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Global regulators may start overseeing currency rates in a widening response to benchmark- rate setting scandals that began with revelations on the manipulation of Libor, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The International Organization of Securities Commissions, a Madrid-based group known as Iosco that harmonizes market rules, may propose final guidelines improving transparency and oversight of benchmarks, including the WM/Reuters rates, as soon as next month, said the people, who asked not to be named because the talks aren't finalized.
The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority, which oversees markets and prosecutes financial crime, is looking into potential manipulation in the $4.7 trillion-a-day foreign-exchange market after being contacted by a whistle-blower in March. The regulator has sent requests for information to four banks, including Deutsche Bank AG and Citigroup Inc., according to one of the people.
"All benchmarks share similar vulnerabilities so there is a need for a framework that applies to all benchmarks to ensure their integrity and restore market confidence," Chantal Hughes, a spokeswoman for European Union Financial Services Commissioner Michel Barnier, said in an e-mailed statement. "We will also be making a proposal this summer on the framework for benchmarks."
Libor Oversight
The FCA "will review" Iosco's recommendations and decide which rates to oversee, spokesman Chris Hamilton said. Martin Wheatley, the regulator's chief executive officer, has already taken on oversight of the London interbank offered rate after his review of how the rate is set.
Sebastian Howell, a spokesman for Deutsche Bank, and Jeffrey French, a spokesman for Citigroup, declined to comment on the FCA requests.
Iosco proposed in January that rates used in "currency markets, which can be represented by specific or aggregate benchmarks," be subject to regular audits, stricter oversight from regulators and a code of conduct for submitters. The WM/Reuters rate would be included under this definition, one of the people said.
The currency market, the biggest in the financial system, is one of the least regulated as it takes place away from exchanges. Traders colluded with counterparts at other firms to boost chances of moving the WM/Reuters rates, according two people with knowledge of the manipulation.
State Street
The data are collected and distributed by World Markets Co., a unit of Boston-based State Street Corp., and Thomson Reuters Corp. Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News, competes with New York-based Thomson Reuters in providing news and information, as well as currency-trading systems and pricing data. Bloomberg LP also distributes the WM/Reuters rates on Bloomberg terminals.
"The process for capturing this information and calculating the spot fixings is automated and anonymous, and the rates are monitored for quality and accuracy," State Street said in an e-mailed statement. The data are derived from "multiple execution venues through a streaming rather than solicitation process," the company said.
Spot foreign-exchange transactions aren't considered financial instruments in the same way as stocks and bonds. They fall outside the EU's Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, which requires dealers to take all reasonable steps to ensure the best possible results for their clients.
EU Response
Britain should investigate the manipulation of currency rates, European Union officials said after Bloomberg News revealed that traders have been rigging foreign-exchange benchmarks for more than a decade.
"They need to get to the bottom of it," Sharon Bowles, 60, chairwoman of the European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee and a member of the U.K. Liberal Democrat party, said in an interview. "It's quite upsetting we have got another bad-news story. It's time we managed to restore the reputation of our banks."
Tensions between Britain and its EU partners about oversight of the financial industry have intensified after three banks were fined about $2.5 billion for rigging Libor. The European Commission is considering whether to move oversight of Libor away from the U.K. to a Paris-based EU watchdog.
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According to a recent J.D. Power and Associates study, sales of certified used cars have increased 46 percent since 2000. For many people, certified used cars have become affordable alternatives to new cars. "Factory Certified" refers to used cars that are offered for sale by your local dealer with the support of the vehicle's original manufacturer, with warranties that extend beyond the initial coverage. The original manufacturer of the vehicle is using their dealer network to inspect the car, determine if it is worth certifying, then offering support for the vehicle for a period of time beyond the original warranty. The certified warranty protection typically takes effect when the original warranty expires and, like a new car warranty, offers coverage for a certain number of years or miles, whichever comes first. Used cars sold with third-party warranties are sometimes advertised as "certified" but are not truly factory certified because the authority and expertise of the vehicle's manufacturer do not stand behind the "warranty" in any way. In fact the term "warranty" may be misleading as third-party warranties are really extended service contracts. A true warranty offers coverage that is included in the original purchase price; check out our "Understanding Extended Warranties" article for more information on aftermarket service contracts.
The downside to third-party service contracts is that they often obligate the customer to pay for needed repairs up front, then wait for a reimbursement check; some require the payment of a deductible that can vary from $50 to $400. In addition, there is always the risk that the insurance company or other underwriter of the service contract is not around to honor the warrany when a claim is made this risk is much less when the responsible party is a vehicle manufacturer.
In many cases, a customer who purchases a certified used car will become eligible for benefits that a new car customer enjoys. Perks such as service loan cars, shuttle pick-up and drop-off service, roadside assistance, free maintenance and low-rate "incentive" loans can be one of many reasons to choose a certified used car over a less expensive used car bought from a private party or generic used car lot. Even if a specific perk is not part of the official certified program, you can sometimes negotiate additional features with your local dealer. Many certified programs will even offer longer warranties at an additional cost, but the real value lies in the factory-provided coverage that would be included in the purchase price of the car you're considering. Because some cars have a longer initial warranty when the car is purchased new, they therefore represent a better candidate as a certified used car — in other cases, buying a certified used car will net the customer a longer warranty than if he or she bought that same car new. The attraction to certified used vehicles is clear new car benefits at a used car price.
Many programs offer perks not directly related to the vehicle itself. For example, some certified programs offer services such as trip routing, and trip interruption protection. Trip interruption protection is a feature that will reimburse the owner of a certified used car for incidental costs such as car rental, lodging, meals and out-of-town repair expenses should he or she become stranded due a warranted mechanical breakdown when traveling out of town usually an owner must be at least 100 miles from home in order to use the service. The rules and dollar amounts vary from brand to brand, so check with your local dealer for the specific details.

