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Diversity and cross-cultural issues in Swaziland
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|In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with their host countries, Peace Corps is making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
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In fulfilling the Peace Corps' mandate to share the face of America with our host countries, we are making special efforts to see that all of America's richness is reflected in the Volunteer corps. More Americans of color are serving in today's Peace Corps than at any time in recent years. Differences in race, ethnic background, age, religion, and sexual orientation are expected and welcomed among our Volunteers. Part of the Peace Corps' mission is to help dispel any notion that Americans are all of one origin or race and to establish that each of us is as thoroughly American as the other despite our many differences.
Our diversity helps us accomplish that goal. In other ways, however, it poses challenges. In Swaziland, as in other Peace Corps host countries, Volunteers' behavior, lifestyle, background, and beliefs are judged in a cultural context very different from their own. Certain personal perspectives or characteristics commonly accepted in the United States may be quite uncommon, unacceptable, or even repressed in Swaziland.
Outside of Swaziland's capital, residents of rural communities have had relatively little direct exposure to other cultures, races, religions, and lifestyles. What people view as typical American behavior or norms may be a misconception, such as the belief that all Americans are rich and have blond hair and blue eyes. The people of Swaziland are justly known for their generous hospitality to foreigners; however, members of the community in which you will live may display a range of reactions to cultural differences that you present.
To ease the transition and adapt to life in Swaziland, you may need to make some temporary, yet fundamental compromises in how you present yourself as an American and as an individual. For example, female trainees and Volunteers may not be able to exercise the independence available to them in the United States; political discussions need to be handled with great care; and some of your personal beliefs may best remain undisclosed. You will need to develop techniques and personal strategies for coping with these and other limitations. The Peace Corps staff will lead diversity and sensitivity discussions during your pre-service training and will be on call to provide support, but the challenge ultimately will be your own.
Peace Corps/Swaziland has an active diversity committee consisting of Volunteers interested in promoting diversity and assisting fellow Volunteers with diversity challenges.
- 1 Overview of Diversity in Swaziland
- 2 What Might a Volunteer Face?
- 2.1 Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
- 2.2 Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
- 2.3 Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
- 2.4 Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
- 2.5 Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
- 2.6 Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
- 2.7 Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
Overview of Diversity in Swaziland
The Peace Corps staff in Swaziland recognizes adjustment issues that come with diversity and will endeavor to provide support and guidance. During pre-service training, several sessions will be held to discuss diversity and coping mechanisms. We look forward to having male and female Volunteers from a variety of races, religions, ethnic groups, ages, religions, and sexual orientations, and hope that you will become part of a diverse group of Americans who take pride in supporting one another and demonstrating the richness of American culture.
What Might a Volunteer Face?
Possible Issues for Female Volunteers
Men and women are expected to fulfill distinct roles and responsibilities in Swazi culture, and women are traditionally regarded as members of a legal minority. In rural areas especially, female Volunteers may find extremely conservative attitudes regarding gender equality. Likewise, the behavior of female Volunteers is scrutinized or criticized more often than is the behavior of male Volunteers. Although the Peace Corps encourages understanding of and sensitivity toward other cultures, it may occasionally be necessary to explain or defend why you believe something or behave a certain way. In addition, you may often be asked about your marital status and receive marriage proposals, professions of love, and other unwanted attention from men.
Possible Issues for Volunteers of Color
Most Swazis in cities and towns are aware of the different racial and ethnic groups that exist in the United States, but people in rural areas are not likely to have this level of awareness. Volunteers who are African, Asian, or Hispanic American may not be recognized as Americans. African Americans may be expected to learn local languages more quickly and may be more readily accepted into the culture than other Volunteers; on the other hand, they may be less readily accepted because of their Western cultural heritage. Asian Americans may be expected to exhibit stereotypical behavior Swazis have observed in films, which is sometimes referred to as the "kung fu syndrome." In addition, the presence of Asian merchants in the country may have an impact on how Asian-American Volunteers are perceived or treated.
Possible Issues for Senior Volunteers
In Swaziland, older members of society are viewed and treated with a great deal of respect. Younger Volunteers may have to work harder than their older colleagues to be accepted as professionals. Swazi counterparts may be surprised by the amount of energy and physical fitness demonstrated by senior Volunteers. They may also be curious or puzzled about why a senior female Volunteer seems to have no spouse or children, even if she has the pictures to prove otherwise. Because most Volunteers are under 30, it may be difficult for older Volunteers to find friends and support among the most accessible group—other Peace Corps Volunteers.
Possible Issues for Gay, Lesbian, or Bisexual Volunteers
Gay, lesbian, and bisexual Volunteers should know that Swaziland has a very conservative society. Homosexuality certainly exists in Swaziland but not with the same level of acceptance as in the United States. Local media frequently portrays homosexuality in a very negative light. Most Swazi homosexuals and bisexuals are likely to have migrated to the larger cities, while most Volunteers are posted in rural sites. Because of Swazi cultural norms, you will not be able to be open about your sexual orientation in your community. You may serve for two years without meeting another homosexual or bisexual Volunteer, and there may be little support for your sexual orientation within the Volunteer social scene. Lesbians, like all American women, may have to deal with constant questions about boyfriends, marriage, and sex, while gay men may have to deal with machismo: talk of sexual conquests, girl watching, and dirty jokes.
See also: Articles about Swaziland on the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Peace Corps Alumni Association website at http://www.lgbrpcv.org/articles.htm
Possible Religious Issues for Volunteers
The vast majority of Swazis have some religious affiliation and attend church regularly. Both Christian and non-Christian Volunteers may be expected to attend church with members of their community. You may be asked if you are Christian or why you do not belong to a certain Christian denomination, if you have been "saved," and other questions you may consider to be a personal matter. Although this behavior may take some getting used to, you are sure to find effective ways to cope with these challenges and gain a deeper understanding of the Swazi people.
Possible Issues for Volunteers With Disabilities
There is very little infrastructure in Swaziland to accommodate individuals with disabilities. Disabled Volunteers may find living in rural communities particularly challenging. Nevertheless, the Peace Corps' Office of Medical Services determined that you were physically and emotionally capable of performing a full tour of Volunteer service in Swaziland without unreasonable risk to yourself or interruption of your service. Peace Corps/Swaziland staff will work with disabled Volunteers to make reasonable accommodations in projects, training, housing, job sites, and other areas to enable them to serve safely and effectively.
Possible Issues for Married Volunteers
Married couples who serve together in the Peace Corps are in a unique situation. While they benefit from having a constant companion to provide support, they may have differing expectations of service. One spouse may be more enthusiastic, homesick, or adaptable than the other. Spouses often experience differing levels of language ability, acceptance by their community, or job satisfaction. A wife may be expected by Swazis to perform certain domestic chores and may find herself in a less independent role than she is accustomed to. A husband may feel cultural pressure to act as the dominant member in the relationship and to make decisions without considering his wife's views.


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We are Korean Moms in training dedicated to psycho-analyzing our moms, reliving horrible memories of embarrassment and dread for the benefit of the public...all the while laughing like a wheezy grandpa. Someone needs to pay for our therapy...
Saturday, May 24, 2008
#35 Snooping
19 comments:
- dreams2ashes said...
LOL so true
- May 25, 2008 at 12:42 AM
you forgot reading diaries.
- June 12, 2008 at 2:55 AM
you forgot reading diaries.
- June 12, 2008 at 2:55 AM
- echo0918 said...
My mom still goes through my sister's and my mail if they ever get delivered to her house. We're all in our 30s. Two of us are married.
- June 28, 2008 at 11:36 AM
- bokumbop said...
Man, I could spend all day on your blog.
I shared this elsewhere:
- July 17, 2008 at 4:32 PM
my mom is definitely guilty of this. she found my butterfly knife that i bought in mexico back in high school during one of her "cleaning" spells. she immediately thought i was in a gang.
- July 30, 2008 at 12:08 AM
Yes, my MIL does this openly in front of me while my spouse is at work and she's visiting from out of state. His Dad does it too. They go in his office and look at all his papers and files. It's maddening. I've never said anything to them while they do it, but I'm thinking about putting locks on the doors and then playing dumb - "what locks?" They do it with my stuff too. I'm sooooo glad they live far far away......
- August 4, 2008 at 1:14 AM
Korean Moms love to snoop.
Note to self; hide the Maxims, the Magnums, the Extc, the college transcript, the empty beer bottles, and the stolen Russian nuclear suitcase in the attic. If she somehow finds all that, then she's beyond snoop and entering MI6 territory.
- August 5, 2008 at 11:42 AM
My mom's the one who actually suggested I get thongs to hide panty lines. LOL.. She's into style and also approves of miniskirts... when they're in style.
- August 6, 2008 at 2:58 AM
- Katie said...
OMG so true. My yuh-dong-seng has a complex about privacy now because our mom read our mail, our diaries, and even our notes from school.
I'm certain my mom found at least a, b, c, and d, though e wasn't hidden and we weren't Christian, so no f. But you are SPOT-ON!
- August 6, 2008 at 9:51 AM
- parksalot said...
when i was a kid, a friend of mine hid a porno mag between my mattress in fear that his parents would find it. i forgot about it, but later when i looked for it... it was mysteriously gone. i was pretty scared of the ramifications... but a good korean mom will not even have to say anything for their child to feel massive guilt and shame.
another time, condoms were missing from my room. to be honest, i wasn't even sexually active, i got them from a sex ed class from school, and i just kept it. now that... i was extremely afraid of what was to come... again, nothing. but the fear drove me mad.
