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USA Today: Hearts of gold: Olympians find ways to give to others (December 21)
Washington Times: World Vision Gift Catalog: The Perfect Gift (December 17)
Voice of America: World Vision says Much More Needs to be Done to Combat Malaria, Despite Successes (December 15)
McClatchy Newspapers: Pressured to marry, African girl fights for her education (December 13)
McClatchy Newspapers: Contacts for helping African women and children (December 13)
The Washington Post: A Charitable tour (December 5)
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Charitable Gifts Keep on Giving (December 8)
The New York Times: Cholera Epidemic Infects Thousands in Kenya (December 4)
Arizona Republic: Teen helps raise millions for charity with free throws (December 1
Seattle Times: Law introduced to curb mineral trade that fuels war and rape (November 19)
Associated Press Aid group: 24,000 infant deaths preventable daily (November 16)
Associated Press: American charities may not have a happy holiday (November 15)
The New York Times: A Weaker Storm Devastated El Salvador (November 9)
Associated Press: Phillies title gear a hit far from World Series (November 5)
MLB.com: MLB, World Vision to donate unused gear (November 4)
The New York Times: Misery and Illness Persist in Philippine Typhoons' Wake (October 25)
Associated Press: Typhoon slows; Philippines, Taiwan still wary (October 21)
Seattle Times: When military security means insecurity for women (October 9)
CNN: Typhoon Parma slams into Philippines (October 3)
Christian Science Monitor: Rescuers scramble to find Indonesia earthquake survivors (October 2)
Reuters: Aid trickles in as Indonesia quake toll hits 1,100 (October 2)
Wall Street Journal: Aid Groups Learn From Past Asia Havoc (October 2)
Time Magazine: How Prepared are Countries for a Tsunami? (October 1)
Los Angeles Times: Hundreds trapped in Indonesian quake rubble; more than 520 dead (October 1)
Typhoon Kills at Least 41 in Vietnam
September 30
The floods could reach the historic highs of 1964, said Le Van Duong, a relief and disaster mitigation coordinator for World Vision International, a Christian aid organization.
Airlines Have a Tough Call To Make
September 29
Roger Flessing was on an American Airlines flight to Seattle recently when he began speaking with his son on his iPhone.
Vietnamese premier appeals for relief, rescue after typhoon
September 29
Danang is predicted to be in the eye of the storm. "It's very windy, and trees have already blown down," said Le Van Duong, World Vision's emergency response coordinator in Danang. "We have seen the evacuation of 3,000 families from our project areas to safer places, including schools, and we have already distributed noodle packs to 700 families."
Recession Pinches People's Generous Instincts
September 25
One in ten responded they've upped their giving, but the headline is the one in three who are donating less. This summer, World Vision had to lay off 50 people from its US staff. It also cut vacant positions. Portland-based Mercy Corps laid off 22 from its stateside staff earlier this year. Lana Reda says her sponsor-a-child programs are holding their own. She attributes that to the "personal connection" donors feel toward the child. But total private donations are down.
Hugh Jackman on Living Green
September 21
In celebration of Climate Week, kicking off in New York today, Vulture hero Hugh Jackman took time away from his grueling rehearsal schedule for Broadway's A Steady Rain to speak at a U.N. press conference on green living: "To be fair, as an actor, this is not something I'm very accustomed to, and probably about twelve months ago this kind of event would have maybe overwhelmed me a bit," he told reporters. I started as ambassador for World Vision. I actually started doing the 40 Hour Famine.
NGOs try to give poor a voice
September 18
Nearly 50 people from organizations such as World Vision and Oxfam America will work their cell phones and write releases on how decisions of the G-20 might affect the poorest of the poor. The government relations arm of World Vision, a major Christian aid agency, has been in conversation with G-20 advisers to discuss how policies impact the poor. "The NGO role at these summits is to be a voice for the poor and to hold leaders accountable to promises they have already made," said Geraldine Ryerson-Cruz, a spokeswoman for World Vision.
Lush Land Dries Up, Withering Kenya's Hopes
Video interview with World Vision's Nic Wasunna
September 8
A devastating drought is sweeping across Kenya, killing livestock, crops and children…The United Nations World Food Program recently said that nearly four million Kenyans — about a tenth of the population — urgently needed food. But donor nations have been slow to respond, and a United Nations-led emergency appeal for $576 million is less than half financed… "At a time like this, we need donor confidence," said Nicholas Wasunna, a humanitarian adviser for the aid group World Vision.
Rape and Recovery in the Congo
September 8
Women's advocates praise the Congolese government for new laws that seek to punish sexual violence, but note that these laws are rarely enforced. Nonetheless, women have been slowly pressing civil and criminal trials, often with the help of foreign organizations. "There are so many obstacles to women who want to press charges," said Anna Ridout, Congo coordinator for the U.S. relief group World Vision. "There is the embarrassment, of course. But this is not a very legal culture out here, and the courts are not a familiar place for most [rural women]."
Powerful Earthquake Kills 57 in Indonesia
September 3
More than a day after a major earthquake jolted Indonesia's Java Island, killing at least 57 people, there is still no word from remote villages along the coast, a relief worker told CNN Thursday. "This earthquake has injured hundreds of people and (destroyed or damaged) thousands of houses," World Vision's Katarina Hardono said.
Indonesian Quake Kills 57 and Leaves Dozens Missing
September 3
Some rural regions, particularly along West Java's southern coast, could not be reached by telephone and there may be more victims and damage, said Trihadi Saptoadi, who heads the Indonesian branch of the Christian charity World Vision. He was in the district of Pangalengan, one of the province's worst hit areas, where he said five died, 50 were injured and 6,700 houses were destroyed in 13 villages. "There is a soccer field full of tents for about 500-700 people," he said. Electricity was still cut off and there was a shortage of water and food.
From Afghanistan to America: Women Helping Women in the Bay Area
August 30
The voting in Afghanistan is over, but the outcome of last week's elections is still unknown. Beyond the political debate, another growing concern has emerged: the diminishing rights of Afghan women...In recent months, there has been an accelerated Taliban resurgence in several areas of the country, and many development organizations, like World Vision, are concerned that the strides made in the past few years could be eroded.
World Vision's Richard Stearns Sets Out To Put An End To Global Poverty
August 23
Inside the cavernous Spokane Arena, thousands of women looking on in eager anticipation, Richard Stearns walks onto the stage...Taking a huge pay cut and moving his family across the country, he landed in Federal Way to lead the U.S. branch of World Vision, the largest Christian relief and development organization in the world.
Local groups say Afghanistan needs non-military development plan
August 20
While completing peaceful elections would be a positive step, "Afghans I've spoken with don't feel invested in these elections because they're not seeing progress or a viable government in their own communities," said Christine Beasley, country program manager for World Vision, a Federal Way-based group that has worked in Afghanistan since 2001 with a staff of 250 on the ground, mostly local Afghans.
Afghanistan's untold story: Stability, tourists, miniskirts
August 19
Christine Beasley, the program manager in Afghanistan for World Vision, a Christian humanitarian group, says Afghanistan did modernize in the 1960s and the 1970s. But most of the country's rural areas remained conservative in their practice of Islam and treatment of women. "There was relative stability, but the changes in the '60s and '70s were confined to very small, urban elite, primarily around Kabul," Beasley said.
Deadly mudslides strike across East Asia
August 11
The wrath of Typhoon Morakot has affected nearly 9 million people across four coastal China provinces and killed dozens in Taiwan, officials said Tuesday ... "The most pressing needs now are providing shelter, food and clean water for those who have had to evacuate their homes," said Hank Du, executive director for the humanitarian group World Vision in Taiwan. "We also want to make sure the children are secure and have a safe place where they are cared for."
Devastating Typhoon
August 11
At least 70 people are dead and hundreds missing after a powerful typhoon slammed into Taiwan and then battered China's East coat... Joining us now by phone is Albert Yu of the humanitarian group World Vision.
Saakashvili slams Russian 'invaders'
August 7
Georgia and the Moscow-backed breakaway province of South Ossetia marked the first anniversary of their conflict Friday with harsh words and quiet, glum ceremony. The five-day war, with Russian troops and tanks backing South Ossetian forces, killed at least 390 people, displaced tens of thousands and left a legacy of animosity between leaders and fears among civilians that more fighting may erupt... About 26,000 people displaced by the conflict are still living in temporary housing in Georgia, many of them on less than $3 a day, according to the international humanitarian organization World Vision.
