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While good nutrition is certainly important, and the food that we eat influences our health, so does the essence of the cook who prepares it — an essence which not only affects the flavor of the food, but which also determines the overall mind-body-spirit reaction we have to it. Cooking is an act of personal power, and eating allows our bodies to undergo a biochemical process that affects our moods, influences our behavior, and ultimately shapes our identity. In a sense, we are not only what we eat: We are who we eat. Food expert Christina Pirello agrees and writes: "We run a risk of giving our destiny to any chef who claims to know how to cook a pot of rice. He or she is in charge of who we are and what we feel and how we behave. Continue Reading →
Monthly Archives: September 2012
New program seeks host homes to shelter homeless Mpls youth
By Cathy ten Broeke
Contributing Writer
Five years ago this community came together around the vision that all people in Minneapolis and Hennepin County will have access to safe, decent, and affordable housing and the supports they need to sustain that housing. That remains our vision, and we have not wavered in our belief that this can be done. Despite the challenges of the last five years — the economy, a major tornado, unemployment, and one of the tightest rental vacancy rates in a decade — hundreds of people working to end homelessness every day in our community did not stop. They worked harder. They worked smarter. Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Avenues for Homeless Youth, Cathy ten Broeke, GLBT Host Home Program, Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church, Homeless Minnesota, homeless youth, Midtown YWCA
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A Black History Chronicle Exclusive — Cecil E. Newman: The Friendship, the Life and the Legacy
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Park Board leaders, NAACP claim progress
Some employees find workplace still hostile
By Charles Hallman
Staff Writer
Since MSR's January 5 exclusive article on racial discrimination against current and former Black Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) employees, MPRB Superintendent Jayne Miller, Board President John Erwin, and Minneapolis NAACP President Booker T Hodges have met several times and developed a process to address the issue of "inconsistency" in discipline matters. Whether this process and other measures will satisfy disgruntled employees remains to be seen. The MSR article, "Black employees call Mpls Park Board a 'toxic' workplace," reported that after receiving numerous calls from current and former Park Board employees, Hodges initiated an investigation. The NAACP determined that Park Board supervisors used performance reviews "to systematically target minority employees to terminate them from their jobs" as well as moving longtime Black employees "to less desirable positions."
Following that investigation and MSR's story, nearly 80 past and current employees received letters inviting them to set up a time to meet with Miller on their concerns. A MPRB spokesperson explained that these meetings were not "grievance hearings," but simply "meetings." Even though the individual could bring anyone they chose to the session, no one else was allowed to speak on their behalf as might be the case in a grievance hearing. Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Betty Webb, Booker T Hodges, Charles Hallman, Cynthia Wilson, Gary Miller, Jayne Miller, Joey Lash
Deconstructing the school-to-prison pipeline
Volunteers seek alternatives to locking up kids
By Jamal Denman
Contributing Writer
Save the Kids is an all-volunteer national organization that started in New York in 2009. Most of the people involved have been personally impacted by the criminal justice system through themselves or close friends or family members being incarcerated as juveniles or as parents and caregivers of young children. The core objective of Save the Kids is to promote alternative methods of dealing with youth who are in trouble or have made poor decisions rather than just locking them up and giving them criminal records. "We believe that no kid, no matter what they did, should be incarcerated," says Anthony Nocella, a visiting professor at Hamline University's School of Education and its Faculty Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching. "There's better community alternatives that can be employed rather than incarcerating kids."
Nocella introduced Save the Kids to the Twin Cities area and started working with local community activists, educators, and others concerned with the well-being of young people to put together events at universities, high schools, and community centers spreading the word about Save the Kids and getting more people involved. Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, Anthony Nocella, Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching, Faculty Center for Excellence in Urban Teaching, Hamline University's School of Education, Hennepin County Department of Community Corrections and Rehabilitation's Juvenile Probation Division, Jamal Denman, Kim Socha
Green Central enters new school year amid controversy
News Analysis
By Mel Reeves
Contributing Writer
"The Developmental Dual Language [DDL] program at Green [Central School] is a new approach, and starting new things — moving out of a comfort zone — is always a little threatening. But it's the right thing to do for our Spanish-speaking students," says Green Central Principal Catalina Salas. Salas was not available to be interviewed for this story but provided the MSR with a written statement explaining the reasons for curriculum changes. Salas has come under fire from some parents and community members who are nervous about the program and fear that, while it may be the right thing to do for Spanish-speaking students, it may leave African American students behind. Some even fear that this will result in segregation of those students in the same school. Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, " "Spanish, 89.9, 89.9 FM, african american, bilingual, Black Minnesota, Black Minnesotans
Brotherhood, Inc. markets Brotherhood Brew
And teaches young men useful business skills in the process
News Analysis
By Dwight Hobbes
Contributing Writer
Brotherhood, Inc. of Saint Paul puts into effect an idea whose time, as the saying goes, certainly has come. It's one thing to offer job training to those on society's sidelines, preparing them to get into the mainstream. Laudable as that is, it's another thing altogether to, on top of job readiness, actually provide gainful employment. Better yet, not a stopgap job like hauling boxes around in a stockroom, but something with a potential future to it. Brotherhood, Inc., fashioned along the lines of Homeboy Industries of Los Angeles, takes on young men who've wound up in gangs or otherwise on the wrong side of the criminal justice system, intervening with the opportunity to salvage their lives. They do that by learning retail top to bottom, from maintaining inventory to managing the business to providing thorough, hands-on customer service and product support — and, importantly, working in that field for the program's innovative offshoot, Brotherhood Brew. The product — organic coffee, teas, and hot chocolate — is marketed to businesses, nonprofits, government offices, educational institutions and individuals in the private sector. Continue Reading →
Filed under: News, 89.9, 89.9 FM, african american, African Americans, Black Minnesota, Brotherhood, Brotherhood Brew
Wanda Sykes: Wry funny-woman headlines Mpls show
Wanda Sykes is wonderful. Just ask anyone who's seen this stand-up ace in action. She hit town several years back, opening for Tommy Davidson, and had a full house at the Orpheum Theatre absolutely howling. It is wry, dry wit delivered with Swiss-clock timing that distinguishes Sykes as a premier artist. When she returns to the Orpheum on Sept. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Entertainment, 89.9, 89.9 FM, african american, African Americans, Ana Ferris, Barnyard, Brother Bear 2
Marcus Miller: Music a reflection of revolution, a link to the past
We are pleased to present part-two of our interview with world-class bassist Marcus Miller. He performed with his band at the Dakota on Sept 11-12. His new album is Renaissance on Concord Records.
