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The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, has said that a governor on the platform of the All Progressives Congress will be sworn in in Anambra state next year.
Ngige stated this on Friday night during a stakeholders' meeting of the party in Awka, the Anambra state capital.
He said "Mark my words; on the 19th of November, an APC governor will be declared the winner of Anambra state governorship election and on 17th of March next year he will be sworn as the governor of the state.
"Nothing will stop this because will have worked hard for it, besides the man currently occupying the position has lost the support of the people because of poor performance."
Also speaking, the leader of the South East Committee for The Evaluation of the upcoming Anambra governorship election, Senator Jim Nwobodo, said to sack the governor of the state, Chief Willie Obiano, was the simplest fight the party would do.
He said "We won't fight, we won't war, but we will take over Anambra State. It's the easiest fight we shall do."
"The most important task we must achieve is to get a credible candidate that will win the election."
He asked members and delegates of the party to shun money politics in the choice of their candidate during party primary.
The meeting attracted APC governorship aspirants in the state, including Dr. George Moghalu, Senator Andy Uba, Dr. Tony Nwoye, Engineer Barth Nwibe, Dr. Obinna Uzor among others.


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1 Corinthians 1-4
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1 Paul, called to be an apostle(A) of Christ Jesus by the will of God,(B) and our brother Sosthenes,(C)
2 To the church of God(D) in Corinth,(E) to those sanctified in Christ Jesus and called(F) to be his holy people, together with all those everywhere who call on the name(G) of our Lord Jesus Christ—their Lord and ours:
3 Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.(H)
4 I always thank my God for you(I) because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. 5 For in him you have been enriched(J) in every way—with all kinds of speech and with all knowledge(K)— 6 God thus confirming our testimony(L) about Christ among you. 7 Therefore you do not lack any spiritual gift(M) as you eagerly wait for our Lord Jesus Christ to be revealed.(N) 8 He will also keep you firm to the end, so that you will be blameless(O) on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.(P) 9 God is faithful,(Q) who has called you(R) into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.(S)
A Church Divided Over Leaders
10 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters,[a](T) in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you,(U) but that you be perfectly united(V) in mind and thought. 11 My brothers and sisters, some from Chloe's household(W) have informed me that there are quarrels among you. 12 What I mean is this: One of you says, "I follow Paul";(X) another, "I follow Apollos";(Y) another, "I follow Cephas[b]";(Z) still another, "I follow Christ."
13 Is Christ divided? Was Paul crucified for you? Were you baptized in the name of Paul?(AA) 14 I thank God that I did not baptize any of you except Crispus(AB) and Gaius,(AC) 15 so no one can say that you were baptized in my name. 16 (Yes, I also baptized the household(AD) of Stephanas;(AE) beyond that, I don't remember if I baptized anyone else.) 17 For Christ did not send me to baptize,(AF) but to preach the gospel—not with wisdom(AG) and eloquence, lest the cross of Christ be emptied of its power.
Christ Crucified Is God's Power and Wisdom
18 For the message of the cross is foolishness(AH) to those who are perishing,(AI) but to us who are being saved(AJ) it is the power of God.(AK) 19 For it is written:
"I will destroy the wisdom of the wise;
the intelligence of the intelligent I will frustrate."[c](AL)
20 Where is the wise person?(AM) Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age?(AN) Has not God made foolish(AO) the wisdom of the world? 21 For since in the wisdom of God the world(AP) through its wisdom did not know him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save(AQ) those who believe.(AR) 22 Jews demand signs(AS) and Greeks look for wisdom, 23 but we preach Christ crucified:(AT) a stumbling block(AU) to Jews and foolishness(AV) to Gentiles, 24 but to those whom God has called,(AW) both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God(AX) and the wisdom of God.(AY) 25 For the foolishness(AZ) of God is wiser than human wisdom, and the weakness(BA) of God is stronger than human strength.
26 Brothers and sisters, think of what you were when you were called.(BB) Not many of you were wise(BC) by human standards; not many were influential; not many were of noble birth. 27 But God chose(BD) the foolish(BE) things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. 28 God chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things—and the things that are not(BF)—to nullify the things that are, 29 so that no one may boast before him.(BG) 30 It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus,(BH) who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness,(BI) holiness(BJ) and redemption.(BK) 31 Therefore, as it is written: "Let the one who boasts boast in the Lord."[d](BL)
2 And so it was with me, brothers and sisters. When I came to you, I did not come with eloquence or human wisdom(BM) as I proclaimed to you the testimony about God.[e] 2 For I resolved to know nothing while I was with you except Jesus Christ and him crucified.(BN) 3 I came to you(BO) in weakness(BP) with great fear and trembling.(BQ) 4 My message and my preaching were not with wise and persuasive words,(BR) but with a demonstration of the Spirit's power,(BS) 5 so that your faith might not rest on human wisdom, but on God's power.(BT)
God's Wisdom Revealed by the Spirit
6 We do, however, speak a message of wisdom among the mature,(BU) but not the wisdom of this age(BV) or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.(BW) 7 No, we declare God's wisdom, a mystery(BX) that has been hidden(BY) and that God destined for our glory before time began. 8 None of the rulers of this age(BZ) understood it, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.(CA) 9 However, as it is written:
"What no eye has seen,
what no ear has heard,
and what no human mind has conceived"[f]—
the things God has prepared for those who love him—(CB)
10 these are the things God has revealed(CC) to us by his Spirit.(CD)
The Spirit searches all things, even the deep things of God. 11 For who knows a person's thoughts(CE) except their own spirit(CF) within them? In the same way no one knows the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 What we have received is not the spirit(CG) of the world,(CH) but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely given us. 13 This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom(CI) but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words.[g] 14 The person without the Spirit does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God(CJ) but considers them foolishness,(CK) and cannot understand them because they are discerned only through the Spirit. 15 The person with the Spirit(CL) makes judgments about all things, but such a person is not subject to merely human judgments, 16 for,
But we have the mind of Christ.(CN)
The Church and Its Leaders
3 Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit(CO) but as people who are still worldly(CP)—mere infants(CQ) in Christ. 2 I gave you milk, not solid food,(CR) for you were not yet ready for it.(CS) Indeed, you are still not ready. 3 You are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and quarreling(CT) among you, are you not worldly? Are you not acting like mere humans? 4 For when one says, "I follow Paul," and another, "I follow Apollos,"(CU) are you not mere human beings?
5 What, after all, is Apollos?(CV) And what is Paul? Only servants,(CW) through whom you came to believe—as the Lord has assigned to each his task. 6 I planted the seed,(CX) Apollos watered it, but God has been making it grow. 7 So neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow. 8 The one who plants and the one who waters have one purpose, and they will each be rewarded according to their own labor.(CY) 9 For we are co-workers in God's service;(CZ) you are God's field,(DA) God's building.(DB)
10 By the grace God has given me,(DC) I laid a foundation(DD) as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ.(DE) 12 If anyone builds on this foundation using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, 13 their work will be shown for what it is,(DF) because the Day(DG) will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's work.(DH) 14 If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward.(DI) 15 If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved—even though only as one escaping through the flames.(DJ)
16 Don't you know that you yourselves are God's temple(DK) and that God's Spirit dwells in your midst?(DL) 17 If anyone destroys God's temple, God will destroy that person; for God's temple is sacred, and you together are that temple.
