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We could not be prouder of the children from ChildFund programs who participated in last week's Day of the African Child events held at the African Union in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Facing many challenges, including harmful social and cultural practices across the continent, these children urged the African Union, its member states and partners to take a stand to protect children and allow them to become educated, healthy and fulfilled adults.
Children from Cameroon, Egypt, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kenya, Mozambique and Zambia attended the event. Below is the platform the children adopted and presented:
AU member states:
a) To ratify and domesticate all international and regional treaties relevant to the protection of children from harmful social and cultural practices.
b) To harmonize national laws with other international and regional standards on the prevention and protection of children from harmful social and cultural practices, in particular Article 21 of the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.
c) To openly condemn practices that harm the physical and mental integrity of children.
d) To provide free and high-quality health services for children affected by harmful social and cultural practices, and expand social-protection and child-rights systems to increase access to integrated quality services to children.
e) To establish data systems reflecting age and gender disaggregated data on the nature and magnitude of these practices.
f) To put in place mechanisms and institutions, including a national strategy, policy and plan of action, for the implementation, enforcement, monitoring and reporting, along with financial and human resources.
g) To submit a report within three months to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) on the implementation of activities organized during the 2013 Day of the African Child.
AU member states in collaboration with partners (regional economic communities, parliaments, UN agencies, international and regional organizations, the media):
a) To advocate and promote the total elimination and abandonment of harmful social and cultural practices in Africa through awareness and social mobilization to change attitudes and influence behavior.
b) To support the strengthening of the social workforce and social protection mechanisms so as to deliver effective quality social services for affected children, especially young girls, as well as provide love and care to affected children.
c) To support meaningful participation and representation of children, families and communities, including children with disabilities and other vulnerable groups, in efforts to combat harmful social and cultural practices.
d) To ensure African governments take children's issues seriously, provide them with a voice to speak on their own, as well as respect their views and ideas of children.
e) To strengthen collaboration with various stakeholders, such as the parliaments, media, schools, institutions of higher learning, traditional and religious leaders, civil society organizations, children and youth, as agents of positive change.
f) To strengthen cross-border and cross-regional cooperation so as to protect children from the impact of harmful practices.
g) To facilitate quality education to all children and provide integrated life skills to affected children, especially young adolescent boys and girls.
h) To conduct research to inform national policy and action on the elimination of harmful practices.
a) To monitor progress and the accountability of governments in the implementation of standards for the protection of children.
b) To organize advocacy campaigns and youth-led actions to eliminate harmful social and cultural practices.
c) To provide financial resources and technical assistance targeting comprehensive and inter-agency programs and strategies that address the needs and priorities of children subjected to harmful social and cultural practices.
Adopted on Friday, 14th June 2013, at the African Union Commission Headquarters, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
By Tenagne Mekonnen, ChildFund Africa Regional Communications Manager
Here in Africa, it is a crucial time for focusing on the rights of children in Africa, as we prepare for the Day of the African Child on June 16.
This annual event, supported by member countries of the African Union, commemorates the day in 1976 when hundreds of schoolchildren were killed in Soweto, South Africa, while participating in a nonviolent protest against an inferior and discriminatory educational system and for the right to be taught in their own language.
The day also draws attention to the need to improve the condition and well-being of children across the African continent. This year's theme is "Eliminating Harmful and Social Practices Against Children: Our Responsibility."
"The event should remind us all of our duty, as citizens of Africa and as friends, to promote the rights of the child on the continent," said Jumbe Sebunya, ChildFund regional director for East and Southern Africa. "In Africa today there is some progress achieved for children in the areas of education, gender equity, HIV, AIDS and others." Yet, with children making up a significant portion of the world population (in some countries more than 50 percent), Sebunya said that governments, civil society organizations and other key development partners must keep children's well-being and rights central to any and all sustainable development efforts in Africa.
ChildFund marks the Day of the African Child at all levels, using the occasion as an opportunity for children to speak out about the importance of children's rights.
ChildFund's Africa regional office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, is excited to welcome children's delegations from our programs in Mozambique, Zambia, Kenya, The Gambia and Ethiopia this week. Children and youth events celebrating the Day of the African Child took place June 14 in the African Union's headquarters, the same place where national leaders make decisions for the continent.
The young delegates led the conference, engaging in intergenerational dialogue and weaving in arts, poems and music. It was their day, and they wanted to make sure that everyone heard their message.
In addition, I am working with ChildFund's national office in Mozambique on its own Day of the African Child celebration. Mozambique's government is one of many African countries that have not yet submitted a report about children's rights to the African Union.
ChildFund (in cooperation with Plan International, another child-focused organization) is sending a group of experts to Mozambique this week to make a special request of the government that the report be submitted. We are working to keep children's rights in the spotlight.
Below is a video of Seveliya, a 13-year-old girl from Zambia, speaking at the African Union as part of the Day of the African Child celebration:
By Saroj Pattnaik, ChildFund India, and Sagita Adesywi, ChildFund Indonesia
Our focus on child labor practices continues today in support of International Labour Organization's World Day Against Child Labour.
Vipin, 18, aspires to become a doctor and is working hard to achieve his goal. Yet, there is unhappiness in his eyes. He worries about having time for his studies, as half of his day goes into bangle making. It's the only livelihood option for his nine-member family, living in a half-constructed house on a narrow lane in Firozabad in India's populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
Vipin wakes up for work at 4 a.m. each day. He sits before a hot stove and joins two ends of a glass bangle together, bangle after bangle, while his siblings sort the bracelets and decorate with glitter. Each family member spends at least five to six hours a day on this repetitive work, hoping that their collective efforts will bring sufficient income for their basic daily needs.
"I spend three hours in the morning and three hours in the evenings. Some days, I get my fingers burned and blistered. But I have to work; otherwise, we will not complete the day's quota and incur loss," says Vipin who recently sat for his 12th-grade exams.
"I have done well in my exams and I am preparing for the medical entrance exam," he notes. "But I am not getting much time to read as I cannot just stop contributing to my family income. I don't like the work, at least at this point of my life. But I have no choice," he says, his voice breaking.
"See, we are a big family and we don't know any other earning means other than bangle work, explains Vipin's elder sister Kamlesh, as she comforts her brother. "Both our parents are aged and are not keeping well. So, we siblings have the responsibility to keep our kitchen running."
Although she too was a good student, Kamlesh had to quit school and work full-time. "I took the decision because I wanted my siblings not to stop going to school. I am happy that all my younger siblings (two sisters and two brothers) are now studying and nursing big dreams," she says.
For all the hard work her family does daily, Kamlesh says they earn a paltry 5,000 rupees (US$100) a month, which is much less than the family requires.
"We have seen lot of hardships since childhood," she acknowledges. "But I am grateful to ChildFund India for choosing Vipin as a sponsored child. His sponsorship actually helped the others continue their studies."
