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White Man, Asian Girl: Who Decides The Nature Of Love?
When cruising the streets of any hectic Asian city you will see them. You will judge them. You will either respect them and it or you will not.
You might see them walk hand in hand. Maybe he will have an arm around her. Maybe she will cling to him as if there's no day tomorrow. You will see her dedication to him. And maybe you will see how much he enjoys the attention of a young feisty girl.
It's all about the love between two people. A young Asian girl and an old grey man that has seen better days.
Can you call this love?
It all depends on the definition of the word "love". There are many different levels of love and many ways of feeling this "love."
More or less any poor Asian girl knows that if she lands a Westerner it means security. She needs it and she wants it. Her family is dependent on it and they know if there's no cash on the table there's no food in the belly.
Another Perspective
Through her eyes: picture a family of eight and where the youngest sister recently returned home with a new born baby, all living in a one room shed. A hole in the floor functions as a toilet and a bucket provides a cold shower. The kitchen is the fire they start outside their wooden entrance and only door.
You get desperate. You need money. You need security and you do not care how. Desperation for survival eats its way inside you.
Seeing the elderly Westerners who you know are looking for a good time, you start getting ready. Throw on your nicest piece of clothing and whatever make-up you are lucky enough to have and out you go. The bars, the streets, the restaurants even the corner of any highway.
When people look at you, they know. They think their thoughts about you and you feel humiliated, cheap and scared. But what you are most scared of is not being able to feed your sister's baby and your family.
A man comes up to you and starts a conversation. You feel insecure about what to say. You want to say the right thing. You want him to like you, to take you in, to fall in love with you. To save you.
The Dream
It happens, the greatest thing you ever dreamt of happens. You pinch yourself making sure it's real, that in this moment, in this time, in this place. It's real!
He feeds you, takes you to nice up beat restaurants, you hold his hand. You sleep with him and he treats you well. He's a good man. An old man but a sincere man. You get to know more about him and him about you. He tells you he's lonely and lives in a cold country on the other side of the world.
You cling to him; you feel "love" for him. You tell him you "love" him and after a while he says "okay."
Your family starts to eat better; the baby is safe and healthy. He gives you money twice a month to help you and your family lead a better life.
Then he's gone, back to his home country and your whole world falls apart. What now? The desperation you felt before meeting this wonder of a man starts burning inside of you again.
Then he calls: "Let's go open a bank account and I will transfer the money to you while being home". You feel relieved. You feel calm and most grateful to this God of a man.
A Reason To Live
Is this love? The answer would be yes and no.
She loves him of the fact that he helps her. We, the ones born and raised in a country where hunger is not an issue; far away from the world of poverty. We don't see things the same way.
What we care about is having the right car, the cool shoes, the modern brands, the fashionable clothes, and the only desperation you feel is being cool enough join the community of the ridiculous materialistic world you live in.
He loves her too. She gives him a reason to live, even at home. He calls her, tells her what he's been doing and how his side of the world treats him. They share stories, thoughts, smiles, and maybe even secrets.
They do have a relationship; they are together as a couple. Their exist in a world of their own.
What would you think if your father began dating this girl?
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Gizimo Joensen is living life as a story worth telling. While leaving delicate footprints behind her she is hoping on having made a little difference when exiting. She pays her way through her rootless travels by teaching English and as a personal trainer. She just recently decided to share her tales with others and therefore does not yet have an official site.
It's odd how critical most of the comments are — because the article makes a rarely honest point, taken from a perspective that is for once, not a male perspective.
It is relevant that the men who want Asian women are, of course, full of prejudices both about Asian women and regarding white women. I often smile when I see little Asian girls growing up in American families because I know that once they are grown (and hopefully not before them) men will hit on them in bars and night clubs and have no idea, so thick is the prejudice regarding Asian women, that these girls are as American as apple pie.
My sisters and I have always joke that the men who date and the men who marry Asian women do so because they have smaller penises — or the psychological equivalent of the same.
And it is men's fear of women, especially white women, that is at stake here. This fear can be dangerous.
But the idea that it is not about power and money is preposterous.
And the young women who offers a fat, grey, older man her youth is missing out on being with a younger man.
Nor is it the case that 'fat, grey, older' women can date Asian men (and given the penis thing, why would they wish too). Moreover Asian men do not count as automatic trophy dates, not for women in any case.
It may be worth reflecting that we often tell ourselves that we are in love, and tell others how much we are in love, just when we know that our real reasons are a little less idealistic.
And how many of us are that honest with ourselves.
Why do any of us 'love' as we do?-
We should all thank Dio for proving the point made above by William. Did I hear someone second me when I say, "You're a jerk Dio. You not only missed the point, you proved it with the insipid attitude you display in your comment.
http://twitter.com/mymanysmells Ben Dan
You don't even know what insipid means, loser. And YES, you are a loser. You can delude yourself into thinking that you aren't, but the whole world sees you as a fat old loser who has to go to a third world country to get a woman.
Yes I think I know what insipid means, thank you. It was a word rarely used in my MBA and professional life, but I like that word because it says so much about so many people. I have taught it in TOEFL advanced English classes, BTW.
And yes the prejudiced and inexperienced people of the world think I am a loser and that is fine with me. I have nothing to defend. Like my girlfriend often says "Up to you!"
I have a very good life with a younger devoted (64/43) Thai girlfriend of three years. And yes I am fatter than I want to be. I won three trophies for triathlons this year, but none for first place. If I could only lose a few more pounds maybe I would be first in age group instead of second or third. In that way I am a loser, right, since I wasn't first. I paid cash for my condo here.
Retirement in Thailand for people in the right circumstance can be quite marvelous. It is indeed a paradise for older men, but this creates an element of mystery and jealousy too. Come take a look, Ben Dan, and see if you are man enough to be a loser here with me.
lol just like the post ur comment is so full of stereotypical trash its disgusting.
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The fault in this story is that there are two pictures and both show young children. The first looks like a 12 year old. Linked to that picture is the story of elderly foreign men. Since I live in Bangkok I see older men, but hardly elderly in the sense that they are quite active and probably between 50 and 70 yo, who are with younger women but those women are in their 20s to 40s. Frankly those women look very happy and they are the clinging ones in those relationship.
