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Rubicon, Sustainable Brands, Wharton Initiative for Global Environmental Leadership (IGEL) and Goodr teamed up to recognize waste diversion dynamos, sustainability superstars and zero waste warriors who are driving change in their business or city to reduce waste and expense.

We call them Waste Fit Champions: the unsung sustainability heroes shaping up their organization by slimming down on waste.

Check out the full list of 2018 Waste Fit Champions and the innovative environmental programs they are championing.

Anne Gonzalez

01 Anne Gonzalez

AmerisourceBergen - Sustainability Coordinator

Anne Gonzalez, Sustainability Coordinator for AmerisourceBergen, is working hard to drive Read More sustainability throughout the organization. Anne has worked closely with each facility to understand their differences and learn where each shows an opportunity for the implementation of sustainable measures, such as opportunities for waste diversion. In the past, each facility managed their own waste efforts, but through Anne and the Corporate Citizenship team, AmerisourceBergen launched a national waste optimization program. With an enterprise-wide approach and increased insight into the waste streams, the Company will be able to capture enterprise-wide data and metrics on waste and recycling and can put programs into place to reduce the amount of waste sent to the landfill. Anne has also developed multiple waste optimization pilot programs across the organization and established innovative partnerships with nonprofits and other organizations for material reuse. CLOSE

Erin Hatcher

02 Erin Hatcher

AMLI Residential - Vice President - Sustainability

As the Vice President of Sustainability at AMLI Erin Hatcher Read More has led the way to waste reduction and better recycling. She has done this by targeting a recycling rate of 75% or higher for construction waste at every property, expanding the types of materials that residents can divert from the landfill, and rolling out green cleaning dilution stations to all AMLI communities. She has also made great strides in office waste reduction. In Atlanta and Chicago, she and the Sustainability Team led the charge against disposables. This eliminates roughly 15,000 cups, 10,000 paper plates, and 6,000 plastic utensils annually. Erin is a champion of waste reduction. CLOSE

William Schubert

03 William Schubert

Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC - Corporate Manager, Environmental and Sustainability

In an effort to be zero waste by 2020 William Schubert, Read More Corporate Environmental and Sustainability Manager for Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, began implementing disposal options for industrial waste, recycling programs, spent material audits, and a “Green Team” led pilot program that partnered with an area landscaper to address organic waste. After this pilot program proved successful, it launched site wide with the addition of centralized waste collection areas. Bendix headquarters in Elyria, OH now has central waste stations strategically located throughout the building with recycling/composting/landfill options which has nearly eliminated all deskside waste/recycling bins and reduced overall landfill waste by 54%.” This achievement would not have been possible without the tremendous support and efforts of the local HSE team, the Bendix Green Team and the Facilities Department. CLOSE

Veejay Patell

04 Veejay Patell

bioDOGradable - Director of Operations

Veejay Patell is a Southern California based Outsourcing Specialist Read More with more than 25 years of experience in the field of compostable plastics who specializes in bioplastic & plastic injection molding and bio-packaging. Pair this with bioDOGradable and Veejay provides a highly used plastic pet item with a biodegradable option that not only eliminates plastic waste but also composts poop into fertilizer that can be utilized to support plant growth. bioDOGradable pet bags are the product of a passion for sustainability, care for human health, pets, and the environment overall. CLOSE

Dave Stangis

05 Dave Stangis

Campbell Soup Company - Chief Sustainability Officer - Vice President, Corporate Responsibility

Campbell Soup Chief Sustainability Officer, Dave Stangis, identifies Read More their responsibility as a steward of key natural resources and has set goals as such. To achieve 25% greenhouse gas reduction, 20% water use reduction, and 50% less food waste by 2030, he leads Campbell’s Sustainability Steering Committee to improve energy and water use, packaging, agriculture, and procurement strategies. In his time with Campbell Soup, the Company has reduced GHG emissions by 20%, cut water use by 17%, and eliminated more than 100 million pounds of packaging cumulatively since 2010, (translating to $100 million in savings). CLOSE

Caitlin Leibert

06 Caitlin Leibert

Chipotle - Sustainability Director

As Director of Sustainability for Chipotle Mexican Grill, Caitlin Leibert Read More creates and implements the sustainability vision and strategy in more than 2,500 restaurants worldwide through environmental and social sustainability initiatives. In 2015, Chipotle set an aggressive 50% diversion rate goal by 2020. Since then, with the help of a Diversion Coordinator from RiverRoad Waste Solutions, Chipotle has increased their overall diversion to 42%, 86% of their locations recycle, and 17% compost. They have donated over 200,000 pounds of food to local charities in 2017 alone. Chipotle is excited to pilot a closed loop recycle program to further decrease their landfill waste. CLOSE

Michelle Wiseman

07 Michelle Wiseman

City of Atlanta - Director of Waste Diversion and Outreach

Michelle Wiseman is the Director of Waste Diversion and Outreach Read More at the City of Atlanta. She has been dedicated to reducing waste from landfills for over 10 years. Her many accomplishments include reduced contamination in residential recycling in four Atlanta communities through the "Feet on the Street" program (an 8 week outreach program in partnership with The Recycling Partnership) and increased multi-family recycling reporting by 200% in six months through her work with the Atlanta Apartment Association, haulers, building owners, and apartment managers. These efforts successfully enforced a ten-year-old ordinance requiring multi-family buildings to offer recycling to their residents. The city has also expanded their partnership with the American Kidney Fund, offering textile recycling at 19 City of Atlanta Fire Stations resulting in over 1 million pounds of clothing, being diverted for re-use. CLOSE

Caitlin May

08 Caitlin May

City of Fort Collins - Streets Department

Caitlin May focuses on making communities more sustainable. Read More She works with the City of Fort Collins as an Environmental Project Developer specialized in advancing sustainability initiatives on a local and regional scale. She has a diversified skill set with extensive experience in sustainability consulting, waste diversion, renewable energy, project management, and animal husbandry. Caitlin received her MBA in Global Social and Sustainable Enterprise from Colorado State University where she focused on advancing environmental sustainability and waste diversion in the Caribbean. Caitlin’s passions are creating more resilient communities and finding ways to improve our indoor and outdoor environments to allow people to live happier and healthier lives CLOSE

Annette Synowiec

09 Annette Synowiec

City of Toronto - Manager of Unit for Research, Innovation & Circular Economy

While leading the Unit for Research, Innovation & a Circular Economy Read More within the Solid Waste Management Services Division at the City of Toronto, Annette Synowiec and her team have achieved a great deal. Under her leadership, together the team has created a Circular Economy Procurement Framework outlining how Circular Economy principles applied within city purchasing can drive waste reduction, economic growth and social prosperity, while also formalizing an Extended Producer Responsibility policy for the Addition of New Materials to the City’s Waste Diversion Programs. She is also overseeing the coordination of the planning for a new City-led Public Circular Economy Advisory Group and actively participates in the National Zero Waste Council (NZWC) Circular Economy Working Group. CLOSE

Dave McLaughlin

10 Dave McLaughlin

Clean Ocean Access - Executive Director and Co-Founder of COA

Under Executive Director, Dave McLaughlin, Clean Ocean Access Read More has championed causes such as cigarette litter and plastic bags. In 2014 the organization collected 46,000 debris items (a staggering 13,000 were cigarette butts). With the mantra of “passion doesn’t influence policy, but data does,” the group embarked on a successful campaign to prohibit smoking in beaches, parks, and recreation areas of all three communities of Aquidneck Island, Rhode Island. When a bag ban was introduced, Clean Ocean Access had already removed over 15,000 plastic bags from the local coastline - proving that this wasn’t just a global theoretical issue. CLOSE

Emily Bishop

11 Emily Bishop

Cushman & Wakefield/Mastercard - St. Louis - Global Sustainability Supply Chain Specialist Global Occupier Services

Emily Bishop is the new Global Sustainability Supply Chain Specialist Read More managing Mastercard’s Scope 3 emissions, especially in supply chain and waste. In an effort to reduce emissions created by waste, she manages Mastercard’s Global Waste Diversion program. For the first time, Mastercard is on track to meet its annual goal to divert at least 70% of waste from landfills. This achievement is made possible because of Emily’s direction to focus on people first and waste streams second. By constantly engaging with the entire Mastercard community with a large focus on operations and facilities, Emily has implemented successful composting programs at most owned sites and updated their recycling programs. She designed new signage to inform employees of what can and cannot be recycled and composted. She also updates the Mastercard community on their progress each month through various forms of communications like articles, graphics, and more. Through these efforts, Emily has increased Mastercard’s waste diversion rate significantly while also increasing employee engagement. CLOSE

