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WORCESTER — Harrison Ingles works a couple of part-time night jobs and attends Worcester State University full time as a commuter student.
Always on the go, he rarely stops to eat on campus.
Even so, Mr. Ingles, and all commuter students, are facing a $100-per-semester meals plan charge — whether they eat on campus or not.
The mandatory charge is part of a package of $7,534 in fees ($1,498 more if students buy health insurance through the school) that has more than doubled over the last decade and makes up the bulk of the cost of attending the university. Under the Massachusetts higher education system, tuition — at WSU, $970 — is a small fraction of the total cost.
The meals fee, which doubled from last year, is forfeited to the Chartwells food service provider if students don't use it up by the end of the year.
"It's really not fair," Mr. Ingles, a junior, said as he rushed from his car in the student lot to an English exam one morning last week.
Mr. Ingles and other commuters also criticized the rationale for the fee as explained in the WSU commuter handbook: "This is to encourage you to become part of the student community in the Student Center."
Mr. Ingles said that many commuter students don't have time for, or interest in, socializing on campus. And he said he has never used more than a few dollars of the food and beverages he is being charged for.
"That's absurd," he said. "We're from Worcester. Let's be realistic. Everybody already knows each other. When we go out, we go to Green Street or Millbury Street. That's a little far-fetched for a rationale."
Worcester State spokeswoman Renae Lias Claffey took issue with terming the charge a fee.
"We recognize that any mandatory costs can be a burden for some students," Ms. Claffey said. "This is technically not a fee, though, since students receive food or beverage in exchange for those dollars, from any of our six Chartwells locations, including the two commuter cafes."
Ms. Claffey said the commuter meal plan is part of a contract with Chartwells in which the company is putting up $7 million toward the $12 million cost of a new 600-seat student cafeteria scheduled to open in the fall along with Worcester State's new dorms.
She argued that many commuters do dine on campus and that most take advantage of the $200 balance, which they can use at several dining halls, two new coffee shops serving Starbucks and other items, and at the Student Center.
"Certainly commuters are having lunch on campus and taking advantage of those facilities," she said.
Ms. Claffey said that as of the midyear point, WSU records show about 80 percent of students on the commuter meal plan are on track to spend down their balances by the end of the year.
About 2,024 students have some balance remaining of the $200 paid, not including any students who paid up front and used the entire $200 for their meal plans in the first semester, Ms. Claffey said.
Of that number, 399 have balances of more than $100 and therefore would be spending less than the average $6.25 per week. These students would have carried over the unspent funds from the first semester, she said.
Ms. Claffey, assistant to WSU President Barry Maloney for campus communications, also noted that Salem State University has a similar fee.
However, Salem State's $660 commuter meal plan is mandatory only for first-year students.
At Worcester State, first-year students, sophomores, juniors and transfer students must pay the fee.
With commuters making up about 70 percent of the university's undergraduate student population of 5,708, that's about $799,200 a year to Chartwells.
The other schools in Worcester State's category — Fitchburg State, Framingham State, Westfield State and Bridgewater State — list no such commuter meals charge on their fee schedules.
Meanwhile, other students interviewed by the T&G bristled at what they said was another annoying, unwanted fee that they say is making traditional commuter schools, such as Worcester State, increasingly difficult to afford.
Last year, the T&G reported student discontent over a $72 pedestrian fee that had been imposed on all students for the purpose of maintaining walkways.
Ms. Claffey, the WSU spokeswoman, noted that tuition and fees, other than those for meals plans, have been frozen for the 2013-14 school year across the public university system.
Michael Allevato, a sophomore commuter from Shrewsbury, said he tries to spend down the Chartwells fee, but hardly ever does.
"I just eat at my house," Mr. Allevato said. "If you're not eating here, why should you get that extra money tacked on?"
As for the commuter handbook argument that the fee encourages students to mingle on campus, Kyle Polewaczyk, a freshman who works jobs in Rutland and Fitchburg when he's not studying and attending classes, just laughed.
"I don't think it's working," he said.
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Staten Island, NY – Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, issued the following statement today about the death of Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
"All of us at Priests for Life pray for the soul of Jack Kevorkian, as we do for all who have died. And we renew our commitment to proclaim that life is better than death. Every life has burdens. When we respond to the call to bear one another's burdens, then we close the door to despair. Those who promote the so-called 'right to die' are heralds of despair. We, on the other hand, are heralds of hope.
"And as for the 'right to die," I say, 'Don't worry – you won't miss out on it.' "
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.

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Louis Tomlinson & Liam Payne: Balcony Boys
Louis Tomlinson and Liam Payne get mischievous up on the balcony outside their hotel suite in Los Angeles on Sunday afternoon (November 11).
The two One Direction singers are featured on The Daily Mail for an new, exclusive interview with Harry Styles, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik.
"There is no doubt Niall is the cute one," Louis shares of Niall, the youngest of the quintet.
Liam added, "I feel really protective towards Niall."
Check out their photo shoot below!
One Direction – Daily Mail Photo Shoot
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New York — Bonhams held an extremely successful annual Space History Sale May 5, 2011, which celebrated to the day the 50th anniversary of the first American in space, Alan Shepard. A room full of active bidders competed against a myriad of telephone and online bidders for 250 lots that documented the Space Race, space exploration and the American missions to the moon, and totaled $1.2 million.
Matthew Haley, Bonhams Space specialist states, "It was amazing to witness active bidding from all over the world. There were some fierce battles at some points which gave the sale a great energy."
As the longest-running guide most trusted name in collectibles, the 45th Edition of Warman's Antiques & Collectibles features more than 1,500 color images and 6,000 listings.
The top lot of the sale was Alexei Leonov's 1975 Apollo-Soyuz flown space suit selling for an outstanding $242,000. Elsewhere an extensively annotated sheet by James Lovell and Fred Haise from Apollo 13 sold for $111,020. Fred Haise describes this document as "an extremely significant artifact" from that near fatal mission to the moon.
The Fédération Aeronautique Internationale certificate confirming Shepard's success, May 5 1961, was particularly noteworthy and sold for $9,760.
The third top lot was the second space suit worn by Russian cosmonaut Gennadi Strekalov during the 10th mission to the Mir space station. This lot sold for $67,100.
Another favorite of the auction was HAM, the space chimp's flown brass neck tag which sold for $12,200. During an exciting bidding battle, Malcolm Barber, Bonhams CEO and auctioneer of this sale, playfully said, "You will never find one of these again."
Other notable performers include Buzz Aldrin's flown Apollo 11 flight plan sheet for $32,940 (pre-sale estimate $25,000-35,000), a lunar chart signed by a member of every lunar flight crew for $31,720 and a set of the most extensive notes recorded while on the moon for $30,500.
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In the wake of the June 4, 2008, report in The New York Times on the impending struggle over the presence of "strengths and weaknesses" language in the Texas state science standards, the Times addressed the issue editorially, writing (June 7, 2008), "The Texas State Board of Education is again considering a science curriculum that teaches the 'strengths and weaknesses' of evolution, setting an example that several other states are likely to follow.
Senate Bill 1361, introduced in the Michigan Senate on June 3, 2008, and referred to the Senate Committee on Education, is yet another "academic freedom" bill aimed at undermining the teaching of evolution.
When the South Carolina legislature adjourned on June 5, 2008, Senate Bill 1386 died in committee.
