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Disclaimer: This guide is intended as general information only. Your case may have factors requiring different procedures or forms. The information and instructions are provided for use in the Sacramento County Superior Court. Please keep in mind that each court may have different requirements. If you need further assistance, consult a lawyer.
This packet includes:
Click here to download this Step-By-Step guide as a pdf.
Click here to download an RTF(Rich Text Format) customizable template of the motion.
Rule 3.1332(c) of the California Rules of Court allows the court to grant a continuance before or during trial on an affirmative showing of good cause. Each request for continuance must be considered on its own merits.
Circumstances that may indicate good cause for a continuance include the unavailability of an essential witness (Rule 3.1332 (c)(1)); the unavailability of a party because of death, illness, or other excusable circumstances (Rule 3.1332 (c)(2)); or a significant, unanticipated change in the status of the case as a result of which the case is not ready for trial (Rule 3.1332 (c)(7)). For a more complete list of justifications, please be sure to read Rule 3.1332 (c) in its entirety.
Motions to continue a trial are not favored by the courts because such continuances greatly interfere with the court's ability to efficiently schedule its courtrooms and substantially contribute to a court's backlog of trial dates. For this reason, it is usually best to request a continuance as early as possible after you become aware that it will be required. You should never depend on a continuance being granted, as a very real possibility exists that it may be denied, especially if there have already been several continuances in the case.
1.1 Motions in General
A request for a continuance is made through a motion. A "motion" is a request made in a case asking the court to issue an order of some sort. Most motions are in writing. With few exceptions (such as in family law cases), there is no Judicial Council form for making a motion. Instead, the motion must be typed on 28-line pleading paper. A written motion will consist of four parts:
The Notice of Motion lets the opposing party know when and where the motion is scheduled to be heard, while the Motion lets the court and the opposing party know what is being requested. The Points and Authorities explains to the court and the opposing party the legal basis of the motion, while the Declaration provides evidence, sworn under penalty of perjury, supporting the motion.
The first two parts, the Notice of Motion and Motion, are typically combined together in the same document, while the Points and Authorities and Declaration are often separate documents. In many instances, however, they may be combined together into the same document, as in the case of the sample included in this Step-by-Step Guide.
1.2 Modify the Template Motion
At the end of this guide is a sample motion for continuance. It was completed by a hypothetical "Doug Defendant," who is asking to continue his trial so he has the opportunity to find a new attorney. You may download a customizable template of the motion from our website at http://www.saclaw.org/Uploads/files/Step-by-Step/continue-template.rtf. You will need to modify the text in blue to fit the specific facts of your case, and change the color of the text from blue to black.
The court will not accept blue type in court pleadings. Although this guide is printed double-sided to save paper, you must print your motion single-sided; the court will not accept double-sided documents.
1.3 Setting the Date of the Motion
Online Court Date Calculator
The Los Angeles County Superior Court offers a handy "Court Date Calculator" to assist in calculating the number of court days (excluding weekends and holidays) from a given date, counting either forward or backward.
In Sacramento, the party requesting the continuance is responsible for setting the date for hearing the motion. Motions to continue a civil case are heard in Department 47 at 9:00 a.m. Tuesday through Friday each week, except for the second and fourth Tuesday of each month. There are two very important deadlines you must consider when setting the date of a motion: the filing deadline and the service deadline.
Filing Deadline: The motion must be filed with the court at least sixteen court days prior to the motion date. California Code of Civil Procedure §1005. Court days are Monday through Friday, excluding court holidays. To determine whether a particular filing date will meet this deadline, start with the first court day after the planned filing date as day one, and count forward sixteen court days. The first possible date the motion can be heard is day sixteen.
For example, suppose you wanted to file a document on May 21, 2012. You would start counting using May 22nd as day one. Do not count weekends or court holidays (there is only one court holiday in this example, which is Memorial Day, May 28). If you wanted to file a motion on May 21, 2012, the sixteenth court day after that would be June 13, 2012, which is the earliest date the motion could be heard.
Service Deadline: Prior to filing the motion with the court, all other attorneys, or self-represented parties in a case must be served with a copy of the motion. This means that someone over the age of 18 who is not a party in the case must either personally deliver a copy of the motion and related documents to the attorney or self-represented party or mail a copy of the motion and related documents to the party by first class mail.
If the motion is personally served, the service must be at least sixteen court days prior to the date of the motion, the same as the minimum filing deadline.
If the motion is served by first-class mail, additional time is added to the calculation, depending on where the mail originates and where it is sent. California Code of Civil Procedure §1005. For example, if the documents are mailed from California to an address in California, five calendar days are added after the sixteen court days. Calendar days include weekends and holidays, but if the final day lands on a weekend or holiday, it is rolled over to the next court day. So, using May 21, 2012 as the date of mailing, for example, the sixteenth court day remains June 13, 2012, but five more calendar days must be added to determine the earliest motion date. This would make Monday, June 18th the first day the motion could be heard.
When choosing the date of your motion, be sure that you have left enough time for the motion to be both served and filed in a timely fashion.
Make four (4) copies of your Motion. One of these copies is to be served on the other side's attorney (or the other side, if the other side does not have an attorney); the original and the other three copies are to be filed with the court. Staple each of the copies, but leave the original unstapled. Sacramento County Superior Court uses an electronic filing system in which documents are scanned in electronically. Stapled originals are not accepted because the staple will jam in the scanner, damaging both the document and the scanner.
The person who is serving your Motion for you must complete a proof of service form, typically, either a Proof of Personal Service form or a Proof of Service by First Class Mail form. For more information on these Proofs of Service, see the guides on our website at http://www.saclaw.org/pages/personal-service.aspx and http://www.saclaw.org/pages/pos-mail.aspx, respectively.
The proof of service form should be completely filled out, but not signed. Make a copy of the unsigned proof of service before proceeding.
The person over the age of 18 who is not a party to the case must then personally deliver or mail a copy of the Motion along with a copy of the unsigned proof of service form on other side's attorney (or the other side, if the other side does not have an attorney). The unsigned proof of service form can be attached as the last page of the Motion.
