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NOW's purpose is to take action to bring women into full participation in the mainstream of American society now, exercising all privileges and responsibilities thereof in truly equal partnership with men. This purpose includes, but is not limited to, equal rights and responsibilities in all aspects of citizenship, public service, employment, education, and family life, and it includes freedom from discrimination because of race, ethnic origin, age, marital status, sexual preference/orientation, or parenthood.
Your Chapter meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:15pm at 2912 Highwoods Blvd, in Raleigh. This location is near the Raleigh Beltline (I440) and Capital Blvd. Go to the back of the building. We will be in the breakroom. Knock to get in, the building is locked.
Tuesday, Feb 3, 2015 No Raleigh NOW meeting. See earlier post on public education panel at 7pm in Chapel Hill.
Thursday, Feb 5, 2015 Roe event with Chapel Hill and Durham and Raleigh NOW in Chapel Hill. Learn about TRAP laws what they are and what they do. 7pm-9pm. See earlier post for details "And Then There Was One".
Saturday, Feb 14, 2015 Join NC NOW and the HK on J (Historic Thousands on Jones St) to be part of the historic thousands in this huge annual march and rally. Look for NOW women and men in purple shirts with NOW and ERA signs. Contact president at raleighnow.org to get your own.
Monday, Feb 23, 2015 - 10am - Deliver signature ad packets to our representatives in the NCGA. In Raleigh. Lunch together afterward.
Tuesday, Feb 24, 2015 Womens Advocacy Day at the NCGA in Raleigh, 16 Jones St. Includes press conference and training on how to talk to your representatives at the NCGA. Be sure to make an appointment in advance if you can. Others can join you to talk to your representatives.
These and other local events are also posted on NC NOW's webpage at www.northcarolinanow.org.
Raleigh NOW meets at 2912 Highwoods Blvd, at 7pm on generally the first Tuesdays of each month.
We meet in the breakroom at the back of the building. Go to the glass door and knock, and we'll let you in.
However, there is NO Raleigh NOW Business MEETING in Feb 2015. Go to the Feb event on public education instead (see last post).
Also, no Raleigh NOW business meeting in Jul 2015.
NO Raleigh NOW Business MEETING in Feb 2015.
** Go to Feb 3 and Feb 5 events instead **
Tue, Feb 3, 7pm - The Economics of Education:
What We Owe Our Children and Our Nation
A panel of our local school district superintendents will discuss the impact of the NC budget on local schools at a public meeting.
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Time: 7pm
Place: School of Education Auditorium in the H.M. Michaux Jr. building on the NCCU campus at 700 Cecil Street in Durham
Panel experts include: Dr. Del Burns, Orange County Interim Superintendent; Dr. Tom Forcella, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Superintendent; Dr. Derrick Jordan, Chatham Superintendent and Dr. Bert L'Homme, Durham Superintendent.
School of Education Auditorium in the H.M. Michaux Jr. building on the NCCU campus at 700 Cecil Street in Durham
FB event at https://www.facebook.com/events/316980778512289/
Feb 5 event is NC NOW's Roe event on TRAP laws, "And Then There Was One: How targeted regulations cripple and close clinics, featuring ACLU-NCs Sarah Preston
Date: Thursday, Feb 5
Time: 7pm
Place: Chapel Hill Friends Meeting House, 531 Raleigh Rd, in Chapel Hill
See flyer at https://northcarolinanow.wordpress.com/2015/01/23/roe-event-2015-and-then-there-was-one-2515/
Today is Giving Tuesday and it's all about celebrating nonprofits and the things we do together to change the world.
The NC National Organization wants to continue and expand our coverage of bills
and good and bad changes for women and families in North Carolina, and what you can do to impact the current regressive policies. Our weekly legislative
updates may have amazed and frightened you during the legislative session - the
timely updates were covering some shocking behavior with the lawmakers and our governor. We were a consistent presence at the Moral Mondays in Raleigh, with female and male members from around the state (and that big magenta uterus which came on an NC NOW bus from Charlotte). NC NOW was involved in the planning of a few of the Moral Mondays, after recognizing early that public outcry was needed. We continue to keep you updates via emails, newsletters and facebook updates (find us at NC-NOW-National-Organization-for-Women).
But we need your help. Our work is supported by people like you - as members or
supporters. Help us continue to keep you up on what is happening in North Carolina, and what you can do about it.
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Note: wording from Progress NC. NC NOW president helped motivate the new protest! This is a wonderful opportunity to show our OUTRAGE, and the HYPOCRISY of this administration.MORE...


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Eggless meatloaf?
My SO asked me to make his mother's meatloaf later this week. Since he rarely asks for a specific meal for dinner, I want to oblige it.
Now he has not lived with his mother for about 20 years and she stopped cooking from scratch even before that... so when she told me her recipe over the phone from memory, I was a little skeptical. I want to run it by you all in case she may have forgotten items.
