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Catholic Bishops milk taxpayers while pushing amnesty! Are the big guns in conservative talk-radio starting to get it?
Tonight fellow blogger Richard Falknor alerted me to this tweet at Laura Ingraham's twitter feed:
Laura Ingraham @IngrahamAngle · 2h
Context for Catholic Bishops' Amnesty Support: "Fed grants make up 93% of USCCB's migration/refugee budget http://shar.es/MFEZp "
The link sends followers to a story about how much the US Catholic Bishops receive from the US taxpayer citing their 2011 annual report.
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops' Migration and Refugee Services has published its 2011 annual report.
According to the report, over 92.5% of Migration and Refugee Services' $72.1 million budget came from federal grants and contracts, while under $25,000 came from private donations.
Let's have a look at their 2012 annual report, it gets worse! We have mentioned this umpteen zillion times, but now maybe people are ready to focus especially since the Bishops are federal contractors caring for the illegal alien "children" besides their regular allotment of refugees from the third world.
Federal Grants/Contracts $65,911,344 (taxpayer money)
CRS Collection $ 1,369,807
Refugee Travel Loan Fees $ 3,622,886 (this is taxpayer $ too, feds loaned it and USCCB keeps some)
Investment Income and $65,719
Private Grants/Donations
Other $5,481
Total Revenue $70,975,237
So, that's about 98% of their funds for 2012 that came from you! That is not what I call Christian charity!
And, the US Conference of Catholic Bishops supports Comprehensive Immigration Reform (S.744) because if passed and signed into law it would bring them more paying "clients" and more federal grants and contracts.
The USCCB is the largest of the nine major federal contractors.
***The contractors
Church World Service (CWS)
Ethiopian Community Development Council (ECDC)
Episcopal Migration Ministries (EMM)
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI)
Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services (LIRS)
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)
World Relief Corporation (WR)
Boston: Somali former refugee charged with rape (possibly more than one)
Just for a little change of pace tonight from the ever-expanding crisis on the border, ho-hum we will return to our never-ending Somali crime stories. This time from Boston last week….
Somali Said Said facing rape charges in Massachusetts. Photo: Boston Globe
From the Boston Herald (Hat tip: crime sleuth 'pungentpeppers'):
A second reported rape in the Seaport District by a livery driver in less than a year has the city's taxi union and a South Boston state representative demanding a crackdown before another young woman is attacked in the trendy nightspot.
"This is a real public safety issue, particularly for women in my district," said Southie state Rep. Nick Collins. "It's something that we have to resolve and I'll be looking to work with the city to come up with some new legislation."
Said Said, 40, of 97 Doane St., Quincy, was ordered held on $35,000 cash bail yesterday at his arraignment in South Boston District Court after pleading innocent to charges of aggravated rape, unarmed robbery and receiving stolen property.
Police allege that at midnight Sunday, Said, who is of Somali descent, picked up a woman in a livery minivan outside Legal Harborside restaurant on Northern Avenue and took her to a deserted South Boston location, where he raped her and stole her cellphone, cash and credit cards before dropping her off on State Street.
He used the victim's credit card. Pretty dumb wouldn't you say!
Police said they were able to track down Said after he was reportedly caught on surveillance camera using the alleged victim's credit card to make a purchase at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Quincy.
The victim identified Said in a photo array set up by Boston police, according to court documents.
Attack is similar to one that occurred last summer:
Sunday's alleged assault was eerily similar to an attack that occurred Aug. 6, 2013, when a woman told police she flagged down a livery sedan in South Boston thinking it was a taxi and was instead driven to a secluded area in Newton, where she was raped and assaulted by the driver.
The Boston Globe has more, here.
Using this opportunity to educate all of the new readers the 'unaccompanied children' are bringing to RRW, see this important testimony to the US State Department by a former refugee resettlement worker in Boston.
Centers for Disease Control activates emergency plan in response to "unaccompanied minors" invasion
Hundreds of migrants on US border found with scabies. This story is from April. Imagine what it is now! http://www.valleycentral.com/news/story.aspx?id=1038209#.U7VcfkCinC0
The latest story is at InfoWars yesterday (hat tip: Drudge):
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is responding to the public health crisis spurred by the recent surge of illegal immigrants by activating an emergency facility designed to monitor and coordinate "emergency response activities to public health threats," the agency admitted to Infowars Tuesday.
In a taped phone call, a CDC information hotline representative confirmed that, unbeknownst to the American public, the agency has activated their intelligence arm, the Emergency Operation Center, to deal with various diseases accompanying the surge of illegal aliens currently staging a virtually uncontested U.S. invasion.
"In response to this influx of unaccompanied alien children, CDC's Emergency Operation Center (EOC) has been activated," the CDC rep stated, likely reading from a script. "Through this activation the EOC will work closely with the Division of Global Migration and Quarantine. CDC staff will consult on health issues and the UAC's countries of origin, consult on shelter, water, sanitation and hygiene and provide staff for public health support."
Read it all. See the hundreds of comments too.
Thanks to everyone who sent us the story from earlier this week at The Blaze (medical staff threatened, told to keep silent about health crisis).
"When they found out the kids had scabies, the charge nurse was adamant — 'Don't mention that. Don't say scabies,'" a nurse told Starnes. "But everybody knew they had scabies. Some of the workers were very concerned about touching things and picking things up. They asked if they should be concerned, but they were told don't worry about it.
See our Health Issues category for a catalog of all the health (both mental and physical) problems (Tuberculosis and HIV/AIDs as well) refugees and other migrants bring to America. As we have often commented, forget terrorism or the social costs, it will be the threat of one's children contracting some awful contagious disease that will wake up the generally tuned-out public to the immigration apocalypse we are now facing.
See all of our posts on 'unaccompanied minors' (mostly teenaged boys), here.
Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson found CA demonstrations against illegal alien buses "very disturbing"
But, the feds are still (more secretively) sending them into California.
Reuters has the story (hat tip: 'pungentpeppers'):
I wonder what it will feel like to go down in history, along with his boss, among America's greatest traitors. Photo: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/10521977/Senate-confirm-Jeh-Johnson-as-head-of-US-Homeland-Security.html
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, in an interview with MSNBC, said he found television images of that demonstration "very disturbing" to watch.
I found the section of the article entitled, 'Send Washington a bill' most provocative. The citizens of Murietta, CA continued their protest at a meeting last evening.
I have this wonderful image of instead of sending Washington a bill, how about sending Washington, DC the tens of thousands of illegal alien "refugee" teenagers—I would be along the route cheering the buses onward to the White House! (By the way, where does Jeh Johnson live?)
Here is more of what Reuters reported.
'SEND WASHINGTON A BILL' [Heck! Send Washington the illegal aliens!—ed]
Immigration officials said most of the families headed for California were likely to be released under limited supervision to await deportation. [What a joke! They will never be deported!—ed] Many would to be placed with relatives or friends or in temporary housing provided by charity groups [Charity groups which you are paying with your tax dollars—ed].
On Wednesday, border protection officials confirmed that a separate group of undocumented migrant families with children were sent to a processing center in El Centro, California, a desert community about 100 miles (160 km) east of San Diego.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency spokeswoman Virginia Kice said authorities were being especially careful to avoid disclosing the whereabouts of the detainees "so that mobs can't go down and root out those people".
At the town hall meeting in Murrieta, Mayor Alan Long told the angry throng that he had been advised by U.S. officials to expect another group of about 140 immigrants every three days for several weeks.
He blamed federal officials for the influx, saying that he intended to "send Washington a big fat bill" for expenses.
Residents filled the meeting hall to capacity and spilled out into a parking lot, carrying signs with slogans like "Illegals today, Jihadists with Nukes tomorrow!!".
***Update*** Read about Murietta's Patriot Nurse, here, thanks to Cathy for spotting it!
Click here for dozens of posts on 'unaccompanied minors.'
Kentucky: Could the invasion on the border result in fewer refugees admitted to US?
Update July 4th: They are crying for more money in Arizona now too! (Hat tip: Joanne). Too many 'unaccompanied minors' siphoning off money for other refugees. Someone commented to me yesterday, that the open borders pushers (including the Catholic Bishops!) may have over-played their hand this time.
That (fewer refugees) is what a spokesman for Kentucky Refugee Ministries told WFPL News in Louisville earlier this week (Influx of Young Refugees Pinches Kentucky Refugee Services' Budget).
Or, more likely this is the opening salvo in a lobbying campaign in Congress (by the contractors) to get more of your taxpayer dollars to keep the thousands of Iraqis, Burmese, and Somalis, etc. flowing to middle America. Thanks to all who sent this article.
Muslim refugee Mustafa allegedly embezzled money from Kentucky Refugee Ministries—is this what they mean by balancing the city? https://refugeeresettlementwatch.org/2014/06/01/kentucky-again-muslim-refugee-rips-off-his-resettlement-agency-but-that-is-not-the-whole-story/
WFPL News:
An increase of undocumented children coming into America is expected to reduce the funding for services available to displaced people living in Kentucky and across the U.S.
Kentucky Office for Refugees officials expect to see a $2.28 million cut in federal funding to provide refugees in Kentucky with services such as English language learning, career development and housing placement.
The reduction in funding stems from an influx of children coming to the U.S. to escape violence and economic struggle in Central America, refugee services officials said. To better serve these children, the Office for Refugee Resettlement is transferring nearly $94 million to the Unaccompanied Alien Children program. The $2.28 million Kentucky officials expect to lose is a part of the $94 million transfer.
Because of the cuts, thousands of newly arrived refugees would receive a limited amount of these services that aid in creating a seamless transfer to life in America, according to a statement released by Catholic Charities of Louisville.
There is nothing to stop these contractors from RAISING PRIVATE MONEY to do their supposedly charitable work! They could ask their parishioners for money and hold bake sales!
When the original 1980 Refugee Act was pushed through Congress by Ted Kennedy and Joe Biden and signed into law by Jimmy Carter, there was no discussion of making these 'religious' charities quasi-government agencies as they have now become with the majority of their funding coming from you—the US taxpayers.
WFPL continued:
But if the cuts create such a problem that services cannot be provided, a smaller number of refugees may be brought to the United States, Koehlinger [Director of Kentucky Refugee Ministries] added.
More than 2,100 refugees relocated to Louisville in the 2013 fiscal year, according to data provided by Catholic Charities of Louisville. In 2014, the number is expected to remain about the same.
Koehlinger said the strong refugee population in Louisville is vital for a productive, balanced metropolitan area.
What the heck is a "balanced" metropolitan area? Is that like in Rochester where resettlement contractors dropped off the docile Bhutanese into an African American neighborhood (see our post yesterday on the consequences for the refugees when the do-gooders do their multi-culty mixing experiments)?
See our extensive archive on Kentucky ( here). They have had some humdinger problems with refugees there. Mustafa was just the latest most visible problem! (BTW, he took down his facebook photo and other juicy tidbits about where he has been for the last number of years right after we published the information).
One last thing! Don't cry for the contractors, most have largely been responsible for encouraging the invasion of the border because they are being paid to take care of the "children" too!
See all of our posts on 'unaccompanied minors' by clicking here. The list is extremely long now and extends back several years.