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SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Maya Fernandez Allende, granddaughter of Chile's late Marxist President Salvador Allende, lost her first major political race Tuesday after a recount, the electoral committee said.
Fernandez Allende, 41, lost the mayorship of Santiago's Nunoa district by 30 votes to incumbent Mayor Pedro Sabat of the center-right National Renovation party.
Initial results last month put Fernandez Allende ahead and Sabat conceded. But his party demanded a recount at the National Stadium, where dozens of leftist dissidents were tortured and killed during the military dictatorship that ousted her grandfather in 1973. Her grandfather killed himself rather than surrender.
Chile's electoral committee said Tuesday that Sabat got 34,247 votes to Fernandez Allende's 34, 217. Sabat has won the district three other times in 16 years.
Fernandez Allende has not spoken publicly since the recount began, but a message to her followers on her Facebook page seemed to predict the reversal of the outcome.
"Let's put away sadness because this is a victory (in itself)," she said. "We need to learn to work together and put differences aside."
Sabat, 58, also served as mayor of Nunoa in 1987-89 during the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, who hand- picked mayors.
During big protests over the past year, students fought fiercely against Sabat, sometimes even occupying his office and closing schools. He reacted by ordering police to crack down on the protests and once even called a girls school a "whorehouse." Sabat apologized for the comment.
"I'm going to try to refrain from saying what I've said when these youngsters spit in my face and destroy schools," Sabat said at a news conference. "I'll try to be closer to everyone and try to take a more social approach, in other words, be a better mayor in this next four years."
For many who participated in the student protest movement, this was their first chance to vote and many saw Fernandez Allende as a figure who could help guide Chile to significant change.
Allende, a socialist who has sided with the students, ran a campaign in which she went door-to-door with an army of women asking about voter demands and looking beyond the divisive politics that have marred Chile for years.
She said she wanted to change what she called Chile's out-of-touch, right-wing and male-dominated politics.
"I always liked politics, it's always been a topic of conversation at the family table, an everyday topic," Fernandez Allende said in a recent interview with the newspaper La Tercera.
"I believe my grandfather and my family took the decision about getting involved in politics because it was their calling," she said.
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Gerard Butler pulls out of "Point Break" remake
Gerard Butler has pulled out of the 'Point Break' remake.
The 44-year-old actor was due to step into the late Patrick Swayze's shoes in a reboot of the classic 1991 surfer heist film, but has opted out of playing central character Bodhi due to a scheduling conflict and unnamed ''creative differences''.
The rugged star was already committed to filming the sequel to 'Olympus Has Fallen' in London this autumn, so would have been unable to take part in the lengthy 'Point Break' shoot, which kicks off in June and is expected to last several months and be filmed at multiple international locations.
Director Ericson Core and producers are now scrambling to find a replacement for Butler since filming is still scheduled to start next month, The Hollywood Reporter claims.
The movie also stars Luke Bracey in the role of Johnny Utah, the FBI agent who infiltrates Bodhi's criminal gang, and Ray Winstone as his partner, Agent Angelo Pappas.
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They're all essential skills of great lawyers. And at Suffolk Law, they're all nationally ranked programs.
U.S. News & World Report's 2014 Best Law School rankings have singled out three Suffolk University Law School programs as among the best in the nation: Legal Writing ranked among the country's top 10 at No. 5, Dispute Resolution placed No. 12, and the Clinical Programs were ranked No. 17.
It is the fifth year in a row that Legal Writing has been ranked by U.S. News in the top 20—since 2009. Suffolk's clinical programs have been in the top 25 for six years—since 2008—and Dispute Resolution has been in the top 20 for the last two years.
"The U.S. News rankings of our legal writing and clinical programs speak to a law school where academics and real-world legal practice skills interact to create a special kind of education," said Law School Dean Camille Nelson. "While there is much to be celebrated about Suffolk Law that is not captured by its rankings, our move up to a 12th place ranking in dispute resolution reflects not only our tradition of producing lawyers who are outstanding litigators and ADR specialists, but also the breadth of the school's programming in this area."
"Our U.S. News ranking by law firms also indicates that we're producing high-caliber lawyers. They're smart, diligent, socially-skilled graduates — people who don't come to their work with a sense of entitlement, but rather with a commitment to working hard in service of others," Nelson added.
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- Indian Law and Indigenous Peoples Clinic—Students partner with the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe in the only such program on the East Coast. Recently, students worked with the tribe to develop new rules of appellate procedure from scratch, replacing the federal rules previously relied on by the tribe. Students also successfully filed an amicus brief with a federal appeals court to help protect the sovereignty of Native American tribes.
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Ramo-RamaSubmitted by pete on February 26, 2005 - 13:52
With Karri Ramo having a tough last month in the SM-liiga, the Pelicans today decided to try and buoy his confidence by allowing him to suit up for their Junior-A team. [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/finhockey2/sjl_tulospalvelu_popup.asp?]Ramo responded by shutting out Blues A 2-0 today stopping 18 of 18 shots[/url] faced to garner secpmd star honors. [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/finhockey2/sjl_tulospalvelu_stat.asp?TID=1344&tilasto=mv&rajaus=0]The shutout moved Ramo back to first in SM-liiga Jr. A in save percentage.[/url]
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Ramo UpdateSubmitted by pete on February 20, 2005 - 01:36
The going in the SM-liiga has been tough lately for Karri Ramo. Despite some valiant efforts the young netminder has been buried behind a string of 40 shot, 5 goal allowed games and the Pelicans' lack of talent has finally caught up to Ramo. Still, [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/tulospalvelu.asp?palvelu=1&raportti=29750]Ramo did manage to beat Ilves yesterday 4-3 in OT, stopping 24 of 27 shots.[/url] He has slipped overall to a .905 sv% and 3.77 GAA. However, it is important to note again that Ramo is playing against full grown men in the SM-liiga. Against junior competition, he posted what still stands as the [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/finhockey2/sjl_tulospalvelu_stat.asp?TID=1344&tilasto=mv&rajaus=0]second best sv% in Junior A behind only highly touted Tuukka Rask.[/url] Rask is expected to be as high as a top-ten pick if and when the 2005 Entry Draft ever happens. And, last week in the 5 Nations U-19 tournament Ramo more than held his own in [url=http://stats.swehockey.se/0405/html/5natu19/page0012.html]posting the tournament's best GAA.[/url] Ramo went 1-1 [url=http://stats.swehockey.se/online/37/91320001_bottom_default.htm]dropping his first game of the tournament 3-2 in penalty shots to the Czech Republic[/url] before [url=http://stats.swehockey.se/online/37/91320007_bottom_default.htm]rebounding to shut out Switzerland 3-0 stopping 17 of 17 shots.[/url]
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Ramo Beats RaycroftSubmitted by pete on January 25, 2005 - 17:04
Boltprospects had already learned from the Lightning organization that its European scouts were dancing in the streets about the meteoric rise of goaltender Karri Ramo in the SM-liiga. [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/tulospalvelu.asp?palvelu=1&raportti=29704]However, after today's 4-2 victory over Tapparra, somersaults may be even more appropriate.[/url]
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Ramo Takes Lukko to OTSubmitted by pete on January 20, 2005 - 20:03
Even in defeat, young Karri Ramo continues to impress in his debut season in Finland's SM-liiga. Today, Ramo managed to carry his last place Pelicans into overtime deadlocked at 1-1 against 5th place Lukko Rauma before finally conceeding the game winning goal to Boston's Hal Gill. Despite the loss, [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/tulospalvelu.asp?palvelu=1&raportti=29693] Ramo was named the game's second star after stopping 29 of 31 shots.[/url]
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Ramo Worn Out by JYPSubmitted by pete on January 18, 2005 - 18:08
Lightning goaltending prospect Karri Ramo, who was selected in the 6th round of the 2004 draft, [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/tulospalvelu.asp?palvelu=2&raportti=29690]fell 5-0 today at the hands of JYP.[/url] Ramo stopped 43 of 48 shots in the loss (.896 sv%). For the young Finnish netminder, some solace can be taken in the way he held his team into the game even against an onslaught of JYP shots.
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Chiefs Fall to Toledo 5-2Submitted by pete on January 15, 2005 - 23:44
The bad news is that the Johnstown Chiefs lost 5-2 to Toledo tonight. The good news for Lightning prospect watchers is that JF Soucy notched 2 assists and Adam Henrich added 1 goal in the game. Henrich is now riding a three game point streak into tomorrow night's game against Wheeling.
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Karri Ramo Does it AgainSubmitted by pete on January 15, 2005 - 16:07
While the battle between Gerald Coleman and Jonathan Boutin in jockeying for position for the title of "goaltender of the future" continues to rage on, [url=http://www.sm-liiga.fi/tulospalvelu.asp?palvelu=2&raportti=29685]Karri Ramo may very well be winning the war.[/url] Today Ramo once again stood on his head to carry his attrocious Pelicans SM-liiga team to a shutout 2-0 victory over Tappara in which he stopped 42 of 42 shots. That's impressive. Especially when you consider the woeful band of players in front of him were outshot 42-18. Ramo now has a .919 save percentage and a 3.23 GAA in the SM-liiga, against full grown men, on a team which sits dead last on the SM-liiga table. His statistical dominance becomes even more interesting when you begin to take a look at what he's accomplished at the Junior A level for the Pelicans this season.
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Productivity Madness
What's that crazy stat about the NCAA Tournament and distracted workers?
The NCAA Tournament gets under way on Thursday, and it's reportedly luring diligent workers away from their desks to manage office pools and watch their favorite teams—to the great detriment of the U.S. economy. In a 2006 "Press Box," reprinted below, Jack Shafer revealed that speculation about how much the productivity of the U.S. economy suffers during March Madness amounts to nothing more than fuzzy math and hype. Also, in a 2006 "Dismal Science," Jeff Merron explained how those workplace-interruptions calculations are taken out of context.
If you believe what you read in the press, fan devotion to March Madness could cost employers $3.8 billion or more in lost productivity as workers slip away to check NCAA Tournament scores, participate in office pools, read stories about the contests, or avail themselves to CBS' free streaming videocasts of the games on their office computers.
Such prominent news sources as the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, the Daily Press of Newport News, Va., Florida Today, the Kansas City Star, MarketWatch, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Denver Post, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, the Orlando Sentinel, The CBS Evening News, the Washington Post, the Miami Herald, the San Jose Mercury News, the Baltimore Sun, the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the New York Times, andthe Boston Globepublicized the $3.8 billion estimate contained in a Feb. 28 press release by consultant John A. Challenger, CEO of Challenger, Gray, & Christmas.
Challenger's quotable release made immediate news in the March 1 Boston Globe under the headline "Workers Take Break for NCAA Tournament." Other media outlets followed the Globe's lead, churning out headlines such as "During NCAA Tourney, Bet on a Loss in Productivity"; "Chore a Bore, What's the Score?"; "Will Tourney Hurt Businesses? You Bet"; "March Madness Fouls Out With Bosses"; " 'Madness' Dunks Productivity"; and "NCAA Cuts Into Workers' Output."
According to Challenger, businesses would feel the first hit of March Madness on March 13, after the selection committee announced the qualifying teams and workers organized office pools.
Challenger arrived at his $3.8 billion estimate based on an average wage of $18 an hour and 58 million college basketball fans spending 13.5 minutes online each of the 16 business days from March 13 through April 3, the day of the championship game. He also allowed that his figure might be conservative! "The cost may end up being much higher, since it will now be possible to watch entire games on the Internet," he stated in the release.
But as Jeff Merron argued in Slatelast week, lost productivity estimates are almost always bogus, especially when they come from attention-seeking professionals who are in the business of increasing productivity. Challenger, Gray, & Christmas helps companies "manage" plant closings, among other things.
I'm happy to report that Challenger's estimate is as loosey-goosey as they come. For one thing, he misjudges the size of the dedicated college hoops audience. In 2005, for instance, the NCAA championship game drew 23.1 million households, according to Nielsen. The year before, only 16.6 million households tuned in to the championship game, which indicates that many so-called fans have only a casual interest in the tournament. Many are happy to tune out the tournament's biggest game if it's a blowout, or if the matchup doesn't interest them. Also, many nonfans and casual fans who participate in office pools experience reduced interest in the tournament as it proceeds and the teams they bet on get knocked out.
In concocting his lost-productivity estimate, Challenger doesn't acknowledge that "wasted time" is built into every workday. Workers routinely shop during office hours, take extended coffee breaks, talk to friends on the phone, enjoy long lunches, or gossip around the water cooler. It's likely that NCAA tourney fans merely reallocate to the games the time they ordinarily waste elsewhere. Likewise, many office workers who don't complete their tasks by the end of the day stay late or take work home. If fans who screw off at work ultimately do their work at home, the alleged "loss" to productivity would be a wash.
Last, the fear that millions of workers will waste time watching the games live for hours at the office is groundless. More than two-thirds of the games are played on weeknights or weekends, when very few employees are stuck behind their work terminals. Besides, the CBS system can only accommodate 200,000 computers at a time, as the Daily Press noted in its story. My unsolicited advice to my press colleagues is to beware of grand estimates such as Challenger's, and to anxious supervisors, I counsel you to worry less about how your employees waste time and more about how much they screw off.
Addendum, March 21, 9:30 a.m.: Carl Bialik, "The Numbers Guy" columnist at the Wall Street Journal, beat me to the Challenger story earlier this month, nailing the consultant. Bialik's 2005 column ridiculed the "consultant" for estimating the productivity loss from the 2005 NCAA tournament at $889 million. A $3 billion increase in one year? Get out of here! Bialik also whacked Challenger for his 2005 estimate that Super Bowl water-cooler talk would cost $1.06 billion. While we're giving out credit, let's also salute Hannah Clark of Forbes, who took Challenger down earlier this month.
Addendum, March 22, 11:30 a.m.: Salon's King Kaufman blew the whistle on Challenger last year and again this year. Josh Hendrickson got a piece of the action, too.
When the Western Michigan University Broncos get knocked out of the tournament—which usually comes in December—I lose all interest in the NCAA. Share your hoop dreams and nightmares and screwing-off-while-at-work techniques via e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com. (E-mail may be quoted by name unless the writer stipulates otherwise.)