MSR: As it's been referenced in the press material, you feel a change is coming, a changing of the guard, a revolution of sorts — can you explain what that means in your opinion? MM: I think people just talk about music by itself, but music never really exists by itself: Music is just a reflection of what's going on in the world. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Entertainment, 89.9, 89.9 FM, african american, African Americans, Black Minnesota, Concord Records, Dakota
Retired baseball player brings attention to autism
By Charles Hallman
Staff Writer
One in 88 U.S. children — boys are about five times more likely than girls — is diagnosed with autism according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). However, the federal research agency also points out that the greatest rate of increase is among Blacks and Latinos. According to AutisminBlack.com, there are several reasons why Black children are not diagnosed and treated earlier, including lack of access to health care, distrust of medical professionals, racism and class. It also reports that too often Black children with autism are more often misdiagnosed with other disorders or behavioral problems, especially young Black boys at school. "There are so many dynamics to autism," says former major league baseball player Reggie Sanders, who started the Reggie Sanders Foundation in 1992 primarily to help provide resources and promote more public awareness on autism. Continue Reading →

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For Mainstage 2 Jam Packs check the download status - see my post here - you may need to reindex the loops:
Re: where / how can I buy more apple loops for garage band 11?
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The Fourth of July is one of the most celebrated holidays in America, and the Arthur family of Munford has made it a family tradition to do just that.
Seventy-six family members from Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee gathered this past weekend at the home of Jim and Margaret Robinson of Munford to reunite and reminisce.
The Roy and Lucille Arthur family began celebrating July 4th with a picnic in the early 1930s. It combined the birthday of our country with the birthday of their second oldest child, Layton.
The Arthurs had nine children - Willard (Brock), Douglas Layton, Mary, Melba, Roy Jr., Billy, Jean, Faye and Beverly - and 23 grandchildren. Melba McDonald of Meridian, Miss,, Jean Heffernan of Memphis, Faye Kennedy of Munford and Beverly Wood of Germantown are the surviving family members.
In the early years, Roy Sr. would cook a whole hog over a pit dug in the ground and later a permanent concrete pit. The hog would be put on the pit in the late afternoon and cooked slowly over hickory embers all night. The meat would be pulled the next day and served with accompanying dishes made by family and friends.
At one time as many as 400 people, which included most of the community, attended.
After Mr. Arthur's death in 1972, Billy became the chief cook of the pork, along with his son, Bill Jr., and the fete was held at the home of Brock and his wife, Rubye.
In 1991, it moved to the Robinsons' home, where the whole hog barbecue continued.
Today, the torch has been passed to Roy's great-grandchildren with Matt Griffin serving as chief cook. Family recipes and a time honored tradition have been preserved.
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On the morning talk show, The View, four to five very opinionated and educated women sit around a coffee table and share their perspectives on not only current events, but their own political and social views.
None of these women stand out more than perhaps Elisabeth Hasselbeck, the young former Survivor contestant and known George W. Bush and staunch right-wing party supporter. While on one hand, we can admire her for her unwavering support and her beliefs, on the flip side she can come across as somewhat uneducated and not willing to accept other's points-of-views.
Now, most of my colleagues and faculty at Flushing University know me to be, well, opinionated to say the very least. My unabashed and unashamed admiration for Oliver Perez. My somewhat dislike of Willie Randolph. My understanding and defense of Omar Minaya.
In 2006, my support of Omar Minaya made me – and several others, no doubt – look like Wile E. Coyote, Super Genius. In 2005, Minaya made several moves that not only strengthened the team, but altered them from cellar dwellars to competitors in just one year. Now, some have argued that the reason for this was due to the emergence of players who were already on the payroll, in Jose Reyes and David Wright. We cannot discount Minaya's changing the landscape of the team by signing one of the best pitchers in baseball, Pedro Martinez, but also capturing who was perceived to be the "crown jewel" of that season's free agent class, Carlos Beltran.
But in 2006, Minaya's moves took the cake. Trading for Carlos Delgado, Paul Lo Duca, who were both key contributors to the Mets' playoff run that season, and also trading for low cost, high-return outfielder Xavier Nady (who in turn, became 2007 pitching ace, Oliver Perez)…and not to mention netting the "other" 2007 ace starter John Maine by trading away Kris and Anna Benson…what would Minaya do next to solidify the team's chances of not only making the World Series, but winning it as well?
Um… Not much of anything really. And lately, talk surrounding potential Met moves are making Omar Minaya tougher to defend than ever.
Some may argue today, that after the Mets disastrous collapse in 2007, in hindsight, Omar Minaya's moves or non-moves really impacted the team last season. But I argue that, well, if we all had 20 / 20 hindsight, maybe he wouldn't have traded away starting pitcher Brian Bannister (legit rookie of the year candidate for the Royals) for young middle reliever Ambiorix Burgos (out with injury for…well, a long time). In an argument with someone, I may say, we can't really judge this move yet. In a few years when Burgos returns, he may be dominant. And Bannister may hit the wall. We don't know. But in year one, the move did not look good.
