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based on gender identity or expression, reports the Baltimore Sun.
Passed without debate, the bill makes Baltimore the nation's 53rd locality to explicitly prohibit discrimination against transgendered people, according to Lisa Mottet, a lawyer with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force's Transgendered Civil Rights Project. Boston, Philadelphia, and New York City passed similar measures this year, she said.
The city had previously outlawed discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, and sexual orientation.
"Tonight's vote is a great victory for the Baltimore transgender community," said Jean-Michel Brevelle, interim director for local human rights group Free State Justice. "It is the culmination of years of effort by many transgendered people and our supporters and clearly demonstrates the understanding that Baltimore city government has developed for the transgender community."

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Family Advocates
The anxiety hung in the air for almost two days.
On May 19, a Tuesday, The Advocate announced through a news release that 49 employees would be laid off. No one would know until Thursday, when the unlucky ones were called in, one by one, to meet with their department heads.
For one newsroom employee, that meant stepping out of a gray cubicle and walking the plank across the sterile, high-ceilinged office, past the central kitchenette, right by the People section's nook and into a conference room, where three editors were waiting.
"We sit down, and [Executive Editor] Carl Redman looks at me with a sad face, slides over an envelope and says, 'Sorry, this is just strictly because of business,' or something like that,'" says the former employee, who asked not to be identified. "He said, 'Here's your package. You'll get two weeks severance. We hate to do this, it's strictly a money deal and it's effective immediately.' That was it." Everyone shook hands, and the employee made the trek back to that cubicle for the last time.
The layoffs were spread across various departments, but no one in management was let go, which still irks some current employees. Other papers faced with cuts, including The Times-Picayune, made buyout offers to the veterans first. But the Manships, who aren't beholden to stockholders, have always been free to do things their own way.
For a century, the Manship family has owned and operated Capital City Press, the parent company of The Advocate. In an era of media consolidation, The Advocate remains proudly independent [the mast proclaims the paper as "the independent voice of south Louisiana"]. As other newspapers shrink, The Advocate maintains a generous newshole stuffed with local, state, national and international stories. And while other papers were shedding staff, The Advocate held out—until this spring.
The May layoffs were the first significant cuts at Capital City Press since the State-Times was shuttered in 1991. The Manships say they had to do something about the $70 million debt that's been looming since the company replaced its outdated printing presses. The family's $22 million tug of war with the Internal Revenue Service, the still-shaky national economy and the overall decline of the newspaper industry all contribute to the uncertainty.
Whenever there's upheaval at The Advocate, rumors that the Manships are about to sell always follow. The family usually dismisses such speculation. Instead of looking for a buyer, they've been steadily chipping away at the debt; the former press site sold this summer for just under $10 million, and the site of the paper's former Lafayette Street headquarters is on the market for $6.5 million. The company plane, once an affordable convenience, has been sold off. A consultant is reviewing The Advocate's business model even now, looking for ways to ease the transition into whatever the future of the newspaper business might be.
Discouraging headlines
Advocate Publisher David Manship was involved in the State-Times layoffs and the more recent cuts. He remembers both rounds of bloodletting with a wince.
"None of the people we let go were bad employees," he says. "They were good people, they were trustworthy, they came to work when they needed to." He says the newspaper probably became a little overstaffed when times were flush, as highly lucrative organizations tend to do.
Discouraging headlines about the newspaper business have been common for at least two years. It's hard to say what was more depressing when Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper chain and owner of USA Today, announced third-quarter earnings in October: the realization that profits were down 53% despite ruthless cost-cutting, or that expectations are so low that the numbers were actually better than analysts' forecasts.
Manta.com estimates Capital City Press grossed $34.7 million last year, down nearly 47% from 2007. Manship says revenue is down about 22% from a peak about two years ago. Recession-scarred national retailers have slashed their advertising budgets, and classified ads for cars, jobs and real estate are scarce, but Manship says the decline has leveled out. Circulation is down for the first time in six years, but only slightly; The Advocate still delivers close to 95,000 copies on weekdays and 125,000 on Sundays, he says.
Many large newspapers and chains are in trouble because they're severely overleveraged. The Manships were always proud to be debt-free, but they knew those days were over when they finally decided to replace their old presses—which some people say were antiquated when they originally were purchased—on Bluebonnet Boulevard.
"Things broke, and you couldn't get parts for it," Manship says. "We were a dinosaur looking for a place to die if we didn't build a new facility and buy new presses."
The company spent about $70 million combined for a new printing center off Siegen Lane and refurbishments to the Bluebonnet headquarters, leased from Jimmy Swaggart Ministries, to which the paper's staff moved in 2005. David Manship says the note is down to about $48 million, and says their lender, JPMorgan Chase, has been reasonably accommodating.
"It's the lender's job to hammer you; they've got a big stake in this," says Richard Manship, the company's president and CEO. "They know our business. We're in contact with them. We're like brother and sister."
A media empire
Today, most traditional media outlets strive, or claim to strive, for objectivity. But for most of American history newspapers were explicitly partisan.
The Democratic Advocate was founded in 1842 to compete with The Gazette, which supported the Whig party. After a merger, The Democratic Advocate evolved into the State-Times. The New Advocate was formed in the 1880s.
In 1909, James Edmonds and Charles P. Manship Sr. formed Capital City Press and bought the State-Times, with the stated intention of creating a newspaper beholden to no party or officeholder. The State-Times absorbed The New Advocate, and Manship bought out Edmonds shortly thereafter. In 1925 Manship created the Morning Advocate to pair with the afternoon State-Times.
At its peak, the Manship media empire included ABC affiliate WBRZ-TV, WJBO-AM, WFMF-FM, ABC affiliate KRGV-TV in Weslaco, Texas, and radio stations in Texas and Illinois. The family is out of the radio business now; WJBO and WFMF were sold to a local group led by longtime employee George Jenne after no family member wanted to take over. The Manships still own both TV stations and WBTR-TV, a low-power station purchased about two years ago.
Charles Manship Sr. had two sons: Charles Jr. and Douglas Manship Sr. Charles died without children, leaving roughly half of the business to his widow, Paula. Douglas, who died in 1999, had four children: Doug Jr., 66; Richard, 62; David, 61; and Dina, 54. Doug Sr.'s heirs bought out Paula in 1998; today, stock in the Manship media businesses is divided more or less equally among the four siblings.
More than a decade after Doug Sr.'s death, the Manships remain locked in a dispute with the IRS over the value of his estate. As David explains it, the family paid $24 million in estate taxes. A day before the statute of limitations would have expired, the IRS sent a letter saying the family owed another $22 million. The Manships had two choices: not pay, and go to tax court, or borrow the money, pay up and then sue the feds in local district court. The family chose the latter.
"I'm not going to say we're totally innocent in this thing," David says. "We knew after we hired the people to come in and evaluate, we probably owed them a minimum of $3 million. We'd be glad to pay them $3 million [today]."
When discussing the IRS battle, Richard leans forward, visibly agitated.
"We have paid the money that we're in dispute over. It is in our best interest to try as hard as we can to get the money back. It is in their best interest to drag their damn feet and hold on to it, and spend your money," he says, pointing a finger at a reporter, "and everybody else's money in Baton Rouge," he points out his office window, "to hold on to the money. And it's criminal." He starts to lean back in his chair, and then leans forward again. "It has been almost 11 years." He leans back. "That's why I don't like to talk about it."
