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A new class of treatments is pesticide-free and effective, even against super lice. (NAPS)
(NAPSI)—When the dreaded lice letter comes home, you'll want
an effective product—NOW.
For a long time, the only options to treat head lice were home remedies or
pesticide-based retail products (using permethrin
or pyrethrins). But are home remedies the only
effective option for lice treatments when you're concerned about
pesticide (or chemical) exposure?
The Problem
According to a study in the Journal of Medical Entomology, lice have
become overwhelmingly resistant to the pesticides (a race of "super
lice" has evolved) in traditional over-the-counter treatments. So
products containing these ingredients are no longer consistently effective.
This often comes as a surprise to parents who buy these products believing
they're most toxic to lice.
Contrarily, many parents choose home remedies because they fear the
chemicals found in traditional commercial lice treatments are harmful or too
aggressive. Although home remedies are readily available and inexpensive,
many are not easy to apply and most fail to kill lice or eggs. The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention has no clear scientific evidence that
suffocating head lice with mayonnaise, margarine, butter, herbal oils, olive
oil or similar substances is an effective form of treatment.
Then there's combing. It can be a highly effective way of removing
lice and eggs to eliminate an infestation. It's not a technique with
which most parents have experience, however, and it requires diligence and
patience to ensure no lice or eggs are missed that would perpetuate the
infestation. Some products that claim to eliminate super lice and eggs are
only acting as a conditioner for the hair to make combing easier.
An Answer
Fortunately, there are now affordable pesticide-free head lice treatment
options (pediculicides) available over the counter
that can deliver better efficacy and convenience than both home remedies and
pesticide-based products. However, not all products claiming to kill super
lice and eggs work the same way. To get rid of lice, you need to focus on two
important aspects:
• Kill the lice that are living
• Kill the lice eggs waiting to hatch.
A new generation of pesticide-free products has been designed to kill the
lice and eggs while still in the hair so that less emphasis is put on combing
perfectly. One such is Vamousse Lice Treatment. It
was developed by entomologists (bug experts) to kill lice and eggs with a
sodium chloride solution that attacks the entire infestation cycle while the
lice and eggs are in the hair with one application. The convenient, clinging
mousse makes application—even on squirming children—easier, so
you can better target the scalp and roots where lice and nits live. Attacking
the full life cycle of adults and eggs means a second treatment for hatching
lice is not required.
There are more options than ever before for treating head lice. If you're
concerned about the chemicals in traditional treatments, consider the
technology of pesticide-free products such as Vamousse
Lice Treatment. There's no longer a need to compromise between safe
ingredients and efficacy when selecting a lice-killing product. You can get
confidence and convenience beyond what an unproven home remedy alone delivers
and assurance beyond combing alone. Resolve this year to opt for a
pesticide-free formula that kills lice and eggs on contact even before you
start combing.
Learn More
For further facts and tips on getting rid of lice, visit www.vamousselice.com/tips-choosing-lice-treatment.
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Historic Evesham
Evesham Town
Evesham is an historical market town filled with history, magnificent old buildings, arcades, shops, pubs and restaurants. The market square will play host to our re-enactors gathering before their parade and will also be an information point for visitors.
During the festival there will be a market, craft workshops and demonstrations plus exciting talks and events held in the pubs and restaurants in the evenings. Some of the shops may have slipped back in time to the 13th century too!
Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre
Following the closure of the Abbey by Henry VIII, the Almonry became the personal home of the last Abbot, Philip Ballard whilst the rest of the Abbey buildings were sold as stones. Today, the Almonry, two churches, the bell tower and cloister arch are all that remain of what was reportedly the third largest abbey in England.
The 14th century building itself is fascinating and the exhibits and displays showcase an eclectic collection that spans prehistoric to 20th century times. One of the permanent displays is about Simon de Montfort.
The Almonry also plays home to the Evesham Tourist Information Centre where information about the town, surrounding areas, accomodation and souvenirs can be sourced.
In and around Evesham Town Centre
- Battlewell, Greenhill – Reported site of de Montfort's last moments. Walking path and information boards.
- Evesham Hotel – Quirky family run hotel
- Evesham Rowing Club – Bar open all year round
- The Valley – Garden centre and retail park off A46
- Jelly Pickle Jam - Serving cakes, delights and bespoke partie
- Vine Mews – Crafts, antiques and collectible
- Evesham Parish Church, St Lawrence Church & Bell Tower
- Vine Mews - https://www.facebook.com/VineMews
- Parish Church - http://www.eveshamparish.com/
- Almonry - http://www.almonryevesham.org/
- Contact Centre - http://www.wychavon.gov.uk/evesham-contact-centre

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Due to how messy my family is (Yes, myself included). I tend to avoid purchasing white clothing & and am well, sort of a linen Nazi. White linens are great for photos, and I can't tell you how many times in my house the words "No, not that one, it's for pictures." has come out of my mouth, as someone reached for a tea towel I'd left on the counter to wipe my sticky daughter with (that kid is a true mess master). So, when I was asked to try Clorox MyUltimateCare Bleach (available at Target), I decided that since everyone likes a nice Italian meal and it is also a sort of perfect storm of stain making possibilities, the product would face… The Italian Dinner Stain Challenge. I even picked up some lovely new white cotton napkins to endure the experience.
While an Italian dinner offers other staining delights, I chose the notorious red wine stain and oily tomato sauce stain for my test.
I poured a bit of each on the fresh white napkin and let them sit a few minutes. My theory was, it will take a few minutes to get to the bathroom to deal with the stain if you are out dining, and even at home it will take a few minutes or you may not notice it right away. Napkins will typically even set longer, so I wanted at least some time to let that thirsty cotton absorb the stains. After allowing the stains to set, I washed them out with a little cold water and soap. Then direct applied a little Clorox MyUltimateCare Bleach to each stain, and allowed to rest for 3 minutes as per directions. I then washed with a regular load of whites, adding the remainder of the bleach in cap to the load.
The stains came out and the typical yellowing of direct beach application was less noticeable than with typical bleach and the fabric does not seem to have suffered any damage from the experiment. I also noticed the odor of this bleach to be lighter than standard bleaches. If you would like to put this bleach to the test as well, it is exclusively available at Target.


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9 Marvelous Wedding Ceremony Backdrop Ideas for a Monumental 'I Do'
A wedding ceremony backdrop is a creative way of expressing the blissful feeling that makes a wedding memorable for a lifetime.