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AuraGaurdian, also known as Masoleh in Pokemon Pearl Version, is a pokemon trainer who's starter pokemon was a Turtwig, who has been evolved into a Torterra. Known to have beaten the Champion Cynthia twice (each time with different pokemon), the first team included the original Torterra, Staraptor, Gyrados, Machamp, Palkia, and Alakazam, the latter traded from a friend. The second team included a son of the original Torterra, Infernape, Empoleon, Blissey, Salamence, and Froslass. His next team will consist of the eeveelutions. Accounts of AuraGaurdian once trading away a Lucario for a rare pokemon to a person named ROGBZZ has been confirmed. He now realizes that this was a mistake, and would do almost anything to get Lucario back.
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Torture in  [Uganda]  [other countries]
Human Trafficking in  [Uganda]  [other countries]
Street Children in  [Uganda]  [other countries]
Child Prostitution in  [Uganda]  [other countries]
Human Trafficking & Modern-day Slavery
Published reports & articles from 2000 to 2018 gvnet.com/humantrafficking/Uganda.htm
Uganda has substantial natural resources, including fertile soils, regular rainfall, and sizable mineral deposits of copper, cobalt, gold, and other minerals. Agriculture is the most important sector of the economy, employing over 80% of the work force. Coffee accounts for the bulk of export revenues. Since 1986, the government - with the support of foreign countries and international agencies - has acted to rehabilitate and stabilize the economy by undertaking currency reform, raising producer prices on export crops, increasing prices of petroleum products, and improving civil service wages. [The World Factbook, U.S.C.I.A. 2009]
Uganda is a source and destination country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation. Ugandan children are trafficked within the country for forced labor in the fishing, agricultural, and domestic service sectors, as well as for commercial sexual exploitation; they are also trafficked to other East African and European countries for the same purposes. Karamojong women and children are sold as slaves in cattle markets or by intermediaries and are subsequently forced into domestic servitude, sexual exploitation, cattle herding, and begging.
Human trafficking of Ugandan children for the forcible removal of body parts reportedly is widespread; so-called witchdoctors seek various body parts of live victims for traditional medical concoctions commonly purchased to heal illness, foster economic advancement, or hurt enemies. - U.S. State Dept Trafficking in Persons Report, June, 2009 [full country report]
CAUTION: The following links have been culled from the web to illuminate the situation in Uganda. Some of these links may lead to websites that present allegations that are unsubstantiated or even false. No attempt has been made to validate their authenticity or to verify their content.
HOW TO USE THIS WEB-PAGE
If you are looking for material to use in a term-paper, you are advised to scan the postings on this page to see which aspect(s) of Human Trafficking are of particular interest to you. Would you like to write about Forced-Labor? Debt Bondage? Prostitution? Forced Begging? Child Soldiers? Sale of Organs? etc. Scan other countries as well. Draw comparisons between activity in adjacent countries and/or regions. Check out some of the Term-Paper resources that are available on-line.
Check out some of the Resources for Teachers attached to this website.
*** FEATURED ARTICLE ***
Uganda: Increased Insecurity in Karamoja
James Karuhanga, Senior Researcher, Great Lakes Centre for Strategic Studies GLCSS, 13 November 2006
www.bloggernews.net/12015
[accessed 2 January 2011]
The harsh weather and climatic limitations make livestock maintenance difficult both to the Karamojong and the neighboring tribes. They have to walk long distances, disregarding national boundaries, with their animals in search of pasture for grazing and water. This search for water and pasture has resulted in tribal fights and a culture of cattle rustling coupled with the Karimojong's natural belief that all livestock around them belongs to them, which heightens the inter-tribal clashes.
This is enforced by the fact that cattle are used as a "bride price" and the raids are a symbol of strength and manhood in the tradition of the community. In addition, there are continual reports of Karimojong children sold at weekly cattle markets in Kotido, Moroto and Nakapiripirit districts.
The alarming report reveals that child abuse is on the increase in the sub-region as desperate Karimojong parents sell their children, especially girls, to raise money to maintain the remaining members of their families.
Police issues measures to fight child sacrifice
Josephine Maseruka, The New Vision, 6 January 2009
www.newvision.co.ug/D/8/12/667107
www.gideonfoundation.com/details.php?a=Mzg=
[accessed 10 February 2016]
www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1252669/police-issues-measures-fight-child-sacrifice
[accessed 20 June 2017]
A counter-trafficking unit has been created to curb child sacrifice and human trafficking, he said.
Kayihura's briefing came amid reports of increasing cases of ritual murders, with children as the main victims.
Kayihura noted that of the 18 suspected ritual murder cases reported to the Police last year, 15 had been conclusively investigated and the suspects committed to the High Court. He observed that most ritual murders were committed by either parents or relatives of the victims, adding that in the 15 cases, the suspects confessed.
The state minister for internal affairs, Matia Kasaija, regretted that there was a 600% increase in ritual murder, from the three reported in 2007, up to 18 cases last year. Kasaija noted that the problem was compounded by the increase in other crimes affecting children like kidnapping, abduction and child stealing.
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Freedom House Country Report - Political Rights: 6 Civil Liberties: 4 Status: Partly Free
freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2018/uganda
G4. DO INDIVIDUALS ENJOY EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND FREEDOM FROM ECONOMIC EXPLOITATION?
Poor enforcement of labor laws contributes to unsafe or exploitative conditions for some workers, though the majority of Ugandans are engaged in subsistence agriculture. Child labor in agriculture, domestic service, and a variety of other industries is a significant problem, as is sexual exploitation of minors.
U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, 20 April 2018
www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2017/af/277059.htm
[accessed 1 April 2019]
www.state.gov/reports/2017-country-reports-on-human-rights-practices/uganda/
[accessed 1 July 2019]
PROHIBITION OF FORCED OR COMPULSORY LABOR
PLA and local media reported that many citizens working overseas, particularly in the Arab Persian Gulf States, became victims of forced labor. PLA said traffickers and legitimate recruitment companies continued to send mainly female jobseekers to Gulf countries where many employers treated workers as indentured servants, including withholding pay and leave, and subjecting them to other harsh conditions.
Concluding that its 2016 ban on exporting domestic workers had failed to reduce the outflow of vulnerable women, the Ministry of Labor lifted the ban on April 1
PROHIBITION OF CHILD LABOR AND MINIMUM AGE FOR EMPLOYMENT
PLA reported that many parents forced their children to work on family farms instead of attending school. Many children voluntarily left school for agricultural or domestic work to help their family meet expenses. Other children, particularly among the country's large orphan population, were compelled to work due to the absence of parents or because their parents were too sick to work.
The law prohibits commercial sexual exploitation, the sale and procurement of sexual services, and practices related to child pornography. The government did not enforce the law effectively, however, and the problem was pervasive.
The Lord's Resistance Army continued to hold Ugandans, including children, against their will beyond Uganda's borders.
2017 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
Office of Child Labor, Forced Labor, and Human Trafficking, Bureau of International Labor Affairs, US Dept of Labor, 2018
www.dol.gov/sites/default/files/documents/ilab/ChildLaborReport_Book.pdf
[accessed 22 April 2019]
Children from the Karamoja region are trafficked and willingly migrate to Kampala and other urban centers where they engage in begging, street vending, domestic work, and commercial sexual exploitation. (2; 29; 30; 3) Children from neighboring countries are exploited in forced agricultural labor and commercial sexual exploitation in Uganda. (3) During the reporting period, child trafficking victims from the Busoga sub-region in Uganda were used in armed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (36).
Diverse Human Trafficking Trends in East African Region Highlights Urgent Need for Greater Protection
International Organization for Migration IOM, 12-10-2010
reliefweb.int/report/kenya/kenya-diverse-human-trafficking-trends-east-african-region-highlights-urgent-need
[accessed 18 January 2016]
In Tanzania, IOM found evidence of child trafficking from Burundi, Rwanda and Uganda for sexual exploitation, fishing, domestic servitude and agricultural labour.
Adult victims were identified in the domestic sector, as well as the mining, agricultural and hospitality industries.
The IOM assessment established that Ugandan children are trafficked to all the countries in the region with Uganda also a destination for trafficked victims from Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda. In addition, instability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was found to be fuelling the influx of trafficked children to Uganda. Victims are usually transported by road using buses, lorries and trucks. Adult victims originate from DRC, Kenya and Rwanda in the domestic, agriculture, fishing and sex industries.
Police must probe human trafficking
The New Vision, 11 April 2008
www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1192317/police-probe-human-trafficking
The Uganda Human Rights Commission and the Ministry of Labour are handling cases involving allegations that some people smuggle Indians from India and Pakistan into the country. They confiscate their passports and give them jobs where a big percentage of their wages is taken to recover the costs of bringing them here. After working for some time and accumulating salary arrears, when they start demanding their wages, the employers get them deported for illegal immigration. This is a modern version of slave trade, which has been reported in many countries.
Uganda: Child Neglect Tops Rights Abuses
Joyce Namutebi, The New Vision, Kampala, 20 September 2007
www.afrika.no/Detailed/15014.html
humanrightshouse.org/noop/page.php?p=Articles/8265.html&d=1
[accessed 5 October 2016]
In its 145-page report, the commission was concerned that child sacrifice, child trafficking, child labour, abduction, child soldiering, defilement, child prostitution and abuse were persisting in Uganda. "Police reports reveal that there were 185 victims of combined cases of child abduction, kidnap, disappearance, trafficking and sacrifice alone during the period between January and September 2006," the report said. Most of the children trafficked internally were from Buganda region, accounting for 36%, followed by Acholi (18%) and Ankole (8%).
Uganda: Forced Onto the Streets to Please the Men
Katarzyna Heath, The New Vision, Kampala, 9 September 2007
This article has been archived by World Street Children News and may possibly still be accessible [here]
[accessed 12 September 2011]
www.newvision.co.ug/new_vision/news/1219950/forced-streets
Most of them flee their homes due to abuse and neglect, their heads filled with warped views of urban existence. In reality, these dreams are not fulfilled and the end result is there are children working and sleeping on the streets, fending for themselves in unsafe conditions.
The children are exposed to many dangers. Many become part of child trafficking. They are persuaded under false pretences by elders or family 'acquaintances' that they are moving to new places with better opportunities. Instead, they are trapped in a world of exploitation, which exposes them to anything from child prostitution to human sacrifices.
Migration body to monitor human trafficking impact
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"Many girls are taken from Iringa and brought to major cities to work as housegirls but they end up being subjected to prostitution and other works which they did not expect, this is internal trafficking," she said.
Many young boys, she said, are taken to work in the mining companies, something which not only denies their rights but also are psychosocially affected.
A Hero in Hell. Former Drug Dealer Frees Abducted Child Soldiers in Sudan and Uganda
Maria Sliwa, Assist News Service ANS, Nimule, South Sudan, October 5, 2005
ithinkimafundamentalist.blogspot.com/2005/10/this-guy-is-just-asking-to-have-movie.html
In March of this year, a band of these small predators attacked a group of women who were collecting firewood near the border of Southern Sudan: just a few miles from Sam's orphanage. The juvenile attackers managed to effortlessly hack off the lips and ears of seven of the victims and abduct several others.
The children of the LRA perform these acts at the bidding of their adult counterparts and make up about 80 percent of the rebel group, according to the United Nations. The LRA has kidnapped more than 20,000 children since 1988 and today its captives constitute the largest army of child soldiers in Africa.
Uganda's forgotten war
Save the Children Denmark, 2003
www.boernpaaflugt.dk/Library/Annual_Reports/2003/The_Children_of_the_World/Uganda.aspx
Has the world forgotten about us? That is the question raised by children in northern Uganda. At
least 20,000 children have been kidnapped and forced into being child soldiers in one of the most brutal rebel armies in the world.
Jennifer Achoro was twelve years old and on her way to school when she was kidnapped. "I had just put on my school uniform and was about to eat breakfast, when some men from the rebel army came and asked my mother whether we had a radio. When she said 'No,' they forced their way into our hut and forced me along with them."
Ex-child soldier's path to hope
Laura Smith-Spark, BBC News Online, 25 May 2004
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3733349.stm
Ms Keitetsi says she was enlisted into Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army in Uganda at the age of eight in the1980s. She was given her first Uzi aged nine - and became a killer. Gesturing with what was her trigger finger, she says: "When I was a kid with a gun I felt big, I felt powerful. "With a gun you just needed to open the safety, cock the gun, use this finger and they are dead.
Child, slave, soldier
Testimony provided by the Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers, New Internationalist 337, August 2001
www.newint.org/features/2001/08/05/soldier/
HERE IS THE TESTIMONY OF ONE UGANDAN CHILD SOLDIER - I heard later that two boys from my home were captured and beaten because I had escaped. One of the boys was stabbed in the hand and asked to bring the rebels to my parents' home. They beat my mother and brother with clubs and axes until they died. They threatened that they'll kill more people if I don't come back. This was told me by a boy who lived near my home. He told me it was my fault my mother and brother had been killed.'
ICC: Investigate All Sides in Uganda
Human Rights Watch, February 4, 2004
www.hrw.org/en/news/2004/02/04/icc-investigate-all-sides-uganda
The ICC prosecutor, Luis Moreno Ocampo, announced in London on January 29 that he would begin an ICC investigation into crimes committed in Uganda.
According to Human Rights Watch research, the LRA has committed widespread abuses against civilians in Uganda, including child abductions, summary executions, torture, rape and sexual assault, forced labor, and mutilation. Recently, LRA abductions have reached record levels, with an estimated 10,000 children abducted since mid-2002 and forced to fight, kill civilians, and abduct other children. Children who fail to comply with orders are murdered, often by other children who are forced to kill them.
HRW Report - Child Soldier Use 2003
Human Rights Watch, Briefing for the 4th UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict, 2004
www.hrw.org/reports/2004/childsoldiers0104/18.htm
DEMOBILIZATION AND CHILD PROTECTION PROGRAMS - Children "rescued" from the LRA by the UPDF were kept in military confinement, sometimes for protracted periods, to gather intelligence before being transferred to the Child Protection Unit, and then to rehabilitation programs operated by NGOs including World Vision and the Gulu Save Our Children Organization (GUSCO).285 The 120 recruits identified at the Lugore training camp were demobilized and were taking part in counselling and reintegration programs. In response to the influx of "night commuters", child protection agencies and church groups established programs to feed and shelter these children.
Ugandan child soldier activist wins Anti-Slavery Award
Anti-Slavery International, 1 December 2000
At one time this article had been archived and may possibly still be accessible [here]
George Omona, Project Co-ordinator of the Gulu Support the Children Organisation (GUSCO), will receive the 2000 Anti-Slavery Award from the UK human rights organisation, Anti-Slavery International, on 7 December at Waterstones Bookshop. Trevor Phillips OBE, Chair of the Greater London Assembly, will present the award to George Omona for his outstanding work with children affected by armed conflict.
Child Labour Persists Around The World: More Than 13 Percent Of Children 10-14 Are Employed
International Labour Organisation (ILO) News, Geneva, 10 June 1996
www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/press-and-media-centre/news/WCMS_008058/lang--en/index.htm
[accessed 9 September 2011]
www.scribd.com/document/366840945/Child-Labour-Persists-Around-the-World
"Today's child worker will be tomorrow's uneducated and untrained adult, forever trapped in grinding poverty. No effort should be spared to break that vicious circle", says ILO Director-General Michel Hansenne.
Among the countries with a high percentage of their children from 10-14 years in the work force are: Mali, 54.5 percent; Burkina Faso, 51; Niger and Uganda, both 45; Kenya, 41.3; Senegal, 31.4; Bangladesh, 30.1; Nigeria, 25.8; Haiti, 25; Turkey, 24; Côte d'Ivoire, 20.5; Pakistan, 17.7; Brazil, 16.1; India, 14.4; China, 11.6; and Egypt, 11.2.
The Department of Labor's 2004 Findings on the Worst Forms of Child Labor
U.S. Dept of Labor Bureau of International Labor Affairs, 2005
www.dol.gov/ilab/media/reports/iclp/tda2004/uganda.htm
INCIDENCE AND NATURE OF CHILD LABOR - Uganda is considered to be a source country for trafficking of persons. There is evidence of children being abducted and trafficked across the border to Southern Sudan by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The government also acknowledges that internal trafficking of children for labor and commercial sexual exploitation occurs, particularly in border towns and in Kampala.
Human Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices
U.S. Dept of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, March 8, 2006
www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61598.htm
CHILDREN - According to UNICEF estimates, the LRA has abducted approximately 12 thousand children since 2002, and continued to abduct children during the year. The LRA forced children into virtual slavery as laborers, soldiers, guards, and sex slaves. In addition to being beaten, raped, and forced to march until exhausted, abducted children were forced to participate in the killing of other children who attempted to escape. More than 85 percent of LRA captives were made up of children whom the LRA abducted and forced to fight as rebels; most LRA rebels were between the ages of 11 and 16.
TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS – In addition to trafficking related to LRA abductions, adults and children were trafficked internally for labor, commercial sexual exploitation, and criminal activities. Trafficking in persons primarily occurred internally: the LRA abducted children to be soldiers, sex slaves, and porters. Freelance operators, including taxi drivers and hotel/bar operators, conducted the commercial sex trafficking.
Victims of internal trafficking were subjected to hazardous working conditions, and commercial sex victims were subjected to physical abuse and the risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Victims of commercial sex trafficking in urban centers often came from small rural villages.
Human Rights Overview
www.hrw.org/africa/uganda
U.S. Library of Congress - Country Study
Library of Congress Call Number DT433.222 .U35 1992
www.loc.gov/item/92000513/
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Induction chemotherapy as part of a new treatment strategy to preserve the larynx in advanced laryngeal cancer
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Baylis, C.; Engels, K.; Hymel, A.; Navar, L.G.briel, 1997: Plasma renin activity and metabolic clearance rate of angiotensin II in the unstressed aging rat. We conducted studies in conscious chronically catheterized, trained young (3-5 months) and old (18-20 months) rats to assess the impact of aging on baseline plasma renin activity (PRA) and metabolic clearance rate (MCR) of angiotensin II (ANG II)....
Cariou, B.; Chetiveaux, M.; Zaïr, Y.; Pouteau, E.; Disse, E.; Guyomarc'h-Delasalle, Béatrice.; Laville, M.; Krempf, M., 2011: Fasting plasma chenodeoxycholic acid and cholic acid concentrations are inversely correlated with insulin sensitivity in adults. Accumulating data suggest a novel role for bile acids (BAs) in modulating metabolic homeostasis. BA treatment has been shown to improve glucose tolerance and to increase energy expenditure in mice. Here, we investigated the relationship between fa...
Kirschner, D.A.; Inouye, H.; Saavedra, R.A., 1996: Membrane adhesion in peripheral myelin: good and bad wraps with protein P0. Recent molecular models and crystallographic analysis of the major protein of peripheral myelin have provided new insights into the molecular basis of membrane adhesion in myelin. These studies have proved useful in understanding the molecular bas...
Chakrabarti, S.; Mondal, S., 1983: An account of the genus Diptilomiopus Nalepa (Acarina: Eriophyoidea) from India with descriptions of three new species and key to Indian species. Notes and a key are provided on the 11 species of Diptilomiopus so far known from India. New species infesting timber trees are described from the females as D. ficusis sp. n., D. holoptelus sp. n. and D. trewier sp. n., while D. assamica Keifer o...
Wuarin J P.; Dudek F.E., 1989: Contrasting effects of nmda and non nmda antagonists on fast epsps in neurons of the paraventricular nucleus. Society for Neuroscience Abstracts 15(2): 1088
Peterson, A.B.; Hinman, H., 1994: The economics of replanting apple orchards in Washington State. A number of economic studies examined the costs of establishing apple orchards in Washington, USA. These reports covered the economic implications of different tree densities, fruit prices and yields. Further they enumerated costs to correct the r...
Otter, J.A.; Nowakowski, E.; Salkeld, J.A.G.; Duclos, M.; Passaretti, C.L.; Yezli, S.; Ross, T.; Carroll, K.C.; Perl, T.M., 2013: Saving costs through the decontamination of the packaging of unused medical supplies using hydrogen peroxide vapor. OBJECTIVE. Individually packaged sterile supply items may become contaminated and act as vectors for nosocomial transmission of multidrug-resistant organisms (MDROs). Thus, many hospitals have a policy to dispose of these unused, packaged supply...
Bruce A.J., 1973: Further information on the type specimens of onycocaris aualitica decapoda natantia pontoniinae. Bulletin Du Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle Zoologie: 961-968
Wong, K.C.; Wong, S.N., 1995: Volatile constituents of Averrhoa bilimbi L. fruit. The volatile constituents of Averrhoa bilimbi L. fruit were isolated by steam distillation with subsequent extraction of the distillate with dichloromethane. The concentrated extract was analyzed by capillary GC and GC/MS. Fifty-three components w...
Verné, E.; Bruno, M.; Miola, M.; Maina, G.; Bianco, C.; Cochis, A.; Rimondini, L., 2016: Composite bone cements loaded with a bioactive and ferrimagnetic glass-ceramic: Leaching, bioactivity and cytocompatibility. In this work, composite bone cements, based on a commercial polymethylmethacrylate matrix (Palamed®) loaded with ferrimagnetic bioactive glass-ceramic particles (SC45), were produced and characterized in vitro. The ferrimagnetic bioactive glass-c...


