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Mineral Mine Makeup Launches Newly Updated Website
Recently, Mineral Mine Makeup announced the launch of its new, updated website, made to enhance the user experience through streamlined features as well as a new, beautiful design. The website boasts full product descriptions, including a list of ingredients, and product schematics. Once registered, customers will also be able to easily view pricing and place orders on the site at their own convenience.
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Skin Care With a Cause: Dermalogica's FITE Initiative Partners with ONEHOPE Wine
Recently, Dermalogica's FITE initiative, the skin care company's global program to support woman-owned enterprises worldwide, held a fundraiser in collaboration with ONEHOPE Wine, a unique social impact wine vintner that matches the price of each bottle of wine sold and donates the money to a specific cause.
The skin health and wine tasting event was held in Scottsdale, AZ, and was attended by more than 40 guests who sipped, sampled and received special treatment offers. Attendees were also treated to complimentary Face Mapping skin consultations and a gift bag. One lucky raffle winner even received a Dermalogica product filled basket valued at $350.
In concordance with the program's goal, each guest received a $25 FITE gift card to fund a micro-loan for a woman entrepreneur who is starting or growing her business.
To see the stories of women who have benefitted from micro-loan funding, or to learn more about Dermalogica's FITE initiative, please visit www.joinFITE.org
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Éminence Organic Skin Care Celebrates First Anniversary of Inspiring Environmental Initiative
After just one year of partaking in the Forests for the Future initiative, a program to help "restore and rebuild the environment, one tree at a time," Éminence Organic Skin Care has planted an astounding 1.5 million trees around the world.
The Forests for the Future initiative was begun to help counteract deforestation and its effect on climate change. Millions of acres of trees are lost every year to make way for farming, industrialization and human development across the globe. But Éminence is determined to make a difference with this environmentally conscious program that plants a tree for every retail product sold. The 1.5 million trees that the skin care company has planted in the first year alone is enough to generate oxygen for 6 million people.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with Éminence Organic Skin Care for their Forests for the Future initiative, where they plant a tree for every product that they sell. We are dedicated to planting trees around the world to not only support the environment, but to affect change in developing countries by providing guidance for agroforestry with members of each community," says John Leary, Executive Director of Trees for the Future. "Since partnering together in 2012, the donations from Éminence have helped us plant over 1 million trees with communities in such areas as Burundi, Uganda and Ghana. It's an incredible achievement that is changing thousands of lives in developing countries."
According to Boldijarre Koronczay, President of Éminence Organic Skin Care, "Our future is dependent on our actions today. We provide natural and organic products that come from the earth. Without these gifts from Mother Nature, we would be unable to produce our quality products. We are committed to protecting our environment and implementing green initiatives and practices to inspire our partners and customers to think about tomorrow, today."
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MyWellness Rewards by Spa Week Presents the Thanks-GIVEaway
Throughout the year, millions of people look to Spa Week, a leading spa and wellness company, to find everything they need to partake in a healthy, balanced lifestyle. With the company's social loyalty program, MyWellness Rewards, consumers can take even greater advantage of the spa and wellness lifestyle by receiving rewards simply for staying connected with all that Spa Week has to offer. MyWellness Rewards gives perks to its members for taking care of themselves, and now that the season of giving is officially upon us, there's no better time to start taking care of others.
During the month of November, those who become a MyWellness Rewards member on SpaWeek.com will automatically be entered in the Thanks-GIVEaway, a month-long promotion that strives to put the "giving" back in Thanksgiving. Once enrolled, members have the option to choose one of three charities to which MyWellness Rewards will make a donation.
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Big Changes at OPI
Coty Inc. announced today that George Schaeffer is retiring from his position as CEO of OPI, effective December 31, 2013. Schaeffer, an Eastern European immigrant, founded the company in 1981. Under his leadership, OPI grew into a nail products leader, revolutionizing the industry with its technological advances and creative innovations. In late 2010, OPI was acquired by beauty industry giant Coty, and Schaeffer remained onboard as CEO.
Stepping into Schaeffer's role on January 1, 2014, will be Mary van Praag, who served as vice president of sales at Coty in New York from 2008 to 2011, and was subsequently promoted to general manager of Coty Canada. In this capacity, she has been overseeing the Coty Prestige and Coty Beauty units. van Praag's business background is extensive; prior to coming to Coty, she worked for Johnson & Johnson, Revlon, Pfizer and Playtex Products. The accomplished and dynamic van Praag is passionate about building more strong female leaders. Like her predecessor, she is deeply involved in philanthropic causes. This year, she is co-chairing Mirror Ball 2013 in Toronto, a fundraiser supporting Look Good Feel Better and FacingCancer.ca.
OPI president John Heffner is also stepping down from OPI. Effective November 22, 2013, Heffner, who served as CEO of Creative Nail Design (CND) prior to going to OPI, will take on the title of CEO at Irvine, California-based DryBar, a growing hair service chain that specializes in blowouts. Heffner is replacing DryBar CEO Michael Landau, who will stay on as executive chairman. Landau co-founded the company with chief creative officer Alli Webb.
"We could not be more thrilled to have John join our growing team," Landau expressed in a recent statement. "With almost 2,000 employees and approaching 40 locations, John's leadership experience will be critical in taking Drybar to the next level of growth."
The departures of Heffner and Schaeffer from OPI are reportedly unrelated.
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Aveda The Art and Science of Pure Flower and Plant Essences and maker of botanically-based professional hair, skin and body care, makeup and lifestyle products was recently honored by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute for its role in environmental leadership in the beauty industry.
