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Ruth Wakefield's Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
If you are ever in a position where your child tells you shortly before bedtime that he has to bring a baked good to school tomorrow or it's 8:30 AM and you decide, as I did this morning, that two mini-loaves of banana bread and some 3-year old animal crackers aren't enough to put on the refreshment table after church, then this is the recipe for you, from the King Arthur Flour Cookie Companion cookbook. It literally took me 15 minutes to mix up, even toasting the nuts, a step not called for in the original recipe but one I almost never skip any more because it makes such a difference to the flavor.
I actually put extra nuts in these, thinking that might have a slight deterrent effect on the children and steer them toward the animal crackers. I had to take myself off the church refreshment committee a couple of years ago because I found myself feeling so uncharitable towards the children, who tend to descend on the food in the manner that the Assyrians do in the famous poem—"like a wolf on the fold, with their cohorts all gleaming in purple and gold." Now I handle it by not watching, or I find myself muttering things like, "Don't your parents give you breakfast?", or "Just take one, now!" and before you know it people are looking at me strangely. Somehow I don't think that's the proper spirit in which to volunteer this type of service.
So anyway, I don't know whether adults or children ate these, but they were all gone, even the crumbs, in 5 minutes, along with the banana bread (thanks, Luisa!)
- 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2/3 cup butter, melted
- 2 1/4 cups brown brown sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (I used pecans), toasted
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350º. Lightly grease a 10X15 inch jelly roll pan. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt; set aside. (I substituted self-rising flour so was able to skip this step.) In large mixing bowl combine melted butter and brown sugar, stirring until smooth. Allow mixture to cool slightly. (I didn't find this necessary, as adding all this sugar to the butter cooled it enough.) Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in flour mixture, then vanilla, chips, and nuts. Spread the batter into the prepared pan. Bake the bars for 24 to 26 minutes, until the top is shiny and golden. Don't overbake, or the bars will be dry; a cake tester inserted in the center will not come out clean. Remove the bars from the oven and cool to room temperature before cutting.
These were done in 20 minutes in my oven, the temperature of which you may remember from an earlier post, I have to guess at. Sometimes I feel like Alice Kramden from The Honeymooners, cooking in FrontierLand…


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A recent dinner at the southampton home of Spanish painter Gines Serran-Pagan was simple -- pasta and salad -- but the guests, who chatted about their art collections, stock portfolios, and East End estates, were illustrious. The daughter of Sony International's president was at the table, as were a well-to-do society art dealer known simply as Pierre and a couple of Greek shipping heiresses. Seated next to Serran-Pagan was the evening's guest of honor: the venture capitalist, art connoisseur, and scion of the noted New York family Christopher Rockefeller.
At one end of the table stood an easel with a recent Serran-Pagan work -- a sultry oil of a sunset in Quilin, China. It was one of several Serran-Pagan paintings -- a half-million dollars' worth -- that Rockefeller was negotiating to buy for his Fifth Avenue penthouse and his mansion on Further Lane in East Hampton. But there would be time for business later, Serran-Pagan announced. All but one of the guests knew that the real matter at hand was sport: A con man was going to meet his match -- make that matches. The Sony president's daughter was really Natsuko Utsumi, a Japanese photojournalist with no connections to the electronics empire; Pierre, the dealer, was actually Peter Fazio, a Hampton Bays electrician whose son plays with Serran-Pagan's child. The rich Greeks were myself, a People bureau chief, and my brother's girlfriend, Clea, a U.S. Navy lawyer.
And Christopher Rockefeller? He was a French-born swindler named Fabien Ortuno who had no idea that, for once, he was the one being conned. A week before the July 29 dinner, the slight, blond "Rockefeller," in signature chinos and silk shirt, had dropped by Serran-Pagan's gallery, the Red Barn Atelier in Southampton, and waxed rhapsodic about the paintings he wanted to buy. All he needed, he told the artist, was Serran-Pagan's bank-account numbers so he could wire the money. The artist was circumspect, and the two agreed to meet again. A few days later, Serran-Pagan heard from friends that "Rockefeller" had allegedly scammed several Hamptonites to the tune of $250,000 by promising to invest their money in the stock market.
Serran-Pagan decided to have some fun and enlisted help. His dinner guests listened with rapt attention as "Rockefeller" bragged about his friendships with Bill Clinton and the late Dodi Al-Fayed, and described his Dalís and Chagalls. Equally entertaining was his entourage -- the chesty French girlfriend who claimed to be a model, and the balding, nervous personal assistant who spent the night making cell-phone calls until Clea pulled out a camera and snapped a photo of "Rockefeller." The personal assistant ran around the table and tried to shield his boss, then produced a wad of cash, unsuccessfully demanding to buy the film. It was after midnight when the threesome left, promising to resume negotiations the following week.
But on August 2, Ortuno was picked up by East Hampton police on Main Street and arrested on two theft-of-services charges -- for tabs of $5,000 and $11,000 at inns in Amagansett and East Hampton -- and one charge of false impersonation. He is being investigated for other crimes in the Hamptons. Ortuno posted $45,000 bond and handed over his passport but was a no-show for his August 9 court date; another is set for September 7. Serran-Pagan, who lost no money other than the modest costs of the dinner, has the occasional pang of regret over the dinner of deception. "Maybe he just wanted to believe he was a Rockefeller," the artist sighs. "He really did seem to love that painting."


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We all want better lives for children and young people. As part of everybody's responsibility for safeguarding children and considering their welfare, we want to identify vulnerable children and young people earlier and work in a coordinated, integrated way to help them before things reach crisis point.
The Multi-Agency Thresholds for Safeguarding Children provides a model of integrated working and gives practical guidance on making decisions across service thresholds. We hope you find this guidance useful.
There are Early Help Multi-Disciplinary teams in place to provide and support service across the county to help each North, South, East , and West locality of the county. The overall service will be led by two Service Managers, and 10 Early Help Team Leaders (we are still recruiting two of those team leaders).
Early Help Single Point of Entry – 01225 718230
Useful Forms
Please refer to the revised Multi-Agency Thresholds for Safeguarding on when and how to use these forms. Remember, information sharing with consent from the parent (or young person if appropriate) is required unless there is evidence of serious harm or neglect.