- August 10, 2008 at 3:19 AM
my mom looked over my shoulder while i was reading my email when i was visiting...
- August 20, 2008 at 4:38 AM
Hahaha, boyfriend's Korean mom does this. He tells her nicely to please stay out of his room and his things when he's not home.
"Oh! I promise!"
She sneaks in and slides his window wide open allll the time. It's how we know she does the Korean mom snoop ^_^
- August 25, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Yes, yes my mom does this too! Going through ALL my drawers and then finding a skimpy top... that disappears and gets hidden in her drawers (yes, I have occasionally retaliated).
With the one thong I owned from an ex boyfriend... yup, got grilled for that too. And yes, she opens almost all my mail, except junk mail. I told her that was illegal, but I don't think she believes me.
And no, the "cleaning" doesn't actually clean much, though you eventually notice something you like missing once in awhile... "privacy" isn't in the Asian mom's vocabulary
- September 6, 2008 at 4:16 AM
- Jin said...
This is too funny...its funny because it is true. I am married 35 with 2 kids.
I remember when I was young my mom would say she found "insert whatever here" while cleaning my room.
One time while in college I signed up for a promo and I guess that company sold my info to Victoria Secrets....2 months later coming home for summer vacation, my mom asked me why am I looking at womens underwear?!!?!?!
In my late 20's after a long business trip to Korea I visited my parents before going home, I bought a present for my mom and told her it was in my briefcase. She didn't find the present but a Maxim magazine, she thought that was porn and made some reference to the Victoria Secrets catalog...I still laugh at that one.
I visit my parent's place every now and then and still have some mail that gets sent to their house. My mom tells me I have mail and of course it is already open. Hahaha I don't mind now since I have my own family to tend to.
- September 15, 2008 at 7:40 PM
- Heather *IsaBella and Harrison's Mommy* said...
No matter where I hid it, she would find it! I was such a good kid (before college!) but her constant snooping drove me crazy! I mean, to this day, I've only smoked - secondhand! Yet she thinks I'm a skank (yes, now I really am one! - for hubby, I'm a total slutttt!) and that all started when I was in kindergarten and the teacher caught me and a boy in the unisex bathroom saying "I'll show you mine if you show me yours" and since then, my mom's always thought I was promiscuous. Didn't help that I got my period when I was 9 - heaven forbid I get pregnant at a sleepover with a bunch of girls! Anyhoos, I think I'm off track...
Love always,
- October 10, 2008 at 3:49 AM
"she will probably think it is a giant piece of candy"
- December 23, 2008 at 1:31 AM
amen on that one.
- January 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Dori Dori! said...
My korean mom found my bong and marijuana. She and my dad started checking my veins for needle marks ! They think marijuana is like heroin ! AHAHAHAHHAHA
When I complain about snooping they get really suspicious like are you hiding something. They are like don't lie.
- November 11, 2010 at 6:15 AM

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The awards were presented at the annual Business-Education
Partnership Awards Dinner, held this year at the Fairmont
Hotel in Chicago February 1.
In addition to the partnership awards, the dinner included
the presentation of four Education-to-Career Champion of the
Year awards to Debbie Ahlden of West Aurora for Educational
Champion, Sharon Slover of Lockport for Educational Champion
Serving All Learners, Michael L. Nylen of South Holland for
Private Sector Champion and Regional Superintendent of Schools
Joe Vermiere from Rock Island County for Elected Official
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Ahlden is with the West Aurora School District and
Valley Education-to-Careers partnership in Sugar Grove. As
professional development director, she was recognized for
activities in the partnership, including serving as the District-wide
Career Exploration Coordinator, Chair of the Jefferson Jr.
High School E.T.C. Curriculum Committee, and Coordinator of
the elementary schools "Careers on Wheels" program.
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Business-Education partnerships recognized with "exemplary"
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Gage Park High School, Associated Equipment Distributors'
Foundation, Daley College
Education Contact: Katherine O. Smith (773) 535-9230
Business Contact: Frank P. Giannelli (630) 574-0650
This partnership has established the Equipment and Technology
Institute. The focus is to prepare students for a variety
of career paths in the high-tech construction equipment industry
by replicating the tripartite partnerships prevalent in other
industrialized countries.
The institute includes honors level classes, a Certificate
of Initial Mastery and the opportunity for high school students
to complete up to 30 hours of college credit in manufacturing
technology. The program integrates academic and vocational-technical
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Work-based learning includes field trips to business and
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The institute graduated its first class in 2000, with 12
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students. One student was awarded a Bill Gates Millennium
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Little Company of Mary Hospital and Evergreen Park Community
High School
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Business Contact: Karen Sus (708) 229-5063
This partnership seeks to provide students with career exploration
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process. The emphasis is to increase students' awareness of
the many careers available in this high demand field.
Evergreen Park High School District 231 has partnered with
Little Company of Mary Hospital for the past four years. Last
year, 200 students participated in the health care program.
Career day alone served 100 students interested in the health
field, with five to ten guest speakers from the hospital on
hand to assist students in developing a career plan.
Activities sponsored by the partnership include an annual
tour of Little Company of Mary Hospital and job shadowing
at the hospital. Students are also able to meet one-on-one
with professionals at the hospital to discuss questions they
may have about career options in the health care field.
Prairie State Waste Services, Casey-Westfield School District
#C-4, Workforce Opportunities Resource Consortium
Education Contact: Debra Sherrik (217) 932-2175
Business Contact: Rich Galloway (217) 345-7414
Business partners Workforce Opportunities Resource Consortium
and Coles County Landfill/Prairie State Waste joined with
Casey-Westfield CUSD #C-4 to develop the Virtual Teacher Trek
program. The program's objective is to demonstrate to other
educators how to develop effective lesson plans that incorporate
real-world concepts learned through visits to local businesses.
The program is based on the experiences of the Casey-Westfield
teachers' participation in their local Teacher Trek's activity.
Teachers toured the landfill and incorporated some facet of
the information into a lesson plan to apply real-world concepts
in the classroom. From these experiences, business partners
and educators joined to develop the Virtual Teacher Trek program
that is being presented at various workshops and conferences.
High school students involved in the program also toured
the landfill, took notes and used digital images to design
a PowerPoint presentation about the construction and environmental
aspects of the facility. Participating 6th grade students
studied recycling and constructed a landfill. Over 1,300 students,
50 educators, 60 community members and 20 workers have been
served through the program.
Valley View Business and Education Partnership
Education Contact: David B. VanWinkle (815) 886-2700
Business Contact: Joseph D. Taylor (630) 679-3730
The goal of this partnership is to create a lifelong learning
experience that provides encouragement and support for continual
improvement and innovation of education in schools, business
and the community.
The partners include Joliet Junior College, Lewis University,
McDonald's Innovation Center, Sprint PCS Customer Care, Tellabs
and Valley View District 365U. One of the key success factors
for the partners is to understand the relationship between
business and education quality processes, including the Baldridge
criteria, Higher Learning Commission (NCA) Academic Quality
Improvement Project and the NCA Commission on Accreditation
and School Improvement. They hope to increase their effectiveness
by sharing knowledge, expertise, innovation and best practices
for continuous improvement of education. This will be measured
by events, surveys and interviews.
Achievements thus far include:
Potential for involvement includes 5,600 employees in partner
organizations, 30,000 students and 150,000 extended community
Health Science Academy
Education Contact: Linda Mitchelle (217) 525-3019
Business Contact: Various Health Care Facilities
The Health Science Academy, part of the Springfield Public
School District, is committed to providing students with the
skills and educational background employers and postsecondary
education require while allowing students to explore careers
in the health care field.
The academy is made up of area health care business partners
and the academy teaching team. Examples of partnership activities
are many. Memorial Hospital produced an academy recruiting
video that aired on the local access channel and placed an
article in a local magazine. Many long-term care facilities
offer training positions to juniors completing their Certified
Nursing Assistant Certification. St. John's Hospital's four-year
mentoring program hosts a monthly breakfast for 9th and 10th
graders. Team mentors representing various health care fields
meet with students monthly to help them clarify career interests.
Juniors spend one day each month with a second-year medical
student at the Southern Illinois University Medical School
Each year academy students teach district 5th graders about
the body systems, volunteer for fund drives and local health
screening efforts and actively participate in the Health Occupations
Students of America organization.
Eighty students are enrolled in the academy this school year,
with 580 enrolled since the academy's inception.
Three Rivers Partnership for Science Education Consortium
Education Contact: Susan K. Dowse (815) 577-6760
Business Contact: Jerry Caamano (815) 727-4609
The purpose of the Hands-On-Science Program is to ensure
that students are prepared to function successfully in the
marketplace of the future.
The partnership includes Troy CCSD-30C and the ETC Partnership
for the Joliet Junior College Region, which is made up of
13 local businesses and five school districts: Channahon School
District 17, Elwood Community Consolidated School District
203, Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201, Morris
School District 54 and Troy Community Consolidated School
District 30-C.
