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With these difficulties, she became a member of GHAPE and was trained in business management, marketing techniques and credit discipline.
She now requests a loan of $100 with which she plans to buy and sell food items so she can raise money to provide for her family.
She plans to repay the loan in 15 months.
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About Grounded and Holistic Approach to People's Empowerment (GHAPE)
This loan is administered by Grounded and Holistic Approach to People's Empowerment (GHAPE), a non-profit non-government organization based in Bamenda, Cameroon. GHAPE takes a multi-faceted approach in working towards the empowerment of the poor and poverty alleviation. Every client is trained in business management, basic health, life skills, financial management, profits and losses, and family values. Clients are also required to contribute a small amount into a personal savings account; most clients save much more than the minimum requirement. GHAPE instills a sense of family and community among its clients and staff and has developed a strong bond of trust between the organization and its clients.
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* Solomon Crowe defeated Buddy Murphy in a dark match. Crowe had a new theme song.
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* The Vaudevillians Simon Gotch & Aiden English defeated Big Cass and Enzo Amore to advance to the NXT Tag Team Tournament finals.
* Natalya defeated Carmella. This was Carmella's TV debut.
* Mojo Rawley defeated Steve Cutler in a boring match. Mojo cut a promo on Bull Dempsey after the match.
* Sami Zayn and Adam Rose vs. Kalisto and Sin Cara in another tournament semi-final match is next. This was described as a great match with lots of spots. Cara and Kalisto win to advance to the finals.
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* Tyson Kidd defeated Tyler Breeze by count out and mocked him after the match.
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* Bayley defeated Sasha Banks. Sasha had a new theme song. Renee Young interviewed Bayley after the match and it will be her vs. Charlotte for the NXT Women's Title at Takeover 2.
* Bull Dempsey defeated Angelo Dawkins.
* Tyson Kidd and Tyler Breeze defeated Adrian Neville and Sami Zayn when Zayn accidentally kicked Neville.
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* Sami Zayn defeated Marcus Louis by submission.
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The Philadelphia Phillies will likely trade center fielder Shane Victorino before the July 31 deadline, as Victorino's three-year contract with the team expires after the season and he's been the subject of trade rumors for quite some time.
Victorino is underachieving in his contract year, as he has just a .242/.308/.364 statline and a career-worst .672 OPS. But he does have eight home runs and 19 stolen bases which means he is a 20-20 threat, and he plays phenomenal defense in center field. That's worth taking a risk on for a contending team in the need of a good center fielder.
Cincinnati Reds
The Cincinnati Reds have right field set with Jay Bruce, a two-time All-Star who is one of the franchise's top young players. Ryan Ludwick is playing ok in left field on a one-year deal (12 HR, .486 SLG), but Drew Stubbs has been awful in center field.
Stubbs is hitting just .212 with a .643 OPS; he strikes out a ridiculous amount and Victorino would be a huge upgrade. The Reds are 48-38 and still in first place in the NL Central (tied with the Pittsburgh Pirates). Trading for Victorino may give them a five-tool player who can contribute down the stretch for a contender.
New York Mets
This would be awkward seeing Victorino playing regularly for a division rival, but the truth is that they could desperately use a center fielder.
Andres Torres has vastly underperformed in 2012. He's hitting .205 with a .612 OPS that ranks 111th out of 117 players with at least 200 plate appearances this season. Last season, Torres wasn't much better, posting a .643 OPS in nearly 400 trips to the plate, so it's highly unlikely he will turn it around.
Scott Hairston has played well after taking over in left field, although Lucas Duda is an underachieving right fielder. Victorino's presence would really help this team, as he would be a veteran mentor to some of the younger players.
Cleveland Indians
The Cleveland Indians have managed to remain over .500 as late as the All-Star break but their outfielder corps could use an upgrade.
Shelley Duncan and Michael Brantley are merely adequate in left and center field, so adding Victorino would give them an instant upgrade.
Toronto Blue Jays
This makes the most sense. The Toronto Blue Jays play in the toughest division in the league and they've managed to hang around at .500 until now. Adding Victorino would allow them to move Colby Rasmus to left field and sit Rajai Davis (.689 OPS).
With the addition of Victorino, the Jays would then have Jose Bautista, Edwin Encarnacion, and Brett Lawrie. This would make them a much-improved team that could fight for a wild card spot in the AL.
Miami Marlins
Sandwiching Victorino in center field between Logan Morrison and Giancarlo Stanton would give the Miami Marlins a very solid group of outfielders.
Right now, Emilio Bonifacio, Chris Coghlan, and Justin Ruggiano have manned the center field position. Bonifacio is hitting just .263 with no home runs, Coghlan is atrocious at .140, and while Ruggiano has been tearing it up (.388/.459/.741 in 100 plate appearances), I don't know if he can keep it up.
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- PeruRetailFunding via Edpyme Alternativa
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Filomena has five years experience in the clothing business. She started with very little capital and invested in small clothing items such as undergarments and socks. She gradually increased her inventory and grew her client base and began selling shirts and pants for men, women and children.
One of her goals is to open a boutique in a commercial area. She plans to invest the loan in clothing and fill her pending orders.
la Sra. Filomena María se dedica desde hace cinco años a la compra y venta de prendas de vestir, iniciò con muy poco capital comprando pequeñas prendas desde ropa interior y medias, poco a poco fué aumentando su mercadería y fué creciendo su clientela ya comenzó a vender polos, pantalosnes, para damas, caballeros y niños.
