlights and perimeter fencing a few years ago, but it is only now, after achieving a grant from The Football Association and various donations and sponsorship from within the club and local community that the club have got to the position of building work commencing.
Snodland Town have started work on their new clubhouse.
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Club chairman Dave Jeal said: "This is a major step in the clubs history as it will make us totally self-contained within the ground, satisfying all Southern Counties East Football League requirements.
"It will also enable the club to move forward in its ambition to reach a higher level in the national football pyramid.
"This is a momentous step forward in the clubs history and my grateful thanks goes to those within the club who put in a great deal of time and effort to achieve this moment.
"Thanks must also go to several supporters of the club who have also given time or donations towards this project."
The First Division club say that there is no completion date for the project after many years of designing and planning.
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Happy Memorial Day: Amid Rebel Yells, eMeg Returns
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As Californians prepare to celebrate Memorial Day with a traditional blue-state feast, starting off with tofu burgers washed down with 13 or 14 beers and ending 12 hours later with a full face-plant into the guacamole, our Department of American History and Corporate Event Planning sends a memo reporting that a number of bright-red states started the party early.
Over the past few weeks, nine Southern states — representing 161 electoral votes, it should be noted — staged commemorations of what they officially recognize as Confederate Memorial Day, a somber time to remember and honor the sacred values of The Lost Cause, like, you know, slavery, segregation and white supremacy.
Wielding the stars and bars, singing "Dixie" and reciting the Confederate pledge ("I salute the Confederate Flag with affection, reverence and undying remembrance to the cause for which it stands") a mere 147 years after the end of the Civil War, descendants of Southern traitors patriots solemnly reaffirmed their duty never to forget their glorious heritage, from Louisiana to, um, Lynchburg, Va.
Jamey Wentsky, commander of Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp 1959, read the charge of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The charge, written by former Confederate lieutenant general Stephen Dill Lee after the Sons of Confederate Veterans' founding in 1896, includes requests for succeeding generations to remember and pass on accurately the legacy of the Confederate soldier:
"To you, Sons of Confederate Veterans, we will commit the vindication of the cause for which we fought. To your strength will be given the defense of the Confederate soldier's good name, the guardianship of his history, the emulation of his virtues, the perpetuation of those principles which he loved and which you love also, and those ideals which made him glorious and which you also cherish."
Mittens cool to Krusty: On the very day PPIC reported that Mitt Romney enjoys the support of a whopping 39 percent of Californians, we were amused, if not amazed, to find Mittens taking a brief break from making the world safe for the 1% to generously explain to us dopes who live here exactly what's wrong with the Golden State.
In an interview with National Review, the great man explained that Governor Gandalf "is taking them [that would be us] in the wrong direction."
As the governor continues to raise taxes on the most successful, the most successful will leave. Others will decide to not open their doors because the risk will be too great that even if they're successful, the government will end up taking what they earn.
And then the splendid kicker:
I wish Californians had elected Meg Whitman. She would have been more successful and explained to Californians the need to cut back on spending and eliminate unnecessary programs.
Mitt's right, of course. While our old friend eMeg could only fire a measly 27,000 people at Hewlett-Packard this week, just think what she might have accomplished in driving the unemployment rate if she had the entire state government to work with.
"While I wouldn't say we have turned the corner, we are making real progress," Whitman told analysts during a conference call.
And thank you for that.
Secret memo to David Axelrod: Whatever ads you're running in whatever rotations in whatever states right now, take them down immediately, and replace them with the You Tube songify mashup of "Mitt Likes Music, Including This" alternating with this terrifying clip of Mittens laughing.
Clothes make the men: We followed with great interest the recent profound national debate and discussion that ensued when Mark Zuckerberg showed up on Wall Street wearing his trademark hoodie. Drilling down on this crucial issue, the Paper of Record reported:
Mr. Zuckerberg, of course, often wears a hoodie. Perhaps he thinks it's fetching. Perhaps, he wears it because it is his trademark, much like the Issey Miyake custom-made black turtlenecks that Steve Jobs, one of Mr. Zuckerberg's executive idols, wore during his public appearances. (Mr. Jobs had hundreds of them made, and he told his biographer, Walter Isaacson, that he had enough of them to wear every day for the rest of his life.)
Hoodies, like black turtlenecks, appear casual, like you just threw on the first thing you could find dangling on a hook behind the door. In fact, it carries a lot of meaning. It signifies the opposite of a Hermès tie, the favored accoutrement of Wall Street. It signifies that you're busy making things that are really, really important to the world, which is what Silicon Valley believes, and hey – you don't really care what you look like.
So we instantly decided we really need a corporate clothing trademark, an iconic fashion statement that provides a compelling visual signifier of our no-bull brand.
Happy Confederate Memorial Day.
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tonyseton says:
We should have let the South secede.
panterazero says:
@tonyseton: we can't rule out the possibility of another chance.
chrisfinnie says:
Because, like governor Romney, Ms. Whitman is a job creator. Right?
Ask any of those 27,000 former HP employees, or any of the people who lost their jobs after Bain Capital drove their employers out of business, and get back to me.