Vipin nods in agreement. "After being associated with ChildFund, I actually came to know what child labor is. I am now an active member of the ChildFund-initiated Youth Federation, which is campaigning against child labor in this town."
Though Vipin and his siblings have additional support because of their enrollment with ChildFund, hundreds of other children work all day in home-based factories in Firozabad, a town famous throughout the country for its glass bangles.
"Firozabad is one of the worst examples of child labor. It's because engaging children in the bangle process is a common and accepted norm in this area," says Dola Mohapatra, national director of ChildFund India. "And getting a real estimate of the number of children working is quite a challenge. The problem is not just in numbers but also in the high level of acceptance among family members about engaging children [in the work]. It's not seen as a 'problem' even by children themselves."
Despite the ban on child labor in India, it's estimated that more than 12.6 million children are still enduring hazardous conditions while working in various factories across India, while more than 200,000 children are working as domestic help.
The good news is that an anti-labor campaign launched by ChildFund in Firozabad is making inroads. Community factories are no longer employing children. However, it is estimated that more than 20,000 children are engaged in home-based bangle work, where most of the finishing work is being done.
"As a large number of families depend on bangle-making for their main livelihood, it's not totally possible to move the families to some other occupation," Mohapatra says. "We have been persuading families to adapt new occupations and at least keep their children out of this occupation.
"When we started our work, in 1995-96, we had to offer stipends for children as an incentive for parents to let their children come to ChildFund's non-formal education centers. Over the years, we have seen changes in the mind-sets of parents," he says.
"We are now seeing the emergence of children and youth leadership in spreading the message of education. These children were earlier working as child laborers – they were gradually weaned away and helped with completing their education. Their success stories have inspired parents. These children are now acting as a pressure group," he notes.
"We have been successful in our endeavors," Mohapatra adds, "but still a lot has to be done."
Learn more about ChildFund's work in India and consider sponsoring a child.
By Meg Carter, ChildFund Sponsorship Communication Specialist
This is the final in a series of blog posts with suggestions for writing to the child you're sponsoring through ChildFund.
Older children offer us a rare opportunity to learn not only about another culture, but also of the difficulties these youth face as excluded or vulnerable members of society. Teenagers are developing critical thinking skills and opinions of their own. Your encouragement of their hopes and dreams is particularly valuable at this stage of their lives.
If you have teenage children or grandchildren of your own, consider asking them to correspond with your sponsored child. Youth share similar problems and concerns regardless of their backgrounds and can easily forge common bonds across cultures. And what better way to demonstrate the importance of giving back?
Dear Nigist,
We are very excited to meet you! We are twins named Sarah and Courtney, and we live in Boston, Massachusetts. We are sophomores in high school, and this year we have an exchange teacher from Ethiopia for art class. His name is Tesfa. He has been telling us all about his life in Addis Ababa and showing us the pictures he painted of your country. It is so beautiful! We convinced our father to sponsor a girl in Ethiopia and he agreed, provided we would be the ones to write to you. No problem!
About our family, our father teaches math at the high school. He gave us a Sudoku chart to send to you. Do you have number puzzles at your school? Our mother is a works at a hair salon – she's great at cutting and styling hair. We also have a little brother, but he's only interested in video games.
We're planning to go to university in Boston in a few years, but we won't be studying math. Right now we're busy spending our free time listening to music, dancing and texting with our friends. We love to cook, so we might open a restaurant when we graduate. Our favorite foods are pizza, fish tacos and cupcakes. Here's a photo of us at our birthday party, eating pizza.
We hope you'll write to us and tell us something about your family and your school. What are your favorite subjects? What do you like to eat and how do you spend your time with friends?
Sarah & Courtney Anderson
In subsequent letters, consider enclosing flat items like embroidery thread or hair ribbons (for girls), stationery sheets, poems or stories, a map of the United States and a map of the youth's country, photographs or postcards. Other possibilities include traditional folk tales, Sudoku charts, flash cards with English vocabulary words (if the child is not an English speaker), photographs or postcards.
We hope you enjoy a fruitful and long correspondence with your sponsored child!
By Meg Carter, ChildFund Sponsorship Communication Specialist
This is the third in a series of posts with suggestions for writing to the child you're sponsoring through ChildFund.
For children ages 6 to 11, include an All About Me sheet for the child to complete and return. Bilingual versions are available in French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Enclose stickers, paper dolls or hair ribbons (for girls), origami paper, coloring book pages, photographs or postcards.
Dear Meakara,
My name is Colleen, and I live in a suburb of the city of Cleveland, in the state of Ohio, in the USA. My husband Mark and I have two young children, William and Anna. Mark works in Cleveland at the Goodyear factory, which makes tires for cars and trucks, and I am a pastry chef at a nearby restaurant. I prepare all of the sweets and desserts.
My youngest sister, Amanda, is a Peace Corps volunteer, working in public health in Siem Reap. Since she arrived in Cambodia, Amanda has been sending us photos of the area near her home – the temples of Angkor and the villages in Tonle Sap Lake. One of my favorite pictures is of two small girls sitting inside an open window at Angkor Thom, playing a game with stones.
After hearing Amanda's stories about Cambodia, I decided to sponsor a child there. I chose you because your picture is just like one of those little girls in the window at Angkor Thom.
Meakara, I hope you will write to tell me about your life, so I included an information sheet to help you. I am very interested in the street games you play to celebrate Chaul Chhnam Thmey. Could you please tell me what you like best about Khmer New Year?
Hello, Minh,
I would like to introduce myself to you. My name is Bob and I live in the city of Charlotte, in the state of North Carolina, in the USA. I am a pediatrician, with three grown sons. Andrew is a computer programmer. Nathan is a banker and he and his wife Mary have children of their own. My grandsons are named Robbie and Timmy. My youngest son, Ian, is a dental hygienist.
I have never visited Vietnam, but several of the doctors in the hospital where I work are Vietnamese. They share their customs and holidays with me, and they even taught me to prepare pho. I decided to sponsor a child in Vietnam because of their friendship. When I read that your parents were divorced, I chose you. I am also divorced, and I know how difficult it is for a parent to raise a child alone.
Minh, I hope you will tell me about yourself and what you enjoy most. I am also interested in how your family will celebrate Tet, the New Year, in February. I was born in the year of the snake. Which year were you born in?
I enclosed a map of the United States, so that you can find the city and state where I live, and a map of Vietnam, so that you can find your own town.
Bob C.
In subsequent letters, enclose embroidery thread or hair ribbons (for girls), string games, origami paper, a poem from their culture, Sudoku charts, word puzzles, a map of the United States and a map of their country, flash cards with English vocabulary, photographs or postcards.