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A Marine's sacrifice: Have we forgotten?EDITORIAL
June 23. 2014 11:55PM
Brandon Garabrant of Greenfield made national news last year when the young U.S. Marine tried to wear his dress blues to his graduation at ConVal High School. Last week he made national news again when he gave his life for his country. He was only 19.
Lance Cpl. Garabrant was one of three Marines killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan last Friday. It is an understatement to say that the United States has lost a very impressive young man.
Garabrant earned all of his high school graduation credits a semester early. With that final semester of high school free, he went to boot camp at Parris Island, S.C. He became a Marine the day before he was to graduate high school. While at basic training, he requested permission to wear his uniform, instead of his cap and gown, to graduation. The principal denied his request. Garabrant was given the option of wearing his uniform under his cap and gown, but he decided that would be disrespectful to the Marine Corps.
"Out of respect for the USMC and ConVal, I will not be wearing my military dress uniform to graduation tomorrow. I will be there in civilian clothes wearing cap & gown," he said in a statement before graduation. It was a remarkably mature decision that reflected very well on the man who made it.It is easy to forget that the United States continues to fight a war in a remote and desolate place on the other side of the earth and that men and women like Brandon Garabrant volunteered to face dangers in dusty lands so those dangers would not find their way here. It is easy to forget, unless one of those brave men or women is a friend or family member. Then forgetting is impossible.As a country, we should never forget to be thankful for the sacrifices so many have made, and are making, on our behalf. We pray that their sacrifices are not made in vain.