The Hands-On-Science Program strives to capture students'
curiosity, stimulate their interest, cultivate critical thinking
and foster scientific problem solving in the classroom. Developed
under the direction of the National Science Research Center,
the program encourages students to understand scientific concepts
by "doing" science in the same manner in which scientists
conduct experiments and analyze data through the use of science
kits and curriculum materials.
The partnership believes that quality science instruction
provides a strong foundation for building a community of thinkers
and learners. Last year, 77% of 4th graders and 82% of 7th
graders tested on the ISAT met or exceeded the Illinois Learning
Standards in science.
The program began in 1996 with 1,025 students at four participating
school districts and has grown to serve 4,122 students in
five districts. The number of participating teachers has grown
from 32 to 161.
Law and Public Safety Academy
Education Contact: Heather Jackson (773) 553-2469
Business Contact: Paul Chester (312) 745-5803
The goal of the partnership is to establish a four-year Law
& Public Safety Academy at four high schools to increase
student exposure to careers in the fields of law and law enforcement.
The partnership includes the Chicago Police Department; Chicago
City Council Committee on Education; Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms; Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern
District of Illinois; judges, attorneys and community organizations
in the city; and the four participating high schools in Chicago
Public School District 299.
The academy assists students by allowing them to see police
officers as mentors and positive role models in their communities,
improving students' sense of civic responsibility and understanding
their rights and responsibilities in the legal system.
Academy achievements include freshman students participating
in mock trial competitions, students participating in the
Groundhog Job Shadow Day with law enforcement organizations,
summer internships with the Illinois Trial Lawyers' Association
and vacation internships/job shadowing with the Board of Education's
Law Department.
Four full-time Chicago Police Department officers serve the
academy, teaching law enforcement and organizing guest speakers
and field trips. Two hundred students are currently participating
with a goal of 400 when the program is fully implemented.
The Collins Law Firm and Naperville North High School
Education Contact: Mary Ann Babosky (630) 420-6815
Business Contact: Jennie Gates (630) 355-4141
The partnership's objective is to educate high school students
enrolled in business law classes about the practical expectations
of a law career through hands-on experience.
Participating students receive original cases from the Collins
Law Firm to research, study and present in mock trials. Attorneys
visit the school to speak to classes and help students understand
and prepare cases. In addition, they spend lunch hours discussing
everything from the LSAT to the skills required to be a lawyer.
Working with lawyers has improved students' attitudes, ambition
and confidence. The students' sincere enthusiasm and interest
have impressed both teachers and parents. The program has
also helped some students to realize that law is not for them,
while others have reinforced their intent to pursue a career
in law. Many students report that the business law class and
the mock trials have offered the most valuable experiences
of their education.
More than 230 students have worked with attorneys on mock
cases and at least 400 additional students have heard the
attorneys speak about the prospects of a career in law.
Science and Math Excellence Network
Education Contact: Michael Sailes (773) 553-2460
Business Contact: Reginald "Hats" Adams (312) 942-5961
The Science and Math Excellence Network (SAME) was formed
to encourage high school students to pursue careers in the
fields of math, science and technology by providing hands-on
experiences that help them make better informed career choices.
SAME is coordinated by Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical
Center in conjunction with Chicago Public Schools.
SAME is a cohesive four-year program that coordinates an
annual science fair that allows students to showcase their
knowledge and skills; facilitates teacher enrichment programs
in science and math; provides up to 60 work-based experiences
for students; coordinates periodic student workshops in job
readiness, test-taking and college preparation; and provides
at least five field trips per year. Students are exposed to
knowledge of careers in the health care field and are connected
with mentors who follow them throughout the program.
Other business and industry partners are joining the program
and providing training and curriculum development, uniforms,
supplies, equipment, instructional materials and scholarships.
Twelve students have been hired at Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's
Medical Center and neighboring health care institutions.
The program serves 60 students each year, based on a competitive
entrance process from schools on the west side of Chicago
and in close proximity to the hospital facility. Eleven schools
are participating in SAME, with 140 students served since
Elk Grove High School/Convergys
Education Contact: Frank E. DeRosa (847) 718-4414
Business Contact: Patricia E. Robinson (630) 775-8820
Convergys, a local billing service corporation, and Elk Grove
High School Township District 214 joined together to provide
at-risk students in the Freshmen Integrated Team (FIT) with
opportunities and activities that foster adult mentoring,
increase community ties and promote career and life planning
The mission of the FIT program is to provide integrated and
experiential instruction in English, reading, social studies,
biology and information processing to at-risk freshmen as
a way to keep these students from failing classes and dropping
out of school.
This year over 100 students and 54 Convergys staff participated
in the partnership with 150 senior citizens and veterans assisting
through service projects.
Monee Friendship Garden
Education Contact: Mardie Tuttle (708) 672-2885
Business Contact: Holly Milburn (708) 672-9520
The objective of the Monee Friendship Garden is to help students
learn about horticulture while building meaningful relationships
among Monee 4th graders, Crete high school students and community
Crete-Monee School District 201U is made up of five very
different villages. The owners of the Finishing Touch Florist
wanted to help students feel a part of the community and to
also share their business and floral expertise.
Partners include the Finishing Touch Florist, Dutch Valley
Landscaping, Crete Custom Cuts and Crete-Monee School District.
In August of 2000, 4th graders planted bulbs in a renovated
school flower bed. Then in December, they decorated holiday
plants with the high school horticulture students. The 4th
graders then held a contest estimating when the bulbs would
emerge and planned and implemented a Mother's Day flower sale.
The program has allowed students to apply academic concepts
to the real world and increase performance related to the
Illinois Learning Standards. During this second year of the
program, involvement of horticulture students has increased,
additional bulb gardens are being planted and one high school
student is working at the Finishing Touch, creating the possibility
of future internships.
IVVC Community-Based Fire Science Program
Education Contact: Philip Colgan (815) 786-9873
Business Contact: Richard Kell (815) 786-9241
The Fire Science program began as a means to educate, recruit
and train students in firefighting in a geographic area that
relies on a volunteer fire department.
The Indian Valley Vocational Center (IVVC) started the program
in 1997 for juniors and seniors in IVVC's 11 feeder school
districts. It was created in collaboration with the Sandwich
Community Fire Protection District and Waubonsee Community
College. The Fire Science class is taught by state-certified
firefighters from communities located within the Sandwich
Fire Protection District. The program is located at the Sandwich
Fire Department.
In addition to lectures and videos, students receive hands-on
training in fire suppression techniques, firefighting apparatus
and equipment and basic emergency medical procedures. Students
also learn skills such as advancing and connecting hose lines,
setting up ladders, using different fire streams and extricating
autos. The "Ride Along" program allows students
to observe an actual emergency.
Fire Science students receive 450 hours of training during
the school year, with some becoming cadets at local fire departments.
After completing two years of the course, students can take
the State Firefighter exams. The program is articulated to
Waubonsee Community College, where students can receive credit
for their high school training. Since 1997, 65 students have
taken the course. This year 17 students are enrolled, the
highest number to date.
Joliet Region Business/Education Summit
Education Contact: Paul Swanstrom (815) 727-6972
Business Contact: Jerry Caamano (815) 727-4609
In 1999, a summit was held to determine and clarify skills
important in the workplace. As a result, Joliet Township High
School began a collaborative effort with the Three Rivers
Education Patnership and the Will County Center for Economic
Development to identify opportunities and challenges to developing
those skills, to create new business and education partnerships
and to coordinate existing efforts to develop a prepared area
The primary objective of the summit was to bring business
and education representatives together to enhance communication
between schools and businesses while identifying strategies
for workforce development. Over 75 members of the business
community and 75 members of elementary, secondary and postsecondary
institutions participated. Students also participated as an
integral part of the summit. Attendees prioritized competencies
and skills in the Illinois Learning Standards and selected
communicating on the job, problem-solving, critical thinking
and demonstrating workplace behavior and ethics as objectives
that best aligned with previously identified needs. Three
action teams have designed, developed and implemented staff
and student activities into all curricular areas. A second
summit was held a year later, with plans made to host a 2002
county-wide institute with a potential of 2,000 to 3,000 educators
and business/community members attending.
Achievements include integrating workplace skills and career
competencies into many classrooms through resource lists,
sample lesson plans, classroom activities and professional
exchange opportunities. The partnership has established a
regional forum for an ongoing exchange of ideas.
Leadership Development Partnership
Education Contact: Pat McMahon (815) 626-5050
Business Contact: Joseph L. Bittorf (815) 622-9195
The objectives of this program are to develop in students
lifelong qualities of leadership, goal setting, interpersonal
communication and stress management skills; extend classroom
learning; help students compete for opportunities; and foster
community-wide relationships.
The Leadership Development Program consists of eight weekly
sessions of two and a half hours each. A facilitator from
the corporate world and student mentors lead the sessions,
using Dale Carnegie Generation Next program materials. Sessions
are held outside the regular school day and require a time
and financial commitment from students and parents. Scholarships
are available based on need.
The partnership includes Sterling High School, Newman Central
Catholic High School, National Manufacturing Foundation, Dillon
Foundation and the Dale Carnegie Organization. During the
past three years, 53 students have received training and scholarships
totaling $26,500 with an additional $20,000 in scholarships
anticipated for 2002.
Parent evaluations of the program show students have increased
self-confidence; improved leadership, communication, interpersonal
and stress management skills; and a more positive attitude.
