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This week, YOUR META's INTERVIEW is with the Ulster County Recycles-team from UCRRA (Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency), Angelina Peone and Melinda France, giving us the lowdown on compost and composting--helping us REDUCE food-waste!! FreedomWalker connects the sense of purpose fostered by ikigai, to the passion of living mindfully in the moment! And beetle brings two "Five-Minute Frights" in celebration of Halloween!
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R!SE UP KINGSTON | October 15 Police Commission Rally in City Hall
Multimedia
- "R!se Up Kingston Takes Over City Hall for Police Accountability!" [39:26] R!se Up Kingston members, volunteers, supporters, alies, et. al. October 15, 2019. https://www.facebook.com/lisa.lentroyer/posts/2765102680180237
- "The Homeless Project: Last Night For Dinner." Rise Up Kingston, Facebook.com. October 12, 2019. [57:34] Live from the Hudson Valley LGBTQ Community Center, Rise Up Kingston Presents "Housing: A Human Right" Film Screening & Panel. https://www.facebook.com/RiseUpKingston/videos/2213847208907670/
Community organizations to connect, to listen, and to be heard:
- https://citizenactionny.org/about
- https://citizenactionny.org/events/venues/7-grand-st-kingston-ny-12401-usa
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/events/
- https://kingstontenantsunion.org/news/
- https://riseupkingston.org/
- https://riseupkingston.org/blog
HASTAGS WORTH HASHING-OUT
- #FreeNewYork
- #DemandJustice
Upcoming Local Events & Demonstrations
We believe that we should openly and aggressively present our best ideas, programs, strategies, tactics and plans to the working class and to our communities in open forums, discussions, town halls, assemblies and other deliberative spaces, and debate them out in a principled democratic fashion to allow the working class and our communities to decide for themselves whether they make sense and are worth pursuing and implementing.--Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson
Unconference | Connection and Community in Unstable Times
Through a series of public talks and workshops we will explore some of the big questions facing us right now, including: How did we get where we are, as a community, a nation, a species? What do we need to navigate these tumultuous times and create the systems and ways of being together that best serve us? What’s already going on in and around Kingston? What more do we think is possible? What is your role or your organizations role in a just transition?
Please join us on the evening of November 1st and all day on the 2nd for a community conversation about the future of Kingston NY.
WHERE: George Washington Elementary, 67 Wall Street, Kingston NY
WHEN: Friday 7-9:30pm; Saturday 9am-5pm; Saturday Night Dance Party 7-11pm
WHO: Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson; Ariel Brooks, Center for Economic Democracy; David Bollier, Schumacher Center for a New Economics (Friday night speakers)
For more information and to RSVP: https://survivingthefuture.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR0p4lz59MrU2TgtuKqsrPkhVlHwMGzLayFldfgl5iGs32edq_AGrGuM1GM
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Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
For more about COMPOSTING, as well as overall Reduce, Reuse & Recycle:
UCRRA offers free community engagement, outreach education services and resources about waste reduction, recycling, and composting. Following the hierarchy of materials management set forth in New York State’s solid waste management plan, our messages emphasize waste reduction as the best practice to slow the environmental impact of waste.
The Agency has two full-time staff members dedicated to outreach education. The Recycling Coordinator and Recycling Educator are available to table at community events, make classroom visits, give lecture-style presentations, conduct composting demonstrations, or other educational workshops for both youth and adult audiences. The Agency has collaborated with towns, community centers, neighborhood associations, farmers, local environmental organizations and coalitions, Rotary clubs, youth scout troops, colleges and other educational institutions to promote the benefits of food waste composting and food waste reduction.
If you’d like to bring recycling or composting education to your group or event, please complete a Guest Speaker Request Form and our staff will be in touch with you!
Click here to view our List of Youth Programs
The Agency offers facility tours of our recycling and composting operations, and regularly hosts public groups up to 30 persons at a time. Visiting groups receive a high level of instruction on various solid waste environmental issues and solutions while touring the UCRRA. The Agency takes pride in its mission and operations and welcomes the public to “come see for yourself” how the Agency is making recycling and composting work! If you’d like to schedule a tour, please complete a Guest Speaker Request Form and our staff will be in touch with you!
This website also contains links to more resources about recycling, composting, and waste reduction education. We hope you’ll follow our stories on social media @UCRRA and stay connected with us! www.ucrra.org/education-resources/
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THE SPRUCE
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FREEDOMWALKER'S MUSIC NOTES
MINDFUL MUSEUM
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Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
Sources for "Five-Minute Frights: 'Bells'"
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Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
Sources for "Five-Minute Frights: 'Eater-of-Souls'"
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Please join us on the evening of November 1st and all day on the 2nd for a community conversation about the future of Kingston NY.