- Early Help CAF form
- Referral to Gateway form – please contact the CAF Helpline on 01225 713884 to discuss whether approaching the Gateway Panel is the best way to proceed.
- Professional Notification to Social Care (MASH Inter-agency Referral Form)
Supplementary guidance, tools and forms can be found on Wiltshire Pathways.
The CAF Team
The CAF team are there to support and advise professionals during the CAF process. The team:
- Run a Monday to Friday (9-5) CAF helpline
- Quality assures all registered CAF
- Attend the Multi-Agency Fora (MAFs) operating in each community area
- Deliver area based training
- Attend the Gateway Panel (where referrals for intensive family and parenting support are reviewed)
- Support the process of 'step downs' and' step ups' to the Children & Families Social Care Service
Helpline and CAF Register Enquiries: 01225 713884 (Mon-Fri 9-5) / firstname.lastname@example.com
Please send completed signed CAFs for registration to:
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After nearly 4 months - 54 rounds of intensive PK competition held in 3 of the hottest nightclub - Shanghai Dolly, Dragonfly and Firefly; the team with the best performance has unveiled.
Team Firefly has emerged as the overall champion for Guinness Live. The winning team has garnered over 22,000 votes on the Guinness Live Facebook Fan page. Congratulation to Willis, Alfred, Howie and Si Ling.
They have earned themselves the opportunity to perform their brand new, yet-to-be-released single with Eric Ng and also performing together on stage with music sensation, Power Station.
The Guinness Live music initiative was launched on 1 November 2011 in support of the local live music scene and sought to groom 12 young and aspiring Chinese music performers under the guidance of three industry veterans.
The 12 Contestants
Team Firefly
- Willis Loye
- Alfred Sim
- Howie Yeo
- Yee Si Ling
Team Dragonfly
- Goh Yong Wei
- Kenny Khoo
- Alvin Ng
- Phoebee Ong
Team Shanghai Dolly
- Aydan Ang
- Jeremy Khoo
- Benita Cheng
- Regin Han
And not forgetting the 3 industry veterans: (from left to right)Jason Chung - mentor for Team Dragonfly, Fatt Zhai - mentor for Team Firefly and William Scorpion - mentor for Team Shanghai Dolly.
On 17 March 2012, in conjunction with St. Patrick's Day, music will take centrestage as each of the 12 Guinness Live participants perform with renowned local music composer and producer Eric Ng and show alongside with Chinese music superstars Power Station (动力火车) and Liu Li Yang (刘力扬).
Rest assured tt will be a night filled with great music, tons of fun and delicious food (Guinness pie, Irish stew and oysters quartet)!
Details of Guinness Live finale concert:
Venue: Dragonfly, St James Power Station
Date: 17 March 2012, Saturday
Time: 6pm – 11pm
Ticket information: S$15, sold at the door from 6.00pm onwards, limited to 500 tickets The Guinness
Each ticket entitles the ticket holder to one free pint of Guinness Draught and one free pint hat.
In celebration of St. Patrick's Day, Guinness pie, Irish stew and oysters quartet will also be on sale for the night and there will be a one-for-one Guinness promotion running between 6pm and 11pm.
Introducing the international superstar:
Power Station 动力火车
Comprising of You Qiu Xin and Yan Zhi Lin, the Taiwanese rock-duo has rocked the music entertainment with their 18-octave high singing and fiery live performance. The two men have exceptionally strong vocal which win the heart of many individuals during the mid-late 1990's.
They are also well-known for their very long hair and their specialization in fast-paced rock ballads, as well as electrifying rock anthems.
Liu Li Yang 刘力扬
She joined the third seasons of China"s popular singing competition "Super Girls" in 2006 and won the adoration of many with her powerful clear vocals, androgynous good looks and unpretentious nature. Polling over 350 thousands votes, Jade emerged as the champion of the Guang Zhou district from 80,000 hopefuls nationwide. She was later crowned second runner-up at the national final of the competition.
After the competition, Jade underwent a series of recordings and performances and released her first EP titled "Puppets". In 2008, she joined H.I.M international Music and collaborated with label mates Fahrenheit"s Aaron Yan and One Million Stars champion, Yoga Lin. Both duets have received good feedbacks that helped to build up her reputation out of China.
While you are enjoying your glass of Guinness, remember to drink responsibly and get home safely.
For more information, please visit http://www.facebook.com/Guinness.SG


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Practicing Silence
I've been watching way too much TV lately–oddly enough, when there's been nothing on. The holidays bring on a slew of repeats and weird specials, and in January they move everything around so I can't find it again. Luckily my DVR can, but that's not helpful when they put 3 of my fave shows across from each other.
But I digress…this was supposed to be about silence.
It's really hard to sit in silence since my mind is so loud most of the time. Then there's the dog barking and the washer spinning, not to mention the ever present suburban sound of leaf blowers buzzing. But the main enemy of silence is that itchy feeling I get when the TV's off and the ipod's unplugged and I don't even have itunes radio blaring on the computer.
Does that feeling denote withdrawal from TV? Maybe, but I think it has more to do with being with myself–quietly. Like last night I curled up on the chaise in the red room with my books and my journal, with a glow of light diffused through glass. I was trying to write just for writing's sake. Write anything without judgment. But my dog seemed to have that antsy feeling I usually have. He kept looking at me and when I'd get up to follow him, thinking he wanted to go outside, he'd lead me back toward the living room, like he couldn't stand being so far away from the TV either.
Maybe I'm projecting…
So I've tried to sit in silence for half an hour now. Pretty soon my hubby and son will be home, and the house will be filled with chaos again.


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Presidential Aspirant Detained in Sierra Leone
Musa Tarawally, one of half a dozen people to have expressed interest in running for president in the March 7 polls, was detained after being invited for questioning by the police.
Sierra Leone: Questions Emerge As Presidential Aspirant Detained
East African, 14 December 2017
Police in Sierra Leone have detained presidential aspirant Musa Tarawally, months into next year's General Election. Read more »
Sierra Leoneans are preparing to go back to the polls for the first time since the 2012 elections, pictured here.