Students have developed new relationships which have led to
collaboration between the public and private schools on projects
of mutual interest.
Provena St. Joseph Hospital and School District U-46
Education Contact: Karen Fox (847) 888-5000
Business Contact: Julie Lichtenberg (847) 622-8289
This partnership strives to promote physical and mental health
and wellness for students, their families and staff and encourage
collaboration within schools and throughout the community.
Local needs being met by the partnership include:
The partnership began with Larkin High School, then was joined
by Sheridan Elementary and Highland Elementary. Two years
ago, Elgin School District U-46 and Provena staff established
a Touchpoints program in the Elgin area to train 150 English
and Spanish-speaking professionals from all agencies working
with parents of children birth to three.
Provena has provided funding at two elementary schools for
Project FIT, a nationally recognized state-of-the-art fitness
playground which includes fitness games and lessons.
Other activities include providing clinical sites for the
U-46 CNA program, assisting with service learning for the
Larkin High School Healthy Snack Shop, hosting trips to the
Provena Wellness Center for three elementary schools and providing
career opportunities such as speakers, health and career fairs
and job shadowing. The Illinois Learning Standards provide
focus for partnership activities.
Anderson's Bookshop and Hill Middle School
Education Contact: Mike Raczak (630) 428-6200
Business Contact: Jill Brooks (630) 355-2665
The goal of this partnership, which began four years ago,
is to foster literacy and promote a lifelong love of reading,
not only in school, but also in the community. In the process,
students are improving their reading skills and are meeting
the Illinois Learning Standards in reading.
Students are encouraged to read through enjoyable activities.
Anderson's Bookshop conducts "Book Gossips" where
students discuss their favorite book. Students receive summer
reading lists along with book discount coupons. The "Book
Angels" program brings students to the store at Christmas
to gift-wrap books for needy children. Students participate
in a "Mock Newberry Award" where they select a newly
published book for the award. In addition, various authors
visit the school and meet with students.
Anderson's offers the community discounted books for breakfast
and evening book discussions, conducts workshops for parents
that outline ways to encourage students to read, publishes
student book reviews in the company newsletter and displays
student show board presentations in store windows. A new community-wide
program, "Naperville Reads Gary Paulsen," is bringing
people together to read one of the author's books and participate
in a community event relating to the selection. The Naperville
Public Library and School District 203 have joined in the
Hill Middle School's enrollment averages 950 students, with
literacy activities also serving parents, siblings, teachers
and the community-at-large.
Hella Regional Training Academy
Education Contact: Kathleen A. Pampe (618) 393-2982
Business Contact: Mike Knapp (618) 662-4402
Partners in the Hella Regional Training Academy include Hella
Electronics in Flora, five area high schools (North Wayne,
Clay City, North Clay, Flora and West Richland) and Illinois
Eastern Community Colleges/Olney Central College. The intent
of the academy is to provide area high school students innovative,
highly technical occupational programs in Industrial Maintenance
Technology and Robotics. Both programs are taught on-site
at Hella, with students having the opportunity, through dual
credit, to obtain the first level certificate for the Olney
Central College Industrial Maintenance Program prior to their
graduation from high school. In addition, students learn workplace
skills and have the opportunity for job shadowing on a day-to-day,
school-year basis.
Achievements include building a robot for entry in a national
robotics competition, in which participating students learned
a great deal about design and construction. Two of last year's
students completed the first level certificate for Industrial
Maintenance Technology and are now attending Olney Central
College. The academy and program have become models for both
industry and education and have received recognition throughout
the southeastern Illinois area.
Currently 20 high school students are enrolled in the Hella
Regional Training Academy.
"Honorable Mention" awards were also presented
to the following business-education partnerships:
Illinois State Board of Education
100 North First Street
Springfield, IL 62777


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#96362 - 03/04/03 05:01 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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This is too much fun!
"My brain spills over with Tom-Swifties," she said brimmingly.
"I'm wondering if we may use poetic license with some of our adverbs?" she said curiously and inventingly.
"I wonder if I should stop (fill in the blank)" she said haltingly.
"I wonder if there is too much of a good thing," she said amply.
"I wish I could stop with this already!" she said ceaselessly.
#96363 - 03/04/03 06:38 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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Nice ones Ruby!
Its just a pipe dream, said Tom stonily.
I made a lot of money at the Ascot race meeting once harrchh behind the stands harrchh only my hat, she coughed hoarsely.
No! She gets my goat! Tom rebutted hornily.
Ehgve yerst ed meh tonsls ehrt, said Tom glottally.
Six or seven? Tom asked confusedly.
The TV control is on the table, Tom said remotely.
#96364 - 03/04/03 07:08 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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Thanks, dxb :)
Back atcha for this one:
The TV control is on the table, Tom said remotely.
#96365 - 03/04/03 07:12 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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"I thought we could see the breakers from here", he said confusedly._________________________
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#96366 - 03/04/03 07:27 AM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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"Once a Scot, always a Scot," said Tom clandestinely.
I think this one gets my vote!
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"I don't like vodka" he said absolutly.
"That's because you're not Russian." she replied swiftly.
#96368 - 03/04/03 04:52 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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This one's for AnnaS.
"Once stung, twice shy," said Tom begrudgingly.
#96369 - 03/04/03 09:40 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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No! She gets my goat! Tom rebutted hornily.
this one gets MY vote! verb and adverb, very clever!
#96370 - 03/05/03 06:38 PM Re: Tom Swifty-ness
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Oh, I hadn't thought of verb AND adverb.
"The law is an honourable profession." she retorted briefly.
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"Who took my flowers?" asked Tom lackadaisically.
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Thomas S. Nelson IIJuly 22,2013
Thomas S. Nelson IIThomas S. Nelson II
WEST PAWLET Thomas S. Nelson II passed peacefully into the hands of the Lord Saturday, July 20, 2013, at Lake St. Catherine, after a courageous battle with cancer.
He was born November 10, 1926, the son of Camillus Horton and Helen Brown Nelson.
Tom was the valedictorian of his Granville (N.Y.) Central High School class, a graduate of Dartmouth University, and then graduated as an engineer from Dartmouths Thayer School of Engineering. Tom proudly served as a pilot in the Naval Air Force and served as a Navy pilot during the end of World War II.
After serving his country, he returned to the area and worked at the Telescope Folding Furniture Co. for around six to seven years. Then, in the 1950s, when his father became ill, he took over the management of the C.H. Nelson Agency, an independent insurance agency founded by his father in 1916 that served the business, farm and personal needs of customers in Vermont and New York states. Tom owned the insurance agency for over 50 years. Even at age 86, up to only days before he died, he was active in all aspects of the insurance agency related service operations for its customers.
Tom is survived by his wife of 59 years, Audrey Calkins Nelson; four children, Frank Nelson, Holly Nelson Lutz (John), Clare J. Nelson and George P. Nelson (Laura); six grandchildren, Meredith, Brittany, Aislinne and Elleanor Lutz and Megan and Liam Nelson; two nieces, Marleigh McNealus (Jerry) and Elizabeth Gillooly, and three nephews, David Pelton (Kiki), William Pelton (Dana) and James Calkins (Nancy). He was predeceased by his parents, C. H. Micky Nelson and Helen Brown Nelson, and by his sister, Martha Nelson Pelton.
Tom was a quiet leader. He served his community continuously, contributing as a member and holding offices in many organizations, including Rotary International Granville Club, the West Pawlet Volunteer Fire Department, the West Pawlet Fish and Game Club, and the Mountainview Cemetery Association. He served the Town of Pawlet as a justice of the peace, on the Board of Education, the Planning Commission, served on the Board of Civil Authority and for many years, Tom was the moderator of the Pawlets annual town meeting.
While operating the C.H. Nelson Agency, Tom was active over the years in supporting and sponsoring area youth sports teams and organizations. He valued supporting various area nonprofits. Tom was particularly devoted to the Wells United Methodist Church. For over 55 years, Tom and Audrey developed, owned and operated Camp Catherine Capers, a horsemanship camp for girls enriching the lives of many horsemanship-interested children from all over the world. Tom, as an instrument rated pilot, flew small aircraft from Granville, N.Y., to nearly every state in the U.S.! His last solo flight was only months prior to his death.
Calling hours will be held Wednesday, July 24, at the Robert M. King Funeral Home, 23 Church Street, Granville, N.Y., from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m.
A time of sharing and a celebration of Toms life will be held on Sunday, July 28, at the Wells United Methodist Church in Wells, Vt., at 2 p.m.
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Best sing a long song
. You can turn it on the radio or at a club and everyone will know the words and sing.
Bohemian RhaspodyReplyCancel
Jessie's GirlReplyCancel
Everybody knows YMCAReplyCancel
American Pie and Bohemian Rhapsody. Hands down.ReplyCancel
We are the champions! Not best sing a long but everyone knows this song.ReplyCancel
Oh, wait. Duh. Summer of '69.
