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Labor Day: More Than a Three-Day Weekend
Ofelio, owner of a tamale business in Washington, D.C., is featured in the 2014 Hunger Report. (Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World)
By Robin Stephenson
Barbeques, the end of summer, and a three-day weekend are what Labor Day means for most Americans. For me, the welcome work break was a chance to catch up on neglected household chores. Celebrating the contributions of workers to the strength of our nation or thinking about today's labor market never entered my mind.
That is, until last night.
My neighbor stopped by and mentioned another neighbor who has been out of work for more than a year and still hasn't found employment. "She is at her wit's end," says my friend with exasperation. "She has a college education, is smart and hardworking, and still gets no offers."
My unemployed neighbor is not alone. There are 3.2 million long-term unemployed, people out of work for more than 27 weeks. Congress failed to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) in December, cutting off critical assistance to more than a million job seekers. Never before in the history of EUC has a Congress failed to extend the emergency aid when unemployment is so high.
My neighbor's misfortune affects all of us. Lost productivity to the labor market decreases pressures on wages, which is why many Americans have not seen raises in the last few years. High unemployment means lost productivity and lost tax revenue, causing additional spending by the federal government to fill in the gaps.
There are signs that things are getting better. However, we are not out of the woods yet. The jobless rate, which peaked at 10 percent in 2009, has still not reached pre-2008 levels. Today the unemployment rate is 6.2 percent, although some economists call the number deceptively low. Full employment is a job rate below 5 percent and indicates that anyone who wants to work can find a job.
The federal government has a role to play in strengthening the labor market and getting the long-term unemployed back to work. The best solution to ending hunger is a job that pays. The number of low-income households could be cut by more than half if a full-time job were available for everyone who wanted one.
The 2014 Hunger Report proposes bold steps to end hunger in the United States by 2030. Returning the economy closer to the full employment level of 2000, it would be possible for President Obama and Congress to reduce hunger in America by 25 percent by 2017.
A first step to full employment includes policies that stimulate the economy as part of a budget strategy instead of the job-killing cuts, such as the automatic spending caps called sequestration. Congress should also raise the minimum wage. If wages had kept up with productivity growth over the years, the minimum wage today would be $18.67.
Perhaps it is time that Labor Day becomes more than a three-day weekend. Labor Day should be a time of reflection and action—a time to ask how we can get people in America, including my neighbor, back to work and into jobs that pay a living wage.
Robin Stephenson is national lead for social media and a senior regional organizer at Bread for the World.
Posted by Rstephenson on September 02, 2014 in Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Hunger Report, Sequestration, Solutions to U.S. Poverty, Unemployment / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Feeding America Report: Reliance on Emergency Food Increasing
By Robin Stephenson
Electricity, rent, or food on the table to feed your kids? This choice is a game of poverty roulette that families like Jim and Christina Dreier grapple with each month and it isn't fun.
The Dreiers and their three children live in Mitchel County, Iowa. Like many families, they use a patchwork of assistance – WIC, SNAP (food stamps), and the food bank – to make it through the month. Jim Dreier works two jobs, but that is not enough.
"It's rough every day. Where's my next meal going to come from?" asks Christina.
Reading the Dreier's story in a National Geographic article, "The New Face of Hunger," one gets the impression that this is a family that lives on the edge of catastrophe. It's a life of fear and worry as they are always one step behind.
"Moneywise," says Christina, "coming in is a lot less than what has to go out every month."
The Dreiers are food insecure – a term that describes households that do not have enough food in a given year. And they are not an anomaly. The shocking truth is food insecurity is epidemic in America. A job is no longer insulation from poverty and hunger.
According to a report released this week by Feeding America, one of Bread for the World's partner organizations, one in seven people - 46.5 million Americans a year- rely on food banks to feed themselves and their families. Over half of the households included at least one person who was employed.
In the past, a trip to the food bank was an emergency situation that followed a job loss or financial crisis. Today, food insecurity is a chronic condition for too many Americans. But instead of helping low-income families, policy proposals in Congress appear to be working against them.
Earlier this year, the House passed the fiscal year 2015 House budget proposal, which makes deep cuts to programs for hungry and poor people in the United States, including cutting food stamps by $125 billion. Just last month, the House voted to reduce the child tax credit to the most vulnerable families, which would push an estimated 12 million people into deeper poverty.
A job that pays a living wage, not an emergency food box, is the only real buffer against hunger. Yet wages have not kept pace with economic productivity since 1950. Today, 28 percent of Americans make poverty level wages. A vote to raise the minimum wage failed earlier this year in the Senate.
It is time for Congress and the administration to set a plan to end hunger in the United States. Churches and charities can only provide a fraction of what is needed and cannot adequately address the root causes of poverty. The status quo is not ending hunger in America; policy targeted at ending hunger needs an overhaul.
We will never food bank our way out of hunger, so let's stop trying. We also need the government to do its part.
Robin Stephenson is the national lead for social media and senior organizer in the western hub.
Posted by Rstephenson on August 19, 2014 in Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Hunger Report, Poverty, SNAP, Solutions to U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger, WIC / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
The Perfect Food: Celebrating World Breastfeeding Week
(Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World)
By Robin Stephenson
Breastfeeding was not something I expected to be a key point in a sermon on hunger, until I heard Rev. Dr. James Forbes.