At the inaugural Cradle to Cradle Innovation Celebration, held on November 15th in New York City, Global Brand President of Aveda, Dominique Conseil accepted the Legacy Leaders Award in recognition of Aveda being a founding company who has a strong impact in its industry. Upon receiving the award, Conseil stated that "Aveda's role since the brand's inception in 1978 has been a major contributor to the well-being of our environment and society. Aveda was the first private company to sign the Valdez Principles after the huge oil spill to call for greater corporate responsibility in 1989, and later became the first beauty company manufacturing with 100% certified wind power. Today, Aveda is still as committed to leading by example in terms of socio-environmental responsibility, not just in the world of beauty, but around the world."
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Newcastle clash to be aired across Africa.
BBC Swahili's flagship football programme, Ulimwengu wa Soka, is to once again visit the Stadium of Light to bring live match commentary of the big Wear-Tyne derby game to the African continent.
The BBC Swahili weekend football programme first visited the Stadium of Light on New Year's Day 2012, broadcasting live commentary from Sunderland's clash with Manchester City, which saw the Black Cats win in spectacular style with a last minute goal from Korean Ji Dong-won.
The two commentators at the Stadium of Light that day, Charles Hilary and Salim Kikeke, are household names in East Africa, and now also present the new BBC Swahili TV news and current-affairs programme, Dira ya Dunia. They have commentated from both the Africa Cup of Nations and the FIFA World Cup. Their unique style of commentary around the winning goal became a cult hit with Sunderland fans and football fans across the globe.
The team of producers and presenters on Ulimwengu wa Soka bring football news and live English Premier League commentary to Swahili-speaking fans every weekend and BBC Swahili reporters across the region - in Zanzibar, Nairobi, Kampala and Dar es Salaam - join listeners who enjoy watching the matches in their localities, while following the BBC Swahili commentary on radio. This combination of the visual provided by TV coverage with the BBC Swahili commentaries has become the norm since 2004 when the BBC first started offering live Premier League commentary in Swahili.
Sunderland AFC's chief executive Margaret Byrne said: "The Barclays Premier League is the most watched league in the world and is hugely popular across the African continent. Traditionally Sunderland has enjoyed a huge and passionate support in the north east of England and we are now building on that core support and expanding into international territories such as Africa as the club enters a new phase of its development and looks to increase its global following.
"We are absolutely delighted to be welcoming our friends from the BBC World Service commentary team to the Stadium of Light once again and for a game of such great significance to our fans and the club. I'm sure those listening across Africa will be absolutely amazed by the passion and intensity of this game and it will be a great showcase for the Barclays Premier League and Sunderland AFC."
Editor of the BBC Swahili Service, Ali Saleh said: "Once again this is a great opportunity for BBC Swahili to bring live action from the Stadium of Light to our East and Central African listeners. This is one of the iconic derbies in English football where famous African players will feature. It promises to be an exciting match while there is still everything to play for. Last year's drama is still fresh in our listeners' minds and Sunday's match is already generating a lot of debate."


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Boulder Valley Velodrome Open House
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Boulder Valley Velodrome Open House – September 29th
The Boulder Valley Velodrome is conducting an Open House on Thursday, September 29, 2011 at the Erie Community Center from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. The public is encouraged to attend.
The Town of Erie Parks & Recreation Department is partnering with the Boulder Valley Velodrome to bring unique cycling training opportunities to Erie. As such, the Town wants to inform the public that Boulder Valley Velodrome is continuing its membership drive and has a limited number of Founding Memberships available. Erie residents are among the first to have the opportunity to join at this level. The 250 Founding Members will have enhanced access to the track and facilities as well as programs and events.
The Boulder Valley Velodrome site is located south of the Erie Community Center on the west side of County Line Road at Bonnell Avenue. Site grading for the velodrome is now underway. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year. The Velodrome is anticipated to be operational by spring of 2012.
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
i am a cyclist who races competitively much like the rest of you that frequent this site. please don't build this facility. it will be a novelty for a few years, then will sit dormant. the weather here is too nice and the cyclists are too cheap. there is a reason the funding is lagging. people like the idea of a velodrome, but very few are going to commit to a bike and the cost to use the facility. and if you do build it, at least make sure you get a liquor license so you can serve beer to spectators.
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I hear what you're saying...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
I hope you're wrong but it still resonates.
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Make it Indoor
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I think you are going to struggle to find racers committing to a normal track season during the summer, so make this an indoor velodrome for winter time use.
Most of us are plenty busy during the summer road season and can't fit track work in during this time, so get a roof and make the heart of the season during the winter!
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I have to agree...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Trying not to be a buzzkill about this but I have to agree with the above sentiments. I used to ride a couple different outdoor tracks in SoCal where they had weekly training nights and the odd winter racing series. It was great training and the turnout wasn't terrible. Thing is, there is a huge population there and at worst the weather was in the high 40's/low 50's at night.
I love the idea of a track in Erie, but there's little chance I would go due to the concerns expressed above: too cold in the off season, too nice in the summer to not be doing something else. An [international spec] indoor track would totally change my attitude--I would buy a bike and participate regularly as a way to stay sharp and escape the winter doldrums. I just don't see an indoor track getting the numbers it would take for investors to get even a slim ROI unless the venue owners were able to attract all kinds of big ticket competitions and cultivate a track culture here from the ground up.
Best of luck regardless.
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Perhaps you all (other
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Perhaps you all (other comments) are missing the point~ there is already a large track culture here in Colorado and having a 250 meter velodrome in metro Denver is the key for driving further track success/involvement. The Springs is great but quite a haul after work. I think it's great that you would rather ride the road in the summer since it means more track time and higher quality racing with folks that truly love racing velodromes. (Perhaps you can say the same for Valmont. Please enjoy the roads so we can have fun on the cross trails.)