Una de sus metas es lograr tener una boutique, en una local propio ubicado en una zona comercial.
El préstamo recibido lo invertirá en la compra de prendas de vestir y atender algunos pedidos de sus clientes hechos con anticipación.
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About EDAPROSPOEDAPROSPO seeks to use micro-credit to foster productive commercial activity for the sake of economic and social development within vulnerable urban and rural sectors traditionally neglected by commercial banks. By offering innovative products such as technical education loans and microfinance groups for young people, EDAPROSPO helps disadvantaged Peruvians lift themselves out of poverty.
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There was a Hardin County flavor Monday among the sea of people attending the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Area students and adults turned out to witness the making of history and see how the lessons they learn in the classroom are used in the outside world.
Anthony Durrant, a sixth-grade social studies teacher at James T. Alton Middle School, said his students had many questions during a unit on government.
It seemed like a good opportunity to show social studies in action when an educational travel consultation group emailed Durrant about a chance to take students to the inauguration.
"It becomes more real to them," he said. "It's not just something that's in a book. It's something that they actually lived."
The sixth-graders were excited, especially when Durrant explained not everyone gets to go to an inauguration, and they can tell their children and grandchildren about the experience. It was the teacher's first time at such a ceremony.
Durrant said the 72 sixth-graders and 23 parents who left with him on two buses chatted about various subjects on the trip to Washington, D.C. Some wondered whether they'd be able to see anything.
Students were talking about how the things they saw related to their school lessons by the time the group returned Tuesday morning, in plenty of time to make their classes.
They talked about how they didn't know how tall former President Abraham Lincoln was until they stood next to a life-sized statue, how the high cost of food and other items in Washington, D.C., demonstrated the effect demand has on price and other connections they made between their trip and their textbooks.
"I was kind of amazed that they were talking about that without a teacher leading the conversation," he said.
Hayley Yourous, another James. T. Alton sixth-grade social studies teacher who went on the trip, said the experience was a hot topic of conversation Tuesday between the half of the school's sixth-graders who went and the rest, who couldn't attend for various reasons.
One of the girls who went waved at a television camera as the group walked by during the inauguration. Her classmates who stayed home told the girl they saw her on television.
"It's exciting," she said. "It's a once in a lifetime opportunity."
It's sometimes hard to make social studies interesting. Being able to include a hands-on experience helps appeal to students, Yourous said.
"I hope that they understand the process a little bit better and understand how important it is to be part of your government," she said.
Many of the students seemed overwhelmed by the size of the crowd at the National Mall in Washington, she said.
Ben Schell, a LaRue County High School freshman social studies teacher, said news organizations said about 800,000 people were expected to attend. There was a diverse, chanting crowd of Obama supporters.
Schell and a group of 13 students from all grades and four chaperones went to see all the capitol landmarks, including Ford's Theater, Smithsonian museums and monuments and memorials before Monday's inauguration.
He wanted to give students a chance to be part of a ceremony that has happened only 56 other times in the nation's history.
"Being there, being part of history, seeing history with your own eyes is something rare," he said.
Central Hardin High School band director David Centers was part of the festivities, playing in the group Lincoln's Own Band during the inauguration and in several places throughout the capital.
The same band played in the movie "Lincoln" and is scheduled to appear on the "Today" show this morning.
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Paquette:I'm not school-trained. I've been very lucky to go into a number of different restaurants here and around the country and be able to walk in and say, 'How do you do this here? I want to know how you do what you're doing.' Seattle's been my biggest growing spot. Tamara [Murphy] gave me my first job at .ing, which was a little hole-in-the-wall next to Area 51. That was eight years ago. I was at Café Flora for three years and that was great. I got picked up to do one of these reality TV shows, Making It Big. It was way back, four, five years. After Flora, I went to Dandelion, it was in Ballard. It was like the dream, Carol's dream. Carol Nockold. We had a really great relationship. She really helped me for a jumping off point. We were at the farmers markets, Saturdays, Sundays. I was there for six months when she went to the doctor; she had Lou Gehrig's disease, it took her very fast. After she passed away, I took a two-year hiatus, doing freelance jobs. And then I came down here and talked to Tamra for a long time, I was hanging out with her, and helping out, finishing with the rebuilding, I was finally able to get my feet back on the ground again, get together with the farmers I knew then, and reconnect with them. It's been phenomenal. The staff we have here, they pick up a lot. They're a fun little family.
What are your culinary inspirations?
What are your culinary inspirations?
The farm food. I think our menu is very ingredient-driven. Somebody will call me up and say, 'I'm bringing a pig in.' I know where it's coming through. We've got 283 pounds of fresh pig in there right now. A lot of it's going to Voracious. It comes and I'm like, 'OK, you guys, what do you want to do?' And we make it. Or I'll call up Linda at Ninety Farms, and I'll say let's do it, and she brings a lamb. Or Mad Hatcher Poultry has a really great batch of rabbits that they've just processed and I'll say, "I'll take five.' And they bring it in and I say, 'OK, you guys, what do you want to do with the rabbits?' And then I can say, 'Let's do confit. That was a really beautiful sandwich. It's really easy preparation.' We get to talk about how different flavor profiles go together.