Spanning generations
Maintaining a successful family business through multiple generations is tricky. The children don't always have the same work ethic or talent as their parents, and money or family connections can create a sense of entitlement. Kathleen Hoye, director of the Family Business Center at the University of Louisville, says such businesses often experience a "shirt-sleeves to shirt coats" phenomenon.
"The first generation does all the heavy lifting and the innovation and takes all the risk, and the second generation takes all that for granted and squanders the family wealth," she says. "Then the third generation, if there is a third generation, has to pick up the pieces and remake the company."
The third generation of the Manships, by contrast, inherited a cash machine. The second generation, Charles Jr. and Doug Sr., are remembered as hard-driving newsmen with shrewd business acumen. Both men had impressive educational resumes that included stints at Harvard.
"My father said, 'I can sell these [companies], but then what am I going to do with all that money?'" Dina Manship Planche says. "Daddy was one of those people who loved to work."
She remembers her father as the risk-taking businessman of the two brothers, starting WBRZ while Uncle Charles was content running the newspaper.
At WBRZ, Doug Sr. became known for taking stands on controversial issues. His editorials defending court-ordered integration surely brought the risk of violence to the station and himself.
"It had to be done. At least I thought it had to be done," Doug Sr. said in a 1996 Business Report interview. "In the end, it was nothing but harassment. … I knew if it wasn't done, we would have had a lot more trouble than we were having."
Keeping the business in the family was important to Doug Sr., Dina says.
"You want your children to carry it on, at least for the first generation," she says.
While there might have been expectations from outsiders that Doug Sr.'s four children would enter the family business, none say their parents pushed them into it. All three boys went to military school as teens, and all three served in the armed forces. Doug Jr. had aspirations to be a psychiatrist, until he realized he had to become a doctor, which meant taking chemistry. He ended up with a degree in radio and television speech from what is now the University of Louisiana at Lafayette and becoming the only reporter among the four. By the mid-1970s, he was the company's first Washington, D.C., correspondent, covering a local Congressional delegation that included John Breaux, J. Bennett Johnston and Russell Long.
Doug has dealt with serious health issues, and he now uses a walker to get around. But as he sits in his study decorated with reproductions of paintings of the Rolling Stones, autographed baseballs and duck decoys, with Willie Nelson playing softly in the background, he seems the picture of happy, healthy retirement.
"Everybody assumed I would become publisher," Doug says. "I didn't really have any great desire to be publisher. I like the news side of it better."
David studied electronics at a Dallas trade school, returning to the paper to help train employees on a new computer system. He moved on to circulation, then advertising sales and marketing, then the publisher's office. But in 1999, the other siblings voted David out after he dropped out of an alcoholism treatment center in Atlanta, and Doug moved up to the big chair.
David ended up completing an outpatient program at Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center's Tau Center, and says he's doing well now. He returned as COO in 2007, and became publisher again the same year when Doug retired. Richard completed a stint in a chemical-dependency unit 20 years ago, and says he hasn't had a drink since.
Their family's issues might not be much different than yours. But in this city, if your name is Manship, your trials happen in public.
Richard's only son, Hunter, 37, knows this as well as anyone. His 1998 arrest for attempted possession of marijuana with intent to distribute was reported in his family's newspaper. The incident happened shortly after he moved back to Baton Rouge from Colorado, where he was working with friends in concert promotion and event planning. He says he was having a great time, and enjoyed being just Hunter, not the man with the famous last name.
"Growing up, people would apologize, 'I used to think you were an ass, but I didn't know you,'" he says. "People I didn't even know at other schools were bashing me."
Hunter is every bit his father's son, tall and lanky with a narrow face. Like his father, he has gravitated to the TV side of the business. He's the Web director for WBRZ's new online site, and he oversees convergence between the station and The Advocate. Hunter met his wife in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina, and now is father to a baby girl, an experience he calls a "fast-forward, grow-up deal."
Hunter and 26-year-old Jake Manship, David's son and an ad salesman for The Advocate, are the only fourth-generation members who are involved in the business. If Capital City Press and WBRZ have a long-range future under the Manship umbrella, they're it.
"It's very strange to see them in a suit and being so professional, when I used to see them partying and skipping school," says one local executive who has known the Manship family since Jake and Hunter were young boys. "Jake just got married, and I'm just really proud of both of them. They're very serious about what they do."
Richard agrees wholeheartedly with the executive's assessment.
"I think we all look back to our youth, not all of us, but to different degrees, it was wild, and some of us went longer than others did," he says.
To sell, or not to sell?
For a while, conglomerates were gobbling up newspapers across the country, although there are far fewer acquisitions these days for obvious reasons. The Manship siblings have the right of first refusal if any of the four found a buyer for his or her stock.
If you were to gag each Manship and hand them a piece of paper with one question: "Do you want to sell?" and asked them to check a box, "yes" or "no," all four might check "no." But in conversation, each has a different answer.
Dina largely shrugs off the question and defers to her brothers. She has a degree in radio, television and film, and she has worked at both TV stations and the newspaper. But these days she's a full-time mom to two teenagers, while training dogs and attending dog shows.
"We haven't taken any [offers] seriously," she says. "I suspect at some point everybody will want to retire. I don't know, we haven't gotten that far. I have a house in North Carolina, and I'd like to go live there after my kids graduate from high school."
Dina acknowledges Hunter and Jake aren't ready to take over, but she refuses to speculate about the future.
"You're a journalist. I say something, it's going to be gospel truth in two hours, 'Oh, they're selling the newspaper,'" she says, imagining the hype. "I didn't say that. Shoot, I may get hit by a bus tomorrow and die."
Richard, on the other hand, flatly dismisses the whole idea.
"Technically, there's always people out there wanting to buy. We don't entertain any offers, because we're not for sale," he says. "If we were for sale, we'd have sold."
David muses that the family might be able to get $100 million for the paper, which would more than pay off their debts.
"I would hope it would stay in the family, but I don't know if [Hunter and Jake] are interested in taking on the challenge. Because it will be a challenge," David says. Both younger men say they can see themselves in charge one day, although both stress they're not looking to rush the old guys out the door.
To David, the identity of the potential buyer would matter. He says some chains allow their papers to be independent and community-minded, while others just slash away without regard for the quality of the product. But Doug Jr. says the decision probably would come down to price.
"If somebody threw a bunch of money at us, we'd certainly have to take a look at it," says Doug, who blew off several inquiries when he was publisher. "If somebody came to us and said, 'Here's $200 million,' I'd be beating down my brothers' doors saying, 'Let's at least talk to these people.' But how much less than that [would we consider]? I don't know."
There's also a possible middle path: keep the companies in the family, but bring in a non-Manship as publisher or CEO, at least until Hunter or Jake are ready to step up. The family would consider that option if absolutely necessary, but David and Richard say they're willing to stick around for a while.
"I don't plan on going anywhere under these circumstances," Richard says. "It wouldn't be fair to them. 'Here, the world's a mess. Take over. I'm gone.' 'Thanks, Dad.'"
Pros and cons
Over the years, the Manships rejected several offers for WBRZ and the newspaper, but it's hard to know how serious those offers might have been. Thomson Newspapers, Cox Newspapers and Knight Ridder all were reportedly interested in The Advocate. An IRS report that became public when the Manships' lawsuit was filed said Capital City Press could have been worth as much as $250 million. That might have been an inflated estimate, and no one would consider paying such a sum for any newspaper today.
The lone daily in the state's capital city is still worth something to someone, although it's hard to say what the value might be since there hasn't been a comparable sale recently. Realistically, selling in such a depressed market might not even raise enough cash to cover the outstanding debt. The San Diego Union-Tribune, with more than twice the circulation, reportedly sold earlier this year along with its real-estate holdings for less than $50 million.