In regard to the founding member pricing, that's a lot of cheddar and likely not refundable if the track does not get built?
Points: 29
Cool idea but...
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on
Love the idea of a velodrome within an easy drive of Denver. But I would love to see them add a cyclocross course to the grounds of the velodrome. That would improve the awesomeness!
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Velodrome and Cyclocross
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That is a great idea and could give the facility more year round usage. I know we have 300+ sunny days a year but I cant see the velodrome being used when its 30 degrees and sunny in the middle of November or December.
I think if they added some sort of cyclocross course it would add 2 months to the usage of the facility.
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Rode the Velodrome last night...
Submitted by Boulderite (not verified) on
Easy ride on the townie from my house to the indoor velodrome in Boulder.
Points: 9
New Velodrome Idea..
Submitted by William (not verified) on
- Please do not create a cyclo-cross in the infield (although I am sure that this is not even a consideration if you are serious about this venue).
- Weekly races night races during the summer should be on a Tuesday or Thursday night - so not to interfere with weekend road rides(since most of the riders are going to be roadies for a while).
- Involve local business on a weekly basis(different sponsor every week with giveaways per race)
- Host Regionals and Nats as soon as possible.. Are the applications in already?
- Does this track have a wood foundation? how come not metal like in Frisco,Tx. I think the overhaul every year could get expensive. (how come not a 250 cement track specially if outdoors?)..
- A roof would be great even if no walls, it would make ride-able year round. (maybe a structure like the airport). In Europe outdoor tracks are open all year because of this - of course they are cement tracks though.
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In June 1951, Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats had the Number One single on the Billboard R&B charts with "Rocket 88." More pointedly, the recording – along with Louis Jordan's "Saturday Night Fish Fry" (1949), Wild Bill Moore's "Rock and Roll" (1949), Fats Domino's debut single "The Fat Man" (1949) and Jimmy Preston's "Rock the Joint" (1949), among others – ranks among the first incarnations of the genre that would come to be known as rock and roll. In fact, many consider "Rocket 88" the first rock and roll record.
Born in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Jackie Brenston was a forceful singer and a capable baritone sax player. By the close of the 1940s, he had joined the Kings of Rhythm, which had formed around the nucleus of Ike Turner in Mississippi. Farther north, in Memphis, Tennessee, Sam Phillips had opened his Memphis Recording Studio alongside the Sun Records label at 706 Union Avenue at the start of 1950 (he would later change the name to Sun Studios). Although the operation would go on to record the works of B.B. King, Howlin' Wolf, Johnny Cash, Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison and Jerry Lee Lewis, to name but a few, throughout the 1950s, at its genesis, Phillips was helming a fledgling studio.
In March of 1951, the Kings of Rhythm traveled to Memphis for a session at Phillips' studio. There, Turner worked out the basis for "Rocket 88" on the piano. The homage to Oldsmobile's evocatively named auto featured suggestive (and more overt) lyrics that spoke of the title car's pleasures (V8 motor and this modern design / black convertible top and the gals don't mind / sport in' with me / ridin' all around town for joy) and the good times to be had in it (Everybody in my car is gonna take a little nip / move on out, boozin' and cruisin' along). With Brenston's garbled emoting, Turner's feisty piano, Raymond Hill's punchy tenor sax, Willie Sims on drums and Willie Kizart on guitar, the song took elements of jump blues and swing, burnished with rollicking piano, a steady backbeat, extended sax soloing and distorted guitar riffing – a tone reportedly achieved by accident via a damaged amplifier. The unconventional boogie would be a hit for the act billed as Jackie Brenston and his Delta Cats.
"Rocket 88" (with its b side, "Come Back Where You Belong") was released on Chicago's Chess Records and debuted on the Hot R&B Singles chart on May 12,1951. In early June, the song reached Number One on the chart, where it held the position for five weeks. The song ultimately spent 18 weeks on the chart. During that same period, Bill Haley recorded a version of "Rocket 88" – preceding his seminal "Rock Around the Clock" by three years.
Subsequent releases failed to chart as well, including a revved up sequel entitled "Real Gone Rocket," and there were rumors that Brenston's top billing didn't set well with other members of the Kings of Rhythm, to wit Turner. Brenston would play baritone sax in Turner's Kings of Rhythm from 1955 to 1962, appearing on tracks for the Federal, Cobra, Sue and Mellon imprints. By the mid Sixties, Brenston had largely quit the music business, instead working part-time as a truck driver. He died of a heart attack on December 15, 1979 at the age of 49.
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Both Democrats and Republicans in Congress seem upset about revelations the Internal Revenue Service focused enforcement actions on conservative political groups during the election campaign last......
puppydog don't git it either.
Are you both 8 years old?
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Target and profile Arabs and Hispanics, but heaven forbid targeting and profiling tax dodgeing Republicans. Way to Crusade MDN.
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A pat on the back billdngit your true colors are starting to show..your walking a fine line of your typical ignorance but now balanced with truth. Keep up the good work your almost there.
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I feel that media must resist doing any polling on Obama, as if we get negative polling on him, it will prevent our Democrat Party from moving forword. Or at least we won't be able to move forword as quickly as we need. We must prevent the news of Obama Fatigue from getting out to the public....
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Well, I'm into hammering when it's called for, like putting up siding, or constructing a bookshelf, or especially when trying to make a point.
The hammer in my junk drawer has painted flowers on it, so everyone knows that it's mine.
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When our government is involved in the harassment of its citizens and lying in order to get information on its citizens, we have a problem.
Communist would not see it, but most free people will see it for what it is.