What about the letting go of Chadwick Bradford, by refusing to give him the extra year that Baltimore guaranteed? Well, at the time, I understood it, as I'm sure many others did. Not only was Bradford perceived as an injury risk, the Mets didn't believe they would need the extra arms in the 'pen. They would surely get innings-eaters from signing either Dice-K or Barry Zito. Of course, we know what happened there, for better or for worse. Dice-K's team won a World Series (though he didn't figure much into it) but Zito was barely a .500 pitcher for the Giants. I call it a draw.
But extending the contracts of Guillermo Mota who was an admitted performance enhancement drug user, signing Scott Schoeneweis to a multi-year contract, essentially the same contract that was NOT given to Bradford…well, again, this is 20 / 20 hindsight. And we have no idea how those two relievers will figure into the plans of the Mets for 2008.
Although I understood the Moises Alou signing last season, but wasn't too enthused about exercising his option to bring him back, I can't exactly knock the move of bringing him back.
One thing Mets fans like to point to are unproven rumors that Omar turned down a straight-up trade for Danny Haren with Lastings Milledge – well, to me it seemed a bit far-fetched. A.) Why wouldn't he make that trade? B.) Why would Billy Beane come out and say on radio that he and Omar Minaya never spoke? Maybe because they (gasp!) hadn't? Shudder the thought. In any case, I will defend Omar on that one till I am blue in the face. That trade was never ever ever ever EVER on the table. Got it? I am willing to bet my left kidney on that one. And Beane basically came right out and called Minaya an idiot in Moneyball years ago. I doubt they are doing business together any time soon.
But I would say that Omar Minaya has even his most optimistic supporters have had a tough time defending his moves or non-moves thus far, in response to the 2007 disaster. All of this doubt stems from the non-signing of catcher Yorvit Torrealba. Now, Torrealba is coming off handling National League champion Colorado Rockies' pitching staff, is 29 years old, but is a bit offensively challenged to say the least (okay, defensively too). And the idea of $5 million per for a three-year contract to be a platoon character with Ramon Castro…this made the Mets fan base collectively say, "Huh?"
So now we all know that the Torrealba deal has been all but cut at the knees. Yorvit will not be a Met in 2008…but neither will fan-favorite Paul LoDuca, free agent who apparently is asking for a three-year deal. Not that the Mets know that for sure – according to LoDuca's agent, LoDuca was never approached for anything. This leaves the Mets in a potential quandary. If a deal is not met for a catcher soon, as Casey Stengel used to say, there will be a lot more passed balls in 2008.
Perhaps this need would be a non-issue if Minaya and his cronies had protected Jesus Flores in the Rule V draft. When left unprotected, Flores was picked up by the Washington Nationals. The lowly Nationals who have former Met coach-with-an-ax-to-grind Manny Acta leading them, the same Acta who knew of Flores and openly coveted him.
Rumor has it (and not sure The Coop totally buys into it), as a way of keeping the likes of Omar buddy Julio Franco on the roster, Flores was left unprotected. If true, though, what a bunch of crap.
Is it because Minaya has a habit of hiring his "buddies" whether by favor or perceived detriment to the team? Or did Flores simply slip through the cracks? Whatever the case, I hope whoever was responsible for leaving Flores unprotected was fired. But if that someone was Omar, maybe he should have been too.
Now, Omar detractors tend to point to his days as the Montreal Expos GM when he traded the whole team away. I always defend him there. MLB was handling the payroll, they were going to be defunct in a few years, blah blah blah. Yet I've had people ask me – but is that any excuse, Coop? Truth is, we weren't Omar. We can't judge what his motives were. Plus with Ryan Zimmerman and Nick Johnson on the team, did he truly do that bad of a job?
The other detractors say still, all he knows how to do is spend the Wilpons' money. That's true, but we cannot argue that he didn't significantly improve the team prior to 2006 by trading for Nady, Delgado and LoDuca. He also didn't do Steve Phillips-esque trades like the potential disasters that could have been had the Pelfrey and Humber deal for overrated middle reliever (repeat after me: MIDDLE RELIEVER!) Chad Cordero or potentially the mid-2006 season for Barry Zito (which was never even close to happening as some would think, I would bet).
The trades that almost were but never will be – Manny, Oswalt – would have significantly improved the team if there was no third party interference. So for those trades that didn't happen, why is Omar thrown under the bus for stuff that really wasn't his call? My point is, he makes those trades, he goes down as one of the best GMs in MLB history.
Plus, I usually like to play the Omar didn't trade Kazmir card. That may not be enough, but it was certainly the catalyst for getting rid of dead weight that existed in the organization. Would the Mets be competitive if not for Omar Minaya?
Does it sound like I'm flip-flopping yet? Well, this is exactly my point on how I feel about Minaya right now. I still feel like the 2007 offseason could be his shining moment. And keep in mind, we are shortly upon Hot Stove season. Anything can happen between now and pitchers and catchers. And also bear in mind, that prior to the 2005 season, Carlos Beltran did not sign with the Mets until January.
But Mets fans and the New York media are an impatient lot. We want things to happen rightnow. Of course, when the Yankees net A-Rod, Posada and have a deal in principle with Mariano, this makes the Mets look even worse by holding their cards so close. Oooh, the Yankees signed all their overpriced free agents that no one else wanted anyway. Big deal.
I have to admit though, I am having a tough time defending Omar Minaya's moves or lack thereof…Which brings me back to the ladies on The View. Elisabeth Hasselbeck, in defense of another move by our fearless leader (I say that with my eyes rolling in the back of my head), said, "President Bush, you are making it very hard for me to defend you right now!"
Omar Minaya, you make it very hard for Met fans to defend you right now. Unless you pull the proverbial rabbit out of the hat, you are going to have a lot more detractors next season. More than you can ever imagine. And I can guarantee though, Minaya will be feeling the heat from the hot stove. Big time, especially if he stands pat.