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Museum Advisory Board Meeting 081920
Okay, well, I'm gonna call this meeting to order. And I thought we could combine the roll call with the board member introductions. If that sounds okay to everybody. I am Ed Lacey. I am the current board chair. And I have been a museum volunteer for some years. And I've been on this board for a number of years as well. So I welcome all the new members and everybody else it's nice to see you. It's been a while. So if you don't mind, I'll just call out names. If we could start that way. Kim, would you mind introducing yourself first, please
be happy to thanks, Eve. Welcome, everybody. I am Kim manager. I'm the director of the lung magnesium. And we haven't met in a long time. So it's so nice to see you all
Right. Thank you very much. And since we're
on the Administrative people, Eric, would you like to introduce yourself?
Hi, everyone. I'm Eric Mason. I'm the curator of history here at the museum. And so I usually present about the things that the museum is proposing to bring into the collections.
Great, thank you. I'm Joanne, do you want to go next please?
Hi, I'm Joanne McCoy. My title is executive assistant, and I am your secretary.
Perfect. And then just to stay with the staff. Eileen, would you like to introduce yourself?
Hi, I'm Eileen Tina. I'm the registrar at the museum. I am sitting in and will help Erica.
Cool. And then I don't know in no particular order. Dale, would you like to introduce yourself please?
Sir, I'm Dale Barnard. I've been on the board for two Three years I don't know. But I've been a volunteer at the museum for a long time. And it's dear and near to my heart. So it's great to see you all after so long.
Thank you, Dale. bryden would you like to introduce yourself, please? Hi.
My name is Braden cook. I've been on the board since I believe 2016.
A couple of years.
I'm Chris, would you like to introduce yourself please? Looks like you're in a car.
I am in a car. This is Chris Menard. We're driving from Little Rock, Arkansas to Amarillo, Texas on our way home. I've been on the board I think a little over a year. I can't remember time goes by. Prior to that. I was on the Public Places commission for about
Right. Thank you very much. I'm Rhea.
Rhea, would you unmute yourself? Yep. Great. Thanks. Hi, real Moriarty. I've been on the board for about a
Great. Well, thank you. And then we have two new members with us today. Megan, would you like to start?
Oh, sorry.
That's okay. Um, I'm Megan Arnold. I'm new as as mentioned, I'm excited to be here and be part of the museum advisory board. This is Mia. She's three weeks old. So we're going to be feeding and diaper changing every so often. But it's great to meet you all.
Great. Thank you so much. And Thomas. Last but not least,
oh, you need to unmute yourself.
You're right. I do.
Yeah, I'm Tom Kurtz. I'm a new appointee to the board. I've been in Longmont a little over four years. And I'm looking forward to working with all of you.
Great. Well, thank you so much for joining us. And then I guess, Suzy, you'd all go fairing our city council is on she's either going to be late or not with us today. Is that true? That's what I heard earlier.
That's correct. She had a conflict today. Okay. So she might she might pop in at the end of our meeting. We don't know.
Okay. Well, that's great. And thank you very much. And now I guess we'll get on with the start of everything. Everybody has a board packet I'm assuming
to look at so the next thing I think on the list is
for election of officers and
I guess my question is the nominations are, are now in order for the Office of chairman.
Do we have any nominations for chairman?
I will I would like Dale, I would like to nominate Eve Lacy as chair of the board.
Thank you. Are there any other nominations?
Okay, Iglesia, has been nominated.
So what we'll do now is vote. So all in favor of electing Ed Lacy as the chairman, please say hi, and wave your hand.
Can we maybe get a second on that nomination first, a second.
This is Chris I second.
Depending on which Robert's Rules you read, you don't have to have a second. But we'll we can
just be doubly set, right. Yes. Good to go. Like there's such a big competition for this particular position. Okay, all in favor of electing Iglesia as chairman, please say aye and wave your hand. Aye. Aye.
Aye. Okay.
Are there any opposed?
Chris, you got to put your hand down unless you're opposed.
Oh, sorry. Yeah.
I mean, if you're opposed, it's okay.
No, I was ready for my name to be called. Alright, so um, because it was unanimous, Yglesias elected chairman. So now we would I would like to take nominations as our Vice Chairman. Do we have a nomination for Vice Chair
Dale, I would like to nominate bryden cook as vice chair
and I will second that. Are there
any other nominations? Okay.
So we're going to vote. So all in favor of electing bryden cook as the vice chair, please wave and say aye. Aye.
Thank you very much. I'll post anyone opposed.
Okay, so
at this point bryden cook has been elected as the vice chair,
which is Yay. So that's great. Thank you very much. And then our secretary is Joanne per our bylaws. She is the staff member who's the secretary. So thank you very much Joanne for doing that. If she's ever gone, we have to find someone else to take the minutes so
got to be as nice as possible to join
Okay, um, do we have any public to be heard? I'm not aware that Joanne, have you heard anything about any public?
Oh, hang on, let me check my email, click like and just make sure
no one emailed in.
Yeah, I see no one that wants in the meetings. We had public invited.
Alrighty. So then we're going to move on to approval of the minutes, which you should have all gotten in. It's very strange, but it's from February.
I hope you've had a chance to look at it. Does anybody have a remarks or Did anyone notice any issues With the minutes, if so you just raise your hand and you can
Okay. Crickets. Okay. Um,
do I hear a motion to approve the minutes? Motion to approve the minutes. Okay. I'm Brian. Thank you very much. Um, do we have a second? This is react I second. Great. Thank you very much. I'm all in favor of approving the minutes please wave your hand and say I just wave your hand.
again any want to post?
