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AHL, CLUBS RAISE OVER $3.6 MILLION FOR CHARITABLE CAUSES IN 2013-14
Springfield, Mass.-The American Hockey League announced today that more than $3.6 million was raised over the course of the 2013-14 season by the AHL and its 30 member clubs for donation to various charitable causes and relief funds across North America.
Among the many recipients of the AHL's charity endeavors this season were:
• Ace Bailey Children's Foundation
• Alzheimer's Association
• American/Canadian Cancer Societies
• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American/Canadian Red Cross
• Autism Speaks
• Big Brothers Big Sisters
• Boy Scouts of America/Girl Scouts of the USA
• Boys & Girls Clubs
• Children's Miracle Network
• Dana-Farber Cancer Institute/Jimmy Fund
• Do It For Daron
• Habitat for Humanity
• Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Movember Foundation
• Multiple Sclerosis Society
• Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Ronald McDonald House Charities
• Salvation Army
• Special Olympics
• Susan G. Komen For the Cure
• Toys for Tots
• United Way
• YMCA/YWCA
In addition to monies raised, AHL teams gave back to their local communities through numerous activities, including more than 1,500 visits by players and coaches to schools, hospitals, libraries and other locations and more than 3,800 more mascot appearances. More than 150,000 game tickets were donated to local charitable groups, and items such as food, coats, holiday gifts and hockey equipment were collected at various drives organized by AHL clubs. Additionally, charities in all AHL cities were the beneficiaries of a generous donation of game tickets by CCM, the Premier Equipment Supplier of the AHL.
In operation since 1936, the AHL continues to serve as the top development league for all 30 National Hockey League teams. More than 88 percent of today's NHL players are American Hockey League graduates, and the 2013-14 season marked the 13th consecutive year in which more than 6 million fans attended AHL games across North America.
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The Thiruvalluvar Statue, or the Valluvar Statue, is a  stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and philosopher Valluvar, author of the Tirukkural, an ancient Tamil work on Dharma and morality. It is located atop a small island near the town of Kanniyakumari on the southernmost point of the Indian peninsula on the Coromandel Coast, where two seas (the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea) and an ocean (the Indian Ocean) meet. The statue was sculpted by the Indian sculptor V. Ganapati Sthapati, who also created the Iraivan Temple, and was unveiled on the millennium day of 1 January 2000 by the then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi. It is currently the 25th tallest statue in India.

Description

The combined height of the statue and pedestal is , denoting the 133 chapters of the Tirukkural. This includes  sculpture of Valluvar standing upon a  pedestal that represents the 38 chapters of Virtue, the first of the three books of the Kural text. The statue itself represents the second and third books of the Kural text, namely, Wealth and Love. The whole design signifies that wealth and love be earned and enjoyed on the foundation of solid virtue. The right hand of the statue with three fingers pointing skywards signifies the three cantos of the Kural text, namely, Aram, Porul, and Inbam (Virtue, Wealth, and Love, respectively), combined. The head of the statue stands at a height of  above the sea level.

The statue, with its slight bend around the waist is reminiscent of a dancing pose of the Hindu deities like Nataraja. The statue weighs .

The monument is regarded as a cultural fusion because of its juxtaposition beside the Vivekananda Rock Memorial. Built-in conformation with traditional Indian architecture, the statue has provision to provide a hollow portion inside from toe to scalp. Visitors, however, will not be allowed to scale, but instead be permitted to climb up to the foot of the statue at a height of .

Construction

The project was conceived by then Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in December 1975. On 15 April 1979, the then Prime Minister Morarji Desai laid the foundation stone for the statue, in the presence of the then Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran. However, the actual sculpting work, led by Dr. V. Ganapati Sthapathy, former principal of the Government College of Architecture at Mahabalipuram, began a decade later on 6 September 1990, on the tiny island adjacent to the Vivekananda Rock Memorial when funds were allocated in the 199091 budget.

Sthapathy was chosen for the project over 300 master builders because his suggestion for an all-stone monument to the poet-philosopher prevailed. He observed that stone would be more durable than metal, citing that the Statue of Liberty, which is made of copper, required extensive renovation just a century after its installation. Initially, the project stalled, perhaps owing to Karunanidhi's election loss, but then recommenced in 1997 when he returned to office. At the cost of more than , the project employed about 150 workers, sculptors, assistants and supervisors, who worked about 16 hours a day to complete the work.

The bend around the waist depicting a dance pose made the design challenging. However, the problem was tackled well in advance by the sculptor by creating a full-length wooden prototype before construction. Study of this prototype led to the identification of an energy line (known in Vastu as kayamadhyasutra), currently an empty cavity in the center of the statue from top to bottom.

The stonework was divided amongst three workshops, in Kanniyakumari, Ambasamudram and Sholinganallur. Ambasamudram contributed  of stones, while Sholinganallur was quarried for  of high-quality granite stones for the outer portion of the statue. While the largest of the 3,681 stones were  long and weighed over , the majority weighed . Stones of such proportions were previously used only in Mayan temples in South America. An interesting detail is a  face, with the ears, nose, eyes, mouth, forehead all made of individual stones carved by hand. The work was done mostly by hand, with each carver wearing down 40 to 50 sharp chisels a day. The sculptors' team considered that the manual method on granite stones is the most dependable since machines may tend to break stones and precision is difficult. Stumps of palmyra tree and poles of casuarina (ironwood) were used for scaffolding. It took 18,000 casuarina poles tied together with two truckloads of ropes to reach the top of the statue. The statue was placed on its pedestal on 19 October 1999.

The statue was unveiled on the millennium day of 1 January 2000. The statue was inaugurated on 1 January 2000 by Dr. M. Karunanidhi, the then chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Besides Indian political leaders and celebrities, foreign delegates including those from Malaysia, Singapore, and Sri Lanka, participated in the opening ceremony. Several Tamil teachers from the state of Tamil Nadu took out a rally from Kottaram to Kanniyakumari carrying Tirukkural placards to mark the ceremony. More than fifty thousand people gathered for the event. The chief minister, after unveiling the statue, called it a "beacon of light to guide human life for all time to come."

The monument was hit by the Indian Ocean tsunami on 26 December 2004 but stood unaffected. The statue is designed to survive earthquakes of unexpected magnitude, such as magnitude 6 on the Richter Scale occurring within . This is far beyond that of any event recorded in the regional history because the bedrock in the region is ancient and without known local faults.

Maintenance
To prevent the statue from corrosion due to sea breeze, the statue is chemically treated once in four years. The salty deposits in every joint are removed and replaced with new cement mixture. Paper pulp is then applied on the whole of the statue. As the paper pulp coating dries, it absorbs the salty deposits completely, after which it is removed.

