The Lakeshore Museum Center was formerly called the Muskegon County Museum. The institution is now made up of multiple sites and buildings - the natural and cultural history museum, the Hackley and Hume Historic Site, the Fire Barn Museum, the Scolnik House of the Depression Era, the Archives, and more.
The History of the Museum. How Did it Start?
1879- At a reunion of area settlers, the importance of the establishment of a structure for preserving historical documents and materials is expressed.
1887- The Muskegon County Pioneer and Historical Society is incorporated.
1889- On the 30th anniversary of the formation of Muskegon County, the Pioneer and Historical Society reiterates the importance of establishing a museum.
1912- The Muskegon County Pioneer and Historical Society is reorganized and a concentrated effort made to secure a building for a museum.
1923- Although a room for a museum is incorporated into the plans of the new Junior High School, crowded conditions demand the space be used for classrooms.
1937- During the State's Centennial Celebration, plans for establishing a museum materialize. With funds and materials accumulated during the Centennial Celebration, the Muskegon County Museum Foundation is organized.
1938- With a staff funded through the statewide WPA (Work Progress Administration) Museum Project, sponsored by the University of Michigan and the Federal Government, exhibits are installed in the corridors of Muskegon Community College on Webster Avenue.
1939- A Grand Opening is held at the Museum, located at 917 Third Street in a "storefront" building.
1940- The Museum moves to larger quarters in the vacated Vanderlaan School, located at the corner of Wood Avenue and Myrtle Street.
1942- The WPA funds cease for the Museum due to Civil Defense priorities during World War II. The Museum space in the Vanderlaan School is needed for classrooms and the Museum is forced to place its collection in storage. The County Board of Supervisors appropriates minimal funding for the Museum's operational expenses.
1944- The Museum expands into vacated space in the Vanderlaan School with materials from storage.
1947- Funding from the County and donations from citizens are insufficient, therefore, the Museum is forced into periodic closings for three years.
1950- The Museum is reorganized and incorporated as a non-profit organization. Funding increases and facilitates a year-round operating schedule.
1955- The Vanderlaan School is again needed for classrooms and the Museum is forced to store its collection and exhibits in space provided by the Fruitport School System and other available buildings.
1956- Temporary exhibits are placed in storefront windows and public buildings.
1957- The Marquette School, at the southwest corner of School and Marquette Streets, is obtained for use as a Museum from the Muskegon School System.
1961- The old County Jail, located at Pine Street and Muskegon Avenue, was made available to the Museum by the County of Muskegon.
1964- The Muskegon County Museum celebrates its 25th anniversary.
1970- During the 1970's, the Museum expands its services to the public and increases the quality and quantity of the exhibits.
1979- In an effort to continually and adequately fund the Museum, the Board of Trustees approves placing a .2 of a mill proposal, on the ballot, for the support of the Museum.
1980- The Millage proposal is defeated in the August primary and again in the November general election.
1981- In a September special election, the Millage proposal is approved for five years.
1982- Papers are signed in March to purchase the building at 430 W. Clay on the corner of Clay and 4th Street. Remodeling contracts awarded in December.
1983- In July, the remodeling is completed and the Museum moves to 430 W. Clay. The Museum opens to the public in December.
1984- The Museum is dedicated on November 16th.
1986- A Millage proposal for .325 of one mill for five years is approved on May 12. The proposal was for renewal of the .2 of one mill to support the Museum, and for an additional .125 of a mill for the restoration and operation of the Hackley and Hume Houses.
1986- Papers signed on September 28th transfer ownership of the Hackley and Hume Houses from the Hackley Heritage Association to the Muskegon County Museum.
1986- The Muskegon County Museum assumes full responsibility for the restoration, preservation and operation of the Hackley and Hume Historic Site from the Hackley Heritage Association.
1987- The Museum celebrates its first fifty years of existence on June 13.
1988- The 100th Anniversary of the construction of the Hackley and Hume Historic Site buildings is celebrated on May 27th with the dedication of two State Historical Markers.
1988- A vacant lot on Webster St. is purchased for future development as a parking lot for the Hackley and Hume Historic Site.
1989- A Long Range Plan is approved on August 15th.
1989- Papers are signed on July 3rd to purchase a building located at 1762 Terrace Street for use as a collections building.
1989- The Charles H. Hackley Hose Company No.2 (Fire Barn Museum) is transferred to the Museum from the City of Muskegon and the Muskegon Heritage Association, on October 9th.
1990- In June the "Decorators Show House" is held at the Hume Home.
1990- On June 20th, John H. McGarry III assumes duties as Executive Director.
1990-Dedication of the Wilfrid Berg mural in entry of the Museum.
1991- May 6th, the Museum renews its millage for 5 years.
1991- July 31st, Museum receives building permit to restore the Hackley House.
1992- In March, the Museum receives a Conservation Assessment Plan (CAP) review from the American Association of Museums.
1992- August 29th, Museum sponsors 1st Native American Pow Wow held in Muskegon County in over 15 years.
1992- September 16th and 17th, Museum undergoes Museum Assessment Program II (MAP) by the American Association of Museums.
1992- Natural History Gallery opens, but is not finished.
1992- Paint analysis on interior of Hackley House is completed.
1993- July 1st, Enviroworks Summer Camp is held for the first time; the program served 120 kids over two-week duration.
1993- First annual Lumber Baron's Ball is held on September 25th.
1993- Michigan Indian Culture Days education program is held for the first time.
1994- March 13th, "Shapes Peculiar to the Modern Style" exhibit opening. This exhibit is a collaboration between the Muskegon County Museum and the Muskegon Museum of Art.
1994- May, "Our Old House" videos featuring the restoration work done on the Hackley House are filmed.
1994- November, Science Resource Center completed.
1995- Museum purchases Spainola building located on 4th and Western Ave.
1995- June 22nd, Museum Mercantile opens in new building. The Museum's Archives occupies the second floor.
1995- Fire Barn Museum receives a new roof.
1996- Millage is once again passed for 5 years on May 7th.
1997- Grand Opening of the Hackley House after restoration.
1997-"Our Old House" video produced.
1999- "Chronicle of Our Century" Exhibit opens.
1999- September 17th - 19th Great Lakes Irish Music Festival is held at Heritage Landing for first time. The festival is sponsored by the Muskegon County Museum.
2000- August 26th, Grand Opening of "Coming to the Lakes" exhibit. The exhibit traces 10,000 years of history of the people who call Muskegon County Home.
2000 - September-November, Museum receives the IPAM grant and participates in a cultural exchange with Wexford County Museum in Ireland.
2001 – March, the first floor carpeting was restored in the Hackley House. The carpeting was woven in the same pattern on the same looms that created the carpet the Hackley's ordered over 100 years earlier.
2001- May 24th, Hackley & Hume Historic Site City Barn renovations completed and dedication held.
2001 – September 11, Muskegon County voters renewed the millage for the Museum for 10 years.
2003 – October, the new Food Webs Gallery opened offering visitors a glimpse at five local habitats and the plants, animals, birds, insects and reptiles that call them home.
2004 – March, Ken Katz and two assistants from Conservation and Museum Services of Detroit come to the Museum to restore the Passenger Pigeon painting done by Lewis Cross. The 6 12/ x 11 foot oil painting, done in 1900, hangs above the first floor stairway.
2004 - April, the upper mantle in the first parlor of the Hackley House was recreated from historic photos by Kennedy Conservation Consortium of Mt. Carroll, IL.
2005 – January, the Muskegon Voices Gallery opens. The exhibit incorporates videos and dioramas on local history.
2005 – The E.A. Turner portraits of Charles H. and Julia Hackley are restored by Ken Katz of Conservation and Museum Services of Detroit.
2005 – The Muskegon Mercantile moves home to the Museum. The Archives Department remains on the top floor of the Museum's building on Western Ave.
2007 – The Scolnik House: A Historic House of the Depression Era opens to tell the story of common families living during the Great Depression.
2009 – The Muskegon County Museum changes its name to the Lakeshore Museum Center to promote the cohesiveness of its buildings and historic sites.
2010 - Permanent exhibit "Michigan From the Depths of Time" opens to the public in March.
2011 - Muskegon County voters renew the mileage for the Lakeshore Museum Center for ten years.
2012 – "Joe Beyrle: A Hero of Two Nations" opens and tells the in credible story of Muskegon's own World War II paratrooper.
2013 – Groundbreaking for Michigan's Heritage Park at Hilt's Landing in Whitehall is held in August. Construction of the Visitor Center and 1900 Farmhouse begins.
The mission of the Lakeshore Museum Center is to preserve and interpret through exhibits, education, and programs the natural and cultural history of Muskegon County.