I laughed recent about my Belgium neighbor's story. We live in Bangkok. I saw him as he moved out of his apartment temporarily. His drop dead gorgeous Thia girl friend has a nicer condo than his and so they moved in together. He told me she gets 100,000 Baht a month from her Australian boyfriend who is only rarely able to visit Bangkok. 100,000 Baht is more than my two pensions which is a huge wage here in Thailand. This is not an unusual story. First world male visitors are as stupid as third world women – no question about that!
On the other hand my 42 yo Thai girl friend is not drop dead gorgeous, but we have a proper relationship for over two years. At least I think so. I pay for everything including a small amount for her mother in the country. Our mutual loyalty is expressed every day.
Aren't both situations exactly what happens any where in the world? As long as the sensationalism in the media like we see in this story above can get put back in the bottle, life will be normal. When you read blogs and HUBs etc like the one you see above the statistics can racket up more and more. One day you see a report that 50,000 women are "trafficked" into the US each year and the next you see some one say it is 300,000. One day you see a report that 9-12 years old girls are forced into prostitution and the next time the report will say it is always 9 years olds bla bla bla. Stories get more extreme every day.
This kind of crap should be put back in the bottle but unfortunately, like bad slasher movies, this sensational talk is entertaining in our new social media culture.
Every time I read that a sex trafficked woman was "rescued" I think that a woman who probably knew exactly what she was doing is now out of a job and has to use her "victim card" to get along until she can resettle and be a sex worker some where else. But that's only my firs hand experience with this issue in several developing countries as well as in the US. We need to put this crap back in the bottle and stop the craziness.
Older white men with Asian women is sickening. The women often look prepubescent or very, very young. These women are looking for an escape out of poverty and are not interested in these dim-witted, pudgy-faced, sweaty white men. These white men develop huge inflated egos because they aren't accountable – but they're seen in the street and sniggered at by both Asians and Caucasian - because we all know the young Asian girls are only with these dumb and insecure men for money.
This story tries to sell idea that these thai girls are selfless and just want to help their poor baby sisters. Truth is that many, if not most, of them just like money and living easy life. Stories about baby sisters and sick mothers are usually just that, stories. People in poor countries are not more selfless than in richer countries, usually less so.
Tourists fust provide them rich lifestyle without much effort, work or study. -
you're pathetic
Smart comment. Why not explain your view?
As an asian girl live in asian country, i disagree with this author. He(she) just looks one side of this issue, Asian girl now is quite strong, intelligent and independent they know what bring happy, what is a freedom life. What is an old white man looking for when find an young asian girl, with his age and his economic situation cant afford for white girl, asian girl is the best choice, the men once again find the love when still have the girl adore him
I have to agree with you. Everyone needs love and part of that is taking care of each other. Yes you are stereotyping of course and it doesn't apply in every case but stereotypes are based on the larger reality. Asian women are just better, more caring, docile, ego boosting, and way cuter than white american women so it makes sense.
My brother has married a Filipino woman–actually on his 2nd one now as the first one died 18 mo ago. I struggle with this soooo much. First of all, he wanted to retire early and had lived like a pauper for his whole work life, saving nearly every penny. Now he has nothing–and I mean nothing–to his name! That's just after wife #1. Wife #2 seems very nice and is a hard worker, but wants to get pregnant ASAP–she's 20 yrs younger and had 3 children already, by different men! She has brought the 2 yr old to America with her but left the two teenage boys behind. I am sure this is her plan for securing HER future financial situation as well as her children.
Wife #1 was verbally and physically abusive to him and my mom. Because of her, I struggle to accept any of this. I try to be happy for him, because he does seem happy, even though he is now completely broke and no longer has a good job (oh yeah, he had to quit that because of wifey #1 also–she wanted him to take her back to the Philippines! ) While married to her, he supported her family in the Philippines and her son in Chicago, who didn't work, even though he was in his 30′s! Why work when you have a stupid, middle-aged American man who will support you, right? I don't know to what extent he is "supporting" his new wife's family in the Philippines now but my guess is they are sending money as much as she can get her hands on it.
He works for just over minimum wage now and lives in a dump that should be torn down–not paying anything to live there! But I guess the sex sure must be good because he and several of his middle-aged friends are all doing it!
It is an insult to me as an American woman–there were opportunities for him to be with wonderful AMERICAN women but they were not 100# showcases. It is an insult to me just as a woman because these women are PROSTITUTING themselves–for security or whatever you want to label it as. Ok, maybe it is to "put food on the table" for their families, and yes, we as American's don't have a clue what it is like to live like that, but any American guy who would stoop to this level just to "get some" is not worth a second look in my opinion. If he is so bent on "helping" these women and their families (as my brother has said to me) then HELP THEM WITHOUT THE BENEFITS, but don't sell your soul and give your life savings to them, and then bring them back to the US and expect your family to do the same!!!
These posts are so old I don't know if this will even be read, but it helps me be able to vent anyway….
I am an old asian guy living in usa. I had a relationship with a young teenage dutch girl, who was solely in for my money. Guess what, once she found some european guy younger than me, who had a prospect for a decent income, she dumped me like a hot potato.
I imagine that same thing will happen to 99% of you old white dudes who go sleep with teenage asian girls.
eh, we all deserve what we get. I found another girl, this time in usa. She's young, but she's not the money grubbing whorish type so maybe this time it will work out. Or maybe I am delusional, just like most of you.
Let's get something straight. Very few "old white dudes" "sleep with teenage Asian girls." As an self-proclaimed Asian man you know better than most that a 25 yo Asian girl might look a lot more like an American high school girl, but she is still 25. That is part of the appeal of course since so many American women was chubby and sloppy well into their 30s. But Asian "girls" I see with older men are well into their 20s and also 30s in most cases. Let's forget that ingrained prejudice about age and analyze why it happens at all.