"A battle looms in Texas over science textbooks that teach evolution," Laura Beil reports in the June 4, 2008, issue of The New York Times, "and the wrestle for control seizes on three words.
Due to last-minute cancellations, there is a spot (and possibly two spots) open on NCSE's 2008 Grand Canyon excursion -- as featured in The New York Times (October 6, 2005). From July 30 to August 6, 2008, NCSE will again explore the wonders of creation and evolution on a Grand Canyon river run conducted by NCSE's Genie Scott and Alan ("Gish") Gishlick.
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My pediatrician wants my 4 month old identical twin boys on Vitamin D supplements - they are EBF. Any suggestions on brand?
My pediatrician wants my 4 month old identical twin boys on Vitamin D supplements - they are EBF. Any suggestions on brand?
Before you go the supplement route, it might make sense to decide whether or not you need them. Light-skinned people who get some outside time every day or nearly every day (even 15 minutes is supposed to be enough) with either no sunblock or minimal sunblock probably don't need a supplement. If your kids are dark-skinned, always use sunblock, or spend most of their time indoors, a supplement may be a good idea.
We use enfamil's (D Vi Sol). It's been OK, but now that I'm more informed I want to switch to something else that has fewer fillers/flavors in it. In every other area of my life we don't use artificial flavors or excess sweeteners, so I'm a little mad at myself about this stuff. When we're done with this bottle I'm going to try the carlson labs drops, no added stuff, and it's a very small dose (a drop, vs. a dropperful)
there's a recent thread on this - let me see if i can bump it.
Nursing, pumping, cloth-diapering, babywearing, working professor mama with the awesomest SAHD ever.
Carlson vitamin D drops only require a single drop, so you aren't giving so many additives if you choose to supplement.
K. Sophia - Mama to my little lactivore, the amazing Mr. X (11/10).
At DS' 2-week check-up the ped said that it's now recommended that BF babies take Vit D supplements; she dropped my prescription and when I picked it up at the pharm it was a multi-vitamin (in a dropper).
We tried giving this to him a little at a time and he ALWAYS spits it up.
I did my research. First, it must just be the "big thing" in the field (I firmly believe the medical/health field goes through trends and fads, too) because if you notice all the formula ads are now touting how they've added Vit D. Then I was reading how one, it's actually a hormone not a true vitamin; hence why your body is designed to manufacture it yourself from the sun through your skin. And how your body can store it so it's not essential every day; if mom was getting plenty while pregnant, babies have adequate stores after they're born. There is Vit D in your BM that is more easily absorbed by baby than any supplement, and the rest can be gotten from 5-10 minutes' exposure of the arms and legs 2-3 times a week.
It's a different case if baby has been tested and is all-out deficient. But I think there's a trend for peds to suggest it to their patients regardless of whether it's "needed" or not.
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The term vitamin simply refers to an essential compound that the body cannot sufficiently manufacture on it's own; so a hormone can also be a vitamin.
I wouldn't call this a fad or a trend. The AAP recommends vitamin D supplements because the vast majority of Americans are vitamin D deficient as we don't get outside enough and wear sunblock when we do go out. Plus an enormous volume of research is showing that vitamin D plays a role in far more than just bone health, including (but not limited to) immune system, neurological, and cardiovascular health. Because vitamin D is so important and deficiency is so widespread, the recommendation to supplement is warranted.
I've linked to this before, but I think it provides an excellent review of the current status of vitamin D so I'm reposting:
Vitamin D: evolutionary, physiological and health perspectives
K. Sophia - Mama to my little lactivore, the amazing Mr. X (11/10).
Also - I don't think there is any evidence that the small quantities of vitamin D in breast milk is more easily absorbed. All research that I've seen shows that the form of vitamin D produced by sun exposure is superior to forms present in dietary sources (including supplements).
ETA: Of course I don't have an encyclopedic knowledge of the literature on this subject so I'm certainly open to the idea if you can point me to a source on this.
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K. Sophia - Mama to my little lactivore, the amazing Mr. X (11/10).
This is an interesting issue. I was at a breastfeeding conference a couple of years ago where two breastfeeding experts, both pediatricians, faced off on this issue, one saying he thought the AAP recommendation was definitely warranted for the general public, the other questioning if it was needed for everyone. His prime objection was also mine-that somehow this recommendation is being (mis)interpreted by some as suggesting that breastmilk is somehow "deficient' and that is not the issue.
To give a breastfed baby Vitamin D supplements, I suggest choosing a brand that contains the recommended daily dose in a single drop. These are Vitamin D ONLY drops. Easier for everyone and will not interfere with breastfeeding in any way or give your baby extra supplements they do not necessarily need. If your doctor will not prescribe these you can get them on your own, you don't need a prescription for vitamins.
It is true the AAP started recommending Vit. D supplements of 400 iu per day for ALL babies and children in 2008. So of course formula companies started adding more Vit D supplements to formula so it would already be in there at the recommended levels and they could market it as a plus.
This is a general society wide recommendation as all such recommendations are, and our society varies greatly in terms of lifestyle, skin tone, and closeness to the equator, all of which affects our ability to absorb enough sunlight to get enough Vitamin D that way. It's not that breastmilk does not have 'enough" Vitamin D, nor is the issue how well it is absorbed. The issue with Vitamin D deficiency actually has nothing to do with breastmilk. It has to do with changes in lifestyle, global movements of people, (darker skinned people moving away from the equator and lighter skinned people moving closer to the equator) the use (some would say overuse) of sunscreen, and clothing choices that cover much of the body. This is affecting the entire population including ALL babies and babies IN UTERO. Basically what is happening is large numbers of babies are being born without enough Vitamin D because their moms are Vitamin D deficient, and then due to all the above factors we (all people, breastfed or not) continue to not, in general, get enough sun exposure and thus Vitamin D in general.
And yes new research shows adequate Vitamin D is extremely important for overall health, much more important than previously understood.
What LLL suggests:
Simple press release: http://www.llli.org/release/importancevitamind.html
In depth article: http://www.llli.org/llleaderweb/lv/lviss1-2009p2.html
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It's an annual tradition for the editors of the Duke Chronicle and the Daily Tar Heel to exchange trash talk letters in advance of their schools' first matchup of the season. We got them both, and boy, do the young minds of Tobacco Road have a way with words.
These were shared with the staff of North Carolina's Daily Tar Heel in an email referring to the competition as "The Douche Chronicle." It ended with this exhortation: "THESE ARE OFF THE RECORD so please please please do not share them, especially not on the internet." They were promptly forwarded along to us. (Click to embiggen.)
Who do you give the victory to? I have to hand it to the UNC kids for evocative language: a must for the future journalists of America. While the Dukies restrict themselves to actual basketball, the Tar Heel staff runs the gamut from the Fuck List to the recent ban on tailgating at Duke football.
Bonus points for UNC's chancellor taking a jab at K-ville on Twitter. Though judging from the letter, I'm not so convinced his students spend all their time asking smart questions and talking about the future.


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The U.S. Comex gold futures dropped 1.49% in the past two days while the S&P 500 index jumped 1.54% and the Euro Stoxx 50 Index rose 1.26%. At 2.185%, the U.S. 10-year government bond yield is trading only 5 basis points below its recent high of 2.23%. Year-to-date, the gold futures have corrected 18.43% to $1,367 while the CRB Commodities Index dropped 2.91% and the Dollar Index rose 1.06%.