But the Manships aren't looking to hold a fire sale; David, at least, doesn't sound worried about his paper.
"If the economy were to come back to half of where it was, we wouldn't have any problems at all," David says. "As we work our debt down, it's going to take care of itself."
When told of the family's optimism, Paul Gillin, an Internet marketing consultant, author, former journalist and publisher of the Newspaper Death Watch blog, suggested they might be "smoking something."
"The newspaper market's never coming back," he says.
The advertising model that supported large newspapers was incredibly inefficient, Gillin argues. A famous department-store owner once supposedly said he knew half his advertising budget was wasted, but didn't know which half. With the Internet, advertisers can target their message to a specific audience.
But Jay Shelledy, the director of student media for LSU's Manship School of Mass Communication, says most newspapers still are making money. The days of 25% to 30% profit margins might be gone forever, but he says the average paper still cleared about 12% in 2008. Many papers are in trouble only because they were bought at the height of the market and are carrying more debt than they can service.
There are pros and cons to local ownership. In some cases, a chain improves quality, as many observers say happened when New York Times Co. bought dailies in Thibodaux and Houma. On the other hand, Gannett mercilessly cut jobs after taking over Lafayette's daily, even though the paper was making money. Local owners can be more sensitive to the community's needs and demands, although that can be a downside if a powerful advertiser or politician wants to squash a story. From a business standpoint, an independent paper doesn't have the buying power of a chain; conversely, an indie doesn't have to bear the brunt of a corporate parent's poor business decisions.
Tom J. Hardin was publisher of The Town Talk in Alexandria until Central Newspapers bought the paper in 1996. Hardin says Central ran "a very good, community-oriented newspaper," but says the quantity and quality of the local content as well as the staff size seem to have taken a dive since Gannett purchased Central in 2000.
"You have a great newspaper in Baton Rouge that is still family-owned, and is operated as such," Hardin says.
David Nelson, an associate professor of media management and marketing at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill., says that while some smaller papers are still changing hands, there don't seem to be any chains looking for a product at The Advocate's level.
"It all comes down to price," he says. "It's all about the family's needs and requirements."
Nelson has noticed some publicly traded chains starting to unload papers onto wealthy families that believe in the future of newspapers.
"I'm pretty bullish on family ownership being able to transition into Web-based media," Nelson says.
The writing on the wall
People who deal with the Manships seem to like and respect them. But some question the direction, or lack thereof, of the companies they own. One longtime public-relations professional was incredulous the recent layoffs didn't include a management shakeup. Over the years, this person believes, The Advocate sales team got used to being "order takers," simply expecting the ad buys to roll in without having to really sell the brand. Other people say the news department fell into a similar state of complacency, perhaps when the sometimes-fierce internal competition between The Advocate and the State-Times ended.
"You kind of saw the writing on the wall, with the way the universe has shifted," the PR pro says. "You look at their Web site, and you can tell they have no idea what to do with that. … They were fat and happy for so many years."
WBRZ once dominated local television, but now is beaten regularly in newscast ratings by WAFB-TV. An executive who buys all the advertising for one of the city's top private companies says airtime on Channel 9's evening news can sometimes command two or three times the price of WBRZ. The exec says Channel 2 seems less involved in the community than it once was.
"When I came to this town, Channel 2 was everything," the exec says. "I used to do everything with Channel 2. But they're not as promotion-minded as they used to be, and Channel 9 is."
To be fair, the media is far more competitive now than in Doug Sr.'s day. Few companies are really cranking in this economy, yet the Manship properties appear relatively healthy, and The Advocate resisted layoffs longer than almost any other paper.
As for their commitment to the community, The Manship Theatre and the Manship School attest to the family's generosity. If they had wanted to, the Manships could have sold out years ago, left Baton Rouge for an island and never looked back.
FTI Consulting was hired after the layoffs to review The Advocate's business model, and David says he doesn't know whether more staff cuts will be among the recommended changes.
"I think one of the things the consultant might say is, 'You give away too damn much,'" he says, referring to the free Web site, 2theadvocate.com. Most papers always have had a free site, which David says might have been a wrong turn for the industry. Online consumers have grown accustomed to being able to get their information for free, but online advertising hasn't proven it can support a large news-gathering organization.
Only a few niche and specialty publications have succeeded with a subscription model for their sites. The Advocate has started a pay-only online edition that's essentially an exact reproduction of the daily paper, containing some stories the Web site lacks, but only a few hundred people have signed up. David suggests the main site might one day give away part of a story, then charge a little for the rest.
They also have more technology issues to work out. David says you can't even subscribe to the paper online at the moment, and he says the online classifieds are not easily searchable. And while the presses and computers might be fairly new, reporters say The Advocate still uses an outdated software system to write and edit stories. One writer who worked at a smaller Louisiana daily before moving to Baton Rouge says he was shocked to discover his previous employer had better technology than his new one.
While the physical newspaper is smaller now than when the old presses were rolling, The Advocate still has far more news than most papers, and still gives significant space to national and international news as well as sports stories the reader can find anywhere. Newsprint is a hefty expense, and many experts believe the papers with the best chance of survival will be the small, nimble outfits that focus on the hyper-local stories you don't see on CNN or ESPN.
David says his newspaper might get smaller. But he doesn't foresee the complete disappearance of the dead-tree newspaper in favor of a purely Web-based product, in his lifetime or his son's.
What's the future?
Once, they had an empire. With two newspapers, two leading radio stations, and the dominant television news source, it primarily was the Manship properties that told Baton Rouge's story.
The afternoon paper is long gone, the radio stations belong to others, and WBRZ doesn't have the clout it once did. But the family still has The Advocate, the only daily in town.
No one covers a community like a daily newspaper. TV is primarily an entertainment medium. As ubiquitous as the Internet has become, you won't find many bloggers writing about school boards of police juries in the smaller cities and outlying parishes. The blogosphere can aggregate information, provide commentary, and hold the traditional media accountable, but as one online wag says, the Internet is to newspapers as a wood tick is to a deer: parasitic.
Information might want to be free, but good reporting is expensive. People are increasingly happy to get their news from Web sites, but online readers and advertisers haven't yet shown much willingness to pay for what they get. Even worse, a growing slice of the population barely reads at all. If this trend continues, the system breaks down, and it's not clear that a better one will emerge. It's scary, not just for people who still love newspapers, but for anyone who cares about democracy, which depends on a reasonably well-informed public.
The Manships haven't solved this conundrum. Then again, neither has anyone else. Some might say they've earned the right, through 100 years of work in this community, to try and figure out the newspaper's future. Still others might prefer to see new ownership, with a greater willingness to make bold moves. But in this economy, a generous purchase offer is unlikely, and the Manships don't seem desperate to sell.
So for the foreseeable future, the Manships, The Advocate and Baton Rouge remain. And people will just have to keep reading to see how this story ends.


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by Marc Bastow | July 22, 2013 12:14 pm
[1]There's a reason we highlight Dependable Dividend Stocks[2] — it's no small thing to put together decades of dividend growth, and it usually helps identify rock-solid companies that can slug it out through thick and thin.
But it's easy to put too much focus on these well-known dividend stocks — companies like Coca-Cola (KO[3]), which has been upping its payout for almost half a century — and miss other businesses that are starting to build dividend legacies of their own.