Next post: Writing to youths ages 12 to 18
By Meg Carter, ChildFund Sponsorship Communication Specialist
This is the second in a series of posts with suggestions for writing to the child you're sponsoring through ChildFund.
If your sponsored child is younger than 3, you're really writing to the child's parents or guardian. Think of this as an opportunity to learn about the family's situation as well as the child.
A child of 2 years or older is often able to draw simple pictures of his or her family or home. Photographs and postcards are good enclosures in your letters for this age group.
Dear Ricardo,
My name is Miriam. I live in the city of Santa Fe, in the state of New Mexico, in the USA. I have a 19-year-old daughter named Andrea. We are both musicians. I play the piano and Andrea plays the violin.
I have done some traveling, but I have not visited Mexico. And I never had a son of my own. So I decided to sponsor a boy in Mexico, a country that is a neighbor to America but also very unfamiliar to me. I want to learn more about Mexico and what it is like to live there. I chose you, Ricardo, because you like music.
I hope you will tell me about yourself and your family, so I enclosed an All About Me sheet for you to complete. I am very interested in how you celebrate Día de los Muertos. In Santa Fe on the Day of the Dead we eat sweet bread, called pan de muerto, and calaveras, sugar skulls in English. But we do not visit our dead relatives in the cemetery. Could you please draw me a picture of your family's Day of the Dead celebration?
Miriam Marshall
Chère Aïssatou,
I am writing to introduce myself. My name is Marie and I live in the city of Oakland, in the state of California, in the USA. I am 50 years old and I have a 25-year-old daughter, named Michèle. I am a teacher and I once lived in Senegal, in Saint-Louis, along the Corniche. I taught English to the students at Lycée Faidherbe. I love Senegal so much that I prepare yassa and mafé tiga for my daughter whenever I have the chance.
Recently I made a decision to sponsor a child because I wanted to help another mother and her daughter. When I lived in Senegal, I was called Aïssatou Diallo. I chose to sponsor you because we share the same name.
Aïssatou, I hope you will write to me and tell me about your family. I am especially interested in how you celebrated Tabaski. My first memory of Saint-Louis is celebrating Tabaski with my new family there. Perhaps you can draw me a picture of your Tabaski.
A jaraama, nani. A la prochaine.
Marie Anderson
For children ages 3 to 5, include an All About Me sheet for the child or parents to complete. Bilingual versions are available in French, Portuguese and Spanish.
Enclose stickers, photographs or postcards.
Next post: Writing to sponsored children, ages 6 to 11
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the African Union, ChildFund, Save the Children, Plan International and the African Child Policy Forum (ACPF) gathered last week to focus on the future of children across Africa. The meeting culminated with the drafting of an open letter to the chairperson of the African Union Commission, urging renewed support for the rights of children, who will become tomorrow's leaders. We wanted to also share that letter with you.
23 May 2013
Her Excellency, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma
Chairperson of the African Union Commission
As civil society organisations working to secure a better future for children in Africa, we would like to congratulate the OAU/AU on its 50th anniversary. We would particularly like to commend the great strides that have been made for children in Africa over the last 50 years, including improved primary school enrolment, impressive reductions in child mortality and increased access to essential maternal and child health services, and the establishment of mechanisms to protect and promote children's rights set forth in the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACRWC) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
However, despite this progress, much remains to be done to ensure every child grows up healthy, well-educated and able to enjoy the full rights to which they are entitled. Ensuring we maintain and increase the gains we have made for children will require political leadership, strengthening of institutions and targeted investment. It will take concerted effort from us all – governments, regional bodies, business, international partners and the civil society.
We believe the 50th anniversary of the AU and the 21st Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union represent important opportunities to place children at the centre of Africa's vision for the next 50 years, through reflecting their needs and interests in the African Common Position on Post-2015 Development Agenda.
We urge Your Excellency to use your Chairmanship to encourage and influence African Governments to:
1. Meet the commitments they have made to children under the regional and international child rights instruments and relevant declarations such as the Dakar Declaration and the Abuja target to allocate 9% of their GDP to education and 15% of their national budgets to health, respectively.
2. Address with the same commitment and vigour the issues of violence and exploitation against children, with clear and measurable targets for protection.
3. Honour their reporting obligations as Member States to the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child
Investing in children and putting their rights and best interests at the centre of Africa's development will not only help ensure that every child grows up to meet their full potential, but it is also a viable economic strategy to drive and accelerate Africa's economic growth.
Today, Africa's prospects are bright with booming economies, a burgeoning middle class and a youthful population. It is now feasible to imagine that in the coming decades no child in Africa will die from preventable causes, every child will go to school and learn, every child will have adequate protection from violence and exploitation and we will break the intergenerational poverty from the continent.
The African Union has demonstrated its commitment to children on many occasions. Under your leadership, we remain committed to working with you and the African Union Commission to ensure that children are at the heart of Africa's renaissance.
ChildFund International
Save the Children
Plan International
African Child Policy Forum (APCF)
Reporting by ChildFund Liberia and ChildFund Zambia
Ever wonder how much gifts and sponsorships matter to children who live in extreme poverty? Staff members of ChildFund Liberia and ChildFund Zambia recently gathered some first-person reactions from children who have benefited from the generosity of sponsors and companies who donate goods through ChildFund's gifts-in-kind program.
Jessica, age 12, of Liberia received a Life Is Good tote bag through ChildFund's relationship with Good360, the nonprofit leader in product philanthropy.
"I attend the Christian Revival School in Konia, Zorzor District, Lofa County. I am in the fourth grade, and I am happy going to school. I carry my bag every morning to school. Other students who don't have it call me 'Life's Good Girl.' I like the bag … the drawing is funny. It is like a friend who helps to carry my books but never complains.
This is my first bag. Before I was given the bag, I used to carry my books and pencils in my hands. Because my hands were wet when my palms sweat, my books got spoiled. When the rain came, my books got very wet. When the road got dirty, my books got dirty.
Now I carry my school things and other things I don't want people to see, like my lunch and any nice things. Before, if I was given new books, some bad boys would take them from me and run away. Now, nobody sees what I've got in my bag, and I don't worry. Thank you for my bag!"
Jimmy, 12, and Andrew, 8, of Liberia live in an orphanage and received clothes from Life Is Good.
"I feel very happy to receive the clothes, because they bring me here without enough clothes, and I pray that ChildFund will continue to help us every year. 'Life Is Good' is good for us," Jimmy said. He was brought to this orphanage from another home for orphans that was closed due to lack of funding.
"I was brought with a pair of trousers and a shirt to this orphanage," Jimmy continued. "I am very happy with my clothes. They make me look good.''
"I am very happy," Andrew said. "This is not my first time getting things from ChildFund. I got TOMS shoes. I was carrying slippers to school, and then ChildFund gave shoes to us."