Data before the Fed Meeting
The U.S. CPI rose 0.1% in May compared to the expected 0.2%. Year-on-year, the CPI rose 1.4% compared to 1.1% in April. The core inflation rate rose 0.2% as expected. An inflation rate of lower than 2% gives the Fed more room to continue with the monetary stimulus. The May U.S. housing starts also rose less than forecasted at a yearly rate of 914,000.
Investors Positioning
After jumping 17.48% in the previous week, the net non-commercial combined positions in gold declined 7.13% during the week of June 11 to 60,227 contracts. In the past 12 months, the level has declined 56% as the developed market equities have risen 22%. According to Barclays, the net redemptions from gold-backed ETFs have slowed, with an outflow of 15 tonnes in the first half of June compared to 48 tonnes in the first half of May. The cash-negative gold positions have also fallen to fewer than 70 tonnes. On the contrary, investors in China continue to see gold as a store of value, boding well for the launch of the first two yuan-denominated gold ETFs to be listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
Reading the Fed
According to a Bloomberg survey on June 7, the Fed will likely trim the QE by $20 billion to $65 billion as soon as the October meeting. For the Fed's meeting, the investors will watch out for the conditions under which the bond purchases will be reduced, the Fed's outlook for the interest rates as well as the Fed's projections of the inflation and the unemployment rate.


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December 08. 2012 9:21PM
Airport director gets heat for business trips
By MICHAEL COUSINEAU
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MANCHESTER - Mayor Ted Gatsas has grounded employees at Manchester-Boston Regional Airport from traveling on business until further notice after he called the airport's travel during the previous budget year "excessive." "It shouldn't just be an open checkbook," Gatsas said last week. But airport executives say the mayor has signed off on every trip and that the state's largest airport - funded by user fees and not city property taxes - was 30 percent under its budget for travel, conferences and meetings in the year that ended June 30. "Just because the money's there doesn't mean we spend it," Airport Director Mark Brewer said. Brewer is drawing criticism for traveling 61 days during 2012, including 16 weekend days or holidays, to woo airlines for more service and to attend industry events in Hawaii, California and other locales at a time when the airport continues to record declines in the number of flying passengers, according to a New Hampshire Sunday News review. The city's highest-paid employee at nearly $216,000 annually, Brewer serves as first vice chairman of the American Association of Airport Executives, an Alexandria, Va.-based group of 5,000-plus members that lobbies the federal government and offers accreditation programs for airport executives. But some wonder who's really benefiting. "The perception out there was Manchester airport was not his priority; it was the association," said former North End Alderman David Wihby, who served on the Manchester Airport Authority until his term ended last spring. "I was hearing it all over the place." But Brewer said he has sat next to top officials from the Federal Aviation Administration and the Transportation Security Administration at AAAE events, building relationships that could prove beneficial later. "Having a seat at the table (with decision makers) is important," he said. "We have volunteered for pilot programs" and been chosen, he said. In response to the criticism, airport officials produced a letter, signed by Gatsas, that supported Brewer's nomination to the organization's executive committee. "The City of Manchester, through its Department of Aviation, is prepared to support both the time and travel required for service to this prestigious organization," Gatsas said in a letter dated Feb. 8, 2010. "The City acknowledges that this is a six-year commitment and that attendance at several meetings per year will be required." Brewer is expected to become the association's chairman in May in Reno, Nev. Brewer said the AAAE was preparing an estimate of his travel schedule as chairman. He said he expected to take more than five additional trips during the year he serves as chairman. Wihby said those unhappy with the airport included Wiggins Airways, which provides fuel to all commercial airplanes as well as other services to some airlines. "Wiggins is upset," Wihby said. Contacted by the Sunday News, Wiggins President Jim Thomforde on Friday declined to share his views on how the airport is run. "I'd rather not get into it," Thomforde said. "We're in a tenuous position here. I'd rather not comment about it. There's enough people who know what goes on at the airport besides me." Executive Councilor Ray Wieczorek, a former Manchester mayor, called Brewer's leadership in the AAAE "a double-edged sword. . . . That brings us a little fame, no fortune. The question is: Can his time be better spent?" Bob Dastin, chairman of the Manchester Airport Authority, said he doesn't see "any pitfalls" to Brewer's leadership post. "If anything, it brings to the airport . . . a great deal of favorable publicity, that we've got a person who is executive director of an airport who is distinguished enough to be selected by his colleagues countrywide as the leader of that organization," Dastin said. "We're very proud of Mark and his accomplishments and think it's something the city ought to be very proud of." But Gatsas said he was concerned the airport spent about $43,000 on travel during the last fiscal year, which ended June 30. That money covered 23 of 26 airport trips taken by airport workers during those 12 months. AAAE paid for the other three trips. Airport officials said they spent $45,738 on travel, conferences and meetings out of a $65,800 budget. For the current year, which is nearly half over, the airport has spent about 26 percent of its budget allotment for that category, according to Deputy Airport Director Brian O'Neill. The mayor's temporary travel ban has meant he hasn't approved a request for Brewer to be away on travel Jan. 3 to 11 to attend an AAAE annual conference in Maui, Hawaii, that the organization would pay for. Asked the status of that request, the mayor said: "We will certainly have to have that discussion." Brewer said the delay will mean a higher airplane bill for the association. He said waiting for approval from the mayor's office has resulted in higher airfares sometimes. Among Brewer's 16 trips during 2012, he visited executives at five airlines, including a meeting in Toronto with officials from Porter Airlines "to discuss potential air service," according to an email from the airport requesting trip approval from the mayor. He also made trips to meet with officials from Southwest, United, USAirways and Delta, all of which currently offer flights out of Manchester. After three airport officials, including Brewer, met with Southwest officials in Dallas last August, a memo describing the trip's benefits stated: "Southwest Airlines and MHT walked away from the meeting with action items to help develop advertising and route strategies." O'Neill said a trip made to New York City to meet with bond-rating agencies resulted in the airports saving $10 million over 20 years when refinancing some airport bonds. Travel records indicate 50 of Brewer's travel days were tied to AAAE-related business. But many airport executives without leadership roles typically attend at least one event, according to several airport directors. For instance, Airport Director Paul Bradbury from the Portland (Maine) International Jetport attended an AAAE conference in Phoenix for five days, and his deputy, Scott Carr, attended two AAAE events, for a total of 10 days, according to a list of travel dates provided by Bradbury. Kevin Dillon, Manchester's airport director until 2007, said he averaged eight to 10 trips a year while in Manchester for "what I call the marketing trips to market to the airlines." Dillon, who now heads the Connecticut Airport Authority, wouldn't comment on Brewer's travels, but he said it was good for airport executives to stay current with industry trends and that was best accomplished by interacting with their peers. He said Brewer's post will benefit the Manchester airport. "If you're chairman of AAAE, you will be interacting with congressional leadership" as well as top officials from the FAA and TSA, he said. "You have the ability to shape policy as it relates to the industry and relates specifically to your airport," said Dillon, who serves on AAAE's policy review committee. Wieczorek, who sits on the board of directors of Wiggins Airways, agreed the leadership post "would bring some prestige for him." But, he added: "What does it do for the problems we have at the airport?" Asked about criticism of him, Brewer said: "It's an easy target to blame Brewer." O'Neill said airlines have released flight schedules through August 2013. Between January and August, Manchester's airlines will offer 257 more seats in total than during the same time this year. Passenger totals for the first 10 months of this year were off 9.6 percent at the airport from the same period last year. In September, the Sunday News reported that airlines at Manchester this fall will offer 45 percent fewer departing flights than they did five years ago - three times the decline nationwide, according to figures from Airlines for America, whose members and affiliates transport more than 90 percent of all U.S. airline passenger and cargo traffic. Wihby recommends the charter commission, which is considering modifications to the city charter, give the Manchester Airport Authority more power. He said aldermen don't scrutinize the airport budget as closely as they do the budgets of the police, fire and other city departments because no city tax funds are used. "Maybe, it's time for the authority to look at it," he said, adding the Board of Mayor and Aldermen should retain final approval.?Brewer didn't dismiss the suggestion out of hand, saying he would be willing to sit down and discuss the concept. In the case of Portland airport executives, Bradbury took two trips during 2012 to conferences in Phoenix and Calgary, Alberta. Carr made 11 trips, to meet with airlines or attend conferences this year. Bradbury said "it would be inappropriate to directly compare my current travel commitments" to Brewer's since Bradbury isn't in a leadership role like his counterpart. "I also want to reiterate that Mark Brewer, as first vice chair of the American Association of Airport Executives, is providing a critically important leadership role that represents airports and airport interests on the national level," Bradbury said.