Whilst the Kingdom has had protests, riots and civil wars, particularly in Gwendolyn's reign, political demonstrations as we know them are a rare thing here. Mostly the Queen and Council govern with no protests at all. It does take desperate or selfish actions by the monarch especially to get folk out on to the streets. The Council is appointed by the Queen but she sounds out each species for recommendations first. Usually there are one or two candidates deemed worthy enough by their own kind to serve on the Council and those then get interviewed several times by village elders and so on before only one name is put forward to the monarch. Village elders can and are influenced by the feelings, usually voiced loudly, by their own people. FNN would dearly love to influence things here as they've seen the media do on earth but absolutely nobody in the Kingdom will tolerate that. FNN is there to report facts, not opinions, the only exception being Roherum's This Week's Royal Gossip Show as it is felt okay to tittle tattle and giggle over the royals and their indiscretions. Understandably the royals are not fans of this show.
The Council represents all 22 species in the Kingdom and all have picked their best, most well connected "person". (The jury's out on whether the orcs count as people). This has always been the case and they see no reason to change but Roxannadrell would like at least one or two more lowly folk serving on the Council. She knows she has no chance of getting that kind of concession from the elves. Though this doesn't stop the monarch voicing her disappointment every so often. Not that the likes of L'Evallier take any notice of this. They feel it is for each species to decide who to send to the Palace and don't like the Queen trying to interfere here. Eileen has sympathy with the Queen's aim, one of their few areas of agreement, but the Council doesn't want the godmother interfering either as they've made clear. Each Council member keeps a detailed diary of what they do at each Council meeting and circulate it to their own kind. Naturally there are often 22 different versions of the same Council discussions!