Good morning lovelies. Today's real wedding has made me come over all squeeeee! It is absolutely brimming with gorgeous, gorgeous wedding details. So much so, I've had to split this corker into two pretty posts!!
The first post focuses on our bride and groom. The lovely Carol & Ryan, and their relaxed [yet ultra stylish] boho wedding style. Plus their wedding photographer was the talented Tahni of Joyeuse Photography, one of my fave wedding photographers!
Going into planning, I knew that I wanted our wedding to feel light, breezy, and unfussy. I've always loved all things vintage, but I didn't want things to look too costume-y or feel like a movie set.
So, my goal was to find the balance – a day that was fancy and outrageously celebratory while being laid-back and genuine at the same time.
Anyone who was around for the planning process knows that I was terrible at choosing a theme or color. At the very beginning I think I narrowed it down to six colors (I know). That evolved to I don't know, 17 or something. This blew the average Texan woman's mind.
Eventually I just started quoting Julia Roberts in Steel Magnolias and saying "blush and bashful"! Seriously, though, I eventually just picked what I liked, even if it didn't "go". Don't let the confines of a designated color scheme get you down ladies!
As for DIY, my mother (who is awesome) and I made all the chalkboard signs, cut all the napkins and fabric squares for the tables, painted furniture, created yarn garlands, and made some rockin' paper flowers. It was definitely a labor of love, and we had a lot of fun. I couldn't have done it without her!
At the beginning of planning I kept saying that I wanted our wedding to be completely one-of-a-kind. If it had been done before, I didn't want it. Not too long after that, I met a bride who was echoing my sentiment. It was so off-putting.
I could tell that what she and I had in common was that we were refusing to do things we actually LOVED, all because someone else did it before us. So then and there I decided to stop being so dumb about copying things I liked.
Are chalkboard signs the most trendy thing ever? Yes. Do I love them? Yes. So, I used them. Once I gave myself that freedom I was so much happier.
I am totally in love with Carol's style, it's so effortless! I am also obsessed with her dress, stunning capelet and those green wedding shoes! Doesn't she look amazing? And of course, I'm loving Ryan's relaxed and dapper look too.
As I said, this is only the beginning! You must pop back later for part 2. It has loads of gorgeous detailing which will provide tonnes of inspiration for a fabulously fun [and incredibly stylish] wedding day. Oh, and the best dessert buffet table I. have. ever. seen.
The Bride looks outstanding, loving the bouquet and shoes!
Awww, they are too adorable! I'm loving her shoes and his tie. Beautiful wedding.