Alison Mountford

12 Alison Mountford

Ends and Stems - Founder, Chef and CEO

Alison Mountford is the Founder, Chef and CEO at Ends+Stems. In 2004, Read More she founded her first company, Square Meals, which delivered ready to eat meals to the Bay Area. Mountford grew this business into thousands of high-end meals weekly and stood at the forefront of the meal delivery trend. After Square Meals was sold in 2015 Alison’s time leading procurement for a large food tech company inspired her to found Ends+Stems with the mission to be better for the planet and help customers reduce household food waste. Ends+Stems utilizes her knowledge of consumer food habits and allows her to forecast Food Waste trends developing today. CLOSE

Nick McCulloch

13 Nicholas McCulloch

Farmer Brothers Coffee - Manager of Sustainable Programs

When Farmer Brothers Coffee decided to be zero waste in 2014, change Read More was needed to accomplish this goal. After Nicholas McCulloch, Manager of Sustainable Systems, reevaluated the management of their waste and recycling services they partnered with a new provider and a dozen employees to conduct waste audits across the organization, identify opportunities for diversion, and work toward being zero waste. As of February 2018, Farmer Brothers has reduced landfill volumes companywide by 25%, their largest manufacturing facility by 70%, and their waste expenses by nearly 30%. Currently manufacturing facilities have a 90%+ diversion rate – their goal for all locations. CLOSE

14 Marilyn Perez

Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown - Houskeeping Member

Housekeeping employee, Marilyn Perez leads the way to reduce energy, Read More water use, and waste at the Holiday Inn Grand Rapids Downtown. She is committed to helping all team members embrace recycling programs and personally assists all employees to use proper procedures when recycling trash from the guest rooms as well as used bars of soap and unused or slightly used amenities. She trains all laundry personnel on how to dispose of daily waste properly. Thanks in large part to Marilyn's efforts an average waste diversion rate of 63% has been maintained every quarter for the past 3 years. CLOSE

Ross Bergman

15 Ross Bergman

Humanscale - Sustainability Engineer

Humanscale Corporation is a manufacturer of ergonomic office furniture Read More with their primary manufacturing facility in New Jersey. Sustainability Engineer and TRUE Zero Waste Advisor, Ross Bergman, began a waste diversion, separation, and recycling program at Humanscale's allowing the company to go from 40% diversion to consistently above 80%. The company hit 87% diversion last month, bringing them closer to their long-term goal of 100% diversion. Humanscale is iterative in nature, and is constantly finding new opportunities to reduce waste, the company is working to have their manufacturing locations certified as TRUE Zero Waste Facilities CLOSE

16 Mike Marotto

Keurig Dr Pepper - Environment Health and Safety Engineer

As an Environment Health and Safety Engineer at Keurig Dr Pepper, Read More Mike Marotto diverts solid waste from the landfill, works cross-functionally in the organization to ensure effective solid waste management, and partners externally with traditional and innovative waste vendors alike. In 2014, he was tasked to make manufacturing operations zero waste by 2020. By the end of 2017, the diversion rate had reached nearly 98%. Mike helped form site waste teams, called and visited numerous recyclers, and introduced improvements internally such as dismantler machines to separate scrap product coffee for composting from other single serve pod materials. CLOSE

17 Jennifer Shaffer

Kimberly-Clark Professional - Channel and Segment Marketing Leader

Jennifer Shaffer, Channel and Segment Marketing Leader for Kimberly-Clark Read More Professional, leads The RightCycle Program®. This groundbreaking program is designed to help customers divert used personal protective equipment (PPE) like nitrile gloves, disposable apparel, and safety glasses from the landfill. Since its inception, The RightCycle Program has diverted over 800 metric tons of PPE waste, converting it new consumer goods like flower pots and patio furniture. Jennifer drives the success of this program by going beyond the call of duty on a daily basis to address customer needs and ensure the long-term viability of the program. CLOSE

18 Theresa Millard

Kohler Co., Kohler, Wisconsin - Project Manager – Sustainability & Stewardship

The Kohler WasteLAB was born because Theresa Millard, Project Read More Manager – Sustainability & Stewardship, asked the question, “What if we looked at waste differently?” To deal with the solid waste byproduct of the factory and service processes Theresa recognized each “waste” as the input or raw material for another process or product, just like in nature. The group started technical trials with a small variety of waste materials including foundry dust and sand, waste enamel powder, pottery sludge and pottery floor sweepings. Today, the lab is turning industrial waste into high-end tiles for Ann Sacks, some made from 100% waste materials. CLOSE

James Korman

19 James Korman

Korman Residential Properties - President

James Korman is tackling energy inefficiency and waste in residential Read More real-estate by designing and providing “Modernista” eco-friendly apartments aimed at improving residential living waste. Korman’s Modernista apartments include energy efficient toilets, low-flow showerheads, Energy-Star rated appliances, and renewable, sustainable, and recycled materials (Green Label Plus carpets, flooring containing 74% pre-consumer recycled wood from renewable, fast-growing U.S. based southern pine, Zero VOC paint, locally-sourced FSC Certified 100% recycled material cabinets, and more); the Modernista apartments save over 4,000 gallons of water annually. CLOSE

Andrew Shakman

20 Andrew Shakman

LeanPath, Portland, Oregon - Co-founder & CEO

Andrew Shakman, CEO of LeanPath, is recognized as a global catalyst in the Read More fight against food waste. In 2004, LeanPath invented the world’s first automated food waste tracking technology and today provides a complete food waste prevention platform including data collection hardware tools, cloud-based waste analytics and on-site coaching. The company’s mission is to make food waste prevention and measurement daily practice in the world’s kitchens, and today, operating in over 30 countries, LeanPath prevents 1 pound of food waste every three seconds; over 26 million pounds since 2014 alone. LeanPath and Shakman are trusted by brands like IKEA, Aramark, Sodexo and Google to help them achieve bold food waste prevention goals. CLOSE

Emma Riley

21 Emma Riley

Lonely Whale - Director of Strategic Partnerships

Emma Riley, the Director of Strategic Partnerships for Lonely Whale, Read More brings her unique talents and passion for building innovative initiatives, programming, and partnerships across media, philanthropy, and celebrity to sustainable campaigns. Under Emma’s leadership, Lonely Whale spearheads radically collaborative efforts, including the flagship campaign, Strawless in Seattle – a citywide takeover leading Seattle businesses and cultural icons to incorporate marine degradable alternatives to single-use plastic straws resulting in the radical reduction of plastic straw consumption in Seattle. Strawless In Seattle was the first campaign of its kind and resulted in the permanent removal of more than 2.5M single-use plastic straws. CLOSE

22 Lisa Manley

Mars, Inc., Sustainability Strategy Communications & Engagement - Senior Director of Sustainability Engagement and Partnerships

Mars, Inc. Senior Director of Sustainability Engagement and Partnerships, Read More Lisa Manley, addresses negative social and environmental impacts in agriculture supply chains and manufacturing by focusing on positive climate action, water stewardship, and responsible land use through the Sustainable in a Generation Plan, a $1 billion science-driven effort to reduce environmental impacts and improve the lives of people throughout Mars’ value chain. Mars committed to 100% renewable electricity in direct operations and science-based targets to reduce GHGe in their value chain. They sent nearly zero waste to landfill from direct operations over the past three years and are working toward a goal of 100% recyclable packaging by 2025. CLOSE

Steven Korner

23 Steven Korner

Method - Co Founder

Steven and India Korner re-imagined something they felt could make a Read More difference in the world for their children. Three years of research, design, and development led to one award-winning recycling bin. Method’s 60L office recycling bins create interlocking color-coded recycling stations made to complement open plan environments. By the end of 2017, 13,000 design-led bins had been sold, servicing over 130,000 office workers. On average each office worker will produce 2 kilograms of waste per day. By placing Method bins out in the open, workers are empowered to change their behaviour and separate waste and recycling at source, diverting more from landfill. They hope to help even more global businesses reach their sustainability goals. CLOSE

Sam Chereskin

24 Sam Chereskin

Misadventure & Co. - Co-Founder, President, CEO

At San Diego’s Misadventure distillery, Sam Chereskin and his partners have Read More an intoxicating solution to food waste. Instead of asking a farmer for wheat, corn or potatoes, Misadventure sources ingredients from food banks. Every week Misadventure & Co. picks up 2000 pounds of surplus baked goods from the San Diego Food Bank to create award-winning vodka. At the current rate Misadventure will divert 78,000 pounds of food from going to a landfill (the equivalent of 140,000 pounds of Co2 or removing 29,979 cars from the road). It would take 164,900 acres of U.S. forest to sequester that much carbon. CLOSE