The statue has been thus treated three times since its unveiling. The fourth treatment began on 17 April 2017 and was completed by 15 October 2017.

Access
The statue stands  from the coastline of Kanniyakumari on a small island rock. Ferry service are available from the mainland. The ferry service to Vivekananda Rock Memorial stops for a while at the Valluvar Statue.

The Vivekananda Kendra has a proposal to connect the Valluvar memorial with the Vivekananda rock memorial by bridge to enable visitors to move easily from one island to the other.

Gallery

See also
 Tirukkural
 List of tallest statues

References

External links

 The Tribune
 Thiruvalluvar statue and other visiting places in Kanniyakumari

Colossal statues in India
Monuments and memorials in Tamil Nadu
Memorials to Valluvar
Kanyakumari
Coromandel Coast
Buildings and structures in Tamil Nadu
2000 sculptures
Buildings and structures completed in 2000
Tourist attractions in Tamil Nadu
Statues of writers
Tirukkural
2000 establishments in Tamil Nadu

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Home / Blogs / Simon Barrow's blog / Beyond institutional faith... disorganised religion?
Beyond institutional faith... disorganised religion?
By Simon Barrow
We live in an era where people are inquisitive about spirituality, but hugely distrustful or even hostile towards 'organised religion', especially in its Christian forms.
But there are strong anti-institutional and non-hierarchical traditions in Christianity and beyond.
Can Anabaptists, Quakers, Nonconformists and loyal dissenters from within the major streams of Christianity offer a new vision of faith and an alternative to top-down religion?
Join the 'vast minority' at the Festival of Spirituality and Peace in Edinburgh (http://festivalofspirituality.blogspot.co.uk/) to discuss what a radical reformation in the Church has to offer - and how this relates to the wider demography of religious and belief-based change in a globalising world.
The event takes place on Thursday 9 August, from 5.45pm - 7pm, at St John's (Venue 127), corner of Princes Street and Lothian Road, Edinburgh. £6.50 (£4.50 concessions).
Speakers: Ian Milligan, from Exploring Anabaptism in Scotland (http://anabaptismscotland.blogspot.co.uk/) and the Bert community in Glasgow; Simon Barrow, co-director of Ekklesia and former global mission secretary for Churches Together in Britain and Ireland; and Michael Marten, co-founder of the 'Critical Religion' research group (http://www.criticalreligion.stir.ac.uk/) at the University of Stirling. In partnership with the Iona Community (http://www.iona.org.uk/) and Ekklesia.
* Book now via the Hub: http://www.hubtickets.co.uk/loader.asp?target=show.asp?shcode=4899
* Festival of Spirituality and Peace on Ekklesia: http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/festivalofspirituality
Keywords:vast minority | unbelief | secularism | Religion | post christendom | festival of spirituality and peace | disorganised religion | critical religion | christendom | belief
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BPO sector set for record year as call center firm opens 18th site in Makati
The local BPO (business process outsourcing) industry is headed to a record-breaking year with the sector all set to post its 16th consecutive year of growth and exceed OFW remittances as the country's main source of dollar income.
Local BPO pioneer and Alorica president for Asia Reinerio "Bong" Borja
Property developer David Leechiu said the BPO industry has been expanding without fail in the last 15 years, with office space swelling from a mere 6,000 square meters in 2000 to 6 million square meters in 2015.
The booming industry has also exploded in terms of workers employed, with just a mere 1,000 headcount in 2000 to a staggering 1.3 million agents in 2015, according to Leechiu. The sector is expecting to employ another one million in the next six years, he added.
Revenues from the 15-year-old outsourcing industry is set also to mark another milestone this year as it overtakes OFW remittances, which reached about P25 billion in 2015. BPO revenues have already exceeded more than half of that amount in the last six months.
Leechie disclosed the growth figures during a recent press briefing for the opening of BPO firm Alorica's 18th site in the country located at Pasong Tamo Extension in Makati City.
Also present at the event was Reinerio "Bong" Borja, a pioneering player in the outsourcing industry who now serves as Alorica's president for the Philippines and Asia. Borja came to Alorica after the company bought EGS, which earlier acquired PeopleSupport.
Borja recalled that his first company, PeopleSupport, and Ayala Corp. put up the first purpose-built call center building at the corner of Ayala Avenue and Buendia Avenue when the industry was at its nascent stage.
Borja said his latest firm, Alorica, is bent on sustaining the industry's expansion as it seeks to increase its total seats to 28,00 with the inauguration of its 18th site in the country. The additional new jobs in the Makati delivery center augment the company's 92,000-strong team in 16 countries.
The new office in Makati City will house top-notch IT solutions for Filipino agents to serve Alorica's clients using different channels such as voice, mobile, chat, social media and video.
"This exceptional and steady growth shows continued client demand and demonstrates Alorica's thrust to tap dedicated and talented employees in the Philippines to consistently deliver top-notch technical service and world-class customer experience," said Borja.
Alorica has also earmarked other locations in the Philippines and will invest in future growth not only in Metro Manila but also expanding its footprint in hopes to jumpstart inclusive development in secondary cities outside the more established business district hubs.
The continued expansion in the country is in line with the forecast of the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines (IBPAP) to increase total outsourcing jobs to 1.3 million by 2016 — a strong indicator of Philippine BPO growth even while industries in other Western countries have slowed down.
More than just providing jobs, Alorica said it also values the holistic wellbeing of employees as the new site will be built with agents' comfort in mind — new amenities, employee lounges, napping quarters, accessibility to public transportation, and safe location.
Alorica is also appointing "Culture Champions" in every site who will be responsible for driving employee engagement, fun activities, and will serve as a conduit between the frontline agents and management.
Building communities is also core to Alorica's philosophy of doing business. Later this year, Alorica will bring to the new site an non-profit organization called Making Lives Better with Alorica (MLBA). MLBA has a chapter in every US site and this will be the first one in the Philippines.
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A higher open likely for the U.S stock markets Tuesday given the surge in major U.S. stock index futures including Dow Futures.
At 4:05 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures surged 156 points, holding out a positive open of more than 143 points. Futures on the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite also moved up.
Investors are expecting some breakthrough in the ongoing Beijing trade talks between the U.S and China. Yet another piece of good news was the U.S. lawmakers arriving at an interim deal on border wall funding avoiding another partial government shutdown of the government.
Quarterly earnings results are awaited from Nissan, Shopify, Under Armour, Activision Blizzard, Occidental Petroleum, and TripAdvisor on Tuesday.
In Europe, stock markets moved up as investors reacted to trade developments with expectations. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was up 0.6 percent, with most sectors staying positive. Auto stocks led the gains on the strength of their earnings.
The positive market sentiment is rooted in the trade talks between the United States and China generating hopes of a deal.
Asian stock markets also closed higher on Tuesday, led by Japan.
Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 2.61 percent; Topix gained 2.16 percent. Shares of Renesas Electronics zoomed 16.26 percent.
Chinese markets also jumped. The Shenzhen composite soared 1.203 percent while the Shanghai Composite jumped 0.68 percent. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index stood flat at the final hour of trading.
South Korea's Kospi marked a gain of 0.45 percent with shares of Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix jumping 2.33 percent and 2.43 percent respectively. Australia's ASX 200 reversed the earlier dip and closed 0.3 percent up after sectors jumped.
Oil prices were down on Monday over concerns on China trade war. It overwhelmed the support from OPEC-led supply cuts.
Gold prices were steady as it was on Monday, buoyed by uncertainties around Sino-U.S. trade war and slowdown in global growth. However, a stronger dollar served as an ant-dote to a price spiral by the precious metal.
Spot gold stood at $1,313 per ounce at 0059 GMT. While U.S. gold futures firmed at $1,317 per ounce.


