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General Motors' mass recalls have dominated this week's headlines, sparked a federal inquiry and rattled drivers across the U.S.
Here are five key questions -- and answers -- that will cover the major developments this week in Washington, Detroit and elsewhere.
1) Where do the recalls stand now? So far this year, GM has recalled nearly 7 million vehicles worldwide, from small cars to large SUVs. The reasons behind the recalls are faulty ignition switches, as well as problems with airbags, brakes, power steering and more.
Is your car on the list? See this handy graphic from The Wall Street Journal.
2) Why is Congress involved? The most serious part of the recalls is the faulty ignition switch, a defect that's been linked to at least 13 deaths. And now that it's come to light, dozens more families are questioning whether the crashes that killed their loved ones were linked to the bad switch, including one in Alabama.
Congress is investigating GM's delay of the recall for years after it knew of the problem, with Mary Barra, the company's CEO, testifying before a U.S. Senate panel this week.
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's role in the case also is under scrutiny. The switch recall covers about 2.6 million small cars.
3) What are some of the key revelations of the testimony? On Wednesday, one senator said GM had a "culture of coverup" and another said it may face criminal liability, Bloomberg reported.
The hearings also have revealed that the fix for the defective switch would have cost just 57 cents, according to the Associated Press.
4) How have consumers responded? So far, it appears the recalls haven't hurt GM's sales. On Tuesday, the automaker said its U.S. sales in March rose 4 percent from a year ago, beating expectations.
However, Reuters reports that dealers are hearing from an increasing number of drivers who are worried about the safety of GM vehicles.
5) Should you worry? GM's switch recall prompted an overall safety review that led to others, many of which were ultra-cautious, said Karl Brauer, senior analyst for Kelley Blue Book.
While they're all worth being aware of and following through with any recommended fixes, the likelihood of any one person's car being affected is small, he said.
The fatalities tied to the switch recall have created a heightened awareness for GM and other automakers. It's similar to the months following Toyota's mass recalls for unintended acceleration several years ago.
That problem also was linked to a number of deaths, and last month, Toyota agreed to pay $1.2 billion to settle a federal criminal probe related to the matter.
"We're in a circumstance now, much like we were in the fallout of Toyota," Brauer said. "Automakers are saying, 'if there's anything we can possibly be recalling that's going to save us from that, let's do it.'"
"All of that is much worse than just doing a recall, so we're seeing a higher incidence for those reasons."


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As intelligent college students in an ever-expanding world, it is crucial we take advantage of the resources that the International Programs Office (iPo) at the University of Massachusetts hands us. With an informative website, a helpful and friendly office, and a selection of hundreds of education abroad programs, any student can be paired with a program which suits their academic, financial and social needs best.
Programs found with the help of iPo cover every hospitable country on the globe (consider the 98% ice-covered Antarctica as inhospitable). UMass itself offers over 70 direct enrollment options, applied to through iPo, which allow students to pay fees through the University of Massachusetts financial system. Study abroad advisor and chemical engineer major Justine Belisle studied in Valencia, Spain for one semester through direct enrollment. She found the program to be rewarding and affordable, and mentioned all scholarships and financial aid from UMass can be applied to these types of programs.
If your ideal choice of a study abroad location isn't offered as a direct enrollment option, numerous other partner programs can be found through iPo. Psychology major and study abroad advisor Kelly O'Connell, found her education abroad destination in Perugia, Italy through the program CIS. These types of programs are in no way connected to UMass and are applied to through a separate series of steps. Imagine applying to college again, although not all programs request essays or letters of recommendation. Deadlines vary depending on the type of program, but generally fall in October for a spring semester abroad and March for a fall semester. Although partner programs are known to be more expensive than direct enrollment, O'Connell described her experience as "completely worth the money." Many students find an advantage in partner programs because day/weekend trips to other locations in the country of choice are often offered and they're covered in the quoted tuition.
There are a lot of steps involved in making the decision to study abroad, and it is not a choice made overnight. It's mentally challenging to think of a life with friends and family thousands of miles away and intimidating to think of how different another country could be compared to one you're used to. Questions come up like: Is my major offered at a location abroad? Can I afford to spend the semester somewhere else? Will I be able to survive if I don't speak the language?
Before you tackle these questions, it's important to take the first step and entirely dedicate yourself to finding a place to study abroad. The iPo website describes the study abroad experience as, "what is guaranteed to become a life-altering, eye-opening, character-shaping, knowledge-and-insight-deepening, fun and exciting, unforgettable adventure." The opportunity to live and study in another culture isn't offered at many points in life. As college students, we should all take advantage of this chance now.
One important thing to remember, O'Connell mentioned, is studying abroad is "living somewhere, not a vacation". It is a commitment, both to education and to a different environment. It is making the choice to accept other cultures, and live among them to the best of your ability. O'Connell said, "[The experience] is a challenge, but its such a rewarding challenge." Are you ready to challenge yourself?


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If your civic duty is a bitter pill to swallow, it's about to go down a little easier in Orleans Parish. Jury service at the criminal courthouse will become half as onerous starting this week, when the court shifts to a lighter load for prospective jurors.
For the first time since Hurricane Katrina, jurors will be asked to serve for half a month at a time, instead of a full month, said Robert Kazik, the court's judicial administrator.
The shift, Kazik said, comes in response to complaints among prospective jurors that sitting at Tulane and Broad for eight days a month can resemble cruel and unusual punishment.
"It's a hardship," Kazik said. "The jury commissioners get a lot of complaints down there."
The change "brings more fresh people in," Kazik said. He added that jurors too often give excuses to get out of jury duty, particularly late in the month.
Jurors still will be asked to carve out two days a week to serve on one of two panels: Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays. Those who are picked for juries may serve longer for trials that run more than several days.
The court also is reducing the monthly jury pool from 650 to 500, reflecting a decline in jury trials. Jury trials for 2012 have fallen by more than a third, after District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro eased off his highly public challenge last year for the 12 criminal court judges to pick up the pace.
The reduction is the first in the jury pool in years. The monthly jury pool stood at 370 from 2005 to 2010, then rose to a high of 650 last year.
Jury pools are culled each month from a pool of 4,000 citizens who are mailed notices based on voter rolls and drivers' records.
Kazik said the court also is installing more work tables in a redesign of the basement rooms that house jurors until they are called into a courtroom.


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LEBANON TWP. — Chris Thompson of Voorhees High always has had the talent and passion to accomplish big things as a distance runner. He just needed those two ingredients to blend together to produce the big breakout race he'd been waiting for.
That happened on the final day of May last spring when Thompson, a sophomore at the time, recorded a personal best as he finished fourth in the 1600 meters at the Group 2 state meet in 4:19.90 to qualify for the NJSIAA Meet of Champions. The 4:19.9 was more than four seconds better than Thompson's previous best.
''After running pretty well my freshman year, and then most of my sophomore year, I really hit my stride in spring track,'' said Thompson. "I began throwing down times I hadn't anticipated and it caught me by surprise. I can confidently say my breakout race was the Group 2 1600.
"I'd been looking forward to that race for a long time. I knew I could move on (to the M of C), but coming in fourth and breaking 4:20 as a sophomore was really special. After that race I began to realize the potential I had to do some big things.''
Thompson has carried his new confidence into the cross-country season this fall.
