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The Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger
In 1987, The Hunger Project launched the Africa Prize for Leadership for the Sustainable End of Hunger to call forth the committed, effective leadership that Africa desperately needs. As Hunger Project Founding President Joan Holmes stated in awarding the first Prize, "By awarding this Prize, The Hunger Project intends to celebrate, acknowledge and honor the accomplishments of individuals who have exhibited extraordinary leadership for the end of the persistence of hunger. As importantly, it is the intention