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Last Updated: Jun 7, 2017
A wedding is a celebration of the splendid feeling of committed togetherness. Being an important and memorable event in one's life, turning it into a unique and unforgettable experience is high on everyone's agenda. Now, planning a wedding takes time and effort. To make it truly special, the bride and groom can take that extra effort by the way of unique attire, destination or decor. Here are some fun and amazing backdrop ideas to make your wedding truly special.
Diffused Lights Behind an Off-white Curtain
This backdrop gives the entire setting a sublime glow. Instead of using flashy vibrant lights, the soft diffused light gives a tender and sober feel to the wedding. Decorative oak leaves or small pine branches can be used to add a natural touch to the decor.
A Flower Arch/Arbor with White Curtains
A perfect backdrop for an outdoor summer wedding, adding seasonal flowers at the corners and creepers along the borders of the arch, along with white curtains provides a picture-perfect touch to the entire venue. A dash of colorful rose petals on the floor will make the altar even more special.
A Backdrop That Narrates Your Story
What could be a better way to celebrate your journey from the first date to the courtship to the day you proposed, than by sketching this journey on a blackboard and using it as a backdrop. You could hire a professional artist to sketch out illustrations depicting every important milestone of your relationship. From the first dedicated song to the long ride/drive, to the first kiss, to the first Valentines Day. A truly unique and memorable way to cherish the start of a long and happy journey.
A Creative Origami Theme
For those couples who would like to do something creative, how about employing the Japanese paper-folding technique of origami to create cute objects and using them as a backdrop. You could hang paper swans or cranes from the ceiling at the center frame along with butterflies and paper hearts on the border. This could truly be a wonderful backdrop that is appreciated and enjoyed by the young and the old alike.


text: This is sweet Ellery on day 2 of the gigantic snowstorm. With Dean away in DC for the weekend, Erin and Ellery camped out here for the storm. Then Caroline and her kids came for a quick visit and couldn't get home! That was on Friday, December 18th. That night, Pei spent 5 hours getting home from work downtown! On Saturday evening, he lost power and WALKED the 4 miles to our house in the raging blizzard! What fun! We were trapped like rats until Monday, when we could finally shovel out the cars. Caroline, by the way, is great with a snow shovel!


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For our healthy take on turkey Tetrazzini, we use low-fat milk and skip the five tablespoons of butter that's often in the sherry-Parmesan sauce. As a result, we slash calories and fat in half, and reduce saturated fat by a whopping 80 percent. Even better, we transformed the dish into a fuss-free sauté that's quick enough to prepare even after a busy day.
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Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker is a free open source 3D Game Maker, world creator and 3D Game Design program currently being used in many schools throughout the world that allows kids and adults to create their own video games, worlds, levels, adventures and quests, even cooperatively! The goal is to make it accessible to kids but also powerful enough for full game projects. With a simple click and roll of a mouse wheel users can modify the world however they want. In the words of a nine year old Sandbox whiz I babysit for, "Press Edit and go fulfill your dreams!". Now features new game modes such as sidescroller, machinima, kartmode, RPG, and more!
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Platinum Arts Sandbox Free 3D Game Maker has released a new binary patch for all those Mac users! The current one in 2.3 was not as updated as it needed to be but this patch should put you fully up to 2.3! Take care and enjoy!
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this game looks so kewl but everytime i download the mac version to my mac it exits out right away when i try to open it
why cant there be a working mac one huh??
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text: Share: Comments Print December 16, 2013 at 4:26 PM Raising the minimum wage is not all bad Posted by Letters Coordinator Could reduce welfare, stimulate the economy and reduce the amount of people receiving welfare There are many benefits to raising the minimum wage that can support individuals, the local economy and the government. ["Seattle on front line of push for raising minimum wage," Online, Dec. 7]. By putting more money into people's hands, they would spend more, which in turn would help to raise the local economy. For workers getting hours cut, even if their hours were to be cut by 25 percent, they would still be making more money than they do currently. This wage increase would also help those stuck in poverty and would help those with families. Individuals working two or even three jobs to support their families may be able to work fewer hours or even drop a job to have more time to spend with their families, leaving more job opportunities for others. Raising the minimum wage could also reduce the number of people receiving welfare and save the government money. With constant inflation and a stagnant economy, raising the minimum wage could be just what the state needs. — Jefferson Lee, Seattle Raising the minimum wage would deter new business establishment in Seattle The recent debate over a $15 minimum wage in Seattle has justifiably divided the city's population ["Judge to rule on SeaTac minimum-wage law," NWSaturday, Dec. 14]. While the bulk of the attention has been on minimum-wage workers, who have long argued that the cost of living in and close to Seattle is prohibitively high, there has been little coverage of the effects on the integrity of the local business community. Most King County residents sympathize with minimum-wage workers' struggle to survive in one of the country's most expensive cities. But without thorough analysis of the effects on the business sector, praise for a proposed raise is premature at best. Such a significant increase in the minimum wage may result in job losses or a significant loss of full-time positions as businesses attempt to absorb the increased costs by offering more part-time work — with loss of worker benefits an important result. Moreover, the high minimum wage may deter new business establishment in Seattle, further destabilizing the lower-wage-earner segment of our job market. — Matteo Schiro, Medina Comments | More in minimum wage | Topics: Minimum Wage


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We have moved from central Washington to the west side of the Cascades. Going over the North Cascades highway never gets tiresome. Of course, we have only gone through this mountain pass a couple of times.
|North Cascades Highway
We spent a couple of weeks in Concrete, WA. We enjoyed eating at a few of their restaurants and viewing the first and longest all-concrete bridge built in 1918. I could not get a good photo so click on the bridge link to see a photo.
|Concrete's Historic Byway
Concrete is a small town not too far from Sedro-Woolley where they were celebrating "Blast From The Past" with a car show, a downtown street festival, a quilt show, and many other activities. We could not have asked for nicer weather to enjoy the outdoors.
Despite the sunny day, I preferred the indoor activities a lot more. I did mention a quilt show, right?Woolley Fiber Quilters (love their name!). They did a fantastic job of displaying over 200 quilts inside the Three Rivers Inn Restaurant.
Not a whole lot of floor space, but enough to be comfortable for viewing quilts and taking photos.
I'm posting only a small amount of the quilts that I enjoyed viewing. To see more quilts, click on the Woolley Fibers Quilter's link above.
I love this "COW-LENDAR". I spent some time looking at each cow. My favorite was the June Bride.
I wish I could have got better photos of the following embroidered quilts. It was a little dark in this area. I was so surprised to see the same pattern I had bought hanging in front of me! While getting my nose close to the stitches (forgot my eyeglasses) and discussing the quilt with another guest, the assistant mentioned there was a second one further down the row in blue. She could not decide which one she liked better.