1# ground chuck
3 slices of bread pinched into small pieces
salt & pepper
topped with small can of spaghetti sauce
I do admit, she was a simple cook, but this seems very minimal. My SO has asked for no diced vegetables in it because he wants a 'meatloaf'. But... no milk or tomato sauce in the meat? No egg? Not even Worcestershire sauce?
re: magiesmom
Well, that's a minimalist meatloaf, for sure!
I use egg as binder, for sure.
What about herbs? mirepoix? cheese maybe?
It must be something Proustian for your SO, so I'd oblige and make it.
My mom's food was minimalist too, and I have fond memories. However, I like flavor, so my cooking has been lightyears away from hers, bless her soul.
re: monavano
Proustian? I learned a new word and meaning. How fun!
No cheese, vegetables, or herbs for him tonight, but maybe next time.
The meatloaf we had when I was growing up was:
Ground beef
Salt and pepper
Form the ground beef into the shape of a meatloaf. Season with salt and pepper. Smear ketchup across the top.
Bake for a hour.
That's it!
You can see how waspy we were ;)
It was how my father had meatloaf as a child and that was the way he wanted it. It's perfectly fine and if you use very good quality beef with, say, 80-20% fat ratio, it will be juicy and flavorful.
re: Roland Parker
Nothing wrong with how he likes it. Did use an 80/20 chuck for some fat.
I would bet she meant a 15-oz can of spaghetti sauce. If it were me, I would use enough of that to bind it together. You just need enough left over to slather over the top. Your SO isn't going to notice an egg in there so I'd add that. Heck, I'd put Worcestershire in there too.
re: MrsJonesey
Did add the egg and about 15oz of sauce, but held back the Worcestershire since it may compete with the spaghetti sauce.
re: Crockett67
So, he liked it?
re: monavano
That would be an understatement. lol!
re: miss_belle
It wasn't that bad, not what I would first think of as meatloaf but very edible.


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EDIT: just got back from the ER- the baby is FINE. they said my placenta is over my cervix and that is probably where the bleed is? very very strange but very happpy to see the ultrasound!
thanks for all your support- so happy to still be here!
I just got back from swimming. I am standing in the kitchen making lunch and a big gush of bloody water runs down my legs.
I am almost 11 weeks now. I had a loss at 8.5 in may. My daughter is so excited im pregnant, its going to break my heart to tell her. Its going to break my heart to tell DH when he gets home.
I feel like such a failure. Thats it I am done.
homescholing traveling mama of two ('08 and '12) expecting May 2015!
I'm so sorry I'll be thinking of you and your family.
Me = Healer, yogini, lactivist, step-mom, and wife to my dream come true So grateful-- for my two healthy kiddos
I am so sorry. You are not a failure, your body knows what it is doing. While that doesn't make losses any easier, they are not your fault when they happen.
Brande: Mama of 5 and perpetual student.
I am so sorry itsybitsy. You aren't a failure, be gentle with yourself.
Courtney and Cree, baby made 3, added one more then there were 4, sakes alive, then we had 5, another in the mix now we have 6!
A Momma in love with her Little Women-Jewel Face, Jo Jo Bean, June Bug, and Sweet Coraline.
First of all, I'm sorry for your loss. Second of all, you aren't a failure! The fact that anyone can carry a healthy babe full term is a miracle! Your daughter will understand and will not blame you. Kids are incredibly perceptive and beautiful in times of loss. Heal quickly and I'm sure that a healthy baby is in your future! Don't give up!
I am so terribly sorry for your loss. You are most definately not a failure. Have faith in the perfect timing. My prayers are with you and yours.
Children are incredibly perceptive as Sally said and your daughter might know that something is up even before you tell her. Children are gentle people full of love. Let her comfort you.
Are you okay with waiting to tell your DH? Would he be able to come home early?
Married to DH 7 years and have three fantastic kiddos! DS 6, DD 4, and DS 2 ...... lo and behold another is on the way!
I am so very sorry.
Itsybisty, I had a very similar experience at 10 weeks (this is my third pregnancy-two early losses). There was so much blood that I knew I had to be miscarrying, but a trip to the ER showed the baby was fine but I had a subchorionic hematoma (a blood clot in the uterus adjacent to the sac). Is an ER visit possible for you-So that you can have an ultrasound and know either way?? I don't want to give you false hope, but I'd hate for you to spend all weekend thinking the worst when there may be hope.
So glad to hear the baby is okay! What recommendations were you given? Bedrest for awhile? Just thinking ahead, but I hope you know how common it is that the placenta is brought away from the cervix as the uterus expands. This is probably a very temporary concern and I hope that's the case for you and your little one.
M.Ed. Mama to Chunka (1/07), Beauty (5/09) and Elizabear 3/12): Birth Doula (working toward certification) AAMI Midwifery Student, Advocating with Solace for Mothers & The Birth Survey
Yay! I'm so glad everything is alright! Get some rest!!
Good Good Good!!!! So happy for you!
Married to DH 7 years and have three fantastic kiddos! DS 6, DD 4, and DS 2 ...... lo and behold another is on the way!