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Interested in Tax Offsets? While the lockout laws debate rages across the country, there is a silver lining for the live music industry. APRA AMCOS and other stakeholders commissioned Ernst and Young (EY) to investigate whether tax offsets would stimulate more live music activity across the country. It is well known that the live music industry kicks goals for the whole economy, with every dollar consumers spend in this sector delivering three times that in economic riches - through food and beverage consumption, audio visual hire, wages, hotel stays and more.
EY surveyed some 23,000 venues (both those staging live music and those not staging live music) and a range of major and independent record labels, offering several options for tax offsets. Almost half (45 per cent) of restaurants and cafes surveyed stated they would stage live music if tax offsets were provided. Hotels and bars also supported the move, with one in five stating they would introduce (or re-introduce) live music if tax offsets were on the table. EY's study concluded that the greatest increase in market value, employment and value-adding would come from the introduction of cash-based tax offsets for venues not currently staging live music, combined with a percentage-of-expenses tax offset for venues already staging live music. If the government were to adopt the findings of this report, the initial fall in tax revenue would be more than compensated by additional tax generated from a wider base, including income tax from employment, resulting in an estimated $40.2m economic windfall for the whole country in the medium term.
APRA AMCOS Head of Member Services, Dean Ormston, said, "In a purely economic sense, investing in the live music industry pays dividends. For every dollar Australians spend on live music, three dollars circulates back into the economy. An investment incentive of this nature will stimulate an immediate lift - more venues will host live music, more often, which means more artists performing, more jobs in production, more jobs to serve the patrons attending, more accommodation and travel expenditure across the whole country - millions of dollars in revenue. The contemporary music industry has traditionally received very little investment support. A vibrant local live music sector is critical to ensuring broader industry success and developing Australia's considerable music export potential."
"Tax offsets have been applied and work well in other industry sectors including the film and research and development industries, both here and in large markets like the US and UK. Based on this research, we think there's enormous potential to apply similarly agile and smart thinking to the Australian contemporary music industry," Dean said.
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Increase in total output, employment and value add: The highest output, employment and value-add came from providing a 'combination' venue cash offset of $40,000 for new live music venues, and 20 per cent expenses offset for existing live music venues.
Increase in venues staging live music: Based on the venue survey data, 45 per cent of restaurants/cafes/other, 21 per cent of hotels/bars and 5 per cent of clubs and nightclubs that are not currently staging live music would stage live music if a range of tax offsets were provided, an estimated 2,017 new venues intending to stage live music across Australia.
Increase in live music performances: Up to 284,193 additional live music performances per year are expected under the combined venue scenarios. This is an increase of approximately 87 per cent over current levels.
Increase in live music attendances: Up to 31.1 million additional attendances are expected under the combined venue scenarios.
Increase in sound recording investment: Sound recording producers reported that an offset would assist in reducing overhead costs and allow for increased investment in new and current artists.
Impact on tax flow and net difference: Tax offsets generate additional spending in the economy, which results in additional tax revenue for government. The net difference between the total tax offset paid by government and the additional tax revenue received varied across the various scenarios investigated, and was highest under the combined venue scenario of $10,000 cash offset for new music venues and 5 per cent expenses offset for existing music venues, providing a net return to government of $40.2m, and the greatest return on investment for government.
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I had a temporary crown installed yesterday.
So when we found leaks in our window frames it only made sense to reach for the Dremel tool. Closest thing we've got to a de-tootherizer.
The vinyl window frames shrank in the harsh Bay Area sunshine, opening the welds first and then cracks in the corners.
A little time with the high-speed cutter opened and cleaned the crack.
Then we masked off the area and smeared in BoatLife polysulfide caulk. Perhaps a polyurethane would have been a better choice. Hard to say.
The interesting thing about this caulk is it takes almost a week to cure. Same as my tooth. Permanent crown next Thursday. Hopefully we'll install our engine on the next day. Stay tuned.
Here's how we re-bed stanchions on this boat.
First we find Butyl tape. Not at the marine store. Perhaps we should take the hint. But butyl tape is found at the RV store.
Butyl is uncured rubber, I think. It stays sticky and rubbery forever. Perhaps forever-ish.
So first we pull the stanchion fasteners and clean the incredible mess we find underneath.
Nancy is wearing a funny hat because she was painting and doesn't like getting white paint in her not-yet-grey hair. Personally I think she looks great either way.
Once we get the area clean we countersink the fastener holes. Clean is a relative term.
Then we cover the area with slabs of butyl tape and replace the stanchion base. We wrap a little material under the fastener head, then push the fasteners through the tape into the holes.
Snugging the fasteners squeezes most of the butyl out of the fay gap (an aerospace term meaning the between part), but leaves little loops of butyl in the countersink spaces around each fasteners, filling the threads and sealing the deck.
We finish by scoring a line around the stanchion and peeling the goo off the deck. If we don't smear it it comes off pretty easy.
Actually it keeps oozing for a few more hours. No biggie, just clean it again. It's like that soft blue gooey eraser stuff.


