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Mibanco is committed to offering its communities opportunities for progress and access to the financial system.
More than 42 years ago, 15 successful entrepreneurs founded Acción Comunitaria del Perú (ACP) an organization that became one of the world's pioneers in microcredit loans.
In May 1998, over 12 years ago, ACP founded Mibanco and transferred to it its entire client portfolio. ACP became Mibanco's majority shareholder and operative manager in this new venture. This signaled the beginning of Peru's first for-profit, fully-regulated commercial bank dedicated to microenterprise.
Mibanco's initial USD 16 million in capital came entirely from the private sector, with 60% coming from ACP's client base and loan portfolio.
By the end of December 2010, Mibanco served more than half a million clients, both on the asset (loans) and the liability (deposits) sides, and operated 112 branches throughout Peru.
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Mibanco provides working capital, investment loans, and housing loans to small businesses, but it also offers current accounts, savings accounts, and deposit accounts to private individuals. With loans starting at USD 100, Mibanco has enabled thousands of people to access financial services.
Groups of businesses can also turn to Mibanco. For example a group of market stallholders wishing to collectively turn their open-stall market into a shopping center. Continued successful growth has enabled Mibanco to launch new products in the market, including the initial steps that were taken in 2007 for the provision of loans to small businesses owners so they could bring water and electricity into their homes.
Mibanco is also involved in the Transparency and Sustainability in Finance project that aims to create awareness about the social and environmental impact of business activities.
Aside from being a member of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values, Mibanco is also a member of the Microfinance Network, the Women's World Banking Global Network and the Acción Network, all of which aim at bringing leading microfinance institutions together.
Mibanco added two new products to its rural group lending: a risk management system and credit scoring to help loan officers objectively rate prospective borrowers and calculate the risk of extending credit to them.
Also, during 2008, Mibanco implemented an innovative distribution channel called 'Agencia Móvil'. This high-technology branch travels to remote locations and cities of the country, especially to rural areas, allowing clients to carry out the same transactions they would normally do in a regular branch.
Furthermore, Mibanco has implemented new channels to serve more clients, such as Miamigo, aimed at increasing new client acquisition through the retention of our best clients by rewarding their effort. Approved Credit Strategy is a marketing strategy that allows us to offer micro and small business owners a fast credit at adequate amounts to meet their needs.
In 2009, Mibanco was recognized as a leader in corporate governance and was awarded Management & Excellence's AAA+ rating, its highest Corporate Social Responsibility score.
Additionally, Mibanco has received the Prize for Excellence in Microfinance for Latin America and the Caribbean awarded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in 2006 and 2009.
In 2010, in order to promote greater development opportunities for microbusiness entrepreneurs, Mibanco secured an international syndicated loan structured by the IADB, for USD 45 million equivalent in nuevos soles, in order to develop a program to increase its lending capacity to women, through a greater supply of credits.
In 2012, Mibanco was rated "4" by Planet Rating organization, placing it at the top of the "Committed" category which demonstrates Mibanco's clear commitment to accomplishing its social goals, minimum risk of diversion from its social mission, reasonable management of social performance and adequate financial inclusion efforts while fully recognizing the risks of social responsibility. With this award, Mibanco becomes the first and only bank having earned this top rating in Peru and the world.


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Snowball the Dancing Cockatoo Video: This little guy can dance!
They wouldn't blow away the competition on "Dancing with the Stars," but it turns out that some birds got rhythm.
After studying Snowball, a cockatoo that grooves to the Backstreet Boys and about 1,000 YouTube videos, scientists say they've documented for the first time that some animals "dance" to a musical beat.
The results support a theory for why the human brain is wired for dancing.
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In some places, the chief goal of fisheries and wildlife managers is to maintain adequate populations of game fish and animals to satisfy the people who fish and hunt. Tribal fish and wildlife managers may have other goals that reflect traditional values. Fish and game managers sell fish and game licenses and enforce hunting and fishing laws, but they do much more. American Indian fish and game managers would be concerned with creatures that are not just hunted, but have important cultural value. Animals associated with rituals and ceremonies may require special protection that non-indigenous professionals would not appreciate. Professionals in this field monitor and regulate animal populations by improving habitat and food sources and by protecting them from abuse. Fish and wildlife professionals study and may specialize in animal genetics and breeding, physiology, biology, ecology, population dynamics, economics, firearm safety and public relations. Tribal professionals in this field would also preserve and interpret their culture's relationships with the animal communities in their areas.