Last week I got some oxtails, and was funny, it turned into a Facebook thing. My sweetheart is one of the admins on Facebook, and didn't realize that whenever she put something on that page, that it pops up as an admin, so it looks like I'm writing it. So oxtails, 'Waffles or pasta, waffles or pasta?' And I left it like that. And everybody wrote in, 'Oh please, make the waffles again, oh please.' We did two separate batches of savory waffles. We had just gotten a fresh batch of all kinds of fresh mushrooms from Jeremy, so it was braised mushrooms. We had an offer that it was beef short ribs or braised mushrooms, and we had all these people coming in saying, 'Can I get half and half?' It was a garlic waffle, and we finished it with pickled fennel. We did a pulled pork one with a little slaw on top. And so we had the oxtails. And then she typed up risotto. And I called her up and said, 'Do you know what you just did? You just messed up... I have green garlic and asparagus waiting for risotto and you just said I am making oxtail risotto. What are you doing?' She said I didn't even know. So we did a green onion strata. So it threw everything out of the water, but it's going like crazy. It's like a 24-hour braised oxtails and a new spring onion bread pudding, and we took the tails, and dropped it all down and made a demiglaze and that was like the syrup, and pickled fennel. And brand new, from Full Circle Farms, kale raab, that we let go just a touch too long, so it's starting to flower. So it's really pretty and the flowers have more of that bitter sharp flavor. It's so great.
Is there an ingredient or dish that you're particularly into these days? If so, what?
My favorite herb is marjoram. But no, because I go with the seasons. It's part of how the life seasons move. I am old enough that I am experiencing life in a different way right now. I am encountering death and birth, at the very ends. The people I know are 90-something-years-old and they are dear and they are gone. And they talk about how much they enjoyed their full life, and so I am actually understanding the seasons more, because I am touching it. I just put raised beds in my back yard. I'm putting two in my front yard. Our whole house is full of food in the ground. I'm inspired by what comes up first. Every year we plant peas. And when the peas come up, I sit and I take out M.F.K Fisher's Alphabet for Gourmets, and I'll read P Is for Peas. We'll do all this stuff, we'll go through the seasons, I'll watch it. I'll watch it grow. Is it ready, is it ready yet? Are they ready yet and they're not. And whether its snaps or sugars, snows, and we'll pick 'em, and prepare them. But before we eat them, I always read this. And we usually have a big party over at the house because it's the first crop that shows up in Washington soil at my place, and we enjoy it.
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What finally emerges as Iowa's Big Plan for revitalizing the state's economy might actually resemble a lot of smaller ideas pieced together like a jigsaw puzzle. It started with a basic concept and a challenge from the governor, and the response has been so strong that legislators have no shortage of initiatives from which to choose.
The task now is taking elements of disparate plans and turning them into a cohesive whole over the course of the next month.
In January, Iowa Governor Tom Vilsack unveiled a proposal called the Iowa Values Fund, a $500-million initiative meant to provide a long-term foundation for economic growth in Iowa. The program includes money for high-speed Internet access; alternative-energy development; research parks at the state's Regents Universities; incentives for companies in the fields of life sciences, information solutions, and advanced manufacturing; and regional economic development. (See "Why Does Everybody Love Michael Blouin?" River Cities' Reader Issue 412, February 12-18, 2003.)
The catch was that the governor and his new economic-development director, Michael Blouin, didn't propose a way to pay for the program. "There are a lot of ways [to raise the money] if the legislature wants to," Blouin said in February. The reasoning was that legislators and interest groups might be more willing to support the plan if they had a hand in crafting it.
If the goal was to prompt an exchange of ideas on a major economic-development package and how to fund it, the plan worked. To date, the Iowa Chamber Alliance, the Iowa Farm Bureau, the Iowa League of Cities, and state Republicans have all offered proposals.
The governor and legislators say they want to pass a major package this year, and a draft of the plan might be ready in a matter of weeks. Blouin told the River Cities' Reader this week that the legislature should be getting a look at a proposal in early April.
That would leave several weeks for a plan to wend its way through the legislature before the close of the session. Blouin said he's confident the legislature will pass and the governor will sign a major economic-development package this year. "There's a general consensus that the state needs to do something dramatic, bold, and now," he said. In addition, he said, there's agreement that life sciences, information solutions, and advanced manufacturing "are the right targets … as the primary focus of this new program."
There's also some skepticism, though. "There are a lot of pieces, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of effort to put those pieces together," said Representative Cindy Winckler (D-Davenport).
Yet there are hints at what the plan might look like.
The final package will likely include some form of the governor's Iowa Values Fund, restrictions to Tax Increment Financing (TIF), provisions to give more input to taxing bodies (such as school districts) on TIFs, money for job re-training, and some mechanism to equalize funding for school-infrastructure projects.
Furthermore, "it's going to be done in concert with some major piece on taxes and some major regulatory reform," Blouin said.
Those last two elements are seen as critical components of any economic-development package by many business and civic groups. "Nothing will have a greater long-term impact on our state's future than its tax system," notes the proposal from the Iowa League of Cities.