Asked what they would like to do in the future, the boys had ready answers: "I want to study so that I can work for ChildFund," replied Jimmy. "I want to become president," Andrew said.
Timothy, 11, of Zambia, loves writing to his sponsor.
"I live in Kalundu Compound, Kafue district. I am doing grade 6 at Kalundu Basic School. My favorite subject is mathematics. I like writing.
I have a sponsor and friend at ChildFund. Her name is Jeanette. This sponsor has helped me very much for four years. She sends me money every year for my birthday and for Christmas. I use this money to buy shoes and clothes.
Because of this sponsor, I have learned to write letters. I joined the writing club in my community, and I am happy and enjoy writing. Sometimes I write to myself because I like to improve my writing. I would like to see more sponsors come and start supporting other children like me here."
Gift, 10, of Zambia, values education.
"I'm Gift, and I'm doing my fourth grade at school. My community is made up of about 300 families; most of these people are not employed. They depend on selling vegetables at the market, and others [sell] fish. Other families are farmers.
We have a school in our community where I go and a clinic where we go when we're sick. A few other children and I are sponsored by ChildFund.
I have a vision that one day my community will become a big city with electricity and more schools. People will also go to school and start working instead of selling vegetables to earn money."
Reporting by Patricia Toquica, Americas Region Communications Manager and the ChildFund Americas communications team
The holidays often bring back sweet memories from our childhood. The smell of cookies coming right out of the oven, the sound of bells from the Christmas songs, figuring out what Santa left for us under the tree and the moment we all waited for in my family: Aunt Paula bringing a huge, sizzling turkey to the beautifully decorated Christmas table.
By working abroad, one gets to enjoy and learn about the holiday traditions in many places. The dishes, the weather and the customs may vary, but one thing remains the same: This is the time of the year when adults get to feel like children again, and when many of us renew our hearts with joy and the feeling that everything will be better in the year to come.
In the Americas, sponsored children in ChildFund programs are celebrating with their families in many different ways.
"Christmas for me is to forgive and find joy without much," says Beatriz, 10, who is from Brazil. This year she worked with her aunt to decorate a tree in her backyard. "We used disposable bottles to decorate it, added twinkling lights, sparkles, dolls and ornaments. We used everything we had at home, because we couldn't afford to buy new ones. The tree looks very beautiful," Beatriz says.
"For me, Christmas is all the lights of different colors and the music. I share with my family, we go to sleep after midnight and we eat tamales and tortillas," says Yennifer, 6, of Guatemala.
In most Latin American countries, traditions are centered on Christian beliefs; from Dec. 16 to 24, families in Mexico, Ecuador, Guatemala and Honduras celebrate the posadas by gathering to pray and wait for the arrival of baby Jesus. Children participate by re-enacting the nativity scene and remembering what Mary and Joseph had to endure until the day Jesus was born. Then families gather and eat traditional foods like tamales, buñuelos, pristiños and tortillas.
"I like to get dressed as Virgin Mary and help with decorating of our streets with lights," says Carmen, 12, of Honduras.
In Ecuador, communities celebrate the birth of Jesus with little parades known as "El Paso del Niño," in which children wear costumes, dance, sing and pray. In Bolivia, families create small altars in their homes, and children dress as shepherds, dance and sing villancicos, or carols, to baby Jesus.
"What I like the most about this season are the stories and typical foods such as turkey and Christmas cake with fruits and also to see my family together, with love and affection," says Taynara, 11, of Brazil.
On the Caribbean island of St. Vincent, the main tradition is the Nine Mornings, a festival that occurs the nine mornings before Christmas and includes parades, dancing, sea bathing, singing, joking and all kinds of contests. Although some believe that this tradition started earlier, most likely the Nine Mornings started in the 1920s and '30s as part of early-morning window shopping when people would try to be first in line to buy hot bread and butter.
In the United States, Santa visits parties and hands out gifts from sponsors to children, and in Texas, many sponsored children celebrate the posadas tradition from Mexico.
Christmas trees and Santa Claus are also popular in Latin America, although most children are told by their families that Jesus brings gifts, not Santa. In Bolivia, for example, instead of leaving cookies and milk for Santa, children leave their shoes by their beds so that Jesus can put gifts inside.
"We celebrate the holidays with my family gathered at home and at church," says Alicia, 8, of Brazil. "New Year´s is a very joyful day because we hope for a new year filled with peace, health and a new life for all."
By Martin Nanawa, ChildFund Philippines
Marvin hails from a small coastal town in Northern Mindanao, the southernmost group of islands in the Philippines. In his hometown, people farm if they live inland or fish if they live near the shore. His father's occupation is the latter, and 13-year-old Marvin's family has tried to live within what the sea grants or denies. On a good day, the proceeds from the day's catch are typically not enough to cover the family's basic needs, including school fees for the children. On bad days, when Marvin's father cannot sell much at the market to earn cash, the family can at least share the fish among themselves.
There are even worse days, however, when storms are at sea, and a rough tide keeps fishermen at shore. On days like these, Marvin's father drives a commuter tricycle—a three-wheeled taxi. Earnings are not much because storms keep people off the road as much as they keep fishermen on land. His father also has to pay rent to the tricycle's owner for each day of use.
Although public school education in the Philippines is officially free, each semester students like Marvin have come to expect an assortment of extraneous fees that make attending school expensive.
Small school budgets often mean that administrators shift many costs to students in the form of miscellaneous fees for registration, student ID, computer and library usage and special projects. Families also must pay for their children's school uniforms, notebooks, pens and crayons, bus fare, recess snacks and lunch.
When his family couldn't make ends meet, Marvin would forego the bus and his school lunch, walking to school and packing what food he could from home.
The cost of Marvin's schooling weighs on his family, especially when his father's earnings are down. "My parents sometimes fight over expenses, including the cost of keeping me in school," Marvin shares. "Sometimes my father says it would be better if I'd stop schooling," he says, noting the he recognizes that he could be helping his father earn money, instead of costing him money.
Marvin doesn't know how to approach his father when he encounters a new expense at school. "I made it into a science class [in the honor's program], but that required me to come to school in full uniform [other students wear only certain basic pieces], and I didn't know where to get the 500 Pesos (US$12) to complete mine."
Thankfully, Marvin has received help he didn't expect. He's been sponsored by his "Aunt" Janie through ChildFund since fourth grade. Recently, Aunt Janie sent Marvin a helpful boost just when he needed it most—extra funds for a full school uniform—a great gift he means to thank her for in his next letter. Now, he can attend the honors science class.
Marvin says ChildFund played a role in his admission into the science class. "I used to be real shy and timid," he says, noting that he gained self-assurance by going to ChildFund's summer camp and participating in leadership training activities. That confidence has led him a second term as president of his community's youth organization. He's also a youth representative on the National Anti-Poverty Commission. "I'm able to raise my community's problems to the authorities," Marvin says.