Small Businesses Struggle in Border City of Tijuana
July 30
The city of Tijuana, across the U.S.-Mexico border from California, is coping with a recession and drop off in tourism … In another dusty colonia, Maria del Refugio Salazar is part of a woman's cooperative, also set up with small loans from World Vision.
Dallas warehouse that aids needy schools faces testing times
July 19
Audrey Black is feeling the pinch of a tight economy as donations have slowed at the Mountain Creek warehouse she manages. Black oversees The Storehouse, which provides donated items to needy schools and nonprofit organizations...World Vision, a Christian relief and development organization that teams up with communities to fight poverty, operates the Dallas store and eight others ...
Chicago shootings: Austin girl will leave gunfire behind to visit Capitol Hill
July 17
When 17-year-old Arielle Arzu hears gunfire, she turns off the lights -- if there's time -- and hits the floor.
"It happens so often that it's become a routine," said Arzu, who lives in Chicago's Austin Neighborhood. She rolled her eyes and sighed, "It's gotten to be it's just another thing that I hate to do. We're just so used to it." That is what she would like to tell members of Congress when she goes to Capitol Hill Saturday with the Youth Empowerment Project, which teaches teens to effect change in their neighborhoods. The Youth Empowerment Project is a program of World Vision, a Christian nonprofit organization.
Survey: Economic downturn leads to gang violence
July 16
Most people believe the economic downturn has led to more gang violence, according to a new national survey released Thursday. Of adults interviewed at the end of June by Harris Interactive, 71 percent said gang violence among youth is increasing as a result of the current economic climate. Dana Markow, vice president of Harris Interactive's youth center, said she found it interesting that the public was speaking so clearly on gang issues. Markow emphasized the gang poll, which was paid for by World Vision, a Federal Way, Wash., nonprofit that is combating youth violence around the world, surveyed all adults about what they thought about youth violence, not just parents.
World Vision President
July 14
Richard Stearns is president of World Vision, the Federal Way based Christian humanitarian charity organization that works on the issues of poverty and injustice. We talk to him and take your calls. Click here to listen to the program.
Mass Appeal: Michelle Obama's Global Influence
July 14
And then there is Esperanza Ampah, communications director for World Vision in Ghana. She told me how excited she was about Michelle Obama visiting her home turf, regardless of how brief of a stay it was. She also shared how important the First Lady is not only to her but to her daughter who is currently attending university. Mrs. Obama's career path further helps Ampah when stressing the importance of education, especially for young girls, to all of her children. "As a public figure her word carries weight. Michelle has given a lot of hope to Ghanaian women," she adds. Her colleague, associate director Auckhinleck Adow echoes this feeling. "Michelle Obama proves to the youth in Ghana that, no matter how disadvantaged you are, opportunity can be created for you."
G8 leaders pressured to honor aid pledges
July 9
The global economic recession is reversing years of progress in reducing extreme poverty--a stark message that leaders from developing nations, in particular Africa, will take to this week's Group of 8 summit of wealthy countries in Italy. Underlying the alarm over a rising tide of poverty, infant mortality, and hunger is the criticism that wealthy nations have not honored their commitments to substantially increase global aid..."The very real risk is of G-8 countries going back on the [aid] commitments they made because of the economic crisis," says Sue Mbaya, director of Africa advocacy for World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization with worldwide reach.
Hidden crisis haunts Pakistan fighting
June 20
Piled high with food, Minhaj Bahdar rides a rented motorbike back to his family's temporary sanctuary away from the fighting between Pakistan's army and the Taliban. The little motorbike struggles under the weight of food -- 80 kilograms of wheat, 4kg of sugar, 1 kg of salt and 300 grams of tea. It sounds like a lot -- but it has to last the Bahdar family one month. Twenty-three of them live in two tiny rooms provided by a local villager. They don't have enough food. There is no running water. The family is part of a humanitarian crisis in Pakistan that aid groups say is going largely unnoticed..."Up until now it's been a largely invisible crisis. Most of the displaced -- something like 90 percent of those two-and-a-half million (displaced) -- are staying with host families," Chris Webster, of the World Vision aid organization, told CNN.
Pakistani villagers come to the aid of refugees
June 2
Approximately 3 million people have fled the fighting in Dir, Buner and the Swat Valley over the past month, marking the largest migration in Pakistan since the country's partition from India in 1947. . . . "We're basically seeing host community populations more than double in some of these areas. The local infrastructure just can't cope," said Graham Strong, country director for World Vision, an international aid group trying to alleviate the strain.
Amazon hit by climate chaos of floods, drought
May 29,2009
Across the Amazon basin, river dwellers are adding new floors to their stilt houses, trying to stay above rising floodwaters that have killed 44 people and left 376,000 homeless .... "Most people lost their crops and their cows, and the only thing they have left is their children and their homes," said Dorothea de Araujo, the Amazon operations manager for the international aid group World Vision, after touring an area where thousands were affected. "They want to rebuild, but they are scared of what will happen in the future."
U.N. demands full access to Sri Lanka refugees
May 19
The United Nations is demanding full access to refugee camps that are home to an estimated quarter of a million people fleeing war in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday .... Suresh Bartlett, Sri Lankan director for aid agency World Vision, said, "The conventional war may be over, but the real challenge now is to foster an environment where fractured and displaced Tamil communities can heal and have a real chance at creating a future for themselves and their children."
Pakistan flight resembles Darfur, U.N. official says
May 12
The plight of Pakistanis fleeing warfare in the Swat Valley echoes conditions in such hard-pressed regions as Darfur and Congo, a U.N. relief official said Monday, as thousands more displaced people poured out of the conflict area and strained humanitarian organizations .... Jeff Hall, regional assistant director with humanitarian group World Vision, said one family he visited Sunday in the town of Jalala had 28 people living in a three-room apartment, two rooms of which had collapsed roofs. "And with the lifting of the curfew, there were 15 more people on the way," he said.
Civilian exodus in Pakistan's Swat Valley
May 12
More than 360,000 people in northwestern Pakistan have fled their homes in recent days. They were forced to leave as the country's military stepped up its offensive against the Taliban. Some have ended up in refugee camps just south of the battle zone. Graham Strong is the country director for the international aid group World Vision in Islamabad. He talks with Renee Montagne about the humanitarian crisis.
Brazil boosts flood aid for 308K left homeless
May 11
Brazil intensified efforts to ship aid to areas isolated by severe flooding as waters continued rising Monday in a jungle state nearly the size of Alaska and more than 300,000 people remained homeless. At least 40 people have died in the worst northern flooding in at least two decades, and two were still missing Monday after an overloaded canoe capsized over the weekend. While waters were receding in most states, they were still rising in the jungle state of Amazonas, said Dorothea de Araujo, the Amazon operations manager for the international aid group World Vision.
Curfew's lift lets thousands flee Pakistan valley; army says up to 500 militants killed so far
May 10
Tens of thousands of civilians, many on foot or donkey-led carts, took advantage of a lifted curfew to flee Pakistan's embattled Swat Valley on Sunday, while the army said it had killed 400 to 500 militants in its battle against the Taliban . . . The international aid agency World Vision said its relief workers were finding "intolerable" conditions at some camps due to soaring temperatures, overcrowding, inadequate toilets and a lack of electricity.
Sri Lankan 'detention' camps swell with Tamils
May 7
A mass outpouring of refugees from a civil war in its final, bloody phase is spurring a huge aid effort for more than 190,000 ethnic Tamils. By night, bulldozers are clearing more land for vast tented cities being put up during the day on the flatlands of northern Sri Lanka, where the military has corralled the Tamil Tigers along a tiny strip of coastline .... The LTTE has accused the government of deliberately stopping food and medicine from reaching the war zone. Only one ICRC shipment of 30 tons has been delivered in the last month. These deprivations make it crucial to scale up aid for evacuees, says Irene Gates, a relief worker in Vavuniya for World Vision. "If we got their basic needs covered, people may lose some of the trauma that you see in their eyes."