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Steam's wallet-destroying holiday sale is happening right now, and that means great deals on a number of quality titles from this year and Christmases past.
Among the top deals going on right now are a half-off Dishonored for $29.99, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive for $7.49, and Darksiders 2 with a 66-percent cut to $16.99. There are also a number quality flash sales, like Amnesia: The Dark Descent for $4.99. Both come highly recommended.
The Steam sale deals are rotating every two days for the major sales, but the flash sales are rotating a lot more often. We'll keep an eye out for notable games you should grab, and we'll have a rundown of sales to take advantage of on Monday before the holiday sale ends.
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State employees' salary study moving forward
Friday, May 27, 2011
Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Rob Mayer and House Speaker Steve Tilley said Thursday they expect to appoint members of a new joint legislative committee soon.
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Tilley, R-Perryville, said in a separate interview: "Myself and my chief of staff will sit down and look at the interim committees we want to appoint."
Lawmakers two weeks ago approved state Rep. Mike Bernskoetter's concurrent resolution requiring creation of a "Joint Interim Committee on State Employee Wages," to "compare the wages of Missouri state employees to the wages for state employees in other states (and to) study and develop strategies for increasing the wages of Missouri's state employees so Missouri will no longer rank 50th among the states regarding state worker wages."
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A grandson of Nelson Mandela says hopefully he'll be headed home soon, as the 94-year-old beloved former president marked two weeks in the hospital Friday.
Ndaba Mandela addressed concerns about his grandfather's health at a Thursday media briefing about a football invitational that will be part of celebrations surrounding Mandela's 95th birthday on July 18.
"Positively we can say that he has been getting better and better each day and hopefully he'll be coming home soon," Ndaba Mandela was quoted as saying by The Star, a South African newspaper.
"For us, as family, as long as he can still hear and understand what is said to him, and talk to us, we'll continue to celebrate him," he said.
Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison during white racist rule, was taken to a Pretoria hospital on June 8 to be treated for a recurring lung infection. It marked the fourth time he has been hospitalized since December.


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A boy in the Ta'asha area of South Darfur, Sudan, plays on the parched soil that will soon turn to mud, making many roads impassable and contaminating drinking water with waterborne diseases such as cholera and typhoid.
Yet it will also prepare the soil for planting, something desperately needed in this food-insecure area. In Ta'asha, about 6,000 villagers and 4,000 residents feel the pressure of too few resources. "We will always be in a dilemma when assisting people because most of the people in Darfur have needs," said Brian Martin, head of ACT/Caritas work in the province. "But we have had to differentiate between the levels of needs in order to use our resources for the most vulnerable."
At the end of April, ELCA partner Action by Churches Together weatherproofed relief facilities for the three-month rainy season. ACT and its partner Caritas also stored goods for easy access, distributed plastic sheeting so displaced people could cover their temporary shelters and provided farming tools. To help the Sudanese people, the ELCA has sent $205,000 so far in 2005.
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Gov. Pat McCrory's administration has rolled out a scaled-back model to Medicaid reform in North Carolina after an effort unveiled several months ago fell flat.
The governor has said repeatedly the health insurance program for mostly poor children, older adults and the disabled is broken. He says Medicaid's hemorrhaging of hundreds of millions of dollars annually is preventing spending on other initiatives such as teacher pay raises.
The first Medicaid overhaul proposal would have had up to four statewide managed-care companies or other entities deliver treatment. Medicaid would pay a set price to an organization for covering each patient they served. Many lawmakers and interest groups didn't like it. The state Medicaid office presented a more regional model last week.
The legislature is likely to have the final say.
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NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Intel (INTC - Get Report) CEO Paul Otellini, according to a Monday morning press release, is out. The company says he will "retire" in May.The PR is the typical Friday afternoon or Thanksgiving week one-pager loaded with euphemisms.
Don't pull a Research in Motion (RIMM). Instead, be bold (!) like Yahoo! (YHOO), who had the courage to write the future unfolding in front of us whether the rest of tech is willing to accept it or not: Young, aggressive, non-traditional CEOs are the wave. CEOs need to look more like Marissa Mayer and Facebook's (FB) Mark Zuckerberg. More like Twitter and Square founder Jack Dorsey. But less like Otellini, Ballmer and Hewlett-Packard's ( HPQ ) Meg Whitman. Up until, say, five years ago, these guys served their companies well. But, then, they lost it. Of course, Whitman hasn't done a damn thing and likely never will at HP. Both unfortunate realities have relatively straightforward answers. Much of the old guard just does not have the capacity to change. Once they realize they need to, it's too late. But, worse than that, they're caught like deer in headlights. It's a helpless feeling. We've all been there at different points in our lives. We know what needs to get done. We just have zero ability to make it happen. Intel must go to people such as Jack Dorsey to lead their search for a new CEO. Forget the standard executive headhunter firms. To hell with internal channels. Find out who people like Dorsey respect and make fierce moves on them. It's these young and/or fresh minds that have what it takes to do what needs to be done: Transform not-so-slowly dying companies such as Intel into shockingly and wholly unrecognizable, but much stronger versions of their previous failed selves. Follow @rocco_thestreet


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Madison, WI – Irishman and former politician John Hume has spent his life advocating for the rights of the "common man". At the 2006 World Credit Union Conference in Dublin, Ireland, he will receive this year's Distinguished Service Award in recognition for his work in promoting the credit union movement in Ireland.
Hume's credit union work began at the age of twenty-three, when he and a few friends founded the Derry Credit Union – the first in Northern Ireland – with less than £10. Within four years, Hume was named president of the Irish League of Credit Unions. He later sat on the board of CUNA International (a precursor to WOCCU) and is the only current life director of the Irish League Board. Hume was instrumental in developing the links between WOCCU, CUNA and the Irish League of Credit Unions.