I was on a trip once with my youth group (don't judge) and we went to some fast food place with a jukebox. I played Summer and almost everybody in the restaurant started singing. It was awesome.ReplyCancel
Oh and BTW, I LOVE YOUR TURN 🙂ReplyCancel
@Roman, that is the best sing a long at any sporting event. The minute it comes on everyone starts singing.ReplyCancel
Push It, Salt N Pepa.ReplyCancel
@ LottaC – and no matter what team you route for everybody always thinks it's about his/her team 🙂ReplyCancel
I Will SurviveReplyCancel
For me it's New York, New York by Sinatra. NYE in Times Square and Yankees Stadium EVERYONE sings along.ReplyCancel
I have this kids song stuck in my head today. At least it's a happy song 😉
Sweet Home Alabama
Sympathy For The DevilReplyCancel
Piano ManReplyCancel
Now I'm gonna have some great songs stuck in my head today.ReplyCancel
Working class manReplyCancel
Who Let the Dogs Out.ReplyCancel
I find singalongs mostly awkward, but I can't keep quiet if Sweet Caroline comes on. Or Take On Me (sadly).
My favourite thing ever is when "Crosstown Traffic" comes on the radio, and guys sing along with the guitar doodle in the beginning. It's quite charming.ReplyCancel
God I hate that song!!!ReplyCancel
David Allen Coe, "You Never Even Called Me by My Name" when in a c/w bar.
However, if it's a gay c/w bar, "Looking for a City" by Vestal Goodman.
In that same vein, "Dark Lady" by Cher when in any gay bar.
Khe San!!!ReplyCancel
LOL FSP. I didn't know it had words. I was always too drunk 😉ReplyCancel
I've never seen anyone sing along with Sweet Caroline.
We had a kid from a 3rd world country stay with us, and I said goodbye with a card that had the song "Hoop there it is", and he went crazy. No matter what continent, everyone knows that.
For me, it's always going to be FEELINGS, wowowowowo, FEELINGS!ReplyCancel
Bohemian Rhapsody
Hurts so Good – Mellencamp
Oooh or I Love Rock n Roll – Joan JettReplyCancel
In this town it would be Old Time Rock & RollReplyCancel
"The way I are" by TimbalandReplyCancel
Sexual Healing! Rapper's delight!
Born in the USA, oh there are too many.
Bohemian Rhapsody
Tiny Dancer
Oh what about Celebration by Kool and the gang! Played at every party that ever was…..ReplyCancel
Yellow Submarine, Beatles.ReplyCancel
I'm with Roman Holiday…Celebration…
Recently started playing Somg Pop – updated version of Name that Tune.
Journey Songs, Air Supply and Billy Joel are the easiest for me to pick up. Had no idea I knew so much Billy Joel, but w/2 much older sisters, their music taste spilled over…lol
And, I hate to admit it but 2 of Taylor Swift's songs from Fearless…the one about the next door neighbor and the Romeo/Juliet one…Sigh…ReplyCancel
Like a Virgin
Tainted Love
All of the songs above. Music is so powerful and I don't think we should have to decide on ONE particular song. Everyones pick is…Supercalafragelistic..Music is love!
Oh and OT, that new show 'The Carrie Diaries' has a soundtrack to die for! All '80's!ReplyCancel
And I left out – all my friends know the same songs. Air Supply is so repetitive that they are easy to pick up – oh and one other – the Grease soundtrack!! LolReplyCancel
LMFAO "Party Rock" AnthemReplyCancel
If you live in Boston and/or follow the Red Sox, you're ALL too familiar w/"Sweet Caroline", I assure you…
Agree w/"Bohemian Rhapsody"; that's probably the all-time champ, esp. for people my age or who were old enough when Wayne's World came out.ReplyCancel
I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun." Ladies, when you have a certain amount of alcohol in you the words just come naturally (along with some gibberish.)ReplyCancel
I was at an event on New Year's eve at Atlantis resort in the Bahamas. The cover band started playing Joan Jett's "I love rock 'n' roll" and the entire place, with about 1,000 guests, went crazy singing and every server was dancing and singing around the tables. It was impressive when you consider that Atlantis has guests there from all over the world, and all of the staff are Bahamian.ReplyCancel
I'm gonna go with
Crazy or Cryin-Aerosmith
Fly away-Lenny Kravitz
Bullet with Butterfly Wings-Smashing Pumpkins(my kids call it the Whale War song)
Hey Jealousy-Gin Blossoms
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"I've Got Friends in Low Places" -Garth Brooks
"Ice Ice Baby" -Vanilla IceReplyCancel
@Cay….not Joan Jett. Pat benetarReplyCancel
different strokes theme songReplyCancel
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Forever and ever I will head bang to this song. I love you Wayans World for bringing that simple pleasure to my life. And Garth just moving his mouth not knowing the words when their singing doesn't really matter, anyone can see, I've based my life existence off of that moment.ReplyCancel
Me, too!!!ReplyCancel
You got it!ReplyCancel
I Will Survive…..ReplyCancel
True story, as embarrassing as it is:
I was at a biergarten in Germany with a bunch of other college students and there was a band in lederhosen playing German beer drinking songs that most of our group didn't know. We tried to find a song that we could all sing along to (and by then we were all pretty drunk– the beer steins are HUGE) and after muddling through a bunch of songs the only song that EVERYONE knew the words to were the lyrics for the theme song to The Beverly Hillbillies.
No wonder this country is in such a mess.ReplyCancel
Three Little Birds- Bob Marley
Got to Give It Up- Marvin Gaye
Piano Man
Bust A MoveReplyCancel
I can't believe no one mentioned It Takes Two:
I wanna rock right now
I'm Rob Base and I came to get down..
@Green Wave Gal
I'm not internationally known
But I'm known to rock the microphone!
I get stupid. I mean outrageous.
Stay away from me if you're contagious.
Oh I could go on…but I'm laughing too hard to type!ReplyCancel
Rock Me Gently – Andy KimReplyCancel
I just thought of another
Billy ray Cyrus- Achy Breaky heart
we lived in a condo when we were first married (before i knew he was lying whore). on sunday mornings one of our neighbors would BLAST "sweet caroline" and sing along. so one time we joined them. they never did that again. guess i had thoughts of the whole complex joining in. makes me smile everytime i hear it now, and i think of that sing-a-long.ReplyCancel
Ahhh, You Never Even Called Me By My Name is the closing song at one of my favorite bars.
Don't Stop Believin
Old Time Rock n Roll
@Green Wave Gal, I LOVE that song! (Check! Woo!) 😉ReplyCancel
Seriously. Turn it on at any dive bar or while on a road trip and everyone over 30 will sing along and anyone with taste under 30 will join in…ReplyCancel
Lelain Pierce will like this one: "Tempted" by Squeeze.ReplyCancel
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Meet the 2014 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds
This is the fourth annual FN 40 Under 40 Rising Stars of Hedge Funds, which is Financial News' editorial pick of the most promising men and women in the industry. This year's list, in particular, celebrates the managers who have succeeded in setting up new firms in the past few years, in what has been a tough fundraising climate.
The number of hedge fund launches in 2013 in Europe fell to its lowest level in more than a decade and, reflecting this, only six people on the 2014 list unveiled a start-up fund last year. However, the list recognises many firms set up from 2009 that have achieved impressive returns and asset growth.
Most of the list is made up of money managers, but the investor base is also represented by individuals from consultants, institutional investors and funds of funds. Prime brokers who service hedge fund managers and the marketers who raise money for them are also included.
Many on the list cut their teeth at investment banks and they all continue to be ambitious – one wanted to be US President and another wants to help in the discovery of nuclear fusion.
Profiles by Harriet Agnew and Lucy McNulty.
Qasim Abbas
Managing director, tactical opportunities group, Blackstone
Age 38
Abbas, a former portfolio manager with Trafalgar Asset Managers, in October 2012 joined a new Blackstone team that employs an opportunistic investment strategy focused on special situations. In 2013, Abbas led Blackstone's acquisition of a 28.5% stake in pensions buyout firm Rothesay Life from Goldman Sachs. He also worked with joint venture partners to establish a speciality finance lending programme, which provides funding to UK residential homebuilders. He continues to direct and develop the business's exposure to UK and European financial assets, including residential housing, mortgages, lending for small and medium enterprises, and consumer finance. He is also involved in devising the firm's strategy towards the European banking and insurance sector.
Ali Akay
Chief investment officer, Carrhae Capital
Age 36
Carrhae Capital has continued to grow on the back of strong performance since Akay led the emerging markets hedge fund manager's launch in December 2011. After securing a $150 million seed deal from Blackstone, Carrhae has grown to manage more than $860 million. Carrhae's long/short equity fund gained 14.9% last year, outperforming the MSCI Emerging Markets index by 20 percentage points with 0.03 beta to the index. In February 2014, it launched a long-only emerging markets fund. Before setting up Carrhae, Akay ran the largest book at SAC Capital Advisors' London office and delivered annualised gains of 21.58% between August 2008 and June 2011.
Reza Amiri
Founder, Susa Fund Management
Age 38
Amiri says his biggest achievement has been getting European long/short equity firm Susa off the ground in March 2009 in a tough environment for new launches. Since then the fund has made annualised gains of 12.33%. In 2013, it made gains of 17.8%. Amiri has been busy building the firm's short positions and raising money from US investors who are looking to increase their holdings in Europe. He said that now that macroeconomic risks in Europe have abated, "it's a stockpickers' market again". A keen tennis player, Amiri enjoys reading books about the retail sector. He is currently reading The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon.