I finally took a photo of both to put them side by side when I got home. I still can't say. How about you? Do you like one more than the other? I love both of them, but for me to make this quilt in only one color would be a major challenge so I will stick with my multi-colors. By the way, I have only finished the "A" block. I have a lot of embroidery to do before this one is finished.
While in Concrete, I finished a few more Happy Campers. The first one I finished was a custom made for a wonderful Camp Host back in Crescent Bar. We used some fabric that she was using to decorate her motorhome. Her sample fabric is a lovely piece with a fruit orchard theme with many colors. We had no problem matching fabric colors from my limited stash.
I wanted to represent Florida in some of my Happy Campers so I came up with this design with a Flamingo and a palm tree. The aqua stripes with the pink polka dot came out the best. Now, I wish I had bought more than a fat quarter of this fabric. I have just enough for one more in this size and a top for another camper.
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This week's movie is the just-released WWII drama Red Tails!
I had another movie lined up for this week's Movie Monday installment, but over the weekend I saw the George Lucas-produced Red Tails, a "passion project" if there ever was one--supposedly Lucas had been developing it for over twenty years. Unable to convince any studio that a war film with an all-black cast would be marketable, Lucas financed it himself--as well as doing some second-unit directing and (supposedly) working on the screenplay as well.
Red Tails tells the story of the Tuskegee Airmen, a real-life all-black unit of fighter pilots, the first of its kind. Right from the first scene and the opening credits--which are done in an incredibly straightforward, almost plain (is that Helvetica?) style--the tone is set for an old school WWII adventure. I sat back in my seat, almost giddy with anticipation: I wanted nothing more than to be told a classic, rip-roarin' WWII adventure, but with an added dollop of real life social commentary.
Red Tails is old school all right--so old school at times that the film approaches Dada-esque proportions. The main characters are a handful of the airman, all with easy-to-remember code names: Easy, Junior, Joker, Deacon, and Lightning, who is the hot dog of the group:
We learn from the get-go that the brass has no faith the Red Tails; they keep assigning them boring, almost useless missions, using ancient planes. Col. A.J. Bullard (Terrence Howard) is fighting an uphill battle getting his superiors to give the Red Tails a real mission, to show what they can do. One of the brass is played by Breaking Bad's Bryan Cranston, who in no uncertain terms lets Bullard know that African-Americans are not fit, mentally or emotionally, for important missions.
But Bullard keeps fighting and arguing, and eventually gets the Red Tails assigned to a minor mission, which they perform spectacularly. This gets them assigned another mission, then another, and by the end of the film they are sent to the big show--Berlin, Germany.
To say the characters in Red Tails are paper-thin would be an understatement. In many ways, its as if there have been no war films made in the last forty years--Red Tails feels like it was produced in the rah-rah, fight-the-good-fight era of the 1940s, its so unbelievably square. Cuba Gooding Jr. plays the Red Tails' immediate commander, Major Stance, whose main job is to chomp on his pipe.
The only moments where Red Tails feels "modern" is in the scenes where the pilots encounter brutal, direct racism: at one point, Lightning enters a G.I. bar, only to be called a racial slur and pushed out (which he responds to with a series of punches). In fact, there are so many scenes like this it feels as though the entire U.S. Army is a bunch of racists--a stark contrast to how the veterans of WWII are generally portrayed in modern war films.
There are minor conflicts: the flight commander, known as Easy, drinks too much. Lightning refuses to follow orders; we also follow him into a small Italian town where he falls in love with a white girl (Daniela Rush), which seems to cause not a whiff of strife.
The dialogue in Red Tails is so basic its bewildering. At one point, after Lightning has defied orders (again!) and bombed a Nazi air strip, he flies by, close enough for one of the German pilots (whose cheek has a giant scar) to see him. After Lightning's plane whizzes by, the German yells "Those pilots are African!"
The dogfight scenes are well-staged (to be expected, considering who produced the film), but they rarely contain any tension: the Red Tails seem so brilliant as a fighting squad that they don't seem really at risk; no one seems to ever be scared, and when one of them does die in the line of duty, it makes the rest of the squad sad for a few minutes, and then it's over.
The film's episodic nature also works against it: the Red Tails get a mission, then another, then another. It makes the two-hour film seem so much longer, and the final climactic mission doesn't feel any more important or tense than the ones that preceded it.
As sad as it is to say, I have to think the rumors that Lucas had a hand in the screenplay are true; and the evidence is the final film. As I mentioned above, the dialogue at times is so bizarrely simple and so unlike how people talk that parts of it reminded me of some of the groaners heard in the later Star Wars films.
Entire sequences go by with so little drama invested that its startling--one Red Tail is taken prisoner, sent to a POW camp, escapes, and makes his way back to his unit, all in about five minutes of screen time. The aforementioned Bryan Cranston is completely wasted in a cardboard role; he's a racist, that's it. Some of the actors fare better, but with a screenplay like this its hard to say how good or bad any of them are at their roles. David Oyelowo, as Lightning, comes off best, but that's probably because he gets the most to do. We see him fall in love with his Italian bride, but we don't know why (I mean, she's gorgeous, but surely there had to be more than that...)
All that said, I cannot completely dismiss Red Tails--the film is so earnest, so guileless in its desire to tell the true story of these brave men that I came away liking it, even though as I watched it I knew that it was failing as a film in almost every way (it was hard to judge the acting; since even the finest actors look weak when reciting bad dialogue).
Many reviews of the film have said this story, because it is so important, deserves a more realistic approach, and I can't argue with that (I haven't seen the 1995 HBO film about the same subject, The Tuskegee Airmen, which featured, among others...Cuba Gooding Jr.), but dammit, I still kinda liked Red Tails.
Maybe because I went into Red Tails wanting to like it so bad that I'm simply blinded to how weak the film is. I have to admit, when I saw this promo poster for it (by my former art teacher, the legendary Joe Kubert), I started to get my hopes up:
...sadly, nothing in Red Tails matches the grit and gut-level, you-are-there drama seen in the poster above. I hate to say this, but I have to wonder what kind of film we would have gotten if George Lucas had turned it over to someone else.
His heart was clearly in the right place, and Lucas deserves all the credit in the world for putting his money where his mouth is, getting the film produced (and, in my theater at least, he was right about how marketable Red Tails is--the screening I attended was packed). But the results are sadly reminiscent of what (to me) marred the Star Wars prequels--clunky pacing, leaden dialogue, and nearly transparent characters. The Red Tails--both the real men and the movie versions--deserved better.