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China making two billionaires every week
Malaysia has reached 14 billionaires this year, 2 more billionaires in Malaysia compare to last year, which increased 79% were from scratch.
The report by UBS and accountants PwC said there was so much money in the hands of the ultra-rich that a new wave of rich and powerful multigenerational families was being created.
"The past 30 years have seen far greater wealth creation than the Gilded Age," the UBS Billionaires 2018 report said.
"That period bred generations of families in the US and Europe who went on to influence business, banking, politics, philanthropy and the arts for more than 100 years. With wealth set to pass from entrepreneurs to their heirs in the coming years, the 21st century multigenerational families are being created."
The world's 2,158 billionaires grew their combined wealth by US$1.4 trillion last year, more than the GDP of Spain or Australia, as booming stock markets helped the already very wealthy to achieve the "greatest absolute growth ever".
More than 40 of the 179 new billionaires created last year inherited their wealth, and given the number of billionaires over 70 the report's authors expect a further US$3.4 trillion to be handed down over the next 20 years.
"A major wealth transition has begun," the report said. "Over the past five years, the sum passed by deceased billionaires to beneficiaries has grown by an average of 17 per cent each year, to reach US$117 billion in 2017. In that year alone, 44 heirs inherited more than a billion dollars each.
"The calculation is simple. There are 701 billionaires over the age of 70, whose wealth will transition to heirs and philanthropy over the next 20 years, given the statistical probability of average life expectancy."
Most of the world's billionaires are in the US, but the number of ultra-wealthy people is growing fast in China, where two new billionaires are minted every week.
"Twelve years ago, the world's most populous country was home to only 16 billionaires," the report said. "Today, as the 'Chinese Century' progresses, they number 373, nearly one in five of the global total."
One Chinese billionaire told the researchers: "Nowhere else in the world can you find better conditions for growth than in China. The continued progress of wealth creation is supported by government policies liberating the economy, while urbanisation and business model disruption has crafted powerful new entrepreneurs."
Globally, the 30 richest septuagenarians or older have a combined net worth of more than US$1 trillion.
David Rockefeller, the last surviving grandchild of the Standard Oil founder John D Rockefeller, who became the world's first billionaire in 1916, died at the age of 101 last year with a US$3.3 billion fortune. An auction of the art and antiquities he and his wife collected – including pieces by Monet, Matisse and Picasso – raised more than US$832 million for charities they supported.
UBS said the adage that the first generation makes the fortune, the second generation preserves it and the third generation squanders no longer applies. Some families have kept vast fortunes for five or six generations, and some heirs have even increased the overall fortune, the report said.
"As we work with our billionaire clients, many of the next generation seem highly motivated, committed to their chosen careers, the family business and/or doing social good," the report said.
One billionaire told the researchers: "The new generation, born in the internet era, are more willing to take risks. They have more information and can be more courageous about trying new ideas and being entrepreneurial."
A 30-year-old billionaire heir said: "I think that my generation wants to achieve a more holistic life and shed some of the hypocrisies of previous generations. We want to have a return but with impact. Our investments should reflect who we are and what we believe."
(Source: South China Morning Post - 26 Oct 2018)