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Hi everybody. Right now my neck of the woods is chilly and threatening rain. I'm going to spend my day finishing a Disappearing 9-Patch for my sister's B-day in January.
I'm retired, married 45 years, and my hubby is my biggest fan.
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Acquia, provider of the commercially supported distribution of the popular Drupal social publishing system, today announced that pingVision, the Drupal web developer behind websites such as PopSci.com and Pregnancy.org, has been selected to join the Acquia Partner Program as a Platinum service provider. pingVision has received substantial and sustained recognition for its Drupal technology solutions, and is fully committed and fully equipped to deliver sustainable business growth with Acquia-powered solutions.
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pingVision has won awards for design and development of Drupal-powered websites for clients including Bonnier, E.W. Scripps & Co., Stanford University and BlogHer, and is one of the few companies providing turnkey services for enterprise Drupal websites.
"Acquia Drupal and the Acquia Network are ideal for our clients of all sizes, who want that added level of support," said Laura Scott, co-founder and President of pingVision. "And by providing a fully supported distribution of Drupal for a website's foundation, Acquia affords us the opportunity to focus on the custom development, integrations and theming at the core of our business."
The Acquia Partner Program helps organizations of all sizes identify Drupal service providers with the expertise, experience and services to meet their unique website requirements. As an Acquia Platinum partner, pingVision can deliver custom solutions built on Acquia Drupal that connect to the Acquia Network for additional site management and network services, as well as technical support. Working together, Acquia and pingVision are focused on extending the reach of Drupal into new markets and application areas.
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The UK's leading super budget chain will report a successful 2017 as new hotel openings boost bookings and sales.
05 October 2018
Over 10,000 budding franchise entrepreneurs packed into Birmingham's NEC last week to see how some the UK's leading brands showcase opportunities to likely franchisees. Among the 100+ companies on view this year, easyStorage, easyCoffee and easyGym (all part of the easy family of brands) drew the biggest crowds to their stand near the entrance to the cavernous exhibition hall.
04 October 2018
The UK's largest budget carrier continues to show passenger growth as late summer bookings kick in.
02 October 2018
After months of polite but unrewarding pressure, easyGroup has reluctantly decided to proceed with legal action against online media giant Netflix for trademark violation and passing off.
18 September 2018
The UK's growing beverage market has plenty of room for new players says Nathan Lowry. easyCoffee is actively looking for new franchisees to boost its presence on the UK's high streets and shopping malls.
06 September 2018
The UK's largest low-cost carrier defied industrial action by French air traffic controllers to post a small gain in passenger numbers for August.
14 August 2018
Today's edition reports on attempts by brand thieves "Easy Sky" and "Easyfly" to pass off their airline activities as part of the "easy" family of brands. easyGroup has a strict policy of taking legal action to protect its legitimate licensees that include easyJet, the UK's largest low-cost carrier.
09 August 2018
The UK's largest super budget hotel group has published an update of its opening plans in Wales and Switzerland.
06 August 2018
The UK's largest budget airline has shrugged off flight cancellations caused by French ATC strikes to show a 6.2% year-on-year increase in passenger numbers for July.
20 July 2018
The super budget chain has acquired a freehold site in central Dublin for conversion to a 130 bed hotel. easyHotel also announced the formation of a new management team dedicated to a Europe-focussed franchise development.
19 July 2018
CEO Johan Lundgren today revealed a near 10% increase in the low-cost airline's third quarter trading report prompting a raise in FY profits forecast from £580m to £590m.
26 July 2018
The UK's latest coffee shop chain has just secured additional £10m funding to install its highly successful vending machines in locations all over the UK.
09 July 2018
The UK's best loved budget coffee house has just hit a major landmark. By serving up its millionth cup of its finest quality ground coffee, CEO Nathan Lowry is carrying out his commitment to end-rip-off charges that customers have been forced to pay to date.
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The UK's largest low-cost carrier has announced further improvements in passenger numbers and load factors in June.
17 June 2018
Nathan Lowry explains to the Telegraph how he came up with the business idea behind easyCoffee.
15 June 2018
The low-cost conveyancer backed by easyJet founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is aiming to bring down the cost of moving house.
12 June 2018
The UK's largest airline has said airfares could fall significantly if Heathrow's third runway gets the green light.
06 June 2018
The UK's largest airline saw an 8.4% YOY improvement in passenger numbers.
25 May 2018
Next month will see easyCoach franchisee TSL operate five bus routes from its Wrexham depot.
23 May 2018
Figures released by the fast growing super-budget chain show an over 50% increase in profits. Hotel openings led the way with nine new properties due to open this year.
15 May 2018
The UK's largest low-cost carrier today reported a profit of £8m for the six months to end March. Normally easyJet makes a loss during the winter months.
13 May 2018
easyBus are delighted to announce the launch of its new bus service to Liverpool Airport. This new route will connect Liverpool Airport directly with Chester, Wrexham, Oswestry and Shrewsbury.
13 May 2018
A near doubling of the budget carriers share price last year has helped the easyJet founder to 48th position. Last year Sir Stelios was in 67th place.
Updated 13 May 2018
easyGroup will be sponsoring the Monaco Historic Grand Prix scheduled to take place between the 11th and 13th May with trackside signs and over-road banners.
09 May 2018
The UK's newest coffee shop chain is looking for investors to fund its next expansion round.
04 May 2018
The UK's largest low-cost carrier saw an 8% jump in year-on-year passenger numbers during April.
29 April 2018
easy's innovative food delivery service is profiled in the UK's leading Sunday quality newspaper.
25th April 2018
Nathan Lowry explains the thinking behind the budget cafe chain's dash for growth.
11 April 2018
The UK's leading super-budget chain is to open a 109 room hotel in the heart of historic Chester next year. easyHotel also gave investor guidance on first half performance for the 6 months to March 2018.