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Jar944 - I always love your build threads as they do a lot of what I wish i had the skills to take on. Congrats on putting together some fun projects
Very interesting to hear that there was not that much real weight savings with this project over the RFS. I always complain about my 4 strokes seeming a lot heavier than the two strokes I used to race. +1 on the CR500's not being scary but just huge torque monsters. I'm a girly 140 pounds and raced one in an enduro twice and it was so torquey it was like cheating. For 3/4 of the race i thought it was all peaches and cream, not until I got tired in the last 1/4 of the race did the cr500 become too much.
Can I ask how much of a real world improvement you found in your RFS hybrid projects in terms of handling? Did it flick side to side (like threading it fast through 1st and 2nd gear tree's) any better? What were the key benefits you found to doing that upgrade? I've got a 2010 set of forks to bolt on the RFS if I want and wondering if the frame contributes that much additional benefit to the overall package? Or maybe the later model suspension is the key component providing the benefits.
I'm asking as I've got a TR570 like you and wondering if its worth the bother to do it or just take it in the ass buying a 2nd hand 500exc in a year if all the FI problems can be dealt with enough for me to ride it on long multi week rides in a third world country like my RFS does.
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Joyent customers are so smart and articulate. That's why we invited them to speak on the Joyent sponsor panel at Node Summit on Tuesday. Why listen to us when our customers can tell the story of using Node.js better than we can?
We taped the panel, so here's their conversation about why they decided to use Node in their businesses. (Not a great view but the sound's good! [MP3])
The session was moderated by John Rymer, Forrester Research analyst and expert on enterprise middleware. John had some good questions.
Customers Colin Rand, Associate Director of Technology at AKQA, Glen Lougheed, CEO of NodeFly Systems, and Jevon MacDonald, Co-Founder and CEO of GoInstant had a fantastic conversation about how they considered using Node.js from a business standpoint, and what it's like to use a new technology that changes the way we think about how applications work for us.
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As of right now, public school employees will not be getting a refund of their 3 percent retirement contribution that state employees are getting. We are still awaiting a decision on our issue from the Michigan Court of Appeals who heard oral arguments on Oct. 19.
MEA sponsored the challenge to the 3 percent contribution as unconstitutional under various provisions of the Michigan and United States constitutions. We won the case, McMillan v Michigan Public School Employees Retirement System, before the Michigan Court of Claims. The state appealed to the Michigan Court of Appeals who has yet to issue a decision.
The state employees challenged the constitutionality of their 3 percent contribution under a provision in the Michigan Constitution which gave authority to the Civil Service Commission to establish the wages and benefits of classified civil service employees—not public school employees. The Michigan Court of Appeals ruled in favor of the employees. Since, the state Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by the state, state employees will get their refund next month.
Last week, Gov. Snyder signed legislation that allows the return of the state employees' 3 percent retirement contribution, but, at the same time, requires them to pay 4 percent if they stay in the current defined benefit retirement plan. If state employees move to a 401(k) defined contribution plan, there is no contribution.


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The charitable sound of bells ringing are once again filling the Starkville air as the Starkville Salvation Army begins its 2012 Red Kettle Campaign 9 a.m. today at Kroger.
Campaign coordinator Debra Austin said volunteers will ring bells outside of Kroger and Walmart today through Christmas Eve for this year's Christmas campaign.
"Last year, the Starkville Salvation Army had the most successful campaign in its history, receiving over $42,000 in donations," she said. "Last year's success was completely due to the volunteers, and the participation is greatly appreciated."
A former Salvation Army board member, Austin said she stepped down from her position to focus solely on the Red Kettle Campaign, a yearly event used to raise money for those in need.
"This money is used for things throughout the year for those in Starkville and Oktibbeha County," she said. "Since the economy has been so bad, these donations can help out with not only just providing meals, but helping with bills and even temporary housing."
Austin said Friday's kick off will feature Salvation Army reporters along with special guest Mississippi State University football coach Dan Mullen.
"The purpose in getting Mullen is that he believes in giving back to the community he lives in," she said. "He is wonderful about recruiting the football players to ring during the campaign season which is always a special treat."
Austin said those volunteering during the Red Kettle Campaign include individuals, groups, churches, clubs and factories like Southwire, which has raised the most money each year.
"I feel really excited to see that so many people care about meeting the needs of those in our community," she said. "They do it because they have the same passion that we do for this ministry."
Austin said volunteering to ring bells at the designated locations in Starkville pushes individuals and groups to become more socially aware. The core mission of the Salvation Army, she said, is something she holds near and dear to her heart.