In addition to his credit union work, Hume was a leading figure in Ireland's civil rights movement in the 1960s. He is the only person in history to have won the three biggest peace awards in the world: the Nobel Peace Prize (of which he was the Catholic co-winner with Protestant David Trimble for fostering peace in Northern Ireland), the Gandhi Peace Prize and the Martin Luther King Award. He will be the second Nobel Peace Prize winner in four years to attend this year's WOCCU Conference.
Though he was one of the key contributors to Northern Ireland's peace process, Hume publicly acknowledges that his greatest accomplishment was establishing Northern Ireland's credit union movement. As a distinguished speaker at the 2001 Annual WOCCU International Conference in Killarney, Ireland, he spoke about credit unions' important humanitarian role in today's world.
"Credit unions lay the foundations of new societies built upon strength, equalizing humanity throughout the world," Hume said.
World Council's Distinguished Service Award is the highest honor paid to individuals and institutions by the worldwide credit union movement, recognizing outstanding contributions to international credit union development. It is awarded at the annual World Credit Union Conference. Last year's recipients were Gerry Foley, former WOCCU board chairman, and the Roman Catholic Church. The 2006 World Credit Union Conference in Dublin, Ireland, will be from July 27-30, 2006. To save on registration fees, sign up by May 19, 2006. Visit WOCCU's website for more information and to register: http://www.woccu.org/dublin06/welcome/ .
El Consejo Mundial de Cooperativas de Ahorro y Crédito es la asociación gremial y agencia de desarrollo para el sistema internacional de cooperativas de ahorro y crédito. El Consejo Mundial promueve el crecimiento sustentable de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito y otras cooperativas financieras en todo el mundo a fin de facultar a las personas para que mejoren su calidad de vida a través del acceso a servicios financieros asequibles y de alta calidad. El Consejo Mundial realiza esfuerzos de defensa activa en representación del sistema global de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito ante organizaciones internacionales y trabaja con gobiernos nacionales para mejorar la legislación y la regulación. Sus programas de asistencia técnica introducen nuevas herramientas y tecnologías para fortalecer el desempeño financiero de las cooperativas de ahorro y crédito y profundizar su alcance comunitario.
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Back to School Bash in Weston raises thousands for two local charities
Former Miami Dolphins players Twan Russell and O.J. McDuffie were among those in attendance for the first Back to School Bash at Weston Town Center.
The fundraiser generated more than $3,500 for the Russell Life Skills & Reading Foundation and the O.J. McDuffie Catch 81 Foundation. Ronald McDonald made a special appearance with a check presentation to Russell Life Skills for $20,000.
Residents were asked to bring school supplies to support the charities.
Local vendors and sponsors provided attendees with information, activities, programs, entertainment and giveaways. Former NFL alumni, Andrea Penoyer from TLC's "Police Women of Broward County" and others came out to support the fundraising efforts.
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Friends and former UND linemates T.J. Oshie and Jonathan Toews went head-to-head in the first round of the NHL playoffs.
The Blackhawks and Toews, who scored three game-winning goals in the series, ended up getting the best of the Blues and Oshie, though Oshie did score in each of the last two games of the series.
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to attend the birth of another child? I am considering having my 7yo in the room this time. I think it would be a good experience for her. And I do believe she is mature enough to handle it. Of course the decision would ultimately be hers...
Would you allow your child/ren
btw with my first child i had my DH, mom, and MIL in the room while i was delivering. i was fine with them being there. but not a child
I only have my DH present for births.
the thing is... when things go wrong, there is usually warning signs, so that would be a big reason to have an adult in charge of the children, so that in the event that something went wrong, they could get them out of there.
I did have something go wrong with my second birth... a placental abruption... but the midwife who was covering for the covering OB stayed with me, followed her gut instinct that something was wrong, and the Lord worked it all out. I know it could have very easily not ended the way it did. And even though my 2 y/o was not in the room, he was very away that something was wrong. He was used to being with me all the time, so not being with me for 8 days was a good indication that something was up. We kept him with my fil the whole time, so he had a constant source of comfort, and he is not damaged because of that rather tramatic time. So even though he wasn't there, he was aware, but is okay.
Nothing fancy Mom of 4 :-)
"To everything there is a season." Ecc. 3:1
And the remote possibility that there could be a problem is the reason why you have a person solely responsible for your child there, to attend to his or her needs and to remove him or her from the room, if necessary. Now, if you don't really want your child to be there, no biggie, but I wouldn't allow fear of some unlikely unknown to keep me from doing something I want to do. It's no different, really, then buckling your kid in the car for a trip to the park. There's a small chance you could get in a car accident, or someone could fall at the park and break an arm. But you take all reponsible measures (use carseats, don't text while driving, keep on eye on your kids on the playground, etc) and then you go for it.
♫ Melissa ~ Mom to Hero 16, Allegra 14, Ian 12, Colin 8, Cecily 6, Elinor 5, Graeme Paul born 10.6.15
I'm finding it very interesting that so many on here are accepting "something going wrong" as the norm. Like it's expected that there will be a traumatic birth. It's saddening to see the view of birth become one of fear and trauma rather than of the beauty and new life that God intended it to be. Clearly if there was something wrong, the children would have to leave. But in most births, that are left on their own without unnecessary intervention, everything goes just as it's meant to go--which is not traumatic for children.
I'm not judging anyone for opting out; just making an observation regarding the view of birth in today's modern world. I mean, 100 years ago, the maternal and fetal mortality and morbidity rates were much higher than they are now--and yet MOST women gave birth at home, with the family all around. Hospitals in that day were only for homeless women, or the necessary transfers when surgeons were needed. But the vast majority of births were at home, surrounded by older siblings. In fact, it was fairly common for the older daughters to be attending the birth in the role of a doula.