09 April 2018
Sir Stelios' easyGroup has teamed up with an Omagh-born entrepreneur, Connor McCann, to form easyConveyance - the quickest, simplest value-for-money approach to home buying and selling.
06 April 2018
The UK's largest budget carrier has today reported continuing growth in travellers as well as higher load factors.
03 April 2018
Budget airline chief Johan Lundgren says a deal is close on the question of UK residual shareholders in easyJet following the UK's EU departure.
30 March 2018
The second easyLand location to be based in London is making significant strides in preparation for its launch. Watch this space for further developments.
29 March 2018
easyCar is one of several companies named in an article about how householders can profit from underused assets.
22 March 2018
22 March 2018
The UK's leading super budget operator is to open a 146 room hotel in the popular Spanish resort after signing a leasehold agreement with Continuum Hospitality.
22 March 2018
easyGym CEO Paul Lorimer-Wing explains the budget health club's franchise strategy.
20 March 2018
Super budget operator, easyHotel has acquired a leasehold property in Cambridge for conversion to a 100 room hotel. The new opening will complement other hotels in Oxford, Ipswich and Manchster.
15 March 2018
Sir Stelios' easy family of brands is helping take the lead in promoting and developing non-fossil alternatives to coal, oil and gas.
08 March 2018
Over the next two days easyGroup will be exhibiting at BIFE looking for new business partners to get in behind this new but iconic British brand.
06 March 2018
The UK's most popular airline continues to attract customers with a 4% increase compared with February 2017
02 March 2018
The UK's largest low-cost carrier is to help encourage more girls onto the flight deck with the launch of a new sleeve badge scheme for Girl Guides.
26 February 2018
Takes on ISA market with targeted* 4.05% tax free rate
easyGroup has teamed up with entrepreneur Andrew de Candole to offer new savings products at competitive prices. The first will be an innovative property-backed ISA paying over 4% pa. (Terms and conditions apply) It will launch in time to catch the new ISA tax-free £20k allowance.
22 February 2018
The super-budget hospitality chain is raising cash via a share placing to acquire more UK and European properties for conversion to this much-admired easy format.
13 February 2018
Leading super budget operator, easyHotel, promises an extra-special Valentine's experience at its Croydon premises – with a four poster canopy for rent at just £5 a night!
12 February 2018
easyGroup's north London brand park on the North Circular Road is soon to get a major new exhibit. Alongside existing brand representatives that include easyGym, easyFoodstore, easyCar and easyBus, founder Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou is planning to put an iconic emblem of his first "easy" branded venture – easyJet – on display.
08 February 2018
Speaking at the low-cost carrier's AGM, John Barton briefed shareholders about next year's Brexit plans.
06 February 2018
The UK's largest low-cost carrier today reported a near 10% increase in passenger numbers for the 12 months to end January 2018.
30 January 2018
Johan Lundgren has agreed a £34,000 pay cut only two months into his new role as CEO.
29 January 2018
easyJet founder and philanthropist, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has been captured in oils with a specially commissioned painting in London's National Portrait Gallery.
26 January 2018
Sir Stelios' super budget chain has acquired a property in central Milton Keynes for conversion into a hotel after receipt of planning permission.
23 January 2018
The UK's largest budget carrier today said it was ready to roll-out a full summer schedule for its recently acquired Berlin-Tegel operation.
12 January 2018
easyJet founder and owner of the easy family of brands, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou, has expressed his partial satisfaction at the outcome of a High Court case brought by French businessman, Mr Yannick Pons against his company easyGroup Ltd. Sir Stelios said:
"We went to court to protect our brand rights and we scored some significant points for the future protection of the easy family of brands".
02 January 2018
Further to the easyGroup press release dated 8th November 2017 concerning the High Court (Chancery division) trademark case between Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou (www.stelios.org) and Mr Yannick Pons, a French businessman and owner of the Vivastreet website, easyGroup, Sir Stelios' private investment vehicle and owner of the easy family of brands (www.easy.com) has issued the following update:
18 December 2017
The UK's largest budget operator has finalised its acquisition of Air Berlin's operations based at Tegel airport.
12 December 2017
The European Commission has waved through easyJet's proposed acquisition of bankrupt Air Berlin. This will give the low-cost carrier an increased share of the valuable north German market.
10 December 2017
An unused car in the driveway during the week can be put to work via the easyCar club says Daily Mail.


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Platinum rose for a second straight day, widening its premium to gold to a 17-month high, on concern supply may fall after Zimbabwe seized land from the country's top miner of the metal. Gold slid.
Zimbabwe, the third-biggest platinum producer and fifth-largest palladium miner in 2011, repossessed about 69,000 acres of land from Zimplats Holdings Ltd. to offer to new investors, Mines Minister Obert Mpofu said yesterday. One ounce of platinum bought as much as 1.0515 ounces of gold in London today, the most since August 2011, data compiled by Bloomberg show.
"We see platinum outperforming gold this year on optimism surrounding the global economic recovery and supply disruptions," Scott Gardner, who helps manage $400 million at Verdmont Capital SA in Panama City, said in a telephone interview.
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, platinum futures for delivery in April climbed 0.6 percent to $1,728.20 an ounce at 9:55 a.m. Through yesterday, the metal gained 11% this year, mainly as Anglo American Platinum Ltd., the biggest producer, said last month it plans to cut output.
Palladium futures for March delivery fell 0.4% to $768.40 an ounce, after reaching $777.60, the highest since Sept. 6, 2011. It is mined alongside platinum and both are used mainly in car pollution control devices. China's passenger-vehicle sales surged 49% to a monthly record in January, the state-backed China Association of Automobile Manufacturers said Feb. 7.
Futures trading volume was 31% higher than the average in the past 100 days for this time of day.
Gold futures for April delivery dropped 0.1% to $1,648 an ounce on the Comex in New York.
Silver futures for March delivery climbed less than 0.1% to $31.025 an ounce in New York.
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FULTON - The future is looking brighter for the stray dogs and cats of Fulton. The city is planning to build a new animal shelter.
"We need a bigger facility to house more dogs and more cats," Animal Control Supervisor Tina Barnes said. "It stays gloomy in here."
The current shelter is an old swimming pool bath house, originally built in the 1950's. Barnes said the windows are falling in, the cages are too small and it's too crowded for the animals. The shelter houses about 25 dogs and 15 cats at any given time.
Once it is finished, the new shelter will fix all those problems. It will be 6,000-square-foot building with better taller cages and more open space.
"In a new location we'll have bigger areas for them to get out and exercise. It'll be fresh and we'll really be able to keep it clean," Barnes said.
However, the funding for the new shelter comes slower than the ideas to make it the perfect place for pets.
Fulton city officials said the city could not pay for the shelter out of pocket, so the project depends on donations.
"The mayor thought, 'hey, instead of just trying to budget for it with the city's money, let's try and raise it privately," Darin Wernig said. "So far, we've raised 60 percent of our goal, more than $160,000. We're trying to raise $250,000."
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PARK CITY, Utah, Jan. 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- WISHCLOUDS (www.WISHCLOUDS.com) is debuting its beta social shopping site to the entertainment community as the Presenting Sponsor of ChefDance, the five night invite only dinner party series. WISHCLOUDS empowers consumers to discover recommended products from their favorite celebrities, friends and curators. Designed to help celebrities foster deeper relationships with their fans, WISHCLOUDS also creates a new avenue to raise money for their favorite non-profit organizations.