After opening the season with a fourth-place finish in 16:34.46 at the Randolph Invitational on Sept. 7 over the 3.1-mile layout at Freedom Park, Thompson followed with the first major victory of his career when he ran 17:16 on the 3.3-mile course at Lincoln Park in Jersey City a week later to lead VHS to the team title at the St. Dominic Invitational.
''My summer training was by far the best it's been,'' he said. ''The past few years I made the simple mistake of just running during the summer, rather than actually training. After a solid track season, Coach (Bob) Carroll made it clear he wanted us working hard.
"I went to a few running camps (including the Bennett Camp with the team) and trained with a lot of talented runners. We've been doing consistent Sunday long runs and factoring in a few double runs here and there. This training has really helped me feel strong this year. My legs would always be tired during the season last year. This year, my legs feel strong and that helps tremendously.''
The key to Thompson's success stems from his passion and dedication.
''I pride myself in working harder than anyone else,'' he said. ''I feel like in order to be successful in running, you must use every advantage he or she can get. If that means begging to run extra reps or squeezing in a few extra miles, I'm doing it. The idea of being the best at something is what I strive for. I know I need to run well for my team, and that really motivates me to work hard and set a good example for the younger guys. I never want to let my team down.''
Thompson has set lofty goals for himself.
''I hope to run towards the front of every race I'm in,'' he said. ''Realistically, I hope to win many more races and I think I'm capable of it. As for times, I'm looking to break 16 at some point, and I also plan on running under 16:10 at Holmdel. Most importantly, I want to try to stay healthy and place really well regardless of what time I run.''
As for his team, Thompson sees the potential for a great season on the trails for the Vikings.
''This year our team has some high expectations,'' he said. ''We worked really hard this summer, together as a team. I can honestly call the team my second family. We all get along really well and have similar team goals. We want to win our section (North Jersey Section 2 Group 3). We'd also like to move on to M of Cs and hopefully have a shot at the Group 3 state title.''
Thompson credits former teammates Harrison Brakewood and Bhavin Gala with fueling his competitive fire and showing him how to embrace distance running. Thompson was a freshman when those seniors were at the front of a Voorhees pack that won the North Jersey Section 2 Group 2 title in 2011.
''Bhavin was the kind of runner who taught me to have fun with all of it," Thompson said. "Through all the ups and downs of a season, Bhavin always made it clear we were doing the sport for fun, and that sometimes we needed to sit back and relax a little.
"He always had a way to make a terrible workout funny. Harry is the kind of guy who can make an immediate impression on you. His confidence on and off the trails tends to rub off on anyone he's with. As great a runner as he is, he goes out of his way to make sure others are doing well.''
What is it about running that makes it so appealing and enjoyable to Thompson?
''The simplicity of it,'' he said. ''Other sports require complicated plays or an endless arsenal of skill moves. With running, one foot is placed in front of the other, and it comes down to who can do that simple motion the smoothest and fastest. Also, in the most normal way possible, I love the pain of running really hard. The feeling of accomplishment after laying it all out there on the trails or track is unlike anything else I know.''
Next up for Thompson and his teammates is the Stewart Memorial Invitational on Saturday at Warinanco Park in Elizabeth, the same course Voorhees will run on at the North Jersey Section 2 meet Nov. 9.
''This Saturday it's most important for us to keep the fire we started going,'' said Thompson. ''We've all been running really well, and we need to keep that momentum moving forward. I'd like to win the race, and I know my teammate Nick Raefski plans to be real close behind. All of our top seven should hopefully remain pretty close together. Coach Carroll has really been stressing that we stay in a tight pack.''


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Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and Rep. Cedric Richmond, D-New Orleans, participated in a salute to young entrepreneurs on Capitol Hill this week, with both lawmakers saying that entrepreneurship is critical to the rebuilding of New Orleans.
"My hometown was virtually destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. The French Quarter was saved and most of the business district -- the parts that the French and Spanish built were fine, it was the part the Americans built that went underwater," Landrieu said. "Nevertheless, we're rebuilding the city.
"(Idea Village CEO) Tim Williamson and my brother, Mitch, who's the mayor, are literally rebuilding it entrepreneur by entrepreneur by entrepreneur and in 10 years we'll look back and see an extraordinary effort going on in New Orleans."
"For young entrepreneurs, we're the city to be in," said Richmond.
Landrieu said the importance of entrepreneurship in the face of the automating of whole classes of jobs was further driven home to her when she recently checked into a hotel in Denver "without speaking to a person. I was at a kiosk. I put in my credit card, they gave me a room key, it was very boring actually. I didn't know what to say. I've never gone into a hotel where I haven't had someone say, 'Welcome, Ms. Landrieu, glad you're here.' I went to my room and thought, 'This is a brand new world.' "
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Huntsville, Ala. - Maynard, Cooper & Gale, P.C. was the presenting sponsor of the 2012 Export Control Update Conference hosted by the North Alabama International Trade Association ("NAITA") in Huntsville, Alabama from October 15-16, 2012. Focusing on compliance challenges and export control reform, the two-day conference featured speakers from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, and Defense, NASA, Customs and Border Protection, the University of Alabama at Huntsville, Virginia Tech, and Northrop Grumman Corporation. Alan F. Enslen, a shareholder at Maynard Cooper, helped organize the event and moderated several of the program's panel discussions. The conference was attended by over one hundred representatives from companies engaged in the export of goods, services, and technology to overseas destinations.
NAITA is a non-profit organization based in Huntsville that is committed to increasing knowledge, interest, and activity in international trade in North Alabama. NAITA is a key regional resource for international trade development, and promotes economic growth through international trade education, training, and networking.
Maynard Cooper possesses a robust international trade legal practice, and is proud to be a sustaining member of NAITA. The Firm's International Trade Group advises and assists clients from both defense and non-defense sectors in complying with the laws and regulations applicable to their particular business objectives. The firm's attorneys help clients navigate the full-spectrum of international trade regulation and anti-corruption compliance- from pre-transaction due diligence and the design of comprehensive trade compliance plans, through product classification/jurisdiction, licensing, and technology exchanges, to audits, investigations, and defense of potential violations of applicable trade laws/regulations. In addition, several of the attorneys practicing in this group are current or former military officers or government attorneys, which brings a unique perspective and breadth of experience to clients in the defense industry. For more information about Maynard Cooper's international trade practice, please contact Alan F. Enslen at (205) 254-1095 or Bryan A. Coleman at (205) 254-1192.
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The Prefecture Apostolic of the Delta of the Nile is situated in the north of Egypt and comprises four of the six provinces forming Lower Egypt, namely: Gharbieh, Charkieb, Menufieh, and Kalyiubieh. Prior to the establishment of the prefecture, the four provinces contained 1000 Catholics belonging to different rites. The prefecture was erected by Propaganda, 17 March, 1887. In 1888 the Rev. Augustin Duret of the Lyons Society for African Missions was appointed first prefect Apostolic and the prefecture confided to the care of this society. It had at first only two missionary posts, one at Tantah and the other at Zagazig, but a new post was founded at Zifteh in 1887 and another at Mahalla-el-Kebir in 1891. About this time the city of Cairo, which had already outgrown its former limits, developed considerably on the north, and populous quarters grew up within the Prefecture of the Delta. For the convenience of resident Catholics a Latin parish was formed in the Choubra quarter in 1894 and given to the Fathers of the Society for African Missions; in 1896 another Latin parish under the same direction was established at Zeïtoun for the outlying districts of Koubbeh, Zeïtoun, and Matarieh.