The person doing the serving then signs the Proof of Service form, and gives the signed Proof of Service to you.
Make three (3) copies of the signed Proof of Service. It is not necessary to copy the instruction page.
Assemble your packet for filing as follows:
File your motion and proof of service at on the first floor of the Courthouse at 720 Ninth Street.
At this time there is a $40 filing fee, unless your fees were waived. Current fees are available on the Sacramento County Superior Court's website. If you newly qualify for a fee waiver, you may file a request with the court. For more information, see the Step-by-Step guide on Fee Waivers on our website at http://www.saclaw.org/pages/fee-waiver.aspx.
If opposing counsel or self-represented party opposes your request for a continuance, he or she may serve and file an opposition at least nine court days prior to your motion date. Be sure to check your mail, and read any documents you receive carefully.
If the opposing attorney or party opposes your motion, you may serve and file a reply to the opposition (also written on pleading paper), at least five days prior to the motion. This reply should carefully address any points made by the opposition, especially if that point was not originally addressed in your motion.
Pursuant to Local Rule 1.06, the court will make a tentative ruling on the merits of your matter by 2:00 p.m. the court day before the hearing. You may read the tentative ruling online, or may call the Presiding Judge's department at 874-8142 to hear it. For information on how to view the ruling online, see the Legal Resource Guide on our website at http://www.saclaw.org/pages/tentative-rulings.aspx.
Closely review the tentative ruling. Since you are asking the court for a continuance, you are looking for your motion to be "GRANTED." If the court does not grant your request, your motion will be "DENIED."
If you are happy with the tentative ruling, you do not need to do anything. You won't have to go to court unless ordered to appear in the tentative ruling or unless the other side calls you and the court between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. the court day before your hearing date to request an oral argument in front of the judge. If that happens, you should go to the court hearing and be prepared to argue your case.
If you are not happy with the tentative ruling, and wish to present arguments in front of the judge, you must call all opposing counsel and/or self-represented parties, and the clerk for department 47 no later than 4:00 p.m. the court day before your motion is scheduled and state that you are requesting oral argument on the motion. If neither you nor the opposing counsel or self-represented party requests oral argument, the court will simply make the tentative ruling the order of the court.
At the Law Library:
California Civil Procedure Before Trial KFC 995 .C34 Chap. 12, "Noticed Motions," and Chap. 42, "Trial Preference & Continuance Motions."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using OnLaw.
California Forms of Pleading and Practice KFC 1010 .A65 C3 (Ready Ref)Vol. 13, Chap. 136, "Continuances."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using the Matthew Bender CD.
California Law & Motion Authorities KFC 1012 .P37Chap. 19, "Motion to Continue Hearing or Trial."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using Westlaw Next.
California Law & Motion Model Forms KFC 1012 .A65 P37Chap. 33, "Sample Motion to Continue Trial."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using Westlaw Next.
California Points and Authorities KFC 1010 .B4 (Ready Ref)Vol. 4, Chap. 48, "Continuance of Proceedings."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using the Matthew Bender CD.
California Practice Guide: Civil Procedure Before TrialChap. 9(I)-B, "Preparing and Filing Motions."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using Westlaw Next
Matthew Bender Practice Guide: California Pretrial Civil Procedure KFC 995.M38Chap. 30, "Continuances."
California Pretrial Practice & Forms KFC 1020 .A65 K86Chap. 14, "Motion Practice," particularly sec. IX, "Motions to Continue Trial Date."Electronic Access: Forms available on CD-ROM; ask at Circulation Desk.
Younger on California Motions KFC 1012 .C35Chap. 25, "Motion to Continue Trial."Electronic Access: On the Law Library Computers, using Westlaw Next.
Sample Notice of Motion and Motion to Continue Mandatory Settlement Conference and Trial
Motion to Continue, page 1 (click here for full-sized version)
Motion to Continue, page 2 (click here for full-sized version)
Sample Memorandum of Points and Authorities
Motion to Continue, page 3 (click here for full-sized version)
Motion to Continue, page 4 (click here for full-sized version)
Sample Declaration in Support of Motion
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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced the plan Tuesday to try to end the uproar, which grew out of an inscription that critics said made King sound arrogant.
The dispute pitted those who said that the carving grossly misrepresented King's thought against the memorial's designers and advisers, who said it was accurate and artistic.
The Interior Department, which in February announced that the inscription would be replaced, said it should be removed to protect the "structural integrity" of the three-story statue of King where it appears.
"I am proud that all parties have come together on a resolution," Salazar said, according to an Interior Department statement. "The memorial stands as a testament to Dr. King's struggle for civil rights, and a dream of dignity, respect and justice for all."