I was ridiculously busy lol! I had just finished my university degree (Bachelor of Fine Arts) and was working full time as a charitable fundraiser. I had also moved from the east to west coast of Canada and had plans to travel and backpack around the world with my previous partner.
I would love to work again haha as lame as that is! After my pain became more chronic, I started running live painting events in Victoria & Vancouver BC. It accommodated the pain since I could mostly work from home, while I was trying to get an accurate diagnosis. As my pain became worse though & I received the TOS diagnosis, I had to make some changes so, I left a job I loved. I also am a painter with arm pain lol the irony is real, so I haven't been able to make as much art as I'd like to over the past few years. Or be as social as others my age (especially with being sober for health reasons too oy). In the future I would love to maybe do a Masters in Fine Arts, or even become a tattoo artist!!! But it's mostly up to my body at this point, which is really hard to plan around.
It's really difficult & chronic pain is painfully consistent. For years I was misdiagnosed and brushed off since my symptoms are invisible. I had so many scans and tests done but they were all normal. I saw countless specialists who said they couldn't help me, and tried every possible painful treatment with no success. It really felt like I was going to be in pain forever. I had to keep advocating until finally I was diagnosed with a rare illness, but there's no cure. I felt alone for a really long time and have lost a lot due to illness, so I just want others to know that it's okay to not be okay! Your pain is 150% valid and just keep trying to take care of yourself the best you can.
Listen to your body! Rest when you need to and don't push through pain. It felt like my pain was all in my head for a few years and I was so hard on myself. It took a lot of therapy and grieving to just accept my situation and listen to my body. I wish I would have even sooner to prevent some of the damage, but I'm glad I kept trying. Keep advocating until someone listens!
My partner and parents are fantastic! But outside of that I don't get much support since I'm not close to most of my extended family. Also having an incurable chronic illness in your twenties is super uncomfortable for a lot of people. Which I understand! I also have a few long time friends that have been great, but I've also lost a bunch too.
95% of doctors I saw didn't believe me. Regardless of how much pain I seemed to be in, they'd think I was overreacting.
My previous partner didn't understand and took it personally that I couldn't do certain things anymore (especially since traveling was a big part of our relationship) but my current partner has been great! Supporting me through all treatment, tests, surgeries and tears lol I thank him all the time for not leaving. I feel very lucky to have him!
Before diagnosis, 100%! Now because TOS is so rare I'm met with confusion or support since I've had invasive surgeries now I'm taken a bit more seriously.
I just don't want pain to impact everything I do!
To be a lot kinder to myself and honest with others. I used to have a lot of social anxiety and would make decisions to please others. Now my main priority is myself and that's pretty great!
Tattoos! I like to think that they're a representation of making pain beautiful.


Autonomy is often interpreted as a historical phenomenon: in field theory and other historical narratives about literature, we see the tendency to formulate a 'starting point' for the autonomization of the literary field and of poetics. Drawing on the ideas of Andrew Goldstone and others, this article develops a different perspective. It shows that literary autonomy also functions as a discourse, through which authors claim a social position. This position is not one of detachment and demarcation, but one of a principled lack of any specific political or ideological attachment. Some writers, including important Dutch authors such as Multatuli and Willem Frederik Hermans, use this autonomy claim to underpin their authority.


Glenair addresses interconnect system assembly needs with a variety of Military Standard and specialized connector tools, backshell assembly tools, braid termination tools and accessories. Our tool line includes connector wrenches and mini-strap wrenches, as well as universal connector holding tools for production use as well as field maintenance.
Glenair's line of shield-termination banding products is the number one system in use today. Glenair manufactures many of the specialty tools used in high-reliability interconnect harness assembly. And we are distributors for a wide range of additional tooling from the industry's other leading manufacturers. In the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Germany, France and the Nordic region, Glenair has built a reputation for providing turnkey interconnect tool kits and tooling service programs.


We refer to the non-profit organizations we support as Partners because that is what they are: partners who will help make this beautiful island a better place for all of us to live, whether it be through helping the environment, community, arts, or education. We have looked for organizations who have similar values to those of us at Live Aloha Realty, and with whom we can see a mutually beneficial relationship blossoming through the years.
We welcome Big Island non-profit [501(c)3] organizations to please reach out to us to find out more about how we can work together to benefit the people and community of Hawaii Island.
North Hawaii Hospice has been providing compassionate end-of-life care and support for patients and their families for over 30 years.
Kahilu Theatre is a not-for-profit community arts and education center located in Waimea. A popular venue for showcasing musicians — international and local, dance troupes, orchestras and cultural events, the Kahilu Theatre continues to expand its programming with the generosity and support of the island community.
The Waikoloa Dry Forest Initiative is a non-profit organization that manages a tropical dry-land forest preserve and restoration project near Waikoloa Village. They also perform active forest restoration and have planted about thirty-five native dry-land species which rely on conservation efforts for their survival.
Boys to Men Mentoring is a non-profit organization that provides mentoring and support for adolescent boys.
Big Island Giving Tree is a non-profit organization that provides different programs for struggling families on the island. Support includes a homeless summer keiki camp, back-to-school supplies, food donations and deliveries, clothing and transportation.
Friends of Anuenue Playground is a non-profit organization that formed to restore and maintain Waimea's Anuenue Playground for the continued enjoyment and safety of keiki in our community.


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Bell Atlantic Announces Distribution of 1.1 Million New Yellow Pages Directories in Manhattan
Bell Atlantic Announces Distribution of 1.1 Million
New Yellow Pages Directories in Manhattan
1999-2000 Directory Contains Useful New Features
for Manhattan Consumers and Businesses
Stephanie Hobbs,
MANHATTAN -- Using the new Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages, Manhattan
residents can now more easily travel around the city, pick a favorite restaurant or
menu, and learn how to surf the Internet. The directory contains a variety
of new consumer-oriented features, including a pull-out Manhattan
Transportation Authority (MTA) map, a how-to guide on using the
Internet, and 40 pages of restaurant menus. More than 1.1 million copies of the
new Manhattan directory are currently in delivery to borough residences
and businesses.
"For more than 100 years, the Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages has been a
one-stop information source," said Mary Jo Howe, vice president of
marketing for Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages. "With a wealth of
information on places to shop and things to do, this year's Yellow Pages
directory is an essential how-to kit for living, working or touring in
Manhattan."
For the first time, Bell Atlantic's Manhattan Yellow Pages contains
"The Map," a pull-out map of the entire MTA system. The
map provides detailed information on the MTA's regional services and
connections, including subways, railroads, bridges, tunnels, buses and
ferries. In addition, the InfoSCENE section of the Yellow Pages contains
a cross street locator and street maps for the entire island of Manhattan.
The features are designed to make it easier for area residents and visitors
to find their way around the city.
A new addition to the Bell Atlantic Yellow Pages for Manhattan is a 40-
page section of menus from local dining establishments, allowing
residents and businesses to easily select their restaurant and food of
choice. The Bell Atlantic directory also includes InfoSCENE a visitor
guide that showcases area attractions, entertainment and recreation. The
section is enhancedwith color maps, photographs, and local telephone
listings that provide up-to-the-minute information on menus, schedules
and shows. In addition, recycling information designed to educate
consumers on what, where and how to recycle is also included in Bell
Atlantic's Yellow Pages for Manhattan.
Another recent feature in Bell Atlantic's Manhattan directory is the
Internet Guide, a step-by-step primer designed to show novice users how
to navigate the Internet. The advertiser-supported Internet Guide is a 12-
page tabbed insert that contains information on hardware and software
requirements, tips on choosing an Internet service provider, instructions on
conducting a Web search, and a list of recommended local, regional and
national Web sites.
In addition, Howe noted there are now more Web site addressSM -- that
enables small businesses to easily and inexpensively have Bell Atlantic
Directory Services, Inc., build and host their Web sites. Web@Once sites
are created by professional copywriters, and include a unique domain
name (www.companyname.com), hosting with guaranteed "uptime",
24-hour technical support, up to six updates per year, and monthly usage
statistics that provide the date, time and number of visits to a company
"Bell Atlantic works hard to make our Manhattan Yellow Pages a
valuable tool for consumers, and the public has responded," said
Howe. "A recent study by the Gallup Organization showed that nine
out of 10 adults in Manhattan have used Bell Atlantic directories."
Bell Atlantic is at the forefront
of the new communications and information industry. With more than 43
million telephone access lines and nine million wireless customers worldwide,
Bell Atlantic companies are premier providers of advanced wireline voice
and data services, market leaders in wireless services. Bell Atlantic
companies are also among the world's largest investors in high-growth
global communications markets, with operations and investments in 23 countries.


