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text: Female WWII pilots to be honored with float in Rose ParadeBy Athena Jones, CNNUpdated 4:46 PM ET, Wed January 1, 2014Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – Alma Jacomini in the cockpit of her airplane at Garden City Army Air Base in Kansas. Hide Caption 1 of 7Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – WASPs prepare for a solo flight of the Flying Fortress at Lockbourne AAB, Columbus, Ohio, in 1943. Hide Caption 2 of 7Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – WASPs at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas. Hide Caption 3 of 7Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – WASPs Ann McClellan, Catherine Houser, Mary Jane Stephens, Lida Dunham and an unidentified woman in their barracks. Hide Caption 4 of 7Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – WASPs study in engines class with instructor Mr. Crawford, at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.Hide Caption 5 of 7Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – Anna Franckman and Betty Deuser in the cockpit of a BT-13.Hide Caption 6 of 7Women pilots of World War 2 7 photosWomen pilots of World War 2 – WASPs, from left, Ann Lore, Clara Jo Marsh and Jo Martin at Avenger Field, Sweetwater, Texas.Hide Caption 7 of 7Story highlightsAbout 1,100 women served in the Women Airforce Service Pilots program in World War IIFemale pilots ferried military planes around the country to allow men to fight overseasA bill that would have made the program part of the military failed in Congress in 1944Members of the program were awarded Congressional Gold Medal in 2010As a young woman growing up just miles from O'Hare Airport outside of Chicago, Lorraine Rodgers was fascinated with aviation.It was the early 1940s, and Amelia Earhart had become the first woman to fly solo, nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean a decade earlier. Charles Lindbergh had done it a few years before that."I read every word I could about them and what they did," said Rodgers, now 93. "I wanted to fly."Just WatchedFemale WWII pilots honored in paradereplayMore Videos ...Female WWII pilots honored in parade 02:19PLAY VIDEORodgers got a job so she could pay for flying lessons every Saturday. In the fall of 1942, she read in the paper about an experimental program to train female pilots for domestic duty and free up men to fight overseas.The 21-year-old Rodgers was quick to sign up and stood on her tiptoes in order to meet the height requirements.She trained from sunup to sundown, seven days a week at Avenger Field in Sweetwater, Texas, to become part of the Women Airforce Service Pilots program -- "WASP" for short. She later moved to what would become her permanent base, Love Field outside Dallas, ferrying military planes all across the country for two years."We would go to the plants or factories or the bases and pick up certain planes and deliver them where they were supposed to go," she said.It was often dirty work. "We were oily and covered with sand from flying over the desert. Far from glamorous."On New Year's Day, these pioneering pilots will be celebrated with a float in the 125th Tournament of Roses parade in Pasadena, California, part of an effort to bring attention to an often overlooked part of American history.Women pilots honored 65 years after World War II serviceFirst lady Eleanor Roosevelt was an early supporter of the program, writing in a September 1942 newspaper column: "This is not a time when women should be patient. We are in a war and we need to fight it with all our ability and every weapon possible. Women pilots, in this particular case, are a weapon waiting to be used."By 1943, 25,000 women had applied to join the WASP program."These ranged from farm wives in Iowa to dancers in New York to schoolgirls in California," said Kate Landdeck, a history professor at Texas Woman's University who has been studying the program for 20 years. "All across the country, women applied to this program. All ages."'Everything the men did, we gradually took over'Fewer than 2,000 were chosen for training and just over 1,100 served. Between 1942 and 1944, they flew more than 60 million miles in every military aircraft in the arsenal -- bombers, transports and trainer aircraft. In addition to ferrying planes, they flew weather flights, chauffeured top military brass around the country, test-flew planes and even towed targets so male pilots could practice shooting them."Everything the men did, we gradually took over," Rodgers said.And the men took notice. "When we were out ferrying planes, the men would come and see it was a girl and smile and wave, but then they would start doing circles around us."It was a dangerous job. Rodgers once had to bail out of her plane when it went into a tailspin over Texas. Afterward, she wouldn't let go of her parachute's ripcord for hours.Thirty-eight female pilots were killed while serving their country.The program was disbanded with little fanfare in December 1944, months after a bill to give the women military status