Okay, so the minutes from February 19 are approved unanimously.
So this is going to be one of our shortest meetings on record except for the preliminary stuff we had to do before the meeting started. So Eric, would you mind walking us through the
next sessions that you have worse?
All right, well, I have a PowerPoint so we can all be looking at the same thing. So staff if you could cue that up. We're getting
it up guys.
Alright, so we have quite a number of expressions since we have not met since February. This is the August 2020 proposed exceptions to the museum collection and go to the next slide. So the first item on the list is name plates from the old city council chambers. So I don't know if all the board is aware that city council chambers under Major remodeling over the past few months and we wanted to preserve a little bit from that so decided these were pretty easy to store and kind of represented what a little bit about what the Old City Council minutes the council chambers looked like
you any questions on this succession?
Move to the next slide.
So this is a basically a notebook full of slides. These were found after channel eight moved out of the Carnegie building, so we're guessing they probably were created by Longmont cable trust in its early years there from about 1983 and what's nice about them as they do have a lot of different like every church in town All of the schools are now at that point. And so nice kind of snapshot of what what it looked like at that point. Any questions about this accession?
Hearing none, we'll move on to the next slide.
So, this is an annual report for the city of Longmont. 1966, was produced by the city itself. It didn't do an annual report every year. But in the 16th, they did this one it kind of documents a point when Longmont was really beginning, quite rapid growth. And it has a number of photographs as well as descriptions of the services and city provided at that time.
Any questions on this session?
Eric? I had one question. How long is this I mean, how many pages or how long is the report? It is, I believe
it's a you can see it's like an 11 by 17 report. So I think it's an eight page document.
Okay. I just wondered if if we know how long it was. So,
yeah, it's not detail, just kind of the highlights.
not have the next slide.
So these are photographs of a fire at the green and turf products plant 2389 or highway 66. It was taken by the donor who owned the farm right next to that turf product. Plant. So one of the nice things about photographs that were taken by the donor is as part of the donation then we would also acquire the copyright to the photographs. So it's an added bonus to that. And they show both the fire and then the aftermath destruction.
Any questions on this succession?
All right, the next slide then.
So, these are some items that basically came from an matlack, who was a local historian, in Longmont. Our father was a doctor, well known local family. So one of them is a photograph of her we didn't really have too many photographs, and so on to add that to the museum's collection. Another is an early edition of a lady's life in the Rocky Mountains by Isabella bird. And the third is a small, it's a little hard to tell in the photo, but it's, it's a fan of hardback book called hygiene portrait of small town, got a lot of color photographs inside of it. And we have one copy that we've been using for reference. But for, for small run kind of rare local history books like this, I'm trying to now add a copy that goes into our collection is so that we have one copy that's really not being handled and damaged by the public. So that's why those three things are in this in this session. Any questions on this extension? All right, we'll move to the next slide or that may be the last one. No one more.
So this is kind of an unusual one.
This is one that that someone in another state found at a yard sale. Kept for a long time. We've actually been getting quite a lot of these, you know, quarantine cleaning inquiries people are, are finding things and contacting us. And so this is a photograph, no information on the back. The only thing we have is the envelope that it was in which side it was from 850 Main Street, and it's postmarked December 23 1914.
So we don't know our
We do know that more than likely came from Longmont. And this is The Longmont family. Interestingly enough, 850 Main Street doesn't actually appear in the 1916 city directory, which is the closest one that we have. So we're unable to really trace it down anymore from that. We haven't done a huge amount of research thought we would, you know, bring it to the board, see what your thoughts were on it. And if it's worth bringing in and then doing additional research to find out anything more about this,
but those are the days when you just had the town in the state where you lived. Yep.
Yeah. So yeah, just send it to Mrs. FB Connor. Where's Creek, Wyoming and it got there.
It's crazy.
Yeah, other questions on this
succession.
If not, I believe that's the last one
will double job. I forget one.
Oh, yes. There's one more.
One more. All right. All right, I don't have the paper in front of me.
So the bill and Laila Stewart family if the board is not aware, they are the family that funded the Stuart Auditorium in large part, as well as a donation significant donation to the original production of the current museum.
when Laila Stewart passed away a few years ago, the contents of her house were basically available for family members to take and once the family had kind of gone through things, they said, Well, these are things that we do not want. And so they offered them to the museum so we have basically available in wireless appear to be probably wedding photos. We have a photograph of Lai lab in kind of an old full time costume. There are two others of them. One at the Stanley Hotel and one that was at a wedding anniversary. It's it's a little hard to see it's the one on the far right. It is signed by a lot of their friends on the mat. And then one other, just Laila by herself a color photo and then one of their daughter large color photograph daughter, who passed away some years before either. So our plan with these is we would not leave them frame, we would take them out of the frame other than probably the one that has the map on it, we might leave them in frame. All the rest we would take out so they're a little easier to store and store them.
Questions on that one?
Okay, well, if nobody has any questions for Eric, then
I would love to have a motion to accept all of these expressions. Someone would like to make that
Chris moves. Do we have a second?
This is real second. Thank you, Maria.
So, let's vote. All in favor, please say aye and wave your hand. Aye. Aye.
Opposed? Anyone opposed?
Okay, so there, you know, that's unanimous approval of the accessions as presented.
Thank you. Thanks, Eric.