Praying for rain
May 4
. . . One year later, the coming crop season brings back some optimism. Farmers are preparing seeds and fertilizers and readying their fields for what they hope will be a harvest of more than enough food and plenty of livestock. "We're coming now into the first full agricultural season since the cyclone," says Jeff Wright, emergency response manager for the nonprofit World Vision. "If the season is undisrupted and the crop is a good one, we could be seeing something of a return to 'normalcy' on that front."
A year after cyclone, a girl remembers
May 1
A thin girl with caramel skin and a yellow silk blouse walks alone through a barren landscape of rubble. Her legs are marked by cuts. Her face is smeared with white streaks of powder. And her eyes are blank as she sifts through the debris of what used to be her home before Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar one night and swept her parents away. Her name is Nway, and that's how she looked when aid workers found her after Nargis destroyed her isolated village. She refused to talk about the cyclone, pretending it never took place. She became, according to a CNN story, the "girl who refuses to remember." A year later, an aid worker returned to the village to see how Nway was doing. She found Nway living in a tidy, bamboo house flanked by palm trees. The 8-year-old greeted her visitor with a big smile. Then she asked whether she could play with her visitor's hair. Pam Sitko, the aid worker, said Nway -- like thousands of people in Myanmar -- is slowly recovering one year after Nargis demolished their country. "After all of her pain and loss, she really is a spunky girl," said Sitko, who works with World Vision International, a humanitarian group. "She wasn't shy about reaching out to touch my blonde hair."
Why Michelle Obama inspires women around the globe
April 28
Heather Ferreira works in the slums of Mumbai, India, where she has watched thousands of women live under a "curse." The women she meets in the squalid streets where "Slumdog Millionaire" was filmed are often treated with contempt, she says. They're considered ugly if their skin and hair are too dark. They are deemed "cursed" if they only have daughters. Many would-be mothers even abort their children if they learn they're female. Yet lately she says Indian women are getting another message from the emergence of another woman thousands of miles away. This woman has dark skin and hair. She walks next to her husband in public, not behind. And she has two daughters. But no one calls her cursed. They call her Michelle Obama, the first lady. "She could be a new face for India," says Ferreira, program officer for an HIV-prevention program run by World Vision, an international humanitarian group. "She shows women that it's OK to have dark skin and to not have a son. She's quite real to us."
Companies mine web clues for signs of pandemics
April 28
Weeks before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization alerted the public to a growing number of swine flu cases, a startup based in Seattle's suburbs already had a hunch something was up. Veratect Inc., a 2-year-old company with fewer than 50 employees, combines computer algorithms with human analysts to monitor online and off-line sources for hints of disease outbreaks and civil unrest worldwide. It tracks thousands of "events" each month -- an odd case of respiratory illness, or a run on over-the-counter medicines, for example - then ranks them for severity and posts them on a subscription-only Web portal for clients who want early warnings .... Even with the flaws, clients like World Vision, the large Christian humanitarian organization based in Federal Way, Wash., pay Veratect for its intelligence. Recently, World Vision shifted resources - water purification tablets and education staffers - to areas Veratect thinks might see cholera outbreaks, said Brian Carlson, the head of technology for World Vision's global relief efforts.
Sri Lanka hails surrender of rebel pair
April 22
The ethos of the Tamil Tigers rebel group in Sri Lanka has always been to fight and die for the cause, namely, a homeland for the minority Tamils. So it wasn't surprising that the government treated the surrender today of two rebel officials as a significant coup -- and further evidence of its imminent military victory .... As more people emerge, the government and aid organizations are struggling to ramp up relief efforts. "The people are all absolutely exhausted and had a tedious journey and came out with little or nothing, many wading through waist-deep water, bringing their children," said Suresh Bartlett, Sri Lanka director for the humanitarian group World Vision, in a telephone interview from the town of Vavuniya today after visiting a camp for displaced persons.
Female crafters feel tourism slump
April 20
. . . The decline in tourism in Baja California has been hard for hotels, restaurants and businesses in the region. But the recession threatens to wipe out the principal source of income of dozens of these indigenous women, who for decades have sold their handicrafts on the streets of downtown Tijuana .... To help them find a new source of income, World Vision, an international nonprofit organization, has been using workshops to teach many of the women basic skills in sewing, carpentry and cosmetics. The organization also provides meals daily to dozens of children and teaches the mothers how to become involved in their children's education. Since 2002, the organization has been paying half of the cost of materials for the crafts the women sell.
Zimbabwe's health system in shambles, individual nurses keep it afloat
April 16
I spent last week in Zimbabwe, a nation that has lost so much ground from a humanitarian perspective and yet still has so much potential. I saw real signs of hope during my visit. There were media reports of various delegations visiting to assess the country's progress. Previously opposed political parties were talking about the importance of reconciliation. Food commodities were plentiful on shelves in the stores. We even witnessed garbage disposal trucks making rounds for the first time in several years. . . . My discussion with Sekai convinced me that while aid agencies like World Vision bring in significant amounts of humanitarian support, it is committed citizens like Sekai who truly keep a country going.
Runner Hall has sights set on victory at Boston Marathon
April 16
Ryan Hall conducted his dress rehearsal for the Boston Marathon last Thursday, 11 days before the 113th running of a race last won by an American male 26 years ago .... A win also would give Hall what he covets, greater exposure for his religious and charity work. He and Sara, a national-class 1,500 and 5,000 runner, became affiliated last year with Team World Vision, which raises funds for humanitarian projects in Third World countries. The Halls helped raise more than $1 million, according to the organization, through pledges. In October, they spent 10 days in Zambia on a project to bring clean water to a village.
New optimism arises at International Food Aid Conference in KC
April 8
The crowd gathering in Kansas City each spring to talk about feeding the world typically focuses on tough realities. Always more mouths to feed and more obstacles — wars, weather, politics — standing in the way. But even as people at this year's International Food Aid Conference discuss world hunger with growing urgency, they speak about a growing will to tackle the problem. . . . Robert Zachrits of the Christian aid group World Vision said he expected "a real opportunity to change things in ways we haven't seen before."
Rwanda's genocide -- 15 years later
April 6
..."Before this association, it was hard for Hutus to sit and talk with Tutsi," says Samuel Nyibizi. "When others see members of the association talking freely, they approach and ask, 'How did you get to that point?' Hutu would ask [each other], 'How can you talk to them?' Even Tutsi were asked by other Tutsi." Nyibizi and other members of Ukuri say the association opened the space for dialogue that victims and perpetrators needed, especially after a 2003 amnesty let those who pled guilty to genocide charges return to their homes. The news of their freedom left survivors like Mukangarambe uneasy. " I didnt want to live with any Hutu," she says. "But they tell us that those who died, died. They can't be brought back. Those who remain should find a way to live in harmony." She admits, though, that's not why she joined. Ukuri is more than a dialogue group; members build homes for other members, recieve counseling as they need it and share their stories of forgiveness with other villages to promote reconciliation. It uses some of its financing -- it's now backed by World Vision, an international Christian organization -- to buy goats for its members, who give kids to other members.
Why President Obama got it right at the G-20
April 3
The President announced his plan to double U.S. assitance for global agricultural productivity and rural development and called for a comprehensive strategy to alleviate chronic hunger.
Fargo flood relief
April 2
Just because the flood waters are receding in the Fargo-Moorhead area doesn't mean the victims don't need anymore help. That's why dozens of volunteers came together to do what they could to help the victims transition to the next phase -- cleanup and recovery. While they are not sandbagging, volunteers are bagging up other essentials for flood victims, including shampoo, lotion and deodorant ... "Someone who's already existing, already has existing problems with hardship, now they have been compounded so we're able to offer some great assistance to those very same people," Audrey Black, of World Vision, said.
Zimbabwe: Country in Crisis
March 11
Chaos is put on hold following the death of Prime Minister Tsvangirai's wife.
An indomitable spirit enables millions of bruised and dispossessed women to keep going, and succeed
March 8
...To celebrate International Women's Day, 30 women from World Vision in eastern DRC joined Martha and her association to spend the day working the land and harvesting crops. World Vision is also presenting them with 100 Congolese dresses, 50 hoes and a contribution to help the group pay their land rental.