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Kevin Brooks Discuss Kevin Brooks here, including Being, and try to answer the question: What is Robert? |
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26th February 2007, 05:21 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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| I think so. Without that, there wouldn't be much emotional weight to the ending. I must admit I was probably more sad when I found out the dog had died. Eddi had tried to turn Robert in, but the dog never did anything. :wink: |
26th February 2007, 05:42 PM | #4 (permalink) |
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| Ha ha cillitbang, I'm glad to hear you're an animal lover. I too think Eddi's death was needed, if she had survived then maybe we would be questioning just how evil Ryan really was, and how much of a threat he ever posed to Robert. Does anyone out there think Robert and Eddi should have been allowed to live happily ever after :?: |
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| Well, it's certainly debateable I'm caught between the two. I think Eddi's death was certainly needed, agreeing with M1rage, but I was horrified. Shouldn't Robert at least have some sort of happy ending? Some love perhaps? I definately think keeping Ryan [[ who I despise more than anything ]] alive was a brilliant thing to do. The whole "never knowing as a punishment" was stupendous. |
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| i think Eddi not dying would have been more of a shock than her actually dying, i'm surprised that it's been found "an unexpected twist", i saw it coming from the moment that Robert turned up at her flat. :? so i didn't find any emotional ending, it was too predictable. on a side note: has anyone seen the Bourne Identity trilogy of films? and did anyone see any parallels? |
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| yeah!!! and the writing was written as if she had already died! i would quote, but i haven't a copy with me, something like "that was my best memory of her, the one i'll always remember" well, that's WAY off, but you know what i mean? |
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| I was surprised... I was surprised when Eddi was killed. I had convinced myself she was going to tell Robert she was pregnant (the clues were there - no wine that night, her looking 'radiant' etc.) and that he'd freak out, imagining what was growing inside her, then tell her everything. Maybe then a whole race of replicants (or whatever he is) could have started... |
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| nice idea. you could see the writing that way, yes. i just saw that is was a build up to show how 'in love' with her he was, and how sacred her memory was to him. i think she could have been pregnant as well though, which (if a second book is to be written) would be interesting to see as an autopsy at the start; confused hospitals and government broadening the search... hhmmm... but seriously, has anyone seen Bourne Identity and the start of the second film?!!! |
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| I don't think she deserved to die, like someone said, Robert needed a happy ending, and i was really shocked when i saw that Eddi had died, i thought they would have shot her somewhere making her out to be dead, and Robert leaving her, only to have her turn up in some sort of sequel with Roberts child. I mean, she did try to turn him in, but you could tell that there was love there, when they were at the resturaunt, and she said about she couldn't say how she felt as she might cry. And, she was helping him, so she was making up for almost turning her in. And, i have to say, Eddi was a really good character, it was shocking to see her die. |
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| I don't think she deserved to die but it worked for the book. I think it helped the ending in the way, showed the humanity of Robert i.e. he couldn't kill Ryan even though Ryan had destroyed his life, then taken away the one person Robert cared about. |
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this was an awesome summer for dance-pop. really, the whole year has probably been the best, quantity+quality-wise, since 2006, which might have been the last year i was excited about dance-pop on a large scale (the year of paris, etc.) even if there was sort of a dearth of bona-fide massive summer jams – which i define as massive enough to penetrate the consciousness of my relatively pop-averse friends (katy perry came close, i guess. rihanna, the erstwhile queen of summer, got her smash on in the springtime, rudely enough.)
sadly, though, there didn't seem to be all that much actual dancing, at least in my world. save for a couple-few transcendent daytime dining-room get-down sessions to Lazerproof. there was a pretty promising start to the summer with the /\/\ /\ Y /\ release party (once we made it through the album, that is.) and I did see LCD in NYC, and The Rapture at Making Time. but then La Roux had to go and cancel their tour... at least Robyn and Kelis came through – and how! though, again, i went by myself. i think i only dj'd that one real party all summer, too (heat activated.)
but, at least i made this mix, pretty casually, and it is, i think, pretty close to phenomenal – little credit to me, but to our faithful friends the pop pros, who cranking out jams on all fronts. still, what's a summer jam without a pool-party posse to share it with?
sort of a fabricated document, then, of a summer of fun that never exactly was. maybe the problem is that i made the mix on cd. and who listened to cds in the summer of 2010?
title: Froth of July
date: July 2010
format: cd-r; daydream
1. The Spell – Alphabeat
2. Shampain – Marina and the Diamonds
3. Nothing on You – B.o.B ft. Bruno Mars [Villains Remix]
4. You've Changed – Sia
5. XXXO – M.I.A. ft. Jay-Z [Fulton Yard/Waltboogie Remix]
6. In Ruins - Fol Chen
7. All The Lovers – Kylie Minogue
8. Seasun – Delorean
9. Swoon – Chemical Brothers [Don Diablo Remix]
10. One – Sky Ferreira
11. Drunk Girls – LCD Soundsystem [Holy Ghost! Remix]
12. Come With Me – ceo
13. 4th of July (Fireworks) – Kelis
14. Take That – Wiley & Chew Fu
15. Push It Fembot – Robyn vs. Salt 'n' Pepa [A Rokk Pie N Mashup]
16. Daydreaming – Kid Sister [Telephoned Dreams Version]
17. Wile Out – DJ Zinc Ft. Ms Dynamite
18. Tenderoni – Kele [Ryan Hervé Re-Fix]
19. Dan – Grovesnor
20. Independent Kill – La Roux & Major Lazer ft. Candi Redd
21. Dancing On My Own – Robyn [Jakwob Remix]
quasi-mixed – that is, sequenced and edited for reasonably beat-smooth transitions in most places, but no actual dj tweaking. this ranges pretty far over the map, geographically, stylistically, all across the indie-mainstream divide and back. (what divide you say?)
notable omissions (cut out for space reasons only): Ke$ha, Katy Perry, Big Boi, Goldfrapp (i still haven't really gotten into Head First, though i feel like it should really be up my alley...still, the first two tracks are lovely in that frothy way), Hot Chip (was still rocking One Life Stand hard at this point, though it had been out for a pretty long time.) and the Scissor Sisters album hadn't even come out yet.
the Alphabeat feels a bit like a throwaway intro (though i do love that song in the context of its album...which for whatever reason hasn't quite stuck with me the way i thought it would.) Kid Sister probably wouldn't have made it (that's a 2010 remix, i think, of a 2009 track) except i had just written her up for CP and had belatedly realized that it's a pretty darn sweet album (though that remix may not be too representative.) likewise, the Delorean, which i love, is a belatedly-discovered favorite from their 2009 ep which is sadly better than anything on their (generally quite good) 2010 album. otherwise, the vast majority of these are still solid favorites, some surprisingly so (Marina; Fol Chen.)
the real question is whether i'm going to reuse/recycle many of these for year-end mix, so that this will end up feeling like scrap fodder for that, or whether i'll try to keep this as a strong separate entity. time will tell...
05 August 2010
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Prior to a light bulb, the 19th century people slept about 10 hours. Before we began using the fire and candles, and probably more. Today the average person sleeps 8 hours a day. Due to the fact that we have more in front of the computer, but in bed during sleep is significantly shortened. Once people thought, believed in her dreams and read "Dream interpreter"… Oh, there is less of such books, because there is less dreams. We may soon, like dolphins sleep with one eye open.