The last official census (1897) gave for the four provinces of the Delta a total population of 3,282,457; 73,365 being schismatics of different rites ; 3091 Catholics of various rites ; and 241 Protestants. These figures do not distinguish the population of the quarters or outskirts from that of Cairo; on the basis of other returns, the total population of the prefecture may be estimated at about 3,500,000; 100,000 of this number being schismatics and 15,000 Catholics of various rites ; over 5000, perhaps, belonging to the Latin Rite .Clergy and Religious
Priests of the African Missions, 49; Jesuits, 47; Brothers of the Christian Schools, 17; Petits Fréres de Marie, 8; Sisters of Notre-Dame des Apôtres, 92; Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Angers, 77; Ladies of the Sacred Heart , 34; Religious of Marie Réparatrice, 14; Filles de la Charité, 14; Filles de Notre-Dame des Douleurs, 9; Pieuses Mères de la Nigritie, 16.Parishes
There are 4 Latin parishes : at Choubra (Cairo quarter), Zeïtoun (suburb of Cairo), Tantah, and Zagazig; 2 succursal parishes (mission churches): at Mahalla-el-Kebir, and Zifteh.Educational Institutions
1 Jesuit college with 450 pupils; 3 schools conducted by the Priests of the African Missions; at Tantah (231), Zeïtoun (75), and Zifteh (50); 2 Christian Brothers' schools at Choubra (250), and Zagazig (50); the Sisters of Notre-Dame des Apôtres have 6 institutions: at Tantah (249), Zagazig (150), Zeïtoun (110), Zifteh (100), Mahalla (80), and Matarieh (38); 1 boarding-school conducted by the Ladies of the Sacred Heart (60); and 1 institution of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Angers (220), making a total of 2113 pupils.Charitable Institutions
3 hospitals : 1 conducted by the Filles de la Charité, and 2 by the Pieuses Mères de la Nigritie (150 to 200 sick); 2 orphanages : 1 for boys, conducted by the Filles de la Charité (60 orphans ), and 1 for girls by the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Angers (78 orphans ); 5 dispensaries in charge of the Sisters of Notre-Dame des Apôtres, where several hundreds of sick daily receive gratuitous treatment; I home for the aged conducted by the Filles de Notre-Dame des Douleurs where from 50 to 60 inmates, both men and women, are cared for gratuitously; 1 house of refuge in charge of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd of Angers.
The Prefecture of the Delta owes its development chiefly to the prodigious growth of the city of Cairo which, in extending its limits, had to stretch out upon prefectorial territory. Here, as in all cosmopolitan and growing centres, the missionaries have found their chief obstacle in religious indifference .
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HAMMOND - The Southeastern Louisiana women's soccer team will open the 2009 season on Friday, hosting Southern at 4:30 p.m. at the Southeastern Louisiana Soccer Complex.
The Lady Lions head into Friday's season opener with a strong mix of experienced veterans and talented newcomers. Southeastern returns seven starters from last season's team that finished 11-6-2 overall and advanced to the Southland Conference Tournament semifinals. In addition, Southeastern brings in its largest freshman class in recent years, as the 2009 roster features 10 student-athletes slated to make their collegiate debuts on Friday.
Offensively, Southeastern returns several key performers from a team that led the Southland Conference with 48 goals a season ago. Junior midfielder and first team preseason All-Southland selection Natalie Santana is the team's leading returning scorer after finishing with four goals and a league-high eight assists in 2008.
A pair of second team preseason All-Southland selections - seniors Dana Mayer (six goals in 2008) and Jenna Oney (2008 Southland Conference Newcomer of the Year) - will also bolster the offense. Senior Candice Wallace, who tied with Santana for the conference assists lead last year, returns for her final year as one of the school's career leaders in goals, assists and points.
The majority of the defensive backfield is back for the Lady Lions returns after tying a Southland single-season record with 13 goals allowed in 2008. Two-year starters Nicole Brannigan and Brittany Prieto, along with versatile sophomore Kyle MacIntosh figure to anchor the Lady Lion side of the field.
Southeastern will also feature one of the league's premier net minders in sophomore goalkeeper Lacey Bockhaus. As a true freshman, the San Lorenzo, Calif. native tied a league record with a 0.67 goals against average and posted a Southland-best nine shutouts.
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Southeastern is 5-0 all-time versus Southern. Last season, the Lady Lions traveled to Baton Rouge and picked up a 10-0 win over the Lady Jaguars. In the five meetings, Southeastern has outscored Southern by a score of 34-0.
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Portland is rarely at the center of international intrigue.
Sure, meth cooks sometimes ship their product here from Mexico. And recently, news reports suggested links between the Kremlin and a Russian company that wants to buy Oregon Steel.
But as a general matter, being 104 miles up the Columbia from the Pacific and sandwiched between port cities like Seattle and San Francisco means Portland is usually an afterthought for players on the international stage.
Which is one reason a case of alleged money laundering and smuggling that concluded here recently is a puzzler.
The other reason is that the central figure in the probe is a Harvard-educated Nigerian immigrant who holds a senior position at Portland General Electric.
Loretta Mabinton, 46, is an assistant general counsel for Oregon's largest utility. Mabinton has worked on issues ranging from PGE's dealings with the Bonneville Power Administration to its attempted acquisition by the Texas Pacific Group.
But Mabinton's story is not a tale of kilowatts and arcane regulatory proceedings. Rather, it features a presidential jet, the United Nations, an exotic car, a shopping bag full of smuggled cash, and ties to the highest levels of an African regime that many consider one of the world's most corrupt.
Three years ago, federal agents began putting together a case against Mabinton and an associate that they said involved "bulk cash smuggling, violations of currency and monetary instrument reporting requirements, currency transaction report requirements, and money laundering."
If proven in court, the offenses could have constituted felonies—and Mabinton has admitted she had done some of what investigators claimed.
Nonetheless, the feds' case fizzled out in mid-October with a modest financial settlement of $26,000. No criminal charges were ever filed.
"This was a very unusual case for us," says Leslie Westphal, an assistant U.S. attorney for Oregon. "We don't get many money-smuggling cases in Portland, and this is the only one to my knowledge that involves Nigerians."
While Mabinton's case has not previously been reported in the American press, Nigerian publications have plastered it across their front pages.
Veteran Nigerian political observers speculate that Mabinton's activities are part of a far larger web of corruption and wonder whether Nigeria's strategic importance to the U.S. undercut the federal investigation into her activities.
"I suspect that the Nigerian president must have pulled political strings or threatened reprisals to shut the investigation down," says Okey Ndibe, a columnist for The Guardian, a leading Nigerian newspaper.
Court records and the affidavit of Guy Gino, a Portland-based special agent of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Bureau, lay out a story that reads like a screenplay.
Gino, 33, has been a federal agent for 10 years. He declined to comment for this article, as did a spokesperson for ICE, which was formed in 2003 from the merger of the law-enforcement functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs. But a 21-page affidavit Gino wrote in December 2005, two years after the Mabinton investigation began, provides abundant background.
In his affidavit, Gino says he first learned of Mabinton's case from federal agents in Seattle, who wondered why a Portland-area woman would be shipping goods to Nigeria through Seattle but filling out the paperwork in San Francisco.
Before long, Gino was on a trail that would point right to the top of the Nigerian government.
The story begins with a flight from Africa to the East Coast of the United States. On Sept. 20, 2003, Nigerian leader Olusegun Obasanjo flew to New York on his presidential jet for a meeting at the United Nations.