failed in Congress."As the bill was working its way through Congress and being much debated through Congress, at the same time, you have the armed forces marching through Europe towards Germany," Landdeck explained. "And at the same time, you have a group of male pilots who are very actively opposing the women becoming part of the military because they want to do the WASP jobs rather than being shipped overseas -- particularly to Japan, which is where they were going to be most needed."The very vocal opposition to the plan to officially militarize the WASP program, combined with the success of the war in Europe, meant the legislation had no chance."The combination of the two was just enough to kill this fairly radical idea of bringing women into the military as pilots," Landdeck said.'We couldn't believe it. This was our life'Rodgers and many others were devastated."When we got the word 'You are out of here December 20th,' we couldn't believe it. This was our life," she said. "They supplied planes with male pilots to fly us all home, and that was it."Not a day goes by that Rodgers doesn't think about her time in the air, singing to herself in the cockpit high above the clouds."I enjoyed every minute," she said. "There was nothing like it."It wasn't until 1977 that President Jimmy Carter signed legislation -- passed with the help of Arizona Sen. Barry Goldwater -- awarding the WASP military status and making participants eligible for veterans' benefits. In 2010, the surviving WASP members were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony at the Capitol.Inspired in part by a 2010 float honoring the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of WASP participants and supporters raised nearly $200,000 to build the Rose Parade float to highlight the wartime contributions of these trailblazing women. The Wingtip-to-Wingtip Association, an organization formed to honor the WASP, helped spearhead the effort. Landdeck is part of the group."These women are being saluted, and I just think it's a great tribute," said Tim Estes, president of Fiesta Parade Floats, the award-winning company that built the float. "I think it's an important story to tell."The 20-ton float took more than 2,000 hours to construct and more than twice that time to decorate. Work was set to continue up until Tuesday, attaching pounds of onion, poppy and lettuce seeds, crushed sweet rice and about 35,000 roses.There are fewer than 200 WASP participants still living, and the youngest is 89, Landdeck said. On parade day, eight of them from across the country will ride the float, and 20 other female pilots from airlines and the military will walk alongside it."We want the WASP to know that the work that they did during the war -- and the work they've done since in representing women who served as pilots -- that legacy lives on," she said. 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Have you had planter fasciitis?
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#1Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:18 PM
I've had this now for about four months and it's so incredibly painful. I have seen my Dr today, for the second time, and she's referred me for an ultrasound and injection of steroid into the site.
Has anyone had this done - how painful is it? Did it work? I have tried anti-inflammatories, stretches etc but nothing helps and if anything the pain is getting worse. Did you trying anything else that had a successful result. #2Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:22 PM
Yep and yep! Very painful, still have it and I had injections but there apparently is only so many you can have. Podiatrist said comfy shoes ie. ugly fugly ones......have a pair for work and they do work.
Find wearing shoes with no proper support hurts like hell at the end of the day. I do martial arts and no amount of exercise will allow me to stretch it out properly. All good at exercise but cannot walk down the hall later that night after tendons have shrunk back... Get used to expensive comfy shoes...throw your vanity out the window.... #3Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:22 PM
My DH has this really bad. He has heel spurs as well. A podiatrist gave him a relief exercise which is to fill a round 1.25 bottle with water and freeze it, then put it on the floor and roll it underneath your foot in the spot that hurts if that makes sense. He says it helps him.
Always wearing shoes, and having shoe inserts seem to help him alot too. Good luck OP, I had it when pregnant and it was horrible so I cant imagine having it all the time. #4Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:27 PM
I haven't seen a podiatrist yet. Might try to get in and see one before getting the injection. Or have it done and then see one so that it doesn't come back.
Shoe inserts, ugly shoes - what a glamorous life. #5 Guest_AllegraM_*Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:28 PM
I developed a mild case during my first pregnancy. Mainly due to pregnancy and my habit up until then of going barefoot on hard floors at home almost all the time.