Tobin Moore

25 Tobin Moore

Optoro, Inc. - Co- Founder and CEO

Tobin Moore and Adam Vitarello are co-founders of Optoro, a software company that delivers Read More technology to eliminate waste in the inefficient system of returns. They started Optoro in 2010 after discovering the little-known world of reverse logistics. Rather than dismissing this issue as a black hole of resources or even a liability, they had a mission to efficiently connect the excess inventory of retailers and distributors with the millions of online discount shoppers regularly looking for such items worldwide. Optoroenables retailers and manufacturers to leverage data and analytics to promote greener business practices. CLOSE

Kelsey Morgan

26 Kelsey Morgan

Oracle, Redwood City - Assistant Facilities Manager

Oracle in Redwood Shores Assistant Facilities Manager, Kelsey Morgan, revamped Read More a waste management program when Recology cited high contamination rates. She has implemented changes on the Redwood Shores campus to impact contamination, diversion from landfill, and overall waste reduction. Kelsey conducted waste audits and addressed serious issues with changes focusing on employee education and communication. In addition to new signage clearly showing recycling and compostable materials she pioneered an interactive waste bin called the EvoEco Smart Bin. Preliminary audits have shown that the multi-faceted approach including updated signage, a waste diversion ambassador, Evo bins and more has improved contamination from 75% to 50%. Under Kelsey, Oracle’s landfill diversion rate is 96%. CLOSE

Scott Lutocka

27 Scott Lutocka

Piazza Produce, LLC - Facilities and Sustainability Manager

In 2005, Piazza Produce realized the amount of waste they consistently generated Read More wasn’t ethical, economical, or efficient. Most of the 2,174.77 tons of waste generated from operations was being shipped to landfills. By involving every department in the company and the guidance and ever-persistent drive of Facilities & Sustainability Manager, Scott Lutocka, in 2012 Piazza Produce achieved zero waste and became a U.S. Zero Waste Business Council Gold Level Certified Zero Waste Business. With Scotts leadership Piazza has maintained zero waste status while continuing to evolve and improve sustainability practices. CLOSE

Maen Mahfoud

28 Maen Mahfoud

Replate in Berkley, CA - Founder & CEO

Founder of Replate, Maen Mahfoud, saw the problem of food waste and hungry Read More communities clearly during his studies at UC Berkley so he decided to do something about it. He began Replate in 2016, a nonprofit using technology to efficiently redistribute surplus food from businesses and events to communities in need. Replate started in the Bay area but quickly expanded to New York and cities across the U.S. In the 2.5 years since it began, Replate has recovered 1.7 million pounds of food, saved 471,000 gallons of water, and has diverted 23 million pounds of CO2 from the environment. CLOSE

Megan Jorgensen

29 Megan Jorgenson

Snooze - Director of Sustainability

Megan Jorgensen, Director of Sustainability for Snooze an A.M. Eatery, is sustainably focused Read More regarding waste, recycling and composting, source reduction and the circular economy. Snooze believes in doing the responsible thing for people and the planet. Each month their "Snoozers" learn about a different aspect of being Green. From composting and recycling about 90% of their waste to focusing on resource conservation and using responsible materials, they work to help create a better world for future generations. These efforts have been recognized by multiple awards and green business programs nationwide. CLOSE

Pamela Henman

30 Pamela Henman

Southface - Content Strategist

When Southface Content Strategist, Pamela Henman saw a lack of understanding Read More as to the personal impact waste has on the environment she created Talk Trash. This campaign ensures awareness, provides education and trustworthy resources, and reduces marketplace confusion through the Southface platform for thought-leadership. Ultimately, a total of 317,604 people connected with the campaign from audiences in Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. They have pledged to reduce their waste, watch videos, download resources to conduct their own waste audit, and connect with partner organizations like Rubicon, CompostNow and CHaRM to further their dedication to "talking trash." CLOSE

Greg Woodworth

31 Gregory Woodworth

Stony Brook Whole Hearted Foods - Co-Founder and President

Stony Brook Wholehearted Foods owner Gregory Woodworth is transforming seed waste Read More from farm, fresh-cut processing plants into liquid gold. What used to be 20-50 tons of seed waste has been turned into nutritional, tasty and upcycled food products - culinary oils and seed snacks (Pepitas) are tasty alternatives to waste. Each Stony Brook oil has only one ingredient: locally-grown seed that is freshly milled each week in their Geneva New York production kitchen. The oils are unrefined, lightly filtered and expeller-pressed without added heat or chemical solvents. CLOSE

Amy Ross

32 Amy Ross

SunTrust Bank - Vice President of Environmental Risk and Sustainability

Amy Ross, SunTrust’s Vice President of Environmental Risk and Sustainability, is committed to enhancing their Read More recycling program. The Sustainability team has worked to transition hundreds of desk side bins to a centralized locations in each work area. The centralized waste program is increasing diversion of recyclables and helps associates take ownership in making SunTrust more sustainable. Teammate engagement events have been provided to encourage participation in the new program. The most recent SunTrust implementation of centralized waste stations launched at the Orlando, Florida campus and a portion of their Atlanta headquarters offices. Another is slated for early 2019 at two buildings in the Richmond, Virginia campus. CLOSE

33 Phil Metro

Superior Essex International LP - Manager, Distribution

In 2008 Phil Metro and his team first decided that they wanted to go zero waste at Read More Superior Essex's Hoisington Kansas Communication Cable facility. Rural Kansas was not a hot bed for recycling, so this was quite a challenge. Despite all odds, Phil and his team found outlets for every piece of waste leaving the facility. It has been 4 years since their first successful Zero Waste to Landfill certification. Phil and his team continue working to be a Zero Waste to Landfill certified facility and have successfully diverted over 40 million pounds of waste from the landfill. CLOSE

34 Jennifer Ballen

Drinkworks - Sustainability and Packaging Quality

Jennifer Ballen leads sustainability and packaging quality for Drinkworks, a joint venture Read More between Keurig Dr Pepper and Anheuser-Busch InBev. Jennifer brings new initiatives and sustainable practices to Drinkworks with experience through pedigree education and a professional reputation in sustainability management. At Drinkworks she has employed her expertise in circular economy best practices as well as influencing packaging recycling in the beverage industry. CLOSE

35 Kevin Quandt

Sweetgreen - Vice President of Supply Chain & Sustainability

Founded by Nicolas Jammet, Jonathan Neman and Nathaniel Ru in 2007, Sweetgreen Read More is on a mission to build healthier communities by connecting people to real food. They passionately believe that real food should be convenient and accessible to everyone. Every day in each Sweetgreen, 3,500 team members make food from scratch, using fresh ingredients and produce delivered that morning. Their strong food ethos and investment in local communities has enabled them to grow into a national brand with 89 locations. Sweetgreen integrates a strategic approach to managing waste through procurement strategies as
well as diversion infrastructure and capabilities. Today their leadership and team members continue striving to be true “waste-fit champions."

36 Eunice Heath

Dow Company - Global Director of Environment Health Safety & Sustainability

Eunice Heath, Global Director of Environment Health Safety and Sustainability Read More for the Dow Chemical Company, led the charge on one of Dow’s forward-looking 2025 Sustainability Goals, Advancing a Circular Economy. This goal focuses on leading the transition from a linear economy where goods are used then discarded as waste to one that redesigns, recycles, reuses, and remanufactures to keep materials at their highest value use for as long as possible, a circular economy. Today, she drives product safety, stewardship and sustainability leadership for Dow’s Consumer Solutions business which includes implementing circular economy solutions across the value chain. Additionally, Heath is responsible for defining and implementing the environment, health, safety and sustainability strategy for the business and leading the sustainable products marketing strategy to ensure innovation investments meet customers' current and emerging sustainability needs. Dow’s sustainability initiatives also include varied examples such as the Hefty® EnergyBag® Pilot Program which converts hard-to-recycle plastic wastes into fuel and reuse of municipal wastewater at the Netherlands Dow Terneuzen industrial facility. CLOSE

Christina Brooks

37 Christina Brooks

UBM - Operations Coordinator

With the large scope of UBM’s 300+ B2B events comes the responsibility of limiting Read More environmental footprint and harm of the communities served. As the lead sustainability contact for UBM Fashion's Women's February Marketplace and key member of the Events Operations team, Christina Brooks was tasked with ensuring the team meet their carbon reduction targets for this show. Though the 2018 show was slightly bigger than the 2017 show in square footage and attendance, Christina got the team to reduce overall waste generation (trash, recycling, C&D, compost) by 16 tons and reduce the waste to landfill by 7 tons. CLOSE