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We are now able to offer Three shipping methods;"EMS", "e-Packet" and "e-Packet Light". Both "EMS" and "e-Packet" are registered and need to be signed for. Deliveries by e-Packet Light do not need to be signed for. e-Packet Light is only offered to a limited number of countries.
Express Mail Service is very fast and extremely reliable. For dogi it is actually cheaper than regular airmail parcel post for most regions (though more expensive than e-packet).
The shipping typically takes 3-5 days for most regions and is fully traceable and insured. Shipping to P.O boxes is unavailable to some Asian, African and south American countries so please check before ordering. Tracking is usually also available through your country's postal service website too.
Whilst available to most regions, unfortunately there are some countries where EMS is not available. If this is the case, then e-Packet may be available.
The shipping charge includes a small packaging and handling charges. All dogi and belts will be packed in rain resistant packaging.
e-Packet is a more economical small packet airmail service from Japan post. This is a registered service and can be used for products under 2kg in weight. This service typically takes between 7-21 days depending on the region.
While this service has some insurance, the value is up to a maximum of 6000 JPY, which may not cover the total cost of your goods.
e-Packet Light is the newest and the most economical small packet service from Japan post. It uses SAL (Surface Air Lift). This is a registered service and can be used for products under 2kg in weight. This service typically takes about two weeks and is only available to a limited number of countries. This service does not need to be signed for.
This service is not insured and no compensation is offered by Japan Post.
Thus, any lost articles cannot be compensated for or replaced by us. Please use at your own risk.
Please note: Whilst we will send you the tracking number of the parcel, tracking is available whilst the item is in Japan but only traceable in some countries once it leaves Japan.
Also note: Local delivery services are expected to leave a delivery note should you not be in, however in reality, this does not always happen. Tracking details are sent to assist you with keeping an eye on your parcel. If you fail to receive or collect the parcel and it is sent back to us, then you will be responsible for the re-shipment charges back to you.
By law, YOU will be fully responsible for payment of any duties or taxes upon importation into your country. By International law, we must state the contents and value on the customs form. If you are charged, or how much you are charged seems to be based on each local office. Generally, single personalized items seem to be treated more favorably. (i.e not charged tax or duties). Customs checks in some countries can cause delays in delivery time. We or Japan Post have no control over this. We cannot display items as gifts.


The Brother Group has formulated the new medium-term business strategy "CS B2021" for the period from FY2019 to FY2021 as a road map to achieve the medium- to long-term vision "Global Vision 21."
Establish a firm foothold for the future under the theme "TOWARDS THE NEXT LEVEL"
Under the medium-term business strategy "CS B2018," started in 2016, the Brother Group was committed to three transformations: business, operational, and talent transformations, with a goal to transform itself to a multi-business enterprise. As a result, the group has achieved significant profitability enhancement in the printing area and sales growth in the industrial area.
However, the business environment surrounding the group will change significantly and become increasingly severe.
With these understandings, the Brother Group believes that it is essential to implement more in-depth transformation to achieve its medium- to long-term vision, "Global Vision 21." Under CS B2021, with a new theme of "TOWARDS THE NEXT LEVEL," the group will implement transformation by focusing on the critical few, the four management top priorities below, and strive to build a firm foothold for future growth.
In the Printing area, maintain business scale and enhance profitability to win a leading place by acquiring high-PV*1 users and improving hardware profitability through an accelerated shift to new business models that enable Brother to establish closer relationships with customers.
In the Machinery and Factory Automation*2 (FA) area, actualize substantial growth in the Industrial Equipment area by focusing on automobile and general machine market, while expanding FA business across Machinery organization by capturing growing needs for labor-saving and automation.
In the Industrial Printing area, re-accelerate the growth of the Domino business by reinforcing the synergy effects between Brother and Domino Printing Sciences plc in new product development as well as grow business by leveraging Brother's inkjet-centered printing technologies.
Establish a firm foundation to gain speed and cost competitiveness by group-wide thorough operational transformation with IT, talent cultivation, and optimal talent deployment so that Brother can achieve a sustainable growth even in a severe business environment.
Automation of various factory work and processes using machines and information systems.
The latest financial information is posted on "Financial Information."
Set up a 50 billion yen growth investment fund to expand the industrial area, create/develop new businesses, etc.