18 Do not deceive yourselves. If any of you think you are wise(DM) by the standards of this age,(DN) you should become "fools" so that you may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness(DO) in God's sight. As it is written: "He catches the wise in their craftiness"[i];(DP) 20 and again, "The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile."[j](DQ) 21 So then, no more boasting about human leaders!(DR) All things are yours,(DS) 22 whether Paul or Apollos(DT) or Cephas[k](DU) or the world or life or death or the present or the future(DV)—all are yours, 23 and you are of Christ,(DW) and Christ is of God.
The Nature of True Apostleship
4 This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants(DX) of Christ and as those entrusted(DY) with the mysteries(DZ) God has revealed. 2 Now it is required that those who have been given a trust must prove faithful. 3 I care very little if I am judged by you or by any human court; indeed, I do not even judge myself. 4 My conscience(EA) is clear, but that does not make me innocent.(EB) It is the Lord who judges me.(EC) 5 Therefore judge nothing(ED) before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes.(EE) He will bring to light(EF) what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of the heart. At that time each will receive their praise from God.(EG)
6 Now, brothers and sisters, I have applied these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, so that you may learn from us the meaning of the saying, "Do not go beyond what is written."(EH) Then you will not be puffed up in being a follower of one of us over against the other.(EI) 7 For who makes you different from anyone else? What do you have that you did not receive?(EJ) And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?
8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich!(EK) You have begun to reign—and that without us! How I wish that you really had begun to reign so that we also might reign with you! 9 For it seems to me that God has put us apostles on display at the end of the procession, like those condemned to die(EL) in the arena. We have been made a spectacle(EM) to the whole universe, to angels as well as to human beings. 10 We are fools for Christ,(EN) but you are so wise in Christ!(EO) We are weak, but you are strong!(EP) You are honored, we are dishonored! 11 To this very hour we go hungry and thirsty, we are in rags, we are brutally treated, we are homeless.(EQ) 12 We work hard with our own hands.(ER) When we are cursed, we bless;(ES) when we are persecuted,(ET) we endure it; 13 when we are slandered, we answer kindly. We have become the scum of the earth, the garbage(EU) of the world—right up to this moment.
Paul's Appeal and Warning
14 I am writing this not to shame you(EV) but to warn you as my dear children.(EW) 15 Even if you had ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers, for in Christ Jesus I became your father(EX) through the gospel.(EY) 16 Therefore I urge you to imitate me.(EZ) 17 For this reason I have sent to you(FA) Timothy,(FB) my son(FC) whom I love, who is faithful in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which agrees with what I teach everywhere in every church.(FD)
18 Some of you have become arrogant,(FE) as if I were not coming to you.(FF) 19 But I will come to you very soon,(FG) if the Lord is willing,(FH) and then I will find out not only how these arrogant people are talking, but what power they have. 20 For the kingdom of God is not a matter of(FI) talk but of power.(FJ) 21 What do you prefer? Shall I come to you with a rod of discipline,(FK) or shall I come in love and with a gentle spirit?
- 1 Corinthians 1:10 The Greek word for brothers and sisters (adelphoi) refers here to believers, both men and women, as part of God's family; also in verses 11 and 26; and in 2:1; 3:1; 4:6; 6:8; 7:24, 29; 10:1; 11:33; 12:1; 14:6, 20, 26, 39; 15:1, 6, 50, 58; 16:15, 20.
- 1 Corinthians 1:12 That is, Peter
- 1 Corinthians 1:19 Isaiah 29:14
- 1 Corinthians 1:31 Jer. 9:24
- 1 Corinthians 2:1 Some manuscripts proclaimed to you God's mystery
- 1 Corinthians 2:9 Isaiah 64:4
- 1 Corinthians 2:13 Or Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual
- 1 Corinthians 2:16 Isaiah 40:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:19 Job 5:13
- 1 Corinthians 3:20 Psalm 94:11
- 1 Corinthians 3:22 That is, Peter
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In Nakuru, the National Park is more wooded and lush than the Mara. There's is a large lake and a series of wetlands accentuated by the fact that there has been unprecedented flooding (it seems to follow us!).
Other highlights from the game drive include:
- endangered Rothschild giraffes
- white rhinos
- striped, rather than spotted, hyenas
- male waterbucks with their stunning horns
- vervet monkeys
- crowned crane
We loved the beauty and tranquillity the park offered after the crowds of the Masai Mara, but being right next to a city meant that the 180 sq km park was fenced in, giving it a less wild feel.
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Today I got asked how it could be that I don't have stress even when I do more subjects at university than she does.
Well, I don't know exactly how I'm doing it.
Sometimes I have stress but not the whole time. My body wouldn't even let me do that because I have a sensitive stomach.
So how could it be that I'm getting more done for the university with less time?
I put together a list of things that help me:
- Meditate in the morning instead of pressing the snooze button.
- Do sports every two days, even when it is just walking to the university instead of taking public transportation or the car (depending on how far away it is, mine is around 50 minute walk).
- Watch your favorite series while eating. Even though it is always said that you should focus on your food, I save a lot of time by watching my series while eating because I want to watch those series and I like to do something while eating because if I don't while eating I'm getting more stressed.
- Start earlier with homework and stuff. Start when you don't have stress yet like in the vacations.
- Try to study during the semester with lectures. Just sit down after a lecture and repeat everything or repeat everything before the next lecture. I don't do that regularly but it sometimes helps me to learn less in the end.
- Go to the lectures and take notes even when there are documents for the lecture. You will remember more from the lecture.
- Study with other people. It helps to have a different view on something and you can ask each other if you don't know something. You can save a lot of time by that. I'm not studying every day with somebody because sometimes I'm faster alone.
- Buy a calendar or use your calendar on the phone to write down what you have to do every day and when the homework needs to be done. It helps you to have an overview of everything you need to do and you can decide faster what you have to do and when.
- Go grocery shopping when not many other people do because you have to wait for less. Or buy them online and let them ship to you.
- Take a break every now and then to get something to drink or to eat or just to talk to your flatmate, friends, or family. Relationships are important for being happy and they are glad to help if you need some.
- Find documents and help online for your lectures, for example, solutions for previous exams or summaries of lectures.
- Put away all the distractions and study in a quiet room. When you get distracted it's really hard for your mind to get back to work. So focus on the work you have to and you will be finished faster. (Listen to relaxing music if your mind is wandering.)
- Don't waste so much time with social media like Facebook or Instagram. If there is something interesting that you're missing, you will hear it anyway from somebody talking about it. The rest is not important. (Except when you're making money with social media.)