38 Kelly Offner

United By Blue - Head of Clean-ups

Kelly Offner is United By Blue's Head of Clean-ups. She leads a team that Read More spearheads domestic and international cleanup operations for the organization and her efforts have a big impact on plastic pollution. Annually, Kelly works with thousands of volunteers, hundreds of retailers, and conservation and municipal partners to raise awareness for plastics pollutions and its negative impact on our world's oceans and waterways. She and her team strive to provide actionable ways to live more sustainably. CLOSE

Matt Hawks

39 Matthew Hawks

Vericool, Inc. - Director, Global Logistics and Sustainability

Matthew Hawks, Director Global Logistics and Sustainability, champions the waste separation Read More program for Vericool, a startup sustainable packaging company focused on eradicating styrofoam from the packaging supply chain. His “WasteZero” approach centers on separated recyclables and organics and has inspired his team to carry these efforts forward in their homes. In addition Vericool has partnered with local agencies and organizations to support the clean-up of waterways near their facility. This direct imact keeps them accountable to responsible waste management while keeping litter out of the local waterways and ultimately the Pacific Ocean. CLOSE

40 Damian Foxall

Vestas 11th Hour Racing - Professional Sports Team - Sailor & Sustainability manager

Vestas 11th Hour Racing entered the 2017-18 Volvo Ocean Race, the longest and toughest Read More professional sporting event in the world, and one of sailing’s Big Three events, alongside the Olympics and the America’s Cup, with dual goals of achieving exemplary results on the water, while also integrating sustainability into the heart of the team's operations. Damian Foxall, the team's Sustainability Manager,
built their sustainability program around Positive Outreach, Sustainable Operations, and tracking their Environmental Footprint. These efforts included eliminating single-use plastics, incorporating reusable water bottles, coffee cups, and cutlery, and supporting the UN Environment Clean Seas Campaign.

Chris Foote

41 Chris Foote

Wegmans Food Markets - Sustainability Coordinator

With the help of Sustainability Coordinator, Chris Foote, Wegmans donated a total of Read More 14.5 million pounds of perishable and non-perishable food in 2017. Currently 12 Wegmans locations are working with local farmers and organizations like zoos and animal rescues to provide animal feed. Last year, 70 Wegmans stores diverted more than 32.5 million pounds of food waste through these diversion programs. The average recycling rate at Wegmans is 66.9% and at the company’s Zero Waste pilot store in Canandaigua, New York, the recycling rate is up to 82.6%. The newest stores to the program are currently averaging 75.5% collectively. CLOSE

Shea Jameel

42 Shea Jameel

Welltower - Sustainability Manager

Welltower's sustainability team, led by Sustainability Manager Shea Jameel, engages Read More employees, contractors and tenants to take waste reduction seriously. Because of her efforts, over 70% of Welltower properties have implemented cardboard, paper, plastic, metal and glass recycling programs since 2015, and all US corporate offices have recycling bins for employee use. Overall in 2017, Welltower diverted 7,362 tons of waste from landfill, avoided 20,966 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, recycled 9,923 pounds of e-waste, generated 2.5 tons of compost and recycled 1,340 pounds of grease. As of August 2018, properties have already diverted 5,940 tons of waste. CLOSE


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The summer of 2017 has been another important and exciting time for RuB team growth.

We are happy to announce the addition of another key member to the RuB managerial organization in the position of Sales Director with demonstrated experience to support strategic roles within our company that will complement the other recent key hires.

Stefano Volpe has joined RuB as Sales Director bringing his background in mechanical engineering studies and career in the automotive world. He spent most of his career in technical sales and business development ranging from industrial, water treatment to automotive sectors.

Stefano will strengthen our existing sales network by increasing sales and expanding it with renewed global focus and attention to new applications and geographical areas. He also collaborates with other key managers such as the Plant Director, Technical Director and Supply Chain Manager.

Plant Director, Ludovico Beccaria joined RuB in summer 2016 coming from an automotive background with mechanical engineering studies.

He has vast experience in production organization and lean manufacturing projects. He is going to re-energize industrialization improvements through automation, focus on lean production principles to improve quality and lead time. He believes customer satisfaction is the heart of all decisions.

Technical Director, Ivan Falardi comes from mechanical engineering studies and has experience in industrial engineering for high-quality design products. His joining RuB represents an opportunity to lead our talented Engineering Centre in the pursuit of higher standards, exploring new product applications and features to exceed customer’s expectations.

Supply Chain Manager, Paolo Nicolini brings ten-year experience in a multinational corporation for production and distribution of components for hydrothermal systems. He reorganized and managed logistical flows in different areas of the company.

In his new SCM position, he is improving logistical flow efficiencies and manufacturing planning using Lean Production principles.

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St Cuthbert’s Way is one of Scotland’s Great Trails, and it crosses the Scotland-England border on high ground east of the Yetholms. Follow the footsteps of St Cuthbert in this easy-going walk of 62 miles (100 km) from Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne in the North Sea. The route winds alongside the River Tweed, includes a section of Roman road and it passes castles, hill forts and ruined abbeys.

Its summit is Wideopen Hill (368m/1207ft), and its barefoot finale is the Pilgrims’ Path to Lindisfarne with its priory and castle. The route is fully waymarked, the gradients are modest and it has welcoming B&Bs and pubs at strategic intervals. Most people will complete it comfortably within 5 or 6 days. This guidebook was revised in April 2016 after many changes, including the recently opened Borders Railway to Tweedbank, with walking instructions from there to Melrose. It also includes details of the refurbished Abbotsford House, a revised facilities table and images of the revised waymarkers.

This guidebook has all you need to plan and enjoy the St Cuthbert’s Way:

  • concise, up-to-date directions
  • altitude profiles for each section
  • challenging route option over the Cheviot (815m/2674ft)
  • background on St Cuthbert’s life and times
  • features on Lindisfarne, history and wildlife
  • contact details for accommodation and transport
  • dropdown route map (1:100,000)
  • 80 glorious colour photos
  • waterproof, rucksack-friendly format.
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2.1 The striding saints
Jedfoot Bridge to Kirk Yetholm
  • Jedburgh Abbey, near St Cuthbert's Way

    © Ronald Turnbull

  • Lindisfarne Priory, where St Cuthbert became bishop in AD 684

    © Ronald Turnbull

  • Brown hare

    © H Kratky|

  • Eildons and River Tweed from Scott's View, near Dryburgh Abbey

    © Ronald Turnbull

  • St Cuthbert's Cave, near Fenwick

    © Ronald Turnbull

  • Common Ridings, a distinctive summer event in the Borders

    © Berwickshire News

Jedburgh Abbey, near St Cuthbert's Way

© Ronald Turnbull

Reviewed in Walk Magazine

A colourful and eminently practical guide to the 100km/62-mile route from the abbey town of Melrose in the Scottish Borders to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne … handily printed on waterproof paper.

Summer 2010 issue, page 91

Excerpt from review in TGO

For me, this guide ticks all the boxes: it is easy to use, following the usual Rucksack Readers spiral-bound format; the text is clear and well written, and … it contains much additional information regarding the area’s rich history, landscape and wildlife; and it is very well illustrated.

All the practical information you might need regarding accommodation, services, public transport etc is included and there is a useful altitude profile of the route.

Roger Smith, co-founder of the original route, TGO June 2010 page 62

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Updates since our 2016 revision:

  • p9 para 2 Morebattle’s Community Shop is open 7 days a week from 08.00; check its website for closing times
  • p41 paras 5/6: As the descending ridge reaches fields, the path turns right through a gate in the wall. Go through and descend to a walker gate beside a field gate. Slant slightly right down the open field, passing through the clump of trees (shown below) to reach a further gate onto a grassy track. Turn right, down to a road beside Bowmont Water.
  • p45 third para above foot, sentence 2: Aim for the gateway in the skyline wall, …
  • p60 the seasonal information centre in Melrose has closed
  • p61 Historic Environment Scotland moved its website
  • p61 Trimontium Museum moved its website

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10 Bad Runner Habits (and How to Break Them)

Quick fixes for common running problems.

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1. Running too much too soon. Coming back from an injury? Now's the time to take things slowly to stay healthy. Follow the standard rule of upping your mileage by only 10 percent each week.