WHERE: George Washington Elementary, 67 Wall Street, Kingston NY
WHEN: Friday 7-9:30pm; Saturday 9am-5pm; Saturday Night Dance Party 7-11pm
WHO: Kali Akuno, Cooperation Jackson; Ariel Brooks, Center for Economic Democracy; David Bollier, Schumacher Center for a New Economics (Friday night speakers)
For more information and to RSVP: https://survivingthefuture.splashthat.com/?fbclid=IwAR0p4lz59MrU2TgtuKqsrPkhVlHwMGzLayFldfgl5iGs32edq_AGrGuM1GM
Hosted by:
- Commonwealth Hudson Valley
- Good Work Institute
- O+ Festival
- Radio Kingston
- R!se Up Kingston
...the commons is emerging as a new worldview, social ethic and political tradition that actually has a long history, and is now being rediscovered.--David Bollier Schumacher, Center for a New Economics
Your Meta will keep you updated about upcoming opportunities to speak up and speak out.
CITIZENSHIP CLASSES
From Almanac Weekly:
There will be free U.S. citizenship classes offered every Thursday through November 21. For more information and to register please call 646.342.4177 or 973.698.0205 (se habla español). St. Joseph's Church, 34 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz.
De Almanac Weekly:
Habrá clases gratuitas de ciudadanía estadounidense todos los jueves hasta el 21 de noviembre. Para obtener más información y registrarse, llame al 646.342.4177 o al 973.698.0205 (se habla español). Iglesia de San José, 34 South Chestnut Street, New Paltz.
THE INTERVIEW
Angelina Peone, Recycling Coordinator & Melinda France, Recycling Educator, of Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency!
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| From left to right: beetle, FreedomWalker, and Melinda France, and Angelina Peone, UCRRA's Ulster County Recycles-team. Photo by Nate Brogan. |
Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA)
Uccra.org | 999 Flatbush Rd, Kingston, NY 12401 | (845) 336-0600
The mission of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency is to protect public health and the environment and to promote sustainable materials management practices in Ulster County by efficiently managing solid waste materials with a focus on resource conservation. www.ucrra.org/files/2015/01/UCRRA-Mission-Statement.pdf
The Vision Statement (detailing ways in which the mission is accomplished and providing a framework for annual strategic planning objectives): www.ucrra.org/files/2015/01/UCRRA-Mission-Statement.pdf
Historically | In 1986, the Ulster County Legislature obtained authorization from the State Legislature for the creation of the Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (the “Agency”), a public benefit corporation which was formed for the purpose of developing, financing, and implementing a comprehensive Countywide solid waste management program. In the mid-1980’s, after new initiatives to close non-complying exiting landfills were undertaken by the NYSDEC and strict requirements for the siting, construction, and operation of new disposal facilities were enacted, many communities found it beyond their financial and managerial capability to continue to dispose of waste in traditional ways. Consequently, many of the local municipalities in Ulster County requested that the Ulster County government assume the responsibility for solid waste management, and the Agency was created by the New York State Legislature pursuant to Chapter 936 of the Public Authorities Law approved December of 1986. The Agency’s organizational structure consists of a five-member Board of Directors; an Executive Director; Agency Counsel; and thirty administrative and operations personnel. www.ucrra.org/historical/
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| Flyer courtesy of www.UCRRA.org. Photo by beetle bailey. |
UCRRA Recommendations
Multimedia
- "Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency- The Importance of Recycling." Ilene Cutler, Youtube. February 8, 2011. [4:28] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftavP-HXzxg
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- Board of Directors and Management/Staff | The purpose of the Board of Directors is to advise, govern, oversee policy and direction, and assist with the leadership of the Agency so as to support its mission. UCRRA’s Board is comprised of community leaders from various backgrounds who have been appointed by the Ulster County Legislature. Each member serves a three-year term and continues to hold office until a successor is appointed. www.ucrra.org/cornerstone-draft/
For more about COMPOSTING, as well as overall Reduce, Reuse & Recycle:
- FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions): http://www.ucrra.org/faq/
- Locations/Hours: http://www.ucrra.org/ucrraslocationsandhours/
- Public Authorities (including mission statement, by laws, financial reports, budgets, etc.): http://www.ucrra.org/boardandstaff/public-authorities/
- UCRRA's services: www.ucrra.org/what-services-ucrra-offers/
- Savethefood.org: "Food is being wasted at an alarming rate. And we - consumers - are the largest source of it. More than grocery stores and restaurants combined. But there's good news: we can do something about it. Everything we need is right here (and in our fridges). Make a change."