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Pretoria — Former finance minister Trevor Manuel on Thursday rejected claims he had said there were problems with the arms deal but they would not be uncovered.
Anna-Marie de Vos, for Lawyers for Human Rights, cross-examined Manuel at the Seriti Commission of Inquiry in Pretoria into the 1999 multi-billion rand arms deal about his meeting with former ANC MP and author Andrew Feinstein in November 2001.
De Vos said Feinstein alleged Manuel had said: "We all know JM [former defence minister Joe Modise]... It is possible there was some shit in the deal. If there was, no one will ever uncover it, just let it lie."
"Do you admit that you said this to Mr Feinstein?" De Vos asked.
"Mr Feinstein told this commission that he doesn't recall this discussion," Manuel replied.
"It is his word against mine. Did he confirm to Ms De Vos that JM was Julius Malema or Jabu Moleketi? We could have been talking about anybody we knew.
"I did not say those words, and I am under oath," he said.
Asked whether he still remembered his meeting with Feinstein, Manuel said: "I even remember what he ate that day."
"You asked to have lunch with Mr Feinstein. About that meeting, he wrote in his book: 'I was encouraged by rumours that he had never supported the arms deal in Cabinet, primarily concerned with its impact on fiscal stability'," De Vos said.
"What do you say about the fact that there are rumours you did not support the arms deal in Cabinet? Newspaper articles quoted various people saying you were against the amount that was going to be spent."
Manuel said finance ministers were a special breed of people.
"They don't like parting with money. They argue the same whether it is the department of education, health, or anybody."
De Vos asked Manuel about an HIV-related quote attributed to him in Feinstein's book.
"The issue that Mr Feinstein withdrew from his book is a suggestion that I addressed a secret meeting in Parliament. Parliament does not have secret meetings. It is alleged I said we should not give ARVs to people who are HIV positive because they are dying anyway.
"That is so pernicious and evil, impossible to contemplate, and certainly not part of my DNA. It so offended me and every part of my being that I sought to have it excised from the book."
Manuel concluded his evidence. The inquiry was adjourned and will resume on a date to be announced.
Former president Thabo Mbeki was scheduled to testify after Manuel but this was postponed because his mother Epainette died on Saturday.
President Jacob Zuma appointed the commission in 2011 to investigate alleged corruption in the multi-billion rand deal.
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The fifth biannual Streets Alive! Ithaca event took place on Sunday, Sept. 7th, 2014 from 1-5PM along Plain St. in downtown Ithaca.
On a fairly sunny and cool day in September of 2012, Ithaca held its first ever Streets Alive! Ithaca. On Sunday September 23rd 2012, from 1-4pm, Cayuga Street was closed to cars and open to people for 10 whole city blocks. Approximately 100 volunteers helped manage the intersections, take pictures and surveys, take care of event details, and offer bike repair. Somewhere around 1800 to 2400 people enjoyed the open street: strolling, mingling, biking, rollerskating, chalking, dancing, eating ice cream and popcorn, learning new skills in the bike rodeo, talking transportation, doing tai chi, or four square, or hula hooping, or just hanging out. It was AWESOME!
May 5th 2013: Streets Alive! came back to Ithaca on Sunday May 5th 2013 for another brilliant day of 'playing in the streets', this time on a slightly longer route that included Cayuga Street and Court Street to GIAC.
September 22nd, 2013: Streets Alive! came to Ithaca on Sunday, September 22nd 2013, this time in the Southside of the city.
May 4th, 2014: Streets Alive! returned to Fall Creek neighborhood and also partnered with Ithaca Earth Day to hold joint events.
Sept. 7th, 2014: Streets Alive returned to the Southside of Ithaca and expanded the route down Wood St. to connect with Wood Street Park.
The main event is simply a closed street or streets with space to walk, roll, bike, and move. You can make up your own fun stuff to do, and we offer other fun stuff to do too: bike rodeo, dancing in the streets, hula hooping, music, bike repair stations, and more. Click here for a schedule and map.
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The Streets Alive! Ithaca steering committee thanks everyone who participated in these phenomenal days, particularly our dedicated volunteers. To learn more and receive future updates, please join our Facebook group or check back soon.
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is there a tribe, thread anything for anyone who's gone through this?
lovin DH since 1/04, best mom for my 3 boys 10/04, 11/08, 11/10 one girlie (1/07), one 13 wk (10/13) and 5/15 just your average multigenerational living family!!