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LOS ANGELES – The NBA today formally began its effort to oust Donald Sterling as owner of the Los Angeles Clippers, accusing him of harming the league through racist comments that were caught on tape.
According to the league, the NBA "initiated a charge" that alleges Sterling "engaged in conduct that has damaged and continues to damage the NBA and its teams."
Sterling has until May 27 to respond to the charge. The NBA's Board of Governors plans to discuss the issue during a June 3 meeting.
If three-quarters of the league's team owners sustain the charge, Sterling will lose ownership of the team, which will be sold.
Sterling, however, has indicated that he plans to fight to maintain ownership of the team. He has also balked at paying a $2.5 million fine announced by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. A letter sent to the league by Sterling attorney Maxwell Blecher — and obtained by Sports Illustrated and ESPN — threatened legal action against the NBA and insisted that Sterling did not violate the league's constitution.
Blecher also contended that the 80-year-old real estate investor was denied due process when Silver banned him from the league for life and ordered him to pay the $2.5 million fine
Sterling came under fire when recordings of his comments were made public on a pair of websites. On the recordings, Sterling chastised frequent courtside companion V. Stiviano for appearing in photographs with black people – – including Lakers Hall of Famer Magic Johnson — and bringing them to Clippers games.
Sterling subsequently told CNN's Anderson Cooper in a televised interview that he was not a racist and that he had been "baited" into making the comments. He also told Cooper that Johnson was a poor role model because he was promiscuous, had contracted the virus that causes AIDS and has not, in Sterling's opinion, done much for black people.
Sterling bought the Clippers in 1981 for $12.5 million, but the team recently was valued by Forbes around $575 million, making it the league's 13th most valuable.
The NBA alleged in today's statement that Sterling's "actions and positions significantly undermine the NBA's efforts to promote diversity and inclusion; damage the NBA's relationship with its fans; harm NBA owners, players and Clippers team personnel; and impair the NBA's relationship with marketing and merchandising parnters, as well as with government and community leaders."
The league also accused Sterling of issuing a "false and misleading press statement about this matter."


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HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe said on Sunday he will abide by a court ruling to hold crucial elections before the end of July despite objections from his rivals.
Mugabe told the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corp. traveling with him on trip to Japan he will convene polls "not later than July 31," state radio reported.
Mugabe, interviewed by the broadcaster Sunday, said some members in a coalition with former opposition leader Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai want to delay the elections "to enjoy being in power" for longer, the radio said.
The Constitutional Court, the nation's highest court, on Friday chided Mugabe for not calling elections linked to the dissolution of the parliament at the end of its current five year term on June 29.
Tsvangirai said electoral and democratic reforms demanded under the coalition agreement and a new constitution cannot be completed by July 31.
Mugabe traveled to Japan to attend an African development summit in Yokahama.
Mugabe described the coalition formed by regional leaders after the last violent and disputed elections in 2008 as having "outlived its usefulness," the radio said.
The president said he was consulting with Justice Minister Patrick Chinamasa on changes to the electoral laws that should be finished in June so he can then announce the actual polling date for the following month.
Tsvangirai's party said Sunday that unless reforms to voters' lists and the registration of new voters are in place before voting there will be doubt over whether conditions allowed for a free and fair election.
Tsvangirai's Movement for Democratic Change said it also demanded media reforms to end bias by the country's dominant state media controlled by Mugabe loyalists and an end to political intimidation and partisan actions by the police and military.
Those demands are written into a new constitution overwhelmingly accepted in a referendum in March, the party said.
"For the avoidance of any doubt, the MDC is ready for free and fair elections. The issue is not about the date but about the conditions under which these elections can be held," said party spokesman Douglas Mwonzora.
Pro-democracy activists allege Mugabe's own fractious ZANU-PF party wants early polls to take advantage of flaws in existing election procedures, shorten rigorous campaigning by its increasingly frail leader and hinder the deployment of regional election monitors.
Mugabe, 89, who led the nation to independence in 1980, has been accused of packing the courts with sympathetic judges that he appoints from the justice ministry and the legal profession.
Seven out of nine Constitutional Court judges ruled Friday that Mugabe violated his constitutional responsibilities by failing to declare polls by June 29.
But Judge Luke Malaba, in his dissenting opinion available on an official website Sunday, said his colleagues' ruling "defied logic" in finding Mugabe was in breach of his constitutional responsibilities "and at the same time authorizing him to continue acting unlawfully" by proclaiming a July date.
"That is a very dangerous principle and has no basis in law. The principle of the rule of law just does not permit such an approach," wrote Malaba.
He said the new constitution makes it clear that elections can be held within four months of the automatic dissolution of the parliament on June 29 and to hold them in July compromises constitutional rights for the electorate as a whole "to play a meaningful role in the electoral process," Malaba said.
A private lawsuit brought before the constitutional court to force Mugabe to call early polls turned clear and unambiguous language in the law into "a question of interpretation that plunged the court into irreconcilable differences."
"I, however, refuse to have wool cast over the inner eye of my mind on this matter," concluded Malaba.


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We strive to ensure an inclusive, accessible, barrier-free work environment that supports Accenture persons with disabilities across the globe, as well as those who may need special consideration to care for a loved one with a disability.
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At one point, Senior Manager Alex Lane took four months off work to focus on his mental health. Now, as a member of Accenture's Mental Health Allies community, Alex encourages people to speak up about mental health in the workplace: "Talking about mental health is critical to recovery. Looking back, I can see that this experience has positively changed my work and my life. I wish I'd sought help earlier before things got out of control."
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Fundraiser provides vests for Lebanon police dogsBy MEGHAN PIERCE
Union Leader Correspondent
April 21. 2013 11:35PM
LEBANON - The Lebanon Police Department will be issued ballistic vests for K-9 dogs Max and Cody as the result of a national fundraising event designed to outfit police dogs with the vests.
"Certainly it's a financial assistance to us. These vests can be very expensive, but they are very important for our K-9 division," said Lebanon Police Capt. Tim Cohen. "Our K-9s respond to very dangerous missions throughout the year."
The dogs are involved in various police activities, from dangerous manhunts to the execution of search warrants.
"They're officers. They are part of our team. They are our friends," Cohen said. "They are not only an important part of the police department, but certainly they are part of the officers' families. They literally go home with the officer, they live with the officer's family. Help with anything we can do to keep them safer is a good thing."
A nationwide Groupon event for Vested Interest in K-9s Inc., of East Taunton, Mass., raised over $155,000 in eight days last month.
Lebanon Senior Officer Jeremy Perkins' K-9 partner Max, a Belgian Malinois, and Senor Officer Jonathan Tracy's K-9 Partner Cody, a German shepherd, are both set to receive vests, which cost about $950 each.
Vested Interest in K-9s currently has a list of over 20 police dogs needing vests.
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February 13. 2014 9:43AM
CONCORD - The new, bipartisan Medicaid expansion proposal from senators will have a public hearing Tuesday at 9:15 a.m. in Room 100 of the State House.Senate leaders unveiled the plan Wednesday to add low-income adults to the government-paid health care program under the Affordable Care Act.The plan is similar to one put forth last year, but lawmakers could not agree when insurance coverage would begin and how quickly newly eligible recipients would have to have private insurance. The stalemate prevented any bill from being approved during a November special session called to act on Medicaid expansion.The new proposal would allow the state to begin the program by July, although it would end in a year if the state does not receive federal waivers for key aspects, but would end Dec. 31, 2016, anyway if the Legislature does not reauthorize the program.Previously, Senate Republicans insisted the state receive federal waivers before the program could begin.Senate supporters say the new proposal will serve as a two-and-a-half-year pilot program to see if it works for the state.New Hampshire is one of six states that has yet to decide whether to expand Medicaid eligibility under the Affordable Care Act. Twenty-five states and Washington, D.C., have agreed to expand Medicaid, while 19 states have rejected it.The public hearing will be before the Senate Health, Education and Human Services Committee. The committee is expected to vote on its recommendation for the bill after the public hearing.The Senate is expected to vote on the plan after its returns from a one-week hiatus the last week of February.