Clinton to press Israel on Gaza as children suffer
February 26
...Although initial reports of Israel targeting a U.N. school proved inaccurate, more than a half dozen schools were destroyed and about 175 damaged. "The emotional problems children face result not just from three weeks of severe conflict, but prior to that, a year and a half of essentially being under ssiege," said Ashley Clements, a spokesman for the charity World Vision. "They have been unable to get out and do not live what most of us would regard as a normal childhood."
Plum teens get a taste of going hungry
February 26
When Sara Townsend gets home from school on Friday afternoon, she won't be getting ready to go out to a restaurant or to the movies with friends. Instead, the Plum Senior High School student will head to Unity Community Church in Plum, where she and about 35 other members of her youth group will go hungry for half the weekend to raise money to feed starving children across the world. Dozens of teens in the Pittsburgh area -- along with thousands across the country -- plan to participate in a nationwide "30 Hour Famine" on Friday and Saturday. Participants ask donors to sponsor them during the fast, and all proceeds go to World Vision, a Christian humanitarian organization dedicated to providing food and care to impoverished children and their families.
Miami Springs Church Groups Plans 30 hour Famine
February 24
The youth and young adults of Grace Lutheran Church, 254 Curtiss Parkway, Miami Springs, will join this weekend with more than a half-million other youths from around the world to be a part of the 30 Hour Famine from 8 a.m. Saturday to noon Sunday.
Old sets live on as Broadway embraces recycling
February 11
Ever wonder where the levitating tire from "Cats" went? The helicopter from "Miss Saigon"? The Broadway League's Broadway Goes Green environmental initiative means that much of what used to wind up in a trash heap will be repurposed or recycled. Seven tons (steel, wood, fabric and carpet) will be recycled, and eight tons will be reused by various organizations, including the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens; ReBuilders Source, a reuse store in the Bronx; and the children's charity World Vision.
Charity donates Arizona gear to families in need
February 4
Before the Super Bowl and conference championship games, the NFL and its official apparel licensees print up hundreds of shirts and caps to be distributed to the players and coaches on the winning team's sideline and thousands more that eventually will be sold in stores and online. The winners -- in this case, the Steelers -- get to celebrate in their new gear. But the losers are left wearing their street clothes after the game. World Vision, a Christian relief organization, collects the losers' items and redirects them to impoverished families.
NFL Super Bowl gear
February 1
Where does the Superbowl loser's apparel go? Find out as NBC's Today accompanies World Vision to Nicaragua.
U.N.: Rwandan troops in Congo for joint operation
January 21
Rwandan troops have crossed into the Democratic Republic of Congo to prepare for a joint operation with Congolese forces against a Hutu militia, the United Nations said. "We can tell you there are Rwandan soldiers here, but I cannot confirm the numbers," said Madnodje Mounoubai, spokesman for the U.N. mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo .... Michael Arunga, a Kenya-based spokesman for the World Vision aid organization, said his colleagues in Goma -- a city in eastern Congo -- told him that Rwandan troops arrived Tuesday morning in the village of Ishsha, outside of Goma.
Hamas, Israel set independent cease-fires
January 18
Palestinian militants declared Sunday that they would stop attacks on Israel for a week, a statement that came hours after Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced a unilateral cease-fire in the country's assault on Hamas in Gaza. The Palestinians demanded that Israel remove all troops from Gaza within the week, Hamas spokesman Ayman Taha said from Egypt. The agreement appears to cover all Palestinian armed factions, not only Hamas .... Israel said it launched the offensive in Gaza to stop the firing of rockets -- primarily the short-range homemade Qassam rockets -- from the territory into southern Israel by Hamas fighters. "We welcome any alleviation of violence, with cautious optimism and hope that these declarations of cease-fire will lead to the end of fighting," said Charles Clayton, national director of World Vision Jerusalem, an aid group. "We call on all parties to stop attacks, including Hamas' rocket strikes against Israel, and refrain from further hostilities."
A shoe shiner with a global agenda
January 9
A Seattle man makes a difference by helping bring much-needed clean water to a village on the edge of the Amazon Forest in Bolivia. NBC's Chris Jansing reports.
Israel to open 'humanitarian corridor' for Gaza
January 6
Israel has agreed to establish a "humanitarian corridor" to supply residents of Gaza with aid as international concerns about conditions among civilians mount, according to a government statement. The statement, posted on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's Web site, said Olmert decided to accept a proposal from security advisers to open the corridor. It said a path into Gaza, where Israel launched a ground offensive against Hamas militants on Saturday, "will be opened for a specific period of time, during which the population can receive the aid" .... Jerusalem has been under intense international pressure to let goods pass, because of shortage of food, medicines and fuel. "There are food shortages. ... The health system is overwhelmed. The people here don't have electricity," Mohammed El-Halaby, program manager for humanitarian group World Vision, said earlier this week.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Four S-70i Black Hawks Join Brunei Fleet
Sikorsky Aircraft has delivered the first batch of four S-70i helicopters to the Brunei Ministry of Defense, including two during the recent Bridex Exhibition and Conference in Jerudong. The international variant of the Black Hawk is configured for various roles, including search and rescue, humanitarian, disaster relief, medevac and personnel transport.
The helicopters will enter service with the Royal Brunei Air Force, which is in the process of incorporating another S-70i duo into its fleet. The handover is part of an order placed in December 2011 for a dozen S-70i Black Hawks. Sikorsky plans to deliver the rest of the helicopters by the end of 2014.
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The field of social innovation can be defined as novel solutions to social problems that are more effective, efficient, just, or sustainable than existing solutions and for which the value created accrues primarily to society as a whole rather than private individuals (Phils, et al, Social Science Innovation Review).
Social entrepreneurs can be understood as positive, transformative practitioners in the field of social innovation: people with new ideas to address major social problems who are relentless in the pursuit of their visions, people who simply will not take no for an answer, who will not give up until they have spread their ideas as far as they possibly can (Bornstein, How to Change the World, Oxford University Press).
The novel solutions to root causes of social problems through sustainable models are often characterized as "a blurring of sector boundaries" (Dees, Defining Social Entrepreneurship, listed with other suggested reading on this site). While the innovators are interested in financial sustainability, capturing value privately or via dollar-denominated means solely is not the principal motivation; social benefit is.
Social innovation and social entrepreneurship, then, are evidenced in both non-profit and for-profit ventures (Hartigan and Elkington, The Power of Unreasonable People, Harvard Business School). By leading solutions, the approaches depart from conventional charity and a managerial approach to social problems. Traits and characteristics include:
There are more than 50 academic centers, 500 professors and dozens of undergraduate and graduate programs across American higher education, focusing on social innovation and social entrepreneurship. Institutions range from large, public universities to small, private liberal arts colleges.
The myriad models of social innovation – and the stories of social entrepreneurs who dream, discern, design and do – are especially compelling in a learning context like Marquette University given its Catholic, Jesuit identity and Ignatian spirituality. There are numerous existing kindred programs on campus (Kohler Center for Entrepreneurship, Manresa Project, Trinity Fellows, Center for Peacemaking, Office of Mission & Ministry, among others) and the Initiative seeks to complement and, hopefully, augment their good work.
Social innovation and social entrepreneurship make key contributions to the Marquette experience, providing:
The Social Innovation Initiative does not seek to promote social entrepreneurship as being better than conventional entrepreneurship. It does, however, recognize and promote the underlying belief in human dignity and the real value of increased individual capability – as expressed in equitable and sustainable commerce – as a key motivation of social innovation, transcending solely dollar-denominated ventures. In the same way, the goal of the Initiative is not to produce social entrepreneurs en masse upon graduation, but rather to provide augmented means of problem solving, empathy and understanding systems for students who desire to be the difference for others.