What: Project Home's Serving Those Who Served Program is a new initiative to make health and safety related home repairs, accessibility modifications and energy upgrades to the homes of low-to-moderate income veterans and their families. Our STWS program would identify income-eligible home owners, who served in the military, and utilize Project Home staff to evaluate, plan and complete the number of projects that STWS program funding will support. These projects are an important reinvestment in our community and our service men and women.
Who: Recipients would be honorably discharged military veterans that are at or below 80% of their County Median Income. Projects would be exclusively for veterans and their families who live in Dane and Green counties and own their homes.
Why: Project Home has long served military veterans through our existing programs (over 40 years of "home" based work). With the growing number of veterans aging in place or at risk of becoming homeless, there is a greater need to establish a program to focus on those who have served our country. Project Home's SWTS program will make veterans homes' more accessible, comfortable and affordable. They have served us…..it is now time for us to serve them.
When: Projects would begin in July 2016 and would be performed throughout the next 12 months. Our goal is to make STWS an annual program following a July to June schedule.
What We Have: The skills, knowledge, experience, equipment, training and ability to redirect our resources – (our staff has done thousands of these types of projects during the past 45 years). We would be honored to help more of our service men and women.
What We Need: Financial support — (this is not an investment in a new, start-up organization….. this is an investment in an established, trusted non-profit that is looking to create a focused program to serve more veterans).
The Impact We Can Make: For every $10,000 we raise, we can help another military veteran and his or her family. Some projects will be a ramp and internal accessibility modifications, others will encompass health and safety repairs and some will consist of cost-effective energy saving upgrades that will make a family's home more comfortable and save them money on their energy bills.
Our goal is to help 50 veterans and their families during the first 12 months of the program — Will you help us serve those who served?


This is the companion website for Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, Fourth Edition.
For over ten years, Readings for Diversity and Social Justice has been the go-to anthology for the broadest possible coverage of issues related to identity and oppression from a social justice perspective. This highly-anticipated fourth edition breaks even further ground, with new essay selections in each section that have been carefully chosen to keep topic coverage timely and readings accessible and engaging for students.
On this website, you'll find a wealth of downloadable resources that expand upon and complement the eight book sections of Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, plus information on Readings' sister volume Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, Third Edition (TDSJ3e), by Maurianne Adams and Lee Anne Bell.
Video selections curated and annotated by the editors of each book section that enhance the content of the print materials.
Discussion Questions corresponding to the readings in Context, Voices, and Next Steps.
Classroom-ready Activities, including resources from Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice.
Next Steps resources highlighting groups that are engaged in social action.
Comprehensive Further Resource guides, including print, film and online resources.


I grew up in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and rarely received any comments about my strange-sounding birthplace.
Today, I live in Oro Valley--and it seems like all I get is flak from my fellow Southern Arizonans. Apparently, living far from the heart of Tucson can be perceived as living on the other side of the world.
The first Northwest Negator was a new male acquaintance. We were talking on the phone one evening, getting to know each other. When I said I lived in Oro Valley, he replied: "Oh. You're one of them."
He sputtered something in reference to Oro Valley's country club-like reputation and began a mini-rant. I responded calmly; I put down my martini, got out of the pool, turned off my 50-inch plasma TV and held the phone away from my ear.
Seriously, though, I couldn't really hear much of his mini-rant, because planes were flying over his house. He lived under the flight path of Davis-Monthan's jets. Our conversation was interrupted no less than three times.
The next time we talked, I had just gotten home from the country club, where I had been golfing and schmoozing with Biff and Hilary. Gosh, I was just too tired to be much of a conversationalist.
Co-worker: Where do you live?
Co-worker: Oh, you mean you live in Phoenix?
Me: No, I don't. It's not that far.
Co-worker: I don't drive north of River Road. It's too far from everything.
Me: I drive 20 miles to work each day.
Upon hearing that, my co-worker looked dazed and slowly walked away from me.
The "too far from everything" comment puzzles me. From what, exactly, am I too far? Park Place? Reid Park? Oh, wait, maybe it's being stuck at Alvernon Way and 22nd Street and waiting three light rotations to get through the intersection.
Aside from the traffic--which afflicts our entire region--I am in no way bashing Tucson, Park Place or Reid Park. I just don't get why I have to live smack-dab in the middle of it to enjoy it. It ain't that far from the northwest.
Next up was a female No-Way Northwester. When we met, she asked where I lived. When I responded, she asked, "Why do you live there?" I explained that I have family in the area. "Oh," she replied with a great deal of relief. So if I didn't have a family member who lives there, would there be something wrong with my choice?
Yet another Northwest Nixer is a male co-worker. Over the years, he has questioned my sanity for living so far from our office, which is 2 miles from the airport. While I admit I am jealous of his 12-minute commute, it hasn't persuaded me to move from the northwest.
Sitting in my car for about 70 minutes each workday, I have a lot of time to think. I ponder the sun and the moon, the birds and the bees, and all of the wonderful people of the Old Pueblo.
Why do people look at me strangely when I say I live on the northwest side? Is this just a northwest phenomenon, or do people who live on the other sides of town get similar reactions? Long before the price of gas went sky-high, heads tilted to the side, eyes opened wide and mouths uttered, "You live faaar awaaay."
Yep, I have to set the GPS in my Oro Valley-issued Cadillac to get myself home. I'd be wondering around the streets of central Tucson otherwise.
Do I have a problem with central Tucson or people who live there? Nope. Want to live in Vail? Victory for you. How about Sahuarita? Splendid choice. Marana? Marvelous decision. And let's not forget Oro Valley. Outstanding option.
We should all be able to show some love to all the parts of our geographic region and its people. Each person finds the comforts of home where it suits them--whether it's downtown, in central Tucson or on the outskirts.
So the next time you meet a northwesterner, or someone from a "far-off" region of the Tucson metro area, remember how Mister Rogers treated his neighbors.
And be happy that all the towns around here are a lot easier to spell than Poughkeepsie.


It's been too long since you have all had the privilege of seeing my little cuties. As you know, they are my practice subjects. So, I took them to the same place I went in San Diego before I shot the Depwig family. I was SO excited to shoot the Depwigs after I shot some of my kids because there were so many great places to take pictures over there. So, that is where the first few are from.
I love this next picture. I don't know exactly why. I love the jammies. And I LOVE baby feet... But I can't place exactly WHY I love this particular picture so much.
Sea World. Again with the silouettes... I just can't get enough of them!!
This is Chrissy. She just graduated from high school and is heading off to college next month. Remember how fun that part of life was? When you thought you had so much on your plate... if only we knew, right? Anyways, what a babe, huh? Sorry, boys, she's 17!


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package org.gw4e.eclipse.wizard.template;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.jface.viewers.ISelectionChangedListener;
import org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardPage;
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Composite;

public class GW4ETemplatePage extends WizardPage {
	ISelectionChangedListener listener;
	boolean displayProjects = false;
	TemplateComposite template = null;
	List<TemplateProvider> templates = null;

	public GW4ETemplatePage(ISelectionChangedListener listener, List<TemplateProvider> templates,
			boolean displayProjects) {
		super("GraphWalker Template Page");
		this.setDescription("Create GraphWalker Graph");
		this.listener = listener;
		this.templates = templates;
		this.displayProjects = displayProjects;
	}

	public void createControl(Composite parent) {
		initializeDialogUnits(parent);
		template = new TemplateComposite(listener, templates, displayProjects, parent, SWT.NONE);
		setControl(template);
		this.setPageComplete(validatePage());
	}

	public boolean validatePage() {
		setErrorMessage(null);
		setPageComplete(true);
		if (template==null) return false;
		boolean validated = template.validatePage();
		if (!validated) {
			setErrorMessage(template.getErrorMessage());
			setPageComplete(false);
		}
		getContainer().updateButtons();
		return validated;
	}