"In God's world, food is not negotiable," said the renowned preacher to those gathered for a homiletics course in Portland, Oregon, last year. He paused to let the statement sink in. "God made the arrangement that every child has food to eat."
Rev. Forbes was talking about breastfeeding. Women are designed to produce not just food, but the perfect food.
Earlier in the year, I visited a local WIC clinic – a domestic nutrition program designed to help women, infants, and children at nutritional risk. Walking in the door, I was greeted by a poster on the wall. One side of the sheet was a short list of the ingredients in formula with a lot of hard-to-pronounce words. The other side included the long list of what comprises breast milk – ingredients that change over time with the baby's nutritional needs. Wow, I thought, God is an amazing creator!
It is World Breastfeeding Week, a yearly campaign to raise awareness about the importance of breastfeeding. The perfect food is a key resource in combatting hunger and malnutrition.
Globally, malnutrition leads to about 3 million deaths of children under five each year – deaths that could be prevented. There is a critical1,000-day "window of opportunity" between pregnancy and a child's second birthday where nutrition is vitally important. Investments in nutrition interventions can prevent stunting and other harmful consequences of malnutrition. Nutrients received through breastfeeding provide important protections to fight infection and disease. Malnutrition, especially in children under age 2, can affect brain development, cognitive performance, and even earning potential later in life. Yet, only 37 percent of the world's babies are breastfed for the recommended six months.
World leaders are starting to see nutrition as an ingredient of economic growth. In this week's U.S.-Africa Summit in Washington, D.C., Nigeria's Agriculture Minister Akinwumi Adesina said, "We invest so much in infrastructure, in bridges and roads. But most important is grey matter. We really need to invest in that." It was reported from the Summit that poorly fed children rob Africa of up to 16 percent of its potential growth. Exclusive breastfeeding and early childhood nutrition is one of the best investments Africa can make – one of the best investments every country should make in their children.
Lawmakers in the United States have a role to play. The United States has a global nutrition strategy through USAID (the U.S. Agency for International Development), but Congress has proposed budget cuts to international programs that promote nutrition. Domestic nutrition programs like WIC, which help American mothers learn about breastfeeding, have seen their funding shrink over the last few years.
Adequate funding for programs that invest in nutrition both here and abroad is a smart investment. After all, in God's world, food is not negotiable.
Robin Stephenson is the national lead for social media and senior organizer in the western hub.
Posted by Rstephenson on August 07, 2014 in Bible on Hunger, Foreign Aid, Hunger and the U.S. Budget, WIC / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Summer Vacation Means—for Some—Meals Missed
By Kimberly Burge
Kids out of school. Unstructured days. For many people, summer vacation elicits memories and a picture of freedom and carefree times. For children who depend on food assistance at lunch during the school year, summer vacation can also bring hunger.
Of the 20.6 million schoolchildren receiving food assistance at lunch, 18 million do not receive summer meals. While there are 99,000 schools operating the National School Lunch Program, only 35,500 Summer Food Service Program sites operate nationwide. That leaves a critical gap for too many months of the year. To read more about summer hunger from the PBS Newshour, see "Why summer is the hungriest season for some U.S. kids."
Children also continue to struggle in poverty. Last week, the Annie E. Casey Foundation released the 25th edition of Kids Count, an annual report that features the latest data on child well-being for every state, the District of Columbia and the nation. The report found that 22 percent of U.S. children currently live in poverty. That number has grown in recent years, due to the economic recession and the weak labor market, especially for those without a college or high school degree.
From 1990 to 2000, the official child poverty rate had declined from 21 percent to 16 percent. The robust economy contributed to that drop. But, Kids Count finds, so did an expansion of policies designed to "make work pay"—things like the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and food stamps (SNAP), important programs for which Bread members advocate, along with child care subsidies and health insurance for children. According to the report, "[These] policies supplemented low wages and reduced work expenses, contributing to the decline in child poverty. However, these gains began to unravel in the early 2000s because of a lackluster economy."
You can read the findings from Kids Count and see where your state falls in child poverty rates here.
Kimberly Burge is the interim associate online editor for Bread for the World.
Posted by Rstephenson on July 30, 2014 in Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Solutions to U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
House Votes to Push Millions Into Deeper Poverty
The annual KIDS COUNT Data Book by the Anne E. Casey Foundation shows that child poverty in the United States is on the rise. (Rick Reinhard)
In a disturbing trend that prioritizes the wealthy over the most vulnerable Americans, the House today passed H.R. 4935 by a vote of 237 to 171. Bread has dubbed it the "reverse Robin Hood" bill, which takes from the poor to give to the rich. The bill could push 12 million people—including 6 million kids--into poverty or deeper poverty while giving a tax break to households making $150,000 to $205,000.
In a media statement today, Bread for the World president, Rev. David Beckmann said, "It is unacceptable that we are one of the wealthiest countries in the world and have one of the highest child poverty rates among developed countries. Our policies should help lower-income working families climb out of poverty - not push them deeper into it."
We do not expect the Senate to take up the Child Tax Credit Improvement Act of 2014. Instead, the bill, which does not extend critical improvements to the child tax credit for millions of low-income working families, could be considered as part of a tax extenders bill after the November mid-term elections. Tax credits, like the child tax credit (CTC) and the earned income tax credit (EITC), keep more people – including children – out of poverty each year than any other federal anti-hunger program.