Right now, we're looking at companies that have improved their quarterly payouts by at least 40% in the past three years. Also, while these are very much long-term buys, there's no reason to jump in at too expensive a valuation, so we're looking for ones that at least are coming in around the S&P 500 average of 19 — if not lower.
The last thing to note is that none of these companies have particularly screaming yields, but don't let that concern you. All three stocks have enjoyed good to great returns in the past few years, so dividends are actually just trying to keep up with prices — and should that continue, you'll be riding a one-two punch of an improving yield on cost as well as stock appreciation.
Now, here's a look at those three stocks:
[4]% Dividend Increase Since 2010: 40%
Dividend Yield: 1.8%
Crane (CR[5]) is one of those gems that manufactures products nobody thinks about until they need them (hoses), as well as specialized parts for machines we use every day (bill validation systems in vending machines).
CR runs four business segments: aerospace and electronics, engineered materials, merchandising systems and fluid handling and controls. Together, they produce $2.6 billion in revenues.
Crane's last three years of revenue growth have been steady if not stellar, and only an "unusual expense" charge of $271 million related to a liability at its Goodyear, Ariz., Superfund Site in 2011 kept CR from similar solid bottom-line growth.
Crane has about $390 million in cash, and it produced roughly $200 million in free cash flow in 2012 while paying out $62 million in dividends.
CR's yield has been held back by a 71% run in the past 52 weeks, but dividend growth of 40% since 2010 should encourage income hunters, as should four decades of uninterrupted quarterly payouts.
[6]% Dividend Growth Since 2010: 51.5%
Current Dividend Yield: 2.4%
Travelers (TRV[7]) is one of the largest writers of commercial U.S. casualty insurance and personal insurance.
2012 was a challenging year, primarily because of the inordinate number of claims and payouts resulting from Superstorm Sandy, with (pre-tax) catastrophic losses at just under $2 billion. And yet, TRV managed to grow revenues for a fourth consecutive year and increase its net income a whopping 73% to $2.473 billion in fiscal 2012 compared to $1.426 billion in 2011, primarily because of higher underwriting margins.
The company's focus on those margins also produced a 12% increase in net income for the first quarter of 2013, even with a marginal decline in revenues.
And what income investors will really like: TRV boasted $530 million in operating cash flow for Q1 that would've covered three quarters of dividends at its current 50-cent payout — a dividend that TRV started paying in 2007 and that has improved more than 50% in the past three years.
Nobody can predict the problems year-to-year weather events might inflict on property and casualty insurers, but make no mistake — in the long haul, the best insurance companies make sure they get theirs. Considering how Travelers weathered Sandy, investors should feel pretty good about TRV's future.
[8]% Dividend Increase Since 2010: 80%
Dividend Yield: 1.8%
Motion and control technology. Fluid power systems. Electrochemical controls.
If these products make you woozy with confusion, don't worry — all you need to know is that Parker Hannifin (PH[9]), founded in 1918, sells enough of them to haul in $13 billion in annual revenues. Parker's operations span 48 countries and features 40 different product lines, including Airtek filters, Gold Ring valves and Pioneer adapters.
The company has managed to grow the top and bottom lines for three consecutive years, and its solid balance sheet includes $1.38 billion in cash and $390 million in free cash flow in the last reported quarter — more than enough to support its regular $64 million dividend payout.
PH's dividend increase streak might be light at eight years, but it has been making uninterrupted quarterly payouts for 26 years. The yield is a bit paltry, but that's been affected in part by 65% gains since its late 2011 lows. Nonetheless, Parker has been trying to keep up, improving its payout by about 80% since 2010.
Marc Bastow is an Assistant Editor at InvestorPlace.com. As of this writing he does not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.
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If you are having preterm labor, you may be given medication. This may include:
Tocolytics are drugs that minimize the strength and number of contractions. Although an ideal goal would be to stop preterm labor completely, the most that can be reasonably expected from current tocolytics is a delay of 48 hours. This delay allows time for treatment with steroids and antibiotics. Steroids are given to speed the baby's lung development. Even a few extra days in the uterus can be vital to the baby's development.
Antibiotics may be given to treat a suspected infection. During this time, you may also be transferred to a better-equipped hospital.
These drugs can be given through an IV or by mouth between 24 and 34 weeks gestation.
Calcium channel blockers reduce smooth muscle contractions, such as those in the uterus.
In addition, statistically significant benefit has been seen for infants in terms of preventing
respiratory distress syndrome,
necrotizing enterocolitis, intraventricular hemorrhage, and
Common names include:
Prostaglandins cause uterine contractions, so these drugs are meant to block the production of prostaglandin and may be used in certain causes of preterm contractions.
These drugs cause uterine muscles to relax.
This is a muscle relaxant that is given intravenously. While this medication has not been proven to delay preterm birth, it is effective in treating
and does offer protection against brain injury in the baby. It is used frequently in the presence of preterm labor.
If you are between 24-34 weeks of pregnancy, your doctor may give corticosteroids. These drugs help your baby's lungs mature. They also reduce the risk of respiratory distress syndrome and bleeding in the brain. With these drugs, your baby will breathe easier after delivery.
Antibiotics help to treat and prevent infection in both the mother and the baby. Preterm babies are at increased risk of infection because their immune systems are immature.
Also known as hydroxyprogesterone.
Progesterone is a hormone made by the body. It helps the uterus grow and keeps it from having contractions. Progesterone treatment may help reduce your risk for premature birth if you have had a premature birth in the past or have a short cervix, and are pregnant with just one baby.
ACOG Committee Opinion No. 291: Use of progesterone to reduce preterm birth.
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It all started back in January 2008. I started with tooth sensitivity and pain. I then began having daily general headaches (no identifable radiating point). The headaches would usually start after being awake for several hours, though I sometimes wake up with a headache.
I have had several crippling migraines since it all started, all radiating pain from the left or right temple (sometimes both). Heat seems to help the pain.
I suspect the pain is associated with TMD/TMJ (temporomandibular disorder) as I do have an imperfect bite. Though at 24 years old I find it odd the pain just started out of no where (no accidents, or trauma to the face, etc...)
I exhibit pretty much all the symptoms of TMD/TMJ, including having ringing in the ears at one point, occasional popping/crunching sounds in the jaw.
I have seen several GPs, dentists, an otrtho, etc... They all suggested my pain was possibly caused by my 4 impacted wisdom teeth (though possibly TMD as well). I have since had them removed and the headaches have still perisisted with the same pattern/frequency/pain.
I am getting very concerned that something more serious may be overlooked and of course having daily headaches I am worried about a brain tumor.
I have looked up brain tumor symptoms and the only one I exhibit is the headache (no seizures, tingling sensations in extremities, nausea and vomiting, etc...).
The various pains (headache, jaw pain, temple pain, tooth pain) seems to happen all together or with various combinations of symptoms. Sometimes just the left side is affected, other times right, and then sometimes both sides.
Any feedback would help put my mind at ease while I wait for the bureaucracy of healthcare to get me the proper tests.
I assume if it was a brain tumor that after 3 1/2 months some of the symptoms would have got worse (though my headaches seem less intense, but just as frequent now. I have not had a migraine in 6-7 weeks either).
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Have you visited a dentist that has specialized in treating TMJ disorders?
Have you been examined with X-ray for your TM joint?
TMJ disorders can cause and mimic all kinds of headaches.
It can cause headache and pain in face, jaw, neck and shoulders.