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In late February, Bill Ackman began worrying about the approaching coronavirus pandemic. The silver-haired billionaire was so concerned about the economic fallout that he even contemplated selling all of the holdings at the investment group he founded almost two decades ago.
Instead, working from his study at home, Mr Ackman made a series of trades designed to "hedge" Pershing Square's portfolio, that is, to protect it in the event of a market sell-off. Within a month, the trade had reaped $2.6bn of profits, captivating the hedge fund world and thrusting one of its most controversial stars back into the limelight.
New information, published in Mr Ackman's letter to investors this week, shows the impact it had on Pershing Square's portfolio. While its assets are worth just 3 per cent more than they were at the start of the year, it used profits from the trade to vastly increase its stakes in some of America's most famous companies at knockdown prices. This has set Mr Ackman up to win a second time if he is right and the economy rebounds quickly once the coronavirus shutdown is lifted.
Mr Ackman declined to comment for this article.
The coronavirus hedge marked the first time that Pershing Square had wagered in credit default swaps since the financial crisis.
At first glance, it was an unusual move for an activist investor who made his fortune by taking big bets on equities, then loudly and publicly defending his point of view. But the mere scale of the latest trade bore the hallmark of an investor whose career has turned on a small number of large bets.
Mr Ackman quietly scooped up a set of huge insurance policies linked to $71bn of corporate debt — ten times Pershing Square's assets under management. By the time he exited the position, he had paid only $27m in premiums.
The hedge fund industry is no stranger to big bets. Whereas hedge fund manager John Paulson's financial crisis era "big short" was a highly-complex wager that the US housing market would collapse, Pershing Square's trade was an opportunistic attempt to protect itself using standard derivative contracts.
Big US banks — primarily Citi, Goldman Sachs and Bank of America — helped Mr Ackman quietly amass the positions. The institutions on the other side of the trade were told their new counterparty was investing outside its normal area of expertise and was willing to pay slightly over the odds for protection against a deterioration in the economic outlook. The three banks declined to comment.
The firepower and flexibility to take this view at scale was enabled by Pershing Square's unusual structure. Unlike most hedge funds, which can face calls from investors to retrieve their money, it raised $2.8bn in a Netherlands stock market listing in 2014. This gave it permanent capital to invest.
The sort of insurance policies Pershing Square purchased are linked to indices of corporate bonds and are widely traded, in many cases easier to buy and sell than the individual bonds on which they are based.
Conditions for borrowers had been so good for so long that the price to insure against them defaulting was close to the lowest it has ever been: around 50 basis points of the insured amount for investment grade debt, per year.
According to a person familiar with the trades, Pershing Square built up CDS on $50bn of US investment grade debt, a $18.5bn position in the equivalent European index, and a $2.5bn notional exposure to Europe's high-yield debt.
Such policies typically last for five years, but Pershing Square paid less than the first month's $40m premium. By early March, investors were waking up to the implication that stopping the spread of Covid 19 meant entire industries, including airlines, travel and hospitality, would essentially shut down for an unknown period.
In short order the cost of insuring debt quadrupled. "In the first couple of weeks of March there were a lot of buyers and very few sellers", said David Riley, a partner at BlueBay Asset Management.
Mr Ackman had to stomach huge swings in the value of the firm's CDS position as US markets leapt and plunged as well as an enormous $485m yearly premium if he was forced to hold on to it for longer than anticipated.
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On March 13, for example, the S&P 500 rose 10 per cent in a day and the value of Pershing Square's contracts dropped by $800m, a person familiar with the firm said. This was a hair-raising amount of volatility for a position that had come to represent about 40 per cent of the firm's assets at its peak.
Mr Ackman began to sell as fast as he could without alarming the market and after offloading the insurance policies, he had booked a $2.6bn profit.
By the time Mr Ackman made an emotional appearance on CNBC on March 18, he had sold about half the position. His voice cracked as he called on governments "to shut the world for 30 days" to avoid human and economic disaster. Commentators suggested he was trying to send the markets lower, but Mr Ackman told CNBC he was "aggressively buying stocks". He later added on Twitter that he saw "bargains of a lifetime". The newly-bullish stance was prompted by what he perceived to be encouraging signs that the Trump administration was dealing with the economic fallout of coronavirus.
The hedge fund manager doubled down on existing positions in his portfolio — companies that had been hurt by the market sell-off but had business models he believed would thrive in the long term. This included hotel group Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, and property group Howard Hughes Corporation. Pershing Square also bought back into Starbucks, the coffee chain that it had sold out of at almost twice the price earlier this year.
These concentrated positions are characteristic of Mr Ackman, whose reputation was made on spectacular bets, such as a $60m investment in General Growth Properties, a bankrupt mall operator that Pershing helped rescue in 2009, which would eventually be worth $3.6bn.
Despite Mr Ackman's strong long-term record — Pershing Square has recorded annual investment gains of 14.5 per cent — there have been bumps along the way. Mr Ackman and his co-investors lost almost all of $2bn spent on financial derivatives related to Target, after an activist campaign seeking changes at the US retailer fizzled out.
Then after Pershing Square gained a whopping 40 per cent in 2014, it subsequently suffered a string of bad years, wrong-footed by big bets on pharmaceutical company Valeant, and Herbalife, the multilevel marketing group. Mr Ackman spent enormous amounts of time and money in a high-profile campaign to persuade the US government to investigate what he alleged was a pyramid scheme. The stock market merely shrugged at the consequences of the multiyear probe which resulted.
These setbacks prompted Mr Ackman to take a step back from the public eye. Now Pershing Square's biggest and best-ever trade has left him in a familiar position: centre stage and resolutely bullish about the stocks he thinks you should own too.
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This Sunday we continue with the great stories from the Older Testament. Stories that remind us not only of how real to life these were people were, but also how real God was to them and is to us today. In this week's story, King David has a vision to build. But he receives a strange answer from God. 2 Samuel 7: 1-14a. 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., with Nursery and Kids program at both.
I have updated the information for the Introduction to Christianity course. The flyer is now on the church website. The start date is now Wednesday, September 5th.
Starting July 23rd, I'll be on holiday. We have a great list of guest preachers lined up, so thank you to them in advance: July 29th, we welcome back The Rev. Hye Sook Kam; August 5th, The Rev. Dr. J.S.S. Armour (with Holy Communion at 11:30 a.m.); August 12th, The Rev. Rod Ferguson, artist, painter and minister; August 19th, Pastor Mike Poetckker, who attends the 11:30 a.m. with this wife Rebecca and their three children.
Our family is back from a week of cousins camp at a place on Hall Lake called camp Shalom. We had a great time, but coming home is always nice. This week we continue with the stories of 1 & 2 Samuel, and the story of a King dancing. Two services 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., with Nursery and kids faith program.
This Sunday we welcome Cathy Scott to Briarwood. She is the sister of Marilyn Scott, and is discerning a call to ministry in the P.C.C. We continue with two services, 10 a.m. and 11:30 a.m., with a Nursery and Kids faith program at both.
If you are looking for some good summer reading, I can recommend the books under "goodreads" on the right hand side of the home page.
This week I've been working on the Introduction to Christianity course, starting August 29th here at Briarwood for 5 weeks. Topics to include: spirituality vs. religion, how do we talk about God?, who is Jesus?, a Holy Spirt?, the good life, what is the Bible all about?, is what we see all there is? There is a sign-up sheet in the Hall.
With thanks to Barbara and Art D., Rosemary Stewart is now safely off to Scotland.
I wonder how many of us remember the funeral of Jack Layton. It was quite an affair. People lining the streets in Toronto. Canadian forces escorts. The RCMP. Dignitaries paying their respects. And a black hearse moving slowly, followed, very publicly, by his wife, and family members. It is a hard image to get out of your mind, family members dressed in black walking arm in arm, sometimes in tears, past the crowds, in front of the cameras; it was very much a public lament.
Whatever you thought of the event, carefully planned and executed, the funeral of Jack Layton was a reminder of the place of lament in the public square. Not hidden or in private. But an event with emotions, feelings, and upset dreams were displayed for others to see, and to share.
In this story, David, the one who slayed the giant Goliath and experienced all the accolades associated with freeing his country from that grip; David, in this story, is faced with something entirely different. If defeating Goliath was a high and a victory, then in this story David experiences a defeat. His good and best friend, his BFF to use the language of grade 3ers, David's best friend forever, Jonathan, and Jonathan's father, the king, are dead. And in this story, David mourns their loss.
Tell this not in Gath.
Let there be no dew or rain on the mountains of Gilboa, where they died.
Saul and Jonathan are lovely and in death they are not divided.
O daughters of Israel, weep.
David's whole song here, is a song of lament.
And it is quite simply, a public funeral.
David sings while others look on.
It's quite possible that today the ability to lament is a lost art. I'm not talking about a funeral. We can still do those. I'm talking about the practice that David has here, of lamenting, in words, very honestly and with others, over something or someone. I wonder if it is a lost art for us because to lament properly, like David does here, to lament properly, means that we first have to be people who have lost something we truly love. And to love something truly, among all the other options we have, takes time and takes focus.
It is so easy for us to go through life, without ever sitting down and saying, "I love these things", or "these people", and in them I will invest what I have. Purity of heart, says Kirkegaard, is to will one thing. But unless we allow ourselves to focus on what we truly love and on whom we truly love, we will never be able to lament when they're gone. Unless we allow ourselves to commit, to really commit to a course or decision, or person, lament is lost to us.
It is this bitter-sweet pill that David swallows in this story. He's an example to us of one who has truly loved a friend and a king, allowed himself that commitment and that focus; and when they die he says their love to me was wonderful. Lament is hard because it means we've given our lives, our souls, over, and shared them with another human being in this universe. And it's very easy to live our lives without truly doing that. To live at a distance.
True story. An elderly farming couple was out for breakfast one morning. The waiter asked the man how he would like his eggs. Before he could answer, his wife said, he'll take them sunny side up. The man said, actually, I like my eggs over easy. His wife just about lost it, and said, I've been cooking your eggs sunny side up every morning for 40 years, and you actually like them over easy. Why didn't you say anything? And the man answered, well, you never asked!
The eggs are trivial, but it's true, isn't, that we can go through life without ever asking, inquiring, truly focusing on those people we love. It's all to easy, to live a distance.
And it's all to easy to believe that God does too.
This Tuesday five youth from Briarwood will be going to the triennial national Presbyterian youth conference in St. Catherine's, Ontario, called, Canada Youth 2012. Over 500 youth from across Canada will be there. I was telling someone this week about the largest study ever done on youth in the mainline church in North America. The National Survey on Youth and Religion. One of the questions put to high school students who had grown up in a mainline church, in that survey, was, what does it mean for you to be a Christian. The answers that came back were consistent and a little staggering. The researchers narrowed it down to the acronym M.T.D. Which is to say most youth answered the question by saying that being a Christian is about moralistic (doing good), therapeutic (because it feels good), deism (God is wallpaper). Nothing a whole lot wrong with doing good, feeling good or believing God exists; but what's staggering, is that for many youth, they've experienced God, not close, but deistically, or at a distance.
What about us? Is God somewhere out there for us. At a distance. Like the letters chart at the optometrist, which keep getting smaller and harder to see the closer we look. The more we commit.
Friends, for David and for us, there is a reality in the world that is a living God. Wonderful, and sometimes unbelievable. And it is in moments of great highs and great lows, the limits of life, that David experiences and that we do, that we are put face to face with this higher reality.
The God we know in Jesus isn't the one who has stayed at a distance. David's God, and ours, is the one who is closer to us than our hands and feet, nearer than breathing. The God we know in Jesus Christ, this is the God who's become vulnerable, who has truly loved us; this is the God whose heart is broken for the broken hearted, the God who weeps for the bruised; the God we know in Jesus is the God who suffers, and who laments. Why? Because this is the God who, by some miraculous love, has focused and created a universe in goodness, and shown other-worldly commitment in sending a son to die on a cross, for us.
And this is a God who promises great things. Among them is this living hope that we see around us is not the end. That sadness, that lament for lost things, for lost places, for lost countries, for lost friends and families, that lament is not the last song. That's David's tune will someday die out. That mourning may come for a night, but that rejoicing comes in the morning.
It's an almost insane hope in which we live. Yet, we do. In Jesus we do. That lament will be replaced finally one day with laughter. That loss will be once and for all replaced with love. That this world, in all its brokenness and joy; that our lives in all we are, will one day be fully caught up in God. Who will wipe away every tear. And make all things new.
Then the angel showed me the river of the water of life, bright as crystal, flowing from the throne of God and of the Lamb through the middle of the street of the city. One either side of the river is the tree of life with its twelve kinds of fruit; and the leaves of the tree are for the healing of the nations.
Now may the God of hope fill us with all joy and peace in believing that we may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.