}

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The fight against fuel poverty
It's estimated that 4 million people live in fuel poverty in the UK.1 Every winter, they're faced with the choice between heating their homes and eating a cooked meal.
In Bristol the problem is severe, affecting around 25,000 households (that's more than 1 in 8 households).2
At Bristol Energy, we believe that no one should have to suffer a cold home. We already offer the fairest energy prices we can, but cheaper energy bills is just one solution. That's why we work with local charities and partners like the Centre for Sustainable Energy, to find new ways to tackle this growing problem.
Want to help us tackle fuel poverty? Get in touch with our Policy and Strategy Manager, Laura Penny
What is Fuel Poverty?
A household is said to be fuel poor when its members cannot afford to keep adequately warm at a reasonable cost, given their income.
Households are considered to be in fuel poverty when:
They have required fuel costs that are above average (the national median level)
Were they to spend that amount, they would be left with a residual income below the official poverty line.3
Visit turn2us for more information on fuel poverty.
Why does Fuel Poverty happen?
Fuel Poverty is caused by:
high energy prices
energy inefficient housing
Fuel poverty is distinct from general poverty and is an incredibly complex issue. The effects it can have on households and standard of living are devastating.
The health impact of Fuel Poverty
Fuel poverty is a known and recognised risk factor for health. Living in a cold home can cause or exacerbate mental and physical health problems, particularly cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, stress and anxiety.
Fuel poverty can also create social isolation. Those living in fuel poverty are less inclined to invite others into their home.
Nationally, cold homes contribute to 9,600 premature deaths every winter, or 80 people per day.4
The NEA also estimates that cold homes cost the NHS £3.6m per day.5
Fuel poverty in Bristol
In Bristol and the surrounding counties (Banes, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire) half a million households are estimated to be living in fuel poverty.6
13.2% of households in Bristol are thought to be in fuel poverty, above the national average of 9.8%.7
What is Bristol Energy doing to tackle Fuel Poverty?
Bristol Energy was set up to help and support energy-vulnerable households within the city, and we were one of the first suppliers to volunteer to offer the Warm Home Discount.
Find out more about our mission to be a force for social good.
Recently, we established the 'No Cold Homes' initiative to help tackle fuel poverty in Bristol. Led by Mayor Marvin Rees, the Centre for Sustainable Energy, Bristol Energy and Western Power Distribution, the launch event brought together charities, organisations, business leaders and influencers from across the city to share knowledge and develop an action plan for collaborative work
How to help take action against Fuel Poverty
If your organisation would like to work with us to help tackle fuel poverty, please get in touch with our Policy and Strategy Manager, Laura Penny.
Bristol Energy is dedicated to helping the most vulnerable people in society, so join us today to save money on your gas and electricity while helping to put a stop to fuel poverty.
The clean growth plan: Tackling fuel poverty, Energy Saving Trust
Energy UK on Fuel Poverty
Plugging Bristol's energy gaps, The Bristol Cable, January 2017
Fuel Poverty Statistics, gov.uk
1. http://www.nea.org.uk/the-challenge/fuel-poverty-statistics/
2. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/annual-fuel-poverty-statistics-report-2017
3. https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/fuel-poverty-statistics
4. https://www.nea.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/FPM_2017.pdf
6. https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/2014-sub-regional-fuel-poverty-data-low-income-high-costs-indicator


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Q: layout element control in Android I want to layout 3 element Button , TextView , Button on the bar like this
[Button1] --- TextView --- [Button2]
2 button are always anchor fixed in left and right screen(padding 4dp) ,and TextView is center (change width depend on screen size),They should be apply for all screen size(not scaled in larger screen). How can I do it??

A: It would look something like this.-
<RelativeLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="wrap_content">

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentLeft="true" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_centerHorizontal="true" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="wrap_content"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_alignParentRight="true" />

</RelativeLayout>

Notice that you still need to set other properties such as texts, ...

A: You can use LinearLayout with android:weightSum
Try Like this, By using android:weightSum, you can divide how much space for Button and textView.. And it will automatically adjust in all the density devices.
<LinearLayout
    android:layout_width="match_parent"
    android:layout_height="match_parent"
    android:orientation="horizontal"
    android:weightSum="10" >

    <Button
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="left"
        android:layout_margin="4dp"
        android:layout_weight="3"
        android:text="LeftButton" />

    <TextView
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="center_horizontal"
        android:padding="4dp"
        android:layout_weight="4"
        android:gravity="center"
        android:text="Center TextView text" />

    <Button
        android:layout_width="0dp"
        android:layout_height="wrap_content"
        android:layout_gravity="right"
        android:layout_margin="4dp"
        android:layout_weight="3"
        android:text="Right Button" />

</LinearLayout>

A: android:weightSum work fine for me, I resolved all my troubles :)

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For this task, I am self aware enough to know I can't beat my colleagues brilliant drawings in her post. So before we get into the dining table, I would like to share a story which took place a number of years ago.
For this post I am linking to my padlet of OER resources I collected around social research and ethics https://padlet.com/sidney_shapiro1/ypl9ioylc0k1 I highlighted OER resources that I would use in various courses and started to build a list of how they connect together by topic and subject (to reflect the various courses and subjects in the program).


The film opens with Indonesian SWAT officer Rama praying, practicing silat and bidding goodbye to his wife, who is pregnant with his child.
Rama joins a 20-man elite police squad, including Officer Bowo, Sergeant Jaka, and Lieutenant Wahyu, for a raid on an apartment block in Jakarta's slums. The team intends to capture crime lord Tama Riyadi, who owns the block and lets criminals around the city rent rooms under his protection. Arriving undetected, the team sweeps the first floors and subdues various criminal tenants; they also temporarily detain an innocent tenant delivering medicine to his sick wife. Continuing undetected to the sixth floor, the team is spotted by a young lookout, who raises the alarm before he is shot and killed by Wahyu.
Tama calls in reinforcements, who ambush the police officers patrolling the outside and the first five floors, killing and maiming a majority of them. Cutting the lights, Tama announces over the PA system that the police are trapped on the sixth floor stairwell, and he will grant free permanent residence to those who kill the intruders. In the darkness, the team is soon ambushed by shooters from above and behind, killing of a great number of them. Jaka learns from Wahyu that the mission is not officially sanctioned by the police command; nobody knows their location, and no backup or reinforcements will arrive. The remaining officers are forced to take cover in an empty apartment, where Officer Bowo is shot and injured by a mob of pursuing tenants. To save him, Rama constructs an improvised explosive device that kills the tenants, giving them a small window of time. With more antagonists approaching, the team splits into two groups covertly: Jaka, Wahyu, and Dagu retreat to the fifth floor, while Rama and Bowo ascend to the seventh.
Fighting their way to the apartment of the innocent tenant they released earlier, Rama and Bowo plead with him to help them; although his sick wife urges him to not get involved, he reluctantly agrees and hides the officers in a secret passage. A machete gang arrives and ransacks the man's apartment, but when they fail to find Rama and Bowo, they leave. After tending to Bowo's wounds, Rama leaves him with the couple to search for Jaka's team; however, he crosses paths again with machete gang. He manages to dispatch one member and flee, but is forced to fight the rest of them with his bare hands. Rama defeats and kills most of the gang, including their leader, who he uses to soften his fall when he jumps out of a window to an apartment below to flee another mob of pursuing tenants. He then continues his search, only to be captured by Andi, Tama's right-hand man. It is then revealed that Rama and Andi are estranged brothers, and that Rama signed up for the mission to search for Andi and convince him to return home, at the urging of their father.
Concurrently, Jaka and his group are found by Mad Dog, Tama's ruthless henchman. Wahyu flees, and Jaka orders Dagu to follow Wahyu. Mad Dog captures Jaka, but instead of shooting him, Mad Dog challenges him to hand-to-hand combat. After Mad Dog defeats and kills Jaka, he drags the corpse to an elevator. Andi tells Rama to wait before leaving and meets up with Mad Dog. However, Tama has seen Andi talk to Rama on the numerous security cameras in the building. Realizing Andi's betrayal when he didn't return with a corpse, Tama stabs Andi in the hand and turns him over to Mad Dog.
Rama regroups with Wahyu and Dagu, who go on to fight through a narcotics lab, and they head for Tama on the 15th floor. Rama, finding Andi being beaten by Mad Dog, separates from Wahyu and Dagu to save him. Mad Dog allows him to free Andi and fights both brothers simultaneously. Mad Dog initially has the upper hand, but the brothers prove to be match for him when working together. After an intense and grueling fight, Mad Dog eventually overcomes the brothers, but is stabbed in the neck by Andi while trying to finish off Rama. This weakens him enough for the brothers to finally kill him.
Meanwhile, Wahyu and Dagu confront Tama, only for Wahyu to betray and kill Dagu. Wahyu takes Tama hostage with the intention of using him to escape, but Tama taunts Wahyu by revealing that Tama has been waiting for the team before the events of the movie began and Wahyu was set up by his corrupt higher-ups; even if Wahyu escapes, he will be killed later. Wahyu kills Tama and attempts suicide, only to find that he has no bullets left.
Andi uses his influence over the tenants to allow Rama to leave with Bowo and a detained Wahyu. The tenant who protected Bowo watches from a window and grins with delight. Andi also hands over numerous blackmail recordings Tama made of corrupt officers taking bribes, hoping that Rama can use them to his benefit. Rama asks Andi to come home, but Andi refuses, due to his acclimation to his criminal lifestyle. Before Rama leaves, Andi asserts he can protect Rama in his role as a criminal boss, but that Rama could not do the same for him.
Andi turns around and walks back to the apartment block with a grin that breaks into a wide-smile, whilst Rama, with Wahyu and an injured Bowo, exits to an uncertain future.