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Dear Headache always,
Have you had your gums checked for periodontal disease? If you have a deep infection in your gums it will cause all of the above symptoms. Especially tooth sensitivity and pain. Do your gums bleed? I had a patient who had migraines and after I did deep cleanings on her with anesthesia her migraines were resolved and never bothered her again. She never has any sensitivity of tooth pain anymore. Since you said you have a bad bite (malocclusion) that contributes to building more plaque and harder for you to cleanse those areas contributing to gum disease.
Therefore, make sure you don't have anything going on with your gums. Secondly,
you could also have a TMJ problem as well and you could be grinding your teeth in your sleep (nocturnal bruxism) so you need to get a biteplate, which is a hard plastic mouthpiece, you can wear when your sleeping. This will help alleviate pain onto your dentition and preserve your teeth. It is very important to be screened for Periodontal disease and get that infection out of your mouth. The research links uncontrolled Periodontal disease to 2X more likely to get a heart attack and 3X more likely for a stroke, besides it destroys the bone which holds your teeth intact and once you get bone loss you can't get it to grow back.
Don't think you have a brain tumor when all the signs are telling you its related to your teeth.
Good luck!
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I'm not a doctor and i know nothing about your medical condition....But, there are a lot of people out there (including myself) that don't have tumors and live with daily migraines. I have had a non-stop migraine since last September....at 28 years old and a new mother...it's not something i ever thought i'd have to deal. Good luck. I wish you pain feel days.
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Chula Vista's Eastlake All-Stars will now advance to the U.S. Championship game in Little League World Series competition play thanks to a big win Wednesday night.
The Eastlake All-Stars won 6-3 against Westport, Conn., in a semifinal game televised on ESPN.
"With our team, it's never over," Eastlake pitcher Grant Holman told ESPN following Wednesday's victory. "We're never going to stop."
"I had a slow start at the plate two games in a row and I came through in the clutch," Holman explained.
Holman hit a three-run homer in the top of the ninth and Chula Vista, Calif., rallied for a 6-3 victory over New England champion Westport, Conn., on Wednesday night to earn a berth in the U.S. championship game at the Little League World Series.
Micah Pietila-Wiggs laced a one-out single to left, his third hit of the game, to start the ninth and Jake Espinoza followed with a double to right-center before Holman connected off reliever Alex Reiner.
Matt Brown hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth for Connecticut, and the Northeast champions seemed headed for a big victory.
But California shortstop Nick Mora hit his second homer of the game to make it 3-2 with one out in the top of the sixth and Chula Vista tied it when Reiner threw a wild pitch with the bases loaded.
Holman pitched 3 2-3 strong innings. Chasing his second no-hitter of the World Series, Holman struck out nine and was cruising when Max Popken drew a leadoff walk to start the fourth. Harry Azadian broke up Holman's no-hit bid with a single to right field and Brown homered.
Westport plays Northwest champion Sammamish, Wash., on Thursday. Sammamish (3-1) moved on to the matchup in the U.S. bracket by eliminating Nashville, Tenn., 6-5 on Tuesday. Westport was coming off a 9-7 victory over Sammamish on Sunday.
Fans in San Diego are certainly rooting for the home team.
Signs have popped up all over Eastlake as businesses rally behind the team that traveled to San Bernardino to win the West Regional tournament and qualified them for the Little League World Series.
The Eastlake Little League is selling West Regional hats, T-shirts and other gear to help raise money for the team's travel to the World Series.
The Eastlake All-Stars will step up to the plate again Saturday at 12:30 p.m. PT for the U.S. Championship game.
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A tough one to call as there are some nice types entered including the Henry Cecil pair Asterism, a filly by Motivator out of a winning miler, and the well-connected Astrantia, who is related to a host of winners. The Godolphin pair Bugler's Dream, who is out of a mare who won several times in the USA, and Timeline, who had no answer to Mijhaar at Haydock but still ran well, are others to consider. ALMAGEST has a pedigree that mixes stamina and speed and is related to some very useful types. He looked very inexperienced when making his debut here last month but still produced a run good enough to take this with normal improvement. Danehill Dante was surprisingly beaten at Kempton and is better judged on his very promising opening effort at Newbury.
Almagest 16-1 (8-12) Dwelt, held up towards rear, headway on outer over 2f out, soon edged right, chased winner over 1f out, ridden inside final furlong, kept on, held towards finish, 2nd of 12, 1 3/4l behind Tanfeeth (8-12) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Bright Abbey 40-1 (8-12) Slowly into stride, held up up towards rear, effort over 2f out, never dangerous, 9th of 12, 18l behind Tanfeeth (8-12) at Sandown 1m 2f 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in May.
Bugler's Dream (USA) Medaglia D'oro colt out of Marquet Rent.
Dakar (GER) 20-1 (8-11) Held up in last pair, pushed along over 2f out, soon beaten, 5th of 6, 14l behind Barney Rebel (8-11) at Epsom Downs 1m 3yo & 4yo mdn (5) gd in Apr.
Danehill Dante (IRE) 4-6fav (9-3) Tracked leader, led over 2f out, headed approaching final furlong, not pace of winner, 2nd of 14, 4l behind Dimension (9-3) at Kempton 1m 3yo mdn stks (4) pol in May.
Elrasheed 14-1 (9-3) Keen tracked leader until over 2f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 7, 13l behind Ocean War (9-3) at Newmarket 1m 2f 3yo mdn (4) gf in Apr.
Highland Castle Halling gelding out of Reciprocal.
Midnight Oil 33-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, behind, never a factor, 9th of 13, 23l behind Mijhaar (9-0) at Haydock 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in May.
New Hampshire (USA) 14-1 (9-0) Reluctant to load stalls, slowly away, ran green and outpaced in rear throughout, hung right over 2f out, 11th of 12, 21l behind Dream Achieved (9-0) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Shamacam 16-1 (9-0) Towards rear, headway over 1f out, stayed on steadily inside final furlong, may do better, 7th of 14, 5l behind Sure Route (8-9) at Kempton 1m mdn stks (5) pol in Apr.
Speed Dancer 40-1 (9-3) In touch, ridden 3f out, weakened over 1f out, 6th of 9, 20l behind Blue Destination (9-3) at Yarmouth 1m 2f 3yo mdn aut (6) gf in May.
Talbot Green 100-1 (9-3) Soon back in mid-division, weakened over 4f out, tailed off, last of 11, 45l behind Fiorente (9-3) at Newbury 1m 2f 3yo mdn (4) gf in May.
Timeline 20-1 (9-0) Slowly into stride, tracked leaders, challenged 2f out, kept on and no chance with winner, edged left inside final furlong, 2nd of 13, 7l behind Mijhaar (9-0) at Haydock 1m 2f mdn stks (5) gd in May.
Asterism Motivator filly out of Star Cluster.
Astrantia Dansili filly out of Ausherra.
Jiwen (CAN) Singspiel filly out of Love Medicine.
Renoir's Lady 20-1 (9-0) Close up, pushed along halfway, outpaced over 2f out, ridden and stayed on again inside final furlong, 5th of 10, 5l behind Sunset Avenue (9-0) at Newmarket 7f 2yo fll mdn (4) gf in Jul.


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Newly-appointed Los Angeles Galaxy head coach Steve Sampson greeted the challenge ahead of him with gusto Wednesday, presiding over his first practice with the Galaxy in the morning and then meeting the media later in the day.
"To finally be here as the head coach of what I consider the best club in the country is a privilege," he said. "I don't take the responsibility lightly. We obviously have an enormous responsibility here, and that is to win the MLS championship."