Um, So I don't know what we should do next, except for listen to Kim, tell us all of the things that have been happening since March. What is it? What do we decide March 15? Or something like that? Yeah.
Yeah, it's, um, it feels like a lifetime and yesterday, right.
And so, you know, the thing that has happened and we're all very grateful is that the city has continued to pay staff through all of this. And so even even our front desk staff whose job is really dependent on having visitors in the building, we've been able to find other projects for them to work on. And so even though our doors were closed, we were all still very, very busy behind the scenes. And I tried to share a few director's reports with you all while we were closed, and Unable to meet. So certainly if you have questions about those other reports that I shared with you, prior to this, let me know. We do, I think have a few on this latest report that are kind of reiterations from previous reports. So I'm just going to hit the highlights here. And I don't want to read all of it to you, you've got it in your packet. But again, if you've got any questions, feel free to let me know and we can happen discuss things in more detail. I think one of the biggest ones that I want to reiterate for everyone is that we were able to achieve the CFP peer to qualification. And I'm just going to go into that a little bit, especially for our new board members, it might be worth explaining exactly what that is and what it means for us. That Sep is the scientific cultural facilities district and it's basically a tax revenue source for us. Part of the seven county region around the Denver area, and its sales tax. And so basically we get a small portion of things that come in from people who are buying things. And we've we've been kind of eyeballing this tier two qualification for several years now. And the way that scfd works is that it's broken up into tier one, tier two, tier three. Tier One organizations are the big ones in Denver, and it's the Art Museum. It's the zoos, the Botanic Gardens, the Museum of Nature and Science and the performing arts center. And they get the lion's share of the money to your to, which is now where we are is kind of that middle section. And there's the the way to get into it is by your revenue. There's a revenue threshold that you have to meet in order to be able to look that status and we were able to do that in our last video. The school year Sir 2019. And so prior to that, we were in tier three and tier three as a tier three organization. We were getting, you know, 20 $25,000 a year, I think we got up to about 30. At some point. It fluctuated a lot, but it was never a huge amount of money. We were thankful for it, but it was never a huge amount of money. So this bump into tier two is going to take us from about $20,000. We got $23,000 last year, up to $125,000. So a significant bump in revenue that we are going to get as a result of achieving this tier two at status. That's a $125,000 is actually a an estimate that is based on the projections I actually think that it's we're going to see more than that. What as the board did is that they actually took their revenue projections And scaled them back 30% and that's what we see with that hundred and $25,000. What they're actually seeing is more like 8% reduction as a result Coronavirus. And so I think that in reality we're going to see even more than $125,000 and that's going to start we're going to start seeing those distributions in September. So that's a really big deal. The other thing that is happening with scfd has
all of these two organizations have been really hit hard by the Coronavirus. And they've been, you know, kind of appealing to the CFP board to say, you know, how in the world are we going to meet this threshold again, and the board has been trying to be very responsive to this because the reality is, is that if, if tier two or Organizations are not able to hit that threshold, then it means that they dropped down back into the tier three organizations, which would really decimate tier three. So as a result of that, what they have ended up doing, and we, the 27th of August and this will become official because the board will vote on it. And what they have proposed is that they will maintain tear me that all of the financial information for the 2021 budget based on 2020. For us, that means that we will use the completed fiscal 2019 year and so will basically resubmit exactly the way that we submitted this year. And the threshold will also be frozen to what it was. And so, that means we're safe for next year. We've already done it. We've already met the threshold And so we've automatically now met the threshold for next year. They're gonna revisit this, and things may change further into the future. But for this year, and then for next year, we are safe. And we are in tier two said, that's really, really good news. So if you have any questions about that, that's probably the really biggest thing that's been going on kind of behind the scenes. So feel free to ask questions if you guys have any. Like I said, this is something that we've been really keeping our eyes on for years now. And we feel really quite excited that we were able to meet that threshold. And it's such a weird time for it. Because we're now in this strange Coronavirus world.
Okay, I don't I don't really have a question. But I just wanted to say that that's great. That was my question
whether or not we were going to qualify you Next year, so it's great to know that they're going to go ahead and freeze that. That status. Yeah, it's not official, they will get it approved
on the 27th of August, but I can't foresee that there would be any reason it wouldn't happen. And they've they have gone to lengths to basically vet this through all the legal channels that they need to make sure. Because the the challenge with this is that they need to make sure that they're being equitable, because there have been some organizations that have been able to stay open, there have been some organizations had some sense of normalcy, we've, for instance, have been able to have all of our employees paid. And that's not true for a lot of people. And so they wanted to approach this in a way that would be the most equitable, because there's a fear that people would sue as a result of it. And so I think that this really was the solution that ended up being the best for everybody and And of course it's you know, shoot for us we feel like we we, we really dodged a bullet them. Okay.
Yeah, it's a big deal.
So other things I think that are on the list that I'll highlight is that we officially reopened on July the seventh. I don't know if anybody has be have a lot of things in place to make sure that people are safe and for cleaning protocols and mass squaring and that sort of thing. We have tons of signs and we kind of hate it. But in order to be able to make sure that we're communicating well with folks, there's a lot of signage and to draw people into the museum in the appropriate ways. We have limits on the number of people who can be in the museum. I'll let you guys know we're not seeing tons of people come in at this point. And but we're also not terribly upset by that. The reality is that any money that we can make at this point is gravy for us because like I said, we're, we're already paying people. And so we're not losing money by being open. And so we're we're, we're feeling very glad that we're able to serve the people that we are being able to serve. We also had a great summer camp program this year, which basically was all online. And so we were able to bring in a little bit of revenue that way as well. And if you jumped down if you're following the report, under education, we serve 250 individual campers, and some of those were enrolled in multiple camps. We also through our Dodge family fund, were able to support scholarships for some of those campers. And let's see, what else do we want to dry out here? Yeah,
just a quick question.