Obasanjo may not be a household name in Oregon, but as the president of Africa's leading oil producer—Nigeria produces about 2.5 million barrels per day—and most populous country, he's an important U.S. ally.
From a strategic perspective, Nigeria provides a crucial alternative to Middle Eastern oil and sends a million barrels of crude a day to this country, about 10 percent of U.S. imports.
Among those accompanying Obasanjo on his New York trip was Emmanuel "Andy" Uba, a "senior special assistant" to the president.
People familiar with Nigerian politics say Uba is the president's right-hand man.
"The guy has been Obasanjo's Karl Rove," says Bolaji Aluko, professor at Howard University and leader of the Nigerian Democratic Movement, a watchdog group. "He has both political and family connections to the president."
"People who wanted to see the president had to go through Uba. He was the gatekeeper," adds Ndibe, the Guardian columnist. "Uba has been the closest, most trusted aide to the president."
Uba, whose U.S. attorney did not return WW's call, recently resigned as a presidential adviser. He is currently running, with Obasanjo's backing, for governor of Anambra, one of Nigeria's 36 states.
Uba, it turns out, is also a very close friend of Mabinton's. In fact, she would tell a U.S. Secret Service agent that Uba was "her fiancÉ."
Two days after Obsanjo and Uba arrived on the United Nations trip, according to Gino's affidavit, Mabinton flew from Portland to New York. She met Uba at the United Nations Plaza Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
Mabinton, who did not respond to calls and emails seeking comment, has an intriguing background. The niece of a former administrator of a large Nigerian state, according to Ndibe, she attended the University of Ife in Nigeria and earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1986.
For a dozen years, Mabinton worked for Union Oil of California as group counsel. She later served as associate general counsel for Homebase Inc. in Irvine, Calif.
Mabinton, who is a naturalized U.S. citizen, moved to Oregon and joined PGE in 2001. A single mother of one adolescent son, she serves on the board of the Dougy Center, a Portland nonprofit that provides counseling to the families of children who have died.
Mabinton lives on a Lake Oswego cul-de-sac in a five-bedroom home she bought in 2001 for $320,000.
Although there aren't many 5-foot-10-inch black women with Nigerian accents living in the city some have called "Lake No Negro," Mabinton keeps a low profile. The only deviation from her corporate-lawyer persona is the vanity plate on her 1996 Toyota Land Cruiser, which reads "MamaEJ."
People on the Dougy Center board speak highly of her.
"She's a good listener and, from what I've seen, a loving mom," says Tim O'Brien, a real-estate executive who serves with Mabinton.
"She seems like a very nice lady and makes good suggestions at our board meetings," says Coni Rathbone, a lawyer and fellow board member.
It's not clear what took place at the meeting between Uba and Mabinton at the U.N. Plaza Hotel. But when she left the hotel, she later told investigators, she was carrying $170,000 in U.S. currency that Uba had given her.
That's a fair sum in this country, but in Nigerian terms, it's a lot of money: According to the World Bank's 2006 Fact Book, about 70 percent of Nigerians lived on less than $1 per day in 2003, the most recent survey year.
On Sept. 23, 2003, after arriving back in Portland, Mabinton set $10,000 of the cash aside and put $160,000 in a purple plastic shopping bag, according to Gino's affidavit.
She then took the shopping bag to the Electra Central Credit Union at 3717 SE 17th Ave., in Milwaukie, where she had an existing account. (Electra is now part of Advantis Credit Union.)
Federal law requires that depository institutions such as banks and credit unions report all cash transactions of $10,000 or more to the IRS within 15 days of the transaction. (It is unclear whether the credit union did so.)
Even if Mabinton had wanted to avoid such attention, it would have been difficult, because not only was the purple bag of cash she carried unusual, so was the money itself.
Each of the 1,600 $100 bills was stamped with the words "AL GULAM." (Those two words appear to have been stamped on the bills by a Nigerian money changer. In his affidavit, Gino explained that "money exchange businesses in foreign countries will place a stamp on United States Currency in order to 'guarantee' that the bills are not counterfeit.")
After making her deposit, Mabinton did not allow the money much time to earn interest.
Two weeks earlier, on Sept. 10, she had gone to Rasmussen Mercedes-Benz on Southwest Naito Parkway, where she put down a $5,000 deposit on a brand-new, fully loaded black Mercedes SL500. The two-door convertible then retailed for about $97,000.
Mabinton told a salesperson "the car was a 'birthday present' for her boyfriend and that she was going to ship it to Nigeria."
The day after she deposited the $160,000, Mabinton returned to the credit union to obtain a cashier's check for the balance of what was owed on the Mercedes.
There was a hitch, however. The credit-union clerk who assisted her needed a vice president's approval to prepare the check and none was available.
Agitated, according to Gino's affidavit, Mabinton left the premises but immediately demanded her money in a written message to the credit union's vice president.
"I risk losing a car that is hard to find," she wrote. "This car has to be in Nigeria no later than December 1, 2003. The transportation time is between 45 and 60 days. It is imperative that I get this car in the hands of the shipping agent this weekend."
After Mabinton raised a ruckus, a bank employee delivered a check to Rasmussen that same day. When she made arrangements to ship the car to Nigeria, however, she caught the attention of the U.S. Secret Service.
In addition to its well-publicized role of protecting the president, the Secret Service is responsible for investigating various financial crimes.
The shipment of the Mercedes caught agents' attention for a couple of reasons.
First, while living in Lake Oswego, Mabinton made arrangements in San Francisco to ship the car from Seattle.
When agents checked shipping details, they learned she'd paid with funds from Electra.
Upon contacting the credit union, agents learned that Mabinton had recently made deposits totaling about $200,000 (that sum included other deposits in addition to the cash she brought back from New York) and "the bank officials also indicated that several of the deposits appeared to have been structured"—another red flag.
The term "structured deposit" refers to the practice of splitting up deposits into sums of less than $10,000 to skirt reporting requirements.
When agents examined Mabinton's bank records, they found at least four occasions on which she apparently broke down larger sums into multiple deposits.
For instance, on Sept. 25, she deposited $10,500 into an ATM near her office. But instead of depositing the money all in one envelope, she put $600 into her Oregon account and split the balance into deposits of $5,000 and $4,900 into an account she maintained in California.
She had made a series of similarly structured deposits totaling $19,600 on Sept. 2, and $9,700 on Oct. 26, agents discovered.
She also appeared to be depositing far more money than could be easily explained.
"Throughout 2002, Mabinton has handled her finances in a consistent manner essentially living check to check with a little money going into some stock investments," wrote Gino.
In 2003, however, "Mabinton's statements show numerous high-dollar transactions including funds wired into and out of her [California] account from multiple and suspicious sources," Gino added. "The financial analysis of these bank accounts showed that throughout 2003, Mabinton was living well above her means."
Uba, the man who gave Mabinton the cash, also piqued the feds' curiosity. In his affidavit, Gino says that the U.S. Secret Service office in Atlanta listed Uba as having been a "previous subject of a Nigerian advance fee fraud scheme investigation."
(Advance-fee fraud is the name given to email scams, which promise enormous payoffs if the recipient puts up a small sum. Many such schemes originate in Nigeria and are called "419 fraud" after a section of the Nigerian criminal code.)
On Nov. 6, 2003, federal agents in Portland convinced Magistrate Judge Dennis Hubel that Mabinton had bought the Mercedes for Uba with "the proceeds of bulk cash smuggling, violations of currency and monetary instrument reporting requirements, currency transaction reporting requirements and money laundering."