Sierra Leone: Constitutional Review Goes Up in Smoke – And the People Lose Again
allAfrica, 14 December 2017
After three years of arduous work collecting, deliberating and collating views across the country for a new constitution, it looks like Sierra Leone may end up not having one… Read more »
Sierra Leone: Hopes of Women Dashed As 30% Govt Quota Abandoned
Concord, 7 December 2017
Women's groups in the country have expressed dissatisfaction with President Ernest Bai Koroma's failure to fulfil his promise to ensure that women acquire thirty percent quota in… Read more »
Sierra Leone: National Executives Denounce CDP Coalition
Concord, 11 December 2017
As the country prepares for the March 7, 2018 multitier elections, national executives of the Citizens Democratic Party (CDP) have denounced the inclusion of the party into a… Read more »
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Parliament last Wednesday unanimously passed into law the Sierra Leone Social Health Insurance Scheme (SLeSHI), a law that would assure affordable, timely and quality healthcare… Read more »
The government's response to proposals to revise the country's Constitution suggests that either it did not really think that the review committee truly represented the views of ... Read more »


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I went and trasfered this painty style into the 2D trees that are at the beggining and end of the animation. Perhaps a bit too foggy here and the black outlines, I think should actualy be a darker brown and green. It gets the idea aross though.
I was looking to see how trees are drawn in diagrams. I typed in diagram trees in google and although a lot were black and white, there were a few colour ones. These ones show properties such as the outline (thick and thin), the simple colours that are sometimes slighlty pale. Similar to what I was going for in my trees.
I think I've decided... the thick black outlines have to go. Then I will put the trees into the pre vis shot where the camera flys through the forest, and see what that looks like.


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I find myself on the very outer rims of the digital Long Tail, and while I realize there might be purpose to my writing, I would like to dig deeper and move closer to the vortex of cyberspace. I want to engage in compelling conversation and connect with other like-minded and not-so-like-minded individuals, but am still at a loss as to how to do it. I am realizing that finding something semi-interesting to write about periodically and being confident and on point every time is tough stuff.
I'm trussed to nothing and floating freely--a celestial body at the tail end of a stellar whip swirling around far away from the center of an already super-saturated galaxy. What does it take to venture father in to the deep, cut-throat waters of the World Wide Web, were only the mightiest rise to the top, without getting burned or burnt out in the process? I tend to believe I have what it takes to create a space for myself without much difficulty, but it will all depend on the vibrancy of my posts and the compelling, sticky quality of my writing.
For me, it seems that my creative juices flow more freely late at night, when I'm tired and a now familiar lack of lucidity begins to creep and permits a torrent of ideas to flood my usually soppy brain. My day comes into focus and I can reach out up into the stars and pull down bits of thought, then shape these into words and sentences that follow some sort of logical flow. But I still need inspiration, a muse of some sort, a passion that drives me to explore the deepest ends of space and allows me to return with a shiny, attractive pearl that I can share with the digital world. What I can hope for right now is that, between all my lackluster posts, maybe-but-not-really musings, and not-so-hot arguments, there will be one or two that hit a bullseye smack in the middle and forever burn bright.
3 comments:
- Luisa said...
- September 9, 2007 at 10:07 PM
- Slinky Redfoot said...
Wow. What's in the water down there?? ;)
- September 10, 2007 at 9:56 AM
- site said...
It cannot have effect in reality, that is what I think.
- July 30, 2012 at 8:59 AM
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And they're important, because it's not hard at all to hear a curious sort of reasoning in favor of this status quo from the likes of FOX News. On the July 19, 2011 edition of Your World With Neil Cavuto, guest host Stuart Varney and guest Robert Rector discussed the following statistics about America's poor families, and how the "definition of poor families [isn't] what it used to be":
- 99.6% have a refrigerator;
- 81.4% have a microwave;
- 78.3% have air conditioning;
- 63.7% have satellite or cable TV;
- 54.5% have cell phones;
- 48.6% have a coffee maker (to which Varney quipped "I'm not surprised, they're only about ten bucks");
- 32.8% have a computer;
- 32.3% have two or more televisions (showing two widescreen HDTVs, of course);
- 25% have a dishwasher.
It would be pessimistic to brush aside these statistics and not say that the poor in America are, relatively speaking, pretty well off—it's just true that being poor in America is materially better than being poor in many, many other countries. We should (cautiously!) give our civilization a pat on the back for at least making "poor" not so bad. (That's really the least of our achievements, but it's an achievement nonetheless.)
But it's simply not enough to be materially better at the bottom of the economic heap. It'd be nice to know that poverty was a temporary state, and that, barring a disability or some other extenuating factor, anyone could rise back up into the middle class or beyond. Moreover, we should be concerned about stability: living standards don't mean much when you're one of a dozen minor mishaps away from being out on the street. That's the kind of situation that subtly destroys a person's capacity to think straight.
Yet that's exactly the situation our nation's poor families find themselves in. From the first Moneybox post, while the prices of cellphones, televisions, and computers have fallen relative to inflation over the past nine years (2005 - 2014), prices for education, food, health care, child care, and vehicle maintenance have all risen. These are exactly the products and services that not only help someone lift themselves (bootstraps!) out of poverty, but they're the products and services that form a buffer between "mere" American poverty and outright homelessness.
This is the new narrative of oligarchy: As long as everyone's comfortable, why should anyone complain? If the material comforts of life are easy to buy, then there's no need for concern about the rich getting richer. What's the harm?
And disgustingly, but not unexpectedly, you get those just far enough on the political fringe—such marginalized folks as editors of the Wall Street Journal, or candidates for the Presidency of the United States—who claim that black Americans had it better under slavery, because it "kept families together" and gave them something to do, rather than make them dependent on the government. That reminds me of Ta-Nahesi Coates' absolutely tremendous (and cosmically horrific) piece in The Atlantic about—let's not mince words here—the centuries-long war waged against black Americans, their lives and livelihoods, even unto the modern day. But that's worth another post or two by itself, so I'll just have to let that go for now.
So let's pull the focus back to poor families more generally. We simply can't accept the oligarchy-narrative and remain content with snapshots of material comfort. The only proper consideration is to the dynamics of poverty and wealth creation in this country. If poor people stay poor, especially while the very rich get even more stupendously rich, we're sliding back to the bad old model of pseudo-feudal hierarchy. We deserve better than that, as a civilization. Let the last six thousand years of lords and serfs remain in the past.