2. Refueling badly. After hard runs, grab a high-carb snack, then a meal with carbs and protein to rebuild muscle.

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RUSH: Here’s a good question. This is Matt in Williston, Vermont, the home state of Howard Dean. Hello, Matt. Nice to have you on the program.

CALLER: Hello, Rush. How you doing?

RUSH: Good.

CALLER: It’s been a couple of years of going to school with you, and I deeply appreciate it. I was raised a liberal. My father was a union president, so you can imagine what the kitchen table was like.

RUSH: Ooh.

CALLER: But I have been attempting to deal with some liberals. Like crying in the wilderness here in Vermont, but I have been attempting to try to understand how so many of my very intelligent friends have difficulty grasping what I attempt to convey, and I have come to this graphic way of looking at it to try to help me mentally to structure things, and what I’ve arrived at is that liberals tend to only think vertically. They’re only in the now. Now, in the now is nice in therapy, but they’re only in the now, and they live in sound bites as a result. And the future is to be avoided or feared. And the uninformed can be swayed by that and can be driven to an excitement on that end of the curve, whereas what I’m finding with–

RUSH: You know what, let me interrupt you here. You’re half, well, you’re 75 —

CALLER: The horizontal thing that I see is that it’s over the horizon. It’s thinking about the future. It’s what freedom around world is all about.

RUSH: They’re doing that, too. No, they’re doing both. That’s why you’re 75% right. Let’s go at the first thing you said, “They live in the here and now.” They are living in the here and now, and you’re right, they’re afraid of the future. The reason they’re afraid of the future is because the future, if it keeps going like the past has, means they continue to lose power. Means they continue to lose influence.

CALLER: Right.

RUSH: So they’re using the fear of the future that they have to live in the now to try to transfer the same fear, and they’re basing that on the fact they still think most people agree with them. You know, if you look at what their claims of the future are, they don’t think they have to teach anybody anything, they just think they have to warn them, and that everybody is going to agree with them. But no, they’re very, very attuned to the future and what it holds for them. Now, they’re not attuned — in fact, Social Security, they’re not interested in fixing Social Security.

CALLER: Absolutely not.

RUSH: Not at all. But they are very much interested in stopping Bush from doing it so that they can get their power back. They didn’t care about the war on terror when you get right down to it. They only supported it because they had to politically, but with the first chance they got to come out against it, they did, and they’ll do anything they can to get their power back, including try to upset the power balance and upset the American people’s opinion on this. So, no, I think you’re largely right, but they do have a great fear, a genuine fear of the future, based on the fact they’re not in charge of it.

CALLER: Well, and I also think that this business of, you know, of the Middle East and Iraq and all of the obvious things you can talk about with regard to that that are tragic and difficult and all that sort of thing, is what I would call part of the horizontal thinking. It’s the long-ball mentality of, starting now as tough as it is to begin it, try to have other parts of the world be free, not because it’s a warm and fuzzy thing to do, and yes, that’s valid on human terms, but it makes very smart economic terms down the road.

RUSH: Well, not only that, it’s morally the right thing to do and it makes good national security sense. But, the reason — well, there are many reasons, and I’m running short on time here, but as you well know, Matt, they’re basically pessimists. They’re doom-and-gloomers. This can’t possibly work. The Soviet Union was never going to be free, the wall was never going to come down, there will never be a solution to the Middle East there, won’t be a free Iraq, there will not be Democratic regimes in the Middle East, they don’t believe these things are possible. That’s why they’re getting fewer and fewer followers.

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RUSH: CBS, on the Early Show today Harry Smith was talking to former vice president Algore. Gore says, ‘The element of television that I think has been troubling for democracy, now that it’s become the most dominant media by far even with the rising importance of the Internet is that it’s one way.’ Harry Smith says, ‘Radio is one way. If you look back, some of the greatest presidents of our democracy or the republic happened during the age of radio. That was one way.’

GORE: Simulates two-way communication by having — having call-ins, but you’re quite right, that radio preceded television as the first broadcast medium.

SMITH: Right.

GORE: And the first concerns among defenders of democracy arose with radio, and that’s why the equal time provision and the Fairness Doctrine and the Public Interest Standard were put in place here. Those protections were almost completely removed during President Reagan’s term.

RUSH: I’ve had this in the stack for a while here, and it’s time to get to this. Gore makes this false claim that, ‘radio is two-way now, simulates two-way communication by having call-ins, and but quite right, radio preceded television, and the first concerns among defenders of democracy arose with radio. That’s why the equal-time provisions and the Fairness Doctrine,’ and all that were put in. Robert Tracinski, Real Clear Politics, back on May 23rd had a piece called, ‘Al Gore’s Insolent Assault on Reason.’ It’s about his book, which, by the way, has been outsold the first week by Ronald Reagan’s diaries. Reagan’s diaries, the latest book scan, outsold Algore’s book by five copies, which means that the Algore people will no doubt be demanding a recount on this.

‘Early coverage of Al Gore’s new book, The Assault on Reason, has focused on the fact that the book is largely an assault on the Bush administration. But they have glossed over the most significant and alarming theme that Al Gore has taken up: his alleged defense of ‘reason’ includes a justification for government controls over political speech. Judging from the excerpts of Gore’s book published in TIME, his not-so-subtle theme is that reason is being ‘assaulted’ by a free and unfettered debate in the media–and particularly by the fact that Gore has to contend with opposition from the right-leaning media.’ Now, this piece goes on and on and on. I’ll tell you, it makes the point that I’ve tried to make over and over and over again about liberals. To them there is no debate; there is no alternative point of view. Anybody who expresses one is simply a gnat or a fly that has to be swatted away, not engaged. You don’t debate your opposition because there isn’t any. They are just a bunch of kooks. And they, the opposition, me, we are the ones getting in the way of reason.

‘Developing a dangerous theme that the left has been toying with for years, Gore says that reason is being suffocated by ‘media Machiavellis’ — that’s a veiled reference to Fox News owner Rupert Murdoch and Bush political advisor Karl Rove, the twin hobgoblins of the left. According to Gore, these puppet-masters take advantage of ‘the clever use of electronic mass media’ to ‘manipulate the outcome of elections.” It’s sort of like Time magazine back in 1994 did a cover story with me, of course, on the cover, ‘Is there too much Democracy in America?’ Can there be too much democracy? Meaning, all of a sudden the libs have lost their monopoly, and here come these alternative points of view. ‘No, that’s not what we’re thinking. That’s just getting in the way here. Too much democracy.’

‘Now here’s the really ominous part. This ‘manipulation’ is rendering our representative government ‘illegitimate’ because it only has the public’s ‘consent’ — he repeatedly puts ‘consent’ in scare quotes, just to emphasize the point that this consent is not, in Al Gore’s superior judgment, genuine or legitimate. As he puts it, ‘the ‘consent of the governed’ [has become] a commodity to be purchased by the highest bidder.” He simply doesn’t like the arena of ideas. He doesn’t like people in the arena of ideas competing and trying to win the day on ideas. His ideas are what should dominant and anything that threatens them must be swatted down with government control. That’s why he is for the Fairness Doctrine.

‘His new argument doesn’t do anything to reverse that impression. His basic theme seems to be: if the left isn’t winning in the marketplace of ideas, there can’t possibly be anything wrong with their ideas. It must be the marketplace itself that is ‘broken,’ and the left needs to use the power of government to fix it–in both senses of the word ‘fix.’ This is by no means a new theme on the left; Noam Chomsky has been peddling this stuff for years. We only think that we are free to write and to speak and to make our minds up for ourselves, the left tells us. But behind the scenes we’re being manipulated by the big corporate media, so the votes we cast and the consent we give to those who govern us is artificially ‘manufactured.’ We need to be liberated — by having the left take control of the media and manage it in our best interests.’

So that’s the way to translate this sound bite from Algore. What’s really bugging him here is that there is an alternative point of view that’s gaining traction, and it’s persuading a lot of people that his global warming hoax, which is his latest religion, is having trouble getting traction with the majority of the American people. So his idea is not to go out there and continue to try to persuade people he’s right, his idea is to shut down the people who are standing in the way of reason. He, of course, is reason, nobody else is, and by the way, he’s not alone. This is pretty much the attitude of most liberal Democrats today, be they elected or not. This is Dave in Lynnwood — what is that, Michigan? Is that right? Welcome, Dave. Nice to have you on the EIB Network.

CALLER: Rush, it’s an honor.

RUSH: Thank you, sir.