The judge ordered the Mercedes—which by that time was in Singapore—seized and shipped back to the U.S.
Under the court order, the feds also seized $131,666.44 from a separate bank account Mabinton maintained in California—apparently cash she had received from other "suspicious" transactions. (Most of that money was later returned to Mabinton.)
When federal investigators examined Mabinton's credit card statements, the story got even more interesting.
They determined that she had spent $45,487.28 of the money from Uba to purchase farm equipment that was shipped to Obasanjo Farms Nigeria Ltd.
That expenditure provided a direct tie to Uba's then-boss.
"The farm is owned by Nigerian President Obasanjo," states Gino's affidavit.
News about Mabinton and Uba's relationship with Obasanjo and the expenditure of some of the mysterious cash directly for the president's benefit proved explosive in Nigeria, generating such headlines as "Obasanjo's Aide in Money Laundering Mess," "Corruption Scandal in Aso Rock [the presidential seat]" and "Andy Uba: The Face of a Fraud."
When they put all the pieces together, the agents investigating Mabinton believed she was helping launder funds for a top official of the Nigerian government.
While such conduct might be unusual for utility lawyers, it wouldn't have shocked those who follow Nigerian politics. According to Transparency International, a German nonprofit that compiles an annual assessment of more than 150 countries, Nigeria's government is among the most corrupt in the world.
"In Nigeria, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission estimates that over the years $350 billion in oil money has simply disappeared," says Daniel Smith, a professor at Brown Univerity and author of the recently published book A Culture of Corruption: Everyday Deception and Popular Discontent in Nigeria. "One former president allegedly took $10 to $12 billion himself."
"Nigeria has some of the most educated people in the world, but the crooks are running the country," adds Ndibe, the Guardian columnist.
Instead of following the money trail back to Nigeria, the federal investigation apparently stalled.
After the feds seized Uba's Mercedes in late 2003, the case veered into a procedural quagmire.
On Nov. 5, 2003, Mabinton admitted to Portland-based U.S. Secret Service agent Mark Kehoe that she'd taken the cash from New York to Portland.
But she denied she'd done anything wrong.
"Ms. Mabinton believed that as a Special Assistant traveling with the Nigerian delegation to the United States to attend the United Nations, Mr. Uba was not required to declare the currency or monetary instruments of more than $10,000," her Portland attorney, Douglas Stringer, wrote in a Jan. 28, 2004, filing.
Special agent Gino disputed this claim: "Uba has no diplomatic status that would have allowed him to circumvent [the law] which requires the reporting of the transportation of currency and bearer negotiable instruments into or out of the United States," he wrote.
Mabinton also argued that Uba had no choice but to physically carry the cash into the U.S.
"It is important to keep in mind that it is difficult to send funds via wire transfer from banks in Nigeria (which operates largely on a cash economy) to banks in the United States," Mabinton told investigators.
Gino also rejected that claim.
"If Uba's financial institution could not wire the money directly to the United States, a corresponding bank of his financial institution in another country did have the capability to wire the funds to the United States," he wrote.
The questions of where the money originated or whether it was the product of illicit activity were never answered, to the frustration of government critics.
Ndibe says he suspects the Portland case is the tiny tip of an enormous iceberg. "One hundred and seventy thousand dollars is lunch money for these people," he says. "If you really dig in, you'd find out they are probably moving millions."
In the end, Westphal, the assistant U.S. attorney who pursued forfeiture of the Mercedes, agreed to settle the case if Mabinton and Uba would pay the federal government $26,000. In return, Uba got to keep the Mercedes.
In the settlement, Mabinton and Uba denied that they engaged in any unlawful conduct and all parties stipulated that the settlement was not an acknowledgement of any illegal conduct.
Westphal dismisses speculation that Mabinton and Uba got off lightly because of political pressure.
Despite the unusual fashion in which Uba brought money to this country, the questions raised by Mabinton's structured deposits and Nigeria's endemic corruption, Westphal says she lacked the most basic element of a criminal case.
"To prove money laundering, you first have to show the proceeds are the result of illegal activity," she says. "We had no such proof."
Westphal acknowledges not everybody liked the result. "There was some disagreement within the government on how to go forward," she says. "But there was no political influence that I'm aware of. Ultimately, we just didn't have a terrific case."
Today, Uba is busy preparing for his governor's race in next year's Nigerian elections. Some observers think his career could go even further.
"There's a good chance he could be the next vice president of Nigeria," says Aluko, the Howard University professor.
As for Mabinton, she remains at PGE, where management was aware of her activities outside work. "She is a dedicated and valued employee," says PGE spokeswoman Gail Baker.
Torn from the Headlines
New Jersey-based journalist Omoyele Sowore of Saharareporters.com has been the most aggressive in pursuing the Mabinton/Uba story, but many others have also prusued it.
"Presidential Scandal: Andy Uba Resigns?" The Times of Nigeria, Nov. 7, 2006
"Andy Uba: The Face of a Fraud" Sahara Reporters, Nov. 12, 2006
"A Dollar Smuggling Shame" The News, Nov. 13, 2006
"Obasanjo's Aide in Money Laundering Mess" The Daily Sun, Nov. 6, 2006
"Andy Uba's Money Laundering Scandal" Sahara Reporters, Nov. 10, 2006
Nigeria, located in west Africa, is twice the size of California and holds about four times as many people—132 million.
Mabinton's salary at Portland General Electric, which employs 18 lawyers, is not a matter of public record. Industry sources estimate her position pays about $125,000.
In addition to Mabinton's Mercedes, agents found in the shipping container a case of wine (type unspecified), four cases of Ensure (a nutrional supplement) and two extra wheel rims for the car.
Mabinton has never been the subject of a bar complaint in California or Oregon.


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Parents gearing up for fall and winter need to know that sometimes seasonal sniffles mean more than just a cold. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), a common virus that usually causes cold-like symptoms in adults and older children, can have serious consequences for high-risk infants.
Most babies exposed are able to fight the virus off, but up to 125,000 infants go to the hospital each year in the United States because of RSV. RSV may also contribute to long-term problems like asthma. In extreme cases, it can be life-threatening.
What can you do to help protect your child?
Like cold germs and flu viruses, RSV spreads easily through touching, kissing, sneezing and coughing, and can live for several hours on countertops and in used tissues. Even though RSV is transmitted easily, you can take a number of simple steps to minimize your child's exposure:
• Always wash your hands before touching your baby, and make sure others do too.
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• Shield your baby from tobacco smoke, people with colds and unnecessary exposure to crowds.
• Don't share personal items such as pacifiers, utensils, toothbrushes, or towels with other children.
"All the strategies for preventing RSV should already be familiar to parents who deal with ordinary coughs and colds," says Jon Roberts, M.D., a pediatric pulmonologist at Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, New York. "Being diligent about these simple steps, especially washing hands, can be the best way to help protect your baby."
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8/4 Lineup & roster move
Infielder Andres Blanco was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a strained left calf to make room on the 25-man roster for lefty Tom Gorzelanny, who will start Tuesday, weather permitting. It's clearing up at Great American Ball Park, and they may even start on time.
Blanco tweaked his calf Saturday in Florida. The Cubs could be getting reinforcements for the bench with the addition of infielder Aaron Miles, who could join the team as early as Wednesday. He's been playing for Triple-A Iowa, rehabbing from a hyperextended right elbow.