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Apparently we are in a period of cold, the severe temperatures have lasted for days, and it looks like we are tying with a previous record.
Funny how we have the cold and yet it is almost mid-January and we have had little snow in the Deerfield area.
Our home rehabbing marathon is heading into the slowing down range. There are still things to do: the shower door replacement, the painting of the walls in the area of the staircase, the finishing up of the bedroom, the redo of the floor in that bedroom, and such. Nonetheless, it is slowing down and a good thing for that since we are about to start having the little ones again two days a week. That stopped for a few weeks, as their mom is a teacher and was home for winter break.
I still haven't gotten back to walking Stewie in the morning, it is just too cold and he needs the autonomy of being able to run, not just slowly walk, in the frigid weather. The way it is, I can allow him to go in the back yard and he will tell me when he needs to come in.
The snow that was threatened for this morning has not happened. That seems to be pretty much the way it has been for several years now, we get threatened and then often the predicted weather does not come to pass.
The coffee is in the French Press and waiting for a moment. I am looking forward to it, mainly from the standpoint of having something warm to hold in my hands and then drink.
Our family room change, the first major change in that room since we bought This End Up furniture, has been a huge success and we are very happy with the look and comfort of the new furniture.
Today it is a question of how to relax and how to stay warm.


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Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
- Maximillian Fox
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1 Form I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification
2 Agenda Background Completing Form I-9 Storage and Retention Form I-9 and E-Verify Resources 2
3 Background In 1986, in an effort to control illegal immigration, Congress passed the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA). IRCA forbids employers from knowingly hiring individuals who do not have work authorization in the United States. The employment eligibility verification provisions, and sanctions, of IRCA are found in Section 274A of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). 3
4 Working in the U.S. Individuals who may legally work in the United States are: Citizens of the United States Noncitizen nationals of the United States Lawful Permanent Residents Aliens authorized to work 4
5 Employment Verification To comply with the employment eligibility verification provisions of the INA an employer must: Verify the identity and employment authorization documents of employees hired after November 6, 1986 Complete and retain a Form I-9 for each employee hired after November 6, 1986 Refrain from discriminating against individuals on the basis of actual or perceived national origin, citizenship or immigration status 5
6 Preventing Discrimination The anti-discrimination provisions of the INA prohibit four types of unlawful conduct: Citizenship or immigration status discrimination* National origin discrimination* Document abuse during Form I-9 process Retaliation * Actual or perceived 6
7 Office of Special Counsel (OSC) The anti-discrimination provisions of the INA are enforced by: Department of Justice Civil Rights Division Office of Special Counsel for Immigration Related Unfair Employment Practices Employees may contact the Office of Special Counsel (OSC) to obtain additional information regarding employment discrimination and employee rights and responsibilities* (TDD: ) Employers may also contact OSC* (TDD: ) *callers may remain anonymous See OSC s Employer Dos and Don ts. 7
8 Please respond to the poll question that will pop up on your screen. Note: Web Application participants are not able to receive or respond to the poll. 8
9 Completing Form I-9 9
10 Form I-9 Requirements All U.S. employers must have a Form I-9 on file for all current employees. Exception: Employers are not required to have Forms I-9 for employees hired on or before November 6, You may delegate the authority to complete Form I-9 to a responsible agent, however, you will retain liability for any errors. 10
11 Form I-9 Exceptions You are NOT required to complete Form I-9 for: Casual domestic service employees working in a private household when work is sporadic, irregular or intermittent. Independent contractors for whom you do not set work hours, or provide tools to do the job. Employees working outside the United States.* * 50 States, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands 11
12 List of Acceptable Documents Use MOST CURRENT Form I-9 VERSION, 03/08/13 You must make the Lists of Acceptable Documents available to your EMPLOYEE when he or she is completing the Form I-9 The EMPLOYEE MUST provide: One document from List A OR One document from List B AND one document from List C 12
13 Section 1: Employee Information To be completed by EMPLOYEE. Employer MUST verify Section 1 is COMPLETE. 13
14 Section 1: Employee Attestation The EMPLOYEE MUST select one of the four categories and sign and date Section 1 of Form I-9. All employees must complete Section 1 no later than the first business day of employment for pay. 14
15 Section 1: Preparer/Translator Certification This certification is required when Section 1 is prepared by someone other than the employee. By signing, the preparer is attesting that Section 1 is true and correct to the best of his or her knowledge. Note that only the EMPLOYEE can sign the Section 1 Employee Signature Block. 15
16 Section 2: Employer Certification of Document Review Completing Section 2 Completed by EMPLOYER. MUST be completed no later than 3 business days after the employee begins work for pay. EMPLOYER MUST examine original documents. Documents MUST be UNEXPIRED. 16
17 Section 2: Examining Documents Genuineness and Photocopies You are not required to be a document expert You MUST accept a document presented by an employee if it reasonably appears to be: Genuine; AND, Relates to the individual presenting it The document MUST be original* photocopies are NOT acceptable *Exception: Certified copy of a birth certificate 17
18 Section 2: Receipt Rule Receipts may be used as temporary proof of employment eligibility when a List A, B or C document has been lost, stolen or damaged. The receipt must be issued by the originating agency. The employee must present a replacement document within 90 days of the hire date. EXCEPTIONS: The arrival portion of Form I-94/I-94A with a temporary I-551 stamp and a photograph of the individual. The departure portion of the Form I-94/I-94A with a refugee admission stamp A receipt indicating that an individual has applied for an initial employment authorization document (Form I-766) or for a renewal of an expiring employment authorization document (Form I-766) is NOT acceptable for Form I-9. Receipts are never acceptable if employment will last less than 3 business days. 18
19 Section 2: Copying Documents You may choose to make copies of employee documentation presented to you for Section 2. If you choose to photocopy documents, you must do so for ALL employees, regardless of actual or perceived national origin, immigration or citizenship status, or you may be in violation of anti-discrimination laws. 19