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Texas election roundup: More Senate shakeups
Date Posted: 9/19/2019 | Author: Mark Wiggins
Big election news continues to come out of the Texas Senate, where state Sen. Jose Rodriguez (D-El Paso) announced last week that he will not seek reelection, and state Rep. Cesar Blanco (D-El Paso) followed with an announcement that he will seek Rodriguez's open seat next year.
Sen. Rodriguez has been one of the most consistent champions of public education in the Texas Senate, and his Senate District (SD) 29 is securely in Democratic hands. Beto O'Rourke carried SD 29 by nearly 49 percentage points in 2018, and Rodriguez has not faced serious opposition in recent years. Rep. Blanco chairs the House Democratic Campaign Committee, which works to elect Democrats to the Texas House, and announced he has already secured the endorsements of fellow state Reps. Art Fierro (D-El Paso), Mary Gonzalez (D-Clint), Joe Moody (D-El Paso), and Poncho Nevarez (D-Eagle Pass), as well as U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX 16).
Other state representatives continue to announce plans to return to office. State Reps. Will Metcalf (R-Conroe), Brad Buckley (R-Salado), and Hugh Shine (R-Temple) all announced plans to run for reelection.
In the race for U.S. Senate, former U.S. Congressman and 2006 Democratic nominee for governor Chris Bell formally entered the race against incumbent Republican U.S. Senator John Cornyn. Bell is one of nine candidates vying for the Democratic nomination in the U.S. Senate race, including state Sen. Royce West (D-Dallas) and former congressional candidate and U.S. Air Force veteran MJ Hegar.
Tuesday, September 24, is National Voter Registration Day. The goal of this national, non-partisan event is to increase civic participation by registering hundreds of thousands of voters on Tuesday. It was launched in 2012 and has grown in popularity ever since, thanks to the help of non-partisan organizations such as the League of Women voters and the Texas Educators Vote coalition, of which ATPE is a member. Read this post by our friends at Texas Educators Vote to find out how you can participate.