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Veritas, I'm not neglecting your frustration and disgust, but how are the tax laws of this country to be changed to benefit US people and US business in our now global economy?
Because the politicians make those tax laws, they are the first place to make a stink. Supposedly, they have constituencies to answer to (you, me, etc).
I'd say make a case with your elected officials and/or those responsible for codifying tax law (committees, etc) and let them all know that you're not happy with the current situation (to say the least).
Go for it! You'd probably get more traction with the pols than just posting here on little ol' MDN.
And if you've already been hammering on your elected officials, good on ya!
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Can you even imagine what its like to be married to one of these lying pieces of dogdoo in the Democratic party..
Clinton lied and Hillary forgave him.. or did she? If any of you out there are married to a Democrat I suggest you dump them quickly. They are being coached by people who cheat and lie on a daily basis.. Now wiener is running for Mayor. Do you suppose is slogan is "be Frank"?
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As early as this morning the IRS was still pulling crap.. The Dems got the answer to the one question from the IG but the Republicans got it when the session started this morning.
It will eventually take an act of someone killing someone to get the attention of the democratic party to be fair.
People who associate themselves with this rouge party will eventually end up in hades..but I guess they will be with their own kind..
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RugbyReader He gives us hope?????
He hasn't done one thing since he took office except cost the taxpayers more money. He has spent more then ANY EVERY President ever before him.. I guess its the money he gives you that keeps you sucking on the Government teat and hoping for more free milk.
What really bothers me is you use our Military as a Front for your scum bag escapades.
Your day will come but probably not soon enough for me. Your a disgrace to the United States of America and to the US Marine Corp!!
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puppydog "Git" your bone off the other computer..
git Web definitions rotter: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat";...
Gits are rats..
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DustOff, I found a 1959 article (now pdf) by an E.G. Keith posted on Duke University's website.
I read bits & pieces, but taxing authorities seemed more cognizant/ understanding of the risks that small business owners were taking in the startup and operation of their enterprises.
It's a great historical read on the philosophy of taxing small businesses in 1950's USA. "The Impact of Taxation on Small Business"
scholarship . law . duke . edu/cgi/
And you're right. Our economy is already competing globally, whether all will acknowledge that or not. It's a different world now.
Keeping US business taxes high, while other countries' taxes are lower, doesn't serve the US well. It lessens our businesses' competitive edge.
People usually start businesses to make a profit, not to pursue an altruistic path by voluntarily paying more taxes to a gov't enamored with redistribution of wealth.
Sorry, but like they say on Shark Tank, I'm out.
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hey everybody I'm back...what a difference? i return to find billdgit has seen the light..Wow there is hope...change is happening. Keep up the good work billdgit i'm so proud...I'm not sure what happened ..you must feel Great about your self.WOW!!!!!!
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I wake up every morning and thank God that Rugby is a member of my Democrat party.....
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There. Now I've posted four in a row.
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Veritas, you get two stars for correctly using the word "sanctimonious" in a sentence, as I'm sure you intended to use it exactly as you did.
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Veritas, I'm surprised you just featured Apple under the microscope.
Isn't there room for Microsoft, Dell, or others? Surely they have engaged in similar business practices?
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"Corporate CEOs are raiding and draining traditional pension plans for millions of workers who are left without their expected and earned pension payments on retirement."
I can go one better than Veritas...
"WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2013 ? The $19.4 trillion sitting in personal retirement accounts like the 401K may be too tempting an apple for a government that is quite broke, both monetarily and morally. The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray recently mentioned these accounts in a recent interview, stating "That's one of the things we've been exploring and are interested in, in terms of whether and what authority we have."
"This agency, created by the 2010 Dodd-Frank-Act, is very concerned about how safe your retirement savings are."
I'll bet that agency is concerned.
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Bill "git"
git Web definitions rotter: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible; "only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat";...
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Dusty, saying Veritas is over his head is projection defined.
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Don't buy Apple, use Linux.
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A spokesman for U.S. automaker General Motors said the company paid no federal income tax for 2011 despite earnings of $13 billion since 2009.
"We did not pay federal income tax last year," said GM spokesman Jim Cain.
The Detroit News reported Friday GM earned profits of $1 billion in January through March but may not have a federal tax bill to pay "for many more years."
The tax-free years are the result of GM's stint in bankruptcy in 2009
Government Motors.. And their CEO is a friend of the Obamas
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Missy 1 Obama was behind it all.. The truth is now coming out..
The White House Visitors Log reveals that President Barack Obama met with Internal Revenue Service (IRS) union boss Colleen Kelley on March 31, 2010—the day before the Inspector General's report says the IRS began its scheme to target tea party and conservative groups.
On yet another occasion, Kelley's presence at the White House was followed shortly afterwards by the President issuing Executive Order 13522. A presidential directive that gave the anti-Tea Party NTEU — the IRS union — a greater role in the day-to-day operation of the IRS than it had already — which was considerable.
Since the IRS tea party targeting scandal erupted, Kelley has gone quiet.
Obama is into this up to his neck. Its all going to unravel..
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Obama knew exactly what was going on. He is up to his neck in everything that happens under his watch.
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If somebody's opinions aren't your cup of tea, Veritas, then let them steep in them. (Puns intended.)
Your absolute disgust and disdain for others' opinions doesn't really win others to your point of view.
Unless disdain and disgust is the goal...then I'd say you're achieving in a mighty way.
What is it that DustOff says? "Winning hearts and minds?"
Are any in the Tea Party worth it to you, Veritas?