Although H.R. 4935 passed, 173 members of Congress still opposed the bill, thanks to the calls Bread for the World's anti-hunger advocates made to their representatives – including hundreds of calls this morning! Bread is calling for any final bill on the child tax credit to include the 2009 improvements, which enable more low-income working families to receive a larger credit. Your advocacy helped build momentum and educate lawmakers that this is an issue the faith community cares about.
In 2009, Congress made the CTC available to low-income working families, enabling them to begin to receive part of the credit once earnings reached $3,000. Under the recent House-passed bill, a single mother with two children who works full-time at the minimum wage (earning about $14,500 a year) would completely lose her CTC of $1,725.
Bread for the World has long championed refundable tax credits as a way to reduce hunger in America and will continue to do so. We encourage advocates to bring up the importance of tax credits with their legislators during the August recess and make hunger an election issue. We will also continue to keep advocates apprised as legislation moves forward this year and use every opportunity to restore the 2009 improvements.
Today's vote was extremely disappointing, but we should use it to energize our conviction that the direction in Washington, D.C., must change. It is time to buck the trends and make ending hunger a priority. Child poverty is far too high in the United States - in 2012, 23 percent of U.S. children lived in poor families. Congress unleashed its own version of Robin Hood on millions of children today, but we as the faith community will continue to fight for what's right.
See here how your representative voted, and read Bread for the World's press release "Bread for the World Disappointed with House Child Tax Credit Bill."
Posted by Rstephenson on July 25, 2014 in Advocacy, Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Solutions to U.S. Poverty, Tax Credits, U.S. Hunger / Comments (1) / TrackBack (0)
Charting a Bipartisan Path Out of Hunger
Philadelphia, Penn. resident Nadine Blackwell lost everything after a medical emergency. She tells her story in the 2014 Hunger Report. (Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World)
An unfortunate trend in the United States is that living costs are increasing but incomes are not – and it's increasing hunger in America. Recent data from the KIDS COUNT Data Book reports that about 23 percent of children in 2012 lived below the poverty line.
"Whether you are a Republican or Democrat—let's all agree that America deserves better," said Chairman of the House Budget Committee Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in a speech today at the American Enterprise Institute. Ryan unveiled a new set of policy reforms aimed at reducing poverty and increasing upward mobility throughout America.
"We want to start a discussion," said Ryan this morning. The discussion draft Expanding Opportunity in America is an important contribution to a serious bipartisan dialogue about ending hunger and poverty.
"We are pleased to see such a high-ranking member of Congress take poverty seriously and offer his own plan to address it," said Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World. "We may have disagreements with some of his proposals, but we hope others in Congress will take note and offer their own plans."
Bread for the World supports some of the proposal's recommendations.
- Bread believes sentencing reform is necessary, starting with reducing sentences for non-violent drug offenders.
- Bread supports expanding the earned income tax credit (EITC) for adults without children.
However, Bread for the World strongly disagrees with other recommendations.
- Turning SNAP (formerly food stamps) into a block grant would increase food insecurity when there are spikes in need.
- Job creation and economic growth are critical to ending hunger and poverty, but work requirements are not effective if there are no jobs available.
Bread for the World Institute outlined its own plan for ending hunger in America in the 2014 Hunger Report. Bread for the World's strategy stresses policies to reduce unemployment and improve the quality of jobs. It also urges a strong safety net, investments in people, and partnerships between community organizations and government programs.
Read Bread for the World's full press release, "Bread for the World Encouraged by Paul Ryan's Plan for Poverty".
Posted by Rstephenson on July 24, 2014 in Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Hunger Report, Poverty, SNAP, Solutions to U.S. Poverty / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Congress Recommends Cuts to Poverty-Focused Development Assistance Funding
Recently, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees passed their annual funding legislation for the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development, and other related agencies, known as the State-Foreign Operations (SFOPs) bill.
Each year, the House and Senate Appropriations Committees meet to determine funding levels for vital programs that affect hungry people here in the United States and abroad. On the international front, Bread for the World specifically follows the parts of the budget known as poverty-focused development assistance (PFDA) accounts, which includes funding for various programs related to food and nutrition security, global health, basic education, water and sanitation, maternal and child care, refugee assistance, and emergency humanitarian response, to name just a few.
While the House and Senate decided to recommend the same overall funding level for PFDA programs ($21.9 billion), this funding is slightly lower than current levels ($22.3 billion). Both the House and Senate made recommendations to cut global health programs, which includes funding for maternal and child health, nutrition, family planning, vaccines for malaria, tuberculosis, and tropical diseases, and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention.
The Senate specifically approved a $100 million cut to Feed the Future. In the House, a 21 percent cut to International Organizations and Programs was also made. Funding in this account is used to support U.S contributions to international organizations like the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Program.
Thanks in large part to Bread for the World members and their advocacy efforts, we have helped prevent even more severe cuts from being recommended, but we continue to call on Congress to provide additional funding for PFDA programs before finalizing funding levels for the next fiscal year.
Additional resources will help us support humanitarian aid efforts in places in conflict like Syria, South Sudan, and the Central African Republic. Looking beyond emergency aid, we hope to not backtrack on the many investments we have made to long-term development programs over the years, such as with child survival.