Anyways... it's just interesting, I guess.
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It has been about 2 and half months in bangalore/corp. life. Life has seriously changed a lot.
- From waking up at any freaking time to waking up at 7:00 am, thanks to the uber-awesome banagalore traffic.
- From continuously refreshing Google reader/the superficial/etc. to not even finding time to checking to check students mail weekly
- From eating dinner with a group of 6-8 to waiting for your roomate to give you company.
- From lazing around on sundays/saturdays to exploring new places in bangalore
- From drinking in a blue moon light to drinking every weekend
- From ranting about girls in IIIT to worshiping brigade road and forum
The worst thing now is that I have lost touch with most of the people I used to meet daily. I am back to square one, finding good friends is a tough task. Best friends are far away in hyderabad, and I miss them whenever I am alone ( coming back from office in cab or going to office in cab). I want to start blogging again, probably get back to hacking things around ( given that I work on 3 different OSes daily ).
Work is great, people are brilliant, but still work is work and office is an office.Will write a post on my experiences with bangalore very soon.
PS: I started the post with lot of enthu, didnt finish it well😦
PS2: Relationships dont disappear they leave behind a mark.
PS3: Have promised myself that I will eat a whole grilled chicken on tuesday
PS4: End of the month next monday. Will get $$$.
PS5: Will be buying a Fazer or an Apache ( depends on the budget )


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So far we have three teams having the same interpretation of the new rules - this in itself is becoming interesting as each new car is unveiled.....any bets on how many teams have/have not adopted this interpretation?
As for Alonso's and Massa's thoughts - all they care about (as with all the drivers) is getting to the chequered flag first - if the best car was a Morgan three-wheeler, they'd want to be in that...


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Dominican Republic Submission under CAFTA-DR
The U.S Department of Labor has issued a public report in response to a submission filed by Father Christopher Hartley under Chapter 16 (the Labor Chapter) of the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA-DR). The report was released on September 27, 2013.
The Office of Trade and Labor Affairs of the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of International Labor Affairs, as the designated contact point under the Labor Chapter, conducted a detailed review of the allegations contained in the submission.
The review included two missions to the Dominican Republic; interviews with the Government of the Dominican Republic, workers in the Dominican sugar sector, executives of the three major sugar companies, and other stakeholders; as well as the examination of extensive documentation provided by the Government of the Dominican Republic, the submitter, and others.
The report finds evidence of apparent and potential violations of labor law in the Dominican sugar sector concerning:
- acceptable conditions of work with respect to minimum wages, hours of work, and occupational safety and health;
- a minimum age for the employment of children and the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labor; and
- a prohibition on the use of any form of forced or compulsory labor.
The report additionally notes concerns in the sugar sector with respect to Dominican labor law on freedom of association, the right to organize, and collective bargaining.
The report also raises significant concerns about procedural and methodological shortcomings in the inspection process that undermine the government's capacity to effectively identify labor violations. Such shortcomings include inspectors interviewing no workers or only a small number of workers during inspections, communicating in Spanish with Creole-speaking workers, failing to investigate topics relevant to assessing labor law compliance, and questioning workers in front of their supervisors.
The report offers eleven recommendations to the Government of the Dominican Republic to address the report's findings and improve enforcement of Dominican labor laws in the sugar sector. The report also expresses the Department of Labor's firm commitment to engaging with the Government of the Dominican Republic to address the concerns identified and implement the recommendations and notes that the Department of Labor will review the status of such implementation six months and then 12 months after publication.
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- Twelve-Month Review: English | Spanish
- Eighteen-Month Review: English | Spanish
- Twenty-Four-Month Review: English | Spanish
- Submission from Father Christopher Hartley (PDF)
- Background on CAFTA-DR
The United States, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua signed the CAFTA-DR in August 2004, which entered into force for the Dominican Republic in March 2007.
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NEW YORK (AP) " New York City begins a new era in nutritional warnings this week, when chain restaurants will have to start putting a special symbol on highly salty dishes.
WASHINGTON (AP) " A top House leader predicted Monday that Washington will avoid stumbling into a government shutdown next week over a tea party-backed drive to take away Planned Parenthood's funding.
WASHINGTON (AP) " The Obama administration is boosting the amount of corn-based ethanol and other renewable fuels in the U.S. gasoline supply. That's despite sustained opposition by an unusual alliance of oil companies, environmentalists and some...
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Sick baby- is he still eating? Is he still wetting diapers? If he seemed overly lethargic, I would probably call the ped nurse and see if they thought. HTH
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My DD (8 years old) has to have a VCUG test done. Basically, they put a catherer in her and have her "eliminate" urine on the table to see how her bladder is working. She seems to constantly be getting UTI's and having accidents and is now seeing a pediatric urologist to see what the heck the problem is.
Here's my question: one hospital by us will sedate the kids while the catherer is being put in. I called today to book the appointment and the radiologist tried to talk me out of sedating her, saying she is old enough not to need it. Now, I have never had a catherer put in, but I've heard from plenty of other people that they are not fun. Imagine being 8 and having someone "down there" putting a tube in you. Seems very traumatic to me!
I went ahead and booked the procedure to be done with the sedation, but now I'm second guessing myself. Anyone had a child go through this and what was the reaction? I keep thinking that if I don't have her sedated, what if she is scared of doctors from then on out? She has to have more testing done after the VCUG and I don't want her to be freaking out every time I say she needs to go to the doctor!