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- Date submitted: 1 Nov 2011
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Full SubmissionSubmission of the Natural Resources Defense Council to the Secretariat of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development -?Rio+20 Earth Summit?- November 1, 2011 The Natural Resources Defense Council (?NRDC?) , a non-governmental organization in consultative status with UN Economic and Social Council, is pleased to submit our views as a contribution for ?inclusion in a compilation document to serve as basis for the preparation of zero draft of the outcome document? for the June 2012 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (?Rio+20 Earth Summit?). Here, we set our vision for a different kind of summit, provide a list of potential deliverables from Rio+20, and describe NRDC?s international activities and experience with international sustainability summitry. A Vision for a Different Kind of Summit The June 2012 Rio+20 Earth Summit will be held ?at the highest possible level, including Heads of State and Government or other representatives.? It will mark the 20th Anniversary of the first ?Earth Summit?, held in Rio in 1992. Rio+20?s key objectives are to stimulate a transition to a green economy in the context of sustainable development and poverty eradication, and to strengthen global governance. This Summit comes at a critical point in the world?s collective efforts to support ?development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.? In January 2012, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned that the world is running out of time to avoid future ?disasters? due to our ever growing consumption and pollution. He called for a ?free market revolution for global sustainability?. We couldn?t agree more, and hope that this Summit will be truly transformative and historic. As world leaders, CEOs, civil society, and citizens gather in Rio next year, the Summit must do more than just deliver another agenda with lofty goals for the distant future. There are already hundreds of existing commitments and pledges in various treaties and plans of action, many of which have failed to be enacted. Instead, Rio+20 should generate real actions on the part of governments at every level, as well as by businesses and civil society groups, to immediately deliver the necessary actions to put us all on a more sustainable path. Often overlooked is that Earth Summit 2012 itself will be an important milestone in global governance. We hope that the zero document will provide the basis for a discussion of how best to structure the Rio+20 meeting so as to assure its success. The Summit?s success is particularly important after the perceived failure of the 2009 Copenhagen climate summit and growing skepticism worldwide about the ability of such international negotiations and gatherings to do anything worthwhile on the huge environmental and economic challenges we face. In the end, the summit process will involve thousands of officials, business and civil society leaders throughout the world and a collective investment of hundreds of millions of dollars. Learning from previous UN gatherings, here is our vision for the Rio+20 Earth Summit to make sure that it produces real results and progress. Three Days of Recognition and Support for Country Actions The official high-level Rio+20 meeting now scheduled for June 4-6 must be different than earlier summits. The three-day meeting should put the spotlight on individual and collective actions of presidents and prime ministers to move toward sustainable development. These sessions should: ? Encourage all presidents and prime ministers to use their allotted time for speeches ? usually about 5 minutes - to present on the specific sustainable development initiatives, challenges, and needs in their respective countries. ? Create the expectation for new or substantially scaled-up commitments from all countries, which are specific and short-term; and identify partners for technical assistance and coordinating actions. ? Produce a politically-binding outcomes document of not more than ten pages that recognizes the imminent threat of exceeding our planet?s natural boundaries, the need to move to a new green economy, and recommits governments to act on their promises to move towards sustainable development, and ? Generate an appendix of country commitments to the outcomes document that provides a foundation for a registry of such commitments at a new global center for sustainability actions. Four Days of Engagement and Cooperation with Major Stakeholders The period of four days (May 31-June 3) following the final preparatory meeting and before the official summit provides an unprecedented opportunity to engage sub-national governments, businesses and civil society on an equal footing. These sessions should be coordinated closely and in parallel with the official meeting; they should: ? Invite, regional, provincial, state, and local government officials, CEOs of major corporations, and civil society leaders to give presentations on sustainable development challenges and opportunities in their sectors ? Create the expectation for commitments from all major businesses and governments that are specific and meaningful, and complement or exceed national goals, and ? Produce a listing of major stakeholder commitments and is in parallel with the national registry above and could contribute to the global center. Proposed Rio+20 Earth Summit Deliverables A central goal of the 2012 Earth Summit should be to generate specific ?deliverables?. Each of these ?deliverables? should consist of: (1) specific, short-term commitments by countries, communities, corporations, and civil society groups; (2) commitments to work together where appropriate, including sharing technical assistance and coordinating actions; and (3) provisions for monitoring and reporting to ensure that the commitments are delivered on the ground. The zero draft document should include an initial compilation of such actions which should be developed, agreed to where appropriate by ?coalitions of willing?, and launched at Rio+20. BROAD POLICIES TO SUPPORT A GREEN ECONOMY Governments, corporations, and civil society should support laws and policies to speed the transition to a green economy ? defined by UNEP as ?low carbon, resource efficient and socially inclusive? - including: 1. Replace or supplement GDP and other traditional economic metrics with broader indicators, such as the UN System of Environmental and Economic Accounting. 2. Actively phase out environmentally-harmful subsidies, including fuel subsidies, following the binding commitments already made by G-20 countries. 3. Remove barriers to trade in environmental goods and services, as outlined in the WTO?s Doha Development Agenda. 4. Adopt the mitigation hierarchy in standard corporate and government operations, so that the environmental impacts of extractive industries and infrastructure activities are: (1) avoided, (2) minimized, or (3) offset by responsible parties. 5. Institute sustainable procurement standards, including ones encouraging the use of recycled products and renewable energy. 6. Implement aggressive and sustained green jobs policies, particularly those focused on youth. ENHANCED GOVERNANCE Governments should: 1. Establish a Global Center for Sustainability Actions to record, monitor and aggregate, encourage, and support all the various commitments on sustainability. 