- Write down every day what you have achieved today or what you were thinking about (less than 5 minutes a day). Just write down what you're thinking about like a diary, so that you can let go and focus on your studies again.
So those are the things that I can think of that I do to have more time for my studies. This is my secret recipe for less stress.
Maybe those aren't right for everybody because everyone is different. But they can help you to take a look at how you are spending your time.
If you are still not sure how you're spending your time then you should try some program which measures the time you're spending on the internet and for what. I used RescueTime for a while to track it. It's great because you can add it to your browser, your phone, and your laptop. But after a while, I deleted it again because I was spending a lot of time checking the statistics.
But it was shocking to me to see all the wasted time I spent on Social Media a week or a month. Each day a little bit didn't sound like much but the sum at the end of the week or month was really high.
So if you would like to have less stress, pick one or two points from my list and try to implement them in your daily routine. You don't have to and you shouldn't try to implement all at once because then it's more likely that you fail because you get stressed by implementing all of them. Stay calm. Try to implement one or two and if that worked then try the next ones.
I hope I could help you with my list of things I'm doing to have less stress.


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SPORT - compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championships
For the 10 teams competing in the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship, Sunday's training session conducted on the Youth Sailing Academy's Elliott 6.0m was vital.
The training session was conducted on Sydney's Rushcutters Bay in strong westerly breezes and proved challenging for crews, especially the six teams who have elected to sail the championship three-up, the same format as required for the Olympic Match Racing in 2012.
Over the following four days, teams will battle for the honour of the compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Champion title for 2009.
The compasscard Australian Women's Match Racing Championship commenced yesterday with the first of the round robins.
Organisers said spectators can expect close racing with many of these teams already members of Olympic training squads for both Australia and New Zealand.
The two teams representing the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron are using this regatta as a warm-up event for next week when they continue on to the USA to compete in the new Elliott 6M, the Olympic Women's Match Racing equipment.
Two teams from the Australian Sailing Development Squad also leave Sydney on Saturday to compete in the Sail Skandia Regatta in Weymouth, UK, also in the Elliott 6M and at the Olympic sailing venue.
At the welcome function on Sunday evening, CYCA rear commodore Garry Linacre introduced the skippers who in turn introduced their crews to the audience of umpires, race committee, parents and friends. He thanked Sean Langman for sponsoring the Championship through his compasscard brand and welcomed Phil Jones, CEO of Yachting Australia to the national event.
Racing began yesterday at 10.15am and the aim of PRO Mark Pryke is to push through the first round robin and complete 45 races.
On Thursday, members and guests are invited to join the Noakes ferry which will be departing the CYCA 'A' Marina at 11.30am to follow the finals action, returning at around 3pm.
If you would like be on the ferry with Sean Langman commentating on the racing, book by contacting Reception at CYCA, phone 8292 7800 or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
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CelebrASIANS - Asian Women for Health
When Chien-Chi Huang was diagnosed with breast cancer she noticed the many cultural and language barriers that stand between Asian American women and sufficient healthcare.
"Stigma is a big factor. A lot of Asian women feel that it's their fault, and they don't want to burden the family if they have cancer," she explains. "Particularly because some of these cancers involve body parts, an area that you feel really sensitive about -- your breasts, your reproductive organs. It's very difficult for Asian women to talk about this even with peers."
Huang adds that some Asian American women tend to see doctors as unchallengeable authority figures, which can give them less autonomy over their medical decisions.
Huang survived breast cancer and has dedicated her life to helping Asian American women get the medical care they need and reducing stigmas surrounding illness. She's now the founder and executive director of Asian Women for Health, a peer-led nonprofit with the mantra of "educate, advocate, reciprocate."
One of the Asian Women for Health's cornerstone programs is Achieving Whole Health, an eight-week program that trains people to become wellness coaches embedded in their communities. The program covers topics such as coping with stress, proper sleep, active lifestyles, and mind-body-spirit connections.
The Asian Breast Cancer Project also relies on community-based, person-to-person outreach to create a network of women battling breast cancer and breast cancer survivors.
We are different from the other organizations [because we are] peer-led," Huang says.
Asian Women for Health partners with local organizations including women's groups and Asian service agencies, and refers women to providers including Boston Medical Center, Cambridge Health Alliance and South Cover Community Health Center.
The nonprofit is exploring how technology can support its work, Huang explains. A new project aims to create a digital network of women battling breast cancer on WeChat -- a social media and message platform in Chinese. Asian Women for Health also hosts a podcast that profiles "Asian women who overcome physical or emotional adversity," Huang says. The podcast is designed to help reduce stigma by sharing individual women's stories -- a core goal of the nonprofit
I'm a cancer survivor, and if I share my story then maybe I can bring hope, and also other people will feel more comfortable sharing their own recovery stories," Huang says. "We have a ripple effect. One of our ideas is that we want to build capacity, confidence, and connection among Asian women so they can pay it forward."
Asian Women for Health's annual fundraiser, the CelebrASIANS Benefit Fashion Show, features Asian cancer or trauma survivors wearing designs by Asian American fashion designers. The fashion show is on October 19th, at Boston Medical Center from 6:00 to 9:00 PM. Tickets are $100.00
've seen firsthand how survivors of cancer and trauma have grown stronger through their connection to AWFH," a donor to Asian Women for Health wrote in a testimonial. "Countless women tap into this powerful peer network that supports their healing, health, and wellbeing; many then give back to others by becoming advocates and ambassadors of the organization. Through conferences and research studies, AWFH also influences the public dialogue around women's health among service providers and policymakers."
For More information, visit asianwomenforhealth.org
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Part of the International Yuri's Night week of celebrations honoring the memory of the pioneering cosmonaut:
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Note that there will NOT be a party at NASA Ames this year, unlike the last 3 years.
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Official Website: http://www.calacademy.org/events/nightlife/
Added by raines on February 25, 2009
My guess is that the event will be part of Cal Academy's NightLife program:
Yes. Last year's NASA party was pretty nuts. This seems fairly tame by comparison. Anyone have more details!?!?!?
yes, it's seems it's going to be part of the Nightlife series:
Tickets are on sale now: https://www.calacademy.org/event_tickets/index.php?d=April%209,%202009&e=NightLife%206:00%20PM
Definitely nothing like last year, but if you haven't been to the new Academy of Sciences at all or one of these fun after hours parties, that's still reason enough to go.
Sorry that I'll be out of town. :-(
Just went in today (4/5) to the Nightlife series and all the tickets are sold out for 4/9 but there will be some available at the door. Just FYI.