How does that hundred and 50 campers compared to previous seasons? Do you know
You know, I don't know off the top of my head, I've asked and put a report together so that I can look at those numbers better. And it we saw a drastic decrease. I mean, there, there are a lot of kids and parents that, you know, by the time our summer camp started, there was a lot of online fatigue, you know, schools had already shut down. They had already taken a lot of things online. We We definitely saw the effects of a lot of online learning fatigue, it did pick up a little bit as we got into the season. And so I think the first the first camps were the ones that were impacted the most. And then of course, a lot of families are just not doing online things. It was summer. They wanted their kids to get out of the house that you know, so we definitely see an impact, but I don't know those numbers specifically. I can certainly try to get them in a report for the next board meeting that we have.
I was just curious. That doesn't mean mattered that much. I just was curious how many? Yeah,
Yeah, we can look at that.
Um, let's see what else. And I think another thing and and we've talked about this various times, but Eric has finished up his book. And so he's putting the finishing touches on the lawn, not the first 150 years. We should see Eric, remind me I think that the shipments are going to be coming in in November. Is that right? Yeah, we're super, super excited about that. And the Longmont 150 is going to be launched next summer. And so this is going to be part of that kind of package of things that we're going to be taking celebrate long month, hundred and 50th anniversary. It's a beautiful, beautiful book. And so we're very, very proud of it and I think that it's going to be you know, we we basically started conversation two years now or something like that. ago. Based on some feedback that we got from the local bookstore that basically nothing like this existed. And so we've been able to fill a gap and have an expert really pull all of this together. And we're very, very proud of the book. And we'll have it on our shelves soon. So thank you. That's very cool. Um, let's do, we do have tons of fall programming that we're working on, and a lot of it is detailed there. Like I said, I'm not going to read all of this, but what I really want to say is that our staff has been remarkably creative and resourceful and talented and the programs that they've pulled together for the fall, and for the summer, I think are something to be really proud of. We are taking all of our fault most of our fault program online, and we just don't feel comfortable with the way that things are looking in terms of the virus. And so we're with with question. And we're bringing most of those programs online. And we do have some some walking tours that we're doing. They're very small. And so we're able to control numbers of people that way. But I think this is the most creative lineup that we've done since I've been at museum for years. And so, again, you know, Silver Linings that are happening as a result of being closed and being able to kind of focus on some things. And so very, very cool programs that we're looking forward to in the fall. So we've got our newsletter that's going to be coming out soon that'll you know, beautifully illustrate all of this. But the kind of list of things are there in your directors report. And then some other things to highlight is that we are going to be doing the Day of the Dead as an online virtual experience. This year, but it's gonna be really quite amazing. I mean, basically what we are creating is this resource for all things Day of the Dead. And so we're going to populate it slowly over time, and with workshops and and creative things and then also have these performances that will livestream. And so I really feel strongly that despite the fact that we're not going to be able to meet in person, this is still really going to be an amazing online festival and it's going to be a resource that people can use a cultural resource that people will be able to hear. And then the other piece of that is that in the galleries, we're going to do the what you're used to seeing the altars are going to move from the atrium back into the gallery space, so we'll be able to feature the altars and then we're going to have basically two halves of the gallery and the other half of the gallery. We're gonna feature an artist from Denver. whose name is Tony Ortega. And he's his work is really founded in a background of Hispanic heritage and so it's very relevant to the day the dead so and so celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Longmont museum celebrating Day of the Dead. We're really trying to commemorate it in a way that's a little bit more than what we've done in the past. And so, again, this is another silver lining from dead the dead because there's we hadn't planned on doing it this way. And we needed to kind of shift our gears when all of this happened. And so we're very pleased to be able to host Tony in space. And then we also were able to partner with the art in public places program and they have commissioned Tony do commemorative mural downtown. And so there'll be kind of an enduring reflection on this 20th anniversary time. So we're pleased that that was able to kind of come together to In this weirdo time that we're living in, I think
that's the last thing I'll call out on that. Maybe on practice report, which is that we're going to do, instead of the
holiday festival that we typically do in the Stewart auditorium, we're going to do a webathon. So we're going to do this holiday fundraiser webathon is those word about that, I think it's going to be a really very exciting thing that we pull off, it's going to hopefully bring in a little bit of money for us in this time that we've been closed, not being able to bring into revenue. And I trust Dustin to really do something very exciting. He's been able to pull up some pretty great programming while we've been closed and haven't had the ability to have folks in the auditorium and I'm sure that he's going to do well. So with that, if you guys have any questions about the directors report or things that are going on
All righty. Back to you.
All right, cool. Well, you know, we don't have to buy our fancy holiday outfit for this year. We can spend it at the
There you go. Oh, man.
We have I mean, it's it might be worth noting, you know, with like stimulus that were happening. We saw money coming in from people that
were doing okay financially and they wanted to support us so that felt really good.