The foreign man probably has the advantage of more money, but I also think, specifically regarding Thailand, that three factors skew the ratio of men to women: (1) to many young Thai men die or are maimed in car and moto accidents, (2) a large number of young men spend some or all their time as a Buddhist monk, and (3) a shocking number of men would rather be women, AKA ladyboys. I have met ladyboys who are waitresses, store clerks, and post officer workers. All over Bangkok you see Tom and Dee couples (lesbians) too which is also a likely result of a severe shortage of healthy, acceptable men. Older foreign men are healthy and manly as well as being able to provide for a family. If a 30 yo Thai man has one leg or is wearing a saffron robe or a dress without a penny to his name, why is anyone surprised to see a 25 yo Thai woman ignoring him and behaving affectionately to a 50 yo white man? Its a matter of simply demographics. Healthy, educated young Thai men with potential also can be "butterflies" – as they damned well know – which also makes the foreign men look appealing. It is a complicated issue that results in a paradise for the older foreign man at the moment and a mystery or a scandal for the rest of the world to ponder.
This is full of it. For one, I prefer white men over Asian men because I encounter mostly white men in my life after growing up in a place I hardly see Asian guys. If I do, none really like me. I don't want money because I'm independent, but support and stability is just a plus. So don't generalize that stupid stereotype of Asian women doing something like that. You make us seem like we're desperate people. I'm Chinese and I love my fiancé of a Serbian and Norwegian descent because I love who he is and how he is. We met in high school from a friend and he was the one who liked me. I just ended up falling harder for him because how amazing of a person he is not because he has money or only he's white. Sorry, this post is just dumb.


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The Import Menu allows you to choose a file format, enter the name of the file being imported, choose between several automatic default activities, and load the file into Collect!. You can attach incoming Debtors to a specific Client, and also assign a fixed fee and various other attributes of the files as they are loaded. Separate contact plans may be run on imported data, for new accounts or modified accounts. This provides many possibilities for automatically processing the data that you import.
Select File from the top menu bar to access the Import/Export menu and then select Import File from the submenu to open the Import Menu form.
This is the type of file you are importing. Press F2 to select from the list. You can define a new file format from the Main Menu.
This is the name of the file. By default, Import loads the file name from the File Format specification.
The top two lines of *.cio files are reserved.
The .cio extension on a file causes Collect! to write system information into the top two lines of an exported file. Collect! does not read the top two lines of imported .cio files as user data.
This is used when importing a file from one particular client. Otherwise, leave this field blank. If you have more than one client with identical names, enter a Client Number as well so that Collect! can find the correct client.
Press F2 to pick from your Client list. This selection should not be used with CIO files.
Enter a Client Number to use when importing. Import will use this value as a key to find the client. If this field is blank, Collect! will use the name in the Client field. This field is updated when a client is selected in the Client field.
The fixed charge is loaded into every Account record as it is being loaded into the database. This field is the ' Precollect Charge' shown in the Debtor Detail form in Collect!. It is not currently used for accounting purposes.
This is the interest rate that will be used to calculate the interest the Debtor owes. Interest will be automatically calculated from the interest date, read from each account in the import file. Leave this field blank if you do not charge interest.
This field will not override any existing data in accounts being imported. If, for example, some accounts have an interest rate and others do not, the interest rate will only be applied to those accounts that have no existing interest rate at the time of importing.
This is the commission rate you are charging your Client. Leaving this field blank results in 0 commissions being charged, something which may be useful when importing Pre-Collect accounts.
When importing new accounts, the internal Collect! Debtor File Number is of vital importance.
You may use this number to relate different record types as you import them. For example, you may import transaction records and attach them to the correct account using the File Number.
If the file number is imported with each record, that file number will be assigned to the Debtor. If this number duplicates an existing file number within the Collect! database, the existing record with that file number may be updated. To do this, use imported data, depending on your import specification, for each of the fields being imported.
If no file number is imported with the account, Import will use the Starting File Number field to start numbering the Account file numbers. Collect automatically assigns the next highest available file number.
If no Starting File Number is included, file numbering will continue from the highest existing file number in the receiving Collect! database. Import automatically loads this number when the Import menu is opened. As each account is imported, the number is incremented.
This ID will be assigned to each account as it is imported. Press F2 to pick from your list of Operators.
This Contact Plan will be run after Collect! imports all data creating new accounts.
You can set additional options by choosing a Contact Plan. These include scheduling review contacts and letters to be sent, in addition to a number of other details to help automate your account processing.
For example, you can have the system automatically schedule a letter to be printed into the next batch, in addition to automatically posting fixed charges to the Client, and scheduling other letters or Operator contacts.
This Contact Plan will be run after Collect! imports all data to existing accounts.
Since contact plans can contain conditional processing (based on field values in the database) you can embed quite a bit of intelligence into the processing of incoming accounts. This eliminates human error and increases efficiency.
Select this option if you need to modify an import map or you want to create a new one in the currently loaded import library. The list of all File Format Specifications will be displayed. Select the import you wish to view. This will show you the File Format Specifications for the import map you selected. If you wish to create a new import map, select the NEW button when you are viewing the list of all File Specifications.
Choose this to open a dialog where you can pick a file to import.
Press this button for help on the Import Menu screen and links to related topics.
Select this button to display the Accumulator form.
The Accumulator form will be blank if you have not used this advanced feature of Import/Export. It is possible for Collect! to keep running totals when records are imported. Press F1 when the Accumulator form is displayed to see more help.
Select this to close this form and return to the previous form without running an import.
This button starts the import process. You will be prompted before any new information is written to your database, and you will have every opportunity to cancel importing.
As records are being imported, each record is displayed and the program presents you with a few options.
- would you like to import this report - skip this record - load all remaining records without prompting you - cancel importing
You should confirm at least the first few records to ensure that all information is being loaded properly. If any of the fields you expect to be there are not displayed, or are in the wrong places, then your import specification has some kind of error.
The following options are presented as each record is loaded, just before it is written to the database.
If you choose Yes, Import will store the record in the database and prompt you again when the next record is ready for importing. This can continue until you are sure that the records are importing properly. Then you can choose to load all the remaining records without further prompting.
If you choose No, the record will not be stored in the database and Import will move to the next line in the import data file.
If you choose All, Import will continue loading the records remaining in the file without prompting you further.
If you choose to cancel, the import process will terminate and you will be returned to the main Import Menu.