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Northern elephant seals reside terrestrially on the sandy, rocky or muddy shores of the coastline, particularly on offshore islands. They typically aggregate in large groups while on land. These animals spend only 10% of their time on land, during reproduction and moulting. The other 90% is spent in the water, diving and foraging for food, and only 11% of this time in the water is spent at the surface. This means that an extraordinary 85-90% of their time is spent at sea and under water. These mammals can dive exceptionally deep, to 500 to 600 meters (almost 1 mile) on average and to record depths of over 1500 meters for extended periods of time (20 to 70 minutes). (Andrews et al., 2000; Bonner, 1990; Davis et al., 2001; Delong and Stewart, 1991; Lawlor, 1979; Le Boeuf et al., 2000)
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Qualcomm, one of the leading developers of mobile application processors, and Hewlett-Packard have signed an agreement under which the former acquires mobile operating system's related patent from the latter. The portfolio will help Qualcomm to boost its competitive positions.
The portfolio, comprising approximately 1400 granted patents and pending patent applications from the U.S. and approximately 1,000 granted patents and pending patent applications from other countries, covers technologies that include fundamental mobile operating system techniques. HP obtained the patents when it acquired Bitfone, Compaq and Palm companies.
The acquisition further enhances the strength and diversity of Qualcomm Incorporated's industry-leading mobile patent portfolio and will enable the company to offer even more value to current and future licensees. The purchase price was not publicly disclosed.
Qualcomm sells its own Toq Smartwatch that runs on its own software. In addition, the firm provides software stack with the purchase of its system-on-chip for mobile devices. In order to avoid potential litigations, Qualcomm needs to own software-related patents, especially as the software it develops for its hardware becomes more complex.
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Brothers Aliyu Dabo, left, and Tyere Ferguson of Baltimore and UMES students launched a limousine service they hope some day to market to university students. / Deborah Gates staff photo
SALISBURY — Tyere Ferguson noticed right away that the long, rural expanse of the Eastern Shore would create a challenge for his college classmates without cars. He had one. And it wasn't long before Ferguson was hauling students at the University of Maryland Eastern Shore who didn't.
The hustle earned him the nickname "Taxi Ty." It also stuffed his bank account with an extra $7,200 to pay expenses for his freshman year at the college in Princess Anne. In July, he and brother Aliyu Dabo, both UMES seniors, launched A&T Limousines LLC, which offers transportation "in style and fashion" to students.
Their 14-seat Lincoln Town car is a fleet away from their vision of multiple cars to serve the multimillion-dollar market of college students. It also is a far stretch from the four-seat sedan that Taxi Ty drove into town five years ago.
The brothers are among a steady stream of enterprising college students creating a business niche in an unstable jobs market. A noticeable change is the attitude among student entrepreneurs whose business plans are taking a more conservative approach in an uncertain economy.
"Since the financial meltdown, students are more concerned before jumping into being an entrepreneur," said Stephen Adams, associate professor of management in the Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University. "They are not less likely to start a business, but rather, the scope of what they are trying to do is a little bit scaled down.
"The spirit of entrepreneurship is alive and well; what has changed is the attitude about risk," Adams said.
Dabo had a spirit of entrepreneurship since he was 10, when he began tinkering with his mother's desktop computer she used for the family's bus company. "I got a virus on her computer, and I found out how to fix it," he recalled. "I started taking computers apart, trying to fix them. Then I got into building computers. I always wanted to be in business."
Ferguson, too, was enterprising as a youngster, influenced he said by the transportation company his mother started and a similar business started years before by her father. He learned well that a business must be prepared to accommodate swift growth. "I'd bring Gatorade to school to sell to the high-school football team," he recalled. "I had to hire three people, business was so good, and we sold Gatorade, candy and sticky buns."
While a survey by the National Association of Colleges and Employers found that companies plan to hire 10 percent more new graduates this year than last, another study in February by the Pew Research Center showed a mere 54 percent of 18- to- 24-years were employed, the lowest rate since 1948.
The average age of entrepreneurs who start a business is mid-30s, and the most successful rate has been among those between mid-40s and mid-50s, Adams said. Students who go into the corporate work world have time to consider self-enterprise, he said.
"Many of them don't do it right away, and often it takes having experience, contacts and resources," Adams said. "Students can get priceless advice from professionals in business about funding a start-up."
For a decade, he directed the annual Bernstein Achievement Award for Excellence, which annually recognizes outstanding student achievement in preparing a business plan. Students are realistic enough to know that iconic success without a solid college education and training is not likely.
The Bernstein competition awards a top prize of $50,000 to the student with a winning business plan. During the 25 years of the competition, at least half the student winners have gone on to launch their own business, he said. The most successful ones are those who earn a college diploma, Adams said.
"All students know Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Mark Zuckerberg," he said, referring to the founders or co-founders of Microsoft, Apple Computers and Facebook, respectively.
"The three of them are college dropouts, but they are the exceptions. There is a strong positive correlation to getting a degree and being a successful entrepreneur."
Writing a business plan for a nonprofit fundraising initiative and marketing the event helped position Prescilla Velez for a job as an event planner at a Salisbury company. The 2012 SU graduate starts the new job this week. As a college senior, she organized a fundraiser that would launch a competitive scholarship fund for Worcester County high school art students. The initiative taught her to develop a business plan and lean toward nonprofit agency work as an optional career path. For the initiative, she raised $1,635 through "Bill's Bash," a nonprofit initiative named for her friend. a Worcester County artist who died of cancer.
"I like to think outside the box, and when I was looking for a community service project idea for a class project, I decided to do that; the scholarship fund was Bill's dream," she said. "College students are not automatically driven to start a business. The idea is to get an education and then go out and find a job. Starting a business is a huge leap."
Dabo, 20, and Ferguson, 23, registered their limousine business with the state of Maryland. They park the 14-seater at a garage in Baltimore, and students can go online to reserve it. Eventually, they plan to bring that and other cars to the Eastern Shore.
"Medical, transportation and food services are always in demand," Ferguson said. "People always will need somewhere to go, something to eat and someone to care for them. We take the approach that people will always need transportation."


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Ah, the Fourth of July — friends, fireworks, and crazy delicious all-American backyard barbecue. What could be better? Looking fabulous, that's what–in an Independence Day-appropriate ensemble that a) won't have you melting in the crazy summer heat and b) doesn't make you look like you ARE the Fourth of July parade on two legs.
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Do you see them as Beatles songs??
Are they as good as any other Beatles songs?
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chris wrote:eggman, if you want to like those fake beatles songs, go ahead.
back in the ussr, dear prudence, yesterday, blackbird, ballad of john and yoko are beatles songs because all four beatles listened to these songs when they were completed, and said...yes...these are good...we can release these. yep...all four beatles. thats what makes them beatles songs. because they got the okay from the four members of the band.
did john ever say free as a bird was ready? in fact, was it ever even more than a demo? the beatles broke up in 1970. and they never got back together. did you not get the news?
and i am all for a difference of opinion. as i had nothing negative to say about efghijiloveyou comments. but free as a bird is a masterpiece? do you eat with a cork on your fork to prevent you from poking an eye out? you need to reevaluate what is a masterpiece. because i have a spice girls album that will knock your socks off.
james1985 wrote:Much as I respect the big C's opinions round here, FAAB and RL are Beatle tunes to me.
RL especially carries real emotional weight for me, it's just gorgeous, especially with the video.
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Host nation Spain dominated the opening event of the International SkyRunning Federation's SkyGames. Three-time world SkyRunning champion Agustí Roc and Raúl García, both of Spain, took the top two spots in the Vertical Kilometer, a 3.5-kilometer course with 1000 meters of vertical gain, in 35:51 and 36:10, respectively. Italy's Nicola Golinelli took third overall in 36:16. Meanwhile, Spanish runners swept the women's top three: Oihana Kortizar took first in 43:59, followed by Laura Orgué in 44:29 and Mireia Miró in 44:49.
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By cwmn · PostedFished Owasso last summer for the first time since the winter kill, caught one bass in 4 hours. My wife was fishing for pan fish and didn't get a nibble. You might want to look for another lake. CW
By hardcore365 · PostedI use about a 6' leader of 10lb flouro tied to my main line with a small barrel swivel. As far as hooks go I don't use just one. I prefer a treble of some sort, usually a small glow spoon. If it's a single hook I lean towards bigger is better, but also in glow. Set it up at your desired depth and don't just forget about it. Check it, move it, check it, move it. You can cover a good amount of water if you aren't lazy about it. Also I use just a simple bobber tie for my depth marker instead of those little bobbers. No real reason why that's just what I'm used to. Good luck, half the fun is learning what works best for you.