There are many, many children on here that have different birth defects. Just make a post about specific issues and you are very likely to get someone going/that has gone through the same!
Cassie, mom to Alex(4/7/05), Aidan(7/12/07), and Andrew(8/18/08)
Yep, what cassie said!
My son has numerous "soft" defects, meaning things like his eyes being spaced further apart, upper lip being more smooth, lower jaw is small and recessed, ears are mis-shapen, etc. In his case, it's part of a chromosomal syndrome with lots of accompanying medical issues.
A friend of mine locally had a baby two weeks ago born with an extra finger on his hand. In his case it's just a random "dismorphysm" with no associated medical issues.
There are many of us on here, with varying degrees of severity and impact to functioning. What specifically are you looking for?
My baby was born with "low imperforate anus"--from the doctor's explanation that means he *has* a hole, so it's less severe, as opposed to "high".
He has had his first surgery, which was to give him a colostomy, because his anus is smaller than 'typical' and he also has about an inch of colon that is more narrow than it should be--which does not sound like much, but it's enough that the doctor couldn't stretch and connect the 'normal' part to his bottom right away. (I guess it's more typical with this condition to just have a very small bit near the bottom that is more narrow, that's 'fixable right away' as the doctor explained it.)
In about a year (when he is 20 lbs) he will have the surgery that will repair his bottom, I'm guessing remove the narrow area of colon and connect the 'normal' part of the colon to his bottom. By that time, the 'narrow' area will be smaller in relation to his body size and the size of the rest of the colon.
about 3 months after that, when everything is healed, he will have surgery to reverse the colostomy.
He has no other associated conditions or problems that are sometimes associated with this---no abnormalities in his urinary system, no spinal malformations, nothing with any other organs, and does not appear to have any chromosome abnormalities or any other issues. So just a random thing I guess.
but I was looking more for "in general" I guess....getting past wondering what I did for example.
lovin DH since 1/04, best mom for my 3 boys 10/04, 11/08, 11/10 one girlie (1/07), one 13 wk (10/13) and 5/15 just your average multigenerational living family!!
My DS has a very minor birth defect -- he has Poland's syndrome & is missing a pectoral muscle & the nipple on that side is smaller than the other. It doesn't affect him in any way except visibly (i.e. he may be embarrassed to wear a swimsuit when he's older?) so I can't really compare it to what you & your DS are dealing with. That sounds rough & I wish him the best with those surgeries!
But I did go through a bit of the 'what did I do wrong' -- I was wracking my brain to figure out if I'd done anything, taken anything, etc. during pregnancy that led to this. Before it was formally diagnosed I wondered if all the interventions at birth somehow caused it. I also had this feeling that is hard to describe... like I didn't want to call it a 'birth defect'... I didn't want to admit that something wasn't *perfect* with him & felt I guess a bit defensive about it all. I'm glad it wasn't severe & the tests we ran didn't show any related medical issues so it wasn't too hard for me to move beyond the guilt etc. but still every time I look at his chest I wonder how he will feel about it, how to make sure he feels OK in his own skin, etc.
Congratulations on the birth of your son!
My son was born with esophageal atresia and two tracheoesophageal fistulas. Basically his esophagus wasn't attached to his stomach, his trachea was instead. And he had two small tubes that connected his esophagus to his trachea that weren't supposed to be there. He had surgery to repair it at 24 hours old.
I too wondered if I had done something wrong or if it was my age (42). The doctors all assured me that it was totally random. 1 out of 400,000 births have his exact birth defect.
He came home with a G/J tube, so we dealt with learning how to do all the home health care stuff. He had 6 surgeries by the time he was 16 months, but thankfully none seem to be in our near future now. He is 20 months.
Let me know if there is anything specific you would like to talk about.
Congratulations on your new son! It's always a shock when our babies aren't born the way we expect them to be, and it takes a lot of time to get over that. Basically there's no "wrong" way to grieve what your family is experiencing right now. Some moms admit to having trouble bonding with their special needs babies, some moms bond in different ways than they did with their "typical" children (in my case, I turned into a fierce mama bear, protecting him with everything I had, but not really falling in love with him the same way I did my other sons) All of that is normal, but you'll find few people who understand it.
The same with the blaming game...drs can assure you all day long that you did nothing to cause your child's problems, but we're mothers, we harbor guilt anyway. In my son's case, he has a missing piece of chromosome. My husband and I were tested, he did not inherit it from either of us. But still...I wonder. His chromosome deletion happened at the moment of conception, therefore it couldn't have been caused by anything I did or didn't do during pregnancy. But there are still days when I think that there must have been something I could have done differently. It's just not fair.