These programs save lives. Due in part to American commitments, the number of deaths of children under five has dropped by half since 1990. In the past 12 years alone, 700,000 fewer children have died from pneumonia, 300,000 fewer children from malaria, and 100,000 fewer children from AIDS.
As these children grow into adults, their survival has the potential to translate into even greater stories of improved economic and social well-being, with benefits felt far beyond their households and country borders—even back on American shores. Congress must continue its vital role in ensuring this becomes a reality by increasing PFDA funding levels in the upcoming fiscal year.
Posted by Bread on July 07, 2014 in Foreign Aid, Global Hunger, Hunger and the U.S. Budget / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
Helping Neighbors in Need Is an Act of God
Producing High Quality Seeds (USAID).
We often use the phrase "an act of God" to describe natural catastrophes. Would it not be more appropriate, however, to refer to the work we do to mitigate hunger before and after disaster hits as an act of God? In the United States, we have a set of programs categorized as poverty-focused development assistance (PFDA) that is doing just that. When we help our neighbors build resilience against future crises in poor countries, we are acting out God's compassion for humanity.
Recent reports on climate change indicate we are facing an increase in global food-insecurity, which makes programs that build resilience even more critical. Currently, both chambers of Congress are writing spending bills that determine fiscal year 2015 funding for foreign assistance. The Senate plan could cut funding by 7 percent from current base funding levels.Such cuts would hinder our ability to continue making progress against worldwide hunger.
In "Morality of preparation," a piece published in The Hill this week, Rev. John L. McCullough, president and CEO of Church World Service, and Rev. David Beckmann, president of Bread for the World, urge Congress to fund programs at levels comparable to, or higher than, those enacted in the previous year. They also call funding foreign assistance a moral imperative.
"We don't believe there is a choice here," they write. "How can we stomach the desperate looks on children's faces and refuse to help when we know we are able?" McCullough and Beckmann stress that advocates must reach out to Congress and show their support for foreign assistance. "Each of us, citizens and elected representatives, reflect the priorities of this great nation and among the most important is hope and compassion for all God's children."
U.S. programs addressing long-term solutions to poverty have been instrumental in making progress against global hunger over the last decade. The reduction in child mortality rates are evidence that smart nutrition investments work. Increases in global literacy rates are a result of injecting aid into primary-school education.
These small investments have huge returns. Increases in a country's literacy rate correlate with increases in its economic productivity. Sixty years ago, South Korea, now an example of the power of effective aid, was one of the world's poorest countries. U.S. foreign assistance helped South Korea become Asia's fourth-largest economy, as well as a major consumer of U.S. goods.
In May 2009, a cyclone devastated Bangladesh. In the village of Sutarkhali, Mohammad Mofizul Islam Gazi saw his livelihood disappear when the small plot on which he grew rice to support his family was ruined. "Cyclone Aila nailed the last pin in the coffin," he tells USAID Frontlines. "There was nothing left." In 2012, as the village was struggling with malnutrition, a U.S. funded program supplied Gazi and other farmers with a special rice seed that could withstand future cyclones. Today, the community produces 50 percent more rice than before the disaster.
In urging our members of Congress to fully fund PFDA, we are moving toward the sacred vision of a world where everyone has enough. Helping neighbors escape hunger and poverty – helping when we are able – is a true act of God.
Posted by Rstephenson on May 30, 2014 in Climate Change, Development, Foreign Aid, Hunger and the U.S. Budget / Comments (1) / TrackBack (0)
Tax Day: Three Reasons April 15 is Actually Pretty Great
Today is April 15, also known as tax day in the United States. People around the country are scrambling to meet the midnight deadline for filing, many of them groaning as they prepare to make sizable payments to the Internal Revenue Service. Tax day in America has become a national day of grousing for the most part, but it doesn't have to be—NETWORK Lobby is promoting a #taxpayerpride campaign on social media, and asking people to take selfies with some of the great things taxes pay for and post them to social media.
"Many of our faith traditions call us to pool our financial resources for the common good,"Sr. Simone Campbell of NETWORK wrote in the launch of the #taxpayerpride campaign. "What makes our country great is our commitment to everyone having enough and no one getting left behind."
We agree! So, to that point, here are three functions of the federal government that are funded by our taxpayer dollars and that support the biblical vision of community and nation as lifting up those who are vulnerable.
1) Earned Income Tax Credit
The earned income tax credit, or EITC, is a refundable federal tax credit (people apply while completing their income tax returns) that supplements the wages of low-income workers. Although there has been some debate on Capitol Hill about expanding the program to include childless workers--an expansion Bread for the World supports—EITC has historically had bi-partisan support, a rare hand-up that most members of Congress can get behind.
The working poor often shoulder a greater share of the tax burden relative to their income, contrary to the conventional wisdom in some circles. A 2012 Citizens for Tax Justice study found that the poorest fifth of Americans, a group with an average cash income of $13,000 per year, saw 17.4 percent of their incomes go to taxes—including payroll tax, sales tax, and excise tax—in 2011.
The EITC helps offset this a bit by allowing low-income workers to keep more of what they earn. In 2010, this credit lifted 5.4 million people out of poverty—including 3 million children.
2) Food-Aid Reform
Even people who don't complain about paying taxes may express concern about our government's stewardship of tax dollars. One example of our tax dollars being used wisely is food-aid reform, the movement to update our government's outdated practices related to food aid, the assistance our nation provides to hungry people across the globe.