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Shapovalov downs Tsitsipas in next gen battle as ATP Cup starts
January 3, 2020 03.01.2020 • 08:38
Denis Shapovalov won the battle of the up-and-comers against Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas to clinch Canada's opening tie in the inaugural ATP Cup men's team event in Brisbane on Friday.
The baby-faced left-hander, 20, handed Canada an unassailable 2-0 lead in the tie with a 7-6(6) 7-6(4) victory in the second rubber against world number six Tsitsipas at the Patrick Rafter Arena.
Canada went up 1-0 when Felix Auger-Aliassime claimed a breezy 6-1-6-3 victory over Michail Pervolarakis for the first win in the $15 million ATP Cup, which features 24 nations contesting in Perth, Brisbane and Sydney over 10 days.
The participating teams for the event have been determined by the singles ranking of their best player. Six of the top seven players in the world, barring Swiss great Roger Federer, have arrived in Australia.
The event, however, did not get off to the best possible start with the organizers playing a wrong national anthem for Moldova ahead of their tie against Belgium in Sydney.
Belgium's number two singles player and captain Steve Darcis won the rubber with a 6-4 6-7(4) 7-5 win against Alexander Cozbinov before world number 11 David Goffin settled the tie in the team's favor by defeating Radu Albot 6-4 6-1.
"At the start of the Moldova vs Belgium match we mistakenly played the wrong national anthem for Moldova," the organizers said on the official Twitter handle for the ATP Cup. "We are sincerely sorry and have apologized personally to Team Moldova."
The 21-year-old Tsitsipas was considered the favorite going into the match against Shapovalov having defeated Roger Federer and Dominic Thiem to win the ATP Finals in November.
But Shapovalov, who played brilliantly to lead Canada to its first Davis Cup final in November where they eventually went down to Rafa Nadal's Spain, was the better player on the big points against the Greek.
After more than two hours of power-hitting from two of the ATP's most exciting next generation players in a match in which there was no break of serves, Shapovalov converted his first matchpoint when Tsitsipas double faulted on his serve.
"It's definitely a huge win for me," Shapovalov said in an on-court interview. "Obviously, he had an unbelievable end to the season and he's definitely one of the top players in the world right now. He's got a great game.
"So to beat a guy like this in the first match of the year, it's really special for me. It means a lot.
"I think today it was just a couple points here and there, just tried to keep playing my game, keep playing every single point and wait for my chances and I just think that I took advantage really well in the tie-breaks."
[Reuters]
Tsitsipas sets Grand Slam target for 2020
Tsitsipas wins ATP Finals title
Tsitsipas beats Federer to reach ATP Finals final
Nadal beats Tsitsipas to stay in contention at ATP Finals
Tsitsipas thrashes Zverev to reach ATP semis
Tsitsipas records first win over Medvedev


Tiered earrings made on a chandelier fitting add a touch of elegance to an otherwise casual outfit. Teamed with a T-shirt and jeans you can dress up your look quickly and easily with a pair of long, dangly chandelier earrings. And they don't need to be really elaborate to give you the look - you only need a few Swarovski crystals for a really sparkly effect! You can put this pair together in under half an hour.
Tools: round nose pliers, flat nose pliers, flush cutters.
Put half of all the supplies aside for the second earring. Thread the a 6mm bicone on the eye pin, one of the 4mm Denim Blue bicones on a fine nail head pin and all the remaining crystals on the ball head pins. Bend each pin just above the bead at a 90° angle and trim to 8mm (5/16").
Turn a simple loop on each one. Make sure that the loop on the nail head pin is not too large or the crystal will hang to low inside the chandelier and won't dangle.
Attach a Light Azore crystal to the 6mm Denim Blue bicone.
Connect two oval jump rings together and attach it to the second loop of the chandelier component. Open the loop of another Light Azore crystal and attach it to the bottom jump ring. Repeat this step on the 4th loop of the chandelier component.
Attach the loop of the 6mm Denim Blue crystal to the centre loop.
Attach a 4mm Denim Blue bicone (the ones on the ball head pins) to the two outer loops.
Open the loop of the crystal on the nail head pin and attach it to the inner loop of the chandelier component. It is fiddly so you might have to open the loop quite wide in order to hook the loop of the pin through the loop of the component.
Hook the chandelier component onto the earring wire and securely close it by pressing the ball hook against the earring wire.
Use the remaining components to make a matching earring and then admire your pretty, sparkly Ice Crystal Earrings.


In addition to this robbery and kidnapping charges, Meza was charged with criminal possession of computer trespass and stolen property, computer tampering.
In announcements, District Attorney Cyrus Vance speculated that further offenses of this kind could happen in the future, citing prices at the market.
The New York County District Attorney's Office has registered armed robbery and kidnapping charges from an individual alleged to have been engaged in the theft of more than $1.8 million worth of ether, the cryptocurrency of this ethereum network.
"We can expect this type of crime to become increasingly popular as cryptocurrency values surge upward," said Vance.
From that point, Meza went to the victim's apartment in which they stole the ethers, as stated by the DA's office.
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Hot jobs for the start of a new decade
See the latest list compiled for the state
Hot jobs for the start of a new decade See the latest list compiled for the state Check out this story on lansingstatejournal.com: https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/money/careers/2019/12/20/hot-jobs-start-new-decade/40856161/
Edythe Copeland, For the Lansing State Journal Published 11:16 a.m. ET Dec. 20, 2019
As we approach the end of the year, Capital Area Michigan Works! is looking at what jobs and careers are going to be in demand in the first year of the new decade — and we thought you may all want to know, too. So here's what we found to be some of the hottest careers and jobs in 2020 and resources for getting one of them.
Copeland (Photo: Luke Pline)
According to the Michigan Bureau of Labor Market Information and Strategic Initiatives, some of the most in-demand jobs in the state are sales representatives, registered nurses, mechanical engineers, heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers and accountants. And specifically for the capital area, we're going to see a growing need for positions in industrial machinery mechanics, computer systems analysts and financial advisers.
To see all 50 of the bureau's predictions, check out its Michigan Hot 50 list. Predictions for our region — Ingham, Eaton and Clinton counties — are found in the Regional Hot 50 list.
Additionally, careers in customer service are expected to be in-demand with internet furniture giant, Wayfair announced they're bringing a customer service center to the Lansing area. They expect to start hiring in early 2020 for "competitively paid customer service jobs" and expect to hire more than 500 over the next three years.
Wondering what career may be the right fit for you? Check out the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook, a career resource that offers details about hundreds of occupations available throughout the United States — including those mentioned previously. For example, if you're wondering what skills you may need to get hired as a dental hygienist, the handbook will tell you the median pay is $74,820 per year ($35.97 per hour) and all states require dental hygienists to be licensed, with most requiring an associate degree from a dental hygiene program.
So, where do you get the education to qualify for those careers? That's where Capital Area Michigan Works! and our partners including Lansing Community College, Michigan State University, Davenport University and Career Quest, and programs such as Early Middle Colleges, can help with education for the unique paths to hot jobs.
One example? Lansing Community College is one of Michigan's largest community colleges and was voted the No. 1 community college for technical education. It offers more than 200 associate degree and certificate programs on two campuses — one in downtown Lansing and one in East Lansing. You can speak to an on-site LCC adviser at our American Job Centers to learn more about classes and degree programs.
Another example? There are Early Middle Colleges approved by the Michigan Department of Education as a five-year program of study offered to students in high schools throughout the state. Find high schools that are Early Middle College eligible on their website. Right here in the region, we have The Early College at Lansing Community College, a collaboration between LCC and Ingham Intermediate School District.
In their time at an early college, students earn a high school diploma along with one of the following:
• 60 transferable college credits.
• An associate degree.
• A professional certification.
• The Michigan Early Middle College Association (MEMCA) technical certificate.
• The right to participate in a registered apprenticeship.
An Early Middle College is a great opportunity for young people who are interested in gaining college experience while earning their high school diploma. After five years, they'll have the experience and education necessary to go out and get a job, hopefully in a hot career with plenty of opportunity. And credits can be transferred to most colleges and universities throughout the state.
Career Quest Learning Centers offer hands-on learning experiences and accreditation for those interested in a variety of business, healthcare, information technology and trades careers. Beyond excellent hands-on classroom support, their career services center also helps soon-to-be graduates with their resume, portfolio and interview coaching. Their campuses are located in Bay City, Jackson, Lansing and Mt. Pleasant.
Our region is fortunate to have a myriad of college and university programs to choose from, and many may have less traditional options than people expect such as programs developed specifically for working professionals, evening and weekend programs and life credits.
As we look forward to a new year and a new decade, there are opportunities out there for those who want them, but you have to know about them to participate. So do your research or visit us at Capital Area Michigan Works! to find the in-demand job for you in 2020.
Edythe Copeland is the CEO of Capital Area Michigan Works! Visit www.camw.org to connect with the Capital Area Michigan Works! team for assistance with career exploration or staffing needs. Capital Area Michigan Works!, a proud partner of the American Job Center Network, offers services in Ingham, Clinton and Eaton counties at our Lansing, St. Johns and Charlotte American Job Centers.
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