Sampson was named the fourth head coach in the Galaxy's nine-year history just two days after the Galaxy dismissed Sigi Schmid, the coach at the helm for three of the Galaxy's four MLS Cup appearances and their only MLS Cup title in 2002. Coming to the Galaxy along with Sampson is Ignacio Hernandez, who will replace Zak Abdel on the club's coaching staff. Hernandez worked with Sampson most recently with the Costa Rican men's national team.
Prior to being named the new man in charge, Sampson had already been interested in working with the Galaxy in a different capacity. He also said he was approached regarding the head coaching position with the expansion club in Salt Lake City.
"Quite frankly, returning from Costa Rica, I was hoping that there would be some place within the [Galaxy] organization, maybe youth development," he said. "But, it wasn't until [Galaxy President and General Manager] Doug [Hamilton] made the decision about Sigi that he then contacted me with the idea of considering being the head coach of the Galaxy. Obviously it was an easy decision to make."
The former U.S. national team head coach quickly set about getting to know his players during Wednesday's training session, but said he has no preconceived notions about who should or will start Saturday's match against the Fire. That decision will likely be made late Friday or on matchday, Sampson said, based on training sessions over the next two days. As far as Sampson is concerned, everyone on the roster has a shot at getting a starting nod, if not Saturday, then in future weeks.
"It's a clean slate. Everyone has to prove themselves," he said. "Understanding that there can't be wholesale changes in such a short period of time for Saturday's match, over a period of time, every single player will have an opportunity to prove whether he belongs in the starting 11 or not. I think that's all a professional wants."
Another option Sampson could take advantage of to improve his squad is the transfer window that opened up Sunday. Sampson has a month to fill any gaps he sees in his roster and the Galaxy have a senior international spot open for a potential foreign transfer.
Though he did not rule out bringing in new players, he said any acquisition will not be made immediately, giving him time to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the squad he is inheriting. Sampson said he has no potential new players in mind at the moment.
Regardless of the personnel he uses, Sampson will immediately be under pressure to win games and provide the offensive firepower that the team displayed at the beginning of the season but has since dwindled. After going 13 games without being shut out to start the season, the Galaxy haven't scored in their last two matches and have just nine goals in their last 10 games.
"My desire is to have a team that is attacking-minded, but a team that also has very good discipline," he said. "We have players here who can create. We have players here who can score goals. We have players here who can play direct."
Sampson's impending tenure with the Galaxy will be his first foray into Major League Soccer. To this point, Sampson has made a name for himself guiding both the U.S. men's and Costa Rican men's national teams, compiling impressive records with both teams.
In 1998, Sampson became the first American-born coach to lead the U.S. men to the World Cup, getting through CONCACAF qualifying with just two losses in 15 matches. When Sampson departed the national team after the side's disappointing finish at the '98 World Cup in France, he held the best record (26-22-14) of any U.S. men's coach who had presided over more than five matches. Current national team manager Bruce Arena has since surpassed that mark.
During his time with U.S. Soccer, Sampson also led the team to the 1995 U.S. Cup title and to the semifinals of the 1995 Copa America (both as interim coach). Sampson also oversaw the U.S. team's impressive 1-0 victory against Brazil in the semifinals of the 1998 CONCACAF Gold Cup.
With Costa Rica, Sampson led his charges to a fourth-place finish in the 2003 Gold Cup and also guided them into the semifinal round of CONCACAF qualifying for the 2006 World Cup. Costa Rica compiled an 11-7-4 record in Sampson's nearly two years at the helm.
Jason Halpin is a contributor to MLSnet.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Soccer or its clubs.


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Cystic Fibrosis: 'We were best friends – but we never met'
Cystic fibrosis sufferer Jillian McNulty is raising funds in memory of her pal Eleanor Walsh, who died last year
Eleanor Walsh and Jillian McNulty were the closest of friends. They were the same age and they shared a wicked sense of humour. They were so devoted to one another, they were like sisters, and Jillian was utterly devastated when six months ago, Eleanor died at the age of just 37.
But in fact, they had never met.
Eleanor suffered from cystic fibrosis, as does Jillian, and thanks to both women's compromised immune system, doctors banned them from meeting in person.
Instead, they exchanged thousands – 35,000, by Jillian's reckoning – of emails and Facebook messages, sent from their hospital beds in St Vincent's in Dublin.
Separated by just a few walls, they'd joke about the hospital food, and support one another if either was feeling low.
For both Eleanor and Jillian, isolated by illness from the outside world, those emails, texts and phone calls were a lifeline.
"We couldn't meet up and socialise, but that didn't matter," says Jillian. "It's hard for healthy people to understand how people who've never met can be that close. But she was lovely. She was just the kindest person you could ever meet.
"She never had a bad thing to say about anyone. She was so kind that she actually wrote books for kids to help them understand cystic fibrosis better, which she won an award for.
"It's fine for adults – we can accept that we have the condition – but kids have a difficult time understanding why doctors are constantly sticking needles in them. So Eleanor wanted to do something for them."
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an inherited chronic disease that primarily affects the lungs and digestive system. In Ireland, about 1,200 children and adults are living with the condition.
According to Cystic Fibrosis Ireland, the impact of CF can vary. While some people with CF die in their teens, others can live into their fifties.
Sadly, Eleanor was not so lucky. Jillian was just a few rooms away in St Vincent's when she died on December 3, 2012. "A few days before Eleanor died, we spoke on the phone for about 20 minutes," Jillian recalls. "She said, 'I am not good, Jillian'. I just said, 'Look, chick, you'll be grand, think positive'. But she said, 'No, it's not good'.
"I knew she was going to die, but I was still hoping for a miraculous recovery."
Poignantly, it wasn't the first time Jillian had watched a close friend die. "I've had plenty of friends who've been fine one day, and gone a week later," she says. "For that reason, a lot of people say you shouldn't be friends with other CF people, as it's too hard. But while we're not all the same, we understand what the other person is going through."
That bond with other people who can relate to the challenges of chronic illness is a special source of support for Jillian. While she has a close circle of good friends outside the CF community, she admits she struggles to keep up with their lifestyles.
"They understand that I can't do what they do. I can't keep up with their pace of life," she says.
Romantic relationships can be hard, too, and Jillian says she has struggled to find a partner who can take her illness on board.
"Men can get scared with CF," she says. "They don't want to know about it. They can't cope with you being sick or in hospital. People like a stress-free life, and being with someone with CF is a big commitment."
In the circumstances, the relationship between Jillian and Eleanor was all the more poignant.
"When Eleanor died, the nurse came in and she was crying. She said to me, for two girls that have never met, the bond between you was amazing."
Still ill in hospital, Jillian couldn't attend Eleanor's funeral. But once she was well enough to go home again to Longford, she tried to get her life back to normal, jogging and cycling as much as possible to keep her lungs in good shape.
'How much exercise you can do depends on the severity of your CF. Put it this way: I am not out sprinting down the street. I go very slowly, in comparison to a healthy person," she says.
"Half the time I am coughing and people are stopping to ask if I'm okay! But I know I am lucky that I can do so much, a lot of other CFs I am aware of can't do as much. Some people can get bitter and angry towards me because of that.
"My life is as normal as it can be. But before I can even walk out the door in the morning, I have two hours of medication and of therapy to clear the mucus from my chest. But when I'm not in hospital, I'm off doing everything that I can do. I like the sun a lot so I go away as much as possible. And I go to concerts and to shows. You can't live in a bubble."