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using System;

using Aragas.Core.Data;
using Aragas.Core.IO;
using Aragas.Core.Packets;

using MineLib.Core.Data;

using ProtocolModern.Enum;

namespace ProtocolModern.Packets.Server.Play
{
    public class PlayerBlockPlacementPacket : ProtobufPacket
    {
		public Int32 X;
		public Byte Y;
		public Int32 Z;
		public SByte Direction;
		public ItemStack HeldItem;
		public SByte CursorPositionX;
		public SByte CursorPositionY;
		public SByte CursorPositionZ;

        public override VarInt ID => ServerPlayPacketTypes.PlayerBlockPlacement;

        public override ProtobufPacket ReadPacket(ProtobufDataReader reader)
        {
			X = reader.Read(X);
			Y = reader.Read(Y);
			Z = reader.Read(Z);
			Direction = reader.Read(Direction);
			HeldItem = reader.Read(HeldItem);
			CursorPositionX = reader.Read(CursorPositionX);
			CursorPositionY = reader.Read(CursorPositionY);
			CursorPositionZ = reader.Read(CursorPositionZ);

            return this;
        }

        public override ProtobufPacket WritePacket(ProtobufStream stream)
        {
			stream.Write(X);
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			stream.Write(HeldItem);
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Exports Commence for South African-built Ford Everest
First New Ford Everest assembled at Ford's Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria shipped to Kenya
Full range of models to be exported to markets in Sub-Saharan Africa
Shipments destined Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Cameroon during November
PRETORIA, South Africa, 17 November 2016 – The initial batch of South African-built Ford Everest vehicles have been produced for export markets in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the very first vehicle is currently on its way to its new owner in Kenya.
The Moondust Silver Everest 2.2 XLT 4×4 departed the Port of Durban on 12 November, and is destined for Mombasa where it is scheduled to dock before making its way to local Ford dealer,CMC.
"This is an exciting period for Ford Motor Company, as we're now seeing the fruits of the more than R2.5-billion investment programme emerge with the first locally assembled Ford Everest models coming off the line and being shipped to their new owners across the region," says Ockert Berry, Vice President of Operations Middle East and Africa.
"The Silverton Assembly Plant is now operating as a fully-fledged two-vehicle production facility, assembling both the Everest and the Ranger for the domestic and export markets."
Among the next batch of Everest export models due for shipment in November are vehicles destined for Madagascar, Tanzania and Cameroon, with other key markets to follow.
A total of eight derivatives are available with a choice of the 2.2 and 3.2-litre Duratorq TDCi engines, XLS, XLT and range-topping Limited specification levels, manual and automatic transmissions, as well as the option of two or four-wheel drive.
Caption: Exports of the South African-built Ford Everest have commenced to markets in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with the first consignment of vehicles ready to be shipped from the port of Durban destined for Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania and Cameroon. This follows the start of local production of the Everest range for the SSA region in October, resulting from an investment of R2.5-billion in the Ford Silverton Assembly Plant in Pretoria. Aside from the investment, localised production created approximately 1 200 new jobs at Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa and within its supplier network.
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Friday, July 19, 7 p.m. $15-$40. Idaho Botanical Garden, 2355 Old Penitentiary Road, 208-343-8649; Sunday, July 21, 7 p.m. $15-$40. Woodriver Cellars, 3705 Highway 16, Eagle, 208-286-9463, operaidaho.org.
When the summer days are scorching, Idaho Botanical Garden's grass is ripe for lying on blankets, sipping cold drinks and reveling in the sounds of voices from Opera Idaho. Pack your picnic baskets Friday, July 19, at 7 p.m. to hear the hills come alive with the classic Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.
The fourth in Opera Idaho's outdoor concert series, singers will regale audiences with the tale of the Von Trapp family and its nanny, Maria, as she wins the hearts of the children and their widowed father, who is threatened with conscription in the Nazi Kriegsmarine.
Hum along to timeless numbers like "My Favorite Things." Explore 1930s Austrian teen angst. Find yourself on the edge of your seat—or, in this case, your blanket—as the von Trapps make their getaway through the Alps after singing "So Long, Farewell" to a roaring crowd of fascists.
While this isn't a fully staged opera, the cast is made up of Opera Idaho performers who will sing the full score.
If you can't make it to the garden, Opera Idaho takes the show to Woodriver Cellars on the border or Eagle and Star Sunday, July 21, at 7 p.m.
Tickets range from $15-$69 and can be purchased online or at the Egyptian Theatre box office.


