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August News Brief
By wrwf1August 21, 2019Newsletter
August 2019 News Brief
Yes to the Year: Our WRWF Grantees and Annual Meeting Luncheon
2019 Nonprofit Grantees funded by WRWF
A sellout crowd of 250 WRWF members, guests, and grant representatives celebrated our amazingly generous community under a gorgeous mountain sky at the Trail Creek Cabin tent on August 7. Diana Citret's stunning art, "Summer Aspens," which graced the invitations and inspired the event's décor, captures the essence of who WRWF is: its generous and supportive interconnections with the community, its ever-growing importance to the Wood River Valley, and the pursuit of philanthropic excellence by the 350 women who make up our Foundation.
Guest Artist for the Annual Luncheon, Diana Citret
The eleven projects we funded this year—NAMI Wood River Valley, Environmental Resource Center (ERC), BCRD Aquatic Center Revitalization, Blaine County Hunger Coalition: Bloom Youth Project, Blaine County Education Foundation (BCEF), Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley, Idaho Association for the Education of Young Children, Idaho Base Camp, Men's Second Chance Living, St. Luke's Wood River Foundation, and The Advocates – Safe Housing First—serve as a reminder of the difference we make in our community. We can all be proud of what we have accomplished to help make the Wood River Valley a better place to live and grow. From the pooled resources and member specified funds of the over 350 women who now make up the WRWF, we were able to award $267,918 to important community projects. The $53,000 in Member Designated gifts brought total 2019 WRWF contributions to $320,918.
Guests and members enjoyed champagne on the lawn prior to the Annual Meeting
Lisa Wild, Executive Director of the Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley spoke of the positive impact WRWF's $35,000 grant would have on the day-to-day operations of their organization.
Lisa Wild, Executive Director of the Hospice and Palliative Care of the Wood River Valley
The funds, which will be used for improvements and repairs to its little red house, will improve the safety and efficiency of the building, enabling the organization to better serve the needs of the community. Noting how beloved the little red house is to the clients and families it serves, Wild emphasized how important hospice and palliative care is to the Wood River Valley.
Terri Bullock, WRWF President-Elect
From Terri Bullock, our President-Elect:
This year's Annual Meeting and Grants Celebration was another sell-out success thanks to the support of many, many volunteer members. In particular, Penny Weiss, chair of the WRWF Events Committee, has earned our continuing gratitude for her exceptional event skills—the room was simply gorgeous—and also because she and her company, The Event, subsidized much of the luncheon costs.
Penny Weiss, Board Member and WRWF Events Chair
As we all know, there is no such thing as a free lunch and to that point, we had two anonymous members who joined with our corporate sponsor Zions Bank to underwrite the costs for our non-profit partners to participate in the luncheon. With our small budget, the generosity of members who step in to provide extra support is appreciated beyond words. Thank you, ladies and thank you Zions!
Grantee Spotlight: NAMI Wood River Valley
WRWF funded NAMI to support two part-time staff members
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) provides stigma-free advocacy, education, help with diagnosis, treatment, and ongoing support for youth and families in the Wood River Valley. The organization also provides community enrichment collaboration with other organizations within our community. WRWF granted NAMI $23,448 to support two part-time staff members to assist in the oversight of the adult Family Education/Support Group and Bluebird Youth Support Group Programs. The Bluebirds Teen Group, created by Amber Leyba-Castle, then a senior at Wood River High School, is a new and innovative program to engage, support, and educate youth living with mental illness or with that of a family member. Read her story here.
Grantee Spotlight: Environmental Resource Center—Youth Environmental Education
WRWF supported ERC youth education programing
For over 25 years, the Environmental Resource Center (ERC) has provided environmental education and inspired action to cultivate a healthy environment in Idaho's Wood River Valley. The ERC youth education programs include in-school and after-school programs, overnight summer camps, and programs with collaborative partners such as the BCRD, The Hunger Coalition, The Community Library, The YMCA and St Luke's. Programs reached pre-k to 12th grade students at 11 public and private Schools with 3800+ participants in 130 programs in 2018. Through hands-on outdoor learning, the ERC inspires passion and empowers students to become the next generation of stewards of our land, water and air. WRWF granted ERC $2,575 to support youth education programing through the purchase of scientific materials.
Our WRWF Board and New Officers
Terri Bullock, President-Elect
Gina Wolcott, Vice-President, Operations
Kat Vanden Heuvel, Secretary
Carol Jensen, Treasurer
Kathleen Eder
Sandra Flattery
Gail Landis
Terri LeFaivre
Sandy McCullough
Louisa Moats
Carrie Morrow
Penny Weiss
Patti Zebrowski
Summer Social 2019 – Mountain Humane
From Left: Kathleen Eder, Board member and Chair of the Membership Committee, Terri Bullock, WRWF President Elect, and Christina Bauer, WRWF Executive Assistant
This year's Wood River Women's Foundation Summer Social was held at Mountain Humane's new campus in Croy Canyon in Hailey. More than 90 members and guests attended not only to celebrate the time and treasure that our WRWF members have given to the community, but to tour this beautiful new facility that is proud to be recognized as the first no kill shelter in Idaho. WRWF members and guests toured the spay/neuter medical center, the training and acquaintance center, the cat café and education barn, and of course, central bark.
Tricia Swartling spoke at this year's Summer Social event
Tricia Swartling, CEO of The Advocates for Survivors of Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, shared how many of their programs were started with grants from WRWF, and these programs are still going strong today. Her words of inspiration, hope, and passion received a round of applause from attendees. In the spirit of continued giving, a raffle was held, and all proceeds from this raffle were contributed to the WRWF pooled grant fund to go back into Blaine County nonprofit support.
WRWF Comings and Goings
Welcome Carol Jenson, WRWF Board Treasurer
Carol Jenson, newly elected Board member and WRWF Board Treasurer
Carol was unanimously elected to serve on the WRWF Board of Directors at the August board meeting and will begin her term in September. She has also been elected to serve as Board Treasurer. Board members typically serve two three-year terms. Candidates are vetted through the Nominating Committee before coming to the board for a vote.
A part-time resident of Sun Valley for the last 15 years, Carol has and continues to be a practicing CPA in her native Seattle for the past 30 years. She is a graduate of the University of Washington. She has two sons and two lovely daughters-in-law, and a new grandson.
Carol has been on numerous non-profit boards, chaired charity auctions, and volunteered in numerous capacities within the non-profit community since her late 20s, both in Seattle and Sun Valley. Philanthropy continues to be an important and rewarding part of her life.
Thank you Charlotta Harris, WRWF Photographer
Charlotta Harris, retiring WRWF photographer
Many heartfelt thanks to our outgoing photographer, Charlotta Harris, for giving a face to our numerous events over the past several years. Her visual narratives eloquently capture our joy as we embrace the philanthropic spirit through the many non-profits we support in the Wood River Valley.
Thank you Margery Friedlander and Sylvia Miller, Retired WRWF Board Members
From Left: Margery Friedlander and Sylvia Miller, outgoing WRWF Board members
Much gratitude to outgoing board members Margery Friedlander, Board Member at Large, and Sylvia Miller, Treasurer. Both have been gracious with their time and energy in their support of board work and committee leadership.
Impact Focus Groups
As detailed in the May News Brief, the WRWF Grants Committee is taking a fresh look at the impact component of our grant process with the goal of ensuring that we continue to deliver outstanding stewardship. The Impact Team Task Force (ImpactTTF) has been created and we're ready to dive into this work.
ImpactTTF is excited to invite you to share your impact experiences, impressions and recommendations by participating in a focus group on one of the following dates:
1. Thursday, August 22, 11:00 AM
2. Thursday, August 29, 3:30 PM
To sign up for a focus group, please contact:
Christina Bauer, WRWF Executive Assistant,
at christinabwrwf@gmail.com or call (208) 309-2530. All sessions will take place in the Ketchum Works Boardroom which seats 10-12. Additional sessions will be scheduled if these dates fill up.
Please note: For those who cannot attend a focus group or are not in the Wood River Valley during August, you are welcome to participate in writing. Please let Christina know of your interest and we will send you a questionnaire.
We hope you will take this opportunity to share your voice and we look forward to your participation in this important work.
Strategic Plan: Advancing Mission – Building Sustainability
August Update
Operations Sub-committee led by Carrie Morrow
All three subcommittees—Leadership Development, Operations and Governance—have successfully launched and are actively pursuing their piece of the two-year Strategic Plan:
Chairs are named.
Subcommittee members have been recruited.
All subcommittees have met.
All have set their core direction to achieve the goals and are aligned with the plan's timeline.
All have initiated actions in pursuit of the goals and will collaborate among subcommittees to ensure consistency in progress.
Thanks to the many of you who volunteered to engage in our plan implementation and great job on making good progress. Building out the foundation of our Foundation is key to our future success!
–Terri Bullock, Strategic Plan Chair
With deep sympathy and gratitude for their generosity, we honor the passing of:
Camille McCray, Founding Member of WRWF and
Member of Endowment Founders Circle
Ruthie Lieder, long-time Member of WRWF and
Forum on Charitable Giving for Maximum Benefit: Why, How, and in What Way
The Community Library (Ketchum)
The WRWF Education Committee invites you to attend a panel discussion on Charitable Giving for Maximum Benefit in the Community Library Conference Room. The panel will be made up of Suzanne Hazlett, Financial Advisor; Sandra Clapp, Estate and Trust Attorney; Cate Cox, Marriage and Family Therapist, and Terri Bullock, President of WRWF. Come and participate in this open discussion on topics ranging from changes in tax laws to the many ways we can give back to our community. This evening the Giving Guide of the Wood River Valley will be launched. The forum is free and open to the public; guests are welcome!
If you can't make it to the event, you can still watch it using Livestream by clicking here.
Looking Ahead – Member Events
WRWF Meet and Mingle
Cafe Della
103 S. Main Street, Hailey
Next to Luke's Pharmacy and across from The Mint
WRWF Orientation Brunch
10:00am – 12pm
At the home of Mindy Meads
223 Gem Street, Ketchum
*Upcoming events are also posted on our website's calendar page.*
Peggy Grove, Outgoing WRWF President
Thank you Peggy!!
Many, many thanks to our outgoing WRWF President, Peggy Grove. During her two-year term, Peggy has immeasurably enhanced our organization, drawing on her background as an anthropologist and cultural historian to lead and support the strong and creative women of the Wood River Women's Foundation. As she notes, "We are representatives of a Foundation where transformation is taking place, both within and out into the community. We make a difference in our world." Peggy recounts innumerable, gratifying moments during her tenure, but most of all she reports feeling "restored and energized" by the women around her who discover the impact they make by pooling their resources and making their own funding decisions. Her closing message follows:
Turning over the Presidency
I learned early on in life (as a waitress during those hot college summers, as a researcher who was always looking for new discoveries on my walkabouts in an arid environment, and as someone who came to love to entertain later in life) that if I have a full glass of water, I will succeed in reaching the table or the person who is thirsty and needs a drink, which needs to occur without spilling a drop, if I look directly at the water as I walk along. Never take your eye off that which is of prime importance as you move forward!
And that is the epitome—the essence—of a President's position which Terri Bullock will carry off in superb fashion. She will always look at this very full glass and always continue to move forward. Please help me in welcoming Terri Bullock as President of WRWF!
Peggy Grove, Ph.D.
Outgoing WRWF President
Wood River Women's Foundation inspires and educates women to become leaders in philanthropy. We encourage and create significant positive change in our community through pooled grant-making.
Mark Your Calendar:
Wednesday, August 21st, 5:30-7:30pm
Donor Education Event: Panel on Charitable Giving
The Community Library Conference Room, Ketchum
Free and open to public
Tuesday, September 17th, 5pm-6:30pm
Cafe Della (103 S. Main Street, Hailey)
Wednesday, October 23rd, 10am-12pm
At the home of Mindy Meads (223 Gem Street, Ketchum)
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All posts for the month November, 2009
The Berlin Wall, the DDR and New Labour
I remember twenty years ago watching as the people of the Socialist paradise surged across Checkpoint Charlie into the bright lights of the West, as the 28 year old Berlin Wall was breached. It was but part of a process that began with the Hungarians taking down the fence, and continued with the Velvet Revolution in Wencelas Square.
The fall of the Berlin Wall may not not have been the triumph of capitalism, but it was the collapse of communism. It represented the end of the era, started in 1917, that saw the deaths of 100 million people at the hands of their own governments in the name of a false utopia. The physical wall, that seemed so impenetrable, was felled with pickaxes and chains. The political system, buttressed by a vast system of informers and secret police, seem to crumble away even more easily. But the we share some elements of that repressive regime share today in this country. In the DDR
1. Everyone had to carry ID cards and constantly present them when asked.
2. A "democratic" country where parliament held no power.
3. Where the official properganda differed from reality.
4. Where every aspect of life was tightly regulated.
5. Arbitary arrest and detention.
6. Endless form filling and checking on every aspect of people's lives. And where that form filling served as a huge hinderance, but no useful purpose outside of the bureaucratic machine.
It is worthwhile to remember that a moderate socialist party contains elements of the authoritarian left of the Soviet bloc. Their instincts are that only government solutions are the valid, and that private initiative cannot be trusted. That the individual owes everything to the state, and errant views are by definition not just wrong but dangerous.
Whilst we remember died trying to escape the suffocation and those who were persecuted for the slightest protest, it is also worth a history lesson in how the mass of people lead dreary, impoverished lives, made worse by officialdom.
Thanks to John Redwood, who stimulated my thoughts.
Posted in Human Rights, Socialism, Spin (Propaganda)
https://manicbeancounter.com/2009/11/09/the-berlin-wall-the-ddr-and-new-labour/
Labour Down to 120 seats in 2010?
Could Labour really be reduced to 120 seat's at the next general election? Not impossible, but would hand the Conservatives a poison chalice
Jackie Ashley claims in the Guardian.
"Some Labour people may think I'm sounding too gloomy, but those who have been privy to recent private polling are a lot more than gloomy. This suggests that Labour could return to the Commons with just 120 MPs or thereabouts, taking the party back to 1930s territory. As ministers look for jobs to keep themselves going after politics, a Miliband move to Europe looks sensible."
Most polling data based on even swing would give Labour over 200 seats, with the Conservatives getting a majority of 80 to 100. But this result may be at the extreme end, but should not be unexpected. Compared with the Conservatives in 1997
1. Labour are polling lower in the polls.
2. There is greater de-seated resentment. Labour are not just out of touch, they have
3. Gordon Brown seems less capable than John Major at the job. Furthermore, he shows it. He is nervous, repetitive and cliché-ridden.
In 1997, many voted to punish the Tories. Next year it will be voting to punish Labour. It is not something a Conservative should revel in, as Labour has bred a deep distrust in politics in general (through their spinning and ignoring parliament) along with decimating the nation's finances. So the Conservatives will have to rebuild trust whilst pushing through deeply unpopular policies.
A word of caution. Although ConservativeHome and Politicalbetting both recognize Jackie Ashley as being close to Labour and a reliable source, the comment is made in a long article on how the Europe question could damage the Conservatives. So maybe we could have a Lib-Dem government?
Posted in Conservative Party, Gordon Brown, Labour in Opposition, Spin (Propaganda)
https://manicbeancounter.com/2009/11/09/labour-down-to-120-seats-in-2010/