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|Amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta)(1-42) oligomers have recently been discussed as intermediate toxic species in Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. Here we describe a new and highly stable Abeta(1-42) oligomer species which can easily be prepared in vitro and is present in the brains of patients with AD and Abeta(1-42)-overproducing transgenic mice. Physicochemical characterization reveals a pure, highly water-soluble globular 60-kDa oligomer which we named 'Abeta(1-42) globulomer'. Our data indicate that Abeta(1-42) globulomer is a persistent structural entity formed independently of the fibrillar aggregation pathway. It is a potent antigen in mice and rabbits eliciting generation of Abeta(1-42) globulomer-specific antibodies that do not cross-react with amyloid precursor protein, Abeta(1-40) and Abeta(1-42) monomers and Abeta fibrils. Abeta(1-42) globulomer binds specifically to dendritic processes of neurons but not glia in hippocampal cell cultures and completely blocks long-term potentiation in rat hippocampal slices. Our data suggest that Abeta(1-42) globulomer represents a basic pathogenic structural principle also present to a minor extent in previously described oligomer preparations and that its formation is an early pathological event in AD. Selective neutralization of the Abeta globulomer structure epitope is expected to have a high potential for treatment of AD.
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I moved my 2 headlights down to the fork today cause they get in the way up on the handlebars. I haven't had a chance to try em out in the dark yet. Does anyone else do this - or is there a reason I shouldn't keep them down there.
I moved my 2 headlights down to the fork today cause they get in the way up on the handlebars. I haven't had a chance to try em out in the dark yet. Does anyone else do this - or is there a reason I shouldn't keep them down there.
If they get turned into the spokes, it will mess up the light and most likely the spokes.
"harder" is not a very good safeword.
I keep a knog bull frog blinky light on my fork. The only thing I've notice so far is that it collects any sand/dirt/grime falling from the fenders. In your case it may make the lens dirty and block some light. But it's easy to wipe down if it does get dirty.
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I've been wondering this myself, but have yet to try it.
I suspect you're going to have a dark spot right up the middle due to the rim itself being in the path of both lights. I'd have something up higher in addition to shine a beam in front of the wheel so you don't catch unseen holes/items in your path.
Passed a guy the other night with fork mounted lights. He also had either a bar light to fill in, or a helmet mounted light. He was approacing an intersection to my left and I crossed before he got there, but I was cool to see the two lights down low. Really seemed to light up the road well.
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This works well with two lights. Yes you get two rim shadows but they are not significant.
Lots of long distance riders run them there as it saves room on the bars for comfy hand positions and handlebar bags. I used to use two cateye el530s, one on each side.
Drawbacks: You get somewhat better visibility to others if your lights are higher, and also you can see better over bumps with a bar mounted light.
Mounting the lights low makes them more effective because the vertical separation between the lights and your eyes brings emphasizes the texture of the road and makes it easier to spot debris and potholes. This mounting is very popular among randonneurs who ride many hours at night.
The location will cause shadows from the tire that go off to each side, but using two lights will fill those shadows. Even so, it's a minor annoyance that you quickly get used to.
Just be sure that your mounting to the fork is secure.
I think this arrangement is more interesting to look at than to see with. I have tried it with dual generator lights, and the arrangement can be a bit of a pain, especially if you want to turn on a secondary light while riding. I ended up moving my lights closer to the cockpit, on a modified bar outrigger for a computer. (Also, if you have cantilever brakes, there are considerations of interference with the lamp housing and the brake arms and straddle wires. If you have a front rack with braze-ons, you can buy hangers that let you place the lamp toward the forward edge of the rack underside, below the bag bottom and out of the way of the fork. This still doesn't get you around the switching inconvenience, but it looks good and works better than a fork mount, IMO.)
The idea of illuminating rough spots better by having the beam closer to the pavement does not result in enough benefit to outweigh the inconvenience of having the switches out of easy reach.
You want the lights at car headlight level, that is if you're more interested in maximizing your visibility to cars.
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I disagree with trading off light effectiveness for switch convenience. Most bike lights are marginal at best. The lights shown in the OPs post are much more effective when mounted in the position shown. I had similar lights for my first season of randonneuring and was very pleased with their performance when mounted on the fork blades.
With battery lights, there is little reason to turn one light on and off while riding unless there is a need to conserve batteries. However, in such case, a better strategy would be to carry a spare set of batteries so you can run both lights all the time.


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As our population ages, the quest for income to fund retirement has never been greater. With interest rates at or near all-time lows, the traditional fixed income option does not provide enough yield to meet the needs of most people desirous of living off their portfolio income. Consequently, investors are compelled to search out alternative options.
Royalty Trusts are an option that on the surface offers enticing yields. However, closer scrutiny may tell a very different story. Therefore, the purpose of this article, to rephrase a famous Waylon Jennings song lyric, is to enlighten investors so that they are not looking for yield in all the wrong places.
In our previous article in this series we covered Master Limited Partnerships s (MLPs) that primarily invest in the energy sector. Investing in energy assets is one thing that Royalty Trusts have in common with Master Limited Partnerships s (MLPs). But Royalty Trusts are really not operating businesses, instead they are financing vehicles. Therefore, Royalty Trusts are typically run by banks.
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Although they trade like stocks, they have no management and no employees. Specific energy assets, which typically might be oil, coal and or natural gas are placed into the trust.
Even though the Royalty Trusts we will cover in this article trade on the New York Stock Exchange, technically they are not a stock, instead they are investment trusts. They buy the right to receive royalties on the production and sale of natural resource assets and then pass on the profits to the trust unit holders (shareholders).
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Just like any other trust, a Royalty Trust is a legal instrument that is created to hold assets for others. Therefore, a typical Royalty Trust is a legal entity that holds ownership of an asset (asset-backed security) and passes through the income to its investors known as unit holders.
Consequently, in contrast to a Master Limited Partnership (MLP), the Royalty Trust can be thought of as a direct play on the underlying commodity the trust holds. Therefore, the distributions (dividends) can vary wildly as they are directly tied to the market prices of the underlying assets.