For more information on the predefined CIO file formats, use the Help menu Index option and choose the topic Inter-Office Data Transfers.
Other information is available in the Help Index under File Format Specification. Press the Edit Format button in the Import menu to access this form and its details. Press F1 when you are on the form to bring up help.
Please review the Help on File Format Specifications, and then create a file specification matching your requirements. Refer to qualified technical support for assistance.
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Hurtling Over Fiscal Cliff Likely Regardless of Election Outcome
Representatives of the Group of 20 (G20) industrialized countries meeting in Mexico City over the weekend begged U.S. officials attending the meeting to avoid the impending fiscal cliff in 2013.
Chile's finance minister, Felipe Larrain told Reuters, "If we're not able to resolve the cliff, that could be the tipping point for a much more complicated scenario in the world economy."
The G20 clearly recognizes the risk of the U.S. falling off of the fiscal cliff.
Comparing the relative risks of the U.S. and Europe, Canadian finance minister Jim Flaherty told Bloomberg Businessweek, "In the near-term, clearly the U.S. situation is the higher risk."
Tomorrow's presidential election may complicate the situation regardless of if U.S. President Barack Obama wins a second term or if Mitt Romney is our next president.
Washington insiders have suggested that, unless there is a wider than expected margin of victory for either candidate, legal challenges are likely, which could put the result of the election in doubt.
In fact, each side has hefty legal teams waiting to jump to action if the election is close.
fiscal cliff
Protect Your Money from the Fiscal Cliff Attack on Dividends
Anyone not living in a cave by now knows about the ominous tax-cut situation - fiscal cliff 2013 - that could be unleashed on the U.S. economy early next year.
That is assuming Congress does nothing, and, let's be honest, doing nothing is one thing in which Congress is truly proficient.
Unfortunately, one of the tax cuts that will sunset should the fiscal cliff become a reality is the dividend tax break that went into effect in President George W. Bush's first term.
This is not an endorsement of one candidate or party over the other. After all, the economy could fall off the fiscal cliff regardless of the outcome of next week's presidential election.
However, there is little refuting the fact that the dividend tax break has been a winner for investors.
The top dividend tax rate is currently 15%, but for the most fortunate among us, that rate could surge to 40% under the fiscal cliff scenario.
In other words, letting the dividend tax cuts expire amounts to a government boondoggle of epic proportions that even Uncle Sam would have a hard time topping.
Here's why.
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The Fiscal Cliff's Biggest Surprise Could Be a Rising U.S. Dollar
My grandmother Mimi had a saying that was as blunt as it was uncouth. "When the stuff hits the fan," she used to say, "it will not be evenly distributed."
This one came up often when she sensed that world events were about to take a turn for the worse.
You've heard me mention Mimi before. She was widowed at a young age and went on to become a savvy global investor long before people thought to look beyond their own backyard.
Mimi never cared what Wall Street's "Armani Army" had to say.
Instead, she preferred to travel widely to see for herself what the real story was. Having grown up in the midst of the Great Depression, she believed that people were the ultimate indicator and that governments were the penultimate contrarian influence.
If she were still alive today, I think she'd encourage us to take a good hard look in the proverbial "mirror" especially with regard to the looming fiscal cliff making headlines the world over.
And I don't think she'd waste any time with the doom, gloom and boom crowd either.
She was always on the hunt for opportunity when everyone else was running from chaos. Thanks to her, it's a habit that remains firmly ingrained in me today.
Not One but Three Fiscal Cliffs
And that brings me back to the "fiscal cliff."
In my mind, this is a misnomer. There isn't really a singular fiscal cliff . As I explained earlier this summer to Sheryl Nance of Forbes there are actually three.
- The massive adjustments headed our way as tax and spending cuts expire and come into effect beginning in 2013. You may know it as taxmegeddon.
- The debt debacle and the near complete lack of any sort of credible financial consolidation plan that will affect everything from interest rates to collateral requirements and the US credit rating - again.
- And politicians who simply don't understand that issues 1 and 2 are already dramatically impacting the economy long before the theoretical limits of spending come into play. Profits are declining and 61% of companies that have reported through Monday October 22nd have failed to meet expectations. Hiring is slowing and top line revenue is increasingly hard to come by.
Many believe this is a moot point because Congress will get down to business in November after the Presidential Election takes place. The hope is that some sort of budget agreement will be reached and that the US economy will then be positioned for stronger growth in 2013.
Yeah and I suppose the tooth fairy will show up, too.
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New Report on Fiscal Cliff 2013 Details Our Painful Future
Are you worried yet about fiscal cliff 2013?
If not, here are millions of reasons to be concerned.
According to a report released today (Friday) from the National Association of Manufacturers, "The "fiscal cliff' is still two months off, but the scheduled blast of tax hikes and spending cuts is already reverberating through the U.S. economy, hampering growth and, according to a new study, wiping out nearly 1 million jobs this year alone."
The report, titled "Fiscal Shock: America's Economic Crisis," details how the fiscal cliff could destroy some 6 million jobs through 2014, and send unemployment skyrocketing to nearly 12%.
"The worst could be ahead," the report said. "If the fiscal contraction happens, the economy will almost certainly experience a recession in 2013 and significantly slower growth through 2014."
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Jim Rogers on Election 2012: "A Pox on Both Their Houses'
Investing legend Jim Rogers says it doesn't matter who wins Election 2012.
In his view, both President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney are equally bad.
"I repeat Shakespeare: A pox on both their houses as far as I'm concerned," Rogers said in a Breakout interview this week. "These are the guys who got us into this problem, so why does anybody think they will get us out?"
The "problem" to which Jim Rogers is referring to is the sluggish U.S. economy, dragged down by the huge $16 trillion federal debt and annual budget deficits in excess of $1 trillion.
Rogers predicted that regardless of who wins Election 2012, things won't get better.
"If Mr. Obama wins, his friends are gonna get more money. If Mr. Romney wins, his friends are gonna get more money. But you and I, and everybody watching this show are gonna be worse off because the debt's going to go higher, and the turmoil is gonna get worse."
Rogers blames both major parties for the nation's economic ills.