20 Section 3: Reverification You MUST reverify an employee using Section 3 if his or her temporary employment authorization has expired. You MAY also complete Section 3 if you: Rehire the EMPLOYEE within 3 years of the date of initial execution of the Form I-9* Update the biographic information of an employee * USCIS recommends completing a new Form I-9 for rehires 20
21 Section 3: When to Reverify Do Not Reverify U.S. Passport or Passport Card Permanent Resident Card (Form I- 551) List B documents Permanent Resident Reverification Exceptions Reverify only if employee presents a Form I-94 with a temporary I-551 stamp, or A foreign passport with a temporary I- 551 stamp (on a machine readable immigrant visa (MRIV)) Usually Reverify When employment authorization document (List A or C) has an expiration date 21
22 Correcting Form I-9 Correcting Mistakes If you discover a mistake on Form I-9, correct the existing form OR prepare a new Form I-9: If you choose to correct the existing Form I-9, line out the incorrect portions, enter the correct information, and initial and date the correction. If you do a new Form I-9, retain the old form. You should also attach a short memo to both the new and old Forms I-9 stating the reason for your action. Missing Forms If you discover you are missing the Form I-9 for an employee: Immediately provide the employee with a Form I-9. Allow employee 3 business days to provide acceptable documents. DO NOT backdate the Form I-9. 22
23 Storage and Retention 23
24 Storage Form I-9 MUST be on file for all current employees. Store Forms I-9 securely in a way that meets your business needs on site, off-site, storage facility or electronically. Store Forms I-9 and document copies together. Ensure that only authorized personnel have access to stored Forms I-9. Make Forms I-9 available within 3 days of an official request for inspection. 24
25 Retention Forms I-9 must be retained for: or Example: 3 years after the date you hire an employee 1 year after the date employment terminates, whichever is later. John Smith was hired on November 1, 1993, and on July 5, 1994, employment was terminated. November 1, years = November 1, 1996 July 5, year = July 5, 1995 The retention date is November 1,
26 Form I-9 and E-Verify Form I-9 must be completed before a case can be created in E-Verify. 26
27 What is E-Verify? Free web-based service Fast and easy to use Electronically verifies the employment eligibility of Newly hired employees Existing employees assigned to work on a qualifying federal contract Helps maintain a legal workforce Protects jobs for authorized workers Partnership between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Social Security Administration (SSA) 27
28 E-Verify Goals Reduce unauthorized employment Minimize verification-related discrimination Be quick and non-burdensome to employers Protect civil liberties and employee privacy 28
29 How does E-Verify work? TNC 29
30 Results after TNC You should check E-Verify periodically for one of the following responses: Employment Authorized Review and Update Employee Data Case in Continuance DHS Verification in Process DHS No Show Final Nonconfirmation 30
31 Resources 31
32 I-9 Central I-9 Central: I-9 Central Spanish: 32
33 Form I-9 Resources Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification or M-274, Handbook for Employers, Guidance for Completing Form I-9 (Employment Eligibility Verification Form) M-274 in Spanish Know your Rights Mergers & Acquisitions Examples of documents: Acceptable Documents Additional Documentation Requirements Guide to Selected US Travel & Identity Documents Form I-9 Widget 33
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Pricewaterhouse Accused of Bad 'Blessing'
TULSA, Okla. (CN) – Pricewaterhouse Coopers "blessed" bogus financial statements that helped hide the CEO's raiding of the company's coffers for "self-dealing and speculative trading" that ultimately sunk SemGroup, the bankrupt Oklahoma energy firm's court-appointed trustee claims in Tulsa County Court.
Bettina M. Whyte, trustee for the SemGroup Litigation trust, calls the accounting giant's alleged negligence "one of the most egregious instances of auditor malpractice in Oklahoma history."
She says Pricewaterhouse helped hide CEO Tom Kivisto's use of SemGroup's money for personal trades on oil and other energy commodities, which ultimately added up to an "unpayable debt … of approximately $290 million."
These and other reckless trades led to the sudden and unexpected collapse of the firm — once considered one of the nation's fastest growing privately held companies — in July 2008, the lawsuit states.
"Rather than sounding alarm bells, Pricewaterhouse issued unqualified opinions in support of the company's financial statements year after year," Whyte claims.
Had Pricewaterhouse, which served as SemGroup's outside auditor from 2004 to 2008, "conducted audits according to even the minimal standards of care, Kivisto's self-dealing and speculative trading would have been revealed, and the devastating financial consequences of each have been avoided," the lawsuit states.
Founded by Kivisto, Gregory Wallace and Kevin Foxx, SemGroup grew into a front-line buyer, storage provider and transporter of oil, gas and asphalt. At its peak, the company had revenues approaching $15 billion, according to published reports.
At the time of its collapse, these same reports said, the firm had lost at least $2.4 billion on failed position in the oil futures market and owed another $3.5 billion to various creditors.
White describes the failed position as separate from the $290 million hole Kivisto left in the company's books, which he allegedly "gamble[d] away … on unauthorized, highly speculative oil futures."
According to Tulsa World, SemGroup CEO Terry Ronan told employees in a March memo that SemGroup could emerge from Chapter 11 as a public company focused on its core SemCrude oil segment.
New York billionaire John Catsimatidis also has expressed interest in taking the company out of Chapter 11, although he is in a legal battle with Ronan and other company executives over who controls SemGroup's fate.
Whyte seeks compensatory and punitive damages on claims of professional negligence, violation of the Oklahoma Accountancy Act and breach of fiduciary duty.
The trust is represented by lead attorney Oliver S. Howard of GableGotwals in Tulsa.


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Thursday, January 2, 2014
New Purchase - HCP
Today I added a new dividend champion to my portfolio. I now control shares of 15 companies who have increased dividends a minimum of 25 straight years. This particular purchase will bolster my annual income by $102.90 on a 5.78% yield taking fees & commissions into account. However I expect HCP will unveil a higher dividend rate later this month. I'm looking for a 5% increase.
I chose to go with HCP because I feel it offers a reasonable value in today's market, it has a long history of steady dividend raises, and provides a sizable income stream which I can use for reinvestment during the accumulation phase or spending money when I stop working. I am not looking for above average capital gains, nope, I'm looking for a reliable income source. Frankly I'm just not sure stocks will be able to continue rising the way they did last year. I'm also concerned REITs might struggle since interest rates seem to be in an upward trend. With that in mind I'm not planning to add additional REIT shares for the time being.