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CINCINNATI - The Cincinnati Reds are giving fans different options to purchase tickets to the 2007 Opening Day game against the Chicago Cubs, scheduled for 2:10 p.m. on Monday, April 2 at Great American Ball Park.
Select-A-Seat Day: Saturday (2/24) is the last day to guarantee Opening Day ticket options on all applicable season plans. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, the Reds are inviting fans to sit in and choose their own seats at Great American Ball Park. Reds Hall of Fame pitcher Tom Browning will greet guests from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.. With the purchase of a season plan, fans will receive 2 free vouchers for admission to the Reds Hall of Fame and Museum. Details are available at reds.com.
Power Pack Sale: At 9 a.m. on Saturday, March 3, available only online at reds.com. The 11-game package includes tickets to all 3 games of the first series of the season, including Opening Day, all 5 fireworks nights and the June 8-10 series against the Indians.
Opening Day Ticket Opportunity: From March 5-6, fans can register online at reds.com to win the chance to purchase any Opening Day tickets still available after the season and Power Pack sales. Fans who win the opportunity to purchase Opening Day tickets will be notified via email beginning March 7 and will have until noon ET on March 9 to purchase a designated number of tickets. Additional information is available at reds.com.
March 10 On-Sale Date: Tickets for all 2007 regular-season games - with the exception of Opening Day - will go on sale at 9 a.m. Saturday, March 10 by phone at (513) 381-REDS or (877) 647-REDS, via the internet at reds.com and in person at the Great American Ball Park ticket windows at Second and Main Streets and at all area Meijer stores.
Ticket prices range from $5 to $40. There is an additional $10 charge per ticket for Opening Day, a $5 charge per ticket for Premier Games (vs Cle 6/8-6/10, vs StL 6/29-7/1, vs Chi 7/27-7/29) and a $2 charge per ticket for Select Games (vs Tex 6/15-6/17, vs Ari 7/6-7/8, vs SD 8/10-8/12, vs Fla 8/24-8/26).
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March 23, 2014
Q: Miami is doing nothing productive with that open roster spot. -- Shane.
A: I agree. While it's nice to have Justin Hamilton in the developmental pipeline, and while it might have been nice to get a look at DeAndre Liggins, at least in practice, for a team that is all about the moment, you would think Roger Mason Jr. would have been of greater benefit. It's almost as if the Heat released Mason in advance of the buyout deadline with another veteran in mind, a veteran they were unable to land. And while the Heat still can add a veteran, the fact that the Heat wrote Hamilton's contract to include partial guarantees for next season makes that less likely. These 15 likely will be the 15 going into the playoffs. At times Friday, you had to wonder if the Heat couldn't have used another big body, the way Zach Randolph was going off.
Q: The Heat really need a low-post enforcer, someone to grab rebounds and protect the paint. -- Shane.
A: I think they have that, to a degree, in Chris Andersen. In fact, while Birdman has played so well lately, my concern is the Heat might be burning him out before the playoffs. At times, you forget that he's 35, even if it's a low-mileage 35, due to his time out of the league. I asked him about that recently, but he said never to doubt his motor. OK, then -- a Bird with a motor.


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Twenty people are homeless after an electrical fire at the Church Bell Apartments on Main Street caused the building to be condemned.
HYANNIS - Twenty people are homeless after an electrical fire at an apartment house caused the building to be condemned.
The 2 p.m. fire Thursday at Church Bell Apartments at 215 Main Street started after an NStar equipment failure in Hyannis that caused a large power outage in that area, said Hyannis Fire Captain Bill Rex.
The malfunction caused a power surge of some kind in the electrical system of the apartment building, which has 15 apartments and five retail units, Rex said. The electrical system was grounded to a water pipe, which burned when the arcing started, Rex said.
This put out the fire, but caused a flood on the first floor, Rex said.
The building was condemned, leaving about 20 residents homeless.
The landlord, Ronald Bourgeois, of Bass River Properties, said he is working hard to get insurance claims straight and electricians at work so the apartments can be used next week.
"In the meantime, all these people need a home just like you and me, and frankly, most of them are low-income," he said.
The local chapter of the American Red Cross set up a temporary shelter in the basement of St. Francis Xavier Church on South Street Thursday, where three people slept Thursday night, said Ashley Studley of the American Red Cross.
The Red Cross volunteers and the Salvation Army fed the displaced residents on Friday, and set up the shelter for Friday night.
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An article written by Allison Seidel, a 2005 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School, is included in the Vol. 106, No. 3, March 2013 issue of the Southern Medical Journal. The article is "Comparison of Breast-feeding Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Before and After Educational Intervention for Rural Appalachian High School Students."
Allison is a Epidemiolgy Fellow at U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine in Dayton. The daughter of Ed Seidel of Milwaukee, Wis., and Margaret Tinninis of Greencastle, she earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Millersville University in 2009 and a master's degree in epidemiology from East Tennessee State University in 2012.
Show to benefit foundation
Nashville recording artist Jason Kabler, formerly of Greencastle, will present a show (for those 21 and older) to benefit the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at the Unique Bar and Grill, 13314 Monterey Lane, Blue Ridge Summit. Jason, who suffers from ulcerative colitis, is a 1982 graduate of Greencastle-Antrim High School. The show, hosted by Bob Steele (renegaderadionashville.com), also will feature Jeff Swope and Rich Fehle. There is no entrance fee; however, donations will be accepted. Jason, who expects to release his eighth CD, "Spin," in about three months, will perform at other shows in the area from Thursday, Feb. 7, through Sunday, Feb. 10.
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The 2008 Living Planet Report
[the possibility of a] financial recession pales in comparison to the looming ecological credit crunch.
2008's Living Planet Report (LPR) again looks at the cause and effect relationships which determine the Earth's health. Key to the report is the Living Planet Index, used to map out the state of the world's ecosystems, and our Ecological Footprint.
This year the report also examines the impact of our consumption of the Earth's water resources and our growing vulnerability to water scarcity, which now affects over 50 countries on this planet.
Also included for the first time is sophisticated data allowing species population trends to be analysed by biogeographic realm and taxonomic group as well as by biome.
Trends in sample populations of selected species
Although there are some positive signs, with some populations either stable or increasing - and these represent conservation successes from which we can learn - they are unfortunately in a minority.
Solutions identified
Using a wedge approach (as pioneered by Pacala and Socolow in 2004) the report illustrates how, for example, moving to clean, efficient energy generation based on current technologies could allow us to meet the projected 2050 demand for energy services with major reductions in associated carbon emissions.
Carbon remains the largest single demand humanity places on the biosphere.
"Governments need to determine safe practices for food production, energy consumption, water use, species introduction and land-use change. Private businesses need to partner with governments to define sustainable practices with environmentally sound technologies".
Jeffrey D. Sachs, Director
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In essence, the LPR 2008 defines the rapidly accelerating challenges we will face before reaching the middle of the 21st century.
...by the mid-2030s we will need the equivalent of 2 planets to maintain our lifestyles.