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No but seriously, I snorted and couldn't watch it with a straight face. ARTHUR IS HALF NAKED (side note, interesting they have gone for naked legs this season as opposed to naked chest previous seasons) AND HE WALKED UP TO MERLIN AND TURNS HIM AROUND AND MERLIN IS JUST SMIRKING THE WHOLE DAMN TIME. AND OH MY GOD I LOST IT AND SNORTED AND CACKLED BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EVEN PRETENDING TO KEEP THE GAY A SECRET ANYMORE.


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Italy minister says snap polls possible in autumn
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ROME, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Italy could hold snap elections in the autumn if Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right government falls, a minister from the Northern League said hours before a crucial vote in parliament.
Interior Minister Roberto Maroni said the two-year government was "sailing without compass" after last week's split between Berlusconi and his long-time ally Gianfranco Fini.
Fini, the lower house speaker and co-founder of Berlusconi's People of Freedom party (PDL), has set up a break-away faction in parliament that could deprive Berlusconi of his majority, raising the prospect of a government collapse.
Italian elections have traditionally been held in the spring or early summer but Maroni said there was nothing to stop the country voting at any time.
"If the ship hits the rocks, we go back to the polls," said Maroni, an influential member of the Northern League that is now Berlusconi's main coalition partner.
"I know there are no precedents of holding elections in the autumn, but they should not be ruled out in the face of a serious political crisis," he told Corriere della Sera daily.
He also repeated the Northern League's opposition to any possible move by President Giorgio Napolitano to try to identify a new parliamentary configuration as the basis for an interim government to manage business until elections due in 2013.
"He could look but he wouldn't find it because without the League there is no alternative in either the Lower House or the Senate and any interim government would only last a week, after which he would have to accept reality and dissolve parliament."
Berlusconi faces a test of strength on Wednesday when the lower house votes on a no-confidence motion against a junior minister under investigation in an influence-peddling scandal.
Fini's allies in the chamber, alongside three smaller centrist parties, have agreed to abstain in the vote, putting off a fullblown showdown but still scoring a political point.
Berlusconi is also said to favour early polls if he does not have enough backing in parliament, and will be closely watching Wednesday's vote -- whose result is expected around 1800 GMT -- to gauge how much he has been weakened by the split with Fini.
The traditional summer parliamentary break is expected to bring a truce until September but after that, the situation remains extremely unclear.
If a government resigns and Italy's president fails to find someone who can form another one, he can dissolve parliament and call early elections -- usually held about two months later.
Napolitano, a former communist whose relations with Berlusconi are patchy, has gone on holiday -- which commentators in Italy see as a sign that a government crisis is not imminent.
But few in Italy are betting that the current executive will last long. Berlusconi's popularity has been sliding in recent months, but the centre-left opposition is so fragmented that he could win an early election.
Maroni also quashed speculation that Economy Minister Giulio Tremonti, whose steady management of Italy's strained public finances has been credited with warding off a Greek-style crisis, could head an alternative government.
"I have spoken to him and he is in perfect agreement," Maroni said of Tremonti, who is considered close to the Northern League. "Proposing Tremonti is a gesture of desperation on the part of people looking for a way out who have nothing to offer."
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In a report, "Band Aids and Beyond" published today to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the Ethiopia famine, Oxfam says international donors need to adopt a new approach to humanitarian disasters which focuses on preparing communities to prevent and deal with disasters such as drought before they strike, rather than relying mainly on short-term emergency relief, such as imported food aid.
Twenty-five years ago Ethiopia was struck by one of the worst famines in its history. An estimated one million people died and millions more suffered from extreme hunger and malnutrition. Today, millions in Ethiopia and across East Africa are facing severe food and water shortages after years of poor rains. It is estimated that drought costs Ethiopia $1.1bn a year—almost eclipsing the total annual overseas assistance to the country.
Currently, 70 percent of humanitarian aid to Ethiopia comes from the United States. Out of the $3.2 bn of US humanitarian assistance to Ethiopia since 1991, 94 percent has been in the form of food aid – almost all of it sourced from within the US rather than purchased locally or regionally. Most US food aid has conditions applied to transport and packaging, which can cost up to $2 of US taxpayers' money to deliver $1 of food aid.
Penny Lawrence, International Director for Oxfam, who has just returned from visiting Oxfam projects in Ethiopia, said:
"We cannot make the rains come, but there is much more that we can do to break the cycle of drought driven disaster in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa. Food aid offers temporary relief and has kept people alive in countless situations, but does not tackle the underlying causes that continue to make people vulnerable to disaster year-after-year.
"Donors need to shift their approach, and help to give communities the tools to tackle disasters before they strike. Drought does not need to mean hunger and destitution. If communities have irrigation for crops, grain stores, and wells to harvest rains then they can survive despite what the elements throw at them."
It is essential that donors rise to the challenge and provide adequate funding for emergency assistance for this year's crisis—current response by international donors is far below requirements estimated by Governments and UN agencies. But in this report, Oxfam argues that it is equally essential that donors do more to back programs that manage the risk of the disaster before it strikes, such as early warning systems, creating strategically positioned stockpiles of food, medicine and other items, and irrigation programs.
For instance, in Somali region Oxfam is building birkhads, or protected wells, to enable communities to 'harvest' rain during the rainy season to make sure there is more water available nearby when the rains stop. These types of programs receive just 0.14 percent of overseas aid. Yet, the agency says, that it is a more sustainable approach, as the emergency response is designed to contribute to development and keep communities safer in the years to come. This approach is cost-effective: for every $1 invested in this approach, $2-4 are returned in terms of avoided or reduced disaster impacts.
The call for donors to shift their approach comes as Ethiopia faces ever-greater threats from natural disasters. Climate scientists predict that by 2034, the 50th anniversary of the 1984 Ethiopia famine, what are now droughts will become the norm, hitting the region three years out of every four. A shift of approach is needed to prevent climate shocks developing into disasters which will push more people into poverty.