HCP is the 5th REIT in my portfolio and will also be the last. I'm about 10% REITs at the moment and have hit my limit in terms of portfolio weightings and also the number I'm willing to hold. My plan is to build up to 50 positions total, 5 from the REIT industry. From this point forward I'll have to buy additional shares of the ones I already own when allocations allow. The reason I'm heavy into REITs has to do with my occupation more than anything else. A career in the Army entails constant moving which makes rental properties impractical for Soldiers. I've been stationed four places in the past five years, and it gets even worse if you want to include basic training (3 months) & advanced individual training (9 months). If I knew I'd be staying put for long periods of time I think I'd favor physical rental properties. But the good news is that REITs are liquid, I don't have to deal with tenants, and they don't tie me down to a specific location. Those are all qualities I'll enjoy when I finally hang up my boots.
I plan to do a second purchase this month.
Symbol: HCP
Core Position: No
Speculative Position: No
Expectations: Steady income; 3% annual dividend growth
Automatic Sell: Frozen dividend; dividend cut
Consider Selling: Business fundamentally changes, management becomes untrustworthy, fundamentals deteriorate, wildly over valued stock price, or position fails to meet expectations.
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I like the HCP purchase. I recently double up on my position after pulling the trigger to early the first time. I'll probably be trying to hold off on some more REIT purchases though as there could be more downside if rates spike, plus I don't expect them to make any big moves higher either.ReplyDeleteReplies
I know what you mean. Better prices could be on the horizon indeed. On the other hand REITs are performing great operationally. There is nothing wrong these businesses, other than how Mr. Market wants to price them. I considered holding off, I really did, but I think HCP is reasonable right now and I get to start collecting dividends next month.Delete
HCP hasn't been at the $36 level since summer 2011! I choose LTC during that time which proved to be a good move in terms of dividend growth, yield, and even capital gains.
Anyways I'm not going all in on REITs, utilities, telecoms. And certainly not bonds.
That's quite a stable of dividend champions you've got there CI. I'm with PIP, in that I'm trying to resist the yields REITs are offering......because I think bond yields are going higher. I'm looking to start buying REITs about the time the US 10 year hits 3.35%. Still, with a growth record like that no one can fault your purchaseReplyDelete
We'll see what happens, we won't know till after the fact. This purchase fits my goals and objectives so it moves me one step closer to promise land. I don't doubt investors with different goals might want to pass. Take it easy!Delete
Nice snag. HCP is on my radar this month!ReplyDelete
Nice buy. Solid yield. I bought 40 shares of HCP in 2013 at $41.25 - too soon! Today, I transferred a couple thousand into my RSP to add to my position. I'll be adding shares as soon as my cash becomes available.ReplyDeleteReplies
Hehe my cash became available today, didn't take long. I think I might wait a bit for the other next purchase this month, but I'm ready to strike any day. I have a bunch of free trades available...Delete
Nice pick up. I'm still looking to pick up a third lot on HCP. Been very patient (unusual for me). Hoping to see it in the 35's again or lower, we'll see how this first week plays out. Great long term regardless.
It could go to the 35's any day. Keep your eyes peeled!Delete
Yes I'm looking at this long term. No idea if I timed it perfectly, but the stock price is already beaten up.
Nice buy. I find many REITs appealing here. I'm interested in adding to O and ARCP here, but HCP is on my radar for a new investment. I think the valuations and yields make sense for many of these, but I would recommend averaging in just like with any other investment. It's hard to tell where many are going from here with rising interest rates.
Enjoy that solid yield. :)
Best wishes!Replies
Good advise!Delete
Yes O looks pretty attractive here as well, plus you'd get monthly income. Don't think it didn't cross my mind.
Good move, CI.ReplyDelete
HCP is a great company and all the negative moves in the last few months sure tempted me as well to pick some up. I already had OHI in my holdings and after a lot of considerations ended up going for O instead of HCP.
But the future for HCP (and OHI) are very bright considering the aging demographics.Replies
I actually like OHI more than HCP. But I'm a big fan of diversification so I now own both! Cheers!Delete
This looks like a good buy to me. I don't want a lot of REIT exposure but the one REIT i do own, OHI, is back in the buy zone. Both are on my list to watch along with VTR.ReplyDeleteReplies
Yes OHI is looking good here too. In fact most REITs are priced better than 2013. Investors need to carefully consider their goals and risk tolerance before go heavy into REITs. Even if these businesses are performing well operationally, stock prices might or might not follow that success.Delete
I like HCP, but I am already quite exposed to REITs so I won't be adding this stock. But it looks nice (its dividend data). Good choice!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Martin! Did you get a ski day in? Breck had a lot of fresh powder today and we were up to our knees in snow. Awesome day except a mild case of vertigo (I think) forced me to leave early. Happy new year!Delete


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A look at the facts shows that the punitive measures embodied in the welfare reform law were not the primary cause of its success. Welfare reform was successful because the economy was good and because work supports -- child care and health insurance -- helped make work pay.
The strong economy meant that finding employment was easier than it would have been if welfare reform passed in the middle of a recession or in a period of falling inflation-adjusted wages.
Finding a job, however, is not enough to ensure that former welfare recipients are successful off welfare. What made the difference for many welfare mothers was the increased availability of child care and healthcare that were part of welfare reform. Since most former welfare recipients found jobs that did not offer health insurance and since child care is critical for working mothers, these work supports often made the difference between keeping a job and not.
Welfare reform recognized that a low-wage job might be insufficient to sustain a family through the notion of "making work pay." As a part of this, welfare reform gave states the flexibility and the funds to provide assistance to welfare mothers who began working. Fortuitously, states had more money per welfare recipient in the late 1990s than they had previously because welfare rolls fell faster than funding levels.
Over the four years between 1997 and 2001, states gave an extra $7.7 billion to help pay for child care for low-income families. They gave an extra $24 billion to cover low-income children under the new Children's Health Insurance Program. They also gave more money for transportation and job training.