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'I'm not going to have anything to do with a bill that does not respect the rights of the disabled community," Gov. Cuomo said Friday, dissing a measure that would notably boost the number of wheelchair-friendly city taxis.
Welcome to the world of New York City taxi politics, where hidden (and often corrupt) agendas are the order of the day — and riders come dead last.
Just as they likely will again this week, should the bill be dramatically altered — or go down in defeat altogether.
It's been this way for decades. As far back as 1932, Mayor Jimmy Walker wound up quitting after he couldn't explain how $26,000 from a taxi fleet turned up in his pocket.
By 1937, industry power — exploiting concern for drivers' low wages — led the city to pass the Haas Act, which capped the number of legal taxis via a medallion system.
The idea was to purposely eliminate the competition among taxis that was hammering down fares and making riders scarce for the guys behind the wheel.
It worked: The number of legal taxis shrunk, and for decades just 11,787 medallions circulated — well below what the growing city needed.
Cabs got hard to come by. Indeed, most areas outside Manhattan rarely ever saw a yellow taxi — even as many of the 50,000 licensed medallion-cab drivers sat sidelined for lack of cars.
On the other hand, competition for riders waned and fares stabilized. Of course, the medallion owners — notably, the fleets — reaped more of the income rewards than the drivers. (That's why, unlike cities like London, so many New York cabbies are immigrants.)
Oh, and the price of a medallion started shooting up, from $10 back then to $1 million today. And we got a host of work-arounds — gypsy cabs, illegal street pickups by livery cars, dollar vans and the like.
Today, the industry remains one of the most potent forces in city politics — strong enough, it seems, to defeat even a billionaire mayor's bid for a minor reform.
Mayor Mike did get state lawmakers to pass his bill, but it dies unless Cuomo signs it by tomorrow — and he's dug in his heels.
The bill would let 30,000 livery cars pick up street hails in the outer boroughs and north of 96th Street in Manhattan. It would also hike the number of medallions by 1,500. Small steps, but progress.
Cuomo claims that it fails the disabled community. Huh? Eight million New Yorkers long for more legal cabs, particularly in the poorly served outer boroughs — and the governor is fretting about folks with non-foldable wheelchairs? That's just 6,000 people, according to city figures.
Besides, the bill already reserves a third of the new medallions for wheelchair-ready taxis.
In other words, by holding up the measure, Cuomo's reducing opportunities for those he says he wants to help.
What's he really after? Well, he's demanded "incentives" for livery-car owners, supposedly to get them to pay for expensive wheelchair-ready cars. He hasn't publicly detailed what he has in mind, but one sticking point, reportedly, is the "marketability and transferability" of livery-car permits.
In English, that means making the permits more like . . . yup, medallions — complete, perhaps, with their own government-made shortage.
Riders, who now at least can often (illegally) hail a non-medallion car, could well wind up with fewer options. Yet again.
And why would Cuomo want that? Perhaps he really cares about "the disabled community" — all 6,000 of them.
Then again, maybe the industry's army of lobbyists, including power-hitters like ex-Sen. Al D'Amato, and their juicy political contributions figure into it. And it remains that the governor's dad, ex-Gov. Mario Cuomo, sits on the board of a company that lends big bucks to the industry.
No one but the gov knows exactly what he wants or why. But given the industry's record, dating to Jimmy Walker, here's some free advice: Whatever the bill's fate, if it's raining and you need a cab, be sure to have a really good umbrella.


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Meet The Hutches
Before the formal introduction, I'll clear up some old business. The counter top came out not too bad. I had to compromise with the edge trim, but it works, so…it works. I turned to the router table again and did a ¾-inch quarter-round out of more scrap redwood. To get the slab smooth I had to sand for more than an hour. I started with 60 grit and worked through 80, 100, and 120. It is not a "factory finish" but it came out better than I thought. Because of the fog I didn't want to sand out-doors so I used the shop vac with the RO sander in one of the back bedrooms. About half way through black smoke started pouring out of the motor of the shop vac. I think it's toast.
The Un-Oiled Slab Just After Sanding
But now on to the main event. All of the hutches are finished and ready for installation. Never thought I write that.
Bottom Half of The Frankenstein Hutch With Oiled Slab
(Still needs shellac)
Top Half of The Frankenstein Hutch With Doors and Drawers Installed
The e-Solution Hutch
I decided to put the e-Solution hutch in a different spot in the kitchen so the crooked crown molding on the right side won't bother me forever. In the bathroom I installed an antique high-tank toilet that fills over the top. There is a 5-foot, nickel plated fill tube that travels up the side and connects to the ball-cock on the side of the tank. I had to have a custom bend in the tube before it is nickel plated. The guy on the phone told me the valve sticks out a 1.5 inches form the wall. It was in fact only one inch so the off-set of the fill tube is off by a half inch. It works fine but I have to look at it every time I take a bath. I doubt anyone else would notice but it really bugs me. So the hutch gets moved so I can enjoy my breakfast.
This is the third cabinet that I bought at a local antique store. It was green and had 1920s hardware on it. I painted it to match the other pieces and put period hardware on it.
Third Cabinet
The last cabinets are yet to be dealt with. I will be making a 9 foot counter that will have an under-mount sink and a hidden dishwasher, along with one storage door and two cabinets above. I have a bunch of redwood bevel board (similar to bead board) that came out of the addition that I'm going to make the cabinets with. Still haven't decided what to do about the cabinets on the wall above the counter. The choices so far are solid front, glass front, or open shelving. So many choices. These will most likely not be done before the party, but that was expected.