"Iowa needs to have an extraordinary business climate," said Dan Huber, president of DavenportOne and co-chairperson of the Iowa Chamber Alliance. The Alliance represents the chambers of commerce of Iowa's larger cities and has presented its own plan, called The Balanced Approach. The Alliance believes that because the state doesn't have the typical characteristics of a business "hot spot" – great weather or topography, a reputation for being business-friendly – it needs to make up for that with its regulatory and business climates.
The size and scope of the proposal will likely depend on how the legislature chooses to pay for it. Vilsack initially mentioned paying for $500 million in bonds through gambling proceeds. (More money could come from expanded gambling, but that would require a resolution to the current tax dispute involving Iowa racetracks and riverboat casinos.) The package "will be as big and as flexible as the revenue source will allow it to be," Blouin said. The Iowa Values Fund was conceived as a five-year, $500-million program, but he said it could end up lasting 10 years and costing $1 billion.
"There will be components from a number of the proposals," said Susan Judkins, director of governmental affairs for the Iowa League of Cities. The league was invited by the governor to craft a plan and delivered it March 3. The legislature will probably patch together elements of different plans because "no one proposal is complete," she said.
And these aren't necessarily competing proposals. Groups that have floated plans have praised elements of other groups' initiatives. "We think the [Iowa] Chamber Alliance's is particularly strong," Judkins said.
STIRring Things Up
The State Tax Increment Renewal (STIR) Iowa plan was introduced first, on February 11, by the Iowa Farm Bureau. While the most dramatic proposal, it's also the least likely to get serious consideration from the legislature. Yet the plan is worth discussing as a contrast to other proposals, showing the elements they avoided.
STIR would eliminate TIF altogether and have the state assume the bonded indebtedness of existing TIF districts.
The $2-billion plan would be funded by a state property tax. In addition, the plan provides $400 million to equalize school-infrastructure funding.
The plan is seen as politically infeasible because TIF is one of cities' favorite economic-development tools, allowing communities to issue bonds to assist with projects and using taxes from increased property values to pay for them.
Cities are concerned that STIR essentially removes economic-development decisions from local communities and puts them in the hands of the state. Furthermore, STIR doesn't give cities new economic-development tools to replace TIF.
On the subject of eliminating TIF, "We're hearing from a vast majority of legislators that they're not going to do that," Judkins said.
One unique feature of the STIR proposal is its straightforward funding mechanism. STIR would be funded by a $2-billion bond sale that would be re-paid through a new statewide property tax. The state would receive revenue from a property-tax levy applied to 4.5 percent of total taxable value. In other words, 95.5 percent of a local property-tax levy would go to its current beneficiaries: the county, cities, schools, community colleges, and other property-taxing bodies. The remainder, for the 20-year life of the plan, would go to the state for debt service on the $2 billion.
That would mean that if a community currently without TIF debt experiences no property-valuation growth, it would need to raise its property-tax levy by 4.7 percent to generate the same amount of money for taxing bodies.
And cities that have used TIF sparingly would also lose out. The City of Davenport, for example, currently uses approximately 2.3 percent of its property-tax levy to retire TIF bonds. As a result, the city would lose roughly $900,000 a year to the state property tax, said City Administrator Craig Malin.
But designers of the STIR plan expect that property-tax rates could remain steady and still provide at least the same amount of revenue to local taxing bodies in the long run. For one thing, cities will no longer have to service TIF debt. A bigger selling point is that, if the plan works in improving the state's economy, property values will increase across the state, helping to keep down property-tax rates.
But the prospect of a statewide property tax doesn't go over well with business advocates supporting more localized decision-making. "We certainly shouldn't have plans that centralize resources and power," Huber said.
"Economic development is done best locally," said Senator Maggie Tinsman (R-Bettendorf).
Winckler said that while the STIR proposal is attractive because it's comprehensive and provides funding, "many of the elements are problematic."
The Bring It On (BIO) Fund plan was generated by Republican legislators and mimics several elements of the STIR plan, except that it doesn't eliminate TIF. The other major difference is that it doesn't provide a funding mechanism to pay off $2 billion in bonds. Tinsman said the plan is "not fleshed out at all."
These two proposals will probably be most useful in addressing the issue of equalizing funding for school infrastructure. Currently, school districts can ask voters to approve a 1-percent sales tax dedicated to capital projects. Both STIR and the BIO Fund would gradually move toward a 1-percent statewide sales tax that would be distributed to districts on a per-student basis.
More Palatable Plans
The other major plans are more compatible with each other and what legislators want. They are likely to serve as the basis for whatever the legislature and governor agree on.
Re-energizing Economic Vitality (REV) was put forth by the Iowa League of Cities earlier this month. It suggests paying for Iowa Values Fund bonds through, among other things, sales and income taxes generated by the program; Internet sales taxes; reduced sales-tax exemptions; gaming revenues; and increased cigarette, tobacco-product, and alcohol taxes.
Instead of eliminating TIF, REV puts some significant limitations on its use. The reasoning is that TIF funds economic-development projects often to the detriment of other taxing bodies, such as school districts and counties. If a city creates a TIF district for 20 years, the amount of property-tax revenues going to taxing bodies is frozen for that period, even though the value of the land is increasing.
TIF districts also cost the state money. The school-finance formula provides a base level of per-pupil funding, and if a district's "uniform levy" of $5.40 doesn't reach that level because taxable property values are frozen by TIF districts, the state makes up the rest. That costs Iowa $28 million a year.