These extra funds helped mothers to transition into the world of work. Access to child care was critical. Finding child care in most American communities is tough for any parent. It is even harder for low-income families. On average, for low-income families -- those below 200 percent of poverty -- child care eats up about 14 percent of their family budget, compared to only about 7 percent for other families.
Money spent on increased access to healthcare was also critical since most low-wage employers do not provide their employees with affordable health insurance. Among low-wage workers, only about one-third receive health insurance from their employers. The Children's Health Insurance Program, implemented in 1997, sought to increase coverage for children of the working poor, many of whom were former welfare recipients.
The picture has worsened through the recession and tepid recovery. As states sought to balance their budgets over the last two years, child-care and healthcare subsidies to working parents were often first on the chopping block. Thirty-two states have made cuts to their low-income child care programs and the Children's Health Insurance Program has been cut back in 22 states.
The Bush administration had the opportunity to prevent these drastic cuts. They could have offered real budget assistance to the states to limit these cuts. This would have both helped their fiscal bottom line, as well as helped provide valuable assistance to families struggling to make it in a job-loss recovery. Instead, the administration gave tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans.
The issue before Congress now is what worked and what didn't in welfare reform. The administration believes that what worked were the sticks, not the carrots. Their proposed changes would limit child-care spending while increasing the hours of work required for welfare recipients. The administration wants welfare moms to work 40 hours per week -- more hours than the typical mom works -- with no additional money to help pay for child care.
This blindness to understanding what working families need to make work work will only hurt families doing their best to find and keep jobs in today's economy. It is most telling that even though the economy has more than 2 million fewer jobs today than it had when Bush took office, the administration expects the lowest-paid workers to put in more time at work.
Dr. Heather Boushey is a research economist with the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C.


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Some Emory students and physicians put on an information session on triple negative breast cancer. It wasn't very well attended, and the information was pretty generic, but I'm very thankful my daughter was willing to take me. I found out they're doing a big time community meeting in May that focus' on the triple negative issue. It will have people from around the country coming in for the meeting and there might be more information and more in-depth information. So, I didn't really find out a lot more about future treatment, but I did find out about a future event where clinicians might have ideas and treatments that are not necessarilly available here.
On a lighter note, Jewel was an angel during the whole seminar, but being 3 months old and just natural about living, she punctuated the presentation of these professionals by making occasional BIG farts. Every0ne there was mature about it, but it really was funny. I suspect these respected physicians haven't ever made presentations punctuated by flatulance. ;)
The cats are zonked out on the bed in the shape of two commas that are opposing one another like angel wings. Romeo is still a little gimpy from his tendonitis. I wish he'd get over it. I feel bad that he feels bad.
I'm having issues with my sleep patterns, which seem to be patternless lately. I need to get more scrupulous about my "sleep hygiene" as the medical world calls it. Going to sleep at a specific time, not watching tv or the computer for an hour before planning to sleep, etc. I have the good bed now, I need to sleep in it more than just hold it down. Sleep sure does make a person feel better. I think sleep is when much of body repair goes on too, and I sure need to help my body repair itself.
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Numbers can lie -- but they're the best first step in determining whether a stock is a buy. In this series, we use some carefully chosen metrics to size up a stock's true value based on the following clues:
- The current price multiples.
- The consistency of past earnings and cash flow.
- How much growth we can expect.
Let's see what those numbers can tell us about how expensive or cheap DR Horton
The current price multiples
First, we'll look at most investors' favorite metric: the P/E ratio. It divides the company's share price by its earnings per share -- the lower, the better.
Then, we'll take things up a notch with a more advanced metric: enterprise value to unlevered free cash flow. This divides the company's enterprise value (basically, its market cap plus its debt, minus its cash) by its unlevered free cash flow (its free cash flow, adding back the interest payments on its debt). Like the P/E, the lower this number is, the better.
Analysts argue about which is more important -- earnings or cash flow. Who cares? A good buy ideally has low multiples on both.
DR Horton has a P/E ratio of 112.6 and an EV/FCF ratio of 7.5 over the trailing 12 months. If we stretch and compare current valuations to the five-year averages for earnings and free cash flow, DR Horton has a P/E ratio of -6.7 and a five-year EV/FCF ratio of 4.3.
A positive one-year ratio under 10 for both metrics is ideal. For a five-year metric, under 20 is ideal.
DR Horton has a mixed performance in hitting the ideal targets, but let's see how it compares against some competitors and industry mates.
1-Year P/E
1-Year EV/FCF
5-Year P/E
5-Year EV/FCF
DR Horton
KB Home
Toll Brothers
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's; NM = not meaningful.
Numerically, we've seen how DR Horton's valuation rates on both an absolute and relative basis. Next, let's examine ...
The consistency of past earnings and cash flow
An ideal company will be consistently strong in its earnings and cash flow generation.
In the past five years, DR Horton's net income margin has ranged from -44.1% to 6.9%. In that same time frame, unlevered free cash flow margin has ranged from 0.3% to 37.3%.
How do those figures compare with those of the company's peers? See for yourself:
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's; margin ranges are combined.
Additionally, over the last five years, DR Horton has tallied up two years of positive earnings and five years of positive free cash flow.
Next, let's figure out ...
How much growth we can expect
Analysts tend to comically overstate their five-year growth estimates. If you accept them at face value, you will overpay for stocks. But while you should definitely take the analysts' prognostications with a grain of salt, they can still provide a useful starting point when compared to similar numbers from a company's closest rivals.
Let's start by seeing what this company's done over the past five years. In that time period, DR Horton has put up past EPS growth rates of -55.3%. Meanwhile, Wall Street's analysts expect future growth rates of 7.7%.
Here's how DR Horton compares to its peers for trailing five-year growth (due to losses, the growth rates for KB and Pulte aren't meaningful):
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's; EPS growth shown.
And here's how it measures up with regard to the growth analysts expect over the next five years:
Source: Capital IQ, a division of Standard & Poor's; estimates for EPS growth.
The bottom line
The pile of numbers we've plowed through has shown us the price multiples shares of DR Horton are trading at, the volatility of its operational performance, and what kind of growth profile it has -- both on an absolute and a relative basis.