I try to just focus on my son, and my other sons, otherwise my crazy brain gets out of hand with the "what-ifs". I can't change anything now, so I focus on caring for him as best I can...therapies, medicines, school, specialists, etc. It's a full time job.
My son also has a pectoral "abnormality" that is minor. He has pectus excavatum which he got from me. :) It can be serious and require surgery later but both of us have mild cases. The sternum is concave.
He also has 2 toes that are webbed and a bump on one of them that they say is the beginning of another toe.
Single, student mama to 3 boys
I have a daughter with some signifigant birth defects, however she DID get it from me (genetic) so I have struggled with the fact that my genes have caused her so much trouble.
But I woudlnt change her for the world. She is perfectly imperfect and the biggest blessing in our life. I have no regrets.
I love that...perfectly imperfect.
I'm totally in love with my babe...he's got the biggest bright eyes ever. :) And you'd never know all he's already been through or will go through to look at him, never know there was anything wrong unless you've been told. In every other way, he's typical--eats, sleeps...even the colostomy is not really that big a deal, the difference is I'm cleaning an area on his tummy instead of his bottom. but of course lots of times when I see it I'm reminded of what he's been through and will go through.
I really hate the word defect by the way....he's NOT defective. I don't know what else to call it though. But he's NOT defective.
And I guess if he had to have something different, this is one that he likely won't remember all the surgery and won't have lifelong issues. Though I've been told not to expect him to toilet-learn pooping for YEARS past what is "typical". A few boys with his condition do. Many do not. (I mean EVENTUALLY yes he will but most don't do it at the 'typical' age)
I wish though I was just a little bit more like DH. He's just totally accepted this all as God's will, no questions, no guilt, no worries, it just is as it is, and we will all learn what we need to learn to raise him.
Once upon a time, I had faith like that...maybe someday I will again.
lovin DH since 1/04, best mom for my 3 boys 10/04, 11/08, 11/10 one girlie (1/07), one 13 wk (10/13) and 5/15 just your average multigenerational living family!!
Where are you having the surgery? Cincinnati Children's Hospital is the top center for colorectal conditions and the surgeons are wonderful. I highly recommend them. Also, check out the pull thru network for parent resources and others with imperforate anus.
Congrats on your baby!
Surgery one of 3 (two being the colostomy--putting it in and removal) done locally. I want to stay in this area now so he keeps the same doctor through the surgeries, which puts us here close to 2 years. If that does not happen, well, I don't know. My husband asked why 3 surgeries, did we HAVE to do this, was there another option. I remember the surgeon talking about ONE doctor in the country....I *think* he said Cleveland, he could've said Cincinnati in all honesty I was too busy trying not to bawl over the fact that I was handing over my 3 day old baby for surgery...
Anyway what he said was this *one* doctor would have done a 2-step surgery. He would have done my son's full "repair" surgery on his bottom and he would have stretched his colon at the size he is now, done all of that. But this other doctor still would have put in and eventually taken out the colostomy. So 2 surgeries total. And, because of the length that the colon would have to be stretched in my son's case to connect the "normal" width area to his bottom....there are children who have had this done who are now experiencing complications that are avoided by waiting for the child to grow and not stretching the colon so far.
so DH and I felt the best course of action was the one we took, even though he will have 3 surgeries total. We're waiting for him to grow.
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happy skincare sunday to all! so. i have a little
secret obsession with skin care. if you've been following the blog for some time you'll know that i frequently switch up my products and share with you tips and tricks for healthy, clear and glowing skin. our skin is changing with exposure to the elements, stressors and hormonal fluctuations as we get older. it's critical to pay attention to these and adjust your regimen accordingly. here's what i was doing in 2012 and 2013.
i've learned so much along the way and the good news is that LESS IS MORE! yep, a stripped down routine is actually more beneficial to long term clear and healthy skin than assaulting it with harsh, drying lotions, serums and potions. many of you know i work in a lab and the hvac system keeps our work day climate constant. this translates to cold, (like 65F on a good day) and dry (9 or 10% humidity) conditions. basically, i might as well be a flight attendant since the lab air is on par with an airplane cabin in terms of what it does to my skin.
i love acure organics products but i was finding the gel cleanser to be too drying and the fruit oils a bit too irritating for my sensitive combo skin. i was fighting an uphill battle trying to over-moisturize while causing clogged pores on my forehead. no good. so i had to switch it up!
i decided to make my own cleanser adjusting this recipe to suit my needs*. i've been using it for the past two weeks and my skin is perfect again! all the clogged pores subsided and the tone of my skin is hydrated and smooth. it's the only thing i'm using morning and evening to cleanse–2 pumps and i'm good! i stopped using moisturizer as well and have been spritzing rose water to tone in the morning for a bit of hydration. in the evening, i am exclusively using 3 drops of jojoba and 1 drop of rosehip oil as my pm 'treatment.' you guys. i know it's a bit of a leap, but consider throwing out your cleansers and make your own. i was scared to do this but it has made a huge difference for the better!