CALLER: Hey, Rush, if Algore wants to cite Ronald Reagan to sell the case for the Fairness Doctrine, I think we ought to bring our former president on posthumously, and I think he could clean his clock.

RUSH: Oh, there’s no question, if you ran Reagan as a corpse, you mean?

CALLER: Well, you know, let’s have powerful media types start it out. You know, let’s run some spots with Reagan citing government as being the problem and, you know, whatever —

RUSH: At first I was saying, what is this? We’re not going to run corpses here, but you have raised an interesting point. The point is, the antidote to all these Democrat candidates is Reaganism, which is conservatism. All these guys, Obama and Hillary and whoever else, are going to raise taxes, want to grow the government, not to mention what they’re trying to do with this immigration bill. They want to increase the redistribution of wealth. They want people to be poorer. They want to take wealth and opportunity for income away from people, and the antidote to this is exactly the kind of things Reagan said. It’s mystifying to me that so many Republicans today remain unwilling or maybe even embarrassed — well, it’s not totally mystifying, whether embarrassed to invoke Reaganism, it’s simply the Drive-By just kills them in Washington. In fact, we have some JFK quotes that precede Reagan. JFK I guess in ’62 made a speech in the fall of the Economic Club of New York making the case for his big tax cuts. I swear if you listen to these, you’re convinced you’re listening to Ronald Reagan. We’ve played those sound bites over the course of this program’s many, many stellar years of broadcast service to mankind, and when we do, liberal Democrats call here and are outraged, and they tell me that I don’t have the right to play JFK’s words. ‘Who are you? You’re a Republican. You can’t take his words and appropriate them for yourself.’ I’m an American, he was the president, and he was right. They just don’t want to hear Democrats talk that way. It’s funny.

RUSH: Stockton, California, this is Robert. You’re next on the EIB Network. Hello.

CALLER: Good program, Rush.

RUSH: Thank you.

CALLER: You know, do you find it kind of interesting that Algore’s comments come, as well as the Fairness Doctrine, all this is coming just as Hugo Chavez is shutting down media in Venezuela?

RUSH: Oh. Oh, let me tell you something about this. You will not be able to believe this story. The Drive-By Media is making excuses for what Chavez is doing because this TV station has ripped him and supported a coup against him. Here it is. It’s Bart Jones, who spent eight years in Venezuela, mainly as a foreign correspondent for the Associated Press. And he says this. ‘Would a network that aided and abetted a coup against the government be allowed to operate in the United States?’ Well, yes, it happens every day. What do you think the Drive-By Media has been trying to do for five years, if not sponsor some kind of a Democratic coup against George W. Bush? But this guy goes on to praise Hugo Chavez for standing up to this TV station because they tried to oust him, they tried to run a coup against him. Well, what do you expect? So he has a lot of support, and the Democrat Party in this country has a lot of support. Because he hates Bush. And they hate Bush. So any friend of theirs, anybody hates Bush, whether they’re an enemy of the country or not, is a friend of the Democrats and a friend of liberals. But you’re right. What Hugo Chavez is doing nationalizing TV stations and shutting them down is the Venezuelan version of Algore’s Fairness Doctrine.

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The Seemingly Insignificant

When Martin Luther nailed his thesis to the cathedral door in Wittenberg in 1517 he was following a well established custom. A church door was a common place to pin a notice. His historic “95 Thesis” was an invitation to debate the issue of indulgences with his fellow clerics. A Catholic envoy called Johann Tetzel had begun issuing pardons in exchange for money in Luther’s beloved Germany. For the appropriate sum a person could purchase a written pardon for their personal sins. In like fashion they could also secure the release of a dead relative's soul from purgatory.

In seeking to challenge and debate the matter with his fellow churchmen, Luther had no idea what would ultimately ensue. We cannot say that Luther’s action was totally insignificant, yet we might argue it was seemingly so compared to the titanic consequences of so small an act! For this reason we must never rush to judgment in declaring certain things as insignificant. Though perhaps seemingly so at first, time will reveal the true magnitude of their impact. The fact that we enjoy the civil and religious freedoms of 21st century America can all be traced to the Protestant reformation that Luther ignited in 1517. Within days the scratchings of this Catholic monk were copied, translated, printed, and distributed across the countries of Europe. The rest is indeed history; but it is a history that is still being written and quickly headed toward its full and final significance - the ultimate and total victory of true Protestant Christianity over every organization and doctrine not founded on The Word of God.

With the end so close it behooves us to “Ponder the path of [our] feet.” Proverbs 4:26. Small, seemingly insignificant discrepancies in our spiritual lives can lead to significant and dreadful consequences farther down the road. Every action yields a harvest of some kind. Perhaps a harvest out of all proportion to the small seeds initially sown. This principle should be self evident and need no further elaboration … except to say it is a powerful principle to also keep in mind when seeking to do what’s right and good. For example, we might defer doing certain things because we underestimate their potential for good. Yet the Bible tells us to “Sow beside all waters.” Isaiah 32:20. Ecclesiastes 11:1 also declares, “Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.” Martin Luther didn't have to wait many days to see an unbelievable harvest spring forth from his challenge to indulgences. It's like that for us sometimes. Results come sooner than expected. But what about the things we do for God that seem to get little or no traction? What about the little things we do and then forget because we consider them too insignificant to even remember? But God never forgets! And to Him a seed sown; however small, is still that from which He can produce a harvest that might astound you one day.

Somebody once dropped a tiny Bible tract on a street in England about 50 years ago. They most likely forgot about this after some time. Perhaps they had previously put it into the hand of someone who in turn threw it down into the gutter. Who knows? The important outcome was that I saw it, picked it up, and read it. To this day I remember it saying that life is short and asking what path was I taking in mine? Assuming correctly that I was on the road to perdition it concluded with an appeal to seek God's mercy and turn from my life of sin. Who would have guessed that an insignificant looking little tract in the gutter would speak to the heart of the lost young man that I was? That, among with other seemingly insignificant little workings of Divine providence finally led to my baptism sometime later.

But let us not forget that God often works His miraculous providences through human instruments that are willing to do the seemingly insignificant little things that He gives them to do. A little word spoken in season to a weary soul. A book dropped on a stranger’s doorstop. A tract left on a car windshield in the Safeway parking lot. Small and soon forgotten? Perhaps. But never underestimate the seemingly insignificant that you do to God's glory and for the blessing of others. There will be many in heaven because some “little something” first caught their attention one day in this life; that seemingly insignificant “little something” that proved sufficient to touch their hearts and direct their feet into the path of life. And you will rejoice to see some there because you paused for one priceless moment down here to do what others thought too small and unimportant to do for God!

Mike Thompson, Associate Pastor

FREE Dental & Vision Clinic

We're excited to be teaming up with Amen Ministries for a one-day free health clinic for Sacramento on September 24, 2017. Free dental, vision & medical services provided. Pass the word along. Click here for more information.

Celebrate Our 130th Anniversary With Us!

One could say that Sacramento Central had its beginnings on November 5, 1881 when the first group of believers (16 in total) met for a Bible study in Sacramento. Eventually, on October 6, 1887 during a statewide camp meeting the Sacramento Seventh-day Adventist Church was formally organized; and that's just the beginning of the story...

What: 130th Anniversary Celebration & Homecoming Event

When: Sabbath, September 30, 2017 - ALL DAY!

Click here for more information.

Primary Room Renovation Continues!

Several days of work and we're well on our way to restoring our first Sabbath School classroom. Now we wait on permits.

To learn more or to support Operation Joash, click here.

Discipleship University Returns

After taking the summer off, Disciple University returns Sabbath, September 23, 2017 @ 2PM. Study guides are available here. Join the journey through the Bible!

O Come All Ye Faithful!

Central's Music Ministry invites all singers – new and returning, aspiring and retiring – to join us for our first rehearsal of the Christmas season on September 23 at 1:50 PM.

Click on the Calendar to find out what else is happening at Central this month - from Sabbath speakers, to events, plus much, much more!

Watch Receiving the Word, our weekly televised program providing timely Bible messages for you and your family.

Receiving the Word can be viewed on our website, Sacramento Faith TV, and Firstlight Broadcasting NetworkCheck our website for viewing times.