The more consistent a company's performance has been and the more growth we can expect, the more we should be willing to pay. We've gone well beyond looking at a 112.6 P/E ratio, and not surprisingly the numbers for a homebuilder during a housing bubble pop are ugly. However, DR Horton has stayed cash flow positive for each of the last five years and trades at low multiples to that cash flow. These initial metrics are just a start, but this cash flow story could be worth investigating. If you find DR Horton's numbers or story compelling, don't stop. Continue your due diligence process (start at the balance sheet) until you're confident one way or the other. As a start, add it to My Watchlist to find all of our Foolish analysis.
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Interfaith Relations & Ecumenism Program
Interfaith relations and ecumenism is one of the nine programs of the Christian Council of Tanzania. As its name depicts it is a twofold program. It facilitates creation and sustenance of both good inter-faith and good intra-faith relations in the country. Its basic aim is peace building and conflict transformation. The program is guided by the philosophy of being proactive to possible interfaith conflicts. It takes proactive measures in interfaith conflict transformations.
In this program faith is understood in its broad sense. Faith pertains to believing in various ideologies such as religious, denominational, political, economic, cultural or philosophical. Presence of various ideologies in the society is tantamount to pluralism. Since these ideologies do not coexist by themselves rather followers of the ideologies are the ones who co-exist; tolerance has been the key concept in day to day's operations of this program. CCT believes that good interfaith relations create peace in the society, peace and peaceful coexistence is the most important aspect for community development.
While there are various national interfaith initiatives, in most cases this program focuses on the District level, which is closer to people at the grass roots. We usually start by training religious leaders from various groups on interfaith relations, dialogue and conflict transformation. We then facilitate formation of District interfaith committees, which in some area are known as peace committees or peace forums depending on the context. Those religious leaders who form interfaith committees come from different existing religious umbrella bodies in the country; The Christian Council of Tanzania, Supreme Council of Muslim in Tanzania (BAKWATA), Tanzania Episcopal Conference (TEC), Council of Pentecostal Churches in Tanzania (CPCT), Ahmadiyya Community, Council of Imams and Traditional religious leaders. After formation of District interfaith committees this program builds capacity of the committees by training them in various issues in the society. Then this program facilitates the committees to meet in quarterly basis to discuss crosscutting issues in the society. Furthermore, the committees are enabled to form interfaith committees in other levels of the society so as to trickle down the message of good interfaith relations to other people at the grass roots level.
Despite cultural and historical barriers of some religions in incorporating women for peace building, this program has managed to take women on board for peace building. Women have played very significant active roles in peace building. In some areas they have done marvellous intervention of conflict resolutions even without being publicized. Being the case, apart from District interfaith committees this program has facilitated formation of women interfaith committees in some District. Facilitations of Women interfaith committees follow the same philosophy of District interfaith committees.
Generally, District interfaith committees and women interfaith committee have been playing the following roles: Conflict prevention through interfaith dialogues, Conflict mitigation, reconciliation and trauma healing. Also, interfaith committees form and supervise social activities and community development projects, which bring people of different faith together. Such activities include Village Community Bank (VICOBA) groups which have been the commonest community development activities in different areas. Dodoma, Kondoa and Kigoma are examples for this case. Tanga committee helps in counselling and fund mobilization for taking care of drug addict rehabilitation centre in Tanga town. Sometimes they organize big public meetings for spreading peace, and good interfaith relation messages. Also, in some areas they organized sports which major theme of Peace and peaceful coexistence. Interfaith committees have as well been tools of advocacy in the society. Finally the committees have been educating people about tolerance and good interfaith relations in the society.
Tanzania is a huge Country. Nevertheless, the program have managed to form interfaith committees in Dodoma, Kondoa, Kiteto, Kilosa, Kigoma, Mwanza, Tarime, Bahi, Tanga, Arusha, Geita. Also there are women interfaith committees in Geita, Kigoma and Kilosa. In collaboration with other stakeholders in the society such as Government, NGOs, business institutions, these committees facilitate formation of interfaith committees in other levels. So far Geita committees have formed other committees in other Districts of Nyang'hwale, Chato, Bukombe, Mbogwe. Kilosa has formed committee in Kimamba. Mwanza has formed committee in Ilemela. Therefore this makes CCT interfaith and ecumenism program to facilitate and mentor total of 19 interfaith committees, 16 District committees and 3 women interfaith committees.
Interfaith committees have proven to be very important instruments of peace building. Religious conflicts have not been reported in the areas where there are interfaith committees. Even in times of religious tensions in the Country, those areas where there are interfaith committees have proven to be stable and peaceful. In areas where interreligious conflicts occurred before formation of interfaith committees, they became peaceful after formation and interventions of interfaith committees. Geita, Kondoa, and Kigoma can be cited as best examples for that. In some parts of the country where there have been ethnic conflicts like Mara Region, interfaith committee has managed to transform them. Tarime committee has done a commendable job to resolve the conflicts. In Kilosa and Kiteto where there are land conflicts between pastoralists and farmers interfaith committees are working to transform them. In Kilosa the intervention is at a good stage and Kiteto is still at early but promising stage.
Another major breakthrough of the interfaith committees is the acceptance, respect and trust of the populace, Government, and other institutions to the committees. This helps the committees to achieve high outcomes in most of their interventions. Both local and central Governments, NGOs and other institutions use these committees for community mobilization of different things in the society. Kilosa and Kondoa are best examples for that. Other organizations which do advocacy have used them for that purpose. Geita and Tarime are examples for that.
Apart from all above successes registered finances has been a great challenge for mentoring, capacity building of the committees and their facilitation to form other committees.
In Pictures
Group photo of Arusha interfaith committee during one of capacity building seminars
Group photo of religious leaders in Kilosa taken during one of seminars on dialogue and conflict transformation which resulted to formation of interfaith committee.
Mwanza Reginal interfaith committee .
Tarime District interfaith committee.
Kigoma women interfaith committee.
Youth in Dodoma listening attentively during seminar on interfaith and Peaceful coexistence.
Rev. Dr. William Kopwe (Interfaith Program Officer) explaining something to youth during seminar on interfaith and peaceful coexistence.
Prepared by Rev. Dr. William Kopwe.
Rev. William Kopwe, PhD. (Program Officer)
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