Furthermore, limitations on TIFs have been dismantled over the years. The result has been that "cities have an incentive to overuse TIFs, since they capture all future valuation growth," according to an analysis of the STIR plan by House Democrats. "Some jurisdictions have used TIF to build upscale housing and commercial developments. STIR Iowa proponents argue that taxpayers should not subsidize projects capable of paying their own way."
Instead of throwing out the entire TIF system – as STIR does – the REV plan suggests new limitations on TIF use. For example, it would limit how much of a city's or county's assessed valuation can be placed within a TIF district without a vote of approval from other taxing bodies. This would address a long-standing complaint that bodies such as school districts have no say in the creation of TIF districts.
The plan also would require that existing TIF districts be limited to 20 years from the effective date of the legislation. Some districts created prior to 1995 have no expiration dates.
Furthermore, REV would create a definition of "essential" TIF uses such as in blighted areas. Those uses would not require the approval of other taxing bodies, but those jurisdictions would have the option of not contributing their share of increment on "projects of a regional nature."
While REV fleshes out possible changes to TIF law, the Iowa Chamber Alliance's The Balanced Approach expands on and tweaks some of the ideas in Vilsack's Iowa Values Fund (spreading $430 million in spending over 10 years). For example, the proposal suggests that the state "expand 260F, Iowa Jobs Training Program, to provide expanded job-training and re-training services to existing employees of eligible businesses located in Iowa, moving from low-value to high-value industries in the targeted industry clusters."
It also offers some principles for business-regulation reform. For example, the plan says the state should "establish timely and predictable approval processes (i.e., If regulators do not respond to a request within an established time parameter, the permit would stand approved)." The gist of suggestions is to eliminate duplication and inconsistencies in regulation, ensure that regulations do not exceed federal or state authority, and make processes easier and more convenient.
The Balanced Approach would also provide $30 million a year to the state's Vision Iowa and Community Attraction & Tourism (CAT) quality-of-life programs, and add $10 million a year to market the state.
While the Balanced Approach does address the issue of TIF, it does so in the most vague terms: The state should offer communities "more clear and precise direction on the judicious use of TIF," it says.
A key difference between The Balanced Approach and other proposals is that it recommends bonding only for the Vision Iowa/CAT programs and construction of the Commercial Transportation Network. The plan would use $83 million a year in gambling and lottery revenues to pay for programs and re-paying Vision Iowa/CAT bonds.
So what does all this mean? Each plan has an area of strength. TIF reform might be drawn from REV, while regulatory reform and some details for the Iowa Values Fund could come from The Balanced Approach. STIR and the BIO Fund provide a framework for discussion about school-infrastructure funding. Serious income- and property-tax reform might not be hashed out this session – it's more likely that the legislature could set a sunset date for the state's tax system – but few disagree on their necessity.
All the pieces are there, in other words. It's just a matter of putting them together.
For answers to frequently asked questions about the Iowa Farm Bureau STIR proposal, click here. An analysis of the plan by House Democrats can be found here.
The Iowa Chamber Alliance's Balanced Approach can be seen here.
The REV Iowa proposal by the Iowa League of City can be found here.
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After months of negotiations with the city, Hempfest organizers still don't have their permit for the annual event, planned for Aug. 18-19 at Myrtle Edwards Park. The construction of SAM's nearby sculpture park and last year's hijinks involving a Toolcat and some beach remodeling slowed the process initially, but the city has since told the art museum it must keep the park open for access by Hempfest revelers.
So why still no permit?
"It's political," says John Davis, the event's construction director. "We've been going through and figuring out how we're going to do land and security plans and evacuation plans. We keep submitting. They keep asking questions."
Davis says organizers anticipate receiving the permit soon. But he admits frustration levels are rising. "We'd like to work with the city and that's what we're trying to do. It would be nice if they'd ask all their questions at once so we can answer them at once," he says. "We'd like to be able to dispel the rumors that [the event] isn't happening. We have no reason to believe the city won't give us a permit."
Still, the clock is ticking on the ability for organizers to plan for and publicize the event. "It's tough," Davis says. "There's no other place to hold it. If the permit isn't issued, we'll be in a fight for the survival of the event in which we'll consider all options."
Hempfest sued the city last year when a permit wasn't forthcoming by late July.
Virginia Swanson at the city's special events committee says they hope to grant the permit by early next week "if not sooner." Swanson says the last detail they're working on is how many vehicles will be allowed in the park. "Load-in and load-out issues," she says.


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• MARIA SHRIVER ERASED FROM SCHWARZENEGGER PORTRAIT: SACRAMENTO (AP) - An endearing gesture by former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to include an image of his wife Maria Shriver in his official portrait has been covered with a splotch of blue paint.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - It's still summer, but a snowstorm blanketed parts of Wyoming, South Dakota, Montana and Colorado, setting early snowfall records in some places, covering lawns and flower gardens and providing a preview of what is to come.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Poorly maintained highways and major roads cost Californians an extra $44 billion each year in repairs, accidents and time and fuel burned in traffic, according to a report issued Thursday by a transportation advocacy group.
BELLA VISTA (AP) - Firefighters battling a seemingly constant string of wildfires in California were tackling a new blaze Thursday in the northern part of the state that threatened more than 100 homes.