I bought some Naturalizer shoes which had great support. A couple of months after I started to wear them, mine resolved. Of course, this was post-birth so that probably helped too. I still wear my shoes during this pregnancy and so far it has not returned. I hope you get yours sorted out. #6Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:33 PM
Yes I had this years ago. So painful, I would be in tears at times getting out of bed.
I saw a podiatrist who suggested orthotics, but never got around to doing it. Oddly enough at the time I was a massage student and we were practicing a therapy called trigger point, the trigger point for the feet is the back of the calf, so when my partner touched the trigger point ( and I screamed it hurt so much) the teacher worked on that spot and I never had the problem again. If you google it you should be able to find a chart of the points and then ask someone to add some pressure to those points. #7Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:36 PM
I have plantar fasciitis and also short achilles tendons up the back of my leg. The tendon in my calves actually WANTS me to wear high heels (less stretch than standing flat-footed) and the podiatrist said I can if I want to.
So no ultra-fug shoes here though I prefer a wedge heel or a thicker heel to the pin-like stilettos just because I have real bad recovery if I turn an ankle. The plantar fasciitis is, honestly, a hardcore b**ch no matter what shoes I wear. #8Posted 28 November 2012 - 01:40 PM
My DH had it and heel spurs. He saw a physio who gave him stretching exercises as well the frozen water bottle idea that C~D~W~H suggested. He also now wears supportive shoes (mostly Asics runners) and socks with extra support. He found shoe inserts didn't help him
He refused injections and with the shoes and stretching exercises his has improved lots .....it took about 8 months for him to be almost pain free. #9Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:48 PM
My husband had it, he did the stretches, wore the strassburg sock, got inserts and then had the shot, the man who did it said to him "for the next 30 seconds (or however long) I am not going to be your friend. The shots hurt. Luckily for him my husband could be the poster boy for cortisone shots as 1 shot cured him, that is unusual apparently, the physio wanted to do a paper about it.
He's just had the same shot in his back for a herniated disk, our fingers are crossed that it does the same and doesn't wear off #10Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:53 PM
I found the water bottle trick worked well. I also kept a tennis ball under my desk and rolled away as I sat typing. It still is a problem but mostly in the mornings.
#11Posted 28 November 2012 - 02:59 PM
I too had it in one heel. I recommend seeing a podiatrist first though. I did the ice in the coke bottle trick every morning, got molded orthotics and haven't had any problems since. I had had it for about four months before seeing the podiatrist and had no idea what was causing so much pain.
See a podiatrist first - it is easier than trying the steroids - you can save them as a last resort. #12Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:03 PM
I had it a couple of years ago and would literally cry if I needed to get out of bed in the night to go to the toilet, knowing the pain would be so bad. I would crawl to the bathroom at times to avoid walking. Only thing that helped me was seeing a podiatrist and getting inserts. I wore them religlously for about 2 months and haven't had a problem since.
#13Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:12 PM
I used shoe inserts called "heel cups". They're made of silicon and raise your heel slightly as well as cradle your whole heel. 2) Make sure your shoes have built in arch supports, and 3) stretch your achilles tendons every day. Mine resolved within a year.
#14Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:26 PM
I have it in both feet. Unfortunately I also have problems with my ankles and lower legs and am caught in a lovely (NOT) little triangle where one condition sets off another, which sets off the third. It is so painful at times, that I have walked into the doctors office more than once and begged him to just cut my feet off.