"All of them have gotten us into this situation," Rogers said. "Look at the last 50 years of American history. Republicans, Democrats, Republicans, Democrats .... It's not doing us any good. None of us are benefiting by what's been going on in Washington."
Jim Rogers is so down on U.S. politicians that he has absolutely no preference as to who wins the White House.
"I will vote the protest vote. I nearly always vote the protest vote," Rogers said without specifying which third-party might get his support.
In Rogers's view, a vote for either major party just perpetuates the problem.
"If they keep sending us turkeys, and we keep voting for turkeys, they'll send us more turkeys," he said.
Peter Schiff: If You Think the Fiscal Cliff is Bad, Just Wait
Forget the fiscal cliff, says economic expert Peter Schiff. This country faces a far bigger financial crisis.
While the failure of Congress to act to prevent or mitigate the fiscal cliff - the combination of tax increases and federal spending cuts due to hit on Jan. 2, 2013 - would slam the economy hard, Schiff says it would be preferable to the crash he foresees.
"It's not because we go over this phony fiscal cliff, it's probably because we don't go over that one because the government cancels the spending cuts, cancels the tax hikes, and instead we end up going over the real fiscal cliff further down the road," Schiff told Breakout recently.
Schiff, the CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital, said the real threat to the U.S. economy is "where interest rates spike and we can no longer afford to pay the interest on the enormous amount of debt we have."
He also blamed the Federal Reserve's zero interest rate policy for making government borrowing too easy.
The national debt, fueled by annual budget deficits of more than $1trillion, crossed the $16 trillion threshold at the end of August. At current spending rates it will hit $17 trillion next June.
"We can't keep interest rates artificially low to stimulate the economy because it's the low interest rates that are the source of the problem," Schiff said.
That about a third of the U.S. debt is held by foreign countries such as China and Japan is a ticking time bomb.
"In fact, the real fiscal cliff comes when our creditors want their money back, and we don't have it," he said.
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CEOs, CFOs Voice Concerns over Crippling Fiscal Cliff
While the fiscal cliff might not be at the forefront of concerns for the average American, it is deeply affecting the spending and hiring plans of many businesses.
Four recent surveys show that corporate chief executive officers and chief financial officers are taking measures to prepare for the Jan. 2, 2013 actuation of the fiscal cliff.
According to a recent study by the Congressional Budget Office, this could easily take the U.S. economy back into another recession. Despite that threat, it appears less and less likely that anything will be done by the Obama administration and Congress to avert the crisis.
Needless to say, this has not gone unnoticed by the high level executive leadership of corporate America.
"This complete Mexican standoff that we have now is not getting us anywhere," Jim McNery, Chief Executive Officer of Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) said about the looming failure of Congress and the Obama administration to mitigate the impact of the fiscal cliff.
Business Feels Bearish
Since businesses see fiscal cliff talks failing to deliver progress, growth expectations of the country's biggest companies have fallen.
Members of the Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers, expressed in a recent survey bearish sentiment for every business measure (sales, capital spending and hiring).
From the results of this research, the Business Roundtable has lowered its projections for a wide range of economic indicators for its most recent CEO Economic Outlook Survey. These were registered at the lowest level since 2009, the nadir of the Great Recession.
Those closest to the fiscal operations of a company, the chief financial officers, are similarly bearish due in a large part to fiscal cliff 2013.
The CFO Signals Survey found that 47% of chief financial officers are more pessimistic about how well their company will do this quarter.
According to the survey, that sentiment represents the "most somber year-over-year expectations" ever in the history of that research report.
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CEOs and CFOs view hitting the fiscal cliff as a huge failure in the economic leadership from the elected political leaders in Washington, DC.
John Engler, the former governor of Michigan who is now the President of the Business Roundtable, compared the negligence to the recent standoff between the National Football League (NFL) and its referees.
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As We Near Fiscal Cliff, Avoid These Vulnerable Stocks
According to a recent study by CEO organization Business Roundtable, major corporations are preparing for the Jan. 2 onslaught of the fiscal cliff.
Unless an accord is reached, the fiscal cliff could lead to negative U.S. economic growth for the first half of 2013 and unemployment soaring to 9.1%, according to research from KBW.
The fiscal cliff will deliver a market-wide impact, but the brunt of vulnerability will be placed on a lot of the same sectors and companies that suffered during the Great Recession.
The good news for many of these stocks is they've all enjoyed good runs this year, delivering healthy returns for investors.
The bad news is that could all change by Jan 2.
Fiscal Cliff Danger Zone: Three Stocks to Avoid
Defense, housing and finance stocks are sure to be clobbered if the fiscal cliff is crossed.
Federal spending is the lifeblood of the defense industry, which will feel the most pain from fiscal cliff spending cuts. Many of these companies do not have the diversity in business operations to survive.
Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE: LMT) is particularly exposed as it is the nation's largest defense contractor.
Already Lockheed Martin has created fiscal cliff survival plans. According to its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Robert Stevens, Lockheed Martin has slowed down hiring new employees and is prepared to lay off workers.
LMT's share price fell about 50% from September 2008 to February 2009 due to the Great Recession, but the fiscal cliff effect could hit it much harder since defense spending was still strong during the stock's last tumble. Lockheed is up almost 17% this year to over $94, and 50% since 2009.
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The fiscal cliff spending cuts affecting the defense sector will have a ripple effect into related markets. That includes the Washington, DC housing market which won't be able to continue a recovery if people in the region start losing jobs.
That's why home builder NVR Inc. (NYSE: NVR) is in trouble.
Building luxury homes in the Washington, DC area, NVR had to file for bankruptcy back in 1992 due to adverse economic conditions in the mid-Atlantic region at that time.
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Fiscal Cliff: How Each Candidate Plans to Save Us
America is moving closer to falling off the dreaded fiscal cliff, but Congress continues to move at a snail's pace in addressing the pressing subject.
And while the nation waits for a resolution, the costs of doing nothing are rising, with U.S. taxpayers' money at risk.
Lawmakers have taken a "hurry-up-and-wait" stance, putting off until after the November presidential election any decision-making about the most crucial matter currently facing Congress.