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Arrow functions as a short-hand version of an anonymous function.
Classes to encapsulate and extend code.
Constants using the const keyword.
Destructuring to assign values from arrays or objects into variables.
Generators that create iterators using function* and the yield keyword.
Map, a Dictionary type object that can be used to store key/value pairs. and Set as a collection object to store a list of data values.
Modules as a way of organizing and loading code.
Rest parameters instead of using arguments to access functions arguments.
Template Strings to build up string values including multi-line strings.
Where this falls apart is that currently ES6 is far from ready to be deployed on the web. That is not the fault of the language, but of the nature of the web. We can't and shouldn't dictate what people use to surf the web. But the support for ES6 in different current browsers is not encouraging.
In case of conflict, consider users over authors over implementors over specifiers over theoretical purity. In other words costs or difficulties to the user should be given more weight than costs to authors; which in turn should be given more weight than costs to implementors; which should be given more weight than costs to authors of the spec itself, which should be given more weight than those proposing changes for theoretical reasons alone. Of course, it is preferred to make things better for multiple constituencies at once.
CSS parsers have the same attitude towards code. For example the paragraphs in a document with this CSS applied to it will be a light orange.
"peachpuff" is a valid name for a CSS colour, whereas "microsoftblue" is not. Whilst "powderblue" is also a valid colour, the gramatically properly spelled "colour" needs to be "color" in CSS, which is why it doesn't get applied. In essence, whatever line of code the CSS parser can't deal with is skipped.
This presents us with a big problem. Using ES6 is not possible unless we limit ourselves to the few browsers that already support it.
Microsoft Edge, Firefox, Chrome and iOS Safari all have a good sub-set of ES6 implemented. However, not all these browsers are what our users have, and we can not assume people upgrade all the time. Sadly enough, there is a lot of hardware out there that comes with a non-upgradeable OS that has an outdated browser hardwired in it.
I am not trying to compare browsers here – this is a waste of time, seeing how quickly that changes. I want to show is that when it comes to support of ES6 in browsers, there are quite some differences in between them. This makes feature testing awkward as it is only safe when you test all the things you want to use. Assuming support for other features when you test for only one is a slippery slope.
If you go all the way and test for each and every feature you want to use your code will not break. It can, however, easily turn into overkill. The point of ES6 for a lot of developers is not to use the features piecemeal but write the whole app in ES6 from the start.
That's nothing new. When HTML5 and CSS3 was a whole hype word and we couldn't wait to use it, we got a lot of "this cool thing only works in Safari" or "you need to use Chrome to see this site" as a lot of the features were still in flux. These products are still on the web, largely unmaintained and browsers need to include a lot of cruft into their codebases to not break the web. We wanted too much, too fast and we didn't clean up afterwards.
Maybe this is something we could think of for our ES6 work, too? Define a few gatekeeper features that get checked and go forward from there?
There are a few options out there. The most known transpilers are Traceur that originated from Google and Babel, which originally was called 6 to 5, but as ECMAScript evolves even as we try to implement it, there was a need for a more generic name.
First of all, transpiling in most cases doesn't do any feature detection at all – the ES6 code gets fully converted to ES5 (or in some cases even down to ES3, should you want to do that). This means that browsers that natively support ES6 will never get the code. It makes the implementation in the browser a bit redundant, and – even worse – it doesn't allow for testing the performance and validity of the ES6 implementation in the browser.
Traditionally the web was view-source. That's how a lot of us in the past learned how to code for it. We looked at the source and found out what others used, and our debugging process was doing the same, after seeing in an error console that something broke. Nowadays we have developer tools for that, with much more advanced features. However, if we transpile the code, we never write the code that gets executed. The code we debug in the browser is what the transpiler created, which is optimised for performance, not for readability. In order to debug our code we need to find a way to connect the generated code with the written code. For this, we use source maps. This also applies to CSS that gets generated by Sass or less.
Whenever we introduce new functionality to browsers, there is the question if we make things faster or if we slow things down. We just don't know until we gathered enough data to find out where to optimize. In the case of ES6, that data gathering can't really happen if we transpile the code. Right now, the performance of ES6 natively in the browser does not look too encouraging as this speed report by Kevin Decker shows.
Right now, ES6 is in a weird place when it comes to web development as a whole. It is a standard, it is well supported (more than, for example Web Components) but it also breaks backwards compatibility. Instead of praising all the great things it does and show examples that may or may not work for you, I'd like to invite you to take part in the discussions around ES6. This is why I want to end this here with a few questions for you to ponder and we'd love to hear your opinions in the comments.
Do we let developer convenience trump over end user experience? Is it more important to deliver more, quicker than deliver the best performing solution for a certain environment?
Is it OK to build larger apps that expect more of the end user's environment when it is easier, faster and more maintainable for us?
Does being able to change an app easier and extend it in a more defined way make up for locking out users?
Was the concept of ongoing backwards compatibility of the web flawed? Are we holding ourselves back by catering to the lowest common denominator?
Are the new features of ES6 really a benefit or do we just try to catch up and repeat what other environments did? Is this really the best we can do seeing that software as a whole might be broken?
Are the benefits of these changes worth the effort it needs to use them? Should new developers coming to the web have to use transpilers, preprocessors and task runners to get started?
How can we help browsers be better in supporting ES6 when transpilers create ES5?
Is it the right direction to abstract the code we write away from the code the browser gets? Has view-source outlived its usefulness?
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The Heart of Celebration
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Heb13:7-8 & Neh12:27-46
7Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem
27 At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps and lyres. 28 The singers also were brought together from the region around Jerusalem—from the villages of the Netophathites, 29 from Beth Gilgal, and from the area of Geba and Azmaveth, for the singers had built villages for themselves around Jerusalem. 30 When the priests and Levites had purified themselves ceremonially, they purified the people, the gates and the wall.
31 I had the leaders of Judah go up on top [e] of the wall. I also assigned two large choirs to give thanks. One was to proceed on top [f] of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate. 32 Hoshaiah and half the leaders of Judah followed them, 33 along with Azariah, Ezra, Meshullam, 34 Judah, Benjamin, Shemaiah, Jeremiah, 35 as well as some priests with trumpets, and also Zechariah son of Jonathan, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Mattaniah, the son of Micaiah, the son of Zaccur, the son of Asaph, 36 and his associates—Shemaiah, Azarel, Milalai, Gilalai, Maai, Nethanel, Judah and Hanani—with musical instruments prescribed by David the man of God. Ezra the scribe led the procession. 37 At the Fountain Gate they continued directly up the steps of the City of David on the ascent to the wall and passed above the house of David to the Water Gate on the east.
38 The second choir proceeded in the opposite direction. I followed them on top [g] of the wall, together with half the people—past the Tower of the Ovens to the Broad Wall, 39 over the Gate of Ephraim, the Jeshanah [h] Gate, the Fish Gate, the Tower of Hananel and the Tower of the Hundred, as far as the Sheep Gate. At the Gate of the Guard they stopped.
40 The two choirs that gave thanks then took their places in the house of God; so did I, together with half the officials, 41 as well as the priests—Eliakim, Maaseiah, Miniamin, Micaiah, Elioenai, Zechariah and Hananiah with their trumpets- 42 and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malkijah, Elam and Ezer. The choirs sang under the direction of Jezrahiah. 43 And on that day they offered great sacrifices, rejoicing because God had given them great joy. The women and children also rejoiced. The sound of rejoicing in Jerusalem could be heard far away.
44 At that time men were appointed to be in charge of the storerooms for the contributions, firstfruits and tithes. From the fields around the towns they were to bring into the storerooms the portions required by the Law for the priests and the Levites, for Judah was pleased with the ministering priests and Levites. 45 They performed the service of their God and the service of purification, as did also the singers and gatekeepers, according to the commands of David and his son Solomon. 46 For long ago, in the days of David and Asaph, there had been directors for the singers and for the songs of praise and thanksgiving to God.
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Groomed to be next Kershaw? NJ hurler has high hopes
Back home in Barnegat, No. 1 Draft prospect prepares for life-changing next chapter
By Jonathan Mayo
BARNEGAT, N.J. -- A small hamlet in southern New Jersey with a growing population of roughly 20,000 people, Barnegat Township has never seen anyone quite like Jason Groome.The 6-foot-6 left-hander, ranked No. 1 on MLBPipeline.com's Top 100 Draft Prospects list, might be one of several players being considered at the
BARNEGAT, N.J. -- A small hamlet in southern New Jersey with a growing population of roughly 20,000 people, Barnegat Township has never seen anyone quite like Jason Groome.
The 6-foot-6 left-hander, ranked No. 1 on MLBPipeline.com's Top 100 Draft Prospects list, might be one of several players being considered at the top of this year's Draft. But he's a once-in-a-lifetime type in these parts.
• 2016 MLB Draft: June 9-11 on MLB Network, MLB.com
It's easy to tell that's how Groome is regarded. Students wave to him when he walks down the hall at Barnegat High School. There are constant requests for Groome's time, like the local supermarket asking if he could come for an autograph session to help announce a special. A marquee matchup against Tyler Mondile of nearby Gloucester Catholic was turned into a charity event, drawing more than 6,000 people and raising over $32,000. Groome was mobbed, first by media, then by autograph seekers -- kids and adults -- and he lost the game, 1-0.
"It's been really exciting, with everything that happened, just me coming back home," Groome said. "My family's loving it, I'm loving it. I just made the right decision coming back."
Groome spent his junior season honing his craft at IMG Academy, a multisport training and education complex in Bradenton, Fla. The competition and the instruction were clearly better there, but Groome felt a pull to come back north. You can take the kid out of Jersey, but you can't take the Jersey out of the kid.
"Besides the Florida weather, there was nothing [driving me] to go back to IMG," Groome said. "I went there for six and a half months. I did what I needed to do. I got bigger, faster and stronger, but I just felt it was only right coming back to Barnegat."
Groome might have known in his heart it was a good decision. It was cemented the first day he walked back into his high school, a prodigal son returned. Groome had wanted it to be a surprise, and the reaction he got erased any lingering doubts he may have had about coming back.
"I only had told a couple of my close friends and I told them not to tell anyone," Groome said with a smile. "I wanted to walk back into school and see everyone's faces. They were all like, 'Oh my God, you're really back!'"
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Not that it's all been a storybook homecoming. Shortly after Groome's season started at Barnegat, on the heels of a 19-strikeout no-hitter, he was given a 30-day suspension for a transfer violation regarding his move back home from Florida. It resulted in his high school team having to forfeit the two wins it collected in his starts, including the no-no.
Groome didn't win the showdown with Mondile, but he clearly shook off whatever rust there may have been from the layoff and showed why he is a top-of-the-Draft talent in front of a ton of evaluators. His fastball reached 94 mph and sat at 92, and he showed perhaps the best breaking ball in the Draft class, especially in the latter stages of the game. This was nothing new, as Groome excelled several times on the summer showcase circuit, cementing himself as a top Draft prospect.
Hailing from a spot that's less than a baseball hotbed, Groome wasn't sure just how good he was until he got the chance to compete against others from around the country before his junior year.
"Probably end of my sophomore year, at the end of the summer after playing in the Area Code Games, I knew I was pretty good," Groome said. "Then once the spring started last year, I saw all these pro guys coming, I thought I had something special. I'm just going to keep doing it."
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Groome has some specific ideas on just how he wants to keep doing it. Or, more specifically, how quickly. He'd like to follow the path set by Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw. A fellow big lefty with good stuff and command coming out of high school, Kershaw made his big league debut at age 20.
"Obviously, he's a lot better than me, but I like to model myself after him," Groome said. "I want to be one of the youngest. In my second year of pro ball, if I sign out of high school this year, I'll still be 19. I'm looking to climb the leagues and get to the big leagues as quickly as I can."
Tell Groome that's perhaps an overly ambitious goal and he may nod knowingly, but he also knows setting those kinds of benchmarks is what fuels him.
"It just makes me work that much harder," Groome said. "If I'm out there executing everything that I can and everything is going well for me, I don't see why I can't get there in that amount of years."
First person: Groome talks life as top Draft prospect
Groome wants to do all of it -- go high in the Draft, make it to the big leagues and excel once he gets there -- for his family. His father, Jay, is a truck driver and fish grader. His mother, Danielle, and Jay are currently also raising Groome's twin 3-year-old brothers, and Groome is well aware that this next chapter could be a life-changer.
"I just want it to all work out for me and the sake of my family," Groome said. "They sacrificed so much, so it's only right that I give back, because they put me in this position.
"I can't wait until Draft day, because it's going to start the next mile marker in my career. Once I get there, I just hope to stay there as long as I can, [give] my brothers a great foundation, send them to school. I want to put my parents up in a new house, because they've busted their tails to get me where I am. To me, it'll mean the world to me, because I'll know all the hard work paid off."
Jonathan Mayo is a reporter for MLBPipeline.com. Follow him on Twitter @JonathanMayo and Facebook, and listen to him on the weekly Pipeline Podcast.