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Located in the northwest of Belgium, Bruges is a picture-perfect city of medieval architecture, winding canals and cobblestone lanes. Its cool climate adds a wintry air of romance, while horse-drawn carriages and cosy cafés make it the perfect city break for couples and scenery lovers. Spend your time strolling along the city's bustling streets, explore its history on a visit to the Burg Square, then round off your day people-watching and sampling the local beer.
Bruges has a cool climate with a considerable amount of rain throughout the year.
Brussels Airport (BRU), is approximately 66 miles from central Bruges. Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST) is approximately 16 miles from the city centre of Bruges.
If fairytale scenery, a relaxing canal boat ride and beer tasting in the afternoon sounds like your idea of a good time, you'll love a city break in Bruges. From admiring the city's medieval buildings to a cheeky stop off at the chocolatiers, there are plenty of things to do in Bruges.
Visiting the city centre tops the list of things to do in Bruges. This historic square treats you to fascinating medieval architecture and romantic cobblestone streets bustling with cafés, chocolatiers and horse-drawn carriages. Move on to Bruges Markt or Burg Square for more dreamy scenery and dozens of gift shops and restaurants.
One of the classic must-do activities in Bruges is taking a boat ride on the canal. Simply hop on at one of the embarkation points and enjoy the beauty of Bruges from a different perspective. Canal tours take 30 minutes and are available from March 'til November.
Begin your city break in Bruges with a simple walking tour of the area. From the medieval buildings around Markt and Burg, to the 18th-century windmills, there are plenty of things to explore in this enchanting city. End your day with a glass of Poperings Hommel Bier at one of the cosy cafes around the city centre.
Bruges has a rich selection of museums that offer an interesting insight into the cultural history of the city. The Beer Museum is one of the more popular places to visit in Bruges. Learn about the history of beer and the brewing process before tasting different types of Belgian beer yourself.
No trip to Bruges is complete without indulging in some serious chocolate tasting. Head to Katelijnestraat in the city centre for the best line-up of chocolatiers. Make sure you're purchasing genuine handmade Belgian chocolates that are not made anywhere else. And don't forget to save a box to take home.
Couples: Bruges' quaint cobbled lanes and picturesque canals provide the perfect backdrop for a romantic stroll.
History Hunters: Immerse yourself in Bruges' rich past with a visit to the historic centre and the Markt.
Scenery Lovers: From medieval buildings and dreamy canals, to cobblestone streets bustling with horse-drawn carriages, Bruges is bursting with poetic scenery.
Language: The languages spoken in Bruges are Flemish and English.
Currency: The currency used in Bruges is Euro (€).
Local time: Bruges is 1 hour ahead of GMT/UK time.
Fly to: Brussels Airport (BRU), is approximately 66 miles from central Bruges. Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST) is approximately 16 miles from the city centre of Bruges.
Flight time from UK: Approx 1 hour.
Tourist information: Further Bruges tourist information can be found at www.brugge.be.
Visa and health: Before your holiday to Bruges visit www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/belgium for recommendations and advice on visas and health.
There's always a chance of rain in Bruges, but that doesn't mean you can't enjoy everything the city has to offer. Visit in the spring for the least chance of rain, or come in the summer, when temperatures climb to the low-20s (°C). Rainfall picks up during the autumn, but highs of 18 make up for the occasional showers. While winter's cool, crisp climate offers the perfect conditions for cosying up in the cafes.
By foot: There isn't a better way to experience all the sights of Bruges than walking around the city. Use the Belfry Tower to help with navigation.
Hire a bike: Cycling is very safe in Bruges. Hire a bike to explore the outskirts of the city.
By bus: Buses to most of the central locations can be found outside the train station.
By Taxi: Taxi stands are located on the Markt and in front of the train station.
Rock 'n' Roll: Get your tickets early for Cactus Festival, a monumental rock festival in July which attracts big names to the city.
Ice Show: Don't miss the cool ice sculptures on display in front of the main railway station, in the lead up to Christmas.
Christmas Market: Pick up some unique Christmas gifts at the bustling Christmas market in December.