At issue is whether to extend some or all of the Bush-era tax cuts and how to handle the nearly $1 trillion in spending cuts slated to kick-in starting Jan. 1.
If the expiration of tax cuts comes to fruition, the result will be the biggest tax increase ever levied on Americans (Taxmageddon 2013).
If the spending cuts start rolling out, thousands of jobs will be lost, our country's security will be put at risk, businesses will sorely suffer and programs that rely on government contracts will disappear.
With just a few weeks before ballots are cast for our next president, the looming fiscal cliff has become a heated topic on campaign trails. Falling off the cliff would undoubtedly thrust the struggling U.S. economy into a recession in 2013, a consequence neither contender wants to tackle.
So how do they plan to avoid the fiscal cliff? Let's take a look.
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Fiscal Cliff 2013: The Biggest Threat To Your Profits?
Fund managers aren't taking any chances with fiscal cliff 2013 - they're making sure their portfolios are ready now.
That's because global money managers view the looming fiscal cliff as the biggest current threat to investors' profits.
A new Bank of America Merrill Lynch Fund Managers survey this month revealed anxieties about the approaching and almost imminent fiscal cliff, which the country will go over Jan. 1 if Congress doesn't act, now for the first time in 18 months trump fears about the Eurozone sovereign debt crisis.
At the forefront are worries over trillions of dollars of spending cuts set to kick in at the start of next year that will threaten our national security, millions of jobs, and government-funded programs. Those colossal cuts will coincide with the expiration of Bush-era tax cuts which will amount to the biggest ever tax increase on American taxpayers.
The double whammy now has 35% of fund managers citing the fiscal cliff as the biggest danger to investments.
On the flip side, angst over the European debt mess as the top investment worry has waned to 33% from 48%. The drop follows the recent announcement of further support from the European Central Bank and its launch of outright monetary transactions (OMT), or bond buying, to reduce the cost of buying for bordering Eurozone countries.
The figures are from a Sept. 7-13 BofA survey of 253 managers who invest some $681 billion for clients.
Uncertainty surrounding Election 2012 has made the fiscal cliff effect a bigger threat.
"The upcoming election is putting these fears into sharper focus," noted Michael Hartnett, chief investment strategist at Bofa Merrill Lynch Global Research.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An alleged squatter at the Stapleton Houses was arrested Wednesday for refusing cops' order to leave and for burning a manager's hand with a cigarette. Felicia Rezk, 32, fell to the ground and wouldn't budge when cops say they tried to remove her from a seventh-floor apartment in the city-owned building at 67 Hill St., court... Full story »
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January 29, 2010, 2:09PM
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January 29, 2010, 1:39PM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- First she took away, then she gave back. Then she took away again. A home health care attendant allegedly swiped a ring from a 98-year-old patient two weeks ago, but later returned it. However, Tanya Altieri, 43, also lifted other jewelry and more than $3,000 in cash from the patient's home safe and didn't give that... Full story »
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January 29, 2010, 12:30PM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Their "stolen" car couldn't be in two places at once — especially if those locations were almost 20 miles apart — so police have arrested a Charleston couple, accusing them of insurance fraud. Salvatore A. and Marylou Bulone claimed they last saw their 2008 Lincoln outside their Ambassador Lane home at about 10 p.m. on... Full story »
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Officials from the FDNY and National Grid have responded to a gas leak in Grasmere this morning. Several Fire Department vehicles are on Glendale Avenue as a precaution. The leak is coming from the home at 46 Glendale. There are no injuries. Here's a video from the scene: Gas leak no Glendale Avenue Full story »
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January 29, 2010, 11:50AM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The mother of a 7-year-old boy who went missing from his Brooklyn foster home over the weekend was sent to jail yesterday by a Staten Island Family Court judge who insists she knows where the child is. Earlier this week, police searched the Mariners Harbor area and kept tabs on a man who sources say... Full story »
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- A Bulls Head woman faces drunken-driving charges after police pulled her over at the corner of Richmond Avenue and Victory Boulevard early yesterday morning. Mary C. Scala, 53, of Gary Court, had a blood alcohol content of .136 percent, police say, well over the .08 percent legal threshold. Full story »
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January 29, 2010, 8:30AM
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — An ex-con from West Brighton faces a slew of felony charges after he allegedly snatched a woman's bags on Staten Island's Broadway last weekend. Police say Marlan Hill, 32, of the 800 block of Castleton Avenue, yanked two bags from the woman as she was walking in the opposite direction from him on Broadway near... Full story »
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January 28, 2010, 5:21PM
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Amazon Web Services says it has recovered from the latest major outage for cloud computing service, which affected large customers, including Netflix and Heroku. The problems with Amazon's Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) service began on Christmas Eve at 1:45 p.m. Pacific time, and weren't fully resolved until 9:41 a.m. on Christmas Day, an outage of about 20 hours.
The incident was the latest in a series of outages for Amazon's US-East-1 region, the oldest and most crowded portion of its cloud computing infrastructure. The downtime raised new questions about Amazon's management of the region, and the prospect that load balancing problems in a single zone can undermine the benefits of hosting assets in multiple regions – scenario that first showed up in an extended outage last summer.
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The ELB service is important because it is widely used to manage reliability, allowing customers to shift capacity between different availability zones, an important strategy in preserving uptime when a single data center experiences problems.
During a June 29 outage, Amazon said a bug in its Elastic Load Balancing system prevented customers from quickly shifting workloads to other availability zones. This had the affect of magnifying the impact of the outage, as customers that normally use more than one availability zone to improve their reliability (such as Netflix) were unable to shift capacity.
In a July 2 incident report from that event, Amazon outlined steps it would pursue to avoid a repeat of these issues: "As a result of these impacts and our learning from them, we are breaking ELB processing into multiple queues to improve overall throughput and to allow more rapid processing of time-sensitive actions such as traffic shifts. We are also going to immediately develop a backup DNS re-weighting that can very quickly shift all ELB traffic away from an impacted Availability Zone without contacting the control plane."
It will be interesting to see whether Amazon's load balancing problems were related to any of the issues identified in July, and what new solutions are devised to address them. We'll likely see information on that front soon, as the Amazon team has been scrupulous about publishing details incident reports.