Food aid already helps feed people overseas at very little cost—less than .05 percent of the federal budget each year. And smart, simple changes to food-aid programs (as outlined in Bread for the World's 2014 Offering of Letters) would allow food aid to benefit millions more people each year — at no additional cost to U.S. taxpayers. Better utilization of existing tax revenue in a way that helps more people is something tax payers can feel good about.
3) Safety Net Programs
When people are asked to cite some of the great things their tax dollars fund, they often mention national parks, public museums and libraries, or bridges and roads. While Americans are fortunate to live in a country where our government values and invests in things like cultural enrichment and infrastructure,we're even more privileged to live in a nation that has a social safety net in place to catch people before they fall into poverty.
According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (CBPP), about 12 percent of the federal budget in 2013, or $398 billion, supported programs that provide aid to individuals and families facing hardship (other than health insurance or Social Security benefits). Included in that figure are SNAP (food stamps), school meals, low-income housing assistance, and many other important programs.
A CBPP analysis shows that government safety net programs kept some 41 million people out of poverty in 2012. Although not nearly enough of our tax dollars go toward helping people in need, the good news is that the money we do spend on social safety net is vital and does much good, something that should make taxpayers feel very proud.
Posted by Bread on April 15, 2014 in Food Aid, Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Tax Credits / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
New Fact Sheet: Hunger in the African-American Community
Nadine Blackwell of Philadelphia tells her story in the 2014 Hunger Report, Ending Hunger in America. (Joseph Molieri/Bread for the World)
"Dr. [Martin Luther] King gave his life fighting for economic opportunity—a fight that is still important today, as too many African-Americans continue to suffer from hunger and poverty. Ending hunger in America is possible, but in order to effectively address this issue we must honor Dr. King's legacy by achieving economic opportunity and equality."
—Bishop Don DiXon Williams, associate for African American Church Relations at Bread for the World, in a press release today.
Bread for the World has released a new fact sheet, Hunger by the Numbers in the African-American Community: Employment, Wages, and Fairness, in commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s work on issues of economic equality. Dr. King was assassinated 46 years ago today.
The fact sheet looks at hunger in the aftermath of the Great Recession, noting that food insecurity has disproportionately increased among African-Americans, as compared to other groups, due to higher unemployment rates and other injustices. Among the findings:
- The unemployment rate for the African-American community is 12 percent, higher than the national average of 6.7 percent, and higher than any other major group.
In 2012, 5.4 percent of African-American workers earned below the minimum wage, while 13.3 percent earned below the median wage, compared to 4 and 8.7 percent of white workers, respectively.
Only 2 percent of African-American women work in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (or STEM) industries, while white women make up 24 percent of the STEM workforce.
"The anniversary of Dr. King's death reminds us that we still have a long way to go in ensuring freedom from hunger and poverty for African-Americans," said Bishop Williams.
Bread for the World proposes a four-pronged approach to ending hunger in America; it is outlined in the 2014 Hunger Report.
Posted by Rstephenson on April 04, 2014 in Hunger and the U.S. Budget, Hunger Report, Solutions to U.S. Poverty, U.S. Hunger / Comments (0) / TrackBack (0)
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The music stopped at Jackie Robinson Ballpark in Daytona Beach after a minor league umpire ejected the music DJ for playing "Three Blind Mice" during the game.
The ejection came in the eighth inning of Wednesday's game between the Daytona Cubs and the Fort Myers Miracle.
The Daytona Beach News-Journal
reports Cubs manager Brian Harper was arguing a call at first base when he heard home plate umpire Mario Seneca bellow "you're out."
Harper says he thought he was being kicked out of the game. Instead, the umpire ejected the music man.
The public address system at the stadium was shut down for the rest of the game. The newspaper reports fans took it upon themselves to announce players as they approached the plate.
The Cubs won 2-1.
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Michelle Knight has new lease on life since being rescued after a decade of torture at the hands of Ariel Castro but she recalled how her captor would lock her and the other women in a room when people came to visit their house of horrors.
Knight, now 33, has changed her name to Lily Rose Lee, and she told Savannah Guthrie how Castro would barricade them into an upstairs room in the Cleveland home.
She spoke on the TODAY Show Friday that Castor "Would take speakers, a couch, chairs and block anyone from getting up the stairs at all."
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Along with Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, she showed the room where they were held captive on a model reconstruction of the home.
"There were days like he'll come in and he'll just do bad things in front of me, and I'll take her hand and I'll tell her everything's gonna be OK," Knight recalled.