Andrea Ash
Head of trading strategies, Pioneer Investments
Age 35
Ash says one of her proudest moments was her first time walking onto a trading floor, aged 20. Since then, she has continued to impress. In June 2011, she joined Boston-based Pioneer Investments as a senior research analyst and was promoted within a year to head of trading strategies at the $1.3 billion fund of funds division. Ash sits on the investment committee and is in charge of Pioneer's investments in global macro, systematic and fixed-income strategies. During 2013, she added emerging markets macro managers to the portfolio, which paid off when they gained an average of 18% in 2013, in what was a tough period for both emerging markets and macro strategies. Ash is now looking at the liquid alternatives area and Pioneer is preparing to launch a product in this sector.
Philippe Azoulay
Chief executive, 80 Capital
Age 33
Azoulay spent six years in charge of all the quantitative aspects of Deutsche Bank's alternative and fund solution group before securing $50 million in seed funding from the German bank for his hedge fund start-up, 80 Capital, which launched in February 2013. Azoulay's Helium strategy gained 6.15% in the remainder of 2013, when many managed futures funds lost money. He says his mentors have been Stephane Farouze, his former boss at Deutsche Bank, and Jean-Pierre Aguilar, the late founder of French quantitative hedge fund Capital Fund Management, where Azoulay began his career. His long-term aim is to team up with universities to finance research into nuclear fusion.
Alex Baring
Partner, The Children's Investment Fund Management
Age 35
When Baring joined TCI in 2006 as a generalist analyst, he became the hedge fund's youngest-ever partner, aged 27. In 2013, he led TCI's investment in the newly privatised Royal Mail, which made the hedge fund one of the biggest shareholders in the company. He says TCI bought "as much stock as we could get our hands on" in the secondary market, attracted by its large property portfolio and opportunities to cut costs. The investment contributed towards a strong year by TCI, whose $7.9 billion fund, which is overseen by Chris Hohn and supported by seven analysts, gained 47% in 2013. Baring is growing the hedge fund's short book, particularly in companies whose dynamics are being changed by technology. He says the biggest influence on his career has been his former colleagues at JP Morgan Cazenove, where he worked between 2001 and 2006, many of whom now run successful hedge funds.
Jeff Blumberg
Chief executive, Egerton Capital
Age 37
Blumberg helped achieve a strategic goal for Egerton when its long-only assets surpassed its long/short assets for the first time in 2013. Blumberg, who has responsibility for all Egerton's non-investment functions since joining in 2010, also helped broaden Egerton's investor base so that institutional investors made up over half of new investors in the fund in 2013. Institutional investors now hold 40% of the firm's assets. In 2013, the firm generated $2.8 billion of net returns for investors. This brought Egerton's total returns since launch to $8.1 billion; placing Egerton founder John Armitage the third highest among European managers for investor returns, according to LCH Investments.
Joe Byars
Executive director, UBS
Age 35
As one of three senior members of UBS's European capital introductions team in London, Byars spends much of his time raising money to help new hedge fund managers get off the ground. These have included some of the most high-profile European start-ups in recent years, including Hengistbury Investment Partners, Trient Asset Management and New Peak Capital Partners. He got a taste for entrepreneurialism in his first job, which was working for GoinGreen, a start-up electric car business, before joining UBS in 2007. In October 2013, Byars rowed the English Channel from Belgium to the UK to raise money for the Royal Marsden Hospital. When he retires, Byars wants to be an angel investor in small businesses.
Adrian Croxson
Partner, Och-Ziff Capital Management
Age 36
Croxson began his career as an industrials analyst at Credit Suisse in 2000 and moved to $42.3 billion hedge fund Och-Ziff in 2004 to be an analyst. After Michael Cohen, Och-Ziff's head of European investing, left in March 2013, Croxson took on full responsibility for Och-Ziff's multibillion-dollar European equities investments and became one of four people on its newly created executive committee in London. The OZ Europe Master fund, where Croxson runs equities, gained 12.41% in 2013 and Croxson was named a partner at the end of 2013.
Robert Dafforn
Founder, Bybrook Capital
Age 33
Dafforn set up Bybrook Capital in 2013 and is preparing to launch a credit fund on April 1, 2014, after building a seven-strong team and securing a $200 million seed deal from alternatives manager Blackstone. Before Bybrook, he spent almost six years at the London arm of US hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management, where he was a portfolio manager, responsible for European and Asian credit investments. Dafforn is eyeing opportunities in emerging markets credit and European banks and sovereigns. He is reading Antifragile: Things that Gain from Disorder by economist Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Frederic Denjoy
Founder, Denjoy Capital Partners
Age 36
Denjoy's equities hedge fund, which was seeded by Blackstone in 2011, reopened to investor capital in June 2013 at $200 million. Denjoy plans to close the fund at around $600 million in the middle of 2014. The fund gained 25% last year with 25% net exposure to the markets. Denjoy said he made money on both the long and the short side, notably with long positions in French retailer Carrefour and French advertising company JCDecaux, and short positions in IT company Intec and French beverage company Rémy Cointreau. He says his former boss Alan Howard has been his biggest influence because of "the way he puts complex things in a simple manner". Denjoy spent six years trading equities at Brevan Howard Asset Management, where he was a partner, before striking out on his own. Denjoy's 13-month-old twins are keeping him up at night.
Steven Desmyter
Managing director, Man Group
Age 37
Desmyter joined $30.2 billion asset manager GLG Partners, now part of Man Group, in 2002. Since then, he has held a variety of sales roles and was promoted to managing director following Man Group's acquisition of GLG in 2010. Desmyter speaks five European languages and spends most of his time selling Man Group's range of products to institutional investors in the Nordic and Benelux regions. His work increasingly involves structuring bespoke investments for clients. One investor said that clients of Desmyter are positively surprised that someone with a pure sales angle has such a strong technical background. Before GLG, Desmyter worked in equity sales at Goldman Sachs.
Pete Drewienkiewicz
Head of manager research, Redington
Age 34
Drewienkiewicz joined Redington in 2011 from RBC Capital Markets to run the investment consultant's manager research team and has spent more than half his time since developing its hedge fund and alternative credit business. Since 2012, he has worked with Redington's investment committee to define the firm's strategy towards alternatives and to identify opportunities for clients in the asset class. In 2013, Redington allocated $4 billion to alternatives and less liquid credit, including $1.4 billion to long/short credit, $405 million to distressed debt and $1.2 billion to direct lending funds. By the end of 2013, its distressed debt managers had delivered returns of more than 20%, while investments in direct lending gained 10% and in long/short credit investments 8%.
Jack Edmondson
Investment director, OU Endowment Management
Age 36
After 10 years of working in the City of London, in banking, consulting and private equity, Edmondson was "mildly frustrated with making rich people richer". He joined Oxford University's endowment in 2009 and invests across asset classes, spending roughly half his time on hedge funds. Backed by long-term capital, Edmondson likes to "hunt in geographies or areas that others wouldn't hunt in", such as sub-Saharan Africa or financing small-cap companies. In 2013, the Oxford Endowment fund gained over 15%. He has been described as "a long-term, savvy, tactical, thoughtful investor" by one veteran hedge fund marketer.
Tim Fitch
Director of marketing and investor relations, Pine River Capital Management
Age 37
Fitch, who is responsible for raising the European profile of Pine River's range of nine relative-value funds, honed his sales skills at university where he made money telemarketing in his spare time. After stints at KBC Alternative Investment Management, Axa Investment Managers and Man Group, Fitch joined Minnesota-based asset manager Pine River in June 2012 as its only sales person in London. Pine River's hedge fund assets have grown from about $4.2 billion in January 2012 to $10 billion. Fitch says the best advice he has received was from his first boss at Commerzbank, where he worked between 2002 and 2004, who told him to move from the sellside to the hedge fund industry as soon as possible. His first job at a hedge fund was in 2004 at an event-driven start-up GMP Asset Management, where its small team meant he saw all aspects of the business and worked on everything from booking trades to marketing.
Lia Forcina
Partner and portfolio manager, BlueCrest Capital Management
Age 39
Forcina began her career in 1999 at Morgan Stanley, working in investment banking before moving into the banks equity research team and then proprietary trading. In 2005, she set up a financials hedge fund, Fenician Capital, which grew from $100 million to a peak of $700 million. Forcina moved to SAC Capital in London in March 2010, where latterly she ran one of its three biggest portfolios. Following the closure of SAC's London office in late 2013, Forcina joined $32 billion hedge fund BlueCrest in January 2014. She now runs a global financials long/short equity portfolio at BlueCrest, where she leads a team that includes her analyst husband, Giovanni Rubino.
James Hanbury
Portfolio manager, Odey Asset Management
Age 34
Hanbury says he is "obsessive" about combining granular research with a good understanding of the macroeconomic environment. Having managed Odey's UK Absolute Return fund since its launch in May 2009, he has proved his ability to deliver outperformance in tough markets. In 2013, the fund gained 45.5% after fees, taking its assets under management to just under £1 billion. Since its launch, the fund has delivered total returns of 203%, against a 78% gain in the MSCI World Total Return index. Hanbury also led the June 2013 launch of the firm's long-only equities-focused Ucits IV fund, Allegra Developed Markets.