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In Kobe Bryant's farewell season, the LA Lakers are struggling through what might be their worst season in their proud history. Still, since they are the Lakers, they always seem to be in the news: Recently, it was revealed that Lakers rookie and No. 2 overall pick D'Angelo Russell secretly recorded a conversation with his teammate, Nick Young. In that conversation, Young seems to admit to cheating on his fiance, Australian rapper Iggy Azalea, with a much younger woman, and that video somehow found its way on the internet. This circus show has drawn a lot of attention, even from people who do not normally follow sports, and for the most part, the criticism against Russell is pretty harsh. His own teammates have reportedly isolated him so that he has to eat alone (seriously, it sounds like grade school). Former athletes have ripped him for breaking unspoken locker room rules, people in sports media have blasted him for being an immature idiot, guys have shredded him for breaking the "bro code," and people in general have criticized him for recording a conversation that was clearly meant to be private.
Overall, I don't have much of a problem with this criticism: Though it may be the case that Russell didn't intend for the video to go public, he still shouldn't have been recording his friend without Young's knowledge. This is of course doesn't mean that private conversations can never be revealed to others; if someone confesses to a murder to you, for example, you are justified in notifying the police. Still, regarding private matters that are not criminal, we tend to think that it is normally shady to expose that to the general public, and if it needs to be done, it should be done with wisdom and caution.
So no big problem there. My problem is this: Many of the people blasting Russell for this are the same people who were okay with Donald Sterling's tapes being revealed and Brandon Eich's personal donations being made public. This is both inconsistent and hypocritical, but I expect no less from ragers on the internet and blockheads in the media.
A while ago, I wrote about how it seems that Calvinists cannot consistently claim that God is all-loving in their system, which at least some Calvinists agree with. I posted an online comment from a Calvinist to illustrate this, and also noted in passing that he utilized the author analogy to remove moral responsibility from God: Just like authors aren't held accountable for writing characters that get raped and murdered, it makes no sense to pin evil on God, who is the author of creation. I have seen this analogy several times, including recently where the poster stated that blaming God for horrific evils that he causes is like blaming Shakespeare for Claudius' betrayal in Hamlet. Since nobody thinks Shakespeare is guilty for Claudius' sin even though Shakespeare wrote Claudius in that manner, it is equally silly to think that God is implicated in sin and evil even though he is the cause of it all.
It is important to review why this argument is even necessary: An all-determining and all-causing view of God's sovereignty is foundational for classical Reformed theology, which leads to the idea that God causes evil. Many Reformed theologians shrink from this and try to say that God only allows evil but doesn't directly cause it, but as I have argued before, this option is not legitimately available to them and certainly wasn't an option that Calvin himself thought highly of in his Institutes. Those who are a bit more consistent bite the bullet and say that God indeed unilaterally causes sin and evil, so then this author analogy becomes relevant to them: Because God is the Author of everything, he can do whatever he pleases with his "novel" and that does not impugn his goodness. The "God as Author" analogy is very common among Christians who merely want to affirm that God is the Creator, but here, it is used very specifically as a way to show that God can be the cause of evil but remain blameless.
This seems straightforward, but a little digging shows that this analogy is very inadequate. All analogies break down at some point, as many people often simplistically intone, but that doesn't mean analogies cannot be evaluated for their usefulness and accuracy, and in my estimation, this one falls way short.