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There's no getting around it, every great memory from my childhood has now been altered beyond recognition or somehow stretched so thin that it's almost become unrecognizable. Well, now "Poltergeist" — one of my favorite 1980's-era horror flicks — can be added to that soupy mix. Granted, I can't really be mad at the fact that this once more »
$81.7 million 'Shades of Grey'- Christian and Ana dominate box office
After condemnations from everyone from feminists to conservative Christians to BDSM enthusiasts to 75 percent of critics to fans of the book who think Jamie Dornan is #NotMyChristian to even Prince, the box office has nevertheless spoken: And "Fifty Shades of Grey" is a massive hit. A big enough hit that the Associated Press went with more »
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"American Sniper" wins box office; "American Snipper" wins Twitter
"American Sniper," the Clint Eastwood-directed biopic of sniper Chris Kyle, is a certified box office phenomenon, earning $90 million in its opening weekend of wide release. According to Variety, it broke several records: It's the largest opening ever in January, on the Martin Luther King Day weekend and of Clint Eastwood's career. "The Wedding Ringer" more »
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If there's one public figure who has been LONG overdue to get their own cinematic biopic, it's definitely Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Much like Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln," "Selma" focuses on the life of a great man – a man who changed the life of everyone around him, as well as the world as we more »
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Adam Sandler must not enjoy being at the top of Forbes' most overpaid actor's list, but after being such a sore subject of the Sony hack (and so often coming up!), Forbes couldn't leave him off. Plus Forbes devised metrics to arrive exactly at who the most overpaid actors in Hollywood are this year. Don't more »
Shawn Kotzen's bottom ten movies of 2014 (aka: "The Worst")
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God I hate that something called Millionaire Matchmaker even exists, and some former fill-in Steelers punter was on it. Mitch Berger, who stepped into the Steelers punting duties multiple times when Dan Sepulveda couldn't, won a championship with the team against the Cardinals in Super Bowl XLIII. I guess that and a career that started in the mid-90s got him to millionaire status. Or at least "rich enough to appear on some harpy's lovematch reality show." Berger retired in 2009, and complained of being too much of a party boy who coldn't find a wife among the college kids at the bars. Stunning, right? So he got hooked up with some bikini model because when I think wife material, I think bikini model. And yes, I may be co-opting 15-year-old-me's brain there. It apparently worked. Berger proposed before Christmas, and the coupe is planning a July wedding. Willie Colon was just cut by the Steelers. He is asking Millionaire Matchmaker to set him up with a sandwich.
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From 1984 to 1994, CARE Rwanda implemented a range of development projects, including maternal health care, forestry and water and sanitation activities. As a result of the civil war in Rwanda, we closed our Kigali office from April to July 1994 while conducting cross-border relief from Uganda to 150,000 displaced people in eastern Rwanda, and from Burundi and Zaire (now DRC) to 120,000 displaced in southwest Rwanda. Emergency operations included the distribution of shelter, food, basic domestic survival items, water, seeds and tools.
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While it provides one of the best touch-screen experiences in its class and the compact body is quite comfortable to shoot with, the Canon EOS M's disappointing performance and blah feature set make it less attractive than competitors.
Versatile, sturdy, and built with high-quality optics, the Sigma APO 70-200mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM offers a good value, although it's not exactly cheap.
A nice feature set and a long lens make the Fujifilm FinePix S4200 one of the better megazoom cameras available for those on a budget.
It's a great camera choice for high-quality stills and a streamlined shooting design under $800, but the Sony Alpha NEX-5R falls short when it comes to sharing your shots online.
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Deborah Green, former CIO at LaVie Care, has been selected to serve as the American Health Information Management Association's first chief operating officer. The group also tapped Denise Froemming to serve as its executive vice president in addition to her current role as chief financial officer.
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Google Glass driving ticket dismissed
A San Diego traffic court commissioner Thursday dismissed a citation received by a Temecula woman for wearing Google Glass while driving.
In what's believed to be the first case of its kind nationwide, Commissioner John Blair found there wasn't enough proof that Cecilia Abadie was operating the computerized glasses while behind the wheel.
She got a ticket for wearing Google Glass after being pulled over by a California Highway Patrol officer for speeding on Interstate 15 near Aero Drive in late October.
Blair also dismissed a speeding ticket, again because of lack of proof beyond a reasonable doubt.
The case attracted national attention over whether voice-activated Google Glass — which has a reflective display screen visible on the right eye — contributes to distracted driving.
Blair's ruling didn't break new ground on whether today's technology is contributing to drivers paying less attention to the road. Instead, he limited his ruling to the specifics of Abadie's case.
California's current traffic law does apply to Google Glass, Blair said. But California Highway Patrol officers didn't present compelling evidence that Abadie was actually using the computer glasses while driving.
Although she was wearing the glasses, Abadie said they were in sleep mode and therefore not operating when she was pulled over at about 7:30 p.m.
"Unfortunately, we didn't get into the larger issue of whether driving with Google Glass while (the device) is operating is a violation or not," said San Diego attorney William Concidine, who represented Abadie. "I think the next step is what's the Legislature going to say. As Google Glass becomes available to the general public, are they going to take the additional step and write new law related to Google Glass? Or are they going to allow judges to interpret (existing law) on a case-by-case basis?"
Google Glass is the Silicon Valley Internet giant's experiment with wearable technology. The $1,500 eyeglasses are being tested by about 10,000 people nationwide. They're expected to become available to the general public sometime this year.
Google Glass links to the Internet wirelessly via Bluetooth. The device responds to voice commands and can perform tasks such as checking email or airline flight times, or taking pictures and video.
During the October traffic stop, CHP Officer Keith Odle said he noticed Abadie was wearing the computerized glasses. He added the Google Glass violation after the stop.
"When I contacted her, she was wearing a device on her face known as Google Glass," Odle testified. "It was covering half of her right eye"
Abadie was cited for violating California Vehicle Code Section 27602, which says drivers can't view television or video signals while driving. The violation carries a fine of less than $300, Concidine said.