Domingo Hormaeche
Portfolio manager, Zebedee Capital Partners
Age 34
Hormaeche, a former equity salesman at JP Morgan, joined hedge fund manager Zebedee in 2004 when he was hired by the hedge fund's founder Julian Edwards, who had been Hormaeche's client at the US bank. Hormaeche initially was an analyst on Zebedee's main hedge fund but in 2010 was seeded by Zebedee's partners to run his own European long/short mid-cap equities fund, which was opened externally to investors in March 2013. The fund has raised $100 million and the target now is to grow it to $500 million. The fund gained 34% in 2013 and has made an annualised return of 14% since it launched. Hormaeche was born in Spain but raised in England.
Martin Källström
Portfolio manager, hedge funds, AP1
Age 35
Källström says he will always remember 2013 as a very difficult year that had a happy ending. In late June, he was hit with the news that he had a brain tumour that needed immediate removal. He has since fully recovered following a successful operation in mid-July 2013 and has continued to manage his hedge fund portfolio throughout on behalf of the Swedish pension fund, AP1. He says the portfolio was helped by some good additions before his operation, helping it to make a total return of 8.2%, which is better than many other managed futures and macro strategies. The portfolio rose from $1.6 billion in 2012 to $ 1.9 billion by the end of 2013.
Ide Kearney
Senior analyst, Man Group
Age 39
Kearney played a key role in launching the GLG European Distressed fund in 2009 alongside GLG colleague Galia Velimukhametova. The fund, managed by a four-person investment team, has since delivered annualised returns of more than 20%. It gained 17.9% in 2012 and 12.4% in 2013. Kearney joined GLG Partners from King Street Capital Management in 2009 and acted as a senior analyst across a number of sectors within high yield. In 2010, she became part of the Man Group team when it acquired GLG in a $1.6 billion deal. Kearney credits her business and law degree at University College Dublin and her time as a high yield and special situations analyst at JP Morgan for her keen interest in models, numbers, accounting standards – and not trusting everything companies tell her.
Roy Kuo
Team head for alternative strategies, Church Commissioners
Age 36
Kuo joined Church Commissioners, the Church of England's investment arm, in May 2013 to ramp up the £6 billion endowment's allocation to alternatives. The aim is to grow the alternatives portion of the book from a quarter to a third to diversify its holdings in long-only equities and real estate. Kuo was previously head of research at Dexion Capital but was attracted to joining the Church endowment because he "respected what they were trying to do". He has been changing the portfolio to become more opportunistic and is currently looking at investments in mortgage-backed securities. Kuo, who wanted to be a travel writer for Lonely Planet when he was young, has visited 56 countries. He says he has been most influenced by backpacking across southeast Asia after the 1998 emerging markets crisis, where "the dichotomy in living conditions and the political strife there opened my eyes to the greater world".
Mans Larsson
Founder and chief investment officer, Makuria Investment Management
Age 38
Larsson, who ran the London office of Canyon Capital Advisors from 2009 for three years, set up credit fund Makuria in 2012 alongside a seven-person team. The firm launched its inaugural investment vehicle, the Makuria Credit Master fund, in April 2013. The fund focuses on opportunities in European sub-investment grade debt and special situations. The fund's assets have since grown from $60 million to more than $200 million, with investment coming from a group of US institutions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals. Swedish-born Larsson says the fund has delivered high single-digit returns with just one down month in its first 11 months of trading.
Johan Levavasseur
Portfolio manager, Millennium Capital Partners
Age 36
Trained in risk arbitrage at BNP Paribas and Societe Generale, Levavasseur moved into trading equities in the basic materials and industrials sectors in 2006. He joined SAC Capital Advisors in 2010 and started managing a couple of hundred million dollars. This increased four-fold by the time he left in 2013, when Levavasseur was running one of the three biggest portfolios in London, according to a former colleague. Levavasseur describes himself as "a very risk-averse person" whose target is "to avoid losing money at any cost". After a short sabbatical, Levavasseur in October 2013 joined Millennium, where he is building a team to run a basic materials and industrials hedge fund.
Gideon Margo
European head of capital services, Credit Suisse
Age 36
Margo joined Credit Suisse, the largest prime broker in Europe by assets, in August 2012 and was in March 2014 promoted to head of European capital introductions. His 12-strong team is the main intermediary between the Swiss bank's hedge fund clients and investors. Margo previously spent six years as a portfolio manager at fund of funds firm Key Asset Management. Investors say that this experience as a former investor in hedge funds means he is particularly well placed to understand what they are looking for. Margo, a former tennis coach, has spent 2013 helping Credit Suisse's European hedge fund clients raise money from US investors, where there been a strong demand for European managers.
Joseph McCarthy
Founder, Islandbridge Capital
Age 36
McCarthy launched fund of hedge funds Islandbridge in 2008 backed by mandates from two family offices. Its total client investable assets have since soared from $150 million towards the end of 2012 to surpass the $500 million milestone. Islandbridge's emerging markets fund of funds gained a net 6% in 2013, as the MSCI Emerging Markets index fell 4.9%. Its multi-manager fund also saw net returns of 6% in 2013. McCarthy plans to add to the company's investment offering in 2014, with the launch of the Islandbridge Opportunities fund, which has been seeded with $15 million and will be focused on new equity capital markets issuances. Irish-born McCarthy, who holds an MBA from Oxford University, also aims to develop the Irish Hedge Fund Network, which he set up in 2013.
Karim Moussalem
Senior investment officer, Verrazzano Capital Management
Age 35
Moussalem left Goldman Sachs in 2011 after almost a decade to set up Paris-based Verrazzano with former Gartmore star trader Guillaume Rambourg. Company assets have grown from $280 million at launch in January 2012 to $770 million. In 2013, the Verrazzano European Opportunities fund gained 12.7% while the more concentrated Verrazzano European Focus fund was up 19%. The company recently launched a long-only fund and is about to open a London office. Moussalem played on the French national tennis team in his teens and became one of the youngest managing directors in his class at Goldman Sachs at the age of 29.
Reid Murphy
Head of Europe, Titan Advisors
Age 31
Murphy grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and wanted to be US President. Instead, after completing a master's degree in classics, he joined US fund of funds firm Titan Advisors in 2007. Murphy spent five years in New York sourcing managers before moving to the UK in 2012 to run Titan's London office. Titan runs $4 billion globally and only invests in long/short equity, global macro and event-driven strategies. Its main fund of funds gained 11.5% last year. Titan looks to uncover promising new managers and invest from the start, such as its investment in Astellon Capital Partners, an event-driven fund that gained 14% in 2012 and 17.6% in 2013, which were its first two years.
Jakob Nordestedt
Co-founder and senior portfolio manager, Mojna Capital Partners
Age 34
Nordestedt joined HSBC in 2010 as portfolio manager for its European Alpha and European leveraged Alpha funds, before spinning out Mojna Capital Partners with his colleague Michael O'Mara in July 2013. The firm, whose name includes the initials of the two founders and means the calming of the wind in Swedish, runs a total of $275 million. For the full year, Mojna's Alpha fund was up 5% in 2013, and its Leveraged Alpha fund gained 15% after fees. Nordestedt said his passion for equities was sparked as a 15 year old, although he formulated his current strategy at university, when he built his own Excel models to seek out cheap companies with comprehensible business models and strong growth.
Chris Parkinson
Head of manager research, Cardano
Age 35
Parkinson joined Cardano in 2010 and was given an alternatives investment remit in 2012 when he was put in charge of the investment consultancy's research process for hedge funds, private equity and real estate. He is responsible for approving all Cardano's investments, across long-only debt and equity and alternatives and has been instrumental in developing the firm's hedge fund business, devoting 80% of his time to the sector. The firm manages £5 billion in hedge funds, with £2 billion in advisory and £3 billion in discretionary portfolios. Parkinson helped to restructure fee arrangements to ensure closer alignment with managers' performance in 2013 and also managed its first seed investment, in the US long/short equity manager Tourbillon Capital Partners, which was up more than 20% by the end of 2013.
Jonathon Regis
Partner and co-portfolio manager, Lansdowne Partners
Age 38
Regis cut his teeth on the UK equity team at Mercury Asset Management in 1999, working alongside renowned stock pickers Peter Davies and Stuart Roden. He joined Davies and Roden at Lansdowne Partners in 2003 and has worked with them for the subsequent decade. Described by a colleague as "Pete and Stuart's secret weapon", Regis invests across sectors but specialises in consumer brands, banks and media companies. He was promoted to partner in 2006 and made a co-portfolio manager of Lansdowne's $13.8 billion developed markets strategy in February 2012. Lansdowne's developed markets hedge fund gained 33.1% in 2013, beating the S&P500 index with about a third of its net exposure.
Fahad Roumani
Chief investment officer, JPS Credit Opportunities Master Fund
Age 35
Roumani's JPS Credit Opportunities Master fund has not had a down year since it was first set up as JP Morgan's segregated credit proprietary trading group in 2008. Roumani, who joined JP Morgan in 2000, ran the fund from 2008 to 2011 before leading the four person team to spin out of the investment bank into the asset management division. JP Morgan's investment bank seeded the fund with $350 million and has since reduced its stake by 75%, as part of scheduled redemptions in compliance with the Volcker Rule. It plans to exit the fund entirely by late 2014. Total assets are currently at about $600 million, of which the majority is from external investors. The fund gained a net 10.8% in 2012 and 8.3% in 2013.