Central Happenings is published by the Sacramento Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, 6045 Camellia Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95819 www.saccentral.org

Sacramento Central Ministry Team: Chris Buttery, Senior Pastor; Mike Thompson, Associate; Fred Dana, Associate; Michael Butler, Youth/Young Adult; JeAnn Davis, Bible Instructor

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Manufacturers have been encouraged to accommodate advanced downsizing technologies such as the Variable Displacement Engine (VDE) to satisfy commercial demands of comfort and stringent fuel economy. Particularly, Active control engine mounts (ACMs) notably contribute to ensuring superior effectiveness in vibration attenuation. This paper incorporates a PID controller into the active control engine mount system to attenuate the transmitted force to the body. Furthermore, integrated time absolute error (ITAE) of the transmitted force is introduced to serve as the control goal for searching better PID parameters. Then the particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is adopted for the first time to optimize the PID parameters in the ACM system. Simulation results are presented for searching optimal PID parameters. In the end, experimental validation is conducted to verify the optimized PID controller.
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Full Vehicle Dynamic Modeling for Engine Shake with Hydraulic Engine Mount

The statement of the engine shake problem is presented through comparing the quarter vehicle models with the rigid-connected and flexible-connected powertrain which is supported on the body by a rubber mount. Then the model is extended by replacing the rubber mount as a hydraulic engine mount (HEM) with regard to the inertia and resistance of the fluid within the inertia track. Based on these, a full vehicle model with 14 degree of freedoms (DOFs) is proposed to calculate the engine shake, which consists of 6 of the powertrain, 1 of the fluid within the inertia track of the HEM, 3 of the car body and 4 of the unsprung mass. Simulation analysis based on the proposed model is implemented, through which the conclusion is drawn that the HEM has great influence on the body and seat track response subjected to front wheel inputs, compared with the rubber mount.


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Haller Park is a nature park in Bamburi, Mombasa, on the Kenyan Coast,  It is located South of the Bamburi cement plant along the Mombasa – Malindi highway. Dr Rene Haller, after whom the park is named, helped transform what was an abandoned quarry into an ecological paradise.

Currently, Haller Park plays host to a variety of wildlife including hippos, giraffes, buffalos, and antelopes as well as smaller mammals and birds.

image1Here’s a picture of what the park used to look before rehabilitation. source

Failed attempt at looking like I was touching the giraffe. I’m standing 10miles away coz kept imagining that I’d be kicked unconscious if I got any closer.

image4Like a boss

image5Goofing around with the tortoise, it was least concerned.

Finally at the entrance.

The security guard saw me taking the photo and said that I wasn’t allowed to take any until we’d paid to get in. Errrr..yeah.. we’d obviously come all this way to get to the entrance, take a photo then leave

I love the landscaping. In 1987 UNEP awarded the prize “Global 500 Roll of Honor for Environmental Achievement to Haller Park.

image8Graffitti on nature. Tsk tsk. No need to leave your mark everywhere especially if it’s so unsightly

image9Just chilling

image10Glad there was a fence between us

image11If only it could speak…

The Ververt monkeys know all the feeding times and never fail to show up to steal some food. Feeding time is the best time to go to the park. Feeding time for the hippos is at 4.00pm daily

image13I’m rather fond of that shade of blue

I remember the first time I went to the park it was on a school trip back in primary school and to be honest all I remember about the trip is giggling whenever our tour guide said blue ball monkeys (aka vervet monkeys)

Took this picture like 2-3 years ago, hence the outfit change. The whale is made entirely of plastic flip flops that had washed ashore on beaches. Please don’t litter

image19A bag of feed costs 50bob. It used to be free of charge but they used to lose so much as waste so you have to buy some these days. Totally works, the monkeys don’t get as much these days

Giraffe tongues are a bit scratchy and their saliva is sticky. It’s a rather unpleasant sensation at first but it’s nothing that you can’t stand.

Pair of Giraffes enjoying a wilderness stroll.

As you can tell I took loads of pics and not all of them made the cut. You can check the rest  of the pics on our Instagram page, the user name is Safari254.

The entry fee is as follows,

Kenyan Residents -Ksh 250 Kids 100

Non residents -Ksh 800 Kids 400

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  1. Eunice Nyoike
    September 4, 2013 at 5:39 pm — Reply

    Beautiful….. Never heard of the blue ball monkeys before. Kenya is indeed rich in nature, we are a blessed nation. Lovely piece, thanks for sharing this beauty with us.

  2. October 15, 2013 at 3:05 pm — Reply

    10 to 15 minutes walk from my place and I don’t ever visit this beautiful place. I hang my head in shame.

  3. violet musemi
    November 9, 2013 at 4:07 am — Reply

    I first visited there with my form two students in 2010. I fell in love with the place. Since then i’v been recommending the site to many schools and friends. Coming there next week

  4. Eric Ngela
    December 4, 2013 at 3:59 pm — Reply

    Have been there several times and i just fall in love with the place everytime. The climate is so cool n the enormous variety of animals is so awesome. Looking foward to do my attachment there next year

  5. January 26, 2015 at 5:23 pm — Reply

    The true beauty of nature lies in HALLER it was a nice ordeal

  6. Bonface Mapesa
    June 25, 2016 at 9:28 pm — Reply

    Really, Dr. Haller was a transformist. Raising the “dead land” into “land with life” was hardwork. Indeed, Kenya is a blessed country full of beautiful nature.

  7. Nick
    December 22, 2016 at 12:20 pm — Reply

    Beautiful coming there next week

    • January 30, 2017 at 11:26 am — Reply

      Hi Nick. I hope you enjoyed your trip.

  8. keziah
    March 28, 2017 at 10:26 am — Reply

    i nvr knew kenya was so blessed .thats anyc place to be

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If you are worried about the welfare or safety of a child or young person

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Tel: 020 8314 6660

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Difficult conversations with parents / carers

A guide for practitioners who work with children and their families.

The information in this guide is not exhaustive and it should be used as a reference alongside practitioners own safeguarding practices and in conjunction with appropriate supervision.

Four factors to consider when preparing for a difficult conversation with a parent or carer:

  1. Principles – that underpin safeguarding children.
  2. Planning – how to plan or be prepared
  3. The Conversation – things to consider when having a conversation
  4. Examples – open questions and suggestions

1. Principles – to support safeguarding discussions with parents / carers

  • Always take time to plan the conversation before you speak to parents.
  • Be open and honest, use basic language, avoid jargon.
  • Ensure child protection policies are clear.
  • Include child protection issues in information you give out to parents you are working with.
  • Explain your statutory duty to safeguard children’s welfare, “duty of care” and requirement to report your concerns.
  • Ensure parents / carers sign to acknowledge they have read and understood your safeguarding policy and offer them a copy.
  • Use Early Help, refer to a children’s centre, or signpost to other support agencies, i.e. health visitor, parenting courses etc.

2. Planning

If you feel it’s too risky to talk to parents before speaking to Children’s Social Care, then don’t. Do not put yourself or a child at risk, e.g. if:-

  • There is suspected sexual abuse.
  • Parents could destroy evidence or hinder a police investigation.
  • It is possible the child could be silenced.

Otherwise it’s good practice to discuss concerns with parents/carers and tell them you are going to make a referral. Before your conversation:-

  • Plan how you are going to broach your concern and how to respond to different responses, e.g. anger, denial, emotional breakdown etc.
  • Choose a time and place to give full privacy.
  • Consider the timing of the meeting (e.g. a tired, crying baby, or collecting other children from school etc.) depending on the urgency of the concern.
  • Adapt your style to the parent, consider language barriers or learning difficulties.
  • Acknowledge your own anxiety about dealing with a difficult situation as it may affect your communication style.
  • Have the child’s key worker with you or nearby for support and as a witness (and vice versa) or get support from Children’s Social Care.
  • If previous experience of the parent/carer suggests they may pose a risk, make a full risk assessment and do not meet alone.

 3. The Conversation

Make sure members of staff know where you are and what you are doing before a meeting. Tips and ideas for having a difficult conversation:-

  • Consider your position in the room so nobody feels trapped.
  • Ensure children cannot overhear you and are occupied (provide toys etc.)
  • Frame the concern in a model of help and support.
  • Be straight forward – Tell the parent/carer a referral to the Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hub is going to be or has been made.
  • Tell them that “as a parent/carer they will want to get to the bottom of the matter”.
  • Give clear explanations.
  • Always remain confidential and professional.
  • Words are sometimes really hard to find when approaching a parent – use ‘active listening’.
  • Do not argue, interrupt, give advice, pass judgement, jump to conclusions or let the parent’s sentiment affect you.
  • Avoid excessive reassurance, it may not be all right.
  • Do encourage the parent to talk.
  • Clarify what the parent means.
  • Summarise what the parent has said.
  • Consider your communication style: tone, pitch, speed of voice, body language (body slightly to the side, with an open stance or sit) be clam, make eye contact and appreciate they may need to talk.
  • Consider the parents point of view which may be influenced by; bad experience of services, lack of trust, limited or distorted understanding of what is appropriate for children, learning difficulties, cultural and language barriers.
  • Explain the nature of your concern using tact and diplomacy, but be direct and use factual information “Jodie was not brought to the last 2 appointments, what is the reason for this?”
  • Do not use words such as child protection or child abuse, try words such as concerns, welfare, and duty of care.