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Home Data Dining Services reports increase in non-food waste due to takeout-only dining options
Dining Services reports increase in non-food waste due to takeout-only dining options
Nick Reeder and Leif McCoy
Upon their phased return to campus, students at the College of William and Mary were greeted by a change in policy for the new semester: takeout–only dining. Statewide COVID-19 restrictions led the College to suspend indoor seating in dining halls until Feb. 10, coinciding with the start of in-person classes.
The Flat Hat examined the environmental impacts of takeout-only meal options, and how the College struck a balance between keeping the community safe and minimizing adverse effects of increased waste. According to data from the College's Dining Services and W&M Sustainability, there was more waste produced from plastic cutlery, to-go boxes and other essentials for takeout food during the opening weeks of the spring semester than in the first two weeks of the fall semester.
Comparing the first two weeks of the fall and spring semesters, there has been a 40% total increase in takeout meals served across the College's dining halls. In the first two weeks of the fall semester, 55% of meals across the College's dining facilities were takeout, compared with the 100% mandated by the College during the phased move–in for the spring semester. At Marketplace, the percentage of takeout increased by 19.6% of meals from last semester; however, meals at Marketplace are always packaged for takeout. One possible reason for this growth is that two different sets of students moved in during the fall and spring semesters. Resident District Manager of Dining Services Jason Aupied said that because different groups and social classes of students were allowed back on campus within those time frames, it is difficult to make a direct comparison.
"You won't quite have an apples-to-apples comparison, because in the fall, the university brought back half of the on-campus students for the first two weeks; then the other half of the students returned," Aupied said. "In the spring, we saw new students, student athletes and freshmen return to campus, with seniors returning a week later than the rest of the on–campus student body returning this weekend."
The College has taken some steps to mitigate this increase in waste by purchasing
compostable flatware , to–go containers and straws, as well as increasing the number of receptacles for these items. Dining fellow Samuel Laveson '20 said there has also been an increase in compost bin usage. In the first two weeks of this semester, there have been almost 3,000 more pounds of waste in the College's compost bins than in the first two weeks of the fall semester. Laveson also said that he's seen an increase in composting at Commons Dining Hall, Marketplace and outside of Green and Gold Village.
Director of Sustainability, Calandra Waters Lake, has also noted the increase in waste and composting.
"In response to the increased takeout, the outdoor bins for compost collection have gone from two bins to eight and counting," Waters Lake said. "This waste is transported to a facility in Waverly, Virginia, where it is composted at an industrial scale. Some of that compost is used on campus and at KelRae Farm, whom W&M partners with on growing food for the dining halls, along with educational and team building activities."
"In response to the increased takeout, the outdoor bins for compost collection have gone from two bins to eight and counting," Waters Lake said. "This waste is transported to a facility in Waverly, Virginia, where it is composted at an industrial scale. Some of that compost is used on campus and at KelRae Farm, whom W&M partners with on growing food for the dining halls, along with educational and team-building activities."
With the takeout-only policy, dining hall employees were no longer required to clean the tables after each use. Some employees, like Commons Dining Hall employee Stanley Charity, felt that the takeout-only policy was beneficial.
"For everyone's purposes, I feel it was a good thing," Charity said.
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Restaurants happy to take smoking off the menu
Two-thirds of South Africa restaurants are open to banning smokers from their establishments
Dave Chambers
Cape Town bureau chief
After a blazing row when they were forced to build smoking sections, restaurants are ready to go 100% smoke-free with scarcely a whimper.
Almost two-thirds of restaurants support Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi's plan to ban smoking under their roofs, according to research by the Economics of Tobacco Control Project at the University of Cape Town.
But Corné van Walbeek and Megan Little, who led the research, warn in the South African Medical Journal that "support could waver in the face of a tobacco industry-led information campaign".They urge Motsoaledi, who announced the planned smoking ban in 2016, to implement it without delay to "improve the health of hospitality-sector staff and that of the general public, both by reducing exposure to secondhand smoke and by ... further 'denormalising' smoking."
Curbs introduced in 2001, after what Van Walbeek and Little describe as "vehement" opposition from the hospitality and tobacco industries, forced restaurants to set aside up to 25% of their floor area for smokers.
The new research, conducted among 741 restaurants, found there was minimal impact on revenues and patronage, and over the past decade many restaurants had removed or shrunk smoking areas. Almost half of the restaurants in the survey were already smoke-free and only 11% had indoor smoking areas.Nine in 10 restaurant owners or managers said they supported current legislation and 63% backed the idea of a smoking ban."Given the international legislative trend towards smoke-free restaurants, many restaurateurs have been pre-empting such legislation in South Africa," say Van Walbeek and Little.
"These restaurants report no significant reduction in either patronage or profits. These findings are in line with other studies in countries that have instituted 100% smoking bans."
The researchers, whose work was funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, said support for the proposed ban would probably increase as it was more widely publicised.
Support for the current legislation proved that "mindsets can change and that most people want to dine out in establishments that are not filled with harmful tobacco smoke", they said.
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#MESTAfricaSummit explores the connection between tech and creativity
CAPE TOWN – The final panel discussion for Day 1 of the third annual MEST Africa Summit focused on Creativity in Tech and the link between two concepts such worlds apart.
"Being independent it's not like you can employ a whole bunch of people," Delazy commented in the panel, "Technology for me has improved the transition from being part of a traditional record label to starting my own independent label Delazy Entertainment. Tech has also helped me keep in touch with my fans and get new partners as well as distributors. Tech has made the world, for me, really small and I was able to connect with lots of different artists across the world."
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NJDOT works toward zero fatalities goal
In 1948, there was no New Jersey Turnpike, no Garden State Parkway and no Atlantic City Expressway. About 40 percent of American families didn't even own a car. The post-War growth of American suburbia was in its infancy. Most people lived near their workplaces and didn't have to use a car to travel great distances back and forth. Automobile use was far less prevalent it is today.
I recently considered 1948 as I prepared for a symposium in Long Branch called "Safe Passage: Moving Toward Zero Fatalities."
The event brought together a wide range of people with an interest in one of the three "E's" of traffic safety - enforcement, education and engineering.
The title of the event clearly spells out the group's goal - zero fatalities. We'll have no reason to celebrate until there are no traffic fatalities.
However, the event provided an opportunity for us to acknowledge that we have cooperatively made great strides toward that goal in recent years.
Five-hundred and ninety-four people were killed on our roads in 2008.
That was a decrease of 130 since 2007.
That's 130 fewer times a police officer had to knock on a door last year and break somebody's heart with the news that their son or daughter, husband or wife, mother or father was killed in a crash.
Each of those deaths would have rippled through a circle of family, friends, neighbors, colleagues and acquaintances. One hundred and thirty fewer deaths means thousands of our fellow citizens last year were spared the suffering that accompanies loss.
That's an accomplishment of which everyone who is involved in traffic safety in New Jersey should be proud.
That accomplishment gave me reason to think about 1948.
A few cynics have dismissed the drop in fatalities last year as a by-product of a drop in the total number of miles motorists traveled in New Jersey.
While it's true that people didn't drive as much, the decline in Vehicle Miles Traveled does not explain the decrease in fatalities. We use Vehicle Miles Traveled, or VMTs, to show all the miles traveled by all the vehicles on our roads in a given year. Our VMTs last year were just over 73 billion. That was down 4 percent from just over 76 billion in 2007.
However, back in 2004, our VMTs were approximately the same as they were in 2008. If the decline in travel alone accounted for the decrease in fatalities, you would expect the death total to be about the same that year, too.
Conversely, the total number of fatalities in 2004 was 723, which indicates that the last time we traveled the same distances we did in 2008, we had 123 more traffic deaths.
In fact, if you search the historical record to find the last year we had fewer than 594 fatalities, you have to go all the way back to 1948.
At that time, automobile travel was much less prevalent than it is today. Fewer people were driving, and they weren't driving as far. Our VMTs that year were 4.5 billion, less than one-sixteenth of what they were in 2008, yet the same number of people died in crashes.
We really have come a long way.
The progress we've made in recent years is a testament to the leadership of Governor Corzine and the hard work of a lot of people across a wide range of entities in the government, law enforcement, non-profit, academic and corporate realms.
We're proud of the role we've played at NJDOT.
We pledged a few years ago to put up median barriers on 100 miles of New Jersey highways where the medians are less than 60 feet wide. We will have lived up to that promise by the end of this fiscal year. That decision, which exceeds the national standard for median barrier installation, has paid dividends. We've seen dramatic decreases in cross-over crashes on the roads where we installed median barriers.
We will spend $108.9 million this year to improve safety in areas that have been identified by our Safety Management System.
Those measures include installing raised pavement markers in areas where there are a high number of nighttime and wet-weather crashes, and making pavement improvements on roads where skidding has contributed to a significant history of crashes.
A few years ago, Governor Corzine launched a five-year initiative to make New Jersey safer for pedestrians. Since then, we've invested millions of dollars on 39 different pedestrian safety projects, adding more than 30,000 linear feet of sidewalk safety upgrades to dangerous intersections and highway corridors in areas with the highest pedestrian crashes and fatalities.
We've invested in 20 projects around the state designed to provide safe access for pedestrians and cyclists to rail, bus and light rail facilities.
We've also used federal money to fund 58 "Safe Routes to School" projects around the state. Those grants pay for engineering, education, enforcement and encouragement programs.
We'll also invest in new technologies that have helped in other states to improve motorists' compliance with their legal obligation to yield to pedestrians.
The reduction we've seen in fatalities in recent years marks a significant accomplishment. I can assure you, however, that nobody who attended the "Safe Passage" consortium believes it's good enough.
Everyone there is committed to building momentum on our recent success and working toward a time when we can report that no motorist, passenger, pedestrian or cyclist was killed on our roads.
Everyone there would agree that even a single death on a New Jersey road will always be one death too many.