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Love-expat: How far would you go for love? (Part A)
Today we honour those expats who have moved, or are ready to move, for love. We also highlight some important things to consider when deciding whether or not to become a love expatriate…
A significant majority of the expat population is the 'love-expats' – those who became expats because they chose to follow their partners. It is common to use terms like 'expat partner', 'trailing spouse', or 'accompanying partner' for those who have followed their hearts to another country. I prefer, however, to use the term 'love-expats', as this highlights the power of their choice…
Love-expats consciously made a decision to follow their partner to another country (either with children or not). This choice – to truly trust in your life with another person and follow him/her away from your home country – takes great courage. I have a deep admiration for people who move for love and set their priorities based on this great value called love…
Things to consider before moving for love:
- You first: Put yourself and your needs first. A choice that is solely for you, made in line with your values, rather than based on fears or somebody else's demands, carries less risk of regret later on, regardless of the outcome. Of course, if you have children, "you first" instead becomes a careful balancing act between your needs and that of your children (we will get back to this in a future article).
- Your partner: How does your partner feel about the change? Is he/she ready to take on this responsibility? Are you ready to be proactive so that you are not totally dependent on your partner (e.g. for your social life).
- Location: Will you move to your partner's country or to a neutral 'third' country in which you are both expats? I have heard various experiences: some say it is easier to be in a neutral country because you are both facing the same challenges; others say that moving to the partner's country is easier as there is often support from extended family. Yet others speak of feeling excluded as the partner is always in 'his/her' country. Different contexts work better for different couples.
- Money: There's a good chance that your financial situation may change when you move. Even if your partner has a well-paid job, you may end up feeling dependent on him/her (at least initially). I know that putting the money issue on the table doesn't feel romantic when you're discussing your future together, but see this as an opportunity to empower yourself and give you both peace of mind. What happens if the relationship doesn't work out? And if it does work, do you have enough money to visit home when you want or need to?
- Career: Often a move involves a career transition – this may be exciting and a chance to reinvent yourself, or it may feel like a setback. Will your education and work experience be transferable? Will you need further education? Will you have permission to work? How much are you willing to sacrifice with regard to your career?
- Family and friends: How will your move affect your relationships with the family and friends you leave behind? Are you prepared to no longer be part of their day-to-day lives and you, theirs? Can you deal with missing out on your nieces and nephews growing up without you? Or with not being around as your parents age?
- Language: Will you need to learn a new language? Are you ready for this? Not being able to speak the local language feels a lot like being illiterate. This can feel very uncomfortable and stressful after a lifetime of being able to express yourself effortlessly. Are there ways in which you could support your language learning before you leave for the country?
It's important to acknowledge that moving for love is one of today's classic dilemmas – and one that most career-focused (or internationally minded) adults will face at some point in their lives.
It's also time to recognize that the person moving is not weaker or less-than. After all, every couple makes compromises and trade-offs in order to stay together – a shift of physical location just happens to be the most visible and concrete. Stepping out of your comfort zone and taking a risk for love takes remarkable strength.
Are you considering moving for love, or have you done so already? Which of the factors above feels most challenging – or inspiring – to you? Please leave your comment below.
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Virgin Media goes in search of indie cool
# 16 September 2013, 11:38 by Chris T
Virgin Media is looking to forge ties with independent-minded gamers and games publishers as a way of promoting its broadband services.
It has teamed up with influential gamer and Youtube video blogger "Ali A" to produce a series covering the latest news from the indie gaming scene. The programmes will be shown on Ali A's Youtube channel and also via Ginx TV, a channel available exclusively via Virgin Media cable in the UK.
VM is also operating "Game Space", a drop-in centre in Shoreditch, London, where gamers can try out the latest indie titles free of charge. The centre also offers chances to try out the latest interactive technology and runs workshops led by video game professionals.
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Student Diaries: ROI of an MISB Education – Look beneath the surface
Okay so it's that time of the year again – March. March comes with the end of winter, the promise of spring and, of course, the be all and end all of our student lives – exams and admission season!
With admissions for B-schools on full form, I've been having several discussions with potential applicants for the selection criteria of a good business school and in most of these conversations, we end up talking for hours about ROI. In my opinion, this 'ROI' is a very used and abused term in all our discussions, so I decided to apply my newly acquired accounting knowledge (Haha yes, I'm totally showing off my MISB Bocconi learning here since I have no background in accounting) to further investigate some accounting terms in the context of investment decisions with regards to a PGPB program.
Let's start with the often used and abused ROI – ROI is defined as "the amount of return on an investment about the investment's cost." To calculate ROI, the benefit (or return) of investment is divided by the cost of the investment, and the result is expressed as a percentage or a ratio. So students typically look potential salaries post the PGPB vis a vis the cost of the program which includes fees, living expenses and the opportunity costs of leaving a job.
However, since the PGPB is an investment – and investments lead to the creation of assets. An asset is defined as anything tangible or intangible that can be owned or controlled to produce value and that is held to have positive economic value is considered an asset.
Let us now think about it in terms of a Post Graduate Program. We constantly compare the tangible piece – the economic returns in terms of salaries post recruitment opportunities after the program. So what MISB offers is in terms of the tangible context is comparable if not better than other business programs.
What I did want to address the intangible piece of the definition – What are the intangibles that MISB creates for you, that can have value in your life?
Let's start with the faculty interactions – How many students can claim to have one on one conversations and played TT and foosball matches with professors who have authored several books, are leading authorities in their fields, sit on the boards of several companies and are consulting with some of the most reputable corporates in the world? For that matter How many students can claim to have had the most interesting conversation on meditation and mental stimulation over a drink with the Strategy Guru Robert Grant, and then been introduced to a boy because you were too shy to talk to him yourself, so he went and showed you how it's done? I can! Why am I talking about this "silly" thing here – well it gave me an insight into the humility that goes hand in hand with success and forced me to face my fears head on, which was the creation of personal value for me right there
Let's also talk about the specialization semester in Milan – I am looking forward to this because like all international colleges, this goes beyond learning. The education process is an experience in living a different lifestyle and culture and hopefully exporting some Indian goodwill abroad! It also promises to be a life-changing event – travel and living in cultures that are different from yours gives you perspectives and insights that always add value to your life
Finally, I wanted to conclude with the freedom and sense of responsibility that MISB inculcates in you. How many colleges can vouch for engaging the students to such an extent that they willingly spend their free time extolling its virtues? ( Look at me writing this blog here, look at the responses to your questions on the student blogs and groups and holding coffee sessions where you can interact with them?) How many colleges give you the freedom to be yourself, and pursue your interests – ranging from the choice of a large variety specializations to CDS actively researching your career interests to bring your dream company on board for placements? These are all indications that MISB is the place for you to explore yourself – your capabilities, hopes, and dreams.
Here's the last thought I want to leave you with – while considering returns on your investment in a PGPB program, salaries are important. But also, consider that you're making a long-term investment in yourself and that the creation of a personal brand and that the intangibles associated with this program will be as essential in driving your growth and success. So whichever program you choose, I urge you to consider all of these before making a final decision.


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May 22nd marked the Tufts graduation ceremony. I salute my colleagues at the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy (holla for my Nut Comm class!), and I have a special tribute to the Tufts dietetic interns.
Tufts Dietetic Interns, Class of 2011
Ladies, working with you these past two years has been an honor.
Registered Dietitian and MS...We did it!