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- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1317222076.474.4 a massive appeal from Bumrah and Tamim has to go! He planted his front foot forward and right across his stumps and swung across the line at a good length ball, he missed and was hit flush on the pad. That looked pretty out 30/21491830155.553.6 caught at mid-off! The length isn't short enough again to hit across the line but Soumya tries to slog it off the front foot over midwicket, he mis-times it horribly and the ball lobs up towards Pandya who runs forward a few paces to take an easy catch. The crowd - so boisterous during those boundaries - goes silent 27/1not out32295520110.3421161830131.259.1 caught at short fine leg! Shakib moved outside leg and got down low to slog sweep off the front foot, Ashwin followed him to cramp him for room and the ball flew off the top edge straight to Bumrah for a straightforward catch 64/345100080.0011.3 driven off the pads through midwicket, Mushfiqur hares back for the second and dives to make his ground, Dhoni collects and breaks the stumps but it looks like Mushfiqur's bat is in the air! His bat was well over the crease but because of his dive the bat angled upwards and was in the air when Dhoni took off the bails. Kohli was the fielder at deep midwicket. You can hear a pin drop at the Shere Bangla 75/4011000.0011.4 he's holed out to deep midwicket first ball! The Bangladesh captain goes. The delivery was flat and it hurried Mortaza for time as he tried to pull and clear the boundary. Kohli took the catch comfortably well in from the rope, and then performs an exaggerated strut to celebrate 75/5not out33131822253.84Extras3 (w 3)TOTAL120/5 (15 Overs, RR: 8.0)Fall of wickets: 1-27 (Soumya Sarkar, 3.6 ov), 2-30 (Tamim Iqbal, 4.4 ov), 3-64 (Shakib Al Hasan, 9.1 ov), 4-75 (Mushfiqur Rahim, 11.3 ov), 5-75 (Mashrafe Mortaza, 11.4 ov)
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR1.3 caught at slip! It was a length ball outside off but it did not jag into the right-hander this time, Rohit stayed in his crease and flashed away from his body, not getting close to the ball, the thick edge flew straight to Soumya 5/160446391136.3612.4 caught at point! That is a great catch from Soumya! Dhawan moved back and across and opened the face to square drive a full toss, that ball flew off the bat, it travelled low and flat and fast to Soumya's right and he dived quickly to catch it inches off the ground 99/2not out41286250146.42not out206712333.33Extras0TOTAL122/2 (13.5 Overs, RR: 8.81)Fall of wickets: 1-5 (Rohit Sharma, 1.3 ov), 2-99 (Shikhar Dhawan, 12.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB Taskin Ahmed 3 0 14 1 4.66 9 1 0 0 0 Al-Amin Hossain 2.5 0 30 1 10.58 6 2 2 0 0 Abu Hider 1 0 14 0 14.00 1 3 0 0 0 Shakib Al Hasan 2 0 26 0 13.00 2 5 0 0 0 Mashrafe Mortaza 2 0 16 0 8.00 4 1 1 0 0 Nasir Hossain 3 0 22 0 7.33 5 3 0 0 0
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- Rain: Bangladesh - 0/0
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 30 runs, 2 wickets)
- Bangladesh: 50 runs in 7.3 overs (45 balls), Extras 2
- Bangladesh: 100 runs in 13.2 overs (80 balls), Extras 2
- Innings Break: Bangladesh - 120/5 in 15.0 overs (Sabbir Rahman 32, Mahmudullah 33)
- Powerplay: Overs 0.1 - 5.0 (Mandatory - 33 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 6.3 overs (39 balls), Extras 0
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 32 balls (S Dhawan 27, V Kohli 23, Ex 0)
- S Dhawan: 50 off 35 balls (8 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India: 100 runs in 12.5 overs (77 balls), Extras 0
Match CoverageAll Match News
Asia Cup trophy 'special' for Dhoni
MS Dhoni made India the world champions on his captaincy debut in 2007 and has continued to rack up silverware like they are half off at a clearance sale
Dhoni's sixes, Kohli's chases
Stats highlights from India's eight-wicket win in the final of the Asia Cup
Tigers title hopes iced with hot Mahmudullah held back
With a final tournament average of 121.00 at a strike rate of 165.75, Bangladesh may regret sending Mahmudullah in to bat so late in their shortened innings at the Asia Cup final
Dhawan, Kohli bring India sixth Asia Cup title
A thunderstorm and a Mahmudullah squall came in India's way, but a calm chase from Shikhar Dhawan and Virat Kohli gave them an eight-wicket win and a sixth Asia Cup title
'India losing a bigger headline than India winning'
MS Dhoni has said it was very important for India to not trip up in the final of the Asia Cup to hold the critics at bay, and to keep the team's momentum intact leading up to the World T20
Asia Champions
No. of Asia Cup titles for India. They had won the ODI version five times before this inaugural Asia Cup T20.
New high
Previous highest score for Shikhar Dhawan in T20Is. He has gone past that in this innings. This is only his second half-century in 18 T20I innings.
Loves chasing
Virat Kohli's average while chasing in T20Is, before this match - best among all batsmen with 500+ runs when chasing. He averages just 35.88 when batting first.
Milestone match
No. of T20Is for Mushfiqur Rahim. He becomes the first Bangladesh player to appear in 50 T20Is.
The Wicket-Taker
No. of consecutive T20Is where Ashish Nehra has picked at least a wicket in the Powerplays, including this match. He is doing it since the 3rd T20I vs Aus.
Third Final
No. of finals for Bangladesh in any form of International cricket, before this - Tri-Nation Tournament 2008-09 and Asia Cup 2012, both in ODIs at home and lost.


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What happens if you miss the ship
Perhaps this would be a good blog post. We know that if you miss the ship it is up to you to get to the next port, or the next port where you can catch up with the ship. It seems there are a few different scenarios:
First, you miss the ship at embarkation - you have all your stuff and have to figure out where you can intercept the ship
Next, you don't get back to the ship in time while in port (too much tequila, maybe.) You are now stuck in port with whatever you took with you off the shipI think I read somewhere the crew has to go into your cabin and rummage for your passport.
Finally a twist on the in-transit miss is missing the ship on the last port of call. I assume you have to get to the cruise terminal and retrieve your stuff. The crew will have to pack up all your stuff - it might be adding insult to injury, but they ought to bill you for that service. It seems it might be a very good chance you would not be able to get to the disembarkation port until long after the embarkation process is complete and perhaps the customs agents have gone home.
All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by; John Masefield
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Sail Windjammer: Mandalay 2017
Star Clippers: Royal Clipper 2015
Missing the ship would be a sad experience.