*i made a 1/2 batch of this as a trial (this still makes enough face wash to last at least a month used am/pm!. also, i used manuka honey and here are some reasons why. i also decreased the amount of essential oil and tea tree by a few drops since i didn't want to over dry my skin. most importantly, i stored this in a light protected glass bottle. even though many of the ingredients in this wash are antimicrobial, it's important to remember that this will be stored in your bathroom so the less light/heat that gets in, the less likely something will go rancid.
would you ever consider making your own skincare products? it's a shame that some of the most expensive products out there on the market actually cause more harm than good (chemicals cause irritation and photosensitivity)! if you have more than 3 products in your evening routine, you may want to reconsider one of them! the cream you use to hydrate might be rendered ineffective by a spot treatment or clog your pores. think about it!


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A recruitment agency on Thursday afternoon is a sight to behold. The Directors rush in and out from meetings as their Consultant teams hold down the fort, interviewing an unending stream of candidates. On display is that fundamental recruiting ability of not only focusing on many tasks at once, but leveraging the experience from one placement across a spectrum of company cultures and job requirements.
After all, when your 'product' is people you can never really know it all. The only way forward in our industry is with your eyes open and your ear to the ground, always ready to seize an opportunity to develop professionally and grow your network. As I write this, looking out at my office hard at work on another Thursday afternoon, I see the very definition of an engaged workforce.
Yet according to AON Hewitt's 2012 Trends in Global Engagement report, a must read for managers everywhere, my staff should be indistinguishable from the office flora, because...
"For the fourth consecutive year—globally, as well as across all regions—career opportunities has remained the top driver to positively impact overall engagement levels." –AON Hewitt
However, recruitment companies are by their very nature flat structures. Career opportunities, in the typical sense of new titles and more subordinates, are few and far between. It is entirely possible that you could spend a lifetime in recruiting and only be promoted three times.
So why all the activity at Staffwell?
Career opportunities do drive employee engagement, but only because promotions traditionally lead to more Ownership over one's work and greater input into the company's Purpose. As the saying goes, do not miss the forest through the trees. A company that provides employees with real control over the way they do their work, and a purpose worth working towards, even when it cannot regularly promote its people, will still have an engaged workforce.
This is why upper management is regularly the most engaged segment in the workforce, even though they are the least frequently promoted. Case and point, I've had the same position at Staffwell for 13 years, and I consider myself highly engaged!
What employee engagement really comes down to is a culture of empowerment built around a purpose people care about achieving. In the recruitment industry, our purpose is to be the grease that keeps the gears of expanding companies turning, with relevant and timely placements. Our teams are empowered because at the end of the day it's just the recruiter and the client in a room, with little more than a contract between them and the future of the agency, the client company and the candidate's career hanging in the balance. Talk about purpose and ownership!
How are you empowering employees at your company? What purpose are you trying to achieve?
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Manufacturer: BAD Boy Records/wea
Sku: 202749275
Release Date: 3/13/2007
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Disc 1
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1. Intro ~ Eightball & MJG
2. Relax and Take Notes ~ Eightball & MJG
3. Ridin' High ~ Eightball & MJG
4. Turn Up The Bump ~ Eightball & MJG
5. Cruzin' ~ Eightball & MJG
6. Whatchu Gonna Do ~ Eightball & MJG
7. 30 Rocks ~ Eightball & MJG
8. Bl*w J*b Interlude ~ Eightball & MJG
9. Hickory Dickory Dock ~ Eightball & MJG
10. Runnin' out of Bud ~ Eightball & MJG
11. Clap On ~ Eightball & MJG
12. Alcohol P***y W**d ~ Eightball & MJG
13. Pimpin' Interlude ~ Eightball & MJG
14. Pimpin' Don't Fail Me Now ~ Eightball & MJG
15. Worldwide ~ Eightball & MJG
16. Take It Off ~ Eightball & MJG
17. Memphis ~ Eightball & MJG
18. Get Low ~ Eightball & MJG
19. Stand Up ~ Eightball & MJG
|Hard-hitting hip-hop with a respectful nod to R&B and the blues, the set opens with a dramatic intro that seems to forewarn listeners of what is to come.