2. Negotiate regional treaties on Principle 10?s environmental access rights, including access to information and justice. 3. Take specific actions at the national and sub-national levels to increase access to information, public participation in decision-making, and access to justice. CLIMATE AND ENERGY While the climate change treaty negotiations will continue, governments, companies, and civil society groups should come to Rio prepared to take tangible steps towards greater deployment of low-carbon energy technologies; improved energy and water Efficiency; reduced deforestation emissions; reduced black carbon emissions; and the stimulation of low-carbon economies, such as: 1. Develop and enforce best practice and minimum performance energy and water standards for appliances and equipment and ensure an ongoing process to develop all cost effective standards by 2015 2. Phase out inefficient light bulbs through the establishment of minimum energy Efficiency standards that reduce energy use of new bulbs by at least 65% 3. Scale-up renewable energy use by countries undertaking specific policies and programs to speed up the deployment of clean energy in their country in order to more than triple the amount of wind, solar, geothermal, and tidal power that is used throughout the world. 4. Promote clean and efficient vehicles that will cut greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles by 30% by 2020 and by 50% by 2030, including policies, programs and standards adopted by individual countries that address sales and use of new, and where appropriate, imported and/or used vehicles. 5. Adopt low carbon fuel standards to avoid of the use of fuels with higher lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional petroleum. 6. Stimulate a market for clean cook stoves and invest in the efficient production of biomass fuels, with the goal of having clean and efficient stoves in 100 million homes by 2020 and thereby minimizing incidence of respiratory illnesses; deforestation; and destruction of local habitats 7. Replace polluting, inefficient, expensive, dangerous and unhealthy kerosene-based lighting with cleaner alternatives, such as solar lanterns. 8. Phase down HFCs and other ?super greenhouse gases? by governments adopting new commitments covering these super greenhouse gases under the Montreal Protocol and by companies agreeing to phase down their use in products that they produce, use, or sell. Develop programs and policies to recover CFCs and other super greenhouse gases from fridges, foams, electrical transformers, and other equipment from which they are leaking to the atmosphere. 9. Reduce deforestation emissions by key corporations committing to avoiding purchasing products that cause deforestation, such as soy or cattle from deforested lands in the Brazilian Amazon, palm oil from deforested agricultural land in Indonesia, or illegal wood and wood products throughout the world. More countries should also commit to adopt, implement, and enforce requirements that all imported wood and wood products come from legal sources. 10. Undertake large-scale, environmentally and socially responsible reforestation efforts 11. Strengthen and increase the use of green building technologies and standards by working with the new GLOBE Alliance 12. Phase out lending by public and private financial institutions for energy projects with high GHG emissions and scale-up the financing for renewable sources of energy (e.g., at multilateral development banks, export credit agencies, and other financial insitutations) 13. Commit to systematically evaluating, and where cost-effective, applying ecosystem-based approaches to adaptation (e.g., rehabilitating mangroves may be more cost-effective against storm surge than building a sea wall). 14. Create and enforce standards to reduce environmental risks associated with natural gas development, including the use of ?fracking? to access natural gas. 15. Promote the development of clean transportation fuels by adopting low carbon fuel standards and eliminating subsidies for fuels with higher lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions than conventional petroleum. OCEANS 1. Establish and monitor marine protected areas on the high seas and protect vulnerable marine ecosystems within national waters. 2. Integrate assessment and management of the various uses of ocean resources (wildlife migration routes, fishing grounds, fossil fuel operations, shipping lanes, etc) using marine spatial planning techniques. 3. Ensure that human activities with the potential to negatively affect marine life are subject to prior environmental assessment. 4. Reduce and control ocean noise pollution by incorporating noise into the design and management of marine protected areas and marine spatial plans, and by requiring use of best available noise-reduction technologies in commercial and industrial activities, including oil and gas exploration. 5. Reduce plastic pollution in the oceans, including by banning or taxing single-use plastics, supporting the use of recycled plastics in new products, and holding manufacturers responsible for plastics through their entire life cycle. 6. Stop ?ghost fishing? ? fishing gear lost or abandoned at sea that destroys fragile habitats and catches fish and mammals for decades after it is lost ? by improving fishing technologies and providing incentives to prevent loss of gear and return old fishing equipment to shore for recycling. 7. Establish an international monitoring network for ocean acidification to enable the identification of vulnerable regions and industries and to provide an early warning system for industries already experiencing harm. 8. Designate the high seas of the Central Arctic Ocean as a zone for international scientific cooperation, where extractive and polluting activities are suspended until we have a better understanding of the area and the potential effects of such activities. 9. End the harvest, sale and trade of shark fins. 10. Schedule, as a matter of urgency, an intergovernmental conference to address multiplying threats to ocean areas beyond the jurisdiction of individual nations. PUBLIC HEALTH ____________________________________________________________________ 1. Endorse the finalization of a global mercury treaty by February 2013 that will aggressively limit the global use and trade in mercury and reduce global mercury emissions. 2. To immediately reduce the global supply of mercury, ban the export of mercury from remaining large exporters in the developed world, and the primary mining of mercury for export, and secure the agreement by chlor-alkali and large mining companies not to place mercury into commerce and take responsibility for ensuring its safe management. 3. Create new partnerships around the responsible sourcing of raw materials for production and the regulation of specific harmful chemicals. 4. To reduce vehicle pollution in cities worldwide, reduce sulfur in the global gasoline and diesel fuel supply to 50 ppm by 2020, concurrent with the adoption of cleaner vehicle emission technologies and standards. WATER 1. Develop an independent certification system for the sustainability of public and private sector water use. 2. Adopt action plans for sustainable financing of equitable water supply services and watershed protection based on reviews of charging structures for all categories of water use, as well as strategic financial planning, tariffs, taxes and transfers. 