Century 4/1998
Mercury 4/2000+4/2006+7/2007
Sensation 4/2002
Infinity 4/2003
Summit 4/2004+4/2005
Carnival Liberty New Year's Eve 2007
Liberty of the Seas 5/2008+11/2009
Solstice 4/2009
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Being very punctual, I would be hyperventilating and forget to breathe!!! I think when this situation occurs, I have been told, the harbormaster gets in contact with the ship, and, tries to figure out the logistics
I think it was on the Oasis tv travel show,where they showed a couple who had to fly to another island, to get back on the ship. They had $40,000 worth of jewelry in their cabin!! I am sure that's another story altogeher!!
There is no easy answer for this - every situation will be different.
The passport question is a good point since few people go ashore with their passports (and we don't advise doing so - no one plans to miss the ship). So, it can be tricky traveling in the Caribbean without a passport, and even worse if you have to fly back to the U.S. since passports are required for flyers to enter.
Now, there are such things as American Embassies who handle problems like these. They can get you a temporary replacement passport. But it takes time and that = money.
There are also restrictions on trying to join a ship in a different U.S. than the one from which it originally sailed. Something about the Jones Act (although the logic of that escapes me right now).
In any case - it is never a pretty picture, but you won't be forced to retire in Anguilla just because you miss the ship - you will get home. It will just cost you more than you thought.
And I'll bet travel insurance doesn't cover that,either.
Missing the ship
It has happened to us twice in 44 cruises, plus one close call ... not too bad, I guess. Both times were at embarkation.
Since I like to chat, settle back for all the details ...
First time. We booked a pre-cruise trip for 5 days in Iceland, and planned to fly to Heathrow and on to Southampton on embarkation day, knowing full well we were taking a chance. Two hours out from Iceland, the plane developed engine trouble and turned back! We called Princess from Iceland and were given contact information for their Heathrow representative when we finally arrived. Several hours later we arrived in Heathrow to find our ship had just sailed from Southampton! The Princess rep was helpful to the minimal extent of finding a black London taxi for us, but the taxi driver was a lifesaver. He drove us to Paddington station (yes, the bear place!) and double parked outside to take us in and show us the proper queue to buy a ticket to Falmouth, the ship's next stop. We had dinner and caught the midnight train and arrived exactly on time at 8:01 the next morning. We found a taxi to the port, and a Purser was waiting at the bottom of the gangway with a clipboard listing about a dozen people who had missed the ship! Our trip insurance paid the train fare and expenses, and Princess gave us credit for one day of cruising. The point is that we took a chance and lost -- BUT we took the chance knowing the next port was close and there was good infrastructure to get us there.
Second time: We were cruising from Santiago, and allowed lots of time by flying in the day before to be sure to make the ship. We flew to Dallas, on independent air not cruise/air. There we, along with about 100 other people bound for the cruise, were informed that our flight was delayed -- by 12 hours!! We gathered in the lobby and milled around for about an hour until we boarded buses and were taken (at airline expense) to a very nice resort hotel, given meal vouchers, and told where to get the bus back next morning. We flew to Santiago and arrived some time after the ship had sailed. Dubbing ourselves "The Lost Tribe of Princess" we began our routine -- wait around a while until somebody gave us some sort of information -- wait a while more for a bus. They put us up in Santiago the first night, meals provided, then next morning flew us down the coast to Puerto Montt. Another night in a hotel, meals provided, and next morning a Princess bus arrived to take us to the pier where a Purser's tent was set up to process all 100 of us aboard. It was all reasonably well handled, except for the inevitable delay and confusion, and worked out well in the end. All our expenses were covered (by the airline or by Princess? I don't know) and we had an adventure!
The third time involved heading for Fort Lauderdale to meet some friends and board the ship. Again we planned to arrive the night before. As our plane was about to land in Dallas (HMMM) it pulled up and the pilot announced 50 mph crosswinds so we were diverting to Austin. You can't get anyplace from Austin! Eventually we wound up back at Dallas as they were breaking out cots for the hundreds of passengers who had been diverted. My DW, being a TA, eventually pushed the gate agent away from her computer and started searching herself. Ultimately she got us on a midnight flight to Orlando. We arrived in Orlando about 4 AM and rented a car to drive to Fort Lauderdale. Getting there, we met the rest of our party at the motel. The small problem, however, was that our luggage was most likely still in Austin! I took our group of friends and we boarded the ship, while DW Ren�e kept the rental car to go out to the airport and search for our luggage. Several flights arrived from Dallas, but NOT our luggage. On the way to the airport, she had passed a Target store, so half an hour before sailaway she boarded the ship with four large shopping bags as our luggage! HAL was extremely good, offering us free laundry and even free formal wear rental. DWs shopping had been great and we managed very well. We had a day at sea, then a day at Half Moon Cay, so it was on the third day in Aruba that we were finally united with our luggage. HAL took care of everything and we just went off on a shore excursion and found the bags in our cabin when we came back! Our travel insurance paid for the extra clothes we had to buy.
So -- moral of the story -- when you travel, stuff happens. Try to plan ahead, but if it all falls apart then just go with the flow.
Now, I have to day that I do NOT recommend staggering out of Senor Frog's just as you see your ship start to move!! That may be a different story
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Passenger Service Act
Indeed, especially on trips to Alaska, the Passenger Service Act may apply. It prohibits any non-American flag ship from carrying passengers from one American port to another without a foreign port in between.
This is why many Alaska cruises sail from Vancouver, and those that sail from Seattle usually call at Victoria. But if you miss the ship in Vancouver, you could not join it at the next Alaskan port as that would be an American port.
This very old act was designed to protect American shipping in the days of Matson and other great American flag cruise lines. It seems to serve no useful purpose today.
BUT -- it is said the cruise lines are not willing to push for change, as they are afraid they would then become subject to the ADA, OSHA, American minimum wages and a whole lot of other regulations they do NOT want to comply with.
'Tiz a puzzlement ...
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If I ever miss the ship *knock on wood* I want to be traveling with Mike! Holy cow. Sounds like you actually had some adventurous fun in the meantime.
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Disney Dream - Dec 2013 4n Bahamas
Disney Dream - Dec 2012 4n Bahamas
Carnival Imagination - Dec 2011 4n Western
Carnival Imagination - Nov 2010 4n Western
Costa Atlantica - Dec 2009 7n Eastern
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But really, you are right. When stuff goes wrong, your attitude is what can make a difference. We travel for new experiences, right?
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Recently, in Cambodia, I was rushed to the emergency room with congestive heart failure! I spent two days in ICU and another in a private room. Then we had to extend our hotel stay for an extra three days until the doctor cleared me to fly. There was a more substantial expense, that could have been financially more difficult. Fortunately we had good insurance and the hospital and extra hotel stay were fully covered, as well as the nonrefundable part of the tour we missed in Bangkok.