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Top family attractions in Montreal
New York, London, Paris — they're all delightfully foreign and fascinating for families, but far away. There's a city with an old-world/new-world feel that's equally cosmopolitan and equally family oriented, yet a whole lot closer to home: Montreal.
Here are a few of the city's top kid-friendly attractions:
A family visit to Montreal must include a walk — or ride — around Vieux-Montreal, the city's birthplace in the 1600s. Take an organized tour of this once-walled city. There are preserved fortifications still visible, and there are spots that were frequented by Canada's First Nations people some 2,500 years ago. Kids are thrilled by horse-and-buggy rides through the cobbled streets. See oldmontrealextravaganza.com and old.montreal.qc.ca.
Tip: The city's annual Old Montreal Extravaganza (Dec. 9-31) includes a Christmas market, Christmas lights, winter carriage rides, and an annual winter ball.
Parents might remember Notre-Dame as the location of singer Celine Dion's over-the-top 1994 wedding, or the funeral of Pierre-Elliott Trudeau in 2000. But the church will forever live in kids' memories simply for being gigantic. At 79-metres-long and 60-metres-high, this Canadian National Historic Site definitely owns its commanding spot of reverence in Old Montreal's Place d'Armes. Inside are giant pipe organs, a spooky crypt, and a pretty, much sweeter smaller wedding chapel.
A sound-and-light show tells the basilica's story most evenings Tuesdays to Saturdays. See therewaslight.ca.
Tips: Nearby — and at odds with all this Neo-Gothic splendour — is Canada's first skyscraper: The New York Life building, built in 1888 to include the region's first elevator. Montreal's Chinatown is nearby, too. See basiliquenddm.org/en.
This peaceful place counts itself No. 2 among the world's most notable botanical gardens (No. 1 is Kew Gardens in London, England). Montreal Botanical is a picturesque sweet-smelling place but — more significant for kids — it's a fabulous spot to run around. With 30 thematic gardens — Chinese, Japanese, Alpine, First Nations — there are oodles of walkways kids can explore in every season. Or consider a visit during the Butterflies Go Free annual festival in February.
Tips: An enlightening time to visit is at dusk during the Space For Life's annual Chinese and Japanese lantern festival from September to November. In a word: Mesmerizing. Combine a trip to the Garden with a visit next door to Olympic Stadium, which (weirdly) features Stadium Tower, the world's largest leaning structure.
See www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en.
Perhaps one of the most cosmopolitan of Montreal experiences is an evening at Place des Arts, a massive performing arts centre that hosts ballet, theatre, opera and symphony orchestra. The building appropriately anchors Montreal's Quartier des Spectacles entertainment district.
Tip: The most exciting aspect for children may not be whatever they are going to see on stage but the indoor walk to the show. Place des Arts hallways are filled with contemporary art, fountains and moving pictures along the walls — not unlike the paintings at Hogwarts in Harry Potter. See pda.qc.ca.
At 51 storeys, Atrium 1000 is the city's highest skyscraper. Cool fact: Montreal bylaws prohibit buildings exceeding the height of Mount Royal (233 metres above sea level). On this skyscraper's ground floor is an unexpected and happy little indoor skating rink that is open year-round.
Tip: Mascot Emile joins the fun during toddler skates on weekend mornings. Rentals are available. See le1000.com.
Montreal's location 500 km east of Toronto is a humdrum five-hour drive that's doable in a day. Board a VIA WiFi-equipped Toronto-Montreal express train and you're there in about the same time but with less stress. Both Air Canada and Porter Airlines shorten the travel time with daily commutes between Montreal's Trudeau and downtown Toronto's Billy Bishop city airports.
Tip: Once in Montreal, a car is not necessary. The city's underground subway (Metro de Montreal) is all-encompassing, and free for kids on weekends.
Arriving by train at Montreal's grand Central Station, the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure is so close it's connected by tunnel — an easy walk for little ones. An entrance to Montreal's subway system is in the basement. And the Hilton's free continental breakfast and daily 5 p.m. Happy Hour snacks keep blood sugar levels even.
Tip: The hotel's selling point for kids has to be its year-round indoor/outdoor rooftop pool, which is heated to about 32 C, even in winter. See hiltonmontreal.com.


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The Institute for Cross-Cultural Theological Education
The Institute was established in 2008 by McCormick's Board of Trustees to provide resources and promote research related to the preparation for ministry in racially and culturally diverse contexts.
The Global Survey is now available. Find it here!
The Institute's objectives are both internal and external to McCormick. The internal objectives focus on faculty development (pedagogy for diverse classrooms, understanding and sensitivity to issues of race, and privilege, and intercultural competence) and preparation of all students for ministry in racially and culturally diverse locations.
The external objectives of the Institute have to do with promoting research and providing resources and opportunities for networking with the wider theological education community. The Institute's external initiatives have included the following:
ACTS Faculty Project. The Institute received a grant from the Wabash Center in 2011 to undertake a two-year project with faculty of the Association of Chicago Theological Schools to examine issues and experiences in cross-cultural and anti-racist theological education.
Global Survey on Theological Education. In October 2011, the Institute launched a major research project designed to gather data and perspectives on all forms of theological education from every Christian tradition in every part of the world. The project was undertaken in partnership with the World Council of Churches and the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. The initial report on the results of the Survey was released in August 2013.


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If a baby is being supplemented because it has been ascertained that baby needs supplements, either because of low milk production or ineffective suckling, the idea is to supplement as needed but to maximize time at the breast as well. So you want to encourage comfort nursing-baby finding comfort as well as food at the breast. This can be done by allowing baby to 'hang out' at the breast, fall asleep at the breast, etc. These behaviors are normal parts of normal breastfeeding and are thus helpful behaviors to encourage in a baby that you eventually hope to fully or mostly breastfeed. This would mean, giving baby a small amount of supplement at a time, which amount would vary slightly according to age and how much baby needs to be supplemented, and then letting baby "finish at the breast."
When instead, baby is nursed and then supplemented, it may lead to a few problems. For one thing, nursing session may be cut short in order to make time for the bottle. Another is baby may be given a bottle or given more supplement than needed, because baby 'seems hungry' or 'seems unsatisfied" rather than put to the breast again. And baby learns to equate satiety with the bottle, rather than the breast.
What will work best will depend on the individual situation. It is fine to be flexible and see what works best in a particular situation. But the overall point is to give baby enough supplement rather than too much, so as to, in every way, encourage as much time at the breast as possible.
To often, when a baby is supposed to be given "supplements" - they actually end up getting all or almost all their nutrition at the bottle, which will lead to a needlessly premature end of breastfeeding. So how a supplement is given is very important.
more- http://www.lowmilksupply.org/finishatthebreast.shtml