By leech~~ · PostedI use to love fishing out on Sherman's and I will have to say holy craap that is a long ride over from Rockys.
By Fishin machine · PostedHey everyone, picked up a frabil insulated tip up last weekend and I want to use it for a set line for walleyes when I want to set up another line in different depths. So I put about 100 years of 20 pound braid tip up line on it. My question is what do I use for my leader? I've herd mono and flouro work good but I don't know which is best? And as far as hooks go what to you guys use? Single red hook? Treble? Sure set? Thanks!
By delcecchi · PostedI liked the lake vermilion and lake vermilion resort and tourism pages so got this update. If you went to the resort association web page you could probably get on their mailing list. http://myemail.constantcontact.com/Lake-Vermilion-Area-Trails-Update-1-20-17.html?soid=1102498830363&aid=G5yKEZiNmkU Lake Vermilion Area Trail Update, 1/20/2017 There is a total of about 22-26" on the ground. Grooming is taking place and trails are in good condition. The latest updates are below... ARROWHEAD TRAIL 1-18-17. Local snow depth is 24-30" Base is 3-5". The entire Arrowhead is groomed and in fair to good condition except for a two-mile portion going north over a swamp from the Orr South Grant-in-Aid trail. We hope to have this last section groomed by the weekend. Please use caution when traveling these trails. Logging is ongoing on the Arrowhead Trail north of Hwy 1, north of Hoodoo Lake, and north of the Elephant Lake Rd. (Conditions reported from DNR) BEARSKIN TRAIL 1-17-17 update: Nature has been working in our favor! We have been grooming everything regularly and conditions are very nice! The Bearskin has been groomed and is in good shape - watch for overhanging brush in some spots. The Tim Corey has NOT YET been groomed as of this update. (Conditions provided by the Cook Timberwolves Snowmobile Club)
LAKE VERMILION AND SOUDAN UNDERGROUND MINE STATE PARKS 1-19-17. Local snow depth is 22-26" Base 3-5". Snowmobile trails in the park are groomed and open. The Alaska shaft trail is cleared of trees and open for non-motorized users. (Conditions provided by the DNR)
PUTNAM & FISHING LAKES TRAIL 1-18-17. Local snow depth is 20-24" Base 2-4" . The Putnam/Fishing Lakes Trail is groomed and in fair condition. (Conditions provided by the Minnesota DNR) STONY SPUR 1-19-2017 update: Depth 18" Base - 2-4" Groomed - partially Condition - poor THE HIDDEN BAY portion the trail linking up to Stony Spur has been closed due to logging. Please avoid the Hidden Bay area for safety reasons. Taconite and Stony Spurs are groomed. (Conditions provided by the Ely Chamber) TACONITE TRAIL 1-18-17. Local snow depth is 20-24" Base is 3-5". The entire Taconite from Ely to Hwy 73 is groomed and in fair to good condition, save for a small section of open water between Big Aspen and Pfeiffer Lake. This section is flagged, signed, and passable. Please use caution when traveling these trails. (Conditions reported by DNR)
TOMAHAWK TRAIL 1-19-17 Snowfall Depth 18" Base - 4-6" Trail is cleared through to the North Shore from Ely. Most of the trail is groomed; however, swamps and wetlands have not yet frozen so groomers are unable to do that portion of the trails. Trails are in fair to good condition. (Conditions provided by the Ely Chamber) VOYAGEUR-CRANE LAKE TRAIL 1-18-17: The weather is just beautiful and so are the trails. All the trails are being groomed and the Arrowhead is back to it's normal schedule. There are still a few beaver ponds that we are not taking the groomer over but as mentioned before we are grooming up to those spots from both sides. It takes extra time but we want the trails at there best. (Conditions provided by the Voyageur Trail Society)
WOLF TRACK TRAIL 1-17-17 update: Nature has been working in our favor! We have been grooming everything regularly and conditions are very nice! The Wolf Track trail has been groomed and is in nice condition. (Conditions provided by the Cook Timberwolves Snowmobile Club)


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A "strategic acceleration from a position of strength" sounds a lot better than a "humiliating retreat after more than a decade of strategic failure". But the carefully chosen wording of UBS's announcement about the radical restructuring of its investment bank can't hide the fact that the Swiss bank – and many of its rivals – has been in denial for years.
By closing down most of its sub-scale fixed-income division, shifting three quarters of its risk-weighted assets into a non-core unit that will be wound down over three years, and firing around one third of the staff in the investment bank, UBS has finally accepted that it cannot compete at the top table of an industry whose economics have been shot by a sustained downturn in activity and regulatory reform.
It is not the first bank to take radical action. In the past year, Credit Suisse has cut the risk-weighted assets in its investment bank by more than UBS plans to do, and both Deutsche Bank and Royal Bank of Scotland are cutting the risk in their businesses by similar amounts. But the unusually public admission of defeat by UBS marks the first time a big investment bank has accepted that it cannot make the grade and that it needs to pull out of huge swathes of the business rather than tinker around the edges.
But it also highlights the extent to which banks have been allowed to get away with failure in such plain sight for so long. It's not as if the problems at UBS are a surprise. As an investment bank, UBS doesn't work very well and hasn't done so for some time. It lost more than Sfr50bn during the financial crisis and has lost money in five of the past six years.
It has not been helped by the fact that over the past decade it has worked its way through eight investment bank chief executives (or combinations of chief executives). Each of them – from the hard-nosed John Costas and the affable but out of his depth Huw Jenkins, to Carsten Kengeter – has tried to trade his way out trouble by building the sort of fixed-income business that a PowerPoint strategy presentation suggested was needed in order to qualify as a top-tier investment bank. Apparently having a first rate equities and investment banking business and world class wealth management business wasn't enough.
But this masochistic attraction to fixed income has instead proved to be the bank's downfall. In the past four quarters, the investment bank at UBS made a pre-tax loss of Sfr2.2bn. Even if you strip out a Sfr3bn impairment charge from the restructuring, it has an underlying cost/income ratio of 90% and a pre-tax return on equity of 4%. As someone quipped last week, UBS has grown tired of losing money in fixed income; it's now going to focus on losing money in equities and investment banking instead.
Hope over experience
But it's almost unfair to pick on UBS when there are so many other banks in denial. For all of the concerns about the cold winds blowing through the industry, not much has changed. The thousands of job cuts across the industry may be brutal for the individuals concerned but they don't begin to go far enough. Far from shrinking, balance sheets at investment banks have grown bigger over the past three years.
Instead of taking tough decisions, most investment banks have engaged in an elaborate game of chicken, hoping that enough of their rivals will blink first and that the markets will recover to transform bloody-mindedness into strategic genius.
So, which banks still operate businesses they probably should not? Where to start?
You could, for example, ask why Nomura has any investment banking or sales and trading outside of Japan that isn't solely designed to service its Japanese clients. Why Morgan Stanley persists in trying to build a fixed-income business when it might better focus – like UBS – on its first-class equities and investment banking business. Why Barclays continues to insist that its equities and advisory business in Europe and Asia is in some way critical to its overall future. Why Societe Generale or BNP Paribas still have outposts in the US and Asia, or why the likes of RBS, Lloyds Banking Group, or Credit Agricole have any investment banking capacity at all.
The official term for this dithering is "retaining optionality". This is a clever-sounding expression for keeping your options open because you don't want to look stupid closing down a business just before it comes roaring back, as happened to Merrill Lynch after the dotcom crash and most of the industry in 2009. The big problem with this "optionality" is that it does not come cheap: as with any out-of-the money option, it can be expensive to service.
Collective delusion
There are lots of reasons why banks have been able to get away with paying through the nose on underwater options for so long. Most obviously, for many years no one really knew the options were out of the money because, like many things in the decade before the financial crisis, they were mispriced. Cheap money, mispriced risk and unconstrained leverage can make almost any bank look like Goldman Sachs.
This in turn fuelled a sense of institutional and individual invincibility, in which management was more incentivised to build businesses than to make them profitable. At the same time, senior figures in the industry, who tend not to lack in self-confidence or persuasion, perhaps came to believe their own hype: with their help it should be a cinch to turn a hypothetical second-tier Dutch savings bank into a powerhouse in global fixed income.