Use your eyes and ears more than your mouth.

4. Examples

This is not an exhaustive list and you may want to use a technique of your own, following the general principle of open and probing questions:

  • Avoid using “I think” which indicates it could be your own opinion.
  • Avoid using jargon, try:-
    • “I need to talk to you about the injury to XY’s face, can you tell me what happened?”
    • “XY has been very lethargic today and says he has not slept, is there anything going on that might be troubling him?”
    • “XY’s behaviour has changed dramatically over the last few weeks, (s)he has gone from being a happy, outgoing child to a very quiet, withdrawn child. Have you any idea what could have caused this?”
    • “Whenever there is a worry about any child, or they something about being hurt we legally have to pass on that information to children’s services – you may have read this in the parent’s information/handbook when XY started?”
    • “XY told a member of staff he is slapped every night, and, because of what he has said I have informed Children’s Social Care. All settings are expected to talk to Children’s Social Care when children say things like this, and Children’s Social Care have asked me to talk to you about this. Can you tell me what happened?”

 Questions can start with the following:-

  • “is there any reason why……….”
  • “we need to have a chat………..”
  • “XY has said……………………..”
  • “I have noticed XY has seemed hungry in the mornings, is (s)he managing to have breakfast before he comes to school?”
  • XY has a bruise on his face but he can’t remember how it happened, do you know how he did it?”

Next steps?

Once you have had a conversation or a series of discussions with the parent or carer, you may need to consider what actions, if any, you need to take. Consider the following:-

  • Professional curiosity – have you confirmed the response you have received from other agencies? Do you need to make further enquiries?
  • Trust your instincts – You have spoken to the parent/carer and you know the child – trust your instincts if you still have concerns.
  • Follow safeguarding procedures – ensure you check your agency safeguarding procedures and seek guidance from an appropriate person.
  • Pre and Post Supervision – agencies have varying supervision procedures; be sure to raise your concerns and get guidance and support before and after you have had a conversation with a parent/carer as this will give you a chance to reflect on what happened and discuss what needs to happen next (reflective practice).
  • Escalation – If you are still concerned about a decision or practice you can escalate your concerns; the LSCB recommend you follow our Resolving Professional Differences / Escalation Policy.
  • Referral – Following any discussion, if you are concerned about the safety of a child or you believe they are at risk of immediate danger – contact the police. If you believe the child is at risk of significant harm – seek guidance from the MASH team.
  • Early Help – You may want to contact Early Help or create a Team Around the Family.

What are we worried about? What’s working well? What needs to happen?

What words would you use to talk about this problem so that parents/carers understand?

Use plain language and avoid jargon.

Consider any problems the family might be having which are making this problem harder to deal with e.g. housing, finances, isolation, or family breakdown.

Example questions:-

  • I need to talk to you about the mark XY’s face, (s)he can’t remember how it happened, and do you know how (s)he did this?
  • XY’s behaviour has changed a lot in the last few weeks.   (S)he has gone from being happy and outgoing to quiet and withdrawn – have you any idea what might have caused this this?
  • We are having a lot of problems with XY, (s)he seems angry.   Is there anything happening at home which would help us to understand this?
  • I know we have talked about this before but I am still worried because XY is still quite dirty when she comes to school and other children have commented that (s)he smells. Do you have everything you need at home to wash clothes and to have a bath regularly?

Who are the people who care for the child? And what are the best things about how they care for them?

Who would the child say are the most important people in their lives? And how do they help them grow up well?

Example questions:-

  • It sounds like things are a bit difficult at the moment, is anyone supporting you?
  • What would XY say are the best things about his life?
  • You have been doing well to get XY to school with all that is happening, is there anything we can do to support you further?
  • Have you noticed this problem before? How was it sorted out in the past?

Now you have explored this more, how worried are you about this child? 10 is not worried; 0 is so worried you need to make a referral for support or safeguarding.

  • What would you need to see for it to be 10?
  • What do you think is the next step to getting this worry sorted out?
  • Have you done any direct work with the child?

Next steps:

  • Curiosity – verify any information with professionals or other family members.
  • Supervision – seek guidance before and after interaction with parents/carers to reflect on the information gathered.
  • Procedures – follow your agency safeguarding procedures.
  • Referral – If you are concerned about the safety of the child or young person.
  • Escalation – If you are not satisfied with the outcome of the referral and still have concerns.

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Clavering landowner ordered to clean up eyesore after court rejects enforcement appeal

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A MAN who was ordered to clean up his land after it became an “eyesore” has been told to pay almost £3,000 in costs after a court threw out his appeal against an Enforcement Notice.

Uttlesford District Council used its powers under the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 to serve notice on Richard Talks following complaints from residents.

Magistrates in Colchester heard that his land off Honey Lane in Starling’s Green, Clavering, was littered with building materials, vehicle bodies, shipping containers, tyres and waste.

The council served notice on Mr Talks, 59, on September 10 last year but he exercised his right of appeal to JPs.

However, after hearing from both parties on May 31, magistrates dismissed the appeal and ordered him to pay the £2,951.20 costs of the hearing.

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As well as stumping up legal costs, Mr Talks now has three months to clear his land as originally requested by the council – or face being prosecuted for breaching a court order.

Cllr Alastair Walters, cabinet member for Community Safety, said: “I am delighted the magistrates dismissed this appeal.

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“We take our enforcement responsibilities extremely seriously and won’t hesitate to act against the owners of properties which adversely affect the amenity of the surrounding area.

“This man’s land has become a complete eyesore – it’s a blot on the landscape that has quite understandably caused concern to local residents.

“This is exactly the kind of case we should be using our statutory enforcement powers to resolve and I’m delighted the magistrates agreed with our stance.”

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FCC Gets Slammed with Lawsuit Challenging Net Neutrality Repeal

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The FCC’s order to overturn net neutrality protections was published in the Federal Register today, and it didn’t take long for it to get challenged.  The attorneys general of 22 states and Washington, DC have filed a lawsuit challenging this order.  Originally, this suit was filled earlier in the year, but they agreed to withdraw it until the FCC published the actual order.  New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said the following in a statement:

“Today, the FCC made official its illegal rollback of net neutrality, and, as promised, our coalition of attorneys general is filing suit. Consumers and businesses in New York and across the country have the right to a free and open internet, and our coalition of attorneys general won’t stop fighting to protect that right.”

This decision was officially made in mid-December, and now with this report being published, it’s going to take another two months before the rules are finally removed. Normally the wheels of government move pretty slow.  While I’m not saying that 4 months is “fast”, but it does seem quick by government standards.

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I kind of want to talk about what net neutrality is.  Because it seems kind of convoluted, and even the way that it’s worded is kind of confusing.  Net neutrality is the idea that all traffic on the internet is treated equally.  I mean, it’s 2018, so we shouldn’t be having conversations about equality – internet traffic or otherwise.  That should just be a given.  During the time when Barack Obama was President, rules were passed that prevented companies from doing things to make the internet not equal.  Like slowing or blocking access to certain websites or services.  It also prohibited internet service providers (ISP’s) from charging companies a fee to access customers more quickly.

There are a lot of people who support net neutrality – including some companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter.  But the big broadband providers – like AT&T, Comcast, and Verizon all support the repeal of the rules.  Of course, they do.  They stand to directly benefit from this repeal.  But now, the publication of the repeal in the Federal Register allows anyone to challenge the rule change.  This is how the law works.  Lawsuits challenging the repeal can (and have been) be filed as soon as this rule gets published.

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The publication of the order to repeal the rules also starts the clock on a deadline for Congress to pass legislation that could nullify the FCC’s actions. Using the Congressional Review Act, Congress has 60 legislative days to pass a resolution that would reverse the repeal and keep the rules in place. Democrats say that, with the promise Republican Susan Collins of Maine will side with them, they have 50 votes in the Senate.  But will that be enough?

I certainly hope so because this is not something that we should be discussing at this time.  I mean, sure we should be discussing it.  But the fact that we’re trying to sort out whether or not the internet should be open to everyone is a joke.  I am really looking forward to hearing how this plays out in the next 60 days.

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