Caterham's evergreen Seven sports car may already be passed its fiftieth year in existence but time has done nothing to diminish its appeal. Caterham is continuing to expand the range and has taken an unusual step in introducing an even cheaper model at the entry point of the range - the Seven 160.
The longevity of the Seven is down to the simplicity of the original recipe which has barely changed in half a century. The car itself is made up of a simple spaceframe chassis with lightweight metal and plastic bodywork. Designed solely for two people, there are very few of the creature comforts that most modern cars now have and it is all the better for it.
Of course the aim of this lightweight approach is to deliver fast responses and dynamism, and the Seven has this approach at its heart. With so little mass the Seven can do away with power steering and achieve impressive acceleration with relatively modest powerplants - while the version with more power offer spectacular results.
The Seven 160 is a new entry-level model in the Caterham range and brings with it a lower price tag than the previous range opener. As with many Sevens it can be factory built or delivered to the buyer in kit form at an even lower price. As a result it does without many of the features that appear on the more expensive models, but it still has all the essentials required for an engaging drive.
The biggest change in the Seven 160 is the adoption of a turbocharged three-cylinder engine produced by Suzuki. Normally used to power Japanese-specification superminis, the unit provides modest power but good torque and its lightweight, efficient design also means it is surprisingly fuel efficient. The 160 also adopts a more simple live rear axle without a limited slip differential due to the relatively low power output.
The Seven 160 is a relatively low-cost and easy way into the Caterham experience. Anyone coming to it from a conventional car will find its directness and responses a revelation, although drivers more used to Sevens may find the modest power and lack of a limited slip differential an oversight. However it remains a fantastic testament to simplicity and driving fun, more so because of its low cost.
For a car with this level of performance and handling it will be relatively cheap to run, certainly more so than a comparable hot hatch. Even insurance costs should reflect that it will likely be used over limited miles in a given year.
Space is very limited in all varieties of Seven. Legroom is fine for anyone 6ft or under, but elbow room is entirely dependent on the size of your passenger. Headroom is dependent on whether the roof is up or not, and this also determines how much space is available in the small boot.
The dashboard contains only the essential gauges and equipment. The push button indicators do not self cancel and are thankfully accompanied by a loud beep. The rest of the function such as wipers and lights are controlled using centrally mounted buttons.
The Seven in any form is not designed for comfort. The 160 does without a heater as standard as it not available in the slightly more comfortable wide-body SV version. The ride is firm and bigger bumps taken a speed can be wince-inducing, but the seats are surprisingly comfortable considering their stripped back nature.
There's very little to prevent a thief from gaining access to the Seven as the roof, if fitted, is only attached with press studs. However an engine immobiliser means it is not just a case of jumping in and driving off. A tracking system would be a sensible addition for anyone planning to leave their car on the street.
The Seven is very light on safety equipment, doing without any kind of electronic aids whatsoever. It does however offer a good level of active safety thanks to its nimble, lightweight nature, good levels of grip and excellent visibility.
A low power sports car may seem like a flawed concept but the Seven 160 is a delight to drive. The keen three-cylinder engine punches above its weight and every demand for acceleration is met with enthusiasm, particularly at lower speeds. With more simple suspension and taller, less grippy tyres the 160 is less frenetic and easier to play with near the limit of grip, making for a very gentle introduction to such a style of driving.
The Seven is unsuitable for family use too, as it is a strict two-seater and only a simple booster seat can fit in the slim cabin.
The Seven 160 is not suitable for a new driver, as its very direct nature and physical controls require a measured and experienced touch.
The Seven 160 is not for anyone seeking luxury, and some of the interior controls may seem laughably outdated. But in a car like this it is the mechanical elements that are of greater importance, and these are all well-honed and well proven quality components. In image terms the Caterham is untouchable, as it still represents the ultimate in driver-focussed experience.
With no roof and token doors, initial access to the Seven 160 is easy, but the very low seating position and narrow footwells require passengers to slide down into the seats, making awkward even for smaller drivers. With the roof in place it is exceptionally difficult - the 160 does without the removable steering wheel that makes life a little easier.
The Seven has no audio system nor the option of one, although provision can be made for a portable sat nav.
It might be a stripped-back experience but the Seven can be had in a range of colours which tend to lean towards the brighter end of the spectrum that understandably suit it best. Caterham can also accommodate custom colours. On the inside the trim is almost universally black.
Without a roof and the ability to see all the car's hard points the Seven 160 can be exceptionally easy to park. However the steering is very heavy at low speeds and the lock is poor.
Tyre inflation can is fitted as standard, spare wheel available as an option.
Petrol engine options - 0.66-litre (80bhp); 1.6-litre petrol (125bhp, 140bhp, 150bhp); 2.0-litre petrol (175bhp, 200bhp, 256bhp, 310bhp). Transmission options: five-speed manual gearbox, six-speed manual gearbox, six-speed sequential gearbox. Trim levels: 160, Roadsport, Supersport, Superlight, R300, R400, 620R, CSR.


I don't typically share a lot on world events in the space, as there is so much darkness In the world that simply, (and personally) I prefer to keep it from my blog, social media, and Facebook page. But by the same token, I find it critical that we stay aware, study it, discuss it in our daily lives and pray. Pray fiercely.
My heart has been so compelled to write on this for months. And although I always have a very heavy heart in regards to what is happening around the world, I felt a tugging on my heart in particular last night. An aching in my soul for what is happening in the world around us. A reminder once again that this world is not my home.
Last week in church we listened to a missionary living in the Middle East that has seen first-hand religious persecution. He shared a video of himself and fellow worshipers, praising God jubilantly, as they could hear bombs going off in other local churches.
And my bones ached for these believers. Yet, I was also awe-inspired by their stead-fast faith. Would I in this "#blessed" (because I found a good parking spot) culture be able to live so, so boldly for my Savior?
Then again, yesterday our good friend and Pastor spoke on Acts 7 and the persecution of Stephen -- where his life was taken for his passion for Christ. Jake spoke so much Truth into our current culture of believers both here and abroad. He spoke on how those being persecuted overseas right now have such a remarkable faith that in the comfort our daily lives, is hard to even fathom. These believers are on fire for Him, in the face of danger. They are not only praying, "Lord, protect me," but they are also saying, "Lord, we pray for our persecutors. We pray that we stay bold for you!"
He dually noted the amount of people that "claim" to go to church on Sundays in America is the same number of those around the world that are in threat of persecution...daily. I mean, marinating in that Truth brought chills up and down my spine.
In that same thread, my father recently published his book last week on the Armenian Genocide of 1915 that commemorated it's 100th anniversary last week. Over shadowed by WW2, not many have heard of this horrific tragedy and the millions who lost their lives. The irony here is that these people were being persecuted 100 years ago for their faith, in virtually the same place it is happening in today. This horrific depravity is nothing new. It has been happening since the beginning, and God calls us to "deny ourselves and take up the cross," but do we really understand this and embrace it like these believers do?
And then last week, my own experience brought everything full circle. To spare you the details, my husband was out of town, my daughter and I were out walking downtown and I noticed (as others did as well) that it was quite possible we were being followed. I was on edge & I called a dear friend. Ultimately, we received a ride home, just to be sure. But it certainly hit home. How excruciating it would be to feel fear, (a life-threatening fear...1,000 fold stronger than this)...and everyday?
As inspired as his writing may be, this is not a promotion for my father's book or for my church. Nor be it a diatribe on my personal views against the darkness. It is purely a plea to you, my loved ones, to please be praying. And keep me accountable to pray as well.
Not only to praise Him that we live in Freedom, but for the innocent souls suffering, both abroad and in our backyards. Prayer...as simple as it may seem, is powerful and all too much over promised and under delivered. We say we will, but life gets "busy." But we are called. It is our duty.
Please pray. For the souls in Nepal that are suffering both emotionally and physically right now...perhaps even wondering where their next meal will come from.
Pray for the Christians persecuted who wonder if today will be their last.
And yet they Praise Him.
My voice, albeit, as small as it may be is not one I want to tremble in fear. I have been awarded the honor to adorn the armor of God and I had better use it.
I pray this voice of mine is one that is strong. One that speaks truth, love and hope. That the prayers that pour from my lips are grace-filled and plentiful. And that I don't let a day go by not fully living for Him.


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Balconagr (Chhattisgarh): BALCO (Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd) established the first centralized kitchen of Chhattisgarh situated at Korba has been started the supply of Mid Day Meal to the students of targeted schools of the district from 15 July 2013. District administration handed over the responsibility of supplying Mid Day Meal (MDM) to the NGO REWARDS for the academic session 2013-14. The cooked hygienic food has been distributed through mini-vans to schools in the presence of senior journalists.
30,000 children of Korba shall get high-quality food – Dr. Ashraf Jamal, Project Director, REWARDS informed that approximately 11,000 children in 106 schools were received MDM today. According to the list of district administration, nearly 30,000 children in 272 schools will be getting lunch as per their presence. REWARDS workers collected extensive knowledge on food habits and tastes of students so that they can get a tasty meal, said Dr. Jamal. Food preparation and supply is being done as per Government norms. He also told that MDM menu has been sent to district administration for approval.
The health of children is paramount – Anil Agrawal, Chairman, Vedanta Group has always been encouraged such CSR initiatives that are helpful in promoting child health and education, said Mr. BK Sriwastwa, Head, Community Relations. "MAMTA", "UNNAYAN" and "CENTRALISED KITCHEN" projects have been ensured the health and education facilities in the operational areas of BALCO. Replicating the same, one more kitchen is going to come up at Ambikapur, Surguja, said Mr. Sriwastwa. Approximately 40,000 children will cater through MDM kitchen.
BALCO has been invested about Rs 1.50 crore for one time to establish the high-tech kitchen. This project is being operated under public – private partnership model since 2009 in the supervision of district administration. District Administration determines the grain supply to the implementing agency. Now cooking process has totally stopped in the schools. Children don't expose to smoke arise during cooking process. Highly nutritious meal has been ensured to the children. The project is increasing the level of education among the targeted schools.