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The spirit of competition
When L.B. Mayer of MGM fame died, at his funeral, the veteran showman George Jessel said, "You see. Give the people what they want and they'll come out for it."
Mayer's funeral was apparently attended by huge crowds; a fact that could not, in his case, be attributed to universal popularity. His partner, Samuel Goldwyn, explained, "The reason so many people showed up for his funeral was because they wanted to make sure he was dead."
As amusing as the aforementioned anecdotes might be, most accept the quote about giving people what they want as a universal truth. Today's column gives support to that declaration.
Spring is upon us and with the blooming of flowers and greening of grass comes the boys of summer and other seasonal sporting events. Last weekend the finals of the Sony Open tennis tournament pitted the best against the best, creating drama on the hard courts in Miami, Fla. Major league baseball teams celebrated their opening games of the season. And the Final Four came down to the final two in college hoops. Millions witnessed that major contest both live and on TV.
As popular as those major events were, they paled in comparison to last Sunday's uncontested pay-perview sports entertainment, Wrestlemania XXV. The annual event commanded $54 per TV viewing. Unofficially billed as the Redneck Super Bowl, the bulked up wrestlers gave the Super Bowl itself some serious competition.
Wrestlemania is now viewed in 24 countries as a paid television event. This year Wrestlemania broke the record for the highestgrossing pay-per-view in WWE history, grossing U.S. $6.9 million in ticket sales, which included fans from all 50 U.S. states, 24 countries, and seven Canadian provinces.
According to statistics provided by WWE Vice President, Michelle Wilson, the program was viewed in 127,777 homes. The point is, "Give people what they want and they will come out for it." Obviously a whole bunch o' people want to watch championship wrestling, and the fans all know the matches are choreographed, scripted, and fixed. They don't care if there's a legitimate winner. That's not why they go.
They want to see huge, bulkedup, egomaniacal, narcissistic men in tights beat their chests, trash-talk, and out macho each other while their bimbo girlfriends encourage them. The girlfriends are everything that every American parent fears their daughters will emulate. I'm sure it costs big bucks to look that cheap, but they do it with style. The women's unrealistic bodies are everything that men love and the fashion model police are against.
"The models are setting an unrealistic image for young girls. Everybody can't look like that," the fashion police say. Now we come to the root of the issue. Everybody is not created equal. We were born with equal rights. The standard for who is attractive and who is not is unfair. Yes, it is unfair to the girls whose mother's cry foul, because their daughters can't compete, but I don't hear the girls who have worked hard to achieve and maintain attractive bodies complaining.
One would think that the world of wrestling fan base would be 99-percent young men. Nothing could be farther from the truth. A huge percentage of the audience is young women. They like to watch those big, handsome macho-men, just like the boys like to watch the sleazy women. It's what they want.
I believe that brings us to the crux of the matter. The majority of the Wrestlemania fan base is young adults and teens. Aren't those people the products of the "Self esteem" police that invented the "Let's not keep score because everybody is a winner," concept? The "Everybody gets to play an equal amount of time because nobody is better than anyone else," group doesn't seem to be having much influence on the people who come from that generation.
I don't see the fashion model police saying, "Those big wrestlers are poor role models for young boys because most boys don't have bodies like that."
Let's not kid ourselves. Young people know that it takes hard work to build a WWE wrestler's body. They also know the wrestlers are actors whose bad attitudes have no place in everyday society. Young people are not stupid.
The wrestlers and their girlfriends aren't rocket scientists, they are actors who play the parts of living comic book characters. It's a fantasy. It's harmless fun. It is instinctive for young boys to identify with the big strong men, and for the girls to identify with the women who attract them.
It is instinctive for human beings to compete. We like to compete. There are many ways to compete. We don't all have to be world-class athletes to be winners. Kids know that. Are you going to tell a WWE wrestler he's a loser because he doesn't have the brains to be a rocket scientist? Of course not. And nobody is going to call a rocket scientist a loser because he isn't a WWE wrestler.
We all have to find our path in life, and competition is healthy. If you want your kids to have good self-esteem, then tell them to accomplish something. They will feel very good about themselves when they do that.
I will never understand anyone who discourages competition when that is what raises the standard, elevates the consciousness, and makes us ever aware that we can always improve. Even when we live in a system we can't understand.


text: Page Image Image Caption Page ContentSally Lucas Educator/PhilanthropistSan José State UniversityA graduate of San José State University and a former teacher in the Campbell School District, Sally Lucas has maintained a lifelong dedication to education and active participation in her community. She is a business leader and a philanthropist. Mrs. Lucas' commitment to the advancement of education and the arts in her community exemplifies the ideals of the California State University.In 1964, Mrs. Lucas and her husband, Donald, co-founded the Lucas Dealership Group. She also owned and operated SL Interior Designs for 34 years. She is a longtime trustee for the nonprofit Montalvo Center for the Arts, where she was the motivating force behind the establishment of the Sally and Don Lucas Artists Residency Program in 2004. On the Montalvo Center for the Arts historic site in Saratoga, California, new facilities were designed to accommodate 10 discipline-specific studios for living, working, and exchanging ideas among culturally diverse fellows. The internationally recognized Lucas Residency Program is a model of curatorial practice for new and challenging contemporary work. With the hope of influencing others to support the university, Donald and Sally Lucas generously endowed San José State University to establish the Donald and Sally Lucas Graduate School of Business.In addition to her philanthropic leadership at the Montalvo Center for the Arts and at San José State University, Mrs. Lucas also has charitable involvement with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, the Community Foundation of Silicon Valley, the YWCA Villa Nueva, the YMCA and the North Hawaii Community Hospital, to name a few.In recognition of her lifetime dedication to education and her commitment and support for programs in the arts for disadvantaged children, the Board of Trustees of the California State University and San José State University are proud to confer upon Sally Lucas the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters.


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The Minnesota Twins signed 19-year-old Dominican middle infielder Darfi Ortiz Wednesday, Feb. 23, reports Kelly Thesier, of MLB.com. According to reports, the contract is worth $30,000. "We think he's a true infield guy," vice president of player personnel Mike Radcliff said. "We'll see the future strengths and how that parlays into a bat. But he definitely has the hands, the arm and the action to be a middle infield guy."
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Rhubarb is now in season, and Fraiche restaurant has incorporated this lovely tart, herbaceous perennial plant into its cocktail menu.
Ten months after scouring her Montreal neighbourhood for her beloved cat, Suki, Marie-Claude Cuerrier was pleasantly shocked to see the lost long-haired tabby staring up at her from a glass cage in an Ottawa pet store.
Chris Cutler is a first-time Calgary homebuyer with a lifelong passion for interior design. Cutler, a 25-year-old marketing manager with Re/Max Real Estate, has a sense of style that's uniquely his own — and he created it without breaking the bank.
Janelle Foligno still fights the unrelenting 'voice' that led her to develop an eating disorder.
I have been a Toastmaster since 1996. During the last 14 years I have spoken in front of small groups, competed in front of hundreds of fellow Toastmasters and represented my company as United Way chair speaking to over a thousand people and on webcast.
Local chefs share their favourite creations to usher in the season of renewal.
Lamb stew with dried plums, district breads and goat cheese everything are among the dishes inspired by the movie 'The Hunger Games.'
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Don't be intimidated by the idea of going gluten-free. It's easy if you know how.
Science has long had a bone to pick with skinny models, whose negative effect on women's self-esteem is well-documented. But a groundbreaking new study has uncovered an intriguing exception to the rule.
Love is in the air this week and we're celebrating with family meals!
It's hard to imagine that the expression "it's a dog's life" once meant times were actually hard - not easy. With some pets riding around in luxury bags, sporting paw-fitting sneakers or swaddled in clothing inspired by the Sex and the City stars, the 16th-century phrase has long enjoyed a major reversal in North America.
Yoga was developed thousands of years ago by Indian yogis looking for ways to be comfortable enough to sit for long, focused meditation sessions.
Rowing machines are a great workout, but most people have never been taught proper technique. With the seated, flexed body position there is potential for spinal problems, and the large amount of muscle mass used during rowing causes a very quick rise in cardiovascular demand. Here are training tips to help you avoid injury and get the most out of a rowing workout.
The secret to this Cactus Club drink is in the fresh strawberries and raspberries.