Today, many of the most senior executives in the industry who have the power to take the radical decisions required – such as Brady Dougan at Credit Suisse or Anshu Jain at Deutsche Bank – might find it harder to do so because they are so heavily invested in having built up and run the investment banking business in the first place. Note that it was only when two outsiders took over at UBS – chief executive Sergio Ermotti and chairman Axel Weber – that the bank was able to make a dispassionate decision.
Too many investment banks still seem to be run based on the hope that the good times will return; on the wrong metrics, such as market share or scale; or on seductive strategies based on big assumptions and bigger egos instead of on hard evidence.
If nothing else, the decision by UBS to admit defeat should send a strong signal through the industry that it is time for banks to take a long hard look at their business, bite the bullet and wield the axe.
--William Wright is a columnist on investment banking. Contact him on firstname.lastname@example.com and follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/williamw1
--This article was first published in Financial News's print edition on Monday, November 5, 2012


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Local Politics and Monster Hunting
A Swedish county council is throwing up roadblocks for "sea serpent" camera surveillance on the shore of Storsjön. (News source.)
Labels: field research, politics, sea monsters
Cryptozoology, BioForteana, and Remarkable Species
A Swedish county council is throwing up roadblocks for "sea serpent" camera surveillance on the shore of Storsjön. (News source.)
Labels: field research, politics, sea monsters
Finally, the story is told...
Labels: out of place, primates
New herps aren't uncommonly discovered, but here's an odd-looking toad recently found in Tanzania. (Gallery image.)
Labels: amphibian, new species
A new bird has been discovered in China. (News source.)
Labels: bird, new species
Turritopsis nutricula, a hydrozoan, may be as close as it gets to an "immortal" creature, reverting back to its juvenile polyp stage after mating. (News source and here.)
Labels: strange behavior
Officially noted as extirpated in Manitoba, grizzly bear sightings are coming from the northern section of that province. (News source.)
Labels: bears
Caribou in the Rockies are an unusual hybrid of the tundra and woodland caribou. (Eurekalert.)
From the news:
Labels: canine
Sightings of "black panthers" continue. (News source.)
Labels: black panther
A new paper:
Labels: behavior, insects, invertebrate
From a Chicago-area paper:
Labels: loch ness
A new climbing catfish has been described from Venezuela. The species "has a specialized pelvic fin that decouples from its body and moves backward and forward independently." This is "used in combination with a grasping mouth to move like an inchworm up rocks." (News source.)
Labels: fish, new species
A fossil hunter turned out to be a fossil thief. (News source.)
Richard Freeman, in a recent interview: "The CFZ is the only company in the world publishing books on mysterious animals"
Labels: publishing
Another study on the skull of H. floresiensis suggests it is not a scaled-down Homo sapiens skull.
Labels: Homo floresiensis
Big tracks in Australia are likely from a canine, not a feline. (News source.)
Labels: Bigfoot, canine, felines, hoax, mistaken identity
An interesting case where male, female, and larval forms of deep-sea whalefish were separated into three different families, and now resolved. (News source.)
Labels: fish, mistaken identity
Two Florida panthers have been hit by cars so far in 2009. (News source.)
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A joint US/Australia marine expedition near Tasmania has lead to a number of new species discoveries. NatGeo has some pics.
Labels: field research, new species
Via Kevin Stewart, a couple of new papers to mention:
Labels: new species, primates, research
Mystery "snow worms" in a South Kitsap, Washington, yard have been generally identified as oligochaetes. No answer as to why they were in the snow. (News source.)
Labels: invertebrate
WWF is pointing out a new "species hotspot" in the Mekong of Cambodia.
Labels: conservation
A Sri Lankan "hobbyist" studies the native civets, leading to the rediscovery of one species and the discovery of a new species. (News source.)
Labels: new species, rediscovered, research
A new UGA study suggests that ivory-billed woodpeckers could have persisted (in that it is possible as far as a population viability analysis goes).
Labels: ivorybill woodpecker, research
A new novel, Kronos, has the following description:
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FL F&W is trying to capture a rhesus macaque roaming the Clearwater area. They don't know where it came from, and are waiting the next tip to go looking for it. (News source.)
Labels: out of place, primates
Here's a good reminder for Bigfoot hunters to take care in the woods.
Labels: Bigfoot, field research
A UK newspaper published a fake big cat sighting photo, created from a Youtube video the hoaxers found online. (News source.)
An Australian man made plaster casts of tracks that he believes were made by a large feline. (News source.)
Labels: unknown feline
A gene-sequencing study on the Tasmanian tiger is set to be published soon. (News source.)
A pair of possible wolf-dog hybrids are roaming Vorhees, New Jersey. (News source.)
Labels: canine
A plaster goblin in a UK tourist cave has been photographed and turned into an Arabian monster email hoax. (News source.)
Labels: hoax
Tracks found in Glenwood, Australia, have been found; the discoverer isn't sure if they're canine or feline. Claw marks are present, but he thinks they appear retractile. (News source.)
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Researchers in the Dominican Republican have caught the Hispaniolan solenodon on film. (News source.)
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For those of you who get up way too early in the morning, put on your hiking boots, grab your binoculars, and set out to look for flashing wings and trills in the tree tops, a new book will be just your cup of tea. Elizabeth J. Rosenthal has interviewed his friends, family, and colleagues to introduce us to the genius, drive, and humanity of a singular individual, Roger Tory Peterson. Birdwatcher shows the foibles and insecurities along with his love of nature and the determination behind his conservation efforts.
A new newsletter, the Cryptid Chronicles, is being offered by David Acord. It will be a weekly publication, 12 pages an issue, 52 weeks a year, for $29.95.
Labels: publishing
A brief article here on historical sea serpent sightings off the northeastern coastline.
Labels: sea monsters
A West Virginia family thinks a cougar attacked and killed one of their horses. (News source.)
Labels: eastern cougar
USFWS is thinking about creating a "panther corridor" from south Florida to the Okefenokee swamp. Georgia may be home to reintroduced Florida panthers in the future. (News source.)
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Now available, Invertebrata Enigmatica, a collection of classic science fiction and fantasy stories involving insects, arachnids, and other invertebrates. Some are straight-forward fantasy, mystery, or supernatural stories, but many qualify as cryptofiction (involving encounters with unknown species). Details and contents available at CoachwhipBooks.com.
Labels: books, cryptofiction
The Hawkesbury and Blue Mountains region in Australia might have a "breeding colony" of introduced big cats, according to some investigators. (News source.)
Labels: out of place, unknown feline
Experienced Forestry Commission rangers in the UK have seen what they believe are large felines. (News source.)
Labels: unknown feline
The media is jumping on the designation of the "rosada," a pink-tinted Galapagos land iguana, as a new species. See details at Discover News, and New Scientist.
Labels: lizard, new species
A few non-native snakes have been killed in Barbados, and a few more are believed still loose. Commentary here by the president of the Caribbean Herpetological Society.
Labels: out of place, snake
A new Bigfoot society has started up in southeastern Ohio. (News source.)
Labels: Bigfoot
17 new species of reptiles and amphibians are reported from the South Nguru Mountains in Tanzania. (News source.)
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Delray Beach designer Nikki Poulos was an instant success in her native Australia when she founded Ecobaby, an eco-friendly line of children's clothing. When she sold the business, Nikki embarked on a different career path and took up marine biology. After a year working for the Coral Reef Conservation Program in Florida, she felt a creative calling again and launched a women's clothing line under her name. Last year, her modern boho-chic designs landed her on NBC's Fashion Star, where they sold out within 10 minutes at H&M. Although Nikki wasn't the winning contestant, the show opened plenty of doors, including an offer to produce a collection for the Home Shopping Network being released this month.
Word to live by: "Do or do not, there is no try." Yoda (Star Wars).
Where she grew up: On a 64,000-acre cattle farm in the Outback of Australia. It was so isolated, we didn't have electricity.
Favorite childhood memory: When we were 7 or 8, my little sister and I would saddle up horses, pack a lunch and just ride all day. Having that sense of freedom is something we all long for.