Newfound confidence and his gratitude for his sponsor's support have moved him to excel at school. He tries to avoid ever being late for school, lest it seem he's squandering the opportunities he's fortunate to have. Even though his perseverance in school has led to greater expenses, Marvin remains grateful for his sponsor's support that sees him through still.
If you'd like to sponsor a child like Marvin, visit ChildFund's website. Your small contribution makes a big difference.


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Only women think there is a reason to thank people if they listen to them.Chetan Bhagat
There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women.Muhammad Ali Jinnah
When women love, they forgive everything, even our crimes; when they do not love, they cannot forgive anything, not even our virtues.Honor de Balzac
Women are tenacious, and all of them should be tenacious of respect; without esteem they cannot exist; esteem is the first demand that they make of love.Honor de Balzac
Marriage, to women as to men, must be a luxury, not a necessity; an incident of life, not all of it. And the only possible way to accomplish this great change is to accord to women equal power in the making, shaping and controlling of the circumstances of life.Susan Brownell Anthony Jacob
A major difference between witches and psychotherapists is that witches see the mental health of women as having important political consequences.Naomi R. Goldenberg
Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.Samuel Johnson
Women have been called queens for a long time, but the kingdom given them isnAlcott, Louisa May
Sexual depravity is directing us towards a precipice. Women are to blame for broken marriages because they dress to attract the attention of men even after they are married.Danie Craven
All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.Oscar Wilde
If you wish women to love you, be original; I know a man who used to wear felt boots summer and winter, and women fell in love with him.Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
For a number of years there has been a righteous discontent, a burning zeal to go forward in His name among the Baptist women of our churches and it will be the dynamic force in the religious campaign at the opening of the 20th century.Nannie Helen Burroughs
I know little about the women of my own race...Anthony Burgess
England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes.Robert Burton
I am much more open about categories of gender, and my feminism has been about women's safety from violence, increased literacy, decreased poverty and more equality. I was never against the category of men.Judith Butler
Heaven is the work of the best and kindest men and women. Hell is the work of prigs, pedants and professional truth-tellers. The world is an attempt to make the best of both.Samuel Butler
Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.Dan Brown
When they are not at war they do a little hunting, but spend most of their time in idleness, sleeping and eating. The strongest and most warlike do nothing. They vegetate, while the care of hearth and home and fields is left to the women, the old and the weak. Strange inconsistency of temperament, which makes the same men lovers of sloth and haters of tranquility.Tacitus
Well I'm running down the road Tryin' to loosen my load, I've got seven women on my mind, Four that wanna own me, Two that wanna stone me, One says she's a friend of mine.Clyde Jackson Browne
Have I your word? yes, you have my word. But, you dont believe me. no, mens promises to women are easily made and even more easily broken.Alice Borchardt
Our Nation has had a long and unfortunate history of sex discrimination, rationalized by an attitude of 'romantic paternalism' which, in practical effect, put women, not on a pedestal, but in a cage.William Joseph Brennan, Jr.
It must be someone collecting for charity. Respectable women never call the family for any other reason.Caryl Brahms
But I feel that the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a war against the child, a direct killing of the innocent child, murder by the mother herself. And if we accept that a mother can kill even her own child, how can we tell other people not to kill one another? ... By abortion, the mother does not learn to love, but kills even her own child to solve her problems. And, by abortion, that father is told that he does not have to take any responsibility at all for the child he has brought into the world. The father is likely to put other women into the same trouble. So abortion just leads to more abortion. Any country that accepts abortion is not teaching its people to love, but to use any violence to get what they want. This is why the greatest destroyer of love and peace is abortion.Mother Teresa of Calcutta
Fifty percent of the world are women, yet they always seem a novelty.Christopher Morley
Figuring out women is harder than topping a ManPro Quiz.Chetan Bhagat
I obey the Commandments, the sensible ones. Where they dont know what theyre talking about I ignore them. I keep thinking about the story of the two old women in church listening to the priest discoursing on the dynamics of the married state. At the end of the sermon one turns to the other and says, I wish I knew as little about it as he does.Donald Barthelme
We can work together for a better world with men and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic goodness of humankind.Wangari Maathai
One final paragraph of advice: do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am a reluctant enthusiast... a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure. It is not enough to fight for the land; it is even more important to enjoy it. While you can. While its still here. So get out there and hunt and fish and mess around with your friends, ramble out yonder and explore the forests, climb the mountains, bag the peaks, run the rivers, breathe deep of that yet sweet and lucid air, sit quietly for a while and contemplate the precious stillness, the lovely, mysterious, and awesome space. Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the bastards.Edward Abbey
It is not women's fault that diets do not work. It is not perversity of lack of willpower. God did this - in Her great wisdom.Dr. Wayne Callaway
The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, and in 1776, that's exactly what they meant. Women could not vote, women could not own property, and blacks were considered property. After 200 years of enlightenment, we have realized that gender and race are inappropriate distinctions for determining who has individual rights. Anytime Gov gives you permission they let you know that you have permission by giving you a permit or a license. If you have a marriage license, what permission do you have to do now that you did not have permission to do before, who gave you that permission, and who gave them the authority to give you that permission in the first place?Michael J. Badnarik
Women do not win formula one races, because they simply are not strong enough to resist the G-forces. In the boardroom, it is different. I believe women are better able to marshal their thoughts than men and because they are less egotistical they make fewer assumptions.Nicola Foulston
Men always try to keep women out of business so they won't find out how much fun it really is.Vivien Kellems
Women are naturally good motivators, good at juggling different projects and issues at the same time, and more cooperative rather than aggressive and confrontational.Bridget A. Macaskill
Single Women have a dreadful propensity for being poorwhich is one very strong argument in favour of Matrimony...Jane Austen
One distressing thing is the way men react to women who assert their equality: their ultimate weapon is to call them unfeminine. They think she is anti-male; they even whisper that she's probably a lesbian.Shirley Chisholm
Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.Rita Mae Brown
Humankind is made up of two sexes, women and men. Is it possible for humankind to grow by the improvement of only one part while the other part is ignored? Is it possible that if half of a mass is tied to earth with chains that the other half can soar into skies?Mustafa Kemal Atatrk

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Intentuous is a small, creative-design, multimedia company based in Atlanta, Georgia. We offer a variety of services in graphics, web, video and system solutions. The company was started by lead designer, Nathan Cheuvront, who believes design and technology should be simple and the end result captivating. We work with a variety of clients, both big and small, on a project-by-project basis. We love great ideas and visions. Listening carefully to our client's needs, we work side-by-side with you making sure expectations are met.