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Team Eunomia Take on Waste World Cup
September 2018 Back
After a season off, we returned to the Waste World Cup this year with a team of keen and talented athletes. Sadly, having valiantly powered through to the knock-outs, glory wasn't to be Eunomian this year. But, with a lot of money raised for WasteAid and a promise to come back stronger next year, a great day out was had by all.
In what had been labelled as the highlight of the sporting summer, last Friday saw over 200 footballing waste professionals gather together at a sunny Brackley Leisure Centre. Some were seasoned semi-professional sportsmen and women, some were making their footballing debuts. All had one goal; to win the coveted title of Waste World Champions.
We pooled talent from across our UK offices to assemble a team: Laura Williams (C), Joss Winter, Alice Johnson, Sarah Kemp, Sean Hollowed, and Tanguy Tomes. We were placed in Group F, facing some tough opponents including a sharp-looking outfit from Acumen and defending champions Mick George.
It's fair to say that we grew into the tournament, with flashes of bright orange brilliance lighting up each of our matches with increasing frequency. The highlight of the group stage was without a doubt the last match against Biffa. Here, everything seemed to fall into place. A composed and impermeable defence, supported by some fantastic shot-stopping from goalkeeper Sarah Kemp, allowed the talent and creativity of our forward line-up to flourish. Some fantastic, if somewhat unconventional, link-up play between forwards Laura Williams and Joss Winter led to an incredible goal which was enough to take the victory. Overall, the greater experience of the other teams meant we weren't challenging for the title, but that win was enough to carry us through to the knock-outs for the Vase.
Unfortunately, having picked up a couple of injuries in the match against Biffa, we were perhaps inevitably eliminated in the quarter-finals by the fresh legs and slick passing of Kenny Waste Management. Congratulations to Kenny, who ended up winning the Vase, and also to Mick George, who successfully defended their title for another year.
We finished the day battered and bruised, a little sunburnt, but with smiles on our faces. Having raised a good amount of money for WasteAid, there's no doubt we'll be back next year!
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FASB Offers Insight on Three Lease Accounting Trends
As the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) continues to field inquiries about its new lease accounting standard, it has found that the questions turn on three key trends recently described in the board's quarterly newsletter.
The FASB issued its long-awaited lease accounting standard in February, which will require companies to recognize assets and liabilities from operating leases on their balance sheets. Public companies will be required to adopt the new standard for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after Dec. 15, 2018.
FASB staff has received technical inquiries that have mainly focused on the following five areas of guidance:
Definition of a lease
Lessee accounting
Lessor accounting
Transitioning to the new standard
"Lessee accounting and transition have received the most inquiries," the FASB says. "This is likely because lessee accounting is the main focus of the standard, and because transition is one of the first areas that organizations consider as part of the implementation process."
While most of the questions have been fact- and circumstance-specific, there are a few general trends that the FASB has identified.
1. Consider if a contract has been accounted for as a lease under existing accounting guidance. Most contracts that are accounted for as leases today will continue to be under the new rules.
2. Lessor accounting isn't significantly different. But there are subtle changes to make sure it aligns with the control principle under the new revenue recognition accounting standard, which goes into effect starting in 2018. One example: Consider if the new standards may change their current accounting for lease receivables.
3. Lessees will now recognize operating leases on the balance sheet. So, those lessees should understand the guidance for lease and nonlease components and the discount rate.
A new video, The Display Approach: A Quick Example, shows how to apply the display approach in recognizing operating leases on the balance sheet. The approach was designed specifically to allow the leverage of existing systems and processes.
The FASB continues to monitor how implementation is progressing. But it has determined that a standing transition resource group, like the one the board formed for the revenue recognition standard, isn't necessary for the lease accounting standard.
However, the FASB will hold a public discussion of the leases implementation process and provide an update on key issues and the next steps before the end of the year.
The Wait is Over: FASB Issues New Guidance on Lease Accounting
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…millionaires keep more money than they spend, that's why they are rich. Their tactics work for them so they'll work even better for you. Key Point: They don't view shopping as a sport. They shop efficiently and spend their time doing more important things with their lives.
via How to Spend Like a Frugal Millionaire – Alpha Consumer (usnews.com).
Even though home affordability is the highest in decades, a new report shows Asheville is still among the least affordable housing markets in the South.
Nearly 73% of all homes sold in the United States during the first three months of 2009 were considered affordable. That was the highest percentage ever reported by the 18-year-old Housing Opportunity Index, an analysis of markets compiled quarterly by the National Association of Homebuilders and Wells Fargo Bank.
via The nation's most affordable housing market – May. 18, 2009.
Asheville's affordability index was 62.3, as compared to Greenville which was 81.1. Sherman-Denison in Texas had the best affordability in the South at 94.9, meaning that about 95% of families making the median national income of $64,000 would be able to buy property there and devote no more than 28% of their income toward housing costs.
You can get complete access to the data here.
North Carolina was third highest in the country for foreclosed property growth from March to April, according to RealtyTrac. Its monthly property foreclosure report said only New Mexico and Massachusetts had higher increases, although North Carolina was ranked just 34th in the country and actually had a year-over-year decrease.
The report shows that one in every 374 U.S. housing units received a foreclosure filing in April, the highest monthly foreclosure rate ever posted by RealtyTrac — the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties.
via Foreclosure Activity Remains at Record Levels in April According to RealtyTrac(R) U.S. Foreclosure Market Report.
Where Lays chips are made in North Carolina.
North Carolina farmers grew over 66 million pounds of potatoes for Frito-Lay last year. Across America, we use potatoes from over 80 farms and make Lay's chips at 21 locations.
Is stocking up frugal or foolish?
Sam's Club and other discounters have turned the impulse to stock up into a business model. The majority of items for sale at these warehouse-like stores are bulk, and club members buy with the hope that they're saving money over the long run.
Are these impulses foolish? They don't feel foolish, but sometimes I'm not as smart as I should be about these decisions. Would buying these extra iPods or boots just be a sort of hoarding? Would I be bringing more clutter into the house? I don't know. All I know is that I don't feel guilty for considering these options — so long as I can afford them.
via When Does It Make Sense to Stock Up? ∞ Get Rich Slowly.
Everybody who shops discount groceries knows that deals don't last long on the shelves. If you think about stocking up on a good deal too long, it could be gone the next time you come back.
Electronics are always bad options because technology improvements will almost always make the next model better.
Products that cost less than $20 each are good candidates but they have to be at a killer price.
Be cautious about products that degrade over time.