As for Geovany Soto, he won't join the big league team until Friday in Colorado. The Cubs want him to play three games for Double-A Tennessee. He went 1-for-2 Monday.
Milton Bradley was getting a breather Tuesday, so Jake Fox was in right.
CF Fukudome
SS Theriot
1B Lee
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RF Fox
LF Soriano
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C Hill
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Who is this Aaron Miles that you speak of – all kidding aside just leave him at AAA he stinks. Fox should be playing everyday, rotate him in different positions, it will maximize his playing time while resting guys. Good to hear Soto will be back Friday cause Hill's offense is non helping. No doubt that this injury to Blanco is made up just like Pattons groin injury.
I don't think there was too much expected from Hill offensively even when he is well rested, but he has performed admirably and does come up with an occassional hit and rbi, I think last night he was 2 for 4 with two rbi??
But having Soto back can do nothing but help, but he too needs to regain some offense skills as that is the only reason he starts ahead of Hill. As for Bradley, give him a "breather" (from ALL his hard work and herculean efforts in right field?? Yeah, right!!) for the rest of the season and contract for that matter in fact Hendry deserves an indefinate "breather" from all the BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS he put into the Soriano and Bradley negotiations…whew! I can't imagine if we had a different GM at the time…just the though of NOT having such defensively talented corner outfielders with such disciplned hitting approaches and blazing speed on the bases FOR YEARS TO COME…who knows, we might be 6 games in first place..Hendry, please take abreather with Bradley!!! Fox/Hoffpauir in right until some better impact player can be acquired.


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Mt. Hood Community's College's Cinderella has made it all the way to the Final Four.
Glenda Alfaro isn't in college basketball's version of the semifinals, but her project is one of just four to survive the rounds of fan voting to earn a finals spot in the Clinton Global Initiative University's Commitments Challenge. Winners advance based on votes on the Internet, which anyone can cast at cgiu.org/bracket/
Former President Bill Clinton will announce the winner on Saturday at the CGI University conference at Washington University in St. Louis.
Alfaro is the only player from a community college in the competition, which challenges students to tackle major world problems with real plans they will implement. Her project will use composting techniques to enrich soils and increase food productivity in her native El Salvador.
Alfaro previously won a head-to-head competition with projects from Columbia University and Johnson C. Smith University. She won in her Elite Eight contest Monday, apparently by a slim margin as she led with just 51 percent of the vote minutes before voting closed, says Mt. Hood Community College spokeswoman Maggie Huffman.
Now she must take on a student from the University of Oklahoma who plans to fund sustainable fish farms in Nepal. This round of online voting continues until 11 a.m. Thursday local time.
Alfaro is a student in the Gresham college's Scholarships for Education and Economic Development (SEED) program. Regardless of how far she gets in the competition, she and seven SEED classmates will attend the conference, program coordinator Nikki Gillis said last week.


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WASHINGTON — The woman setting up the new Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection said the bureau will be a strong ally of credit unions that "want to work on behalf of their members."
Elizabeth Warren told CUNA's Governmental Affairs Conference that the bureau will have an ongoing dialogue with credit unions to ensure that credit unions can serve their members and not face more regulations. She said her bureau will combine TILA and RESPA rules, and this should simplify things for small lenders. Warren also promised that the bureau would seek to ensure that there are consistent rules and enforcement for nonbank lenders so that the financial service market can be a more level playing field.
Warren noted that if the rules require financial service providers to disclose all costs of their products up front, smaller institutions will benefit as will consumers. The bureau will issue regulations that will benefit middle-class families, many of which were hurt by the recession.
"These families played by the rules but were squeezed by an economic system tilted against them," she said.
Warren, who holds an endowed professorship at Harvard Law School, came up with the idea for the consumer agency. She has written extensively about bankruptcy issues and has been a frequent critic of what she sees as misleading practices by some large financial institutions and credit card issuers.
During her speech, she praised credit unions for championing the interests of consumers and said she wants to ensure credit unions can continue to do that for many years.
"Credit unions are an example of an institution that gives real value to consumers," she said. "Families won't benefit if a few trillion-dollar financial institutions are the only ones that survive."
She noted that a credit union provided valuable counseling when her niece got into financial trouble.
And she thanked Harvard University Employees Credit Union President/CEO Gene Foley for teaching her about some of the products that credit unions offer their members and for educating her about credit unions and the credit union philosophy.
Warren also praised credit union pioneer Edward Filene for his efforts to advance the cause of credit unions and for advocating greater access to financial services for persons of modest means.
The new bureau, which was created by the financial overhaul bill passed last year, will be an independent agency housed in the Federal Reserve. It is scheduled to begin operating this summer.
President Obama hasn't named a director of the bureau yet. Warren has been mentioned as a possible candidate, but it's not clear if she could be confirmed.


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I always look and feel my best when I can get a couple of yoga days in a week. Time is always an issue, but I feel Yoga really is the true fountain of youth.
"Suffer no guilt yee who wield this in the name of Crom"
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Are you sure this isn't as ridiculous as it sounds?
Yoga and Oly lifting are an amazing synergystic combo.
I think yoga is also good for those looking to reduce stress -- at least it was for me.
On hiatus currently though as I attained all of my mobility goals and am focusing on strength capacity and cardio atm.
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But that doesn't change the fact that it's the best tool we have for getting ripped &/or strong.
Yoga is great for a lot of things, including overall healthy, mobility, possible muscular and cardiovascular endurance, etc. But to claim that it's better than progressively lifting incrementally increasing loads via compound movements a lá the barbell training programs Kharnath references is either disingenuous or uninformed.
I think you and I are on the same side of this argument.


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By Anthony Marshall - Newcastle United Managing Editor
United are back on home soil and entertain Southampton on Sunday afternoon in the Barclays' Premier League - and there is still time to secure your seat at St. James' Park.
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When the sides met earlier in the season on the south coast, goals from Adam Lallana and Gaston Ramirez gave newly-promoted Southampton all three points, so it goes without saying that Newcastle will be looking for revenge.
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The touring photo-text exhibit, "Love Makes a Family," will be on display at the fellowship hall of the Langley United Methodist Church starting Sunday, Oct. 7 and running through Sunday, Nov. 4.
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Adding a special flavor to the award-winning exhibit portraying lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people and their families will be photo-text displays created by local LGBT families.
Co-sponsoring this exhibit are several southend congregations: St. Augustine's Episcopal, Trinity Lutheran, Unity of Whidbey, Whidbey Island Friends Meeting and the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island, and The Whidbey Giving Circle and Whidbey PFLAG.