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Tampa vs. Charlotte
Tampa, Fla., was like the Republican National Convention delegation — older, more experienced, less excitable. Tampa has hosted the Super Bowl; the city had lots of space and nothing to prove. There was a been there/done that feel to the entire affair. Tampa Bay is used to welcoming visitors and has plenty of nice hotels to host them.
You say a hurricane is coming? No worries. They laid out some sandbags, closed up for a night and started up a day later. No need to rush a convention. People don't come to Florida to be in a hurry.
Charlotte, N.C., is a younger, more eager town, and it drew a younger, more jazzed set of delegates. The chance to host the Democratic National Convention delegation put the city in the big time. Volunteers dotted the convention center, greeting passers-by. They went out of their way to make visitors feel welcome.
Like a young family, the city didn't have a lot of room (as in hotel rooms), and that made for lots of griping.
The Obama campaign's decision to open up President Barack Obama's nomination acceptance speech to non-delegate volunteers by staging the event at the larger Bank of America Stadium turned out to be impetuous. After the convention czars canceled the venue on account of possible thunderstorms, Republicans were thankful that they then could claim Obama could not draw enough volunteers to fill the stadium's 70,000 seats.
The decision angered the locals. As the Charlotte Observer's Taylor Batten later griped, the Democratic National Convention Committee has a pattern: "Make big plans (and) then scale them back."
In Tampa, Mitt Romney told the country that instead of going with the thrill of hope and change, voters should ask themselves whether they're better off than they were four years ago. He issued a simple proposition: Go with the candidate who can make the economy work for your family.
Obama was a changed man. When he spoke at his first two conventions, he arrived buoyed by promise and impatience — a young man in a hurry to change the world. In Charlotte, Obama no longer played a young man's game. He carried the baggage of governance. Thus, the president told his people that change takes time and that it isn't easy.
Ann Romney was the yin to her husband's yang. She was solid and warm. Most of all, she seemed happy as she delivered a speech that lit up the convention audience.
After Tampa, Romney predicted that the Democrats' convention wasn't "going to be as happy" as the Republicans' was. That certainly applied in the wife department.
Michelle Obama was the yin to her husband's yin; they're both strong and fierce and smart and caring. She delivered a speech that fired up Charlotte delegates. At 63 and 48, Ann Romney and Michelle Obama represent the best of two very different generations.
Romney's running mate, Paul Ryan, was strong and fierce and smart and tough. In 2012, he was there to do what Obama did in Boston in 2004 — to call out the wrongheadedness of the administration. As Obama was for the Dems then, Ryan was the GOP breakout star now.
Ryan's Democratic counterpart, Joe Biden, was not a rising star — nor did Team Obama want him to be. The campaign didn't even give him a good speaking slot. Biden was happy anyway; he just kept talking and talking his way into prime time.
John McCain also did not rate prime time in Tampa, even though four years ago, he was the GOP nominee. This year, he spoke Wednesday at 7 p.m., when most of the delegates weren't listening.
John Kerry, the Democrats' past nominee, enjoyed the floor's full attention Thursday night. He delivered perhaps his best speech in years, and he deftly jabbed Romney for not mentioning Afghanistan in his acceptance speech. "No nominee for president should ever fail in the midst of a war to pay tribute to our troops overseas in his acceptance speech."
Romney should have mentioned Afghanistan in Tampa.
Kerry is the candidate who gave Obama his big break. Who will be the next rising star?
The GOP's future could be seen in Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida, whose grandfather stood behind a bar "so that one day" Rubio "could stand behind a podium." The Democrats' future could be San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro, whose grandmother wielded a mop so that he "could hold this microphone." Castro's daughter, Carina, stole the show as she tossed her hair when she saw her face on the Jumbotron screen. 2052?
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Kogi BBQ
Ξ February 21st, 2009 | → 3 Comments | ∇ Beyond Northeast, Food |
Wednesday night I finally caved into the L.A. media blitz and submitted to the cultural phenomenon that is the Kogi BBQ taco truck. In case you haven't seen the story in the Times, heard the NPR broadcast, or read the LA Weekly review, Kogi (pronounced with a hard g) is the latest evolution in the Angeleno mobile culinary institution. I was expecting a scarf and fedora filled line outside the Golden Gopher downtown, but the crowd seemed pretty normal. About 25 people in front of us translated into about 20 minutes for us to simply place our order. Then, we shuffled off to the side where we waited another 15 minutes for our food to come out. Was it worth it? In a word: No. We ordered the Korean short rib and spicy pork tacos which came out on a corn tortilla that wasn't quite as hot as I usually prefer. The pork was tender and both meats had a sweet marinade that combined well with the cabbage, onion, and cilantro dressing. The short ribs wouldn't do well on their own, but in the taco they performed nicely. Ultimately, the food was unique, tasty, and affordable (but about twice what you would pay at any other taco truck). Still, for those of us who live within a five minute drive of dozens of delicious and cheap taco trucks, the wait just isn't worth it. I'm happy to have tried it once, but I doubt if I'll be returning soon. The good news is Kogi is expanding to meet the raucous demand for its food. They've opened a second truck, and are now going to take over the kitchen at Culver City's Alibi Room.
It's this last point that I want to dwell on for a moment. Kogi parks on city streets, and while they move locations pretty frequently, (you have to follow their locations via their website) the proposed laws the Board of Supervisors was pushing last year would have made this type of entry-level capitalism very risky for chef Roy Choi. Instead, our city has another unique culinary institution that is quickly maturing beyond paper plates and tin foil.
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have you eaten at Felipe's yet? has anyone? the place is empty each time i drive by it.
Yeh my wife and I and some friends ate there a month ago and weren't impressed. The service was slow although we were the only ones there at the time and the food was just okay nothing ti write home about. All in all it was poor
I think they're menu looks delicious but these guys are mostly known for their way of using twitter as a radio beacon for alerting their followers where they will be setting up shop for the night. Genius idea I must say so myself, but I have yet to actually try their delicious menu.


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ORDER denying 36 Motion for permission to file interlocutory appeal. So Ordered by Judge Steven J. McAuliffe.(lat)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE Michael Hanson, Plaintiff v. Case No. 11-cv-534-SM Rockingham County Department of Corrections, et al. Defendants NOTICE OF RULING Re: Document No. 36, Request for Permission to File Interlocutory Appeal Ruling: Plaintiff has filed an appeal of the court's refusal to grant preliminary injunctive relief, 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1); to the extent he seeks to file an interlocutory appeal of other issues pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), the court is not of the opinion that a controlling question of law exists as to which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion and that an immediate appeal from the order may materially advance the ultimate termination of the litigation, so to that extent, the motion is denied. Entered by: Date: cc: Steven J. McAuliffe, United States District Judge April 2, 2012 Michael Hanson, pro se Corey M. Belobrow, Esq.