Be especially careful with food products that are stocked up, because they need to be rotated regularly.
Anything that you are confident you could resell at the same price you paid (or more) is worth stocking up on.
Is your yard sale legal?
In this season of garage sales, there is suddenly a lot of hand-wringing about the federal Consumer Product Safety Act that was signed into law last summer. If you read it literally, it says we could be subject to thousands of dollars in federal fines for selling yard sale stuff.
This handbook will help sellers of used products identify types of potentially hazardous products that could harm children or others. CPSC's laws and regulations apply to anyone who sells or distributes consumer products. This includes thrift stores, consignment stores, charities, and individuals holding yard sales and flea markets.
How is a yard sale a federal issue?
No matter how thrifty you are, there are just some things you should always buy new.
If we let people have yard sales, next thing you know, they'll want to open a Wal-Mart.
Bring it on feds. My powder is dry, my arm is steady. Come mess with my yard sale.
Traditionally this time of year, yard sales and garage sales are the most searched categories on Iwanna.com.
Modular home builder Clayton Homes and its new i-House are suddenly volcanic in Google Trends.
The I-House looks like a house you'd order from Ikea, sounds like something designed by Apple and consists of amenities–solar panels, tankless water heaters and rainwater collectors–that one would expect to come from a offbeat green company out of California selling to a high-end market. But Clayton Homes, one of the largest manufacturers of mobile homes out of Maryville, Tenn., is looking to enter the market of environmentally friendly, prefab homes with a model that is seriously affordable.
via Clayton Homes I-House – Affordable Prefab Green Homes Powered on a Dollar a Day – Popular Mechanics.
Tech publication Fast Company also published an article about it here.
The Washington Post published an article recently here.
A blog about the i-House is here.
A lot of the attention on the i-House is a result of Berkshire Hathaway's annual shareholder meeting this past weekend, when the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffet, addressed shareholders. He bought Clayton Homes in 2003 for $1.7 billion.
Iwanna has some of the deepest sales information on modular and mobile homes, including Clayton Homes and others, in the Carolinas. Browse Carolina modular homes on Iwanna.com.
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As an iOS user, iCloud allows you to keep a backup of your data. iCloud offers its users 5 GB of storage space for free. For some iOS users, it may not be absolutely clear to them whether this space is enough. Maybe you have multiple iOS devices or maybe you have too much data to backup. The main question you will ask yourself in such a case is how much storage does iCloud need to backup. We will help you figure out the answer to this question.
Step 1: Open Settings, and then tap General.
Step 2: Tap iPhone Storage.
After determining the amount of space you have used, you need to check the space you have left. Follow the steps below to do this.
Step 1: Open Settings, tap [your name], and then tap iCloud.
Step 2: Tap Manage Storage or iCloud Storage.
Step 2: Tap iCloud and then Storage.
Step 1: Open Settings, tap [your name], tap iCloud, finally, tap iCloud Storage or Manage Storage. For iOS 10.2 and below, open Settings, then General, and tap Storage.
Step 2: Click Change Storage Plan or Buy More Storage. Choose your plan.
Step 3: Click buy. Follow the instructions.
Step 1: Open Settings, tap [your name], and then open iCloud.
Step 2: For iOS 11, click Manage Storage and then Backups. For iOS 10.3, click iCloud Storage and then Manage Storage.
Step 3: Tap [Device Name].
Step 4: Turn off apps you don't wish to backup under Choose Data to Back Up.
Step 1: Open Settings, then iCloud. Tap Storage and then Manage Storage.
Step 2: Tap [Device Name].
Step 3: Turn off apps you don't want to backup under Backup options.
To check the storage available on iCloud using a PC, open iCloud for Windows and then Click Storage.
Step 1: Open iCloud for Windows.
Step 2: Tap Storage and then Change Storage Plan.
Step 3: Select a plan and then tap Next. Enter an Apple ID password and then tap Buy.
Step 1: Launch iCloud for Windows.
Step 2: Tap Storage and then select Backup from the listed items.
Step 3: Choose a backup and then tap Delete.
To turn off and remove all the device backups from iCloud, select Delete in the confirmation dialog box. When a backup is deleted, your device backup is also turned off.
Step 1: Visit Apple Menu and select System Preferences.
Step 2: Tap iCloud and then Manage.
Step 1: Select Apple Menu, tap System Preferences, Click iCloud.
Step 2: Click Manage (available in the lower-right corner).
Step 3: Select Buy More Storage or Change Storage Plan.
Step 4: Select a Plan and Click Next. Enter an Apple ID password.
Step 1: Select the items in Photos on Mac.
Step 2: Choose the photos and videos that you want to delete.
Step 3: Tap Image, and then click Delete Photos.
iCloud does not backs up all your data. Some of the data backed up includes App data, call history, Apple watch, device settings, iMessage, SMS, and even MMS messages.
If you use all your iCloud backup storage, your iOS device will start removing videos and photos you delete. These will not be available in your Recently Deleted album for recovery. If iCloud storage is still available, you can recover your deleted photos and videos from the Recently Deleted album for up to 30 days.
Without iCloud storage, your device won't back up to iCloud. Your new videos and photos will not be uploaded to the iCloud Photo Library. Also, your text messages will not stay up to date on all your iOS devices.
Can I Backup iPhone Without iCloud Storage?
As an iOS user, you can back up your devices without the iCloud storage. iCloud is just one of the many options available. In fact, successfully backing up your device using iCloud is not easy as you think. The success rate is influenced by factors such as iCloud storage and network strength.
Step 1: Connect the device to the computer and open iTunes.
Step 2: Follow the onscreen instructions if asked to Trust This Computer or for a passcode.
Step 3: Select your device when it appears on iTunes.
Step 4: For important data such as Health and Activity, you need to encrypt it. Choose Encrypt [device] and create a password. Regular data won't need encryption. Tap Back Up Now. When back up is finished, you will be alerted.
A better and easier way to back up your device is through the use of iMyFone D-Port. When using this tool, you will never need to worry about how much iCloud storage is needed to backup. This tool will allow you to back up over 18 data types from all your iOS devices selectively. You can choose to either back up the whole device or your messages only. Also, you can easily access both iCloud and iTunes data even if you don't have your iOS device.
Step 1: Choose Back Up & Export from Device and make sure you have connected your iOS device to the computer. Click Next.
Step 2: Select Data types to Export. Tap Next for the device to be scanned and analyzed.
Step 3: Preview the data, select files to export and then tap Export to save this data to your computer.
Step 1: Select Back Up & Export from Device and then click Back Up WeChat. Your device has to be connected to the computer.
Step 2: Tap Back Up. Don't disconnect the device until you get a backup complete alert.
You are also allowed to make a full back up on your computer without overwriting your previous backups. Also, you can view the backup content before restoring. If you use this professional tool, there is no need to worry about your iCloud storage. Just back up what you want.
If you are still asking yourself the question of how much storage does iCloud need to backup, this article is for you. The methods we have outlined in the article will help you know the amount of space you need to have on iCloud for back up to take place. With iMyFone D-Port which is an all-in-one tool, you don't even need to worry about how much iCloud storage is needed to backup. This tool will allow you to back all your iOS devices without counting against the iCloud space. We love comments. Leave yours below.