Jillian is so determined to live as full a life as possible, last year she completed the Dublin marathon, an amazing achievement, and last Friday, on what would have been Eleanor's 38th birthday, she set off from Carrick-on-Shannon on the first leg of a four-day cycle that finished up at the front doors to St Vincent's Hospital.
Joined by Eleanor's sister Maresa and her friend Michelle Doherty, the three were on a mission to raise funds for Cystic Fibrosis Ireland and for St Vincent's.
It was a huge challenge, but Jillian's motivation to keep going was the memory of her friend Eleanor, and her unwillingness to let her illness get the better of her.
"To be honest, death does scare me, and it makes me fight that little bit more. Hence the reason for getting on the bike and for keeping as fit as possible. I will stick at it for as long as I can."
To donate to Jillian's fundraising initiative, log on to http://bit.ly/jilliancharity
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I am trying to design a database that contains information about residents and staff of an aprtment complex. I was hoping someone could help me with the best desing when staff can also be residents. I am trying not to have redundancy in the database.
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What all information fields do you want to have for residents?
Also, having an idea about what sort of queries will be done most on this database will also help in optimizing the design, if there is any scope for it.
Also, staff can also be residents? There are numerous solutions to this -- including:
Table People (Name, Apartment address, other info fields,etc.etc., Flag: IsStaff&Res/IsStaffOnly)
I assume you will need to store address information for the staff personnel too, even if their own residence location is somewhere else.
Then, have a Table Staff ( Index Map Number to Index in Table People, Staff Position, Service Timings, etc.etc.)
If you have multiple people at the same post (e.g. 10 people in-charge of the day-to-day administration), you can have another table called Table Posts (mapping Post Number to Post Details).
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Thanks for help. I think I am going to setup a person table that hold name, address, phone, etc.., and then have a table that holds information related to a staff member and a table with info related to a resident. I like you idea for a flag so that I can use that in a query. Thanks again for your help.
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Christchurch earthquakes: a sombre story
The most recent earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand is the second within a matter of months. But there was a significant (non)event in between the two quakes which was not reported because it didn't happen.
The following is an account and chronicle of recent events in Christchurch, New Zealand. The article includes a message from Andrew Strom which he has entitled:
An Awful Shaking in ChristChurch
3 September 2010:
The 2010 Canterbury earthquake
(also known as the Christchurch earthquake or Darfield earthquake) was a 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the South Island of New Zealand at 4:35 am on 4 September 2010 local time.
Most of the damage was in the area surrounding the epicentre, including the city of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-largest urban area with a population of 386,000. Minor damage was reported as far away as Dunedin and Nelson, both around 190–220 miles from the earthquake's epicentre.
Given the intensity of the earthquake, the cost in human death and injury was minimal. Two Christchurch residents were seriously injured, one by a falling chimney and a second by flying glass, and many suffered less serious injuries. One person died of a heart attack suffered during the quake, but doctors could not determine whether this was caused by the earthquake.
Later that same month:
A New Zealand believer
thought to organise a combined act of thanksgiving by the local churches in Christchurch to praise God that there was no loss of life or significant injury. Andrew Strom has written:
As some of you know, one of the main things that I hoped to do in Christchurch ..... was to organize a large open worship event in the city - to praise and glorify God that nobody had been killed even in a huge 7.1 earthquake.
I found that no such event was being planned, but there were thousands of evangelical Christians in Christchurch, and I felt very strongly that it was important for us to publicly glorify God for the miracle of surviving such a disaster with no-one killed. The place was traumatized and it was obvious that a sensitive Worship event would do much good - and even many non-Christians would likely attend.
I have organized large events before, so the Christian Radio network knows me - and quickly agreed to promote the event for free. The PA sound people also agreed to supply excellent sound for a very low cost. And the Christchurch City Council couldn't have been more helpful. Everything was looking good.
But it was not to be.....
One of the main 'networking' Pentecostal leaders in the city told me that we could count him OUT of any support for the event. Then I spoke personally
[to a very prominent church leader]
who told me that we could NOT use the main Square in Christchurch for a worship event for the whole Body.
I called a number of prominent pastors and worship bands around Christchurch. I said we had the support of Radio, the Council, the sound and everything. No response. Worship bands not interested.
Pastors not returning calls. (You might think they were busy after the quake - but remember no-one died and Christchurch was up and running pretty fully after only a couple of weeks).
I simply couldn't understand it. The evangelicals of Christchurch had made no public acknowledgement of God at all - no public worship for this miraculous escape - no public glorifying of Jesus. Even the secular News and the politicians were calling it a "miracle".
I felt strongly that I could not push things any further without some basic support from the church. We managed to hold a couple of outdoor concerts for the homeless, and got involved with distributing "care packages" and things, but I was so disappointed. In fact I was more than disappointed - I was alarmed and deeply disturbed. I even told some friends that it was "dangerous" to offer no public praise after God has just so obviously saved your city. I felt so strongly about it - and deeply saddened for the state of the Body of Christ.
But I could do nothing more.
17 December, 2010
Andrew Strom and his family departed from Christchurch.
28 December 2010
The Strom family boarded a plane for Australia. Strom now writes:
"I believe it may be some time before we ever return."
22 February 2011
The 2011 Christchurch earthquake
was a 6.3-magnitude earthquake which struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 p.m. on 22 February 2011 local time. Centred close to Heathcote Valley, 3 miles to the north of the town of Lyttelton, the quake caused widespread damage and multiple fatalities in nearby Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous city.
On the day of the quake, Prime Minister John Key stated the current death toll was 65, saying that 22 February
"may well be New Zealand's darkest day".
Early the next day the Director of Civil Defence said that 38 deaths had been fully confirmed (meaning that the bodies were identified and the next of kin informed).
By the afternoon of the 23rd that number rose to 55 confirmed deaths and 20 unidentified. There are unconfirmed reports that the death toll could reach 200–400. Mayor of Christchurch Bob Parker says at least 200 people are believed trapped under rubble, saying that New Zealanders are
"going to be presented with statistics that are going to be bleak".
On the morning of the 23 February the situation was declared a national emergency by the Prime Minister.
Strom further writes of the church leader who told him that he that
"the main Square in Christchurch could not be used for a worship event for the whole Body."
The church leader to whom Strom has spoken personally following the first quake who has appeared in pictures on our TV screens standing outside his ruined building. He was and is
the Dean of Christchurch cathedral.
Strom writes with sorrow:
"Today this man's Cathedral lies in ruins. It had survived the first quake, but it did not survive this new one."
He concludes:
"My heart truly goes out to the people of Christchurch - and to all the world so poorly served by the church of our day. This was truly one of the worst 'lost opportunities' that I have ever witnessed in all my years with the church.
And Christchurch was truly one of the most beautiful cites I have ever seen. The people are so dear to us. Our thoughts and prayers are with you, my friends.
May God bless and protect you all in these dark times.
Christchurch Cathedral, a landmark of Christchurch has been a part of the city for nearly 150 years.
The 6.3 Magnitude earthquake that struck on 22 February 2011 has destroyed the building, toppling the spire. The cathedral's spire stood 63m above Cathedral Square.
At the time of the 2010 earthquake
The Reverend Peter Beck, Dean of Christchurch
said the cathedral escaped destruction telling the local media: "My thanks go to council for all that earthquake strengthening work. Without that we would have had major damage.''
Read on with 'before and after' pictures.....
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Andrew Strom
is a native of New Zealand. After ministering in the USA for several years he returned to his native country in March 2008. Strom is founder of
and the international REVIVAL list.