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Newsletter · May 29, 2020
Meet the team behind Sacred Ordinary Days: 3 days 'til Academic Planners Launch
Brooke, here. As we get ready to launch the new Sacred Ordinary Days 2020-21 Academic Planners (landing in the shop Monday morning!), Jenn asked me to add our names and faces so you can get to know our team. Each person is a treasure, so I'm delighted to make introductions!
CHELSEA PENNINGTON
Graphic Designer. Artist in Residence. Creator of Beauty.
Chelsea brings simplicity and beauty to everything we create. A talented visual artist, Chelsea's training merges classical fine art with contemporary graphic design. The Baylor University grad was a graphic designer in Baylor's Marketing & Communications department and ran a wedding design and stationery business on the side before coming to work with us. Chelsea is adept at using graphic design to make visual sense of complex concepts. She loves exploring Waco with her husband and daughter, stories—both visual and written, watching movies, and working her way through an always growing stack of books.
RACHEL YEO BURTT
Business Manager. Keeper of Details. Wildly Overqualified.
Rachel manages the Sacred Ordinary Days inbox, inventory in the shop, and so many other daily details. Rachel holds an MA in Theological Studies from Regent College in Vancouver, Canada and says spiritual formation has been revolutionary in her journey and rooted her through many transitions. Rachel grew up in Singapore (of Crazy Rich Asians fame), which has spoiled her palette with all kinds of delicious food. When not hunting down hole-in-the-walls, Rachel can be found biking, camping, and looking for different ways to be outdoors with her husband and 2 exuberant girls.
ALI CHAPPELL DEHAY
Social Media Manager. Engagement Specialist. Minister.
Ali responds to your comments and DMs on Facebook and Instagram and posts meaningful (and fun) content throughout the week. She's creative, thoughtful, and seriously funny. Ali holds an MDiv, serves as a youth minister, and is on the Board of Texas Baptist Women in Ministry. She's also an excellent preacher, which Jenn attests to firsthand. Ali was raised in North Carolina and though she misses the East Coast, she and her husband have made a happy home together in Waco. She loves true crime podcasts, Italian food, sharing joy, and walks with her Australian Shepherd.
GRANT KEMPER
Numbers Guy. Project Engineer. Tinkerer.
Grant is our resident aerospace engineer. He's keeps track of all the money, makes projections, and manages distribution. As the primary left brain of the Sacred Ordinary Days team, he's the only one of us that speaks spreadsheet fluently. An introvert at heart, Grant's consistency and steadiness have kept Sacred Ordinary Days and the Kemper family grounded through the stormy winds of growing a business and a family at the same time. Grant loves the family pup, Cora, (his constant companion) and geeks out about everything from strategic games to all things space.
BROOKE CHERRY REICH
Storyteller. Strategist. Bookworm.
I'm a storyteller, strategist, and asker of all the questions. I'm comfortable leading, but mostly from behind the scenes, which is why I love being Jenn's right-hand-woman. My specialty is uncovering and telling the stories of God at work in our everyday lives. As a native Texan and Baylor grad, I will always consider Waco, TX my home. When I'm not telling stories, I'm consuming them through movies, tv, or stacks (and stacks!) of books. I also spend a lot of time following my bird-watching husband and daughter through the woods of northeastern North Carolina, where we've lived since 2011.
Entrepreneur. Contemplative. Lover of Liturgy + Practice.
I saved our fearless founder for last. Jenn has been my dear friend for over a decade now and words can't begin to do her justice. Luckily her heart and her work speak for themselves.
Jenn is the founder and the heart behind Sacred Ordinary Days, which exists to help people grow in Christ-likeness—and help the church come together—through holistic Christian spiritual formation. Jenn's background in ministry and spiritual direction, her love of connecting people, and her desire for beautiful, useful, theologically robust resources for spiritual formation drive everything she does. Jenn is a gifted leader, teacher, and speaker, and her vision inspires us and propels us forward. She relishes a challenge, values learning, and loves being at a growth edge—and challenging us to join her there. Jenn is a lover of color, hospitality, sunshine, shared meals, and shared life. She's also a wonderful mother to her 3 sons.
Jenn had been operated Sacred Ordinary Days almost single-handedly for several years, while dreaming of a team that would join her in the work. Suddenly, her vision came to life. We are all stunned at God's goodness in bringing us together and grateful to join in Jenn's vision of helping people grow in Christ-likeness—and helping the church come together—through holistic Christian spiritual formation. It's an honor to serve you and we each view it as a ministry and a calling.
We can't wait to get our new planners in your hands next week! They're just what we've needed lately—spacious, inviting, transformational tools that help us grow into our truest, fullest selves. We know you're going to love them, too.
Alongside you,
Brooke + the Sacred Ordinary Days Team


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Fun and Rants
Global Haywire
Production Co: Bruce Petty Films
Studio: Film Finance Corporation Australian
Director: Bruce Petty
Writer: Bruce Petty
You might think you've seen everything about the imposition of economic policies on the economically enslaved Third World, but you've never seen it like this.
Australian political cartoonist Bruce Petty's film Global Haywire tells the story in a unique way. Partly it's a collection of talking heads like Noam Chomsky, George Monbiot and Gore Vidal. And it's all interspersed with a metaphor for the development of east, west and the economic gulf between them.
A huge flying ship is taking the world's people to the air. But when the poorer races on the lower levels are repressed and restricted unrest ensues, power shifts and we're left with the story of human economic development as metaphor, given weight by some of the pre-eminent thinkers alive right now.
The animation style is that of a hastily drawn political cartoon itself, and to writer/director Petty, it's a new way to tell a familiar story for a new audience.
For example, Petty depicts the instruments of financial control like the IMF and WTO as brutal, crushing weights pressing down on the people of Asia and the third world. Many people might dismiss it as the ranting of a single devoted leftie, but some smart people are there to back up Petty's thesis.
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12/1/21 – Beau (House of Cards) Willimon is developing a series based on the board game Risk. We've been hearing about a Monopoly movie for years. Might this weird trend yet kick off? More
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Q: Calling a jQuery Function Even in PostBacks in Asp.Net Consider that I have an ASP.NET page with a Button.
When I click the button, I want to execute a jquery script after the postback completes (not before).
I want to do this only with ASP.NET and jQuery.
RegisterStartupScript just works one time.
How I can do that?

A: <script type="text/javascript">

var prm = Sys.WebForms.PageRequestManager.getInstance();
prm.add_pageLoaded(panelLoaded);

function panelLoaded(sender, args){

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}

</script>

You would be accessing the PageRequestManager object which allows you to execute code after a page or ajax update panel finishes loading. Refer to ASP.NET UpdatePanel Javascript Callback
You could also try using the LiveQuery Plugin for jQuery, which monitors for ajax events and rebinds elements.