Each "Wish Cloud" is curated by the tastemaker, enabling them to communicate a truly honest, authentic reflection of their personal taste while giving fans unprecedented access to their favorite things. On the WISHCLOUDS site, celebrity tastemakers curate an unlimited number of "Wish Clouds" -- personalized product collections – selected from millions of products from more than 75 popular retailers, including Macy's, Nordstrom, Best Buy, Williams-Sonoma, Bloomingdales, Forever 21 and across the web. Once a celebrity saves a product to their "Cloud," WISHCLOUDS goes to work tracking the prices of products, alerting fans when they go on sale.
WISHCLOUDS has 60+ high profile tastemakers signed-up from popular TV shows like "Castle," "Revenge" and "Teen Wolf." Through WISHCLOUDS, celebrities can activate the power of their social media footprint to support their favorite charities by designating proceeds from their "Wish Clouds" to individual non-profit organizations. Charities can also set up their own "Wish Clouds" comprised of products associated with the organization's DNA. WISHCLOUDS has already aligned with a number of charities, including The Magic Johnson Foundation and Walking with Anthony.
"WISHCLOUDS is a game changer for fan/celebrity connections as it provides unprecedented access to a tastemaker's favorite things," says Gregory Miller, CEO of WISHCLOUDS. "WISHCLOUDS extends beyond celebrities to brands. Think of a blockbuster franchise offering products featured in the film in its own branded WISHCLOUD, bringing opportunities for studios, networks, production companies and brand America."
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WISHCLOUDS (www.wishclouds.com) lets people save products they like as they shop online and then alerts them when those products go on sale. The company has developed patent-pending technologies to drive a social retail ecosystem that uniquely serves the collective interests of consumers, celebrity influencers, retailers, brands, advertisers and charities alike.
WISHCLOUDS helps consumers make smart, money-saving buying decisions, allowing them to curate an unlimited number of "Wish Clouds" (personalized product collections) from multiple retailers and then track pricing, receive price change alerts and similar item offers. Consumers discover new and recommended products from friends, celebrity influencers and other curators as well by surfing the web; adding products to their individual "Wish Clouds" with a single click.
For more information on WISHCLOUDS, visit www.WISHCLOUDS.com, "Like" WISHCLOUDS at www.facebook.com/WISHCLOUDS and follow the company at www.twitter.com/WISHCLOUDSapp.
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Every patient is scheduled to meet with a registered dietitian during the first visit to CTC. During this visit, you are given a full assessment to identify daily goals for calories and protein. Your dietitian will look at your health history, disease type and treatment plan to recommend nourishing foods during your cancer care.
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LOS ANGELES, Feb. 11 (UPI) -- Lea Michele has finally unveiled the most anticipated track from her new album, Louder, which doesn't drop until next month.
The 27-year-old Glee star has described "You're Mine," as the song that makes her think of late boyfriend Cory Monteith, who died of a heroin and alcohol overdose last summer.
On Twitter, Michele said "You're Mine" was her favorite song on the album.
"It's so special to me & it's story is so close to my heart," she wrote Monday.
Michele played this song during a revealing November sit-down with ELLE.
"It makes me so happy, this song," she said, crying. "It makes me think so much of Cory. It was ours. When I think of him, I play this."
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The mission of SYI was to provide support services and programming to first-time full-time freshmen (FTFTF) during their second, third, and fourth semesters of study as well as transfer students who enter as sophomores. The program aims to promote academic success, retention and persistence, increase rate of progress towards graduation, facilitate student early selection of a major area of study, and to encourage campus and community engagement. The SYI program provided students with academic and career advisement, personal counseling, and tutoring support for academic writing as well as the social and natural sciences. The program also cultivated faculty and staff collaboration in sponsorship of major fairs, career and major events and workshops, and opportunities for students to engage in pre-major clubs and other campus activities.
Effective Monday October 2, 2017, the programs and services of the Sophomore Year Initiative (SYI) are being provided directly by Lehman College. Over the last five years, the program has been very effective in enhancing retention and graduation rates for freshmen and sophomores at Lehman.
Many of the features of the SYI program will become part of the fabric of Lehman's services for students.
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In a follow-up study , which appeared in the Journal of Climate(2001), NOAA scientists Knutson and Tuleya teamed up with Isaac Ginis and Weixing Shen of the University of Rhode Island to explore the climate warming/ hurricane intensity issue using hurricane model coupled to a full ocean model. The coupled model was used to simulate the "cool SST wake" generated by the hurricanes as they moved over the simulated ocean ( Figure 13 ). The model simulations including this additional feedback still showed a similar percentage increase of hurricane intensity under warm climate conditions as the original model without ocean coupling.
A comprehensive idealized hurricane intensity modeling study by Knutson and Tuleya, published in Journal of Climate (2004), confirms the general conclusions of previous studies but makes them more robust by using future climate projections from nine different global climate models and four different versions of the GFDL hurricane model. The GFDL hurricane model used for the study is an enhanced resolution version of the model used to predict hurricanes operationally at NOAA's National Centers for Environmental Prediction. According to this latest study, an 80 year build-up of atmospheric CO2 at 1%/yr (compounded) leads to roughly a one-half category increase in potential hurricane intensity on the Saffir-Simpson scale and an 18% increase in precipitation near the hurricane core. A 1%/yr CO2 increase is an idealized scenario of future climate forcing. As noted by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), there is considerable uncertainty in projections of future radiative forcing of earth's climate. A criticism of our paper by Michaels et al. is responded to.
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Steve Spear: Re-purposed Pastor Begins Trek April 8
Chicago Pastor Leaves Santa Monica in About a Week
Plans to Run Five Marathons a Week for Five Months — Starts Monday, April 8
Quits Job to Help Kids in Africa Get Clean Water With international Christian Relief Group World Vision
Forty-nine-year-old Steve Spear hates to run.
But Spear is now in the final stages of training for the run of his life. The Chicago-area pastor recently quit his job as a Willow Creek pastor after 15 years, to focus on raising $1.5 million to provide clean water for 30,000 people living in Kenya.
Spear, who only took up long-distance running five years ago, has completed numerous marathons and ultra-marathons but none like this. He plans to start a coast-to-coast run on April 8 in Southern California, and finish five months later in New York City. Spear says his former senior pastor at Willow Creek Church, Bill Hybels plans to run with Steve on the final leg of the cross-country odyssey into New York in August.
Last summer, Spear traveled to Kenya to see how World Vision's water projects are literally saving lives. Right now, he is training extensively in Chicago, building his tolerance. He's also fundraising. Currently he's raised more than $75,000, some checks coming in as large as $10,000; but the majority come in $10 and under.
Once the run begins, Spear says he'll petition churches along the way for funds. "I've never done anything like this before in my life."
For donations: www.teamworldvision.org/runningforwater
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Rare Feat: Since 1909 when it was first attempted, only 260 people have tried to cross the continental United States, from coast to coast on foot. How rare is that? Imagine The Empire State Building. Now take a grain of sand and lay it at the base of the New York City landmark. Now lay another grain on top of that. Eventually, you'll have enough of them stacked up to equal the height to that skyscraper. Now take one grain away. Notice how small it is. That's how rare it is for someone to succeed at what Steve Spears is trying to do. He plans to average more than 170 miles a week or a marathon a day for five months.