Can you guess what my hospital bill at the wonderful Royal International Hospital in Siem Reap was? I had Emergency Room with ambulance transport, multiple tests, doctor's fee, and three nights in the hospital. What do you think it cost?
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Total hospital bill, just under $6000!!
Still it was nice to have the insurance. It could have been much more.
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W.B. Hamilton Jr. Principal Gilbert Park Elementary School Portland, Ore.
Your recent article, "Educators Seek Solutions to 'Crisis' in Teaching," (Education Week, March 2, 1983), states: "The purposes of the [Yale] meeting, conference participants said, were to begin to break down the 'tremendous prejudice against public-school teaching' that exists on many college campuses, ..."
At nearly the same time, the March 14, issue of U.S. News and World Report carried a cover designed to increase that tremendous prejudice. The picture of a teacher in a dunce cap with the headline "What's Wrong With Our Teachers?" was certainly not designed to enhance the public image of teachers or educators at any level. It was reminiscent of the cover of the June 16, 1980, issue of Time that proclaimed, "Teacher Can't Teach."
As a 33-year veteran in education, I know that the great majority of educators are highly competent and should resent the tremendous power of the press being used to paint all educators with the same brush. However, educators are so used to a negative press now that they hardly notice such attacks. They certainly feel powerless to do anything about them.
If those 40 college and university presidents and 30 chief state school officers who met at Yale would respond, either individually or collectively, to the editors of Time and U.S. News and World Report and express their dissatisfaction with the treatment given the education profession by the press, whatever solutions they come up with would have a greater chance for success.
Because I believe that both of the magazines mentioned have exhibited journalistic irresponsibility in their treatment of the education profession, I have responded with the comparatively small power I posess. I have cancelled subscriptions to both magazines.
Tom Mooney President Cincinnati Federation of Teachers Cincinnati, Ohio
Your recent article, "A Survey of Education Issues in the 50 States," (Education Week, Mar. 9, 1983) was extremely informative. However, the item in the Great Lakes section on Ohio concerning attempts to pass a collective-bargaining bill was incomplete and inaccurate. The article states that "the Ohio Education Association [oea] is trying again to enact a collective-bargaining bill--versions have been passed twice before but vetoed by former Gov. James A. Rhodes." It goes on to quote an oea spokesman.
In fact, no bill has yet been introduced, but one is expected this spring. The afl-cio, including the Ohio Federation of Teachers (oft), an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, is a major force behind the bill. So is Governor Richard F. Celeste, who pledged to support such legislation during his campaign. Furthermore, the bill being prepared will cover all public employees, not just teachers and school employees.
It's true, as your article states, that collective bargaining among teachers in Ohio is well established in many districts. It is most advanced in Ohio's larger urban districts where oft locals and not oea affiliates are more often the bargaining representatives. oea locals represent only one of Ohio's five largest urban school districts.
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Regarding your effort in the "In the Press" section to summarize my article in Commentary magazine ("On the Politics and Power of the Teacher Unions," Education Week, March 16, 1983):
1.It was the February issue of that journal, not March, as reported.
2.At no point did I accuse the National Education Association (nea) of having "adopted policies that promote ... racism, anti-nationalism, and sympathy for Communism." Those are your words, and not very well-chosen ones at that. I did suggest that they nea condones racial quotas, that it has published (and directs its members to other organizations that have published) curricular materials that depict American society as inherently racist, and that it has adopted a "generally uncritical stance toward Moscow."
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"Volunteer" Does Not Mean "No Pay"
This post was written in response to a post on http://www.philanthromedia.org and elaborates on the non-profit sector's tendency to waste a lot of time in semantic squabbles, instead of concentrating on addressing the real issues.
"Volunteer" does not necessarily mean – "No Pay", that fundamental fact is being ignored by huge segments of the non-profit sector, who ought to know better. "To Volunteer" means to take on a task that you are not required to do, and in many cases you will not be paid, (e.g. PTA board member, helping at a soup kitchen, being a an adult scout leader, etc. that lists goes on and on.
There are other times however, especially in the workplace, where one "volunteers" to take on a particular task, which the organization believes important, but it is not a direct responsibility of your job. This is also volunteering, and one huge example of this that does help the non-profit sector, are the men and women who volunteer to run the workplace giving campaigns in their respective organizations,whether for-profit or public. Each year in the Combined Federal Campaign has more than 250,000 volunteers across the country helping to raise $277 million for local, national and international charities.
Other examples of "paid volunteerism" include organizations that allow, and actually encourage their employees to go to local public schools for several hours a month to help there. They are not paid extra, but they are allowed the time away from their normal job duties. They are encouraged to do this for their personal and professional development.
The non-profit sector spends way too much time dickering about terminology issues – e.g. does "non-profit have a hyphen in it or not?" ;To be a "Pure Volunteer" they can't be Paid – Can they be reimbursed for gas expenses? Or is that being "paid'?
With 1.4 million non-profits, there is no one right answer as to whether or not that non-profit needs volunteers, but the idea that "volunteer is synonymous for "no pay" is wrong.
Bill Huddleston, CFC Expert
Workplace Giving – The Green Way to Give
This in response to an article in today's New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/business/media/23adco.html
Workplace Giving – The Green Way to Give
In addtion to being the most donor friendly method of donating, workplace giving is also the one of the most enviromentally friendly. One catalog has 1500-3000 charities in it depending upon the region. How's that for economy of scale.
In the CFC, it's also delivered to every Federal employee in a particular region. How much would it cost you to send a postcard with a 25 word description of your non-profit to every Federal public servant who lives in your community?
Do the math, and then request my special report about some of the other hidden benefits of workplace giving.
Bill Huddleston
Low Hanging Fruit – Especially for Schools
Extremely Simple Low Hanging Fruit – Particularly for Schools
I for one actually believe in the "wisdom of crowds" and the basic goodness of people, and it's in the realm of "donor education" where the non-profit sector has royally screwed up.
It's spent the last 50 years convincing people that "program expenses" are good that "administrative expenses" (which I prefer to "overhead" it's less pejorative) are bad, and now when I talk to fundraisers and executive leadership they bemoan how hard it is to get unrestricted funds.
Well, what do you expect when you spend half a century training your donors that this a bad idea?
The fact that workplace giving dollars are unrestricted is just one of the many benefits of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). To learn more, go to http://www.cfcfundraising.com and request the special report.
Here is an example of low hanging fruit, is a type of 'donor education" that would not cost anyone an additonal dollar, but it would still have a huge impact.