DI Orientation, August 2009
Alanna. All elegance and poise. Your fortitude and strength has inspired me. I appreciate your dedication to do all things well.
Adrienne. My sunshine friend! Always ready to greet with a smile, and help me put things into perspective. You think beyond dietetics, and I like this. Let's meet in Austin!
Nathalia. Natural leader, fantastic MSDA president, and ever ready to provide comic relief. "We R Who We R"-Whenever I hear this, I'll bust a move for our song. Go Nat Attack!
Lauren. My very first Boston acquaintance; thank you for subletting your Brookline room, and welcoming me to the city! Good luck in St. Louis!
Inpatient rotations, August 2010
Renee. Hey DJ, your enthusiasm is contagious! You converted me to PBB sandwiches, and when I'm feeling down I'll remember to recite, "One day at a time, one patient at a time, for the win." Thank you! Sauce on.
Vicky. My fabulous rotation partner, and "twin"! Ah, such memories together: Korean bbq at Koreana, red bean buns from Chinatown, instant coffee in dialysis clinic, Whole Foods lunches at MGH. Thankful for you. Rooting for you in California!
Erin. Succinct, sassy, and never too flustered. Love it. Long live your grape salad and chocolate chip cookies!
Nikita. This classy gal is truly the Queen of Spice (please open an Indian restaurant someday!). Roomie, you are a kindred spirit. I miss you already.What's Next? Belgium!
Yup, I'll be heading to Brussels from June through August for a summer internship at the European Union Food Information Council (EUFIC). EUFIC is a non-profit organization that provides nutrition and food safety information to media, industry, educators, and health professionals. This is my first taste of Europe! I'm eager to continue this unique opportunity, which was trail-blazed last summer by fellow Tufts colleague Kelly Dumke.
In September I'll return to Boston for one last semester of grad school. Turns out I'm not officially graduated yet. *wink* But wanted to walk with my class nonetheless!
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Ah, there go our boys again… to Rio! Do you know there are over 100 songs that have been written about Rio de Janeiro? According to Barry Manilow and many others, it's the "hottest spot north of Havana!" The guys enjoyed 5 awesome concerts in Brazil and it's no wonder their Notte Magica CD/DVD won the highest award! The crowds at their concerts certainly proved that point. There were some beautiful pictures posted by Piero and Ercole of the Copa.
Thanks again to all owners of pictures and videos!
Here are your Meet/Greets! Those are some brightly colored shirts at the end!
Piero, in suspenders? Maybe Igna should give them a whirl? 🙂
We leave you with one more review from South America – Chile!
We saw Ercole posting he was flying back to Italy, but it looks like Piero detoured to Miami, but where are the other two misteriosos? Only Twitter and Instagram know… 🙂
Alessandra posted an adorable picture of Franz, waiting for his master's arrival! (Oh, yes, I can see the comments now… lol)
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Braille Monitor April 2006
The Local, State, and National Organization: Three Parts of a Whole
by Fredric K. Schroeder
Fred Schroeder addresses affiliate presidents in the large conference room at the National Center for the Blind.
From the Editor:
Fred Schroeder's credentials for addressing the subject of the underlying unity
of the elements of the National Federation of the Blind are recognized by all
who know him. He has been a member and leader of the Federation since he was
a college student. He has been president of two state affiliates: New Mexico
and Virginia. He presided over the transformation of a state rehabilitation
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and despair to a force for effective rehabilitation and hope. He also served
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Administration, implementing important reforms to the entire rehabilitation
system. In July of 2005 he returned to the board of the National Federation
of the Blind. Fred delivered the following stirring remarks at the seminar for
state presidents on February 18, 2006. This is what he said:
I have been a member of the National Federation of the Blind for many years. I am not quite sure when I moved from being a new member to being one of the old-timers. I have always felt that I was one of the young people in the Federation, still with much to learn. Given that I joined in 1974 and since it's now 2006, I suppose I no longer have a claim to being one of the new people in the organization. Yet it is gratifying to look around this room and see how many new and dynamic leaders we have in our organization. It gives me great encouragement and hope for the future.
As many of you know, I grew up in New Mexico. I lived for several years in California and later Nebraska, but in 1980 I moved back to New Mexico and began getting active in our state affiliate. At that time blind people in the state had very limited opportunities to obtain the training and encouragement they needed to live active, productive lives, yet we were Federationists and knew that things could be better. In 1986, after years of effort, we were successful in creating a separate agency for the blind, the New Mexico Commission for the Blind, and I was hired as its first director.
One day in the late 1980�s I was sitting at my desk, and I received a telephone call from a young blind woman living in Tucumcari, a woman I did not know. She used a guide dog, and she called to say that she had gone to a local restaurant which refused to admit her with her dog. She insisted on calling the police, and when the police came, she told them about the White Cane Law that guaranteed her right to take her dog into a restaurant. Unfortunately the local police were not aware of the White Cane Law either and refused to require the restaurant owner to admit her, so she was turned away. She called the Commission for the Blind asking for help, and of course we did help. We contacted the restaurant and the Tucumcari police, and we were able to resolve the issue. But I remember thinking to myself, "Here it is, the late 1980's, and a young woman in Tucumcari, New Mexico, has the legal right to take a guide dog into a restaurant. But why does she have that legal right? Whether she knew about the National Federation of the Blind or not, her right to take her guide dog into a local restaurant was a result of the efforts of the Federation, and even the intervention of the state agency, the Commission for the Blind, was also directly linked to the work of the Federation.
In 1967 New Mexico was the first state in the nation to pass the Model White Cane Law in its entirety. Because Pauline Gomez and other Federationists in New Mexico had worked with the legislature twenty years earlier, this young blind woman in Tucumcari, New Mexico, had the right to go into a restaurant and take her dog.
But where did the Model White Cane Law come from? The idea did not originate with blind people in New Mexico; it had been conceived a year earlier. It started as an article that our president, Dr. tenBroek, wrote and published in the California Law Review in April 1966. The title of the article was "The Right to Live in the World: The Disabled in the Law of Torts." In that article he talked about fundamental principles of civil rights for blind people, a concept that was not generally established in law at that time. In Dr. tenBroek�s words, " Nothing could be more essential to personality, social existence, economic opportunity�in short, to individual well-being and integration into the life of the community�than...public approval, and the legal right to be abroad in the land."
At that time a smattering of state laws provided some level of legal protection for blind people around the country, but no systematic guarantee of rights existed for blind people generally. Dr. tenBroek�s article included the draft of a model White Cane Law that would grant to blind people many of the protections we take for granted today. At our 1966 national convention we voted to seek the adoption of the Model White Cane Law in all of the fifty states. As a result leaders of the National Federation of the Blind of New Mexico went home and worked to have the Model White Cane Law passed by the state legislature so that twenty years later a young blind woman in Tucumcari who knew nothing about the National Federation of the Blind would have the right to go into a restaurant of her choosing and to take her guide dog in with her.