Training schedule: Steve runs Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays taking Thursdays and Sundays off.
Important dates: April 8, 2013 (start date); planned arrival mid-August in New York City.
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- Spear will run 3,200 miles, averaging a marathon a day for 5 months.
- Spear will consume 6,100 calories/day & go through 10 pairs of running shoes.
- 900 million people lack access to safe water.
- 6,000 children die each day from diarrheal diseases caused by unsafe water.
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Portland couple discovers something more satisfying than owning a dream home.
Portland area couple reads inspirational book … downsizes, simplifies, finds elusive measure of happiness.
Background: (from James Addis, World Vision Magazine)
The house was beautiful. It was located in the upscale neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, and for months its owners, Jeff and Kari Patterson, had studied the plans and pored over every detail of its construction. Once building commenced, they visited the site almost every day, fantasizing about what it would be like to live in the house they had always dreamed of owning. After they moved in, they finalized the color scheme and completed the landscaping. The icing on the cake was an enormous outdoor playhouse for their two children — Dutch, 6, and Heidi, 4. It did not seem to matter that their mortgage payments were through the roof.
Then the Patterson's read The Hole in Our Gospel by World Vision president Richard Stearns. Like tens of thousands of other readers, the Pattersons were broken by the plight of impoverished children around the world.
In some ways the book's message was not new for them. Apart from the house, the couple had always lived modestly in order that they could give more to organizations such as World Vision to bring practical and spiritual help to the destitute. But the more Kari meditated on the book, the more convinced she was that it was not enough. "Our current giving costs us nothing," she reflected. "The bottom line is our current giving does not require us to live by faith."
In the book, Rich refers to Moses. God asks Moses to throw down his staff and it instantly becomes a snake. What is in your hand? Rich asks. What is God asking you to lay down for his glory?* For Kari, there was no doubt about the answer. Much of the couple's income was tied up in mortgage payments to pay off their home — money, Kari reasoned, that might more profitably be diverted toward people who might not even have enough to eat.
Coincidentally, her husband Jeff — the assistant pastor of a local church — was thinking along the same lines. One week after finishing The Hole in Our Gospel, the couple put their home on the market. The idea was to move into more modest accommodation and, over time, allow the couple to donate as much as $500,000 to those in need rather than invest it in a house.
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It took exactly a year for the house to sell. (The house showed 90 times in that year.) The Pattersons first moved into a rental property and more recently bought a more modest home in a poorer neighborhood. Slashing their mortgage payments by 75 percent has allowed the couple to give away a fourth of their income. They hope one day to up that to half their income.
Kari considers it is the best decision the couple ever made. She says it as though someone had turned on a faucet to receive more from God: "I just felt like in prayer I could hear him more clearly," she says.
Even more importantly, Jeff felt God prompting him to establish a new church in a low-income neighborhood. It meant the couple's income dropped by two-thirds. But without the pressure of maintaining high mortgage payments, it wasn't a problem for them. Pastor Jeff heeded the call and became the founding pastor of Renew Church in Oregon City.
Even so, the reaction from fellow Christians has not always been favorable. Some said the couple was making a negative judgment about people who live in nice houses. Kari disagrees. She stresses that just because God told her to give up her dream home does not mean he is asking the same thing of everybody.
*The Hole in Our Gospel, p. 91. Kari roughly paraphrases the text.
Notes from Kari: We put our house on the market Oct. 8, 2010 (a week after finishing The Hole in our Gospel). We moved out October 8, 2011. Yes, exactly a year. We had decided ahead of time, because of the poor market, that we'd try to sell it for a year, and if it didn't sell we'd keep it.
Human Trafficking: Waking up to the Truth
For Federal Way's Brenda Oliver it's personal.
She first got involved with the human trafficking issue December 21, 2007, the day her friend's daughter, Danica Childs, disappeared. The 17-year-old was on her way to go Christmas shopping with her family. Her mother, Dianne Zoro, says, "I talked to her between 3:30 and 4:00 p.m. and she said she was coming home to meet up with her sisters and a couple of friends." Danica never arrived.
Five years later, her friends and family are still waiting.
Her mom says unopened voice messages on Danica's cell phone that day indicate she was involved in prostitution and most likely forced into a prostitution ring, another victim of human trafficking. Each year more than 293,000 children nationwide are susceptible to becoming victims of human trafficking.
Federal Way-based World Vision advocates on behalf of women and children around the world each year. But for most of us that's where we leave the issue — on the other side of the world. But Brenda Oliver says it's something happening here. "People are waking up to the truth of this," she says. "Finally, we're now starting to look at these young women (and sometimes young men) as victims rather than criminals."
Today, Oliver leads the Federal Way Coalition Against Trafficking. She's also Advocacy Chair for Women of Vision – South Puget Sound. She'll be at Federal Way City Hall Wednesday night, January 9 when the city will present a proclamation addressing the city's commitment to enforcing anti-human trafficking laws. Between 150 and 200 are expected.
Brenda and Women of Vision are also promoting a day-long training session at World Vision U.S. Headquarters in Federal Way on Friday, January 25. She hopes to recruit potential trainers and educators to get the Deceptions Awareness program into more schools. To register: www.fwcat.org.
Until then, Brenda Oliver and Danica Childs' friends and family wait for the day a teenager comes home as they work for a day when the traffic will stop.
Human trafficking is a form of modern-day slavery where people profit from the control and exploitation of others. As defined under U.S. federal law, victims of human trafficking include children involved in the sex trade, adults age 18 or over who are coerced or deceived into commercial sex acts, and anyone forced into different forms of "labor or services," such as domestic workers held in a home, or farm-workers forced to labor against their will. The factors that each of these situations have in common are elements of force, fraud, or coercion that are used to control people. Then, that control is tied to inducing someone into commercial sex acts, or labor or services.
Because human trafficking is considered to be one of the fastest growing criminal industries, the U.S. Government and academic researchers are currently working on an up-to-date estimate of the total number of persons trafficked annually in the United States. With 100,000 children estimated to be in the sex trade in the U.S. each year, it is clear that the total number of human trafficking victims in the U.S. reaches into the hundreds of thousands when estimates of both adults and minors and sex trafficking and labor trafficking are aggregated.
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Wednesday, January 9, 2013, 7 – 9 p.m.
End the Demand — All City Forum, Federal Way City Hall
Guest Speakers:
Peter Qualliotine, Co-Founder of Organization for Prostitution Survivors
Brian J. Wilson, Chief of Police, Federal Way Police Department
Nick Lembo, Board Member for Defenders, Shared Hope International
John Kangara Mucheru: Finding purpose in the "madhouse"
Life is cheap where hope is scarce. And here in Nairobi's Huruma slum you have to look hard to find any hope. So much is discarded here — bottles, cans, tires, plastic … but mostly people.
Forty-two-year-old John Kangara Mucheru knows this. He's lived in Huruma all his life. But Mucheru looks for use in everything. The word Zakale means "re-use" in Swahili, the cultural language of Kenya. And that's exactly what he's done with bottles, cans, tires, plastic … but mostly people.