Facility Tours
Facility tours of the Agency’s facilities located at 999 Flatbush Road in Kingston offer students an opportunity to learn first-hand how curbside recyclable materials are sorted, separated and packaged at a working Materials Recovery Facility. The Agency Recycling Coordinator explains why we recycle, demonstrates what to recycle and how to prepare materials for recycling. Also available to tour is the Agency’s Organics Recovery Facility, a local and cost-effective system optimizing recycling and reuse opportunities for our community. Organics, defined for this facility/program, consist of commercially generated food waste (vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, kitchen prep, bakery items, meat, chicken and fish trimmings, cheese, etc.), approved compostable packaging, landscape trimmings, plant material, or untreated wood. Food waste is turned into compost using the extended aerated static pile method of composting. By composting, food waste is diverted from landfill disposal, saving money for all constituents while creating nutrient-rich material highly valued by gardeners, farms, nurseries and other businesses that contribute to the vitality of our community. Do you want to see recycling and composting in action? Sign-up now to take a free tour of the Materials Recovery Facility and Organics Recovery Facility. www.ucrra.org/facility-tours/
OTHER EDUCATION AND RESOURCES
UCRRA offers free community engagement, outreach education services and resources about waste reduction, recycling, and composting. Following the hierarchy of materials management set forth in New York State’s solid waste management plan, our messages emphasize waste reduction as the best practice to slow the environmental impact of waste.
The Agency has two full-time staff members dedicated to outreach education. The Recycling Coordinator and Recycling Educator are available to table at community events, make classroom visits, give lecture-style presentations, conduct composting demonstrations, or other educational workshops for both youth and adult audiences. The Agency has collaborated with towns, community centers, neighborhood associations, farmers, local environmental organizations and coalitions, Rotary clubs, youth scout troops, colleges and other educational institutions to promote the benefits of food waste composting and food waste reduction.
If you’d like to bring recycling or composting education to your group or event, please complete a Guest Speaker Request Form and our staff will be in touch with you!
Click here to view our List of Youth Programs
The Agency offers facility tours of our recycling and composting operations, and regularly hosts public groups up to 30 persons at a time. Visiting groups receive a high level of instruction on various solid waste environmental issues and solutions while touring the UCRRA. The Agency takes pride in its mission and operations and welcomes the public to “come see for yourself” how the Agency is making recycling and composting work! If you’d like to schedule a tour, please complete a Guest Speaker Request Form and our staff will be in touch with you!
This website also contains links to more resources about recycling, composting, and waste reduction education. We hope you’ll follow our stories on social media @UCRRA and stay connected with us! www.ucrra.org/education-resources/
Join Us for these Upcoming Community Events:
Wednesday November 13th – 5:30 PM – Rethinking Our Waste Presentation at the Saugerties Public Library
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| For more info, please contact the Recycling Outreach Team: 845.336.0600 and Mfra@ucrra.org. Flyer courtesy of Ucrra.org. |
Social Media
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/UlsterCountyRRA
- Google+: https://plus.google.com/103318213680178592321/posts
- Twitter: @UCRRA
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftavP-HXzxg
FreedomWalker's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
COFFEE & GREEN TEA COMBO
- https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/dr-seuss-exhibit-takes-you-to-another-world/#.XbdoT28f0Gk.email
- BET.com Sports, Legendary Infielder Jackie Robinson
- Wikipedia - Sounds of the Universe is the twelfth studio album by English electronic music band Depeche Mode. It was released on 17 April 2009 by Mute Records. The album was supported by the 2009–10 concert tour Tour of the Universe. Three singles were released from the album: "Wrong", "Peace", and a double A-side of "Fragile Tension" and "Hole to Feed". "Perfect" was also released in the United States as a promotional single.
THE SPRUCE
- Thespruce.com
K-TOWN NEWS
- Almanac Weekly
- Ulstercountyalive.org
FREEDOMWALKER'S MUSIC NOTES
Spring Session M - Missing Persons | Songs, Reviews ... https://www.allmusic.com/album/spring-session-M In 1982, Missing Persons established themselves on the new wave pop scene by loading up their hair with shocking pink dye and enough hairspray to tear a hole in the ozone layer big enough to poke a small parking garage through, programming a few synthesizers to play hyper dance-pop, scrambling their band name into Spring …
MINDFUL MUSEUM
- Awakening Your Ikigai" by Ken Mogi
- The Fourth Pillar "Being in the Here and Now"
- Wake-up.com - "The Magic of Being in the Here and Now" by Paul A. Philips
beetle's Sources, Citations, Credits, and Links
UPDATE
We're gonna keep the MAGIC and the Òrìṣà-Ifá GOING, and we've got NEW PAGES FOR THAT!