ORA ET LABORA: There is something fishy.
Meaning - If there is something fishy about someone or something, there is something suspicious; a feeling that there is something wrong, though it isn't clear what it is.
That's what my poor fish think of me. Last year I abandoned the maintenance of my fishtank and some living creatures died. Among them, I'm really sorry that my peppermint shrimp died, 'cause I had to wait about two months to get them. But well... I'm starting again.
It's hard to take a good picture of most of them. I did what I could. The blood red fire shrimp is almost imposible to take a good picture unless I'm feeding them. He won't come out if there's no food. Also I didn't take pictures of my snail nor hermit crabs because I forgot. Anyways they are not that much interesting. They're the tank-cleaning service team.
Banded coral shrimp. One of my first shrimps in my fishtank. Many people think he's a crab because of his long and big claws, but he's a shrimp. Some times I buy shripm (the ones we eat) and give him, and he will take it from me.
Pajama Cardinalfish. I got these ones very recently. They don't swim very much. Just stay where they are. But when they get scared, they swim and hide very fast.
Clarkii clownfish. I have a pair. One of my first ones too. They got very big. But I'm thinking of changing them. I might return them to the store and get a couple of ocellaris or pecula clownfish.
Bullseye mushrooms (background). Also one of my first adquisitions. Very hardy. They don't like places with strong curents. I had the just below the skimmer's waterfall and they didn't want to open. I changed them to the bottom and they started openning very big.
Tube anemone. Experts say that this isn't an anemone because blablabla characteristics. Anyways, it's known as tube anemone. I also give him some shrip or fish and he'll eat it. The greenish part at the center is his mouth, and the purple things are tentacles wich he use to grap some food and take it to his mouth. Very interesting character.
Singapore angelfish (yellow, black and white). One of my newest adquisitions. Very shy. It's hard to see him. He's always hiding, but eventually he comes out to nip some algae or look for food. But to see him, you have to remain at a certain distance from the fishtank and wait without doing any fast moves, or he'll get scared.
Blue stsarfish (blue, hahahaha...). I thought he was going to die. Since I didn't do maintanience for a long time, many fish and invertebrates died. My starfish lost one leg too, but now he looks like he's fighting to survive. He won't go around the fishtank as he used to do, but he keeps moving around the same rock. I hope he makes it to live.
Feather duster fanworm. He's the little thing int he background that just looks like a feather duster. When he gets scared, he pulls his feather in to his tube.
Leather coral. The white one on the top. My newest adquisition. Just got it on saturday. I'm still trying to make corals live in my fishtank. It's very hard to mantain a coral, but I want to try.
Green chromis. The blueish fish in the picture. Sometimes they look blue, sometimes they look green. Most of the times they school to swim, but sometimes they swim by themselves.
Six lines wrasse. He's a very fast swimmer. I had to take a lot pictures to get one good one. Or, well, almost good. I like his colors.
Purple dartfish. Dartfish because when scared, they swim so fast that look like a dart flying. I use to have few more. Well, one purple one more (two in total), two fier dartfish and three scissortail dartfish. All passed away, but thisone. I'm waiting for the store to have some more of these to add them to my fishtank. A very cute fish. He comes out only onces a day, around noon, and then just to eat at afternoon.
My pets. Gauss and my fishtank. Somepeople don't think of fishtanks as pets. I use to think that way too. But I'm starting to change my mind. Maybe a fishtank is not as fun as a dog, wich you can play with, but I can spend hours just watching my fishtank.
I don't recomend having a marine fishtank, unless you're gonna commit with it. Too much work. But at the same time, I don't like freshwatter fishtanks. They're just too boring. In a marine fishtank there're a lot of shapes and colors. Also they are amazing. But it's hard to keep. If you're not going to commit with it, just get a dog. It's way much easier (and noisy, fun, expensive, fun, dirty, and fun).


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Facebook vs. LinkedIn: Which Should Your Business Use?
Written by Lily Tillman
It's great to have options. No company is the same, no brand is the same, and no two people are the same, so having choices in the marketing world is key. When it comes to social media marketing, however, options can seem overwhelming.
Nobody wants to invest money and time into a social platform that won't bring in a stable, reliable ROI. So, which channel is best for your company? Will you or your client benefit from a presence and following on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, or Instagram? Should you invest in all four?
facebook vs. linkedin
Let's narrow in on Facebook and LinkedIn. These two platforms may seem entirely different, and, in many ways, they are. Facebook is for sharing viral cat videos and posting 20 photos of your son on his first day of Kindergarten. LinkedIn, however, is solely for connecting with peers on a professional level, networking, sharing industry-related news, and building your public, online resume.
Yes, the two platforms were created for different purposes. However, when it comes to group features and advertisement options, both look relatively similar at first glance.
So…which one should you go with?
for lead generation, go with linkedin
LinkedIn has over 630 million daily users. Demand Wave's State of B2B Digital Marketing report reveals that when asked which social media channels generate the most leads, 24% of companies answered Facebook, 33% went with "Not Sure," and 59% chose LinkedIn as the best platform for lead generation.
when it comes to numbers, facebook wins
Facebook has 2.41 billion active users–around 3.8 times more than LinkedIn. This comparison alone makes Facebook appear to be the ideal choice. However, once the duration of time users spend on each site is factored in, everything becomes abundantly clear: people spend around 35 minutes a day scrolling through Facebook, while LinkedIn users visit LinkedIn, on average, 17 minutes a month. It's obvious: Facebook gets more eyes for much more time.
facebook vs. linkedin: audience matters
Facebook gets more eyes. Does Facebook win? This brings us back to the function of the platforms. When users are spending that 17 minutes on LinkedIn, they're not looking for cat videos. They're looking for opportunities, leads, professional advice, and networking opportunities. Those 17 minutes a month on LinkedIn may be more valuable than the 35 minutes a day you'll get from a user on Facebook–but they may not. It all depends on your audience.
Ask yourself: Who is my current audience? Who do I want my audience to be? Two key business features on Facebook and LinkedIn may answer these questions for you.
facebook vs. linkedin groups
The Groups feature on Facebook and LinkedIn allows businesses to network and engage with prospective clients, other businesses, or just a general audience.
LinkedIn groups are–you guessed it–very professional. When users engage on LinkedIn, it is usually with employment, businesses, or sales in mind. On the other hand, those engaging in Facebook groups are most likely doing so for fun.
If you're targeting users interested in baking because you're selling innovative cake molds, Facebook may be a better bet for you. However, if you're selling healthcare practice management services, contributing to a few of LinkedIn's healthcare groups would be the way to go.
facebook vs. linkedin ads
Facebook has always been a leader in the realm of paid media options: canvas, carousel, video, dynamic, lead ads, etc. LinkedIn follows close behind, having just added new ad options such as video, carousel, lead ads, and Sponsored InMail content.
With both Facebook and LinkedIn, you can set target audiences for your ads based on job title, household income, company, location, and age on both platforms. On Facebook, however, you can specify more directly, targeting users based on their habits, life events, and more.
If your goal is to advertise to other businesses, LinkedIn is probably more accurately and recently updated when it comes to information on employers, job titles, locations, etc.
so…facebook or linkedin?
It's not a competition. Both are extremely important tools for supporting and growing your online business. Although it does depend on your industry, your audience, and your overall goals, both platforms are equally important to be active and present on. Try using Facebook to increase brand awareness and engage with your customers, while using LinkedIn for a targeted lead generation campaign.
As long as you take the time to get to know your current audience and your desired audience, it won't be hard to make advertisement and engagement decisions. In my opinion, it's a tie.
Start experimenting with both to see which works best for your company. You might be surprised.
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Blockchain Technology: A Step-by-Step Guide to the Revolutionary Platform.
Blockchain technology is perhaps the biggest phenomenon in the financial technology industry at present. Everyone has heard about blockchain technology and everyone knows about blockchain technology, but the main question is how many people precisely "understand" it? This guide will aim to give a concise overview of the concept of the ingenious invention called blockchain technology.
Blockchain is an immutable digital ledger of transactions which can neither be deleted nor modified retrospectively. The blockchain is commonly used in reference to cryptocurrencies and a lot of people know about the technology based on its connection with bitcoin and other digital currencies. This attribution is undoubtedly deserving considering the fact that bitcoin was the blockchain's foremost application and till date, cryptocurrencies remain the most popular implementation of the technology. As a matter of fact, being the technology that underpins the mechanism of virtual currencies, without the blockchain technology, digital assets would not exist in their current form.
Moreover, the idea of a decentralized public ledger was conceptualized by the same pseudonymous entity behind bitcoin – Satoshi Nakamoto in 2008, a year before the bitcoin whitepaper was officially released. While the blockchain garnered popularity from its capacity as an incorruptible digital ledger for cryptocurrency based transactions, the blockchain database can be configured to record everything of value and not just financial transactions.
How does blockchain technology work?
Think of a spreadsheet with a record of every bit of information related to financial transactions. Now assume once a piece of information has been entered on this spreadsheet, it cannot be tampered with – edited nor deleted. Every new bit of information is added to the chain of records without altering any previously recorded data. This spreadsheet is the blockchain. For a more technical step by step overview of how the blockchain works;
First of, every cryptocurrency holder is assigned two unique set of keys- the public key and the private key, these two keys form a digital signature unique to a particular user. The public key or address is publicly known by other users on the blockchain and it is how others identify a particular user. The private keys on the other hand must be kept secured and protected at all times as it is what authorizes a user to execute a transaction.
Now, when a user initiates a transaction, let's assume John sends 5 BTC to Jane, the details of this financial transaction will include Jane's public key. The transaction is signed off with John's unique digital signature – the public key which is displayed for everyone to see and a private key, hidden from the blockchain.
The transaction is broadcast on the blockchain and every computer connected to the system is notified of the transaction. These computers are called nodes and every node on the network will have to verify the transaction via distributed system which uses a peer-to-peer network of nodes to verify transactions
Once a transaction has been verified by the community, it is called a block and added in a chronological order to the ledger of previous transactions. This ledger is essentially a chain of blocks hence the name blockchain.
Every transaction recorded on the database generates a hash which is a unique string of alphanumeric characters. This hash is specific to transactions and should any details of a transaction be altered, the hash will change automatically. Additionally, each transaction also has a unique location and time stamp.
Once a block has been recorded on the database, it cannot be altered thus creating a transparent and secure digital ledge
Benefits of blockchain technology?
The blockchain has an open source transparent structure which enables other users to view and verify information before it is updated on the database. This way, no new block can be entered into the database unless it is authenticated by every node on the blockchain.
The blockchain operates a decentralized public ledger- in other words there is no single centralized entity responsible for verifying the data on the blockchain. Information is distributed across all users on the platform eliminating the need for a central data hub. The blockchain is a user controlled network devoid of meddling third parties and intermediaries.
Operating a decentralized and distributed system, the blockchain eliminates the financial risks associated with a central data hub. This enhances security as it is practically impossible for a hacker to track down and change the information on every single node on the network as opposed to just hacking the information on the central data centre.
Blockchain technology allows its users to anonymously execute transactions. The transaction details contained in a block only records the address – a public key which is essentially a random string of numbers and digits. Basically, the original identity of users in a transaction is unknown neither can a transaction be traced back to a particular user.
Lower transaction fees
The absence of intermediaries in the blockchain means users execute p2p transactions. The blockchain charges a transaction fee which is charged to the initiator of the transaction, this fee goes to the miner responsible for validating the transaction. Transaction fee on the blockchain is relatively lower compared to the charges in the traditional banking system.
From healthcare to real estate, government, education and even the legal sector, there is no limitation to the applications of blockchain technology. The disruptive technology has an extensive list of potential implementation which is bound to improve the quality of service in every sector it is introduced into. The full functionalities of this technology extend beyond cryptocurrencies and when fully adopted, experts believe that the technology will play a major role in the future of our digital world.