I have had the cortisone injections into my heels, twice. Short term relief only, long term pain and discomfort, but then I always have an adverse reaction to cortisone so I don't know why I thought my heels would be any different. I now have my own blood injected into my heels, it hurts like hell the next morning, but gets easier over time. These injections often have to be repeated 6 weeks later but on the plus side they can give you permanent (or in my case about 1 year) relief. The down side of this type of treatment is the incredible bruising/pain you get in your foot/feet over the next week or so. However, I would still recommend this treatment over the cortisone every time. My podiatrist also suggested that should I need more injections, I should stand on ice packs (or similar) before getting the injections as this lessens the pain of the injections, and/or I should ask the doctor/practitioner to put the local anaesthetic into the side of my foot (behind the ankle bone) as this is less painful than into the heels themselves, but offers the same amount or more pain relief when it comes to the cortisone or blood injections. On a positive note, the first time I had the blood injections, I did the (Tasmanian) Russell Falls walk (it took me about 3 times the expected amount of time) just 5 weeks later. Something that would have been impossible after the cortisone injections, or even pre injections. For that walk alone, all the pain from the injections was worth it. I have found, through much trial and error, that it is best to have the treatment in the morning or early afternoon. Also, that if I sit on the edge of the bed or chair, with my feet hanging just over the edge and just clench and unclench my toes on and off for the rest of the day, it makes the next morning a lot easier to bear as far as pain goes. I have also had orthotics and tubular elastic bandages to support my ankles. Over the past few months I have been having my feet taped by a podiatrist (4 days on, 3 days off) and that brings a lot of relief to my ankles and lower legs. and am currently testing some gel sleeves designed specifically for plantar faciitis, and they seem to be helping. I do stretches for my Achilles tendons as well, and they have given me great relief in that area. You can also do the heel rolling exercise with a rolling pin or a glass bottle, which helps to break up the knot of tendons/muscles in your heel. Good luck, I hope your heels respond quickly to treatment and that you have no on going issues with them. #15Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:36 PM
My DH was a marathon runner & developed PF. He took 6 mths off running with the view to resting the injury (did swimming instead), but it didn't go away. He ended up seeing a physio who is a runner himself & specialises in running injuries, who gave him stretches, ice & modified running program & within 3 wks he was back into it. That included rolling on a golf ball or iced bottle of water every night as PPs have mentioned. He never ended up getting the cortisone injections because he'd been told they can weaken the area over time??
#16Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:39 PM
Yep, I had it. It's horrible!
Umm, the heel rolling excercise works well with frozen water bottles. I had a few that I rotated so there was always a frozen one ready to use. Supportive shoes helped me along with the stretches and frozen water bottles. Oh, and unless I was doing the stretches etc I stopped taking my shoes off when I got home and that helped too. I also taped my feet up and that helped heaps too. If I got sick of wearing the supportive shoes I was better off wearing wedge type shoes rather than something flat. If I wore a pair of thongs I really paid for it. Edited by mumto3princesses, 28 November 2012 - 03:41 PM. #17Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:45 PM
I've had it.
I did the golf ball, bottle of ice, and calf stretches. It worked for me. #18Posted 28 November 2012 - 03:53 PM
Hi there,
I am a physiotherapist, new mum-to-be and have also suffered crippling plantar fasciitis myself. Have you had the injection yet? And have you had any hands-on physio treament so far? If not, can I suggest holding off until you try that? One of the most common problems associated with plantar fasciitis is calf muscle tightness. You would then think of course that calf stretching would be the solution. It would be perhaps if stretching brought about any long term increase in muscle length, which it doesn't. Someone here mentioned trigger point massage. That's a huge part of what I do for people with musculo-skeletal complaints, and it's well worth trying this in not just the calf, but also the remaining lower leg muscles - peroneals, tibialis anterior and posterior and even the big toe flexor which is just palpable near the calf. I've treated many people quite successfully for this condition and the things I usually do include the trigger point massage, the frozen bottle rolling as a home exercise, even an ice bucket, which sounds intolerable, but can be immensely helpful in acute stages. Also something called "low dye taping", which is a style of sports taping around and under the foot. Most of my patients have found this enormously relieving. It's also worthwhile checking out lower limb mechanics from the pelvis down, because these sorts of problems often come down the chain from other muscle dysfunctions further up. I won't keep grinding on and boring everyone, but my point is, there are a number of treatment modalities out there worth trying before you resort to cortisone. Don't mistake me for being anti-cortisone either - I love the stuff when I can't get people moving because of painful restriction. It just needs to be used judiciously. The bummer with pregnancy of course is we can't pop anti-inflammatories! Anyway, I hope this is helpful. Please let me know if you would like any more information. #19Posted 28 November 2012 - 04:05 PM
My mom has had it pretty bad ever since a foot injury. I believe she had the injections early on but now just sticks to more supportive shoes and does a series of foot stretches in the morning before her feet ever touch the floor. She also has a rolly gadget by the couch that she runs her feet over now and then in the evenings. It must be manageable for her as she spends all day on her feet, at work.