But the Model White Cane Law did much more than guarantee blind people access to restaurants with their guide dogs. At that time�some of you are too young to know this�it was not uncommon for blind people traveling alone to be told by a bus company or an airline that they wouldn't be allowed to travel unless they were accompanied by a sighted person�and it was perfectly legal for the bus company or airline to do so. It was also not uncommon for blind people to be turned away from a hotel on the basis that they might unknowingly start a fire or have some other kind of accident that would endanger themselves or others, and the hotel had a legal right to do so. Recognizing that blind people needed the guarantee of basic civil rights, Dr. tenBroek drafted the Model White Cane Law, and brought it to the national convention. As a national movement we made its adoption in the states a priority, a unified effort of our Federation.
The Model White Cane Law demonstrates how the national, state, and local bodies of our organization work together, each with its role, each with its job to do�separate and yet parts of a cohesive whole. It demonstrates our unity, and it shows something else. It shows how our philosophy binds us together. What gives us direction, what makes us strong and unified, is our shared belief in our fundamental normalcy; and, as Mrs. Jernigan pointed out to us, the truth of our equality has evolved past belief, past hope, into knowledge. We know that as blind people we can in fact live normal, productive lives and that blindness is nothing more than one of our many characteristics; it is not the overarching, all-defining characteristic of who we are. The truth of our normalcy, our equality, is the foundation of what we believe and drives our actions; it organizes us and gives us unity and focus.
There is a concept in open systems theory called "negative entropy," entropy being defined in the physical sciences as the tendency for all matter and energy in the universe to evolve toward a state of inert uniformity. When applied to social systems, entropy is defined as the inevitable and steady deterioration of a system or society. In plain language entropy means death or dying. That said, what then is negative entropy? By definition it means that, in order to survive, an open system must arrest entropy�a universal law of nature�by incorporating acquisitions equal to or greater than its exports. That is, negative entropy means to be alive, but, more than alive, it means to grow or expand or develop. So in open systems theory why use the term negative entropy? Why not simply say expanding, growing, or developing? Why be so convoluted? Why not talk about death as contrasted with growth rather than entropy with negative entropy? The reason is that, according to open systems theory, social organizations drift toward death. If not resisted, if not actively combated, systems lose vitality and die. Applying this concept to our movement, if we are not expanding, if we are not growing, if we are not continuously taking on new challenges, then we will inevitably drift toward death. It is not enough to continue doing what we have done in the past. We must constantly challenge ourselves and push forward, staving off entropy through the process of negative entropy. Our success can be seen through our history, in the lives and examples of many of our members.
We have a legacy of pioneers in our movement, and their spirit guides our efforts today and lays the course for the future. In February 2006, a man in Santa Fe, New Mexico, named Albert Gonzales died. He was ninety-three years old. In the 1940's in New Mexico, Albert was the first blind person to earn an undergraduate degree from New Mexico State University. He went on to be the first blind person to graduate from the Georgetown University School of Law. He returned to New Mexico and became the first blind person to be elected judge in the state and the first blind person to serve in the New Mexico legislature. He was a very successful man who practiced law for sixty years, although he slowed down a little as he reached his nineties. Albert Gonzalez was a pioneer, yet today the National Federation of the Blind has an entire division of practicing lawyers.
At about the same time
as Albert Gonzales began practicing law, a woman in New Mexico named Pauline
Gomez became the first blind person in the state to graduate from the University
of New Mexico. Pauline wanted to be a teacher, but in the 1940's, if a blind
person wanted to teach, it was presumed that he or she could teach only other
blind people. Employment was limited to educating children at the residential
school for the blind or training blind adults through the state rehabilitation
agency. But Pauline did not want to teach at the school for the blind at the
other end of the state and away from family and friends. With the help of her
family, she opened a private kindergarten, Los Niños, in Santa Fe, New
Mexico. I do not know if it was the first private school owned and operated
by a blind person in the nation, but if not, it certainly was one of the very
first. Pauline ran her school for many, many years and was a true pioneer. Yet
today, through the work of the National Federation of the Blind, we have an
entire division devoted to blind teachers.
What do the experiences of Albert Gonzales and Pauline Gomez teach us as affiliate presidents? How can we learn from their lives, and what do we do from here? Of course there is no one answer. We must start with our fundamental beliefs, beliefs that have now matured into knowledge, and apply them to the present situation facing blind people in our individual states. In other words we must determine what needs to be done, and then we must find a way to make change, to make a difference.
Some of us have the good fortune to live in states that have had strong, active affiliates for many years. That means we have an established infrastructure, making it easier to share the work, mentor new members, and train up and coming leaders. In other states our affiliates have been smaller, more isolated, and less active. Still we must begin at the beginning, start where we are and move forward from there. Many years ago, when I moved back to New Mexico, I attended a local chapter meeting in Albuquerque. That was in September of 1980. At the meeting people were invited to sign up for handicapped day at the state fair. It was the practice to recognize special groups with free admission on a designated day. On handicapped day blind people and others with disabilities could enter the fair without paying (along with their attendants) and would receive a free cheeseburger, Coke, and french fries from the Hardees hamburger restaurant for lunch. Our chapter meeting was spent signing people up for handicapped day at the fair.
I was discouraged. In that room only one blind person was employed. Many of the people in the room were in their forties or fifties, had gone to the school for the blind, yet had never worked in their adult lives. That was the condition for blind people in 1980 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. What was the need? Where and how were we to begin? Of course we had a pressing need to change the rehabilitation system, to help blind people obtain the training necessary to find work and become self-supporting; but the immediate need, the more urgent and important need, was to instill hope�the belief that we could work, could participate, could live normal, active lives.
Making such changes is not automatic and not easy. When I became blind, I believed I was destined to be helpless, dependent, and isolated. I think that is a common assumption among people as they lose sight. Most of us did not have blind role models to encourage us while growing up, the role models we find in the National Federation of the Blind. When I was a teenager losing sight and my mother and others tried to encourage me by telling me of blind people who were doing miraculous things, I was not encouraged; I was angry.
I was angry because their
dramatic achievements were so at odds with my own experience of blindness. I
did not feel remarkable and knew I could never do remarkable things. I concluded
that the stories of extraordinary blind people must be lies: they must simply
be untrue, or, if the reports were true, it must be that they had had a lot
of help behind the scenes. If the stories were lies, I could not understand
why anyone would want to give false hope to others�I was not encouraged�and
if they were true, that meant that I must be even more inferior than I already
believed because I knew in my heart that I could never be remarkable or achieve
exceptional things. To be average was beyond my ability, and to be remarkable
was absolutely beyond wishing, beyond yearning, beyond hope.
In 1980 what we had in our affiliate were ordinary blind people who had grown up believing that they could not participate, that they could not earn a living, and that they could not be in charge of their own lives. To begin turning this around, we had to start learning what we could do through collective action. We decided that we needed a blind person on the board of regents of the school for the blind. The school was NAC (National Accreditation Council for the Blind)-accredited and unresponsive to our views. They fought our efforts to have a blind person appointed and were successful. The school had a lot of contacts, a lot of credibility, and a lot of political support.