He was involved for 11 years in the same Prophetic movement as Todd Bentley until he left over what he saw as the unbiblical and bizarre phenomenon within that movement. His article originally entitled 'Why I left the prophetic movent' has since been published in book form with the title 'True and False Revival'.
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Andrew Strom / Christians Together, 23/02/2011
23/02/2011 13:45
Hmmm indeed!
Penny Lee
23/02/2011 14:29
And the worst tragedy of all is that these same church leaders still won't recognise their part in it all. Looks like the NZ church is in the same sorry state as our own.
Martin Lisemore
23/02/2011 16:57
Yes, Andrea, I believe the Western church is all in a similar mess. I have a school friend who migrated to NZ many years ago, and became a Methodist Minister there. He came out of it of many years because of so many Godless practices. (We came into contact again through Friends Reunited)
I received this same letter this morning, and there could well be mileage in it. After all, we were quick enough to praise God in October when the Chilean miners were rescued, proclaiming a miracle (I was just one who did that) so by the very nature of our arguments then, we must apply the same Scriptural reasoning to this scenario.
In view of the Biblical witness as to how God moves and behaves in history, we shouldn't be surprised when He fulfills prophecy by doing it again.
Martin Lisemore
23/02/2011 19:06
I didn't make it clear, but I was not referring to the claim the church building was destroyed, merely to the shaking which is going on all over the world, and that we should step back and acknowledge our Father's place in all that.
RF (Guest)
23/02/2011 21:44
Christians should not proclaim their God's goodness when casualties are light or absent. Not ever when Aberfan is etched on the brain ever more. Also don't forget the great waves that drowned many thousands of innocent people a few years ago. You cannot pick and mix.
I wish and hope for the best for the people of Christchurch and no doubt good and dedicated people, some of them Christian and many not, will try to help those that are suffering to rebuilt their lives and in doing so show great compassion and skill.
Alan B (Guest)
23/02/2011 22:03
"Or these eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." Matthew 13: 4,5.
RF (Guest)
24/02/2011 09:38
The waves Alan. What about those waves? Mega amounts of innocent humans slaughtered by an uncaring or off watch god?
Or not so powerful? Or totally absent? Or cruel? Or what?
Cue for highly creative thoughts born out of wishful ignorance? Can we turn metal into gold by supplying a lucid and logical explanation for massive amounts of innocent dead? Mystery do I hear. Do I hear mystery? Do I hear moving in mysterious ways? The action of the waves can be explained; they are no mystery.
Brian Ross (Guest)
24/02/2011 13:14
Roland has almost pre-empted my personal concern over any suggestion that there is a direct connection between the second earthquake and the failure of some of the Christian hierarchy in Christchurch to participate in a service of thanksgiving for the fact that no-one died as a result of the earlier one. To do so is, in my opinion, to suggest a vindictiveness in the character of Father God that is not something that I recognise.
The basic problem, I would suggest to Roland and others, goes back to the foundational book of Genesis. At the Fall (and, as a former Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow once stated: "Whatever we believe about Genesis, there must have been a 'first sin'"), it was not only humankind that suffered by being cut off from the intimate relationship with the Creator that had been their previous privilege. The words of that Creator are clear: "And to the man He said, 'Since you listened to your wife and ate from the tree whose fruit I commanded you not to eat, the ground is cursed because of you.'" (Gen 3:17; NLT).
Paul is referring to this when, writing to the disciples of Jesus in Rome, he assures them: "Yet what we suffer now is nothing compared to the glory he will reveal to us later. For all creation is waiting eagerly for that future day when God will reveal who His children really are. Against its will, all creation was subjected to God's curse. But with eager hope, the creation looks forward to the day when it will join God's children in glorious freedom from death and decay. For we know that all creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time." (Rom 8:18-22; NLT).
The sinfulness of mankind has had, and continues to have, far-reaching effects. As far as I understand the situation, this will only cease at the end of physical time when the Lord Jesus will return (whether that be the Rapture, or the Second Advent is another topic!!). For now, we live in a fallen world, and our task, as disciples of Jesus, is to play our part in the gathering in of the harvest that will lead to that return. (I could now go on to the Doctrine of Election – but Roland will have to await the publication of the book I am currently writing, and which has a chapter on that very subject!!).
Shalom to one and all – and let us pray for those in Christchurch who are the bereaved and injured.
Brian Ross
24/02/2011 13:16
Sorry - my automatic log-in apparently failed. It's me!!!!!
Penny Lee
24/02/2011 13:48
Brian, I don't think anyone is suggesting that God did this because people didn't pray. That really would go against everyone that He is. However, we know that God does respond to heartfelt prayer and also to our thanks. The Biblical story of the ten lepers confirms that. Only one came back to say "thank you" and Jesus asked him where the other nine were and told him, "your faith has made you well" We already know that he had been healed of the leprosy so in what way was he now 'well"? He must have received something else in addition to the other nine.
None of us can possibly know if the proposed act of thanks would have changed the outcome of events. Assuming that the incident happened as has been reported, I just feel sad that the church leaders who had been asked to participate chose not to and, at the very least, I would be interested to know why they declined or ignored the request.
For those of us who believe the Bible, one thing is certain - wars and natural disasters have always been part of our world and will continue to increase and Luke chapter 21 gives quite detailed information about what forms it will take. As you say, Brian, our world is already damaged and the sort of tragedies we have seen in recent years confirm this. It is absolutely right that we give our financial and practical support to those caught up in such disasters but, in addition to that, prayer is such a valuable tool and we never seem to appreciate the difference it can make in any situation, no matter how desperate.
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After hurricane sandy I can not access I few of my locals spots and i really don't feel like calling all the towns and state parks to see if any of the beaches are back open yet and I don't want to surf in longbeach due to the water quality problem so I was wondering if anyone knew any beaches open out east
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Dang brotha im sorry to hear that, so many tragic stories just two or three states above my hometown, it seems the spots like FL that usually get destroyed seemed untouched and had PERFECT surf lol. But everywhere from northern SC all the way up to NY got clobbered by the B**** Sandy. In OCMD we havent had too many problems concerning land damage, but water quality is going to be somewhat of an issue down here now possibly due to the fact that the extreme north winds we have had this week could push some of the dirty water down here. But places like Rt. 12 and many places along the Oregon Inlet like S-Turns and Mirlo Beach were completely destroyed and blown over. Im sorry again to hear about your bummer of a situation. But this friday good ole Ocean City is getting some good surf as far as the reports go, head south for a little vacation my friend. I'll show you some killer spots.


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UEFI boot partition in mint 11 installer crashes.
It seems my new IBM thinkpad x120e has the new UEFI BIOS and requires a fat partition. I have tried several times to install mint 11 and when selecting the partition layout mint 11 gives me an EFI boot partition to choose. I choose this and my other partitions / /home swap and at the end of the install the installer crashes saying plugininstall.py error.
So I decieded to install mint 10 as I have never before seen an EFI boot partition, and since the installer kept crashing. After successfully installing mint 10 with the usual /boot / /home /swap partitions and rebooting all I get is "no operating system found" can anyone help with this problem? I really want mint 11 as it finds my wireless from live system very easily.
I found this http://forums.linuxmint.com/search.p...eea0111579e625
seems to be same problem I am having well at least half of my trouble, and still no work around I can handle.
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I have a thinkpad E325 with the same AMD E-350 APU as you. I have not yet solved the problem, but I think its solveable =)
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I use a Intel ssd 320 series 120gb wich I first thought was the problem. It seems to be GRUB and the EFI though..
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