Lawrence said: "Climate change makes the urgency of this approach greater than ever before. Ethiopians on the frontline of climate change cannot wait another 25 years for common sense to become common practice."
"Rebuilding USAID is critical to effective delivery of US foreign assistance to fight poverty—which is recognized as key to America's strategic and security interests. We are working hard to build momentum to get reform passed this year." said Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America.
"Over the last two decades, USAID has had its legs cut out from under it—its resources and staff have been slashed while more development capacity has been shifted to the Department of Defense. Along with rebuilding USAID, the US must shift its focus from development projects that meet short-term political and security goals back to long term development goals that not only help more people escape poverty, but in the long run, create greater stability and good will for the US. Rebuilding USAID gives the US and its development policy a start down the right path."
Currently, USAID has little capacity to strategize and create comprehensive development plans for the countries in which it operates says Oxfam. The bill addresses this issue by establishing USAID mission directors as responsible for coordinating all development and humanitarian assistance efforts in the field, under guidance of the Chief of Mission.
"This bill is a welcome move by Senator Kerry to help reinvigorate US foreign assistance," said Offenheiser. "Kerry is creating a scenario that will allow USAID development professionals to do what they do best—work closely with local communities and governments to deliver long-term programs that help to alleviate poverty and build prosperous communities."
"Transparency is also key to getting the most out of US development aid. Without good information, recipient governments can't plan, poor people can't hold their governments accountable, and the US taxpayers can't see results. Development professionals, aid recipients and US taxpayers need to see exactly where money is going and what the expectations are, so that there is greater accountability and success. Success means more positive change in the lives of poor people."
Key themes addressed by the new legislation include rebuilding USAID's capacity to think and implement strategically; giving the agency new tools to measure, evaluate and innovate to achieve smart development; promoting transparency and flexibility; and investing in human capital.
The aid reform debate in Washington has gained momentum in the last few months. Secretary of State Clinton recently announced that the State Department and USAID will be undertaking America's first-ever Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), in order to streamline the aid system and to put development on par with national security and diplomacy in foreign policy debates and decisions. In Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) has introduced the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 (HR 2139), which has more than 90 bipartisan co-sponsors.
]]>In a panel co-hosted by Oxfam America and Foreign Policy, journalist Andrew Mwenda of Uganda, Reconstruction Minister O. Natty B. Davis, II of Liberia, and environmental activist Wore Gana Seck of Senegal urged U.S. leaders to make U.S. foreign assistance more supportive of effective states and active citizens. In particular, the panelists called for a U.S. aid approach that is more transparent, more consistent with the needs of citizens and local governments, and more focused on giving recipient states the power to manage their own development.
"Getting to better development assistance will require that donors such as the U.S. keep a close eye on the critical task of building government capacity and institutions directly," said O. Natty B. Davis, II, Reconstruction Minister of Liberia. "This will ensure the efficacy of aid and its ability to deliver results that can have a real impact on the lives of the people in these countries in as short a time as possible."
The panel reflected growing momentum in the foreign aid reform debate in the U.S. Before leaving for Ghana, President Obama was quoted in an AllAfrica.com interview saying, "Our aid policies have been splintered among a variety of agencies... Trying to create something steady [and] basing our policies on what works and not on some ideological previous position—is going to be very important."
Last Friday, Secretary of State Clinton announced that the State Department and USAID will be undertaking America's first-ever Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), in order to streamline the aid bureaucracy and insert development more coherently into debates over national security and foreign policy. In Congress, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) has introduced the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 2139), which has more than 75 bipartisan co-sponsors.
"It is a good sign that the administration and congress are talking about development in a strategic way," said Paul O'Brien, Director of Aid Effectiveness at Oxfam America and one of today's panelists. "But if new strategies are going to deliver for the world's poor, they must be poverty focused. Effective development isn't about fixing short-term political or security problems—it is about putting people in charge of their own lives. The best signal the U.S. can send to show it is serious about development is to nominate a USAID Administrator who will help rebuild the agency and bring back its capacity to be a true partner in development."
]]>"President Obama's historic visit to Ghana, so early in his presidency and on the heels of important commitments at the G8 in Italy, signals the importance of African development to US interests," said Raymond Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America. "President Obama gets it. He understands that without a strong civil society, and capable, transparent governance, efforts to fight poverty and bring about social justice in Africa will at best be incremental. Good governance and sustainable use of resources will inspire more effective international assistance and increase trade."
President Obama had several recommendations that will help Africa on the road to prosperity. Here are a few of the highlights from the speech:
"In the 21st century, capable, reliable, and transparent institutions are the key to success—strong parliaments; honest police forces; independent judges; an independent press; a vibrant private sector; a civil society. Those are the things that give life to democracy, because that is what matters in people's everyday lives." These are all important parts of a thriving democracy, and President Obama made clear in his speech that these should be a priority in Africa just as they should be on every other continent. Building strong institutions that protect the rights of citizens, and allow business and entrepreneurs to flourish, will encourage investment in Africa. Oxfam is focused on helping civil society organizations work to hold their governments accountable. Examples include our partnerships with groups promoting new laws that accord equal rights to women and girls in southern Africa, and a region-wide proposal for uniform laws governing the mining industry in West Africa.
"So in Ghana, for instance, oil brings great opportunities, and you have been very responsible in preparing for new revenue. But as so many Ghanaians know, oil cannot simply become the new cocoa... Dependence on commodities—or a single export—has a tendency to concentrate wealth in the hands of the few, and leaves people too vulnerable to downturns." Resources like gold, diamonds, and oil can bring enormous wealth and potential for development. The road to prosperity will require leaders to avoid the path of poor management, corruption, violence and war. Ghana is a promising example of what is possible: Since Ghana discovered oil near its coast, the country's President John Atta Mills pledged earlier this year to disclose all petroleum agreements, so citizens can track what money comes to the government and how revenues are spent. This pledge has not yet been turned into reality. Real transparency needs to be built into a new legislative framework for how Ghana's new oil wealth will be managed, to ensure revenues are spent on social services and poverty reduction. Oxfam is working with the US Congress on legislation to require all US and foreign companies subject to Securities and Exchange Commission rules to disclose payments to developing country governments. This will be a critically important tool for citizens working to avoid corruption and waste of natural resource revenues.