Yeah, it's been interesting on the membership side too. We've had people who you know, normally we send out renewals to people because people forget to renew and a lot of people have been sending them in anyway, so or end with a donation so it's just been really nice. Okay, so I don't think we have any old business unless I'm forgetting something Joanne But we do need apparently we need to talk about or just clarify when our future meetings are going to be this year, and when and where, and then where the information about those meetings get posted. So part of what we have to do or what Joanne takes care of is that the notice that we're going to have these meetings gets posted at several places, I believe in the city so that the public is aware of it if they want to attend. So Joanne, would you mind just reviewing what we're doing? And then I guess I don't know if we need to vote on this or if we can just keep status quo here. How are we?
Sure. Well, if you'd like to keep your status quo we entertain the motion to continue to have meetings on the third Wednesday of each month at the Museum at 430. Posting places are at the museum itself. Civic Center mall on their posting board. And of course we posted online. So I think that's pretty much it time place and posting locations.
Dale also move that we continue to have meetings at 430 on whichever Wednesday you said, Joanne
This is Chris, I suck at the museum.
I think you have to unmute.
Sorry, remedial here, all in favor of keeping the meeting at the same time in the same place and the same thing day of the month, please say aye and raise your wave your hand.
Hi, anybody?
Okay, so we will go ahead and continue the same time and then I don't know if we need a separate motion. Joanne for the posting locations, or do you want to just go ahead and include that in?
I can lump all that in with one motion.
All right. Thank you. Um, so does anyone have comments of any type that they would like to make? Now that we're almost at the end of the meeting? No comments? Well, my only comments are that I hope that we'll get to the point where we'll be able to have these meetings in person, even if we have to do it in one of the larger classrooms are something at the museum so we can have some social distancing, but it's been great to see everybody, and thank you so much for the two new members for joining us. We're really looking forward to having your input.
It's always good to get another point of view.
And then next time, I think Eileen should have her baby with her too. So we can see the two babies. You know, that's not very professional. Okay, if there aren't any comments. Oh, go ahead.
Okay. Um, if there's nothing else then I guess we will adjourn this meeting. My my clock is 514.
So thank you all. Thanks. See, and have a nice evening. Thank you. Have a good night, everybody. Thanks.
You too. Hi, everyone.
I usually wait till you guys are awesome. Thanks again. Oh, you're welcome, Joanne. I really appreciate your time and effort doing this. So no worries. Do you think are you guys gonna meet next month? Will you just let me
know so I can get it on the calendar?
Yeah, I don't know. I anticipate we will. Okay. Okay. Thanks,
guys. Thank you very much. Bye Bye. Thanks. Bye bye


I want to use this post to remind you about changes in the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), which went into effect March 15. They may not affect you and your self-storage business today, but if you remodel, make substantial renovations (which could include new asphalt), or plan to build or expand, you need to be aware of these updates.
The basis of the changes was a new set of Accessible Standards for Design issued by the Justice Department in 2010, which went into effect last month. These standards clearly apply to the self-storage industry. The new requirements surround scoping and dispersion.
"Scoping" means 5 percent of all new (or substantially renovated) self-storage units must meet the definition of "accessible" if you add or renovate less than 200 units, or 10 units plus 2 percent if the facility has more than 200 units.
"Dispersion" means accessible units must be "dispersed" among all classes of units offered. However, classes are not defined, so we don't know if dispersion is calculated on size alone or also other features such as temperature control. We do know that if there are more classes than the required number of units you are building/adding, you don't have to build extra accessible units just to have one in every class.
Accessible means a lot of different things, so consult with your architect, builder and/or legal counsel. Where it certainly applies is the amount of foot pounds of pressure you have to exert to open a self-storage unit door. If a roll-up door requires more than the allowed amount of exertion, measured by foot pounds of pressure, then the unit does not meet the definition and cannot be counted as disability accessible.
Other considerations include the severity of the rise/fall of the rain lip. Can a person in a wheel chair get over it? There are standards for how much change in slope there can be over a foot of distance, and rain lips probably violate this standard. The same is true of sloping driveways away from buildings. It makes great design sense to move water away from the building, but watch out, because the units still have to comply with the ADA as it pertains to the amount of rise or fall over a given number of feet of distance.
The law is the law, and if you don't comply, there are lots of testers out there waiting to find you and force modifications. Believe me, I see them every day in the apartment industry. They will find you because those with disabilities know their rights and are vocal about protecting them. And, of course, there is money in finding violations. So be careful to design any new building or make any renovations with a clear understanding and an eye to the new ADA requirements.


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Secret Sound - 11 - The Cradle of Harmony (William Sidney Mount)
Welcome to Episode 11, The Cradle of Harmony, on the life of painter, composer, fiddler, inventor, and spiritualist William Sidney Mount (1807-1868). Mount, who lived primarily in Stony Brook, Long Island, pioneered genre painting, giving a strong focus upon African-American musicians and everyday country life around Stony brook. He played the fiddle, collected melodies from those around him and composed his own. He also designed and constructed a unique fiddle, which he called the Cradle of Harmony, which attempted to increase its sonic power to suit foot-stomping country dance music. Mount maintained an avid interest in esoteric spirituality and spiritualism throughout his life. Working with a spiritualist group called the Miracle Circle, he believed he was in direct communication with Rembrandt.
in American music history, Esotericism, Bizarre Music Instruments, spiritualism, mesmerism, Andrew Jackson davis


Ecospectral's BRIM system was conceived in the middle of a power blackout in Washington DC, just a short distance from the White House. How, in the 21st century, is it possible to be taken back into the 19th century without warning?