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - An attack last year on Silicon Valley's power grid appears to have involved only one shooter and did not require access to technology or a high degree of training, an FBI official said.
ANDERSON (AP) - Prosecutors say a 14-year-old Northern California boy will face criminal charges in the death of another teen who snorted rat poison that he believed was cocaine.
SAN JOSE (AP) - Officials in Silicon Valley's largest city voted unanimously to create a registry of private surveillance cameras that could help police solve crimes.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Federal authorities arrested nine people and seized about $90 million Wednesday in raids in the fashion district of Los Angeles, marking an unprecedented crackdown on Mexican cartels' increasing reliance on international trade to launder money from drug sales in the United States.
FRESNO (AP) - Richard Kiel, the towering actor best known for portraying steel-toothed villain Jaws in a pair of James Bond films, has died. He was 74.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Wednesday that will require most California employers next year to provide up to three sick days for millions of workers, a policy long-sought by labor unions and opposed by business groups.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission on Wednesday rejected a senior federal expert's recommendation to shut down California's last operating nuclear power plant until the agency can determine whether its twin reactors can withstand powerful shaking from nearby earthquake faults.
NAPA (AP) - A 65-year-old woman who suffered a head injury when a television struck her during last month's earthquake in California's wine country has died - the first death attributed to the magnitude-6.0 temblor, sheriff's officials said.
CUPERTINO (AP) - Wildlife officials in Northern California say they have shot and killed a mountain lion they believe is the one that attacked a 6-year-old boy.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK (AP) - The granite landscape in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park helped slow the spread of a wildfire, officials said Wednesday.
BAKERSFIELD (AP) - Mile-long trains filled with millions of gallons of flammable crude oil may be rolling through Kern County next year.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - A Utah police officer who pulled over a car carrying iconic soul singer Gladys Knight was treated to an impromptu rendition ...
ANAHEIM (AP) - Police in Anaheim have shot and wounded a suspected robber at a Subway restaurant after seeing him hold two employees hostage at knifepoint.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - A woman died in Northern California after being trapped in a car that became submerged in floodwater on a section of highway that ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The number of Western snowy plover in its overwintering grounds in San Francisco has quadrupled this year but experts say the increase ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) - The Navy is giving another chance to thousands of sailors who otherwise would be kicked out for repeatedly failing their physical fitness ...
DEAR DIDI: My pug, Daisy, is 7 months old. She is potty trained, listens most of the time, and I absolutely adore her. She has ...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jacqueline Nguyen knows adversity.
ORANGE (AP) - A flight student from Egypt is facing deportation from the United States after being investigated by federal agents for posting on his Facebook ...
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text: Thank you, Auburn Journal, for your thought-provoking and informative reporting on homelessness in Placer County. The recent articles brought a very positive focus on local homeless individuals who are working hard to improve their lives and on the wonderful work being done by many individuals, groups and churches to provide a helping hand-up. However, as the recent Journal editorial of April 13 points out, now is the time for our community to come together to address this issue in a comprehensive way. The solutions to the problem of homelessness are not that complicated. In 2004 the Placer Consortium on Homelessness joined with many others to agree on a 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness in Placer County. There were many excellent ideas adopted into the plan, but two top strategies were: creation of affordable housing and employment assistance. The affordable housing priority emphasizes a Housing First approach which recognizes "... housing as the basis for all the other work that people who are homeless must do to regain stability and enhance self-sufficiency. Accordingly, the Housing First approach seeks to assist the homeless in accessing stable housing as soon as possible. Once they are housed, they are linked with services and a support system to address other needs." The creation of affordable housing is the critical ingredient to address the issue of homelessness. The second priority is employment, and the plan calls for increased employment services for low-income persons. It has been said that employment is the "principle defense against ending up on, or returning to, the streets." This was true before the economic downturn, and now our homeless providers are reporting ever-increasing numbers of "new homeless" suffering from the recession. Contrary to popular myths about voluntary homelessness, a recent survey conducted in May 2010 at a Homeless Connect event in Sacramento showed that 90 percent of the homeless were unemployed and that 88 percent "want to work." Let's heed the call of the Auburn Journal to come together as a community and pursue these and other solutions to the problem of homelessness. Herb Whitaker, Auburn


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Editorial: The future of Bright Futures
Published: Saturday, August 6, 2011 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, August 5, 2011 at 6:35 p.m.
The Bright Futures website states it pretty clearly:
"In 1997, the Florida Legislature created the Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program to reward students for their academic achievements during high school by providing funding to attend post-secondary education in Florida."
Today, there are signs that the promise might not be kept.
Bright Futures is a merit-based program. There are three types of Bright Futures scholarships, and during the 2009-10 school year, the average disbursements were:
Academic Scholar, $3,295.
Medallion Scholar, $2,147.
Gold Seal Vocational Scholar, $1,569.
Bright Futures, funded with proceeds from the Florida Lottery, has awarded $3.2 billion to more than 1.5 million Florida students. During 2009-10, more than $423 million in scholarships was awarded to 177,612 Florida students — 32 percent of high school graduates in 2010, according to the Florida Department of Education.
This year, the Florida Legislature passed a law requiring students who receive a Bright Futures scholarship to fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid.
Known as FAFSA, the application includes six pages of financial questions about the student and the student's immediate family. Filling out FAFSA is required to apply for federal student aid — including grants, loans and work-study programs.