3. Establish policies to provide rivers with the quantity, quality, and timing of flow they need to sustain life within them. About NRDC NRDC is a non-profit environmental advocacy organization headquartered in the United States with more than 1.3 million members and e-activists. With a staff of more than 400 people, NRDC addresses the broad range of pressing environmental challenges, including climate change and energy, oceans, toxics, wilderness and wildlife, and sustainable communities. We have five offices in the United States and one in Beijing, China. Over the last four decades, our staff attorneys, scientists, and other resource specialists have advocated and cooperated with the U.S. and other governments, international agencies, corporations, and other NGOs to produce major policy changes and progress in many arenas. NRDC has a long history of international involvement. In addition to our office in China, we have an initiative on India and significant engagement on key issues in Canada, Mexico and elsewhere. Over the years, we have been very active on ozone layer protection, climate change, international toxics, and selected biodiversity matters. NRDC has had a particular interest in international sustainability summitry. NRDC was one of the few American environmental groups that participated in the 1972 UN Conference on the Human Environment. We were very active in the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development in Rio de Janeiro. (?Earth Summit?) NRDC created ?Earth Summit Watch? to monitor the implementation of commitments made in Rio. In 1993 and 1994, we undertook unprecedented surveys of national sustainability actions. Our 1994 report contributed to the start of an informal global network which made major progress over the several years towards the global phase out of leaded gasoline. NRDC also participated in the 2002 World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg. NRDC was and continues to be a proponent of the ?partnership and initiative? approach as a vehicle for delivering on sustainability commitments. For the last decade, we have been actively involved in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles which has now achieved success with the removal of virtually all lead from the world?s gasoline supply. For almost two years, we have been working with other civil society organizations in the U.S. and worldwide on preparations for the Rio+20 Earth Summit. NRDC?s Director for Global Strategy and Advocacy S. Jacob Scherr is leading NRDC?s ?Race to Rio? campaign. In launching the campaign last June, NRDC President Frances Beinecke wrote that its main purpose is ?to encourage leaders from all sectors and levels of society?government officials, CEOs, mayors, activists?to come to Rio to talk about what they are doing now to address the huge challenges we face. ? NRDC staffers from across the organization are involved in NRDC?s preparations for Rio+20, including the development of this document. Special thanks for their contributions so far to my colleagues Michael Davidson, Jake Schmidt, Leila Monroe, and Lisa Speer. We also want to acknowledge the research assistance of our graduate student team at Yale University.


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did u see what soulja boy said about you in that article? it said somthing like this "i dont want to be super lupe fiasco lyrical and niggas dont know what the fuck im talking about"
who's gonna be on F&L2 as far as producers & features go? & do you ever see yourself working with other politically motivated artist such as Immortal Technique?
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"The guy with the ladder". - lent it out to two different neighbors in a 3 day time frame
What sentence sums up how you truly think your neighbors view you, not how you want them tol
My roommates and I, the youngins'
The Official Paul Rhode's Salt Truck Driver.
I've only been in the neighborhood less than two months, and at this point I'm pretty sure I would be "the guy that is always complaining about everyone else's dogs".
Changing mine to "the stay at home dad"
I have an office but spend over half my time working from home. Had another guy move to the neighborhood and my next door neighbor tells me "he's a stay at home dad like you"
Funny part is I know what my neighbor does and I'm pretty sure I make probably twice as much as he does. WHen the new year hit I started working out at 445 am and get home around 545-6. After a couple weeks of that he asked if I started working overnights to help make ends meet. Appreciate his concern anyway and I'm pretty sure the neighborhood is safe with him around.
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Exaggeration is a BILLION times worse than understating.
The house with 4 non married guys that like to have people over to drink, listen to music, and play yard games.
Our "neighbors" don't know me very much. Hubby, on the other hand, they know well. Private gravel lane with six houses...he does all the plowing & maintaining with his bobcat, has a huge shop with all kinds of hand, table & pneumatic tools. The hose for the air compressor hangs outside the shop, available for others to use.
I'd say they think of us (really, him) as the people to go to when they need to borrow a tool or need help with heavy lifting.
Guy always washing his car and has no kids. Wife we rarely see outside.
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Guy always washing his car and has no kids. Wife we rarely see outside.
That part made me laugh for some reason
ABC - Always Be Closing
"That damn Iowa State fan"
Good times on Hawkeyenation.com after the 2010 Wisconsin Game!
I never really thought about what the neighbors saw until a neighbor asked me about every women I had over and other fairly detailed events. It was pretty obvious he was keeping an eye on the place. That family moved and I'm pretty happy they're gone.
I probably walk nude in front of the windows too often. It's very possible I'm the Naked Guy.
People who always wear Iowa State stuff.
Then again we never see our neighbors so who knows what they think of us.
The restraining order guy
Loud on the weekend sketchy kids. Even though only one of us is he gives the rest of us a bad rap.
Too new to the neighborhood to know, but I'll assume 'that really super ridiculously good looking family'.
Iowa State became the Cyclones after they leveled Northwestern in 1895. As the Chicago Tribune (9/29/1895) noted:
'Struck by a Cyclone
It Comes from Iowa and Devastates Evanston Town'
Loud, crazy people that let their kids run wild.
Go Clones!!!
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The following article from the Houston Press titled "Country Club Sopranos" is the most comprehensive rundown I have seen of all the various frauds committed by large banks since we bailed them out. What I find particularly infuriating is that the banks seem to really like ripping off members of the armed forces. Veterans pay close attention. The biggest threat to America does not reside outside our borders, but from within. This is a very powerful article and I think could be quite effective in waking up some sheeple so please pass it along. Here are some of my favorite passages:
But despite a colossal civil-rights fraud perpetrated against 30,000 customers, the settlement amounted to just .011 percent of the San Francisco bank's annual income. It was like forcing a $30,000-a-year working stiff to pay a $240 fine.