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-Darren Aronofsky, director of films including Black Swan, The Wrestler and Requiem for a Dream of course, has teamed up with Ted Robbins and Sandy Haddad to launch bi-coastal commercial production house, Chromista. link
-The 2013 AICP Week lineup has been announced. link
-GSD&M has promoted several staffers including creative partners Victor Camozzi and Bryan Edwards, who work on Walgreens among other accounts to SVP/group creative directors. In addition, the Austin-based, Omnicom-owned agency has bumped up Nancy Ryan and Carrie Hines to SVP/account directors while elevating Ronnie Steck to VP/account director and Madhavi Reese to VP/strategy director.
-B-Reel created a video for Google Chrome as part of Google's 2013 I/O conference that helps the Mountain View, CA giant thank developers for their contributions to the internet's evolution (above).
-Brooklyn-based agency Carrot Creative has launched its new website. You can find out more about the new site from Carrot CPO/co-founder Chris Petescia here.
-Portland, ME-based The VIA Agency has welcomed Richard Fryling as group strategy director for the Sam's Club account, Deep Focus alum Abha Dhakal as client strategist and Chris Gilbert as a copywriter.
-Filmmaker Greg Kohs joined the roster of Venice, CA prodco Backyard for U.S. commercial representation.


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- Release Date 3/13/2009
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Take care of more than 30 different kinds of animals, including dogs, cats, horses, rabbits, birds, ferrets, and more in this game based on Animal Planet's Emergency Vets series! The DS Stylus will be your all-on-one pet-care tool. Use it for minor procedures like cleaning teeth, for life-saving operations, and to give animals their meds. After you've completed a procedure successfully, you'll get to interact with the animal to see their reaction. Develop your veterinary skills in 15 mini-games, each with 5 difficulty settings. Experts from the series will offer helpful hints, and you can expand your knowledge even more with Did You Know questions from Animal Planet.
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CUTE GAME BUT QUICK TO FINISH. (6 out of 10)
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got it for my little girl.she enjoyed it but beat the the game in like an hour.if you get it just expect them to be ready to for another game in no time.more
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The Flying Fugu Defines New Syndrome: Travafoodaholism
Food/travel blog diagnoses thousands of eating-obsessed travelers with previously unknown condition.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Food/travel blog, The Flying Fugu has defined a new disorder: travafoodaholism. The condition is described as a passion for the food aspect of world travel to the point of obsession.
Signs that you may be a sufferer include conducting pilgrimages to iconic food destinations such as Feta, Dijon, Feta and Parma; dreaming of Belgian chocolate and crossing time zones to fit in more meals. The condition has struck a chord with food-obsessed travelers self-diagnosing themselves across the social media landscape.
Another test of food fanaticism lies in The Flying Fugu's name. Readers who even know what a fugu is fall within the blog's "extreme foodie" target readership. Naming the blog after the potentially lethal Japanese puffer fish may seem like a strange move, but a scroll through The Flying Fugu's recent articles sheds some light on the matter. Graphic descriptions of Tiet Canh (duck blood soup), Balut (chicken embryo boiled in its shell) and Hakarl (rotting shark meat) reveal that this blog is intent on educating its readers about some of the most daring meals the world has to offer.
The Flying Fugu CEO and Founder, Reuven Levitt comments:
"Food plays such a huge part in world travel and for many it's the thing that dominates every trip. Thousands of travelers set off in search of foodie adventures, often going to huge lengths to find extreme meals. But finding authentic, exciting food overseas can be a minefield. It was this that gave us the idea to start a blog dedicated to helping eating-obsessed travelers navigate the world's larder."
Following diagnosis travafoodaholics can find solace in the fact that help is at hand. Articles such as "101 Foodie Hacks: a Cheat-sheet on Finding the Best Meals Abroad" are designed to help them live with their addiction.
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|Another nearly-complete link on the San Francisco Bay Trail!
|The project limits and surrounding bicycle and Bay Trail network. Source: SFCTA, StreetsblogSF
This project is particularly exciting because it contains several new bikeway design features for San Francisco. The cycle track will be bidirectional with both directions of bicycle traffic traveling together (think: Duboce Bikeway). Additionally, the bikeway will be separated from motorized traffic by
The City is also earning good karma and setting valuable precedent by repaving various portions of the heavily-potholed roadway beforehand. I'm looking at you Cesar Chavez East!!
Check out the construction photos after the break.
|This gentleman feels right at home even though the bikeway is still under construction. He's off to fish; I hope he catches a big one!
|Trucks serving a large USPS mail facility, Recology's Recycle Central, Bay Natives, and other businesses rumble along the street. It's pretty clear soft-hit posts would not provide sufficient separation.
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|This isn't your typical patch pave job – crews actually grinded away poor pavement and repaved with real asphalt.
My initial impression upon my visit last weekend was that this is actually a very pretty street. There are lots of mature Eucalyptus trees (more greenery than on most SF streets), the sky reflects the blueish-green color of the Bay, and (at least on weekends) it's a surprisingly quiet and peaceful part of town. I encourage everyone to take a ride over to Heron's Head Park and India Basin when this is completed – you won't be disappointed!
|Lots of beautiful mature trees and a clear fog-free blue sky.
The SF Redevelopment Agency and the Port together completed a Conceptual Design Study for Cargo Way back in May 2008 detailing streetscape improvements that could be implemented on the street in the long-term. I'm excited to see this cycle track come in later this month, but I encourage those interested to advocate heavily for what's included in this design study. I would especially like to see walking conditions improved on Cargo Way. And this plan does not stand alone. The SF Planning Department's recently-initiated Green Connections project also has its sights set on improving this corridor, so now all we need is some strong community support!


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Fifty thousand people a year will come to the UK when travel restrictions on Bulgaria and Romania are lifted, an anti-immigration group has estimated.
MigrationWatch said there would be "significant" consequences for jobs and housing from the new rules, while former Home Secretary David Blunkett has said EU migrants should be barred from claiming benefit for children who live overseas.
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Taking the Lead for ITI's Policy Priorities
One of the distinguishing features of ITI is the collaborative way our member companies engage to develop, decide, and execute on our policy priorities. The focal point for discussion and deliberation of our policy agenda is ITI's monthly Government Relations Committee (GRC) meeting. These meetings are always informative and, at times, lively (after all, we represent the tech industry). As with all of our policy committees at ITI, the Government Relations Committee is chaired by a member-company representative, who takes an active role with ITI staff in setting the meeting agenda and executing on action items.
This year, the ITI GRC will have both a Chair and a Vice Chair, and ITI and our member companies are fortunate that these leadership posts will be filled by two thoughtful and innovative policy advocates.