A simple way for investors to think about their Royalty Trust holdings is that they are just like owning their own oil wells (assuming of course that the trust owns oil wells). However, it's also important that the investor realizes that they own a finite amount of the resource. Every time a barrel of oil is produced, there is one less barrel securitizing the trust assets. Of course, in the energy sector this is known as depletion. So long-term investors in Royalty Trusts need to understand that once all the oil is produced, the asset is gone, and so is the value of their holding and the dividends.
Even though the typical Royalty Trust owns a finite amount of the underlying natural resource, they are often designed to produce income for periods of up to 10, 20 or even 30 years. Also, since the trust is designed to essentially pay out all of its income to shareholders, the distributions can be very substantial. Over time, the unit holder might receive multiples of cash distributions over and above their original investment. To a great extent, this will depend on the price performance of the underlying assets.
During times of rising prices, trust unit holders can expect high and rising yields. Of course, the opposite is also true. Consequently, many Royalty Trusts have seen their distribution yields fall with energy prices over the last few years.
Yields Tied to Commodity Prices
The following graphs reflect the price of oil and natural gas since November of 2005. With oil peaking in early 2007 and natural gas prices peaking in the fall of 2007 there was a direct effect on the yields of Royalty Trusts that invested in oil and gas.
The following F.A.S.T. Graph™ on the Permian Basin Royalty Trust (PBT) plots the cash distributions (dividends) for this Royalty Trust since calendar year 2005. Note how closely the dividends (blue shaded area) correlated to the price of oil in the above crude oil price graph.
PBT 6yr. Earnings and Price Correlated F.A.S.T. Graph™
The following F.A.S.T. Graph™ on the Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT), which predominately invests in gas producing properties, offers a similar correlation of its dividend (blue shaded area) to the price of natural gas as seen in the above natural gas price graph.
HGT 6yr. Earnings and Price Correlated F.A.S.T. Graph™
The primary points of the above graphic presentations were to illustrate the direct relationship between the cash distributions that a Royalty Trust will pay to trust holders and the price of the underlying asset. The distribution rate (dividends) of both trusts rose and fell in close to direct proportion to the rise and fall of the prices of each respective trusts underlying asset base. At the bottom of each F.A.S.T. Graph™ you can see the dividend rate, and just above it the rate of change from one year to the next (Chg/Yr).
Depleting Assets-The Risks
In addition to the risk of volatile yields, depletion is another potential negative that Royalty Trust unit holders face. Although wide swings in commodity prices and/or production levels can create very inconsistent distribution levels, these same factors can also cause significant changes in the current value of a Royalty Trust. Later in this article we will present examples of Royalty Trusts that richly rewarded their unit holders over intermediate to long periods of time.
However, first we will review Torch Energy Royalty Trust (TRU) which was formed effective October 1, 1993 and holds net profit interests in oil and gas properties in the Chalkley Field in Louisiana and the Robinson Bend Field in Alabama. This is a trust that has recently announced that it would be terminated and is currently in the windup and liquidation process.
When looked at through the lens of our F.A.S.T. Graphs™ a couple of things become very clear. First of all, the risk of depleting assets can be vividly seen in graphic form. Next, a review of the performance F.A.S.T. Graph™ shows that the trust did not provide returns that unit holders may have expected when they first invested.
TRU 17yr. Earnings and Price Correlated F.A.S.T.
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(May 9, 2013) – Last year, a record number of 19 ozone alert days were declared in central Oklahoma. Hot temperatures, calm winds and sunshine with no cloud cover are the ingredients for an ozone alert day. As Oklahoma enters ozone alert season, citizens are asked to do their part to keep pollution down.
"Breathing in ozone is similar to getting a sunburn on your lungs," said Jenny Brown, health promotions coordinator with the American Lung Association, Oklahoma City office. "It causes the lining of the lungs to become irritated and inflamed. Ozone affects everyone, even people with perfectly healthy lungs, but it is especially harmful to the approximately 32,000 children and 89,000 adults who struggle with asthma in central Oklahoma."
In an effort to make citizens of central Oklahoma more aware of local air quality issues, METRO Transit is offering free bus service on the third Friday of every month during ozone season, May through September, beginning May 17.
Motor vehicles are a prime contributor to air pollution. One of the best ways to improve air quality is to get people out of their single-passenger cars and into carpools and public transportation.
Each METRO Transit bus has the potential to take 35 cars off the road, greatly reducing carbon dioxide emissions. According to the American Public Transportation Association, for every mile traveled on public transit, riders will produce 95 percent less carbon dioxide than driving.
"People who ride the bus not only contribute less to poor air quality, there are other health benefits to taking transit such as more exercise through walking or riding bikes to the bus stop and less stress from driving and sitting in traffic," said Michael Scroggins, public information manager with METRO Transit.
The third Friday free program was piloted by METRO Transit in the summer of 2011 and resulted in an 11 percent increase in ridership compared to the previous year, generating 4,660 more trips for the same period of June through September. The 2012 program saw a nine percent increase over 2011, generating 4,530 more trips for the same period.
This year, Metro Transit will be offering free rides on the third Friday of each month during ozone alert season, May through September. Any time on May 17, June 21, July 19, August 16 or September 20, on any route in the Greater Oklahoma City metropolitan area, METRO Transit bus rides are free for everyone.
"Free ride days will also allow people who haven't ridden before a chance to try the service at no cost while visiting the many entertainment and family-friendly venues available through our bus routes," said Scroggins.
To learn more about METRO Transit and view bus schedules and routes, visit gometro.org or call (405) 235-RIDE (7433) for personal assistance from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. To learn more about carpooling or to be matched with someone in your area, visit www.getaroundok.com.
Media Contact: Michael Scroggins, Public Information Officer
Office: (405) 297-2107 / Mobile: (405) 837-9510