President Obama also highlighted steps that the US would take to help combat corruption, including addressing corruption in the annual State Department human rights report, a recommendation that was made by Oxfam America in its Presidential transition memos.
"Aid is not an end in itself. The purpose of foreign assistance must be creating the conditions where it's no longer needed." The United States needs to make a number of key reforms to make our foreign aid system as effective as possible in reducing poverty and creating prosperous communities throughout the developing world. The US lacks a coherent strategy for global development. Oxfam is calling on the US to keep recipient country governments and their public informed on the nature and amount of American aid, and let each recipient country lead its own development agenda. President Obama's focus on using aid to defeat poverty is on the right track—one that we hope will lead to a new strategy for global development and a reinvigorated, effective aid system that will also rebuild US leadership in the world.
"A warming planet will spread disease, shrink water resources, and deplete crops, creating conditions that produce more famine and more conflict." Climate change is already affecting the lives and livelihoods of millions of poor people in Africa, as a recent Oxfam report detailed. Tackling these impacts is essential to addressing food security and broader development objectives. President Obama must commit to help bring about a comprehensive global climate strategy that will help poor communities cope with failed crops, dwindling reserves of clean water, and displacement caused by extreme weather events. The US and other wealthier countries must curb their greenhouse gas emissions to prevent climate chaos and provide adequate financial assistance to help African countries adapt in greener and more sustainable ways.
"Now, America can also do more to promote trade and investment." The economic welfare of Americans is inextricably linked with the well-being of people across the globe. While our foreign policy seeks to address the problems of poverty, disease and lack of economic opportunity, our trade policy has often exacerbated them, by demanding greater access to export markets in the poor countries, more favorable rules for US investors that can lead to greater poverty and inequality, and limiting access to affordable medicines. President Obama must develop a new trade policy with economic development as a core objective, spreading the benefits of trade as widely as possible, in the developing world as well as in the United States. This must include focusing efforts on the multilateral trading system to achieve a successful conclusion of the Doha Development Round, while working with Congress to pass legislation providing for duty-free and quota-free market access for all Least Developed Countries (LDCs).
]]>Legal services for the disadvantaged did not exist in Cambodia until a decade ago. With the change in government in 1998, the US began to support efforts to strengthen civil society. While other donors focused on improving the judiciary and other state institutions with little measurable impact, the US backed many nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) working on human rights, rule of law, and government accountability. Many believe that the continued involvement of the US in civil society is critical to avoiding potential setbacks in Cambodia's young democracy.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) knows that empowering citizens to secure their rights is fundamental in breaking free from poverty. In 1996, USAID helped to found one of the first legal resource centers in Cambodia, the Community Legal Education Center (CLEC). Now a nationally registered NGO, and still supported by USAID, CLEC educates communities and government officials on citizens' legal empowerment and advocates reforms to protect citizens' rights. In part because of USAID's long-term support for CLEC, the center has evolved into an effective NGO capable of taking on sensitive, high-profile "land grabbing" and illegal eviction cases. CLEC has a unique two-part strategy: it selects legal cases that have the potential to generate wide publicity and debate, and it also demands broader accountability and respect for legal norms in Cambodian society as a whole.
This approach was effective when one Phnom Penh community facing forced eviction sought CLEC's help. Group 78, a cluster of 146 families, sits on 11,700 square meters (approximately 3 acres) of prime real estate in the heart of Phnom Penh. Seeing commercial potential in the land, the municipality sought to evict the families who had been living there for over 20 years. In 2001, after proper documentation had been processed recognizing Group 78's right to remain on the land, the village chief falsified a white paper stating that the community members wished to vacate their land. In reality, the authority had duped them into signing an agreement to vacate. Intimidation tactics were used: residents were repeatedly threatened with house burnings if they did not clear out immediately. Undeterred, members of Group 78 went to the municipality and Land Management Ministry for an investigation. That investigation went nowhere for five years; then suddenly the community started receiving multiple eviction notices with different and flimsy justifications in each notice. One claimed the reason was for the city's beautification; another, that the land was classified as state land and that the people had no rights to it; and the last, that the land was owned by an unidentified individual. Fed up with the authority's actions, the community sought the aid of CLEC.
Man Vuthy, coordinator of CLEC, says of Group 78: "They know us because CLEC used to successfully help their neighboring community, Koh Pich (Diamond Island). They came to CLEC's office for help. And then CLEC accepted the case."
Group 78 resident and CLEC client Lam Sambo describes his community's struggle to claim their legal rights:
"Since 2006, I have received five to six eviction notices. CLEC recognized the notices were inconsistent. We benefit from the NGO. With CLEC's help, we can stay here and are stronger than before because we trust our legal support. We know how strong the commune is. If we don't have strong legal aid, we will be gone in a few hours."
CLEC pressed the case that the government had no grounds to expel Group 78. Since the community has strong possession rights as stipulated in the 2001 Land Law, the authorities had no right to evict the community. According to CLEC, publicity generated from this case has helped spread the notion within Cambodian society that citizens can use the law to defend themselves and uphold their rights, even in conflicts with the government.1
Not many NGOs will work on high-profile cases like Group 78's because they consider it too dangerous. In an environment where power is highly concentrated among elites and is not often questioned, it is risky to take on the government. Despite numerous threats and arrests, CLEC has been able to achieve tremendous success because of USAID's continued investment and belief in CLEC's public interest advocacy. Thanks to CLEC's work, many citizens realize they have legal rights and feel some confidence in demanding that their government respect those rights. By committing to a long-term and broad- reaching effort at improving the justice system and building consensus for reforms, USAID has fostered an environment where active citizens can finally have a voice in their government.