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"POULSBO - Next week is Drug-Free Week throughout the North Kitsap School District. The district has planned several activities for the week, which has been held since 1991. The purpose is to warn kids about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse and to offer healthy alternatives, said Gayl TenEyck, who is coordinating the event for the district. Two of the days, she said, are focused on emphasizing reading and relationship-building, two activities that can help ward off substance abuse. We know those are positive assets for kids, said TenEyck - but added that it isn't only kids the district is hoping to reach. I hope parents, and not only kids, take part in the activities, she said. I think the activities are worthwhile for them, and they'll foster relationships with families and with friends. This is TenEyck's first year coordinating the event, but she has a history with it; her children have attended the fishing derby that is an annual part of the drug-free week. The district hands out substance-abuse information all year long in its health program, TenEyck said, but this week is special. This is to give a focused attention to drug and alcohol-free behavior, and promote activities that do that, she said. Those activities include: *Red Ribbon Day. On Monday, April 16, red ribbons will be tied on as many cars in the district and school lots as possible. The ribbons are meant to remind young people about the dangers of drinking and driving. *April 17 will be reserved for emphasizing building new relationships. *Drug Free sticker day is April 18. Drug-free themed stickers will be handed out to students in all grades. *April 19 will feature a class for parents called The Real Inside Story. The class, which is put on by a pair of medical experts, shows first-hand what damage alcohol and drugs can do to the human body. To make the point stick, the two presenters, Kathy Ketchum and Becky Engel, bring along some damaged human organs for participants to look at. At the end of the presentation, the audience is invited to don gloves and touch. *Reading is Fun Day is April 20. The day will be reserved for a focus on reading as a fun activity. *The fishing derby will be held April 21 at the Poulsbo Junior High Horticulture Pond for kids ages 0-12. The derby will be held from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. on April 21; kids must bring their own fishing gear. *There will be a drug-free swim at the North Kitsap pool from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. on April 22. The admission will be free. The Drug Free events are not limited to North Kitsap Schools; Central Market has produced bags promoting the week, and the Kitsap Mall will host a drug-free weekend April 28 and 29. "
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Strike is canceled, but the strife continues
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The 350-plus members of SEIU 1199NW have agreed to call off their planned strike, but that doesn't mean they're going to pause in their ongoing protest.
Two dozen workers were busy Sunday, Aug. 7, creating the picket signs and posters for their planned Aug. 11 "informational picket." The picket will take the place of the planned 18-hour walkout, which this week was declared illegal by a Kitsap judge.
Virginia Majewski, a nurse at the hospital, said a number of tough issues remain to be solved, including disagreements with management over wage increases, insurance premiums, rules regarding subcontractors and minimum staffing guidelines.
Majewski also is upset over what she sees as OMC management's manipulation of the facts of the case.
For example, she said, a letter recently written by OMC to those in the hospital district (and printed as a full-page ad in last week's Sequim Gazette), said, "For an average full-time RN, OMC pays over $100,000 annually in wages and benefits."
Majewski was quick to note that just 34 of the 205 members of the union's "RN unit" are full-time, with most required to work a 0.8 position. "I work four days a week," she said. "The only way I can make $100,000 is by working a lot of overtime and stand-by time."
Majewski said the base salary of a nurse begins at $25 an hour. "At the top — after 28 years in acute care," it rises to a little more than $45 an hour."
Rhonda Curry, OMC's assistant administrator for strategic development, disagreed with Majewski's comments, saying the facts and figures are available to anyone who wants to look. "We're transparent with the data," she said.
"Our hourly cost for RNs is in fact over $43 an hour. And our salaries and benefits for all other workers are available, too, and they stand up favorably when compared to other wages in Clallam County."
Hospital officials say there are in fact just 29 full-time, 40-hour-a-week workers, but that another 134 work 32 hours a week or more and are thus available for "full-time" benefits." Laura Joshel, OMC's employee relations coordinator, said, "Many nurses prefer working less than the traditional 40 hours per week that constitutes full-time employment. OMC accommodates this preference even though it may impact our staffing flexibility."
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Linda Bryant, also a nurse at OMC, said it's disingenuous for OMC CEO Eric Lewis to say the wages and benefits paid by OMC to employees total 60 percent of its budget. It's true, she said, but Lewis fails to mention the 60 percent includes Olympic Medical Physicians doctors and OMC management, including Lewis himself.
She said the phrasing in the letter suggested it was all spent on union members.
Majewski provided another perspective, saying, "You should be dang glad to say 60 percent is spent on the people providing direct care. That's what people want."
Cliff Brown, RN, also commented on management tactics in the latest issue of the SEIU newsletter, saying, "It has been very disheartening to see OMC repeatedly using slanted statistics to make their case. They are focusing on RN wages and saying nothing at all about our service and dietary workers."
Dan Mintey, a maintenance worker at the hospital, said after 18 years at OMC he now makes between $39,000 and $40,000 a year. This year he pays $234 a month for his family's health insurance. If the new contract is approved with the changes sought by management, that figure will rise to $346 a month.
"I'm going to keep my kids insured," he said. "But I'll have to decide what bills I can pay. I'll have to start juggling."
The changes would hit the hospital's part-time workers particularly hard, with those who work less than 0.8 of full-time (fewer than 32 hours a week) seeing their portion of insurance coverage cost rise from $234 to $459 month.
Most of the less than 0.8 workers are in the hospital's dietary and maintenance departments, they say.
Hospital officials say that of the 106 workers in those two departments, 10 workers are now at less than 0.8.
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Majewski said she knows other workers in other industries also are dealing with cuts in insurance and rising costs for coverage. She said she further knows many in other positions would like to have the coverage she receives from OMC.
"I believe health care is a right, not a privilege," she said. "But that's where we are."
Bryant said she also understands others see the OMC benefits as generous. "I totally get it. But every single day I deal with feces, urine, contaminated blood, AIDS ... I willingly do it every single day of my life.
And I deal with (patients) with the utmost respect."
Bryant said she also believes those in other departments should continue receiving the current benefits package, pointing in particular to dietary workers. "Even if you don't care about justice, you should care about having them prepare your food," she said.
Bryant also said OMC's managers have their priorities skewed. Majewski agreed, citing the board's recent $10 million emergency room expansion.
Curry countered their criticisms, saying "our nation's financial health and our local unemployment rate have dominated headlines and it's clear to us this recession isn't over. And yet, regardless of the financial situation, OMC is still offering full health care benefits for our full and part-time employees, plus raises every year for the next three years."
Both sides agree they want to see the contract settled soon.
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GRAND RAPIDS – The last 12 months are ones that Jimmy Holt never wants to repeat.
On May 7, 2010, sheriff's deputies came into the Last Chance Tavern & Grill, the bar he owned at 1132 Burton St. SE, and ordered him to shut down and lock his doors.
"It was pretty ugly," Holt said. "They said we had to ask the customers to leave, and then we had to leave. I think we're probably one of the only places that closed with a full inventory, busy, full of customers, full staff."
Holt was victim of the Great Recession. In September 2009 he fell behind on his loan payments for a remodel and expansion he did in 2005. Two months later the bank demanded full payment. Seven months later they evicted him and shut his doors.
But a year later, thanks to an investor and tireless work by Holt who never gave up hope, the Last Chance has a second chance. It reopened last month and the neighborhood regulars are starting to return.
"The number one most asked question: Are you going to have the Garbage Burger?" Holt said, who now serves as the establishment's general manager. "Yes. That's been our signature thing for 20 years. A burger with the works … and an olive on top."
In addition to the Garbage Burger, chicken wings, trivia night and a focus on Michigan craft beers also are returning. But the rest of the menu is scaled back and has a new focus on Tex-Mex, Holt said.
The restaurant itself seats 100 and still features the vintage jukebox, video games and pool table that lured people before it shut down.
The bar was purchased by Chip Laufer, an entrepreneur with three other local business ventures. He owns the International Cosmetology Academy and Builders Choice Floor Covering Inc. He also has been investing in rental properties.
But the Last Chance called to him on a different level.
"I actually remember 20 years ago playing hockey for the Last Chance Bar," said Laufer of Cascade Township, recalling the bar's former official name. "I had really fond memories of it at that time. I thought it was a great place for people, a great neighborhood bar.