Information required includes the student's and parents' income, as well as the value of stocks, checking and savings accounts, real estate and more.
The federal filing requirement for a state scholarship has generated opposition.
"A lot of parents are not happy that they need to provide financial information for a scholarship that's merit-based," said Tara Karas, acting director of financial aid for Sarasota-based New College of Florida.
But, Karas said, most parents are filling out the form because, as a website for the Florida Department of Education states: "No FAFSA = No $"
Some of the angst over FAFSA is its intrusion on student and family privacy.
More important, though, it could be the precursor to change in the criteria for Bright Futures. The merit-based scholarship might become a need-based program.
Why would the Legislature change a program as popular as Bright Futures? Costs.
Since 1997, the number of students receiving Bright Futures scholarships has increased by 320 percent. The program's funding has increased 500 percent since its inception.
Need-based financial aid is an underfunded component of state and national programs intended to make higher education accessible to students from low-income families. But making Bright Futures a needs-based scholarship would represent a major departure from its original intent — to enable more Floridians to attend college and retain the best and brightest students.
One of the most encouraging aspects of Bright Futures is that it has substantially increased the number of minority students who receive merit-based aid.
If Bright Futures becomes need-based, would those numbers decline? The answer should be clear — and publicly considered — before any changes are contemplated.
If the Legislature wants to increase need-based scholarships, great. But doing so should not come at the expense of Bright Futures and its focus on merit. The scholarship program is a worthwhile investment in Florida — and its people and economy.
Thousands of students across the state are keeping their part of the bargain by meeting the established standards in high school and college.
Floridians and their government need to find a way to keep their promise.
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Someone asked me last Friday if I had any big stories I was working on. Three hours later I broke the story that we're looking at a potentially large mixed-use development on the south half of the block that will also be home to the OGE Energy Corp. headquarters. We're also awaiting news on potential sale and redevelopment of First National Center. All corners of downtown are now in play….


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This series uses a very large number of references to Hindu mythology, starting with Arjuna's own name. The original Arjuna was the strongest of the five Pandava brothers, the protagonists of the epic "Mahabarata". His bow, Gandiva, was originally Siva's bow, and was given to Arjuna by the fire god Agni.
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Sylvain Distin has picked up an illness this week and will need to be assessed before getting the go-ahead for what would be the final match of his career tomorrow against Tottenham.
Sylvain Distin picked up a groin injury in Everton's FA Cup draw against West Ham United with the extent of the injury yet unknown.
Roberto Martinez stated in a recent press conference that Everton center back Sylvain Distin will not be available for their trip to Southampton.
Sylvain Distin is back and training for Everton and could possibly make the squad for their trip to West Bromwich Albion Monday night.
Sylvain Distin picked up a minor hamstring knock after completing his shift against Souhampton over the weekend, but Rberto Martinez says the veteran should still be fit for Everton's New Year's Day match with Stoke City.
Sylvain Distin picked up a knock against Norwich last weekend and isn't a sure thing to recover in time for the Saturday match with West Brom.
Everton, fresh off of their acquisition of Gerard Deulofeu, are looking to strengthen their defense with Porto's Rolando the rumored target.


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Hypes: Arrive and Drive Racer
Gripes: Fuel Level Gauge Unpredictable, No Rear Wiper
Nissan's marquee sports car gets better every year. The improvements for 2013 are relatively minor, but enticing nonetheless. A revised front fascia houses new daytime running lights, and if you order the Sports Package ($3,030), the RAYS forged wheels differ in appearance from earlier versions with thinner spokes revealing newly painted red brake calipers. These ultra light 19 inch diameter RAYS replace the standard issue cast 18 inch alloys. The gunmetal finished RAYS measure 9.5 inches wide in front and 10.5 inches wide in back (versus 8 and 9 inch width for the 18 inch wheels). Our Sports Package equipped 370Z mounted Bridgestone's best all-around performance tire, the RE050A, with front rubber measuring 245/40/R19 and rears 275/35/R19. Nissan has also modified the valving of its Sports Package shocks for a "Euro-tuned" firmer, more controlled ride. The package also includes a Viscous Limited Slip Differential, so the as selivered Z is ideally configured for fast street driving, or track day competition.
The 3.7 liter V-6 in the Z is a hot rod motor thanks to micro-finishing techniques used to polish the crankshaft and camshafts. With variable valve timing and lift, the rev-happy motor makes 332hp and 270lb.-ft. of torque. Connected to a precisely gated 6-speed manual transmission, with rev-matching on downshifts, the Z is the most sporting 2 seater you can buy for the money. It corners flawlessly, with the fat Bridgestones urging you to up your apex speed. It sprints from corner to corner with the breathless stamina of a distance runner. The 370Z merits serious consideration if you like to drive fast because it carries out your orders with military efficiency.


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jamesfilms Oct 4, 2012 4:49 PM
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I also would like a old version of netflix for both my ipod 2g and iphone 3gs, the new version is out of sync with the movies. This is irritating!
Someone please upload an older version of netflix, 2.0 or earlier so we can use it on our old devices!
Joseph Kriz Oct 4, 2012 4:54 PM
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All of you have backups don't you?
Time Machine?
External backup?
Those Apps you downloaded have your information embedded in them and cannot be used by others.