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Odle testified that he was traveling northbound on I-15 at about 80 mph when he noticed Abadie catching up to him from behind in a Toyota Prius at speeds he estimated at 85 mph.
Odle changed lanes and said Abadie passed him without noticing his fully marked patrol car, which he speculated was because she was distracted by Google Glass.


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I used to work f/t as a freelancer, found it super stressful sometimes managing clients, and being a bill collector among other things so I decided to freelance p/t, and I took up a salaried position as a Senior Designer for a large US newspaper. It's nice having a balance of working in both worlds and having a steady paycheck
Aww poo for me. So many talented and interested individuals! It should be a nice gig!
(one half of us is full time freelancing, Photoshop phreak that I am, the other half brings in a regular pay check and codes when he can, and a good thing too!)
Best of luck to you all!
Has anyone been hired for this position yet??
Well it turns out that our other great reviewer, Kai Loon, wanted the job. He obviously gets first choice.
I'll keep everyone posted on upcoming positions.
Quick question: Are you allowing reviewers to also be sellers? Kinda seems that way in the original post. Just cuirous.
Quick question: Are you allowing reviewers to also be sellers? Kinda seems that way in the original post. Just cuirous.
definetely yes! reviewer selling stuff like normal authors too…. reviewer are just not allowed to submit their stuff to competitions and contests
I am interested with this work. Just sent you an email. Thanks!
So, congrats to Kai Loon ;p
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Median pay for Head Chefs & Cooks in the United States lies in the neighborhood of $12.03 per hour. Geography is the biggest factor affecting pay for this group, followed by career duration. While some workers in this profession — a majority — do not have any health coverage, approximately two in five do receive medical benefits and just under a third have dental insurance. The majority of Head Chefs & Cooks (67 percent) who took the survey are men. Most Head Chefs & Cooks like their work and job satisfaction is high. This report is based on responses to the PayScale salary survey.
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Head chefs/cooks are responsible for overseeing the quality of food as it leaves the kitchen. They must ensure that their kitchens meet the health standards set in place by governmental agencies. Additionally, they are responsible for making sure that other kitchen personnel follow food safety guidelines and meet hygiene standards. Head chefs/cooks must understand how kitchen equipment functions and ensure that it is operable and in safe working condition. Additionally, a head chef/cook often supervises the rest of the kitchen staff. Head chefs/cooks are typically responsible for ordering, inventorying, and keeping detailed records of food items and their costs. They must have experience creating menus that assist owners in attracting and maintaining clientele. They also may be responsible for setting menu prices.Read More...
Head chefs/cooks' work environments vary widely; some work in small kitchens with a small number of staff, while others may work in multi-kitchen operations supervising a large number of kitchen staff. This job is usually salaried and offers benefits. Compensation varies depending on restaurant style, location, and the head chef/cook's job experience. This job often requires chefs to work on weekends and/or holidays. Depending on the restaurant's hours, they may work either very early in the morning or very late into the evening.
To be a head chef/cook, individuals must have previous experience with ordering, preparing, and cooking food in a professional setting and with managing a kitchen. Head chefs/cooks often possess either a culinary education obtained at a specialty school or years of experience working in kitchens. These individuals must have a high energy level, as the job demands that they spent a lot of time on their feet. This job also requires strong communication skills and the ability to solve problems quickly in high-pressure situations.
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While not commonly seen, Head Chefs & Cooks who transition into a Hotel Executive Chef position may see a rise in pay. The median salary for Hotel Executive Chefs is $59K per year. When Head Chefs & Cooks are ready for the next step in their careers, they often become Executive Chefs or Sous Chefs. Those roles pay an additional $24K and $6K, respectively.
Head Chefs & Cooks usually report a few specific skills. Most notably, skills in Inventory Management, Menu Planning, Order Inventory, and Food Preparation are correlated to pay that is above average. Skills that are correlated to lower pay, on the other hand, include Food Preparation. The majority of those who know Food Preparation also know Menu Planning.
Median of all compensation (including tips, bonus, and overtime) by years of experience.
More years of relevant experience do not necessarily translate to higher paychecks. Those in the early stages of their career can expect to make around $26K; however, individuals with five to 10 years of experience bring in $30K on average — a distinctly larger sum. Head Chefs & Cooks see a median salary of $30K after reaching one to two decades on the job. Veterans who have worked for more than two decades do tend to make the most in the end; the median pay for this group is $33K.
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I live in Chambersburg, PA so this airport was the logical answer. It was local, so we didn't have to have someone drive us and pick us up, free parking for the week for the car, short security lines than larger airports, but still had to check in 2 hours ahead! I was very skeptical of flying Allegiant, but I liked the direct flight into Sanford, FL. Only 2 hours and then another 45 minutes to Orlando. Sure beat driving 15+ hours! Yes, you have to pay for drinks and snacks, but for the cost it wasn't that bad...most only have a drink anyways. Best thing to do is buy a soda from the vending machine and take it with you on the flight and ask for a cup of ice! Saves you $3...eat a sandwich or snack before you leave! I loved this flight so much I am planning to do it again in 2017(as long as they stay at Hagerstown Airport)! Out of 10 jets, I give this 9 jets! Give it a try, I don't think you will be disappointed!