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Ahold Delhaize, the parent company of many familiar supermarket chains, including Food Lion, Stop & Shop, Giant, and Hannaford, has failed to publicly address toxic chemicals in the products it sells. With a letter grade of F and a score of 11.5, it ranks 25th out of 40 retailers scored. It has only minimal public-facing commitments to address the safety of chemicals used in the products it sells or in its private brands. This is the second year that Ahold Delhaize has been included in the Retailer Report Card and its second year earning an F. This is in sharp contrast to other environmental and social responsibility concerns where Ahold Delhaize has well documented commitments and policies, including publicly reported metrics and clear pathways of executive oversight.
In responding to our draft assessment, the retailer suggested that we should award more points for having a policy to address certain chemicals in its "natural" or "organic" lines of private-label products. Other than for marketing safer chemicals, we have awarded a small number of points for this initiative. While many retailers sell safer products in addition to those containing chemicals of concern, the purpose of a safer chemicals policy should be to ensure that all products within a category or those with a formulation under direct control of the retailer are meeting the standard. Based on the information provided to us, Ahold Delhaize has created a private-label brand that has restrictions on chemical content, but it is not applying this to all private-label products or all products within a category, and therefore has not actually created a safer chemicals policy.
Opportunities for improvement: Ahold Delhaize can make progress by developing a public written safer chemicals policy, setting public quantifiable goals with clear timelines for reducing and eliminating chemicals of high concern, incorporating these requirements into its existing Key Performance Indicator (KPI) tracking and reporting for its "sustainable retailing" program. Ahold Delhaize should completely eliminate and safely replace BPA and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging and food contact materials as well as phthalates in food and food contact materials in its supply chain. Ahold Delhaize should become a signatory to the Chemical Footprint Project and pilot it with key private-label suppliers.
Note — our assessment is primarily based on the policies and practices of Ahold Delhaize, the parent company.
Ahold Delhaize has no overarching public written safer chemicals policy, has not set public quantifiable goals for reducing and eliminating chemicals of high concern and does not have a publicly available Beyond Restricted Substance List (BRSL) or publicly available Manufacturing Restricted Substance List (MSRL) that are broadly applicable. The retailer noted for two private-label brands marketed as "natural" or organic, it does apply a BRSL and many examples of chemicals that have been excluded from products are listed on their labels. However, since this only applies to the "natural" and organic line, rather than all of its private-label products, or even categories of all private-label products (such as all "cleaners"), it cannot be characterized as a comprehensive safer chemicals policy, and we only awarded 2.5 points for having a BRSL that applies to these products.
The retailer indicated to us that the managers within its Private Brands department are responsibile for monitoring the compliance of their vendors to comply with the BRSL applicable to the two natural/organic lines. There was no evidence of any of the other activities described being publicly deployed.
Ahold Delhaize informed us that they do work with suppliers of their "natural" private labels to ensure they meet the criteria for those lines, but as we do not consider this a safer chemicals policy, there is no discernible oversight of a safer chemicals policy.
For its "natural" line of private-label edible products, Ahold Delhaize maintains a list of "free from" additives and preservatives. We could not identify a similar list for the company's "non-edible" products in this line. More importantly, though, these lists are only applicable to its "natural" lines rather than all its private label products. On the labels of products in its private-label "organic" or "natural" brands, Ahold Delhaize has identified them as being "free from" select chemicals.
There is no discernible progress on credible third-party safer chemicals standards going beyond regulatory compliance. Although the retailer does sell a number of private-label "certified organic" products, we do not consider this applicable based on our definitions of third-party standards for safer chemicals.
On its website and in stores, Ahold Delhaize actively promotes its private-label "natural" brands that are "free from" some chemicals of high concern specifically identified. Although we do not believe having a "natural" line in and of itself constitutes a safer chemicals policy, we do believe the retailer does market and promote these products and therefore earns points for this extra credit item.


The Prophet Muhammad and the Christian priests of Mount Sinai – For Christians, To be Born Again in Islam!
The Holy Prophet Muhammad, may peace be on him, was the greatest pioneer of religious freedom and tolerance. When we say it, we literally mean it, for it would take history more than 1000 years to produce anything, remotely equal, in generosity and tolerance, to the covenant that he gave to the Christian monks of Mount Sinai as well as to those from Najran and to the Christians in general. By the grace of Allah we have found the complete record of the Covenant in Christian sources.
The Holy Prophet Muhammad (saw) was the greatest pioneer of religious freedom and tolerance. When I say it, I literally mean it, for it would take history more than 1000 years to produce anything, remotely equal to the covenant that he gave to the Christian monks of Mount Sinai and to the Christians in general, in generosity and tolerance.
Charter of Privileges to the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai, given by Muhammad, may peace be on him.
By the grace of Allah I have found the complete record of the Covenant in Christian sources, in the above mentioned book of a noble writer, John Davenport:"In proof of the correctness of the view thus taken by the historian of the tolerant character of Mohammed, the following public document is here inserted, being extracted from a work entitled 'A Description of the East and other Countries,' by Richard Pococke, Bishop of Meath, and published in 1743, vol. i. p. 268. The high character of its author for piety, integrity and learning is a sufficient voucher for the authenticity of the document which is as follows :—The Patent of Mohammed, which he granted to the Monks of Mount Sinai, and to Christians in general.
This present was written by the leader, the successor of Ali, the son of Abu Thaleb; the prophet marking it with his own hand at the mosque of the Prophet (on whom be peace!) in the second year of Hegira, the third day of the month of Machorem.
Saint Catherine's Monastery (Greek: Μονὴ τῆς Ἁγίας Αἰκατερίνης) lies on the Sinai Peninsula, at the mouth of an inaccessible gorge at the foot of Mount Sinai in Saint Katherine city in Egypt. The monastery is Greek Orthodox and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. According to the UNESCO report (60100 ha / Ref: 954) and website hereunder, this monastery has been called the oldest working Christian monastery in the world – although the Monastery of Saint Anthony, situated across the Red Sea in the desert south of Cairo, also holds claim to that title.
"In 628 Muhammad (s) granted a Charter of Privileges to the monks of St. Catherine Monastery in Mt. Sinai. It consisted of several clauses covering all aspects of human rights including such topics as the protection of Christians, freedom of worship and movement, freedom to appoint their own judges and to own and maintain their property, exemption from military service, and the right to protection in war.
John Davenport. An apology for Mohammed and the Koran. 1869. Pages 147-151. The book is available on Archive.org.