At least in the Washington, DC area the majority of large grocery chains, Safeway, Giant, and at least one large department store (Target) have programs where you can sign up to support the schools in your region, where some small percentage of your purchases go to the school.
Many schools themselves have a pretty decent donor education message to the parents of their students, with step by step instructions on how to sign up, what the code is for their school, etc.
Where the school's donor education falters however, is that there is usually not a good method for getting these instructions out to the broader community, including everyone who does not have kids in school.
If just 10% of the residents without kids in school would sign up for these programs, it would help out the school age children, and if you think your local school gets plenty of references, you can choose to support one in a different area.
It's low hanging fruit, but since it's not an issue of conflict, mainstream media will never report it, and schools in general don't have ways to reach the broader community.
The non-profit sector needs a place to post these type of instructions, guidelines, etc. with step-by-step simple ways to make a difference.
Bill Huddleston, CFC Expert
"Low Hanging Fruit" and the CFC
The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) and "Low Hanging Fruit"
On Seth Godin's blog, he talks about the magic of "low-hanging fruit," namely don't miss out on the "easy pickings" while developing your latest, complicated multi-pronged, strategy. In the non-profit sector there is a tremendous opportunity to benefit from the "low-hanging" fruit of the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC).
The CFC is the Federal government's workplace giving program, and it is the largest and most successful workplace giving program in the world. Through the CFC, Federal public servants give more than $250 million every year to thousands of local, national and international non-profits.
CFC Benefits
The CFC is first and foremost a vehicle for non-profit fundraising, and there are many other benefits to including it as one of the tools in your non-profit's "Toolbox." These benefits include:
● Generates a reliable, twelve month income stream of unrestricted revenue.
● More leverage and less risk than any other means of fund-raising.
● Leadership Development – organizing, planning, managing, etc.
● Public Speaking
● Market Research about your non-profit
● Development of multiple year income streams
● Increase of public awareness of your non-profit
Where the "low-hanging" fruit comparison comes in is that all of these benefits are generated by approximately 32% of the Federal workforce. With some attention to "basics," and a little effort it is possible to increase this participation rate to at least 50%, if not 60%. This could double the amount raised to $500 million annually.
What basics? How about saying thank you?
The non-profit sector does a lousy job of saying "Thank you" to all the people who make the CFC successful, (and in terms of actual giving, if the CFC were a foundation, it would be the 10th largest in the USA).
There are three categories of people who deserve a "thank you" and in general, the CFC non-profits only thank one category – the identified donor.
The two other categories that deserve a thank you are the "anonymous donors" – this is a very popular feature for CFC donors, and the fundraising volunteers who plan, organize, manage and conduct the CFC campaigns each year. And yes, in the latter two categories the non-profit will not have the list of individual names, but it still possible to thank people in the following ways:
● On your website
● In your printed material (annual reports, special event programs, newsletters (electronic or print).
● In person at special events – "Thank Yous" from the Chair of the Event.
Bill Huddleston, CFC Expert
Non-Profit Political Clout – IRS Mileage Rates
Here's an example of political clout (or rather the lack of it) in action:
IRS mileage allowance for businesses:
58.5 cents per mile.
IRS Mileage rate for charities:
14 cents per mile.
My personal opinion is that it should be the same for both businesses and non-profits, it's not as if gasoline costs less for charities, and I would urge you to make that argument.
I thought this message from the VANNO, (Virginia Network of Nonprofit Organizations) sums up very well an issue that affects all US charities. Read it, and contact your US Senators and Representatives.
Bill Huddleston, CFC Expert
The effort to increase the Charitable Mileage Rate is building momentum in Congress.
The issue came up in a recent House Ways & Means Committee mark-up. On Friday, 6/20/08 Congressman Platts and Petri sent a letter to House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Rangel requesting that they hold a hearing on H.R.2020 (Rep. Platts' bill) and H.R.1827 (Rep. Petri's bill). By Monday 6/23/08, the IRS announced that the Standard Business Mileage Rate will increase to 58.5 cents per mile for the second half of 2008. The Charitable Mileage Rate will remain at 14 cents.
Unlike the business rate which is variable and set by the IRS periodically, the Charitable Rate is fixed at 14 cents by § 170(i) of the Internal Revenue Code. While the business rate has steadily increased, but for a limited, Hurricane Katrina rate in 2005, the charitable rate has not increased in 10 years. With gas prices at $4.00 per gallon, it costs between 50 and 70 cents to drive a car one mile. As a result, nonprofits across the country are facing critical volunteer shortages. Raising the charitable rate, to the business rate, would grant relief to organizations who rely on volunteers that drive their personal vehicles for charitable service.
Both H.R.2020 and H.R.1827 would set the charitable mileage deduction at the same variable rate as the business rate. But there are minor differences between the bills. Both are currently in the House Ways & Means Committee. That Rep. Petri is working with Rep. Platts to request a hearing on this issue is a major step. The letter was signed by Representatives Platts [PA-19]; Boswell [IA-3]; Conaway [TX-11]; Miller [NC-13]; Putnam [FL-12]; Shays [CT-4]; Etheridge [NC-2]; Matsui [CA-5]; Shuler [NC-11]; Petri [WI-6]; Campbell [CA-48] and Foxx [NC-5]. Once Chairman Rangel respondse to the letter, we will assess our next steps. If a hearing occurs, VANNO may have an opportunity to testify. If this happens, it would be helpful to share stories from Virginia of organizations that would be directly and positively impacted by H.R. 2020.
Until then:
1. Contact your members of Congress. Action Alert Urge their support for H.R.2020. H.R.2020 would simplify the tax code, provide equity between charities and for-profits, and remove the disincentive from those Good Samaritans in our society who help the less fortunate. Additional information is posted at http://www.pano.org/publicpolicy/publicpolicy-irs.php.
2. Contact your Senators: This issue will reach the Senate. We need a Champion & a strategy. S.403 and S.3032 only raise the charitable rate to a fixed 40 cents whether permanently or temporarily. But the price of gas is not expected to return to prior levels.
Ask your members, your coworkers and your board of directors whether they volunteer or use volunteers, and whether raising the charitable reimbursement rate would help. It might be worth mentioning that volunteer board members of a 501(c)(3) can deduct mileage as volunteers if they are not otherwise reimbursed.
This may be the best chance we have had to increase the charitable rate in over 10 years.