I have a mild case of it that I acquired during pregnancy. I have to be careful about not keeping my feet pointed for too long which is annoying as I tend to sit semi-lotus-style and also sleep in a way that my feet are pointed, and I also have shortened Achilles, but the pointing aggravates the hell out of it. I never went the route of medical treatment, just stretching, massage, and losing weight. #20Posted 28 November 2012 - 04:06 PM QUOTE (trainingwheels @ 28/11/2012, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Also something called "low dye taping", which is a style of sports taping around and under the foot. Most of my patients have found this enormously relieving. Ah yep, that's what it was called. It helped a lot. #21Posted 28 November 2012 - 04:15 PM
Yeouch! I've had it a couple of times and the only thing that helped me was rolling on a water bottle and continuing low level reduced frequency exercise and taking my time getting moving in the morning.
#22 Guest_CaptainOblivious_*Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:30 PM
Yep. I didn't go to the Dr though, but to the podiatrist. I have fully customised orthotics and they've made it so much better. It's still stiff and a bit sore initially when I start moving or after I've been playing sport but it's nowhere near the agony it used to be.
#23Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:36 PM
Thanks everyone. I can't believe that after four months how painful it still is. I do suffer from tight calf muscles as well and have read that they're linked. I'll give the frozen bottle a trick in the morning and see if that helps.
I will see a podiatrist before getting the injection, I have the referral so can have it done at any time. #24Posted 28 November 2012 - 08:51 PM
A lot of my patients have had good results with extrcorporeal shock wave therapy, although the jury is still out with regards to evidenced based practice as there is limited research given the relative "newness" of the treatment. It's basically a last ditch effort for chronic sufferers, prior to surgery.
#25Posted 28 November 2012 - 09:02 PM
Plantar fasciatis utterly, utterly sucks! I had the cortisone injections, having them did not hurt nearly as much as I was warned it would. They did help- however when you are doing so many different things (reducing/changing exercise regimes, massage, ice water bottles etc) it can be hard to pinpoint what it is that is actually working. It took a year of no running for mine to get better. Funnily enough, I found with experimentation that I was actually much better without the orthotics I had been wearing for a couple of years. I have also changed my running style completely to run more on the balls of my feet instead of my heels and it has not recurred so far.
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Benefit Auction For The Red Flag Fund Raises $17,000 At Blackhawk Farms
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Type | Not-For-Profit |
Industry | Educational Travel |
Founded | 1975 |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Employees | 270 |
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Type | Not-For-Profit |
Industry | Educational Travel |
Founded | 1975 |
Headquarters | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Employees | 270 |
Website | www.Elderhostel.org |
Elderhostel is a not-for-profit organization established in 1975 which offers senior citizens travel and educational programs in the United States and around the world. Its 8,000 programs are offered in all 50 U.S. states, as well as in 150 other countries. More than 5,000,000 people have signed up for trips.
Elderhostel, now also known as Road Scholar, was founded in 1975 to provide people over the age of 60 with low-cost educational and cultural programs. It also originally offered short-term lodging for seniors at reduced rates. It was founded by social activist Martin Knowlton and university administrator David Bianco.
Courses and accommodation were first instituted in the summer of 1975 at five colleges and universities in New Hampshire. Participation went from 220 to over 20,000 in the next five years, and the organization expanded across the U.S. and into Canadian provinces.[1]
In 1981, Elderhostel programs expanded to Mexico, Great Britain and Scandinavia, with lectures, course-related field trips, cultural excursions, and extracurricular activities, focusing on the culture of the countries in which they were located.
Road Scholar now includes 7,100 programs, dividing them into the categories of theme-based, inter-generational, outdoor adventures, service learning, adventures afloa, and independent city discoveries.
Elderhostel extends approximately $300,000 yearly in scholarships to North American participants who might otherwise be unable to attend a Road Scholar program [2]
Elderhostel conducts research on aging and lifelong learning.[2] Research articles include:"What Will Baby Boomers Want from Educational Travel," and "Mental Stimulation and Lifelong Learning Activities in the 55+ Population."