Themed credits and links that carry across multiple episodes will be archived at their own PAGES, as the credits and resources grow larger.
Each NEW "Òrìṣà-Ifá" or "BlackGirlMagic" credit/resource will, by the week after its addition, be taken off the weekly credits (unless it's used again as a source) and added to the appropriate page under "PAGES: Themed/Compiled Resources," in the sidebar for this blog. That way, we'll keep the weekly credits as streamlined and accessible as possible.--beetle
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Your WEEKLY DOSE of
AMAZE-BALLS!!!
Multimedia
- "Nick Cave Meets Dr Seuss : Red Right Hand by Dr Faustus Update." Mike Singleton, Youtube. November 19, 2017. [4:40] Dr. Seuss and Nick Cave? Two great tastes that taste great together? Sure. Why not? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxqV2COiHJg
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
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| Art and rhymes by Dr. Seuss. Gif by Timothy Thurman. Retrieved October 29, 2019. Pinterest.com. |
I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew is a 1965 children's book by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Seuss Geisel. The story features classic Seuss rhymes and drawings in his distinctive pen and ink style. The book is a first-person narrative told by a young narrator who experiences troubles in his life (mostly aggressive small animals that bite and sting) and wishes to escape them. He sets out for the city of Solla Sollew ("where they never have troubles / at least very few") and learns that he must face his problems instead of running away from them. He then goes back home to deal with his "troubles", arming himself with a big bat and resolving that "Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" The journey includes several fantastic, and troublesome, encounters. In one instance, the protagonist is forced to haul a wagon for a bossy companion. ("'This is called teamwork. I furnish the brains. You furnish the muscles, the aches and the pains.'") In another scene, he is drafted into the army under the command of the fearsome (and, ultimately, cowardly) General Genghis Kahn Schmitz, who abandons him at a critical moment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Had_Trouble_in_Getting_to_Solla_Sollew
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Sources for "Five-Minute Frights: 'Bells'"
Multimedia
- "Edward Scissorhands OST Storytime." BmSt32, Youtube. August 4, 2008. [2:35] 2nd track of Danny Elfman's favorite composed score Edward Scissorhands. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/FSYPFQy7Hmo
- "Beetlejuice - Main title." Fred Fredburger, Youtube. September 25, 2009. [2:30] Beetlejuice Original Soundtrack Danny Elfman - Main Title - Titolo. https://youtu.be/oZktSPrGSck
- "Exit Music (For a Film)." Scala & Kolacny Brothers, Youtube. December 16, 2016. [4:41] Provided to YouTube by Rhino. Exit Music (For a Film) · Scala & Kolacny Brothers. Dream On. ℗ 2004 It All Leads To This LLC. (LYRICS: https://genius.com/Radiohead-exit-music-for-a-film-lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT3Pv5tQCa0
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "Bells." beetle bailey, updated October 17, 2019.
Sources for "Five-Minute Frights: 'Eater-of-Souls'"
Multimedia
- "Edward Scissorhands OST Introduction (Main Titles)." BmSt32, Youtube. August 4, 2008. [2:37] 1st track of Danny Elfman's favorite composed score Edward Scissorhands. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/04q2Ozr-WYA
- "Aviators - No One Will Save You (Bloodborne Song | Gothic Rock)." Aviators, Youtube. November 6, 2017. [7:38] "You'll be one of them, sooner or later..." Here's some more dark and spooky music from my latest EP! This is a song about the story of Father Gascoigne and his young daughter who waits for him while he is out on the hunt. The night is looking grim and the screams are only getting louder, and he is torn with guilt knowing she will likely never see morning. (LYRICS: https://genius.com/Aviators-no-one-will-save-you-lyrics) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqdyyxdZ4cQ
Articles, Bibliographies, Resources & Websites
- "'Eater-of-Souls.'" beetle bailey, updated October 17, 2019.
Music Playlists
First Hour Music and Playlists:
- Depeche Mode: "Corrupt"
- Danny Elfman: "Edward Scissorhands OST Storytime."
- Danny Elfman: "Beetlejuice - Main title."
- Scala & Kolacny Brothers: "Exit Music (For a Film)" [Radiohead cover, "OK Computer," 1997]
Second Hour Music and Playlists:
- Alanis Morissette: "Uninvited"
- Danny Elfman: "Edward Scissorhands OST Introduction (Main Titles)"
- Aviators: "No One Will Save You Now"
- Missing Persons: "Here and Now"
- Missing Persons: "Noticeable One"
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