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This is a Limited Edition Cassidy Lance MFB Bra. For those who are part of #teamcass know what MFB stands for and why we wanted to offer this to all her fans! This beautiful black Triple Threat bra has MFB in vibrant blue on the right front chest and a matching blue LiveSore Logo on the back panel. The moment you put these on you'll understand why our bras always sell out as soon as we launch them. Hurry and get yours as these are Limited Edition!
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Anyone hiring? How much time have you spent applying for jobs? Not just any random job but a career that you know in your heart you can fill? During this online age it seems the ability to present yourself outside of a resume seems dismal at best. Hundreds of resumes sent out into the ether.
The question that comes after months of this process is natural.
In short yes. You do not have 6 years of experience, 4 Olympic gold medals, 2 tours of military duty and at least 1 trip to the international space station. Your credentials do not match the job posting. Why? Because the job posting is put together by people who do not believe in investing in people.
We hear all the time that people are coming out of school without the skills to join the workforce. But since when did employers feel entitled that every employee that they hire be perfect? While the millennial generation be labeled as lazy or looking for quick fixes, we find quick solutions on job boards every day. Companies are always in flux, but I can see a direct correlation between lack of investment in people and struggles in growth.
When you hire only engineers with 10 years of experience you definitely have the ability to do the work. But what happens when you need to communicate your value to the world? You hire an agency who isn't a part of you to explain it to the world. There is room for us all. While companies complain that the workforce isn't prepared you forget that most of us learn the most on the job. Remember that the person you invest in today can keep the engine running far longer than picking up random mechanics along the way. Make people stakeholders rather than temp workers waiting for their contract to end.
All it takes is a little vision. In this abyss that we all keep applying to, is a wealth of talent that is ready to make a lasting impact. All it takes is a chance. Stop touting all you do for your customers. Create space in your organization for your customers and watch your product thrive. Hard times are just that, hard. But lasting changes can be made if a few insightful managers realize that people have value. May take a little more time. May take interviewing a few candidates who aren't perfect. But those who put in that extra work are sure to find that extra reward.
We are tired of being overlooked.


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Winter on Fire: Ukrainian documentary nominated for Golden Reel Awards
The prize's winners to be pronounced at the awards ceremony in Los Angeles
19:43, 5 February 2016
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"Winter on Fire: Ukraine's fight for freedom", the documentary dedicated to the events of Euromaidan protests in late 2013 and early 2014, has been nominated for Golden Reel Awards. It joined the list of contenders in the "Best Sound Editing in Documentaries" category, the official website of the prize reported.
The winners will be named at the awards ceremony slated for February 27 in Los Angeles.
"We're very glad and we hope to win. But any recognition of this documentary, any success, including nomination for Oscar is, first of all, recognition of Ukraine – not the one based on policy, but the one based on general human values" the film's producer Lina Klebanova said.
Previously, 112 Ukraine reported that "Winter on Fire" entered the top five contenders for Oscar in the "Best Documentary" category. The awards ceremony will take place on February 28.
The "Winter on Fire" was filmed in coproduction of Ukraine, the USA and the Great Britain. The documentary was showed at the Venice film festival and received a prize at the Toronto Film festival.
Related: Ukrainian film 'Winter on Fire' included in the short-list for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar
Related: Americans stunned by insufficient coverage of Euromaidan events in the U.S.
Ukraine Winter on Fire cinema Golden Reel Awards


The Indo-Tibetan Border Police will soon have an air wing primarily for reconnaissance so that transgressions by PLA, troop build-up and construction activities across the border can be spotted in time.
Until now, IAF and Border Security Force (BSF) provided air support to ITBP on an emergency basis.
PTI file photo of ITBP jawans at a Border Outpost.
NEW DELHI: Learning from the Doklam experience, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will soon have an air wing primarily for reconnaissance so that transgressions by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), troop build-up and construction activities across the border can be spotted in time.
For starters, two twin-engined helicopters are being procured, which will be used for recce, transportation of combat troops, evacuation of dead, injured and sick jawans, supplying rations and flying VIPs at altitudes of 16,000-18,000 feet in the Himalayas.
Sources said the ITBP helicopters will operate from its bases in Chandigarh and Borjhar (Guwahati), covering almost the whole 3,488-km-long border with China, from J&K to Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and the northeast region, including Sikkim. The process to acquire the helicopters on wet lease has been initiated.
The helicopters will have several features to meet operational exigencies at high altitudes and reach forward locations. The twin-engine helicopters will be able to transport 8-10 troopers on a single trip, carry arms/ammunition/explosives to forward locations, fly for two hours without refuelling, have night flying capability and special features for slithering of troopers and dropping of rations. ITBP director general R K Pachnanda will be in command of the air wing.
The government has asked ITBP to make sure that pilots and crew are well acquainted with the border and they don't cross the Line of Actual Control (LAC)/International Border (IB) under any circumstances. "The move is aimed at keeping an eye on Chinese activities across the border, including construction of roads, building permanent structures in disputed area across the LAC, PLA troop build-up and also to stay informed about transgressions into Indian villages and enhance mobility of our troops, so that there is no delay on our part in case China tries something mischievous," a home ministry source said.
Until now, IAF and Border Security Force (BSF) provided air support to ITBP on an emergency basis. At times, there was no air support on the China border due to various reasons. After the Doklam standoff, the government decided to beef up its border infrastructure and reconnaissance capabilities and home minister Rajnath Singh made two visits to the sensitive border.
As first reported by TOI, the government recently gave dedicated satellite bandwidth to ITBP so that it can have better command, control, communication, surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance abilities on the border.


North Carolina Communities. Everyone knows that a stroll along the beach and the sound of waves crashing has incomparable de-stressing powers. And, most know that a drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway can change your life. North Carolina has both, and everything in between. Whether you're looking for adventure or relaxation, the rhythm of city life or the tranquility of nature, North Carolina is a stand out state that people flock to. If NC is on your list of possible destinations, we highly recommend a road trip...soon.
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