People like 28-year-old Milton Obote. Ten years ago, Milton was playing pick-up soccer, smoking marijuana and burglarizing homes. Until he met John Mucheru. While watching a Humura pick-up soccer game Milton and his friends were playing, Mucheru noticed the artistry with which Milton played the game. "Futbol (soccer) is what I eat," says Obote. But John Mucheru didn't like the company Obote kept. He saw something special in the teenager that everyone else had overlooked … if they even looked at all.
The two started talking. John challenged Milton to do something with that artistic side. He gave the teen a piece of wire and asked him to "design something." Obote brought back a beautifully created hand. Soon, John invited Milton to work for him at Zakale Creations, based right here in Huruma. He knew Milton and didn't like to see boys like him waste their lives. Perhaps he saw a little bit of himself.
John used to be involved in gangs, petty theft, some robbery. "It wasn't my wish," says Mucheru. "I had no alternative." In a place like Huruma you do anything to survive. Something happens to a person when you're packed into a place of extreme poverty with 60,000 others. The word Huruma in Swahili (one of Kenya's official languages) means "sympathy." Some who live here think Huruma is just another word for "madhouse."
Mucheru doesn't remember anything good about Christmas as a child. No fond memories. "I never got a Christmas present. I was orphaned when both my parents died when I was three." But John Mucheru is turning that around. Today, the ornaments his young men and women at Zakale Creations make are sold to a company called Heavenly Treasures. That company in turn, sells them to World Vision where they are offered in the charity's Gift Catalog.
Now each Christmas, John Kangara Mucheru throws a big party for hundreds of his neighbors in Huruma. "Christmas is time for sharing what you have with those who have nothing," says Mucheru. His young men and women welcome visitors with a ceremonial dance.
They are energetic, happy and appear full of hope. And today, Milton Ndege is married with a young daughter and hopeful he can land more design work.
"Zakale Creations," Mucheru says, "is about creating new life." What better time of year to find that new life in the discarded bottles, can, tires, plastic but mostly people. Here in the maddening heart of despair, John Mucheru has found a way to deliver a tiny piece of hope.
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Best-Selling Author Joins Live 'Knit Mob' in Chicago
Goat Fashion Show
Knitters Wrap Kids in Warm Winter Knits
NewYork Times Bestselling author Debbie Macomber, Vogue Knitting LIVE, World Vision's Knit for Kids Bring Warm Knits to Kids at Local Elementary School
World Vision's Knit for Kids and Vogue Knitting LIVE Host Live Knit Mob, Covering Local Kid Goats with repurposed, custom-designed sweaters, scarves, hats in fashion show on Goatwalk
WHAT: New York Times bestselling author Debbie Macomber teams up with World Vision's Knit for Kids, a nationwide family of volunteer knitters who create clothing items and blankets for children in need. Macomber is also keynote speaker for Vogue Knitting LIVE show this weekend. Before the show on Friday, October 26, Debbie Macomber, VKL, World Vision and knitters gather to distribute sweaters, scarves and hats to young children at Alex Haley Elementary Academy in Chicago's Southside.
After the knit distribution, World Vision's Knit for Kids and VKL will host a Live Goat Knit Mob, as local yarn retailer Lorna's Laces supplies custom, repurposed designs for a menagerie of local goats, who will walk the Goatwalk in a fashion show to engage local knitters to pick up their knitting needles to help kids in need in the US and around the globe.
WHEN: Thursday, October 25, 2012
WHAT: Winter Knits School Distribution 9-10 a.m.
Live Goat Knit Mob Fashion Show 10-11 a.m.
Alex Haley Elementary Academy
11411 S. Eggleston Ave. Chicago, IL
WHY: The need is great. Many children around the world do not have the clothing they need for basic survival. World Vision field offices report that 900,000 children need sweaters; more than 1 million infant caps and blankets are needed to help the most vulnerable. Recently named International Spokesperson for Knit for Kids, Macomber hopes to mobilize thousands of knitters to share her love of knitting and her commitment to the poor to join the effort. "These days there's so much focus on doing activities to keep the mind active," says Macomber. "But I believe we need to keep our hearts active." World Vision distributes knitted clothing and blankets to children in over 11 countries and the U.S. as well as disaster responses like Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
WHO: This winter knits distribution is a partnership of World Vision's Knit for Kids, Vogue Knitting LIVE, and Debbie Macomber. The Live Goat Knit Mob Fashion Show is brought to you by World Vision's Knit for Kids, Vogue Knitting Live, and Lorna's Laces.
MEDIA CONTACTS: Photo Op and Interviews with Debbie Macomber
Kelli Day, World Vision Media Relations
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"The project is based on my conviction that a real debate on abortion hasn't even begun in our nation, because the two sides often talk past each other. Before discussing whether abortion is right or wrong or should be legal or illegal, we have to focus on what it is and what it does. Then we can be sure the opposing sides are discussing the same thing, and then the rest of the discussion can get started.
"In social reform movements that uproot deeply embedded societal evils, the victim is always visualized. If we don't see the victim, we don't see the violence, and we are not moved to stop the violence.
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I have been enjoying this site for over a year so I guess I should really say hello.
I am not sure how I found it. I think I must have been Googling for a recipe and chanced upon it. Anyway I bookmarked it and kept revisiting it for great recipes. Then I registered so I could have a list of my favourites or ideas I wanted to go back to.
I have had enormous pleasure both from reading Maki's commentary and from trying the recipes.
I don't actually make obento lunches. Both my husband and I are retired, but the ideas work well for lunches anyway and when cooking for only two the freezer-friendly recipes are great.
I live in rural New Zealand so some ingredients are not easy to get but I stock up on what I can when I visit the city.
Thanks Maki for a great site and delicious ideas.
Hi Trisha, which city is "the city"?
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Hi Bronwyn
I live in Central Otago so Dunedin is my 'big city'. I shop at Centre City New World where they have a good International Food section. Whenever I go into Dunedin I have a shopping list for things I can't buy locally.
It does doesn't it? It's always been quite good, but seems to have improved even further since the big upgrade. That's the supermarket I go to most of the time too. I work at the university so I walk there at lunchtime for a bit of exercise, and every now and then I walk to the Gardens New World instead. There's also good Asian market (UniMart) just across North Road from the Gardens New World where I go to get anything Asian I can't find at Centre City.
I can't tell you how much I enjoy NOT taking my car to the supermarket. So stress-free, and a nice walk every day. Not possible if you live in the country though.
Quite a difficult choice. The great vegetable and deli sections at Centre City or a walk through the Botanic Gardens to a smaller supermarket. Within a few weeks the gardens will be the better choice. The spring gardens are lovely especially in the upper gardens. I remember when I lived in Dunedin many years ago that the ODT would announce the flowering of the Campbellii Magnolia in the upper gardens and that weekend large crowds would visit it. A bit like cherry blossom viewing in Japan. It is years since I have been in the upper gardens so I don't know if the magnolia survived the reorganisation of the upper gardens. I enjoyed your photos of the gardens.
Thanks for the tip about UniMart. I shall check it out next time I go to Dunedin.
The Gardens is a bit longer walk too, so I go there when I feel like more exercise.
They did up and expanded the Gardens New World just about the same time they did Centre City, so it's actually pretty good too.
Don't know about the magnolia. I used to be able to see it from where I lived, but I'm not often in the right place these days. I'm not a huge fan of that sort of magnolia anyway - I adore Magnolia grandiflora (big white flowers with leaves, smells like lemon), and the pink ones always look sort of naked to me.
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