Michael Dabbs, Director of Government Affairs at Applied Materials, will take the gavel as Chair of the ITI GRC. Before leading Applied Materials' government affairs activities, Michael was the lead advocate on energy, trade, and telecommunications issues here at ITI. Michael is a Capitol Hill veteran, including service as the Legislative Director for Rep. Rick Larsen, D-Wash., and as the Co-Staff Director for the U.S.-China Working Group, a 60-member, bipartisan organization within the House of Representatives that focused on policy issues that would advance a strong bilateral relationship between the two nations.
Serving as Vice Chair is Brian Jones, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy for Ericsson, Inc. Brian brings experience from both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue, as well as both sides of Capitol Hill. He served in the administration of President George W. Bush, and also served in the Senate for Susan Collins, R-Maine, and the legendary Bob Dole, R-Kan., and in the House of Representatives for Rep. Mac Collins, R-Ga. Brian's experience as a tech advocate began with Dell Inc. – another ITI member.
In addition to leading our GRC activities, Michael and Brian will be two of our leading voices on our policy priorities for the 113th Congress. Their combined experience and their passion for technology will certainly help to raise greater awareness of our industry with policymakers. They will help us to better align public policies to ensure ours is an industry that is growing, innovating, and creating jobs here in the U.S., and competing and succeeding in global markets.
Sun., December 22, 2:09 AMThank you for this post S -!I'm no mom but thus far I've seen these kinds of mothers:1. who picitrapate in childcare2. who don't picitrapate in childcare3. those who do childcare but research all factors within the school such as learning enviornment, employees, school saftey plan, meal plan, structure of day, etc. before making a decision4. stay at home moms, who create a structured day for their children with a balance of learning, play, nap/eat time, etc.5. stay at home moms who just stay at home with their kids all day long to clean and feed their kids and just play around to keep their kids busy and kill time, till their husbands come home.I believe your child's environment matters despite it being at home, in childcare part time or full time. And I would define environment with how much play time is your child getting, what kinds of things are they actually learning, is the mother tolerant/consistent in attitude or does the mother show/express her frustrations throughout the day in front of her kids, is their a structure/routine to their day (i.e. we clean up after we eat, pick up toys after we play, get ready for nap time), are they getting interaction with other children around their age on daily basis, is the learning interactive or mundane, so on and so forth.Of course the age of the child also matters in delivering quality care, but I see too many moms who believe in my kids are better off with me but their kids miss out incredibly on important stages of their learning and development because mom either isn't into all that stuff, goes crazy with another younger child so older kid has to wait and slow down for mom's attention when learning something, mom gets tired and becomes cranky, etc. so in the end, i feel it hurts your child's growth more than mom might think.just my thoughts. This is a great blog S -, thank you for taking the initiative. I know I'm always exploring these kinds of issues for whenever it comes handy, insha Allah http://jymquzu.com [url=http://vcqhokz.com]vcqhokz[/url] [link=http://moykirhcxd.com]moykirhcxd[/link]
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Fri., December 20, 7:45 PMIt seems strange that a daaryce would be like that - I'm curious if this means that all the kids that start in daaryce transition from room to room based on their "class" as opposed to by developmental milestones? Have you looked into that at all? It seems more schoolish than you might want for a daaryce, but I don't really know. Plus all the time that they are closed seems like a pain, especially if both you and your husband will be working. Our daaryce is only closed 10-12 days of the year (holidays and the like) AND they allow you to take a week's "vacation" where you basically can take a week off from daaryce and not pay the tuition for that week! http://dkbjsojwsft.com [url=http://yjllakw.com]yjllakw[/url] [link=http://zlainxwljv.com]zlainxwljv[/link]
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Wed., December 18, 3:57 PMsarahIM not new to cross fit but im new to the area. I am looking to come do a tiral class and see your box. School strats on monday so im waiting till tuesday the 21st to come try, but i see your trial class is at 9. Is there another time you do a tiral class. Thank you,sarah vogel
Wed., December 18, 3:37 PMwe dont have children's day here. can't dcdiee if it's a good thing or a bad thing 'coz i remember always looking forward to a holiday when i was little (in singapore). but kids can be so bratty i dont know if it's worth super-spoiling them for another day during the year
Tue., December 17, 9:13 AMDear Mr Lam, I am writing as both a ccneernod resident of Sengkang and a mother of my 15th months old son. As my husband and I are both working parents, and also because my son is soon approaching the age where we hope he learns to be independent, my family wishes to place our son in a childcare centre.Unfortunately, upon enquiring with PCF Sparkletots Childcare Centre located at Block 441B Fernvale Vista on March 2012 (6 months ago), we were informed that there were a long, existing queue of families waiting for placements of their children in the childcare centre. As a result, we were placed in the waiting list instead.To my horror, when I called the childcare centre again on 12 Novmber 2012, I was informed that my son was still placed in the waiting list, and that there were more then a hundred childrens placed before him. Anxious that my son would not be able to obtain a place in any childcare centre, we registered him at My First Skool located in Toa Payoh.However, I wish to appeal for my son to be able to enroll with the PCF Sparkletots Childcare Centre, as it is located much nearer to my home. Aside from it being convenient, we are very ccneernod for our son's safety, be it in terms of taking public transport or even crossing the roads. We also do not wish for our son to take public transport on a daily basis and wait excessive hours at the childcare centre for us to pick him up after we leave our workplace when there is a childcare centre so near our home. It would certainly be much less tough and tiring on both of us if my son would be able to enroll with the PCF Sparkletots Childcare Centre.With the current situation of childcare related services in Sengkang area, it is difficult to feel encouraged to have more children. We are extremely disappointed that a childcare centre, which primary purpose is to provide convenience for working families such as ours amidst others purposes(such as to provide a positive environment for children to learn and play), could become so inconvenient and cumbersome.The main motivation for my family moving to Sengkang is because we look upon it as significantly new place with many young people, and where fresh ideas can be shared and developed. Thus, my family and I hope that you will be able to take some serious consideration on this matter.We look forward to hearing good news from you. Thank you very much for your time.Your Sincerely,Mandy Lee
Tue., December 17, 1:52 AMHi Dr Lam,I'm a residence frim 405A fnvreale lane. I would like to request if HDB woul contruct a small park with jogging track n fitness corner. I understand there is a huge park for us near the anchovale cc but it is rather inconvenient for us staying at fnvreale to go all the way there to jog. We dun drive n its silly to take a bus there to jog. I also noticed a lot of people are jogging along the road pavement n also bringing theor kids to play at the open space (where the people r playing croquet now). Our fnvreale neighbour hood does not have a proper jogging ground n also for kids to play n run. I hope DR lam could look into it a propose to have a small park built at that open space. It would really be ideal for our kids to have a place to enjoy family outdoor time with safety.Really appreciate if you could propose to the government. Thank you and appreciate your time for reading.Regards,Mrs Chua~~~~~Pin Min's Reply:Thanks for the suggestion. We will work with the relevant authorities and study its feasibility.
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