Posted December 25th, 2012Maybe it's cool to mention Dyn, XDN, Cedexis and others… that have solutions for bypassing this typical fu***ing event.
Posted December 26th, 2012At Total Uptime our failover and load balancing solutions are external to AWS, so you can actually failover from region to region.
Posted December 26th, 2012Want to bet at the end of the day this doesn't count as an outage with the Amazon SLA? I'm so glad I'm done using that shit service. Can't believe Netflix hosts on infrastructure from their competitor, just brain dead.
ELB itself is just an absolutely terrible service, Netflix made news a while back that due to DNS caching millions of Netflix API requests went to other amazon customers (because ELB randomly changes IPs without notice).
Bill Kleyman
Posted December 26th, 2012This is just unfortunate… it really is. I truly felt that AWS had learned it's lessons and worked hard to create a more resilient cloud platform. I guess that wasn't the case. I recently wrote this article for DCK: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2012/12/05/the-cloudy-side-of-cloud-computing/ — which outlined the risks of cloud computing.
I still like the flexibility and agility of the cloud. But Amazon needs to get their act together…Seriously.
Dan Creswell
Posted December 28th, 2012Perhaps we should all wait on the postmortem analysis before wading in?
Sure, Amazon has it's foibles, but then so does everything else and considering the scale they operate at, they likely aren't doing too bad. I've been around and over the long-term no hosting provider or datacentre is perfect in my experience. Are Amazon really worse? Well, let's see some real numbers!
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"because ELB randomly changes IPs without notice"
For which Amazon do this:
"works around this being a glaring problem by setting very low TTLs (time-to-live) on the domain name mappings for those machines"
Which, unfortunately gets broken like this:
"but clients that are caching the IP address and not honoring the TTL may still be trying to connect to the old ELB after it has been replaced by another one that your app was using."
Clients not honouring TTL? Is that truly Amazon's problem then?
Please don't read me as pro-Amazon. There are issues with AWS for sure around variable latency in I/O and network for starters. All I'm asking for is a bit of balance and perhaps not so much self-serving:
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Mar 23, 2004 — On Friday, a court in Quebec cleared the way for same-sex marriages in the province. Same-sex marriages have been legal in Ontario and British Columbia since last summer. Canada has quickly become a haven for hundreds of gay and lesbian couples from the U.S. looking for a place where they can marry legally. Brian Mann spoke with Kay Brannigan, a professor of Africana and women's studies at SUNY Plattsburgh. Brannigan and her spouse, Mary Ellen, were married in Ottawa last week. The couple have two adopted daughters, ages 9 & 10. Go to full article
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Reliable VTR basher
Steering rack - £250.
Steering column, replaced with a rack - £100.
Front bushes - nothing done by Ford.
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Apart from the expensive repairs I've had to do I love this car because its not rated as a quick car, but it can give what's for to a lot of cars, but not cars like the Williams Clio. I've had it doing 0-60 in 9 seconds and got up to a top whack of 115MPH. Personally I've beaten XR2'S, VTR's, and GTi Golf's up to about 90MPH. Like I said, it can't beat the beasty cars, but it can live with most others.
The interior in this car is the great, best Ford have ever made apart from Leather. The handling of this car is very good, but not awesome because it needs a couple of coils taken off, but its got enough handling to whack it into bends.
Can some one mail back any cheap tips to get the engine moving faster.
Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes
Review Date: 12th February, 2001
15th Jul 2001, 12:57
Hi there, you are looking for advice on improving your Si engine?
Well try a K&N induction kit, for a start they claim +9 bhp and they're only £82.50 on mail order. Good gain for the price.
17th Mar 2005, 14:22
Obviously the Golf Gti wasn't racing or wasn't running properly. I drive a civic coupe and those Golf are fast.
20th Mar 2005, 19:41
140bhp from a de-cat and air filter? You got anything else going on there? No way on earth can you get 140 from those MINOR mods. The best mod you could do without breaking the bank is dropping a 2.0l Mondeo engine in it, and they are 140bhp standard.
The Si's engines aren't worth modding, apart from the filter. Those things aren't big enough to get the power.
Try looking here www.fiestaturbo.com or www.fiesta-si.com.
Oh and I have an Si too.
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Lol I agree 50bhp increase with those couple mods no chance!! only way you could get that kind of increase is with a turbo even then the engine wasnt designed to take that power. k and n kit doesn't add any power just increases the noise, same as with every single car I've ever modded which is every car I've ever owned! I love the noise tho that's why I do it not because I expect some silly power gains. your looking at 2/3 hp max forget what they claim its all lies.


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More banks in the UAE are working behind the scenes to boost the leadership skills among their employees to try to increase customer service.
Some financial companies are teaming up with educational service providers to create customised in-house training programmes that teach better communication, problem-solving and overall leadership skills. Others are quietly bringing in consultants for personal sessions that can run from two days to four months.
"Management talent is a crucial requirement for GCC bank growth and performance," says Salmaan Jaffery, the retail banking sector leader for the Mena region at Ernst & Young, a consultancy.
"Happier employees, as well as higher skilled people with better product knowledge, lead to happier customers."
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Then there is Ajman Bank, which says it will graduate about 20 staff members and recent university alums from its new "banking excellence" programme in mid-March. Its ultimate goal: to create dedicated teams of workers for delivering high-quality service that can manage the needs of all customers.
"At a time when the Islamic financial services industry is experiencing extraordinarily rapid growth, the UAE must continue to develop its people in order to seize the opportunity," says Mohamed Amiri, the deputy chief executive of Ajman Bank.
The bank's programme, which started in September and awards participants with a certificate, has included classroom learning and testing. Individuals have also spent time in specific banking departments, including retail, compliance and risk, depending on which leadership position the employee seems best suited.
"In their rotation, they would have a very specific assignment and it would include working with others and applying what they learned," says Linda Eagle, the president of the Edcomm Group Banker's Academy, the US-based company that collaborated with Ajman Bank while creating its curriculum. "We believe leaders are made, not born."
Other banks have been bringing in consultants to work on specific issues.
Shana Kad, a consultant with Life Effective Coaching in Dubai, says she is working on confidence-building exercises with young executives at one regional bank that asked not to be named.