Marianne Scordel
Founder, Bougeville Consulting
Age 39
Scordel has won praise from clients for the wide-ranging services her consultancy, Bougeville, offers alternative investment fund managers, from advising on product development in socially responsible investments to tackling regulation. In February 2014, Bougeville published a guide to marketing under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive. She is also seeking Financial Conduct Authority registration to market hedge funds under the directive, which would allow Bougeville to recommend investors to existing clients. A co-chair of the CFA legal issues special interest group, she spent 2013 working with policymakers to help clients position their businesses ahead of incoming shadow banking regulation. Before setting up Bougeville in 2009, Scordel held various roles at Barclays Capital before a short spell in prime brokerage sales at Nomura.
Craig Scordellis
Head of loans, CQS
Age 36
Scordellis joined CQS's loans team in 2008 from credit hedge fund, New Amsterdam Capital Management, where he was senior investment analyst and assistant portfolio manager. Made head of loans in June 2011, he was involved in the launch of the CQS Credit Multi-Asset fund in February 2013 and worked with CQS's chief investment officer in credit, Simon Finch, to grow the assets from scratch to $1.4 billion by March 2014. In October 2013, Scordellis managed the launch of the company's fourth collaterised loan obligation, working with the legal and operations team to structure the €362 million vehicle to comply with the European Capital Requirements Directive IV regulation.
Ronald Sofer
Partner, York Capital Management
Age 33
Sofer began his career working in investment banking at Morgan Stanley before joining York Capital Management in 2007. He became co-portfolio manager of the $700 million York European Focus fund with Christian Reyntjens in 2012 and was made a partner at the end of 2013. The fund gained 17.5% in 2013, notably making money in distressed financials in peripheral Europe. Sofer says he's "obsessive about the job" and "always worries about what could go wrong with a position". In 2014, he is expecting to capitalise on a pick-up in mergers and acquisitions because a stabilisation of the macroeconomic environment in Europe is likely to embolden chief executives to do deals. As a child, Sofer wanted to become a chess grandmaster and says his greatest achievement was becoming chess captain at prep school. He says York chief executive Jamie Dinan taught him the importance of preserving capital and being intellectually honest.
Louisa Strutt
Managing director, Blue Mountain Capital Management
Age 32
Strutt's first job out of university was as executive assistant to the chief executive at hedge fund Ferox Capital, but she quickly moved into sales and marketing. Strutt joined credit specialist Blue Mountain Capital Management in 2010, when it ran $5 billion, and was named managing director in 2011. Now Strutt is one of two senior sales people on a team of more than 20. During 2013, Blue Mountain's assets under management increased from $12.7 billion to $17.7 billion. Strutt also helped raise several single-investor funds, including one of $1.5 billion. A keen rider, Strutt's childhood dream was to win an equestrian gold medal in the Olympics.
James ter Haar
Former portfolio manager, Lucidus Capital Partners
Age 35
Ter Haar is currently on gardening leave, having spent five years running money at Lucidus Capital Partners, a $1.6 billion credit hedge fund which was spun off from New York-based hedge fund company Caxton Associates in 2011. Ter Haar left Lucidus in February 2014 and is lined up to join Izzy Englander's Millennium Management in London in September 2014, where he is set to build a team and receive an allocation up to $500 million to launch a credit fund. On his gardening leave, ter Haar is working with senior Conservative MPs on "Deep Blue", a centre-right think tank. His father advised him to "do what you enjoy and the money will follow".
Chris Tuohy
Portfolio manager, Tudor Investment
Age 35
Tuohy worked on Goldman Sachs's global macro proprietary trading desk and joined Tudor's European operation in April 2011 after the US bank closed it down to comply with the Volcker Rule. Early in 2013, Tuohy made a bet that gold will fall in value when he bought gold "puts", or options contracts. Gold fell more than 28% in 2013 and Tuohy made profits of more than $100 million for Tudor during the year, more than 10 times his initial investment, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Tuohy was promoted to partner of Tudor's European arm in 2012.
Carl Vine
Chief investment officer, Port Meadow
Age 38
Vine spent three years working in investment at Prudential before joining UBS in 2000. After a brief stint in equity sales, UBS gave Vine the chance to set up an equities proprietary trading desk in Tokyo. He spent nine years in Hong Kong, first with the Swiss bank from 2004 before joining SAC Capital Advisors in 2008. Vine returned to London in October 2013, shortly before the closure of SAC's London office. Vine recently teamed up with Dymon Asia Capital, where former SAC boss Jay Luo is president, to set up Oxford-based Port Meadow. He is preparing a global equities hedge fund with an Asian bias in the second quarter.
Ben Wallace
Investment manager, Henderson Global Investors
Age 39
Wallace established the investment strategy and portfolio construction for the long/short equity vehicle Gartmore UK Absolute Return fund in 2004 when he was senior investment manager at Gartmore Investment Managers, and has since acted as its co-manager with Luke Newman. Following the acquisition of the business by Henderson in 2011, Wallace joined Henderson as investment manager, and the fund was renamed Henderson UK Absolute Return fund. The fund gained 17% in 2013, and has delivered annualised returns of 11.5% since inception. Wallace says he was fortunate to work with some very good long-only managers early on in his career, including Adrian Frost at Artemis Fund Managers, who taught him how to invest sensibly in the medium term.
Muhammed Yesilhark
Head of European equities, Carmignac Gestion
Age 33
Yesilhark joined Carmignac Gestion in January 2014, following the closure of SAC Capital's London office, where he ran the largest book. He is one of five heads of a team at the €53 billion French asset manager and his group runs €1.6 billion across three European equities funds. Yesilhark cut his teeth in mergers and acquisitions at Lazard in Frankfurt before moving to London to join hedge fund York Capital Management in 2005. He was hired by SAC in 2009, attracted by the prospect of being his own boss. Yesilhark grew up in Germany and Turkey and has set up a charity that runs nursery schools to educate immigrants alongside the local population.
Methodology: Over the past three months, Financial News canvassed the market for opinion and drew up a longlist of more than 150 potential rising stars. All nominees had to be under 40 years of age on March 24, based in Europe, the Middle East or Africa and working in the hedge fund industry or support services to it. Candidates were then assessed by FN's editorial panel on four criteria: achievements to date given their age, the stature of their mentors, firepower at their disposal, and their potential to reach a position of great influence. The longlist was then whittled down to the final 40 listed here. The list is not ranked.


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Governor Togiola Tulafono's final Flag-Day speech was a lamentation of a missed opportunity during his time at the helm to change the territory's political status. He didn't say what exactly that status might have been, but it was "written between the lines of the deed of cession" he said.
Hawaiian Airlines announced yesterday that the Honolulu-based carrier has renewed its partnership with LBJ Medical Center to provide critical travel support for needed medical treatment abroad through a special program offering discounted fares to Honolulu, the mainland and Manila, Phillippines.
The partnership, now in its second year, targets LBJ patients under the off-island medical referral program, which has been without sufficient funding since December of 2008.
During Flag Day celebrations this month, Gov. Togiola Tulafono was able to hold meetings with leaders of Samoa, Tonga and Tuvalu on various issues of mutual interest, including air service that could benefit local businesses by using American Samoa as a shopping hub for residents and the government of Tuvalu.
Forty five minutes into yesterday's Senate Investigative Committee hearing on the government's $20 million loan from the ASG Retirement Fund, two committee members left the Senate chamber for health reasons, prompting committee chairman Sen. Lualemaga Faoa to continue the hearing at a later time, due to the lack of a quorum.
At the start of the 9 a.m. hearing, Lualemaga announced that SIC had a quorum (five senators including the chairman) to proceed. Witnesses were then sworn in.
Miss Dolly Virginia Garrison, the 2012 American Samoa Cherry Blossom Princess during the Cherry Blossom parade this past Saturday in Washington, D.C. She was selected to represent the territory by the American Samoa Society of Washington, DC.
Dolly is the granddaughter of Toaali'i "Lopaki" Robert Palmer from the villages of Fagatogo and Vaitogi.
Captain Lavata'i Taase Sagapolutele who heads the Criminal Investigation with the Department of Public Safety is reaching out to the public for assistance in the search of 39-year old Faafetai Tuinei who has been missing since March 4, 2012.
Captain Sagapolutele said they are receiving tips from the public, however those clues have been unsuccessful in the search. Posters with photos of Tuinei have been posted in stores in the western district with contact information included.
Na faaselemutu i le taeao ananafi le iloiloga a le Komiti Suesue a le Senate ma molimau mai le malo, ina ua tutula'i isi sui o le Komiti Suesue ma tuua le iloiloga, ma le atoa ai le kalama e mafai ai ona faatino galuega a le komiti.
BlueSky officially announced the launch of its new mobile broadband product known as Blue Sky SpeedNet, during a press conference yesterday morning at their Laufou offices.
According to Blue Sky, you can connect to the internet by simply inserting the BlueSky USB Dongle device into your laptop or desktop computer. This new product utilizes BlueSky's4G HSPA + network to provide high speed internet all across American Samoa in places where the internet was previously unavailable.
A man who allegedly struck his wife's head with a piece of lumber is now facing second degree assault; this in addition to private peace disturbance and public peace disturbance charges. The incident is alleged to have occurred in Pago Pago two weekends ago.
According to the government's case, police received a call from the LBJ hospital about a woman who was allegedly assaulted by her husband, when she was taken in for medical treatment.
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