"It was kind of an icon, so to speak."
So Laufer, 49, took the chance and invested $400,000 to bring the restaurant back to operation. Not much had deteriorated during its year of hibernation thanks to Holt, Laufer said, who would visit the property almost daily to make sure it was well cared for.
"He went and picked weeds and the parking lot was in good shape and the building was in good shape," he said. "It was his baby, his lifeline. That bar has been in his family for decades and it really showed in his care."
Laufer also had other reasons for investing in the bar. He was tired of worrying about tomorrow.
"There's so much uncertainty in everybody's lives: Will I have a job? Will the economy be OK? Will this? Will that?" he said. "I was gravitating toward a business that hopefully is going to be an escape.
"A place for someone to get away for a little while and not have to worry about tomorrow."
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Celebrating 175 years as a lifeboat station, and now operating two lifeboats, Broughty Ferry was the first inshore lifeboat station in Scotland. The station has sadly witnessed tragedy with eight lifeboat crew losing their lives saving others at sea.
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RNLI members, the local community and the local media gathered in force to welcome Oor Wullie to his new spiritual home in Broughty Ferry.
Broughty Ferry volunteer lifeboat crews were called out today (Thursday 28 July), making it their third call out this week.
Broughty Ferry RNLI volunteer lifeboat crew were called into action this morning (Tuesday 5th July) to come to the assistance of a distressed male in the water around Broughty Ferry Harbour.
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Specific crew member details for this lifeboat station are not available here at the moment.
More than 4,800 lifeboat crew members around the UK and RoI drop everything when their pagers go off, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Only 1 in 10 crew members has a professional maritime occupation. Men and women of all ages and all walks of life crew the RNLI lifeboats around our coasts and waterways.
Specific crew member details for this lifeboat station are not available here at the moment.
More than 4,800 lifeboat crew members around the UK and RoI drop everything when their pagers go off, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
Only 1 in 10 crew members has a professional maritime occupation. Men and women of all ages and all walks of life crew the RNLI lifeboats around our coasts and waterways.
Lifeboat name: Sheila Barrie
Lifeboat class: D class
Funded by: A gift of The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust
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Lifeboat name: Elizabeth of Glamis
Lifeboat class: Trent
Funded by: Bequests of Ian Campbell Low, Ron Bonar, Moira Maynard and Beatrice Thomson together with other gifts and legacies
Read more about the Trent Class
The first lifeboat was stationed at Buddon Ness in 1830 by the River Tay Lifeboat Society. It was supported by a tax on vessels entering the Tay. A lifeboat was placed at Broughty Ferry in 1859. Both stations were taken over from the local Lifeboat Committee by the Institution in 1861. The Buddon Ness Station was closed in 1894.
1828Silver Medal awarded to Daniel Kidd and £10 to him and eight other men for rescuing three of the crew of the schooner Fancy which was wrecked off Broughty Ferry on 9 February 1828.
1837Silver Medal awarded to Lieut Peter Stark RN for putting off in the lifeboat with 14 other men in a high sea and rescuing the crew of three of the Brig Two Sisters of Kirkcaldy to Dundee with a cargo of coal on 11 April 1837. The three men were taken off the mast which was the only part of the vessel left above water.
1838Gold Medal awarded to Lieut Peter Stark RN for the rescue of J Gallently, the master, and four men from the schooner Ranger of Perth, wrecked on the Banks of the Tay on 4 March 1838.
1863The Buddon Ness lifeboat was fouled and stove in by some small vessel and driven from her moorings and sank. She was later recovered but condemned and the station was temporarily closed until a new lifeboat was sent in 1867.
1889Slipway constructed at a cost of £130.
1908George Peebles was appointed Motor Mechanic at 5/- per week.
1909New lifeboat house and slipway constructed at a cost of £1,700. Death reported of Mr James Hunter who had been Honorary Secretary for 45 years.
1920Bronze Medal awarded to Coxswain Charles Gall for the rescue of six pilots from the cutter Daydream that was totally wrecked during a strong easterly gale and very heavy sea on 11 April 1920. The lifeboat was launched at 0105 and it was not until five attempts had been made that the five men aboard were saved. The lifeboat then searched for and found another pilot who was adrift in the cutter's small boat.
1931Centenary Vellum awarded.
1940Silver Medal awarded to Coxswain James Coull and Bronze Medal to Acting Second Coxswain George B Smith and Motor Mechanic John Grieve for the rescue of nine from the steam trawler Quixotic of Aberdeen, which had run onto the Bell Rock on 5 December 1939. A fresh north easterly wind was blowing with squalls of sleet. A heavy swell was running it was bitterly cold and the night was dark. The bow of the Quixotic was on the rocks, she was lying on her port bilge and her stern was under water to nearly amidships. There was so little water that it was impossible for the lifeboat to get under the lee of the vessel.
1959On 8 December the lifeboat Mona, first stationed at Broughty Ferry in 1935, was launched to the help of the North Carr light-vessel that had been reported broken adrift. Weather conditions were exceptionally severe with a strong south-easterly gale blowing across the entrance to the River Tay. Certain navigational buoys had been driven by the atrocious weather from their positions. In the early hours of the morning the lifeboat unfortunately capsized and her crew of eight were drowned. Their names were D G Anderson, J Ferrier, A S Gall, R Grant, J Grieve, J J Grieve, G B Smith and G Watson.
1962On 3 June the Lord Provost McManus unveiled a memorial plaque on the north wall of the lifeboat house to the eight men who lost their lives in the lifeboat disaster of 8 December 1959.
1964D class lifeboat sent to station in April, the first in Scotland.
1978Watson class lifeboat withdrawn and replaced by an Arun.
1980150th Anniversary Vellum awarded.
1998New D class lifeboat D539 was placed on service in September.
1999New Arun class lifeboat placed on service on 20 January.
2001Work commenced on new landing stage.
STATION RECORDBuddon Ness 1830-1863 No record . 1867-1894 Launches 12. Lives saved 15
MEDAL RECORDSeven medals have been awarded – one Gold, three Silver and three Bronze, the last being voted in 1940.
Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), a charity registered in England and Wales (209603) and Scotland (SC037736). Registered charity number 20003326 in the Republic of Ireland | RNLI (Trading) Ltd - 1073377, RNLI (Sales) Ltd - 2202240, RNLI (Enterprises) Ltd - 1784500 and RNLI College Ltd - 7705470 are all companies registered in England and Wales at West Quay Road, Poole, BH15 1HZ. Images and copyright © RNLI 2015.


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Unboxing the Parrot AR.Drone
I've been lusting after the Parrot AR.Drone for years, (remember their amazing outdoor play area at CES in jan?) not sure why i never gave in to it till now, but NOTlabs definitely needs some fun toys… and running around Fry's, there was one just there… calling to be brought home! So here's a peek at the unboxing ~ and a few random images from test flights… but to be honest, it's so fun to fly, it's hard to remember to take pics of it at the same time, especially cell phone pics since you're using iPhone/iPad and/or Android to control it! Touted as the first AR Flying Video Game, it's gorgeous, amusing, surprisingly stable and even has two cameras mounted on it (front facing and downward facing)… so take a look at what's inside the box on the next page…
p.s. i'm sure Shawn will be coming up with more NOTlabs projects to dronehack this one in to when we're not busy flying it around the lab/yard. So more to come… and we might need another to properly play each other!
p.p.s. fun to see what other apps people have been developing for it!
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