"Banking execs in this day and age are getting younger and younger," says Ms Kad, who adds that some are in their 30s instead of their 50s as was the case in the past.
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The key people within Plan and member organisations
(updated on 3 January 2014)
International Board of Directors
Chair: Ellen Løj
Vice Chair: Dorota Keverian (Chair of the People and Culture Committee)
Treasurer: Martin Hoyos (Chair of the Financial Audit Committee)
Mayu Avila
Stan Bartholomeeussen (Chair of the Programme Committee)
Werner Bauch
Assefa Bequele
Lydie Boka Mene
Joshua Liswood
Frans Roselaers
Anne Skipper
Committees of the International Board
Financial Audit Committee: Martin Hoyos (Chair), Mayu Avila, Werner Bauch, Dorota Keverian, Joshua Liswood, Pierre Bardon*, Axel Berger*, Stephen Stewart*
Programme Committee: Stan Bartholomeeussen (Chair), Lydie Boka Mene, Frans Roselaers, Anne Skipper, Brian Babington*, Lionel Requillart*, David Vriesendorp*
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Committees of the Members' Assembly
Members' Assembly Nominating and Governance Committee: Howard Cutler (Chair), Tauno Kaaria, Juan-Emilio Posada
Members' Assembly Audit and Compliance Committee: Andreas Buerge (Chair), Erik Cornelissen, Karen Jackson, Luis Rivera
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National Organisation, National Directors
+ Australia: Ian Wishart
+ Belgium: Dirk van Maele
+ Canada: Rosemary McCarney
+ Colombia: Gabriela Bucher
+ Denmark: Gwen Wisti
+ Finland: Ossi Heinanen
+ France: Alain Caudrelier-Benac
+ Germany: Maike Röttger
+ Hong Kong: James Murray
+ India: Bhagyashri Dengle
+ Ireland: David Dalton
+ Japan: Gabriel Kazuo Tsurumi
+ Korea: Sang-Joo Lee
+ Netherlands: Monique van 't Hek
+ Norway: Olaf Thommessen
+ Spain: Concha López
+ Sweden: Anna Hagg-Sjöquist
+ Switzerland: Andreas Herbst
+ United Kingdom: Tanya Barron
+ United States: Tessie San Martin
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Chief Executive Officer
Nigel Chapman
As Chief Executive Officer, Nigel Chapman leads the Plan team. Having worked previously as the Director of BBC World Service, he brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to the role. Nigel has also spent over 6 years working at the highest levels of Plan's International Board and Members' Assembly, and as Chair of the UK National Organisation.
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Tjipke Bergsma
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Americas: Director Roland Angerer, Deputy Director (Operations) Ingrid Kuhfeldt, Deputy Director (Programme) Matthew Carlson
Asia: Director Mark Pierce, Deputy Director (Operations) Lorna Burce, Deputy Director (Programme) Haider W Yaqub
Eastern & Southern Africa: Director Gezahegn Kebede, Deputy Director (Operations) Hazel Nyathi, Deputy Director (Programme) Luther Anukur
West Africa: Director Adama Coulibaly, Deputy Director (Operations) Amavi Akpamagbo, Deputy Director (Programme) Damien Quelly
International Headquarters - Executive Team
Chief Executive Officer: Nigel Chapman
Deputy Chief Executive Officer: Tjipke Bergsma
Chief Operating Officer/Director of Finance: Ann Firth
Chief Information Officer/Director of Shared Services: Mark Banbury
Director of Global Communications: Jørn Johansen
Director of Human Resources & Organisational Development: Pamela Innes
General Counsel and Company Secretary: Tara Camm
International Headquarters - Senior Management
Director of Disaster Management: Roger Yates
Director of Global Assurance: Gary Mitchell
Director of Global Campaign, Because I am a Girl: Vacant
Director of Global Partnerships: Gordon Glick
Director of Individual Giving: Justin Wylie
Director of Institutional Funding: James Beale
Director of Policy and Global Advocacy: Gorel Bogarde
Director of Programme Quality: Alex Jacobs
Head of Strategy: Simon Usher
Programme countries: Country directors or Coordinators
Bangladesh: Vacant
Benin: Rheal Drisdelle
Bolivia: Jennifer Vaughan
Brazil: Anette Trompeter
Burkina Faso: Mark Wentling
Cambodia: Supriyanto Supriyanto
Cameroon: Famari Barro
China: Sven Coppens
Dominican Republic: Brechtje van Lith
Ecuador: Rossana Viteri
Egypt: Ruairi McDermott
El Salvador: Rodrigo Bustos
Ethiopia: David Throp
Ghana: Prem Shukla
Guatemala: Débora Cóbar
Guinea: Ibrahima Toure
Guinea-Bissau: Allassane Drabo
Haiti: John Chaloner
Honduras: Vacant
Indonesia: Myrna Evora
Kenya: Carol Sherman
Laos: Mona Girgis
Liberia: Vacant
Malawi: Lilly Omondi
Mali: Fadimata Alainchar
Mozambique: Jennifer Johnson Martinesi
Myanmar: John McDonough
Nepal: Mattias Bryneson
Nicaragua: Rosario Del Rio
Niger: Johnson Bien-Aime
Pakistan: Rashid Javed
Paraguay: Belinda Portillo
Peru: Mariella Greco
Philippines: Carin van der Hor
Rwanda: Peter Van Domellen
Senegal: Amavi Akpamagbo
Sierra Leone: Augustine Allieu
Sri Lanka: Ned Espey
South Sudan: Gyan Adhikari
Sudan: Manoj Kumar
Tanzania: Jorgen Halderson
Thailand: Maja Cubarrubia
Timor-Leste: Terence McCaughan
Togo: Mohamed Bah
Uganda: Fikru Abebe
Vietnam: Glenn Gibney
Zambia: Samuel Musyoki
Zimbabwe: Else Kragholm Nielsen
Heads of Advocacy Liaison offices
EU: Alexandra Makaroff (Acting)
Geneva: Anne-Sophie Lois
New York: Fiyola Hoosen-Steele
Pan Africa: Chikezie Anyanwu