So Ecospectral's founder and CEO, David Keightley, applied his many years of experience in the research, development and commercialisation of advanced sensing, signal processing and communications technology to find a solution – not just to keep the lighting on, but which would learn and automatically adapt to the way people use their built environment and contribute to addressing climate change. In short David saw the opportunity to shrinkwrap humanity's energy consumption around the places we inhabit according to how and when we use them.
So with the help of artificial intelligence researchers at the University of Canberra David created the BRIM system and in so doing adopted architecture that applies artificial intelligence, is based on open standards, distributed the intelligence to the spaces where people are located, delivered data in real time, was independent of the light fittings, thermostats or other hardware and enabled energy demand management on a real time and granular level.
The first generation of the BRIM system has been successfully deployed in a wide range of sites proving its robustness and reliability.
The second generation of the BRIM system has been developed and is due to move into production in 2017.
Co-founded and co-director of Mediaware, (compressed domain MPEG processing for video analysis capabilities and products applicable to digital broadcast and defence surveillance unmanned and manned) which was spun out of CSIRO with two other research engineers. This project involved building strong relationship with Sun Microsystems and a blue chip customer base in USA and Australia. Mediaware was purchased by General Dynamics GDAIS in late 2007.
Distinguished Engineer position with General Dynamics in Washington DC following sale of Mediaware continuing work on designing and marketing unmanned systems and sensor subsystems.
Portfolio and team leadership roles in visualization group at CSIRO Division of Mathematics and Information Science. This work included defining research and development directions in a variety of advanced systems and signal processing projects.


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Pull Off a Successful Negotiation Campaign
To achieve a broad goal, you may need to carry out a series of smaller negotiations. The story behind the creation of America's first national African American history museum shows us how it's done.
By PON Staff — on December 6th, 2016 / Negotiation Skills
Sometimes our negotiations to achieve a desired dream take months. Sometimes they take years. The dream of building a museum of African American history on Washington, D.C.'s, National Mall endured over 100 years, ramped up in the past 15, and culminated with the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture on September 24, 2016.
To meet this challenging and, at times, seemingly insurmountable goal, museum champions engaged in countless negotiations—with politicians, government administrators, would-be donors, ordinary citizens, and other groups. Through careful consensus building, deal sequencing, and active listening, they moved closer to their dream, step by step, until it became a reality.
Pulling off a single deal successfully requires a certain set of skills. By contrast, designing and executing a negotiation campaign involves putting together several smaller deals to achieve a broad goal, according to Harvard Business School professor James K. Sebenius. The story of how the national African American museum of history and culture came to be offers insights to business professionals faced with the task of carrying out a complex negotiation campaign.
Indifference and opposition
Back in 1915, a group of black veterans first formally proposed that the U.S. government construct a memorial to African Americans on the National Mall. In 1929, Congress approved the creation of an African American history museum but failed to provide financing, causing the project to lie dormant, according to the New York Times. In the late 1960s, prominent blacks, including James Baldwin and Jackie Robinson, lobbied Congress to fund the long- hoped-for museum, but the appeal fell on deaf ears, even as African American history museums began opening across the country.
Congressman John Lewis of Georgia, a leading activist during the civil-rights era, began pushing for a national African American museum as soon as he took office in 1987, but he faced strong opposition from some of his colleagues on Capitol Hill. "Once Congress gives the go-ahead for African Americans, how can Congress then say no to Hispanics, and the next group, and the next group after that?" Senator Jesse Helms of North Carolina complained, according to the Times.
Finally, in 2003, Congress authorized the creation of a national African American history museum. Lonnie G. Bunch III, a former president of the Chicago History Museum, was appointed the museum's director two years later. But the authorization didn't mean the battle was over. Congress agreed to fund only half of the museum's $540 million projected costs. Bunch and his team would need to raise $270 million in funds from private donors to make their vision a reality.
An inclusive vision
As an African American growing up in a largely white New Jersey town in the 1950s and '60s, Bunch experienced casual racism, including taunts and ignorant remarks from his peers, neighbors, and teachers. Consequently, Bunch says he learned how to read people and their body language. "The skill of 'reading a room' has proven quite helpful," he told the Times, "whether in meetings with museum trustees, members of Congress, potential donors, or curatorial colleagues."
By "reading the room," Bunch understood that to win over constituents and potential backers of the African American history museum, he and his team would need to be able to clearly formulate and communicate the museum's mission. That mission, he believed, must appeal to all Americans, not just African Americans. The museum would tell "the quintessential American story" of blacks' progress and achievements in society, Bunch told the Times, using African American culture "as a lens to understand what it means to be American."
Moreover, to attract crowds, the museum would need to avoid seeming to demand retribution for slavery, racism, and other painful aspects of African American history, Bunch and his team believed. Those aspects would be depicted, but the overall message would be one of perseverance and optimism.
The positive, hopeful framing paved the way for successful negotiations with politicians, potential donors, and others whose support was needed to build the museum.