I am glad you are still here and that baby looks fine! My sister had a bleed at 20 weeks that was the placenta partially over the cervix. She had a couple more times of spotting that was her placenta moving at various times in the pregnancy. She ended up being able to have a completely natural vag birth at the hospital because the placenta moved away from the cervix enough. All of that is to just be encouraging that a lot happens in 40 weeks and that yay, I am glad everyone is healthy!
So glad to hear this! I was thinking a lot about you today and hoping that everything turned out well.
I am soo soooo glad for you! Please take it easy for a few days, no need to put yourself under any unnecessary strain.
Brande: Mama of 5 and perpetual student.
itsybitsy, so glad to hear it! You and me, we're going to begin the "taking it easy for a while" club. Get some rest and keep us posted on how you're doing!
Oh my goodness! I'm so glad that you're both okay!!!
OH Itsybitsy I am so happy the baby is okay!
Courtney and Cree, baby made 3, added one more then there were 4, sakes alive, then we had 5, another in the mix now we have 6!
A Momma in love with her Little Women-Jewel Face, Jo Jo Bean, June Bug, and Sweet Coraline.
Oh, what a scare! I'm so glad that the baby ok!
Laura, mama to my wonderful Wilhelmina (11/08) and my precious Peregrine (4/12)
Wow! So, so, so happy for you! Hopefully that placenta will move a bit so you don't have to go through this scare again.
My family = Me + DH plus new babe 5/12 make 3
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Q3 2012 Earnings Call
November 01, 2012 5:00 pm ET
Mary T. Finnegan - Head of Investor Relations and Treasurer
Olivier A. Filliol - Chief Executive Officer, President and Director
William P. Donnelly - Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer and Group Vice President
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Mary T. Finnegan
Thank you, Mike, and good morning, everyone. I am Mary Finnegan, Treasurer and responsible for Investor Relations at Mettler-Toledo, and happy to welcome you to the call. I am joined by Olivier Filliol, our CEO; and Bill Donnelly, our Chief Financial Officer.
I want to cover just a couple of administrative matters. This call is being webcast and is available for replay on our website at www.mt.com. A copy of the press release and the presentation that we refer to on today's call is also available on our website.
Let me summarize the Safe Harbor language, which we outlined on Page 1 of the presentation. Statements in this presentation, which are not historical facts, constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Securities Act of 1933 and the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These statements involve risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. For a discussion of these risks and uncertainties, please see our most recent Form 8-K. All of the forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by reference to the factors discussed under the captions Factors Affecting our Future Operating Results and in the Business and Management Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Form 10-K.
Just one last item. On today's call, we may use non-GAAP financial measures. More detailed information with respect to the use of and differences between the non-GAAP financial measures and the most directly comparable GAAP measures is provided in our 8-K.
I will now turn the call over to Olivier.
Olivier A. Filliol
Thank you, Mary. Good evening, and I'm glad you could join us this evening. Before we start, I want to convey my thoughts and best wishes to all of you who may have been impacted by the storm and its aftermath. We hope that you and your families are safe and that you have not suffered too much damage or disruption.
I'm making this call from Tarrytown, New York, while Bill and Mary are in Columbus, Ohio, as the weather prevented us being in the same location as we typically are.
I will start with a summary of the quarter, and then Bill will provide details on our financial results and our updated guidance for 2012 and initial 2013 guidance. I will then provide an update on some of our growth initiatives, particularly those tailored to this more challenging market environment. As always, we will have time for Q&A at the end.
The highlights for the quarter are on Page 2 of the presentation. Local currency sales increased 1% in the quarter. We experienced slowing growth in customer demand throughout the world, particularly in Europe. As a reminder, we had excellent growth in Q3 2011, as local currency organic sales were up 14%. One of ours strongest organic sales growth quarters ever.
Although the macro environment is challenging, we had very good execution in our margin improvement and cost control initiatives, which drove a strong 19% increase in EPS in the quarter. I'm very pleased with the earnings growth we generated and the progress we have made on our strategic initiatives.
There's a great deal of uncertainty in the global economy today. We expect conditions to remain challenging for the rest of this year and into the first half of next year. This is particularly true for Europe. However, with the benefit of the cost control actions and our margin initiatives, we expect to have solid EPS growth in the fourth quarter and in 2013.
Bill will provide you with some additional details on guidance, so let me turn it over to him to cover our financial results first.
William P. Donnelly
Thanks, Olivier, and hello, everybody. Let me start with additional details on sales, which were $578.6 million in the quarter, an increase of 1% in local currency. On a U.S. dollar basis, sales declined 4% in the quarter, which included a negative 5% impact due to currency.
Turning to Page 3 of the presentation, we outline sales by geography. In the quarter, local currency sales increased 1% in the Americas, 7% in Asia/Rest of World. Sales declined by 5% in Europe.
The next slide provides year-to-date sales. On a year-to-date basis, sales increased 4% in the Americas, 12% in Asia/Rest of World, while sales declined 2% in Europe for the period. Acquisitions contributed approximately 1% to sales growth in Europe during the first 9 months.
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