The Elderhostel K. Patricia Cross Doctoral Research Grant was founded in 2006 to aid doctoral students researching topics relevant to aging and later-life learning. The $5,000 grant honors the work of K. Patricia Cross, Ph.D., former Board Member and Professor Emerita of the Graduate School of Education at the University of California, Berkeley.[3]


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How plants shape the ant community in the Amazonian rainforest canopy: the key role of extrafloral nectaries and homopteran honeydew
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Ant-plant interactions in the canopy of a lowland Amazonian rainforest of the upper Orinoco, Venezuela, were studied using a modified commercial crane on rails (Surumoni project). Our observations show a strong correlation between plant sap exudates and both abundance of ants and co-occurrence of ant species in tree canopies. Two types of plant sap sources were compared: extrafloral nectaries (EFNs) and honeydew secretions by homopterans. EFNs were a frequent food source for ants on epiphytes (Philodendron spp., Araceae) and lianas (Dioclea, Fabaceae), but rare on canopy trees in the study area, whereas the majority of trees were host to aggregations of homopterans tended by honeydew-seeking ants (on 62% of the trees examined). These aggregations rarely occurred on epiphytes. Baited ant traps were installed on plants with EFNs and in the crowns of trees from three common genera, including trees with and without ant-tended homopterans: Goupia glabra (Celastraceae), Vochysia spp. (Vochysiaceae), and Xylopia spp. (Annonaceae). The number of ant workers per trap was significantly higher on plants offering one of the two plant sap sources than on trees without such resources. Extrafloral nectaries were used by a much broader spectrum of ant species and genera than honeydew, and co-occurrence of ant species (in traps) was significantly higher on plants bearing EFNs than on trees. Homopteran honeydew (Coccidae and Membracidae), on the other hand, was mostly monopolised by a single ant colony per tree. Homopteran-tending ants were generally among the most dominant ants in the canopy. The most prominent genera were Azteca, Dolichoderus (both Dolichoderinae), Cephalotes, Pheidole, Crematogaster (all Myrmicinae), and Ectatomma (Ponerinae). Potential preferences were recorded between ant and homopteran species, and also between ant-homopteran associations and tree genera. We hypothesize that the high availability of homopteran honeydew provides a key resource for ant mosaics, where dominant ant colonies and species maintain mutually exclusive territories on trees. In turn, we propose that for nourishment of numerous ants of lower competitive capacity, Philodendron and other sources of EFNs might be particularly important.
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- How plants shape the ant community in the Amazonian rainforest canopy: the key role of extrafloral nectaries and homopteran honeydew
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- A2. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde, Erbprinzenstrasse 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany, Germany
- A3. Universidad Simón Rodríguez. Apartado 47925, Caracas 1010, Venezuela, Venezuela
- A4. Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado 89000, Caracas 1080, Venezuela, Venezuela
- A5. Botanisches Institut der Universität Leipzig, Johannisallee 21–23, 04103 Leipzig, Germany, Germany


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A group of lawyers that proved instrumental in helping credit unions navigate the details of the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Capital Initiative loans has recognized community development credit union leader Clifford Rosenthal for his public service leadership.
Community CU leader returns compliments to Lawyers Alliance for New York in enabling small CUs to negotiate federal program.
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has won a grant to be used to help senior citizens reach financial security.
The National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions has joined with some peers to hail recent trends in the field.
Mission SF Federal Credit Union of San Francisco has lost its battle to stay independent.
A Members Group white paper, Missouri reaccreditation and the CDFI Fund all made news this week.
The industry debate over the propriety of the public campaigns of small, deeply troubled inner city credit unions to raise capital among other CUs and the citizenry has generated lively and sometimes strident rhetoric.
Even as the economy improves, foreclosures remain a problem for many lenders–but not the National Federation of Community Development Credit Unions.
NFCDCU President/CEO Clifford Rosenthal calls the Mission SF FCU liquidation an example of regulatory excess.
The Community Development Financial institutions Fund said it should soon know how the latest budget compromise will affect its funding.