However, CLEC staff are unsure of how long they can expect this investment by USAID. Since CLEC must apply every year for funding from the US, they can't predict whether they will have the funds to continue their work defending citizen rights. According to Yeng Virak, executive director of CLEC, they may be victims of their own success: "USAID money supports this project. However, our funding is ending this year, and we will have to apply again next year. Our project has been too effective and is seen as troublesome to the government because we do impact high-profile litigation cases."2
1 Group 78's story has been followed by The Phnom Penh Post, Voice of America, Amnesty International, Center on Housing Rights and Evictions, UN Cambodia Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, numerous other organizations, blogs, and networking sites.
2 This article is based on interviews conducted in October 2008. Since then, CLEC has received funding from USAID to continue its high-impact advocacy work. To see Group 78 residents describe their situation as of May 2009, view a video by LICADHO (Cambodian League for the Promotion and Defense of Human Rights), a Cambodian NGO that advocates human rights.
]]>"This bill is yet another important step in Chairman Berman's effort to fundamentally reform the way the US fights global poverty," said Raymond C. Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America. "Much important work still remains to be done to reform US policies and programs for global development. However, this bill moves us forward along the path to. reform."
H.R. 2410 would expand the number of Foreign Service Officers (FSOs) at both the Department of State and USAID, providing the US government with increased human capital to meet global challenges. The bill specifically includes authority for the Secretary of State to hire 1,500 FSOs and for the Administrator of USAID to hire 700 new FSOs over the next two years. Additionally, the bill includes authorities to make it easier to attract and retain personnel with the specialized skills required for supporting long-term poverty fighting efforts.
Oxfam America is also very pleased that the investment to modernize the Foreign Service includes a focus on using diplomacy to actively prevent, mitigate, and respond to international crises in a timely manner.
"An additional 1,500 State Department recruits, equipped with adequate training and a focused mandate, could go a long way in improving US diplomacy to address humanitarian crises," said Offenheiser.
To this end, the bill also requires the US government to outline a specific plan for the development of a government-wide strategy and the strengthening of United States civilian capacities for preventing genocide and mass atrocities.
"For too long the United States has responded to situations of mass atrocities in ad hoc and uncoordinated ways. Unless the US civilian agencies plan for contingencies and build capacity, our moral outrage will never be translated into effective action," said Offenheiser.
Oxfam America welcomes Chairman Berman's efforts, and calls upon Members of Congress to actively support broader reform to rebuild America's efforts to effectively combat global poverty and put poor people and governments in charge of their own development.
In April, Chairman Berman and Representative Mark Kirk (R-IL) introduced H.R. 2139, the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009. H.R. 2139 focuses on three critical areas of foreign assistance reform: creating a US national strategy for global development, refocusing its monitoring and evaluation approach, and increasing transparency on where assistance dollars are going. Oxfam America supports H.R. 2139, and hopes to see the United States design and implement a National Strategy for Global Development.
]]>"Congressman Berman has long sought to make reform of US government global development programs a priority," said Raymond C. Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America. "Reform is necessary to restore America's leadership in fighting global poverty. Both he and Congressman Kirk should be applauded for identifying reform as one of America's top foreign policy challenges."
"With the right reforms, the US foreign assistance system can help poor people get the tools they need to lead their own development, spur economic growth and create a more prosperous world for everyone. This bill is an important first step to making sure the United States has the right tools to fight global poverty."
The bill, the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform Act of 2009, focuses on three critical areas of foreign assistance reform: creating a US national strategy for global development, refocusing its monitoring and evaluation approach, and increasing transparency on where assistance dollars are going.
"Creating a national strategy for global development will help coordinate our disjointed US foreign assistance system, establish poverty reduction as its primary goal and provide developing countries and their citizens more ownership over their own development agenda," said Offenheiser. "By taking the time to listen to the poor people and countries we are trying to help, and by giving them more control over their own futures, US foreign assistance is more likely to make a long-lasting impact."
Tracking funding and ensuring assistance dollars are getting to people in need is one the biggest challenges facing US foreign assistance programs said Oxfam. There has been little chance to date that developing countries could get critical information needed to plan effectively for their own development projects. The portions of the bill focused on transparency promise US taxpayers and developing countries long-awaited clarity on how foreign assistance dollars are being distributed.
"Greater transparency in US foreign assistance programs is an important step to creating true partnerships with developing countries and their citizens," said Offenheiser. "When developing countries get access to information they need to effectively plan their own futures, they are empowered to work alongside the US as equal partners."
The monitoring and evaluation portion of the bill is a promising effort to change an antiquated model of gauging success. For too long, the US has focused on counting things like how many individuals went through a one-off agricultural training workshop rather than how much more food was produced locally to meet the needs of a community.
"Washington needs to stop bean-counting when it comes to judging the success of US foreign assistance. We need to be looking at how many more girls are getting an education because of US foreign assistance, and how their lives are improved, not just how many pencils are sharpened or textbooks are bought."
"President Obama has already expressed a commitment to making our foreign assistance dollars as effective as possible. Chairman Berman's 'down payment' on foreign assistance reform helps us get there," said Offenheiser.