Thank you,
Deborah Williamson
Executive Director, VANNO
Bill Huddleston
MPA in NonProfit Management –
George Mason University
Author of soon to be released:
A Hidden Treasure for Your Non-Profit
How to tap into the CFC, America's Largest Workplace Giving Campaign
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The Seven Sins of the Nonprofit Sector (plus 3 Bonus Sins)
The Seven Sins of the Nonprofit Sector
by Bill Huddleston, CFC Expert
1. They think the competition is other non-profits, rather than other discretionary spending, including $5 coffees and $100 T-shirts.
2. They preach cooperation, but when push comes to shove many don't really believe in it, and they have no clue on how to accomplish it.
3. It believes in the scarcity mind-set, instead of the abundance mind-set – in a Brookings study a few years ago about non-profits in the Washington, DC region, the title and message was "Thin the Soup or Shorten the Line" – the possibility of raising more funds was never even mentioned as a possible approach!
4. It doesn't know how to say thank you to all donors and all volunteers that help support it.
5. They have the 80/20 rule backwards, where they spend 80% of the time trying to get 20% of the money (grants), instead of using leverage to reach individual donors.
6. It doesn't understand that by saying over and over, "nonprofits are businesses" it is sowing the seeds of in its own destruction. If as a non-profit all you are "is a business" what possible right do you have to argue that you shouldn't be taxed like a business? If on the other hand, you realize that non-profits are not businesses, and there are fundamental differences between non-profits and businesses, and that there are societal reasons for having non-profits as a different category of organization, then you can make the case for being treated differently. It does a lousy job of explaining to the public that non-profits are inherently more complicated than businesses, and what that means.
7. It routinely asks potential major donors of resources for $7 gifts, instead of $7000 gifts. Resources in this context include money, time and talent.
Three "Bonus" Sins
8. It's forgotten the concept of the "common good" and what that means to our society at large, look for some areas where we can all agree – my personal suggestion for one area of agreement is literacy – regardless of where one lives, or one's economic status, it is better for the individual and all of society if you can read than if you can not.
9. It's almost always jealous of giving to religious organizations, even though the practices that are core to religious institutions would be an anathema to any non-profit – sending out 60 solicitation letters in a year? – (that's about how many offerings are given in a church setting).
10. It has no clue as to what the term leverage can mean in the non-profit sector.
Bill Huddleston, CFC Expert
Copyright 2008, All Rights Reserved
Philanthrocapitalism Debate – The Good Samaritan and Performance Measurement
There's an interesting online debate about "Philanthrocapitalism" being held on the Global Philanthropy Forum, which is at http://www.philanthropyforum.org/forum/Discussion_Forum1.asp?SnID=2076412520
I have several posts on the discussion, and one that refers to my article about "The Good Samaritan and Performance Measurement" which is here for your convenience:
Is 2000 years long enough to demonstrate results?
Not with today's performance measurement tools.
It's also important that you have the right tool for the job, and that's one of the huge challenges in the non-profit sector. If all you're doing is selling boxes or sugar water, it's easy to count how many you've sold. I'm also reminded of Abraham Maslow's quote: "If the only tool you have is a hammer, everything tends to look like a nail."
If on the other hand, your working on making the world better, it's a lot harder as my article about "The Good Samaritan and Performance Measurement" shows:
The Good Samaritan & "Performance Measurement"
by Bill Huddleston
Currently, there's a lot of hype in the world about being "results oriented" and the culture of "performance management" has seeped its way into almost every realm of American life, including business, government and now, the non-profit world as well.
Well, why shouldn't it? Doesn't it sound like it's the only way to be, after all, who could be "against results" or against "performance measurement." It sounds great, but like the question, "When did you stop beating your wife (or husband)?" it sets the stage in an extremely negative, and skewed fashion.
Let's use a historical example, the story of the good Samaritan from the Bible is one that I believe is so widely known that it qualifies as a societal story, not just a religious one.
To recap, in the parable a traveler is robbed, beaten, stripped of his clothes and left for dead. Two different people walk by, leaving the robbery victim alone. Then a man from Samaria (the Good Samaritan) comes upon the man, and even though the two different groups hated each other, he stops to render aid.
The Samaritan takes pity on the victim, bandages him, pours oil and wine on his wounds, then puts the victim on his donkey and takes him to an inn and takes care of him. The next day, the Good Samaritan gives the innkeeper two dineri (this was two days wages at the time) and tells the innkeeper, "Look after him, and when I return I will reimburse you for any extra expense you have." (The story is from Luke 10:29-35).
Now let's apply modern performance measurement and outcome techniques to this story. With 2000 years of history the story still resonates, how many people have been helped because someone remembered the story of the Good Samaritan and acted in a way that was not perhaps their first impulse? We will never know, and to the performance management crowd, this incident would be recorded today as "too expensive" and "ineffective" – after all, the Samaritan only helped one person. We don't know if the Samaritan ever came back and paid those extra expenses, and it was two day's earnings to help just this one person.
It would also received the rating of: "Results Not Demonstrated" – we don't know if the victim ever recovered, was permanently injured, or had mental impairment due to his injuries. All we know is that he had the crap beat out of him, multiple people walked by, until the "unclean" Samaritan stopped to help.
According to the performance measurement tools, the Good Samaritan "program" was a failure and had no impact.
I think not.
Copyright Bill Huddleston, All rights reserved.
Blog: http://www.cfctreasures.wordpress.com
Posted by Bill Huddleston to Philanthrocapitalism at July 8, 2008 8:40 AM
North Carolina United Way Board Failed both the "Smell Test" and the "Optics Test"
The North Carolina C United Way Board Failed Both the "Smell Test" and the "Optics Test"
The CEO of the United Way of Central Carolinas was given a huge raise, bringing her compensation up to $1.2 million. In particular, her retirement fund was increased six fold to $ 800,000 which has generated a lot of controversy and prompted this post.
I don't fault the CEO one bit, if any employee was asked "We plan to increase your retirement fund by sixfold, what do you think?", the answer of course will be "Great idea, Thanks!"
The failure here is for the North Carolina United Way board to not recognize the negative impact that this would have on the non-profit sector. Don't they know the United Way history with the Aramony scandal?
If she was owed 8 years of back retirement fund payments, that should have been handled separately as an error correction, not a sixfold increase in her retirement account in one year.
BTW, The Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) is the world's largest workplace giving and there are many safeguards in place to prevent the type of coercion and pressure mentioned about United Way campaigns in some of the other posts on the Philanthropy.com website.
The CFC is also the most donor friendly, and least expensive way for a charity to raise funds.
In terms of actual giving, if the CFC were a foundation it would be the 10th largest foundation in the US. $1 billion of unrestricted gifts over the past five years — how much did your non-profit receive?
Bill Huddleston
CFC Expert


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