(Host) For 70 years, the St. Johnsbury Players have been staging community theater. As part of the celebration this summer, they've teamed up with high school students to stage Honk, a musical adaptation of The Ugly Duckling. Honk is a family show that has been a huge commercial and critical success in London, and it's become popular with touring and high school theater groups.
(Charnoff) The story follows Ugly, a brown, ungainly bird who just can't quack properly. He learns to overcome humiliation and alienation with the help of his wise, protective mother Ida.
Bill Vinton of Waterford is the theater director at St. Johnsbury Academy. He's the director for Honk, and he enjoys a play that brings together different generations.
(Charnoff) Brendon Haddish of St. Johnsbury is the minister at the local Unitarian Universalist Church. For Honk, he has taken on four roles: he's a turkey, a goose, a frog and a swan. Haddish says community theater is really all about having fun.
(Charnoff) Mindy Wren of St. Johnsbury plays Ida, the ugly duckling's mother. Wren says that audiences will welcome Honk's message of acceptance.
(Charnoff) Honk will be presented August 18-19 at the St. Johnsbury School auditorium.


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Food Angel () is a Hong Kong–based food rescue organization. Food Angel was launched in  by the Bo Charity Foundation. The organization is supported by local and international food donors, sponsors, and charity partners.

Located in Kowloon and Hong Kong Island, Food Angel has independent offices, kitchens, and a community center. The program rescues approximately 35 tonnes of edible surplus food from the industry, and renders this material into some 10,000 meal boxes and 2,000 food packs which it distributes to the underprivileged.