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News from Old MainNo articles in this section. Meetings/EventsBOOTH LIBRARY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN STUDENT RESEARCH AND CREATIVITY The Booth Library Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity program is open to all Eastern Illinois University students. Each award consists of a certificate and a cash prize (up to $300). Certificates of Merit or Honorable Mention may be presented to selected additional entries. The Awards for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity program promotes and recognizes excellence in student research. The awards program encourages students to use the wealth of information available at Booth Library to enhance their studies. Selected entries will become a part of Booth Library's Student Research and Creativity Collection. The 2014 guidelines, application and form can be found on Booth Librarys website here. For more information, call 581-6061. Entries should be delivered to the Administration Office, Room 4700, Booth Library, no later than March 17, 2014. Recipients will be selected by April 9, and the winners will be announced during National Library Week, April 13-19, 2014. Works submitted for competition must have been completed within the last 12 months.ELIZABETH M. HELDEBRANDT, Booth Library Posted: Dec 03, 2013 BOOTH LIBRARY TO PRESENT 'LET'S TALK ABOUT IT: MUSLIM JOURNEYS' Booth Library will present "Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys," a reading and discussion series, during the spring semester. Booth Library is one of 125 libraries and state humanities councils across the country selected to participate in the project, which seeks to familiarize public audiences in the United States with the people, places, history, faith and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world. "Muslim Journeys" will include a five-part, scholar-led discussion series on the theme "Pathways of Faith." 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Other programs will include film discussions on "Prince Among Slaves," led by Michael Loudon, and "Islamic Art: Mirror of the Invisible World," led by Janet Marquardt; student research presentations; an interfaith panel moderated by instructor Daniel Otto; and a panel discussion, Women in Veil, moderated by Bonnie Irwin. Activities are scheduled from Jan. 29 through April 15, 2014. More specific information will be posted on the program website as it becomes available. "Let's Talk About It: Muslim Journeys" has been made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities in cooperation with the American Library Association.ELIZABETH M. HELDEBRANDT, Booth Library Posted: Dec 03, 2013 Professional DevelopmentVISITING PROFESSORSHIP 2015-16 AT HARLAXTON COLLEGE Any faculty interested in teaching abroad as a visiting professor at Harlaxton College in Grantham, England, must apply to the Office of Study Abroad by March 1, 2014, for the 2015-16 academic year. 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Letters To A Natalist World: "The Highest-Paid Job In The World" Is NOT A Job, Nor Does It Pay
Seriously, Natalist World, you make my head hurt. If being a parent is so great, then you shouldn't have to lie about what it is to brag about it. These cutesy-wootsey, natalism-worshipping FaceBook share-fodder pictures with ridiculous captions have got to stop.
Ok, I can think of, like, a dozen examples off the top of my head, but I try to keep these rants short, so I'll pick just this one example that I happened to find recently.
"Motherhood is the highest-paid job in the world, since the he payment is pure love."
1. Motherhood is not a job. (Which is why it has no actual payment, but I'll get to that later.)
Parenthood is simply a lifestyle. If it were really so great and valuable, parents wouldn't have to pretend that it was any more than just that. I don't pretend that my lifestyle is a job (I have a real job – that's my job.)
2. Just because someone has kids doesn't mean that she loves her children or that her children love her. Seriously, watch the news people. It's always full of parents and offspring doing horrible things to each other.
3. Arguably, children don't really love their parents. They depend on their parents, and have no real choice in being around them. That's not the same thing.
A toddler might manage to say "I love you," in between babbling, but they're just saying that because their parents teach them to do it. They have no idea what they're even saying at that age. By the time an offspring is old enough to form a solid view of what they think love is, and are able to freely make judgments about their parents, they're a bit old to really be called children anymore.
4. "Love" is not currency. You cannot pay a single one of your bills in love. I have never received a single bill that asked me for 100 loves. You cannot even keep your children alive on love. I may not have children myself, but I'm pretty sure that children generally tend to have basic requirements, such as eating and living indoors.
But don't just take my word for it, try this experiment: Ask your landlord if he will accept "love" in place of actual money as payment for rent. Try it with your utilities company. Now your local grocery store. And when you get called to court for failure to pay your debts, try to bribe the judge with love.
If you still think that love is a valid form of payment, then put your money love where your mouth is. Talk to your boss at your job (your real job,) or, if you don't work but your partner does, your partner's boss, or, if your on the dole, your local welfare office, and demand that, instead of paying you/your partner in the currency of your nation, they should pay you/your partner exclusively in love.
5. Here's the irony, despite motherhood not being the highest-paying job (being neither a job nor anything that one receives payment for at all,) it's actually incredibly costly. It turns out, the average cost of raising a child in America to the age of 18 (and not including college tuition) is something on the order of $200,000 (it various by region and a few other factors.) A mother's "payment" is -$200,000. That's not a credit, that's a debt.
But just for giggles, let's just ignore those points entirely. Yep. I'll pretend that love is a valid form of equity. Well, I imagine that would make me pretty wealthy as my dog loves me (more than an infant can be said to love a parent, anyway.) And as long as we're calling lifestyle's "jobs" …
- Having a dog is the highest paid job in the world. The payment is love.
- Being a girlfriend/boyfriend is the highest-paid job in the world. The payment is love.
- Being a dog is the highest-paid job in the world. The payment is love.
U mad, moms?
Come on, parents. Your love isn't any lovier than anyone else's love. (It turns out, you don't have a monopoly on love.) None of us non-parents pretend that it's payment for a job. That's just silly.
Yes, it's OK to be happy as a mom (you know, if you're into that kind of thing,) but when you post ridiculous, self-aggrandizing stuff like this, your non-childed friends as well as parents who have identities outside their reproductive status (especially those with real job) are rolling their eyes at you.
Posted on 2012/07/20, in childfree, Letters To A Natalist World. Bookmark the permalink. 6 Comments.
My cat has the highest paid job in the world because I only give her love in return!
I've always hated how its assumed that because someone has kids they automatically "love" them anyways. Its pronatalist propaganda to the finest.
Kelli makes SENSE ^^^ being a mom is SELFISH, being an adopter is NOT!
Haha you are so cool! It's just because theyre drippy on baby brain oxytocin that they are tricked into loving their baby by hormones. Babies and young children do not have the social or cognitive ability to understand love, they just associate their parents as their caregiver. I remember learning about the psychological development of children, they're honestly just repeating what theyve been taught. And some people don't bond with their baby or regret it. I just wish people were more rational about this breeding thing.


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Hey Boyd: I have lived with some degree of joint pain for most of my adult life. It's not overwhelming, but it is there and sometimes I feel that it limits my workouts. Any advice from a supplemental standpoint?
First and foremost, I'm writing this response under the assumption that there are no underlying medical problems (muscle, ligament, tendon, joint damage, etc). Often, pain is caused by muscular or structural imbalances that requires corrective training therapy, in which I specialize in. There are many other dietary adjustments that can be made as well, and I focus on pain reduction through many of my nutritional strategies with clients.
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