A pivotal negotiation
Negotiations to determine the museum's location were delicate and intense. At first, Congress rejected a site near the Capitol. Government planners felt that the National Mall was too crowded to accommodate another significant structure. But backers of the African American history and culture museum bristled at the idea of the institution being marginalized with a second-tier location—a slight that could easily be seen as reflecting blacks' historical treatment in American society.
Ultimately, Judge Robert L. Wilkins, the head of the museum's site-selection committee, convinced the Smithsonian's Board of Regents that a prime spot on the Mall would improve the museum's odds of fund-raising success in addition to maximizing visitors once it opened, according to the Times.
Building the foundation
Bunch's ability to read people doubtless served him well as he worked to connect with those who could help shape the museum's mission and provide financial support. To attract a broad network of supporters, Bunch strove for racial and political diversity on the museum's board—for example, recruiting former first lady Laura Bush, former secretary of state Colin Powell, and Oprah Winfrey.
Crisscrossing the country, Bunch convened focus groups and met with black activists from various eras in American history to get their input on how to shape the museum. On a listening tour of black America, Bunch accumulated stories to be told in the museum and listened to advice, such as the admonition not to overlook women civil-rights activists.
When it came to fund-raising, in addition to pursuing and securing corporate and foundation gifts, Bunch and his team made a special effort to reach out to black donors. Celebrities such as Winfrey and Michael Jordan made major gifts, but the museum also approached groups, such as churches, fraternities, and sororities, that don't typically make significant donations to cultural causes. Bunch told the Times that he and his team knew "there was much more money in [the African American] community than most cultural institutions had ever tapped."
The strategy of targeting smaller donors helped raise awareness of the museum in the African American community. Small donations poured in, ultimately adding millions of dollars that helped the museum reach its goal of $270 million. The number of small gifts raised signaled to politicians that the museum was generating broad, enthusiastic support among African Americans. "We were able to raise a level of awareness that really galvanized people to make small contributions," American Express CEO Kenneth I. Chenault, the head of the capital campaign, told the Times.
Negotiating a plan
As the museum acquired the funds needed to become a reality, inclusivity and transparency remained at the forefront of the negotiation and planning process. Well before the museum was built, Bunch and his team took steps to portray the project as inevitable and tangible—rather than a dream that could be easily set aside, as it had been in the past. Bunch staged exhibitions at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History and brought members of Congress to see them. Eric Cantor, then the House Republican leader, told the Times he had been "very impacted" by an exhibition in which a statue of Thomas Jefferson was surrounded by the names of the 612 people he had owned as slaves.
Building the museum's collection was a challenging task, given a limited budget and the fact that many significant African American artifacts were already housed in other museums. So curators hit on an innovative means of both acquiring items and drumming up support: they went on a tour of 15 U.S. cities, in the style of TV's Antiques Roadshow. Citizens were invited to bring in heirlooms from African American culture to be appraised. The museum ended up acquiring many objects brought in by ordinary citizens.
The process of choosing a building design was similarly transparent, with the final six plans displayed at the Smithsonian. Not surprisingly, given his inclusive mission, Bunch rejected an early design that envisioned the museum shaped like a black-power fist. He praised the winning crown-inspired design, created by a team led by the Tanzanian-born British architect David Adjaye, for its "uplift, resiliency, and spirituality."
Orchestrating your campaign
"I knew it was going to be hard, but I didn't know how hard it was going to be," Bunch reflected on his 11-year effort to open the National Museum of African American History and Culture. The same is likely to be true of any negotiation campaign on which you embark. But through careful planning, you can make the necessary work more meaningful and manageable. The following three steps should help.
1. Set a vision and goal. The more complicated a negotiation campaign is, the more important it is that you establish a clear mission and goal right from the start. Strive for a unifying vision that will have widespread appeal, as Bunch did. By doing so, you will not only increase your odds of achieving a broad network of support but also help focus your efforts on the issues and goals that matter most to you and your constituents.
2. Identify key parties. When preparing a negotiation campaign, map backward from your ultimate target deal to identify the parties who can help you reach your goal, advises Harvard Business School's Sebenius. Think outside the box, considering parties others might overlook—such as the small donors Bunch targeted. Then consider how you might organize the parties you have identified into a manageable number of "fronts," or groups: for example, donors, advocates, potential adversaries, constituents, and so on. You might sort parties into fronts by their interests, organizations, attitudes toward your efforts (positive or negative), or other attributes.
3. Determine the right sequence. Instead of charging ahead and negotiating on all fronts simultaneously, determine which group to approach in which order, again mapping backward from your ultimate goal. Consider how your relative progress in one negotiation alters your odds of success on other fronts, recommends Sebenius. To establish the museum's inevitability and credentials, Bunch negotiated the location of the museum and recruited board members before negotiating with donors. He also previewed exhibitions to help donors, the public, and politicians view the museum as tangible and inevitable.
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Creativity has always been my one and only real passion expressed through my carreer as a professional jewellery designer, photographer, furniture designer, ceramic artist or amateur musician.
Ceramics has that particular characteristic of being the most tactile of all art forms. Clay that is being so subtly shaped in the palm of your hand and once fired it will turn to stone and endure for thousands of years.
My work is inspired by archeology, the source of the oldest ceramic artifacts. In particular the archeology of the Middle East with its invention of writing and the imprint of cuneiforms in clay. It's a Jewish form of art with the full background of biblical and rabbinical, talmudic, kabbalistic traditions of teaching and learnings.