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|Personnel: Carla Vanessa, Talleya Barbee, Bigg D, Dave Tolliver, Nina Creque, Co (vocals); Brandon "Bizzy" Hollemon, Kevin Hicks (guitar).
|Additional personnel: Slim of 112 (vocals); Yung Joc, Jazze Pha, Juvenile, Killer Mike , Al Kapone, Diddy, Pimp C, Project Pat, The Notorious B.I.G., Three 6 Mafia, Poo Bear (rap vocals).
|Audio Mixers: John Frye; Skid; Marcella Araica; Rich Keller; Leslie Brathwaite; Fabian Marasciullo; Brian Stanley .
|Recording information: Ball & G Studios, Memphis, TN; Bangladesh Studios, Atlanta, GA; Daddy's House, New York, NY; Dirty South Studios, Atlanta, GA; Hit Factory Criteria, Miami, FL; Hood Studios, Atlanta, GA; McKoy St. Studios, Atlanta, GA; McKoy Studios, Atlanta, GA; Patchwerk Recordings, Atlanta, GA; Purple Ribbon Studios, Atlanta, GA; SoundTrap Studios, Atlanta, GA; The Maze, Atlanta, GA.
|Editors: Thomas Bennett "Tom Cat"; DJ Dana.
|Photographers: Abbey Katz; Naoto Ikeda.
|Arranger: Thomas Bennett "Tom Cat".
|8ball & MJG (or Eightball & MJG, as they used to call themselves) have been the kings of Memphis rap for quite some time now, even going so far as to refer to themselves as "living legends." That's not exactly an overstatement. They've inspired countless Southern rappers and helped to foster a strong hip-hop community in their home city, and now, signed to Bad Boy Records, they're able to reach an even wider audience. Their second album on Diddy's label, Ridin High, is a super-produced tribute to the things the duo love best: drugs, money, and women (there's even a song titled "Alcohol Pussy Weed"). From the first single, "Relax and Take Notes" (featuring a Biggie line from "Dead Wrong," not any new material from the deceased rapper), to "Worldwide" to "30 Rock" (the only track to have a non-Southerner guest, this one being Mr. Combs himself), 8 and MJ rhyme their way through heavy synth crunk beats and smooth slow jams. Their lines aren't revolutionary -- the kind of typical braggadocio so much associated with hip-hop at this point -- but their delivery is fluid and well practiced, their cadences moving from singsongy triplets to rough and fast eighth notes easily, and only occasionally do their rhymes really fall short (the best example being, from the Jazze Pha-produced "Pimpin' Don't Fail Me Now," "I'm about to turn you inside out/I'm about to look into your heart though your mouth/With my dickoscope"). Listeners familiar with 8ball & MJG will probably be a little disappointed with Ridin High: it's more focused on club anthems than the group has been before, but it's this same thing that should make the album appeal to those looking for good, commercial Southern rap. The duo is aware of this transition, and the ever-growing popularity of their music and their audience, but they want to make sure everyone knows that that hasn't changed their lives or what they believe in. "I could give a muthaf*ck about a flow and hustle," 8 spits on "Memphis," which samples a short line from the Marc Cohn adult contemporary classic "Walking in Memphis." Maybe that's true, but mainstream success of a certain film, and a certain style, definitely won't hurt their album sales. ~ Marisa Brown
Producer: MJG; Shawty Redd; Jazze Pha; Kenan Thompson; Bigg D; Dewayne 'Big Du' Martin; Alonzo Mathis; Baron 'B-Rock' Agee; Crown Kingz Productions; MJG; Shawty Redd; Jazze Pha; P. Diddy; Mario Winans; DJ Toomp; DJ Nasty; Kenan Thompson; Danja; Midnight Black; Soul
Engineer: Andy Geel; Derrick Selby; Thomas Bennett "Tom Cat"; Alexis Seton; Steve Fisher; Muzzy Solis; Nico Solis; Howard White; Joshua Phillips; Marcella Araica; Mike Wilson; Neal Jones; B. Hood
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|Release Date : 03/13/2007
|Original Release Date : 2007
|Catalog ID : 83970
|Label : Bad Boy Entertainment
|Number of Discs : 1
|Studio/Live : Studio
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YOUNG HARRIS, Ga. - Young Harris College raised $1,600 to benefit the Georgia & Alabama Chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation during "Breakfast with Santa" held in the Recreation and Fitness Center Dec. 3. The event was co-sponsored by the YHC Department of Athletics, YHC Recreation and Fitness Center and Waffle House.