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## Compiling the manuscript

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Profile: Historic Restoration
Robinson Anderson Summers, Inc. enjoys national recognition for its work in public gardens and historic landscapes. The firm's body of work exhibits a special emphasis on combining the highest levels of creativity, horticultural expertise, and environmental stewardship with an awareness and understanding of the landscape traditions of the past.
Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects collaborated in the complete restoration of Nemours Mansion & Gardens, the historic home and estate of Alfred I. du Pont in Wilmington, Delaware. In 2008 the project was recognized for design excellence, receiving both the Silver Medal Award from the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, and the Honor Award from the Pennsylvania & Delaware Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects.
(Photography: The Nemours Foundation)
One recently finished project is the new Trial Garden for Mt. Cuba Center, a non-profit horticultural institution in Hockessin, Delaware, devoted to the study of Appalachian Piedmont Region flora. The firm has also completed the first phase of restoration at Greenwood Gardens, an early twentieth-century estate garden now open to the public in Short Hills, New Jersey.
Since 1992, Rodney Robinson Landscape Architects has provided design services for the Architect of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., beginning with the renovation of the United States Botanic Garden Conservatory. The firm recently served as technical representative for the restoration of the historic Bartholdi Fountain, constructed in castiron by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi in 1875, prior to creating the Statue of Liberty.
Other notable projects include the new conservatory and gardens for Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Richmond, Virginia; a master plan and new gardens for Iowa State University's Reiman Gardens; and renovations to historic Market Square in Lake Forest, Illinois, for which the firm received the Distinguished Building Special Recognition Award from the Chicago Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.


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Jochen Brandt (* 23. Juni 1968 in Hamburg-Harburg) ist ein deutscher Prähistoriker. Seit 2005 nimmt er als Kreisarchäologe die Aufgaben der Bodendenkmalpflege im Landkreis Harburg in Niedersachsen wahr.

Werdegang
Nach dem Abitur in Winsen (Luhe) und der Ableistung von Zivildienst studierte Brandt Vor- und Frühgeschichte an der Universität Kiel. Er schloss sein Studium im Jahr 2000 mit der Promotion mit einer Dissertation mit dem Thema Jastorf und Latène. Kultureller Austausch und seine Auswirkungen auf soziopolitische Entwicklungen in der vorrömischen Eisenzeit ab.

Nach der Promotion leitete Brandt eine Ausgrabungskampagne auf dem Sächsischen Gräberfeld bei Immenbeck. Im Anschluss war er als Grabungsleiter in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern tätig. Danach arbeitete er als Projektverantwortlicher im Referat für Sonderprojekte des Landesamtes für Bodendenkmalpflege Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, das den Bau von Straßen und Erdgasleitungen archäologisch betreute.

Seit dem 1. November 2005 ist Brandt Kreisarchäologe für den Landkreis Harburg mit Dienstsitz im Helms-Museum in Hamburg-Harburg, für das er auch als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter tätig ist. An der Universität Hamburg ist er Lehrbeauftragter für Vor- und Frühgeschichtliche Archäologie; er lehrt die Fächer Eisenzeit, Sozialarchäologie, Bodendenkmalpflege und Denkmalmanagement.

Schriften (Auswahl)
 Mittelgebirgsburgen der vorrömischen Eisenzeit als ethnischer und sozialer Indikator in: Offa 1999, S. 259–293 (Digitalisat).
 Jastorf und Latène: kultureller Austausch und seine Auswirkungen auf soziopolitische Entwicklungen in der vorrömischen Eisenzeit (= Internationale Archäologie Band 66). Verlag Marie Leidorf, Rahden/Westf. 2001, ISBN 3-89646-338-1 (Dissertation).
 Ein Trunk fürs Jenseits in: Archäologie in Niedersachsen 2002. S. 42–45 (Digitalisat).
 Eine Siedlung der jüngeren vorrömischen Eisenzeit in der Gemarkung Kölln, Lkr. Demmin in: Bodendenkmalpflege in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 53, 2005 (Digitalisat).
 Ein verlorenes Zeitalter? – Die vorrömische Eisenzeit in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (550 v. Chr. – Christi Geburt) in: Die Autobahn A20 – Norddeutschlands längste Ausgrabung: Archäologische Forschungen auf der Trasse zwischen Lübeck und Stettin. 2005, S. 81–82 (Digitalisat).
 Polygynie als Faktor sozioökonomischer Differenzierung in vorindustriellen Gesellschaften: zwei ethnographische Fallbeispiele und die Problematik der archäologischen Quellen der vorrömischen Eisenzeit. in: E. Fries, U. Rambuschek (Hrsg.): Von wirtschaftlicher Macht und militärischer Stärke. Beiträge zur archäologischen Geschlechterforschung. Waxmann, Münster 2011, S. 115–134 (Digitalisat).
 Leben mit Leichen im Keller in: Archäologie in Niedersachsen 2015, S. 139–142 (Digitalisat).
 Das spätsächsische Gräberfeld von Neu Wulmstorf-Elstorf, Ldkr. Harburg in: Aktuelle Forschungen an Gräberfeldern des 1. Jahrtausends n. Chr., 2016, S. 213–226 (Digitalisat)
 mit Jens Schneeweiss: Ein neuer Blick auf die "Alte Burg" von Hollenstedt im Lichte aktueller Untersuchungen. In: Hammaburg 17, 2017, S. 71–145.

Weblinks

 Kurzbiographie bei der Archäologischen Kommission für Niedersachsen
 Veröffentlichungsliste in ZENON
 Veröffentlichungen von Jochen Brandt bei Academia.edu
 Zeitungsartikelliste im Kreiszeitungs-Wochenblatt

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