We failed in our efforts to get a blind person appointed, but we did not give up. We next went to the legislature asking for a bill to be introduced that would require the board of regents to include a blind person. We learned much along the way; we found that you can get just about any bill you want introduced�any bill. If you go to a local legislator and say, "You know, I think Groundhog Day is very important and is really overlooked and underappreciated," the legislator will most likely thump you on the back and say, "I share your concern, and, by golly, I will be glad to put in a bill for you making this state give Groundhog Day the respect it deserves." As I say, it is easy to get a bill introduced.
It does not mean that you can get any bill you want passed. That is a very different matter. We found a bill sponsor, and sure enough she put in a bill calling for a blind person to serve on the board of regents. She introduced our bill, but she neglected to tell us when the first hearing was scheduled. With no one there to speak for the bill and school officials quietly working behind the scenes to have it killed, the bill was tabled. Tabling a bill is a common way of killing a bill without killing it. Generally someone asks a question or offers some other reason why the committee cannot act on the bill at that time, so it is tabled for later action, but it never gets scheduled. In fact it never sees the light of day and dies.
We lost, but we did not lose all. We scared the school for the blind; we showed them we had energy and commitment, even if we lacked sophistication. They got busy and found a blind person who would be in their camp�not rock the boat, not push for meaningful change�and they got the governor to appoint him to the board. Then they could say to the legislature that there was no reason to amend state law because they already had a blind person on the board of regents. So we lost. We failed in our attempt to change the governance of the school. We should have been depressed, sad, demoralized; but of course we were not. We felt the injustice of what had happened, and it made us more resolved.
We lost in our attempt to change state law, but the experience helped to show us that blind people could take charge of our own lives, that we had power and could make a difference. Is having a blind person appointed to the board of regents of your state�s school for the blind the most pressing need in your state? I have no way to know. I do not even know if it was the most pressing need in New Mexico at that time, but it was a need that was in front of us, and it energized us and gave us focus.
We battled with the school for years, trying to get the board to drop the school�s NAC accreditation, and by so doing we strengthened the affiliate. Blind people began seeing that there was a reason for being part of the organization beyond social activities, beyond signing up for a handicapped-day activity. Yet of course we never demeaned handicapped day at the fair or the people who enjoyed it and looked forward to it. We never put it down or suggested that people who liked going were in any way deficient. We never said that it was something that hurt blind people�our public image and our self-image. Yet, as our members became more active�growing in self-respect�signing up people for handicapped day at the fair went by the way, replaced by other issues, other priorities.
In 1994 I moved from New Mexico to northern Virginia. As I prepared to move, I thought back to my first chapter meeting fourteen years earlier. Perhaps fifteen people were in attendance that day, and only one had a job. At my last chapter meeting in 1994 about seventy people were present, and everyone in the room was either working or in college�everyone! These were the same blind people who had been living in the state in 1980, people who had never worked, never believed they could work, never been encouraged to work; yet they were now working because of the National Federation of the Blind. Of course to go to college, to go to work, takes resources. We had to make changes in the rehabilitation agency system, creating a separate commission for the blind. But beyond the structure, what we really did was take our philosophy, our belief in the ability of blind people, and combined it with the resources of a state agency.
The commission for the
blind provided training. It gave people the chance to learn how to travel with
a white cane, to learn to read and write Braille, and to master needed technology.
The commission sent people to college and helped them find jobs, but at its
core the commission integrated what we believed about the abilities of blind
people into its services. This is good rehabilitation; it works and the blind
of the state are its beneficiaries. We believed in people. We shared the National
Federation of the Blind with everyone we could find, and the commission for
the blind was our ally, encouraging people and promoting high expectations,
and it is still happening today.
It is happening in New Mexico, and it is happening in Iowa. It is no surprise that today the New Mexico Commission for the Blind and the Iowa Department for the Blind battle back and forth each year to see which agency will have the highest wages for its clients at closure. It is no coincidence that New Mexico (which by the way has the highest wages in the nation this year) and Iowa consistently rank at the top in real earnings for the people they serve. And that is not just when comparing them to other agencies serving the blind; that is compared to all rehabilitation agencies across the nation. Why do New Mexico and Iowa always rank at the top? Is it because New Mexico and Iowa are wealthy states with superior job opportunities? This year New Mexico is the only state in the country that places clients in jobs paying more than the state average. This is from a state that, when I was there, ranked forty-third in the nation in per capita income.
So why does the New Mexico Commission for the Blind do so well? Because of the National Federation of the Blind and integrating our philosophy into its programs. Most states are afraid to join with us openly, fearing criticism for taking sides, but the ones that do are invariably the high-performing ones. Not because they side with us against others, but because they know that the essence of good rehabilitation is high expectations, helping people learn to believe in themselves and learn that they do not have to be powerless but can be in charge of their own lives and achieve their goals and that the agency will stand with them.
We created the New Mexico Commission for the Blind. It was not easy, but we knew that it was important. We first tried in the 1970�s and were not successful. In 1985 we went back to the legislature and tried again, and again we lost, but we got closer than we ever had before. Our bill had passed the senate and had made its way through the relevant house committees. On the last day of the legislature, our bill was up for final passage in the house. Unfortunately the house and senate were battling over issues unrelated to us. As a result both the house and the senate decided not to take action on any of the remaining bills. Each side was holding the other�s bills hostage, but we did not know that. We just wanted our bill to pass. We had worked hard, and it had made its way through the senate and had been passed out by all of the house committees. All it needed was final passage. On the last day of the session, the session adjourned, and our bill died. We had lost.
On the way out I ran into the director of the state rehabilitation agency, and he was smirking. He had fought the effort to separate blind services from his agency, and he had won. A month later, when I wrote inviting him to speak to our state convention, he wrote back and said that he was too busy preparing for a special session (that had not been called) to come. In other words he felt that he did not have to be responsive to the blind of the state and wanted to make sure we knew it. We were down but not out. I called a new member, Arthur Schreiber, who had just lost his sight and who at the time was the general manager of the largest radio station in New Mexico, one of the largest in the entire Southwest. Radio may not buy ink by the barrel like newspapers, but Arthur had the loudest voice in the state, so politicians listened when he talked. I called Arthur and told him that the director of the rehabilitation agency would not come to our convention and meet with us. Arthur called the speaker of the house and asked him to meet us for lunch. We drove to Santa Fe in his company car, a Mercedes, and had lunch with the speaker of the house. The speaker had not supported our bill during the session, but when we told him of the treatment we had received from the director of the agency following our defeat�writing to say that he was too busy to meet with his constituents�the speaker began to understand just how unresponsive the agency was and why we wanted a change.
The speaker of the house offered to call the director and tell him to go to our convention and meet with us. I should have let him make the call, but I was stunned; it was the day before our convention, and I was not expecting the speaker to offer to take such immediate action. I wasn't used to being around Arthur and getting that kind of response, so I told the speaker that calling the director was not necessary. That was a mistake. It would have shown the director that we were not going away and that we had some significant clout of our own, but I did not take the chance when it was offered. Even so, the speaker of the house became our ally and helped us the following year.