Therefore, even if someone uploaded a version for you, you could not use it.
Try getting the version you want from your backup.
jamesfilms Oct 4, 2012 5:38 PM
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No backups. I can use the version regardless of personal information. So if someone could upload that would be great. any netflix version to 2.0 or before.
katherin5713 Nov 23, 2012 12:32 AM
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I see this is from October, but I'm throwing this out for others. If you don't have a backup, I was able to go to my recycle bin and restore the old file and then I drug it from the source file back into iTunes.
TheSaj Dec 28, 2012 6:34 AM
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No, we don't. Often these situations of need occur when back-ups have failed.
Thanks for your useless answer. It's about as bloody useful as when Apple or Dell suggest a complete re-install of OS to fix a problem
DesigningApple Mar 18, 2013 6:59 PM
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In the same situation. Accidentally deleted the previous application from my 32 GB iPod on iOS 4.2.1. The iPod is up-to-date with upgrades. After a 30+ minute conversation with Netflix (see below)... Netflix NO LONGER offers the previous version and the newer version requires iOS5! Netflix does not seem to care that there are customer's who can utilize the app, if they simply make it available again. It's as simple as re-uploading it to their site. Netflix is alienating every user who doesn't upgrade their device.NETFLIX OFFICIAL (UNACCEPTABLE) RESPONSE
Thank you for waiting! Unfortunately there is no way to get that older version for you, since are current apps can only run with the 5.0 version. At this time we only have the newer one available. I definitely understand this can be frustrating, we will let our research team know that you would like to have the option to use that later version of our app.
Can I get a credit for my Netflix service for not being able to utilize it as my contract states?
Unfortunately I cannot issue you a credit.
Is there a formal process to file an official complaint about this matter, about not having the application available to consumers and therefore limiting my membership?
We can email you when the app becomes available for you.
Any idea when this may happen? I see the complaints have been happening since October 2012 (over 5 months ago). This is an unacceptable wait time.
Ah, unfortunately I do not have a time frame available to you.
Ok. I understand that this is out of your hands, but this is horrible customer service from Netflix. Most all software companies share the older application versions so users may continue to utilize the services that they are paying for...the app works just fine and takes up virtually no space to leave it on the Netflix site for users to download. Of course, we would all love to have the latest and greatest software, but unfortunately device limitation doesn't always allow this. Netflix is discriminating, based on consumer's income and the age of their Apple device.
Hopefully this note for the content team can get them to make the older version available to you asap.
Nikkiru Jan 29, 2014 1:02 PM
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It's not just Netflix. Apple has also made a decision not to host the older version in the app store, which in fact they were doing until fairly recently.
I also have a 2nd gen iPod touch, and was able to install and reinstall the compatible version pretty much at will until yesterday, when I discovered that I no longer had the option to opt for the older version. The decision not to support older devices which are still within their useful life is pretty much par for the course with Apple, as the orphaning of the PPC chipset has more than adequately shown us.
This is the last Apple product I will ever buy unless they show a significant change in their corporate attitude toward the customer. They make very nice, durable hardware, but fail to give it support through its useful life, because they think that will pressure people into upgrading devices which are still working. In my case that may well be true, but I won't be upgrading to an Apple product. Fool me once ...


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The Eats : La Romanza , 4521 California Ave. SW, 906-9914. Italian inspired cuisine, with a Venetian afternoon tea service, happy hour, lunch, dinner, and
The Eats: La Romanza, 4521 California Ave. SW, 906-9914. Italian inspired cuisine, with a Venetian afternoon tea service, happy hour, lunch, dinner, and weekend brunch.
The Deets: What began as the Tuscan Tea Room (conceived by Aimee Pellegrini, the daughter of Giulio and Janie of La Rustica), has evolved into a full-fledged Italian restaurant, complete with white linens, refined service, and elegant dishes. The decor is upscale, offset by an upright piano and gold-framed oil paintings, but the dining room is small and feels cozy. In light of such high-quality surroundings that sometimes include live jazz, prices are quite reasonable (though you have to wonder if this is a result of the restaurant sharing a front door--and nearby patio space--with the humble West Seattle Wing Dome).
The Beets: Though La Romanza's brunch is peppered with prosciutto, the vegetarian choices on the menu are tantalizing and full of variety. Of the eight dishes on offer: four different style crepes, a panzanella salad, a peppered berry and brie omelet, "Frangelico Toast," and a rustic Eggs Benedict, my boyfriend and I ordered the Porcini Crepe with mushroom, onion, asiago, and truffle cream, and the Il Verde vegetarian crepe with spinach, eggplant, asparagus, pesto, roasted red peppers, and provolone cheese (doesn't that string of ingredients just make you salivate?!).
They were exceptional. The crimini crepe was savory and delicate, with great, truffly aromatics and a lovely cream. The Il Verde was rich but the crisp veggies lightened the load, and every bite was a mouthful of warm, simple flavors and pleasing texture. At $10 an entree, both were served with a generous serving of impeccably fresh fruit and roasted red potatoes. In the sumptuous finery of La Romanza's beautiful room, sipping an Americano out of a delicate tea cup, I made a mental note to return--and soon.
The Tweet: For an upscale brunch experience in West Seattle, La Romanza remembers vegetarians are a cheap date.
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