Objectives
Food Angel claims to have the goals of reducing food waste at source, alleviating hunger, relieving poverty, and educating the next generation. The idea of Food Angel originated from the pressure on landfills in Hong Kong. When the organization started to grow, it began addressing other food-related social problems, such as poverty.

Food Angel works with 150 partners, including celebrity partners. It hopes that by large scale promotion, it can raise citizens' attention to food wastage and the importance of food waste recycling. The goal of the organization is to minimize food waste and to encourage volunteers to give a hand to people in need. Food Angel's vision is to reduce food waste and ensure everyone in Hong Kong is fed three meals a day.

Services
Food Angel rescues surplus food to relieve the landfill pressure in Hong Kong. The organisation collects surplus food from suppliers, supermarket, wet markets, and donation partners. It receives food donations, including fresh food, canned/non-perishable food, oils and seasoning, cooked foods, and frozen/chilled foods, to prepare meal boxes to then distribute to people in need.

Besides distributing meal boxes at the center, Food Angel also visits the elderly and delivers meal boxes to those who are disabled. It also provides elderly care workshops like literacy classes, Chinese opera, and Erhu performances. It receives support from more than 60 companies and organizations.

Corporate Angel
Corporate Angel support Food Angel's campaign "Waste Not, Hunger Not". It organizes internal fundraising events to raise money for Food Angel's program.

Green Angel
Green Angel teaches children to cherish food and preserve the natural resources on Earth. The program offers school-based educational activities over an academic year, including introductory talks, puppet shows, animations, green lessons, food upcycling workshops, field trips, inter-school competitions, and a rewards system.

Outreach Angel
Outreach Angel delivers free and nutritious hot meals in boxes and non-perishable food packs, and provides loving care to singletons and deprived elderly living in the Eastern District. Outreach Angel provides home delivery service and regular home visits to the single, physically frail, or disabled elderly five days a week.

Community Angel
Community Angel provides free dine-in food assistance service in the Sham Shui Po District for the vulnerable and frail elderly who are aged 65 or above.

Timeline and news
Food Angel was founded in 2011 and has started several campaigns since.

News about Food Angel's activities has been in the media since 2012. For example, there was wide media coverage about the plan to give lunch boxes to the people in need by using food waste, which was introduced in 2015. The three events of Construction Hong Kong appeared in newspapers, such as Apple Daily, Oriental Daily, and Skypost.

References

 Tung Wah Group of Hospitals
 Food waste
 Hunger
Charities based in Hong Kong


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"> Drupal Themes there is support for displaying the "Mission Statement" across all pages and in others this support is limited to the "Front Page" or "Main Page".
In some Drupal Themes there is support for displaying the "Mission Statement" across all pages and in others this support is limited to the "Front Page" or "Main Page".
If you are ever using one of the themes with limited mission statement support and want to display the mission statement across all pages you can use this to do so.
These 2 changes should allow the "Mission Statement" to be displayed across all pages.


Construction Resources wanted a website that featured their projects and services. This custom design website features a Flash photo gallery.
Established in 1996, Construction Resources is locally owned and operated by John, Michele and Ben Fox. As a general contractor, our company provides residential, commercial and industrial construction in the Richmond/Wayne County Indiana area.


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Dr. Cox serves as the Criminal Justice Chair and Program Director at Liberty University. He began his career in law enforcement in 1986 and has served as a sworn officer at the state and local level. Dr. Cox has worked or led most major division within the police department including property crimes detective, robbery detective, homicide detective, community policing supervisor, full-time SWAT leader, and precinct executive officer. Dr. Cox was certified as a police instructor in 1991 and has taught at the community college or university level for over 10 years. After retiring from police service in the 43rd largest police agency in the United States, Dr. Cox transitioned to full time teaching at Liberty University. Dr. Cox sees his mission as training young men and women in the praxis of policing to become Christian influencers in the broad spectrum of the criminal justice industry.


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Earl Okin
Cabaret/Variety
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"For much of the time you think he's only ad-libbing, but slowly realise that you are in the presence of a master of the art of cabaret. The man is unmissable as singer, songwriter, Jazz musician, comedian and, possibly my favourite this year, as a dance-track singer. He's a joy! He is classic! He is a must!" Russel Hunter
For years, Earl Okin has headlined under the byline 'Musical Genius & Sex Symbol' (also the name of his SONY CD).
He first learnt his stagecraft in folk clubs. When they were replaced by comedy clubs, Earl moved effortlessly from one to the other and has been a headline act on the unforgiving UK alternative comedy circuit for decades, highly respected by all his fellow performers, young and old.
He began, however, at the Comic Strip, alongside, Rik Mayall, French & Saunders, Nigel Planer et al.
Among his admirers are such names as Billy Connolly (who likewise began his career in folk-clubs), Sacha Baron Cohen and Eddie Izzard (at whose clubs Earl headlined when they were both starting out).
Among his American admirers are such established names as Emo Philips and Rick Overton.
Earl has probably performed more 'encores' than just about anyone around and his blend of comedy and music (Tom Lehrer was one of his influences) is in demand literally around the world.
Earl has performed at such festivals as Juste Pour Rire in Montreal, the Adelaide Fringe in Australia and Humorologie in Belgium with equal success. He regularly performs in Sweden, Germany, Austria and Holland… and at such famous US clubs as The Comedy Store, Caroline's, The Improv. and The Ice House.
For 18 years straight, Earl performed at the internationally famous Edinburgh Festival Fringe,consistently coming away in profit… a major achievement, as any Edinburgh performer will agree!
Last but not least, Earl is in high demand for both corporate and private parties, having entertained not only Queen Elizabeth II but the king and queen of Sweden, too.
As with everything else he does, Earl Okin's comedy is unique!
Earl Okin is one of the world's finest songwriters….and in a variety of genresfrom Pop/Rock to Jazz, from Bossa Nova to Ballads.
Hugely melodic and always based on musically satisfying chord sequences.
His more recent songs are often in the genre of such classic songwriters such as Hoagy Carmichael, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Antonio Carlos Jobim, George Gershwin etc.
These are all among Earl's heroes, though his first influence was the music of Puccini and Verdi, still major loves in Earl's life.
Earl was first signed to the same company as The Beatles, recording at the legendary Abbey Road Studios in 1967.
At that time, his songs were also covered by Helen Shapiro, Cilla Black and Georgie Fame.
Earl was the only performer ever to open for Paul McCartney & Wings, which he did in 1979.
Although his careers as comedian and Jazz concert artiste have taken up much of his time, Earl have never stopped writing songs and there are now several CDs available of his songs both old and new.
Mango & Other Delights.
Bossa Britanica.
Songs From A Garden Shed.
Indeed, Earl is working on a brand new collection of songs at this very moment!
Last but not least, Earl has recently written a full musical. Hopefully, this will be staged within 12 months or so. As they say, watch this space!
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