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We were an hour late leaving, but I have had much worse. Didn't like the fact that you even had to pay for a beverage. We just had carryon luggage. On way back, it was a full flight so they checked it in for no charge. We thought this was a good deal but it took forever to retrieve it once we got back to Hagerstown.
I didn't mind paying an extra $5 for prior boarding as it was nice to be able to put our luggage overhead without disturbing any others.
I love flying out of Hagerstown, no parking fee, and just a short walk into the terminal. Great little airport but seating prior to boarding is cramped.


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Miller Thomson enjoys a reputation as one of Canada's most respected national business law firms. Daily, our people demonstrate a consistent ability to provide practical, creative and cost-effective advice, combined with an unyielding service commitment to our clients. The firm's dedication to its lawyers,...
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Cuelenaere Kendall Katzman & WatsonSaskatoon, Canada
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Lifting points that are glued on, will naturally try to be pulled off when you lift by them. If you've got any duffel bags around, take a look at the handles. The better ones all use a continuous piece of webbed fabric that goes UNDER the bag and then comes up over it, so that the weight of the whole bag is in compression on the straps--not just pulling them off.
Same thing, you could run some flat webbing (2" or wider) under the dingy, glue it all the way, and then let it come up into four lifting points (two bow two stern) on the dink, so that when you hoist it up, you are lifting straps that run underneath it, taking the weight in compression instead of trying to pull the lifting points off their glue joints.
If your dink is on the davits and fills with water (ever stuffed the bow and taken green water clear over the boat?) glued-on lifting points will be sorely stressed.
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Corifollitropin alfa, a sustained follicle stimulant, extends options for patients and Schering-Plough's leadership in fertility
KENILWORTH, N.J., Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Schering-Plough Corp., (NYSE: SGP), a leading provider of fertility treatments, announced today that the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) has validated (accepted for review) its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) for corifollitropin alfa, the company's experimental, sustained follicle stimulant (SFS). This application will follow the Centralized Procedure.
Corifollitropin alfa is being developed as a potential treatment in Controlled Ovarian Stimulation (COS) for the development of multiple follicles and pregnancy in women participating in an Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART) program. Corifollitropin alfa is designed as a sustained follicle stimulant with the same pharmacodynamic profile as (recombinant)Follicle Stimulating Hormone (FSH), but with a markedly prolonged duration of FSH activity. Due to its ability to initiate and sustain multiple follicular growth for an entire week, a single subcutaneous injection of the recommended dose of corifollitropin alfa may replace the first seven injections of (recombinant)FSH preparation in a COS treatment cycle.
If approved, corifollitropin alfa would extend Schering-Plough's leading fertility portfolio, which also includes PUREGON(R).
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The most frequently reported adverse drug reactions during treatment with corifollitropin alfa in clinical trials are Ovarian Hyperstimulation Syndrome (OHSS), pelvic pain and discomfort, headache, nausea, fatigue and breast complaints (including tenderness). They are reported with an incidence between 1% and 6%.
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Even though I bought these Slick Writers strictly for scrapbooking, I found that they have a multitude of uses! So I always order extras for the kitchen to mark dates of freezer bags, put our names on anything that a pen just won't do. They are awesome and I would highly recommend them.
I have used these in the past for sign in books for weddings. They work very well and dry quickly so the ink does not smudge and ruin the book. I would highly recommend them. They work very well on photo books.
These little guys are AMAZING. Pictures, transparencies, ghost shapes. They write on it all. AND DON'T SMEAR! I love them. Next to the precision pen, my FAVORITE pen!
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Whats ugliest and whats cutes(not favorite) your pokemon,feel free to post in here what pokemons you think are ugliest and what is cutest pokemons you think.
The ugliest pokemon i think is is Hariyama.The ugly pokemon that looks like a fat Japanise with beer belly.
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And not a bad thought at all. I'll have to take a few. Most photo's not even my body that bugs me (I have a former showgirl friend who showed me what a bevel stance can do for you :), but my face. I hate that it's rounder.
Honey, do you have any current photos of you to look back on and see progress on the days you're not feeling like you've had progress? Not saying you should post them if you're uncomfortable - lord knows, I took before pictures, but they're not joining my spark gallery until I've lost a substantial amount - but they're good for you to have FOR YOU.
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VANCOUVER -- Police are searching for three teens as part of an investigation into a Vancouver building fire that occurred Friday night.
At approximately 6:00 p.m. Friday crews responded to a structure fire at 12101 NE 28th Street in Vancouver, police said.
The Vancouver Fire Arson Unit is looking for three teen in connection with the incident. The teens were described as:
- A white male, 16-17 years old, five foot eight and 130 pounds, with a medium build, dark buzz-cut hair, light blue hoody sweatshirt, tan shorts down to his knees, white shoes and carrying a skateboard
- A white male, 16-17 years old, five foot nine to six feet tall, brownish-blonde collar-length hair, wearing a gray T-shirt, blue jeans, darker-colored shoes, pushing an older yellow and white mountain bike
- A Hispanic male, 16 years old, five foot seven and 140 pounds, with a medium build, short black hair, wearing white shorts to the knees, light blue T-shirt, light blue hat and carrying a camera.
The juveniles may have information regarding the circumstances surrounding the fire, police said.
Anyone with information on the incident was asked to call the Vancouver Police Tip Line, (360) 487-7399.