First garment she designed: A bikini when I was 8—and I lived miles from the ocean.
Initial clients: High school classmates.
Her design ethos: I'm a firm believer in fit and cut. Tailoring is everything.
Her muse: Myself. I make clothes that I would wear.
Looking back on Fashion Star: It was intense. I lost a ton of weight filming—probably about 10 pounds—just because of the stress of it.
Favorite spot in Palm Beach: The Armory Art Center.
Most recent purchase: A lot of fabric. Honestly.
Dream date: Quentin Tarantino. The guy's a genius.
Playing on her iPod: Iron and Wine.
Last book she read: A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry. You need a lot of Kleenex for it.
Most unusual item she owns: An Amazon dolphin skull.
What she never leaves home without: Great sunglasses.
Proudest achievement: Being adventurous. I've always said yes to everything. I'm an optimist by nature. I don't see challenges as problems; I see them as fun puzzles to work out.
Favorite city: Paris.
Next goal: Taking America by storm in the fashion realm is a good place to start.
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Stem cells are immature "starter" cells for all types of tissues. When you have leukemia, a stem cell transplant may be used to help your body make new, healthy blood cells. The transplant replaces the blood stem cells that are killed during high-dose chemotherapy. If you receive stem cells from a donor, the transplant may also help kill leukemia cells that may have survived the chemotherapy.
Stem cell transplants are somewhat controversial. Your doctor may suggest one in the following situations:
- Your leukemia does not respond to standard chemotherapy or it comes back (relapses) after a remission (a reduction or absence of symptoms).
- Your leukemia goes into remission with standard chemotherapy, but you have a type of leukemia or other prognostic factors that make it likely the leukemia will relapse.
A stem cell transplant is an intensive procedure that is more likely to succeed in people who are younger and healthy enough to withstand it. Whenever possible, using stem cells from a matched donor is preferred over using your own stem cells. However, this requires having a matched donor available to provide the stem cells for the transplant. In many cases, the donor may be a family member, but stem cells may also come from a matched, unrelated donor if no family member has your tissue type. It's also important to discuss the procedure thoroughly with your doctor beforehand to make sure you understand the possible risks and benefits.
Stem cell transplants are complex procedures. They require the services of specialized doctors called bone marrow transplant specialists. If you decide to have one, be sure to go to a hospital that specializes in stem cell transplants, such as a major cancer center. These hospitals are often accredited by the Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy. The procedure is also expensive (costing more than $100,000), and not all insurance companies may cover the cost.


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University or Organization: University of Chicago Department: Linguistics Rank of Job: Assistant Professor Specialty Areas: Semantics, Syntax Description: SYNTAX/SEMANTICS POSITION DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO The Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago is seeking (pending final approval) a tenure-track assistant professor in syntax or semantics beginning Fall 2004. We especially seek candidates with a primary specialization in either syntax or semantics whose work addresses connections between the two. Candidates are expected to hold a Ph.D. by the start date. Applications should arrive by December 1, 2003. Please send a CV, contact information including an e-mail address through January 8, 2004, statements of research and teaching interests, representative written work, and evidence of excellence in teaching, and the names of three references whom the applicant has asked to send a letter of reference. Candidates should arrange to have the letters of reference sent directly to the search committee. Send all materials to: Syntax/Semantics Search Committee Department of Linguistics University of Chicago 1010 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637 USA (Tel: 773-702-8522, Fax: 773-834-0924) E-mail inquiries should be directed to merchantuchicago.edu (our web site can be found at: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/linguistics/). The University of Chicago is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Address for Applications: Attn: Syntax/Semantics Search Committee Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago 1010 E. 59th St. Chicago, IL 60637 United States of America Applications are due by 01-Dec-2003 Contact Information: Prof. Jerry Sadock Email: j-sadockuchicago.edu Tel: 773-702-8524 Fax: 773-834-0924 Website: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/depts/linguistics/ This announcement was accompanied by a donation to the LINGUIST List!Mail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue


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Green business plans that set impossible targets force people to look at problems in new ways.and the Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography earned me the nickname "the closet climatologist" and provided an education about the potential consequences of unchecked global warming. These experiences engendered a sense of urgency about finding practical ways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Like many Americans, I felt compelled to act and, because I am a business owner, I had the opportunity to try.
One employee asked if I was crazy, but our conversations helped establish a green-conscious culture.submitted our 2006 data to establish an emissions baseline. We set aggressive emissions targets: a reduction of 10 percent by 2010, 20 percent by 2013, and 80 percent by 2020, with similar goals for water use and landfill waste. One employee asked whether I was crazy, but our frequent conversations helped establish a green-conscious culture within a few months.
By the end of 2008, we had reduced emissions by 65 percent and cut electricity costs by 40 percent.from improving energy efficiency, as a first step toward going solar. In fact, an architect recommended that we improve the passive efficiency of our building so that we might eventually invest in smaller, less expensive air conditioning and solar energy systems based on reduced demand. He recommended a highly reflective metal roof with additional insulation, which would have cost a prohibitive $40,000. Finding heat-gain data for less expensive roofing options proved to be impossible, so we were back to square one.
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Pictures: World's Newest Marine Sanctuary
The protected area is home to great hammerhead sharks, manta rays, whale sharks, and tiger sharks.
"Lost World" Found in Australia
Spectacular new species found in remote rain forest.
Shooting Owls to Save Other Owls
Protecting habitat hasn't stopped the spotted owl's decline. Will shooting its rivals help?
Photograph by Timothy G. Laman
In Brazil, which houses 30 percent of the remaining tropical rain forest on Earth, more than 50,000 square miles of rain forest were lost to deforestation between 2000 and 2005. Biologists worry about the long-term consequences. Drought may be one. Some rain forests, including the Amazon, began experiencing drought in the 1990s, possibly due to deforestation and global warming.
Efforts to discourage deforestation, mainly through sustainable-logging initiatives, are underway on a very limited basis but have had a negligible impact so far.
The rain forest is nearly self-watering. Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called transpiration. In the tropics, each canopy tree can release about 200 gallons (760 liters) of water each year. The moisture helps create the thick cloud cover that hangs over most rain forests. Even when not raining, these clouds keep the rain forest humid and warm.
Plants in the rain forest grow very close together and contend with the constant threat of insect predators. They have adapted by making chemicals that researchers have found useful as medicines. Bioprospecting, or going into the rain forest in search of plants that can be used in foods, cosmetics, and medicines, has become big business during the past decade, and the amount that native communities are compensated for this varies from almost nothing to a share in later profits.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that 70 percent of the anti-cancer plants identified so far are rain forest plants. A new drug under development by a private pharmaceutical company, possibly for treating HIV, is Calanolide A, which is derived from a tree discovered on Borneo, according to NCI.
Many trees and plants, like orchids, have been removed from the rain forest and cultivated. Brazil nut trees are one valuable tree that refuses to grow anywhere but in undisturbed sections of the Amazon rain forest. There, it is pollinated by bees that also visit orchids, and its seeds are spread by the agouti, a small tree mammal.
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Music legend Prince has announced details of a UK arena tour that kicks off NEXT MONTH!
Joined by his acclaimed band 3RDEYEGIRL, the Hit and Run Part II dates in Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Leeds are his first arena shows on UK soil since his O2 Arena residency seven years ago.
The tour will mark the first time Prince has ever performed in Leeds and the first time he's headlined a show in Birmingham and Glasgow in 19 years.
His Manchester show follows two nights at the Academy in February as part of his series of acclaimed, spontaneous and intimate UK shows.
The remaining tickets priced £65 plus booking fee go on sale now. Head to Aloud.com to get yours.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 2, 2012) – The U.S. beach volleyball team of Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat lost in consolation on Saturday to place seventh at the FIVB Seoul Women's International Challenger in Korea.
Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Sweat (Estero, Fla.), seeded No. 26 in Seoul, fell to Germany's 24th-seeded Teresa Mersmann and Cinja Tillmann on Saturday, 21-18, 20-22, 12-15 in 1 hour and 1 minute.
It was Fopma and Sweat's second loss of the tournament. They finish with a record of 4-2.
FIVB beach volleyball challenger events allow teams to earn points toward qualifying for the FIVB SWATCH World Tour.