Young Harris College student-athletes and coaches served breakfast during the event. Those in attendance also had the opportunity to take a photo with Santa Claus provided by S & S Pix, with all proceeds benefitting the Make-A-Wish Foundation.
"The mission of Make-A-Wish is to grant the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions and to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. It is our hope that we can assist in providing a 'dream' for a local child," Director of Athletics Randy Dunn said.
In addition to "Breakfast with Santa," Young Harris College is also partnering with Make-A-Wish Foundation to present "Paws for a Cause" throughout the 2011-2012 basketball season to raise additional funds to benefit a local child.
"Our goal is to generate $10,000 by the end of the basketball season to ensure this child's wish comes true," YHC Recreation and Fitness Center Director Sharon Stanton said.
"Students are challenged to raise money through their residence halls, clubs and organizations. Faculty and staff are also encouraged to get involved and help this child have a once-in-a-lifetime experience."
Young Harris College was recently accepted as a candidate for membership in the National Collegiate Athletic Association at the Division II level, which has a strong tradition of supporting the Make-A-Wish Foundation of America.
The Division II National Student-Athlete Advisory Committee led the NCAA in 2003 with its first national community service initiative by embarking upon a fundraiser with Make-A-Wish. Over the course of its seven-year relationship with the foundation, this advisory committee has overseen efforts to raise more than $1.5 million to assist young people with life-threatening health conditions.
For more information about "Paws for a Cause," call the YHC Recreation and Fitness Center at 706.379.4472.


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The 29th annual Simsbury Fly-In and Car Show was held on Sunday, September 14th from 8 AM to 3 PM. It was a great event, continuing to be the largest of its kind in New England. We featured 700 great airplanes and cars of virtually every type and vintage, plus over 100 activities, exhibitors, sponsors and advertisers to interest the entire family. We are like a very special kind of country fair, with special emphasis on airplanes and cars. Yes, dogs are welcome, and we even provide them a watering station. For some great photos of the 2014 event, courtesy of the Hartford Courant, click here. The photos on the left margins are courtesy of Phil Worley and the Simsbury Camera Club. There's a great story and photos about our event at http://photorecon.net/simsbury-airport-opens-its-doors/
This year's special features included:
- Colchester Continentals Fife and Drum Corps narrated demonstration
- Biplane rides
- Radio Control Model Airplane Flying Demonstration
- Battle of the antique engines by NE Air Museum and Owls Head Museum
- Gyrocopter and powered parachute flights
- Live music by the Jolly Beggars Irish band
- Yankee Clippers Formation Flying Team
- Ben and Jerry's and many other specialty food vendors
- 50 New Cars (click here for info) and Airplanes on display by their dealers
- LifeStar Medivac Helicopter on display - Come meet the crew
- Kids' activities - Kiddeland, face painting, and more
- Local artisans with fun products from T-shirts to toys to craft items
- Free seminars (click here for info)
- Delicious pancake breakfast and lunch at reasonable prices
Our venue is Simsbury Airport, and is designed so you can see our airplanes and cars up close and talk with their proud owners. Our airplanes range from antiques dating back to the 1920's, to homebuilts, helicopters, small former military aircraft, and brand new models on display by dealers. The Car Show portion of our event features old autos, brand new exotic vehicles, hot rods, muscle cars, ex-military vehicles, and new cars of almost every make. Airplane and car owners are urged to display their vehicles for judging, and we award trophies in many categories.
There is no entry fee, but your donation is appreciated. Nearby parking is available at $10, with proceeds helping to benefit the Boy Scouts. Handicapped parking and restrooms are available.
We are the Simsbury Flying Club, and proceeds from this event help keep our airport in operation. As a non-profit, all-volunteer group, we receive no funding from any governmental agency. Special thanks for assistance by Porter and Chester Institute for our Car Show, to Chapter 324 of the Experimental Aircraft Association, and to our many Event Sponsors.
We are already planning for our 30th anniversary event, scheduled for Sept 20, 2015. Watch this space: we'll update it as we line up activities. Meanwhile, we have left our 2014 information here so you can get a flavor of what our event is like. The links in the left margin lead to info on specific topics. Please join us next year at this great family event.