Other things happened to help win us additional supporters. On the last day of the session we were sitting in the first row of the gallery, looking down on the house floor. We wanted to be visible. We had our canes propped against our shoulders, where they could be seen. Our senate sponsor was in the room, talking with other legislators. Another legislator came up to him and said, "I think I'll get on the microphone and ask everybody who supports the commission for the blind bill to stand up and take one step forward." This legislator must have thought asking blind people to take a step forward from the front row of the balcony was a great joke, but our bill sponsor did not think it was funny. From that moment it became personal and the next year he worked even harder for us.
We had no high-priced lobbyists. We had only ourselves and our dreams. We had people who believed that they could take charge of their own lives, people who wanted to be employed and to have the chance to be productive. The next year, 1986, we went back to the legislature, and this time we were successful in passing the bill to create the New Mexico Commission for the Blind. We made a difference. We reshaped services for the blind in the state. We created the opportunity for blind people to get the training and services they needed to go to work, but the most important thing was that it showed us, the blind of the state, that we could take charge of our own lives, that we did not need to live in dependency and poverty, that by standing together we could forge our own destiny.
One of our members who testified at a legislative hearing was a woman who worked in the sheltered workshop. During her testimony she held up her most recent paycheck. For two weeks of work she had earned only $5.27. Her story was powerful. It made a difference to the members of the legislature present in the room that day, but it also made a difference to her. Working in a sheltered workshop making $5.27 for two weeks work does not instill confidence; it does not help you believe that you are in charge of your own life; it does not encourage you to feel like a normal, capable, productive individual. But when she spoke to the legislature and talked of the injustice she and other blind people faced, her testimony helped us pass our bill, and it gave her strength to stand up for herself and others.
What we must do as affiliate presidents is to look at conditions in our states and see what needs to be done. Perhaps you live in a state with a strong affiliate. If so, you have an advantage, a head start. But whether your affiliate is mature or fledgling, the same need exists. We must focus our members on working to improve our collective lot, our collective opportunity. This will change your state, and in the process it will change us: it will give us new strength and confidence.
This morning Mrs. Jernigan
spoke about how Dr. Jernigan felt when he walked into the convention hall�the
uplift of spirit and the sense of excitement and hope. I share the same feeling.
The convention is powerful. We receive a wealth of information, but it is being
in a room with three thousand of my brothers and sisters, being where people
believe that blindness does not mean inferiority, does not mean helplessness,
that makes the difference in my life. It is rejuvenating, and I believe it is
something that every blind person needs.
When we try to recruit new members, what can we do to bring them in and make them a part of our movement? First we must be respectful of where they are�whether confident and accomplished or fearful and isolated. Next we must channel their interests and encourage them to be involved. We must put them to work to show them that through our collective labor we can be in charge of our own lives, our own destinies.
In Virginia we recently started a new parents division. We have not had one for some time and needed to get it going again. Last fall we held a seminar for parents of blind children. We will hold a second one this spring in another part of the state. Next month we will have a membership drive in Charlottesville. If we are able to recruit new members, capture their interest, capture their imagination and commitment, we will be stronger as an affiliate; and they will be stronger as individuals. We are not selling snake oil. This is serious work. We are offering people something that they personally and urgently need. So where should we concentrate our energy? The national level? Absolutely. The affiliate level? Absolutely. The local level? Absolutely. At all levels of our organization, local, state, and national. If we have strong chapters, we will have a strong affiliate. And if we have strong affiliates, we will have a strong and dynamic national organization.
As in open systems theory we have the choice to live or die, to grow and expand or to fade away, to stave off entropy through negative entropy or to give up. If we are not growing, we are dying. We must continuously look for ways to find blind people, to focus their energy and ability, their time, their money, and their imagination in support of an overarching, fundamental belief in our basic equality. When I joined the Federation, I found blind people whom I could admire, blind people who were living active, productive lives, blind people doing interesting things and doing them without fear and without reservation. When Dr. Maurer takes the gavel and conducts our convention, he is a living testament to what we believe: that we can be in charge of our own destiny through our collective work. He gives us confidence and perspective, and by extension, through his personal dignity he gives us dignity. Before finding the Federation, I could not have believed that I could live a dignified life, full of challenges and rewards.
This is who and what we are. We work hard to expand opportunities for blind people. We may work to have a blind person appointed to the board of regents of the state�s school for the blind, we may work to restructure rehabilitation services, we may work to start or rebuild a parents division, we may work on outreach to blind people who need us and who do not know about us, but whatever the activity, the bedrock of what we do is to help blind people develop a belief in our basic equality and over time help that belief mature into knowledge. We must teach through action. What we say about blindness is true. As we do more and touch the lives of more people, we are made stronger as an organization, and our members are made stronger as individuals. This is our mission. This is our responsibility and challenge. Alone we have only ourselves; together we have the power to change our lives. Alone we are vulnerable to entropy�to the death of spirit; together our future is bright. This is the National Federation of the Blind�the promise of real equality�equality not just as hope or even belief, but as certainty, as knowledge.


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July 29, 2011
Two Women Sought by Department of Revenue and GBI for Theft by Taking and Forgery
The Bartow County Sheriff's Office arrested Michelle Brooks-Powell on Saturday, July 30.
April Brown was arrested the morning of August 1 in Atlanta based on a tip that came to the GBI's Regional Office in Calhoun. The GBI passed on to the Department of Revenue the information given by in the tipster about Brown's location.
DECATUR, GA. - The Georgia Bureau of Investigation in an investigative effort with the Georgia Department of Revenue, and United States Secret Service seeks the arrest of Michelle Brooks-Powell and April Nicole Brown for several counts of Theft by Taking and Forgery 1st Degree. Together, both women are responsible for cashing approximately $170,000.00 combined in federal and state tax refund checks at a check cashing business located in Acworth, Bartow County.
Should anyone have information regarding the whereabouts of Michelle Brooks-Powell and April Nicole Brown, please contact any of the following:
Georgia Bureau of Investigation Tip line (800) 597-8477
Georgia Department of Revenue (404) 417-2123
Bartow County Sheriff Office (770) 382-5050
Cartersville Bartow County Crime Stoppers (770) 606-8477
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3831 Baker Plaza Dr
Apt A 17 Columbus GA
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Bin Liu
He is currently an Associate Professor at the Tim Taylor Department of Chemical Engineering at Kansas State University. Bin Liu received PhD in Chemical Engineering from Colorado School of Mines in 2008. His research interests include applying first-principles methods to understand fundamental heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry for sustainable chemicals and fuels production, as well as materials engineering. He was named the Outstanding Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Award in 2016; and is currently the Wayne and Barbara Harms Key Stone Research Scholar (2019). He was actively involved in organizing the inaugural GPCS annual meeting held in Manhattan, KS in 2018.