These were just the opening salvos of the assault. Bank of America was caught illegally foreclosing on the homes of active-duty soldiers.
But not a single boss went to jail. Some firms settled for just a fraction of what they'd stolen. Most have never admitted wrongdoing. And in the ethics-optional land known as Wall Street, many saw their stock prices rise.
"Unquestionably, that's true," says Notre Dame law professor G. Robert Blakey, whose career prosecuting organized crime runs all the way back to the Kennedy administration. "I was looking at stuff on Mulberry Street, and the real theft was on Wall Street…All of the people who ran the scams have their big houses and their airplanes, and they're laughing — they got away with it."
"My biggest mistake in life was that I committed my crimes in the 1980s," he says. "If I committed them today, I wouldn't even get house arrest. I'd just hire a good lawyer and pay a fine and I'd be free."
It began the year before, when Dimon's bank paid a $27 million settlement for systematically screwing 6,000 active-duty soldiers. JP Morgan was caught overcharging on interest rates and illegally foreclosing on the soldiers' homes. (The bank did not respond to interview requests.)
But when he appointed Eric Holder attorney general, it was like making John Dillinger's lawyer head of the FBI bank-robbery unit. Holder, a former Wall Street defense attorney, would ramp up big-dollar settlements. But criminal charges quietly sputtered to a trickle.
"Retired criminal" Sam Antar, who now trains the IRS and FBI how to bust corporate looters: "It's almost like stealing a billion dollars with a pencil is not as bad. You have a lesser chance of going to jail than if you mug somebody on the streets of New York."
So bad has the leniency become that the feds are allowing bankers to keep much of what they steal. Ask Morgan Stanley.
In August, it settled with the Justice Department over its role in fixing New York City's electricity rates. The bank played middleman in a deal between two energy providers, KeySpan and Astoria Generating, which then colluded to withhold electricity from the market, artificially driving up prices and costing consumers an estimated $300 million.
Morgan Stanley was paid $21 million for arranging the scheme. But the ever-generous Holder let the bank settle for $4.8 million.
It marked a stunning new low in federal prosecutions, akin to forcing a bank robber to return just $2,500 after stealing $10,000. With no jail time, of course.
Morgan Stanley offers little defense for its actions. "We will decline comment," says spokeswoman Mary Claire Delaney. But New York state senator Michael Gianaris will happily fill that silence.
"It's a good business deal for Morgan Stanley," he says. "They could break the law and get away with almost $17 million in profits for it, so why not do it again? If they get caught — and that's a big if — they still get 70 percent of the profits."
Peter Vallone Jr., a Queens councilman and former prosecutor, has never seen such tender handling of criminals.
I was a prosecutor for six years, and I've never seen someone being fined less than they made."
In less than two years, Bank of America had chalked up six major fraud cases. But there was no talk of three strikes. No indictments for racketeering. Not one executive charged with a crime.
Now here is my favorite one:
A month later, ING paid a $619 million settlement for violating international sanctions and anti-terrorist laws. It spent a decade providing "state sponsors of terror and other sanctioned entities with access to the U.S. financial system," Assistant Attorney General Lisa Monaco said at the time.
So the American people have sacrificed the Bill of Rights and all civil liberties to fight the phony "war on terror," yet banks pay a settlement for aiding "terrorists." What do you think would happen to you if you were caught doing that? A cell in Guantanamo? A drone missile to the head?
Full article here.
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To paraphrase an old saying, "It takes a village to make our youth employable and our County competitive." In this case, it's a network of Baltimore County youth service providers who meet on an annual basis to learn best practices for engaging, motivating and training youth who have been unsuccessful in school. Over the last 11 years, under the guidance of the Baltimore County Workforce Development Council and the Youth Council, the Division of Workforce Development, Youth Services, has sponsored an annual youth symposium to support the local network of youth service providers. This event offers the opportunity for providers to learn intervention strategies that help young people succeed in the mainstream. The overall objective is to ensure that every at-risk youth in Baltimore County has access to quality services and resources.
This year's theme, Building Bridges…Shaping Futures focused on obstacles that prevent young people from achieving their educational and career goals. The Randallstown High School Navy ROTC kicked off the event followed by opening remarks from Baltimore County Executive Kevin Kamenetz. Dr. S. Dallas Dance, Baltimore County Public Schools Superintendent spoke about what youth need early in life to be successful. WBAL sportscaster Keith Mills shared his story of the obstacles he had to overcome in his career.
More than 250 area professionals attended workshops designed to provide real solutions to the day-to-day challenges faced by at-risk youth. Participants came from state and local government including Baltimore County Public Schools, the Community College of Baltimore County, the Baltimore County Department of Social Services, as well as private, nonprofit and community-based organizations. This network of providers is committed to assisting youth with obtaining a high school diploma or GED, developing occupational skills and securing employment, training or post-secondary education.
Baltimore County's network of providers is available to young people and their families to help them achieve academically and to become employable. For more information visit www.baltimorecountymd.gov/agencies/jobtraining
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Haupt, a double major in History and Art History, was a curatorial intern in the department of Space History at the National Air and Space Museum in D.C. when she became intrigued by the paintings and other works produced for the art program. She decided to delve into the story behind the program as an independent research project.
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Chavez was recently chosen as one of four summer interns from across the country with the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. She's also the recipient of a Griswold-Zepp Award from McDaniel to fund her Leadership Day for rising at-risk sixth graders from the Culmore neighborhood in her hometown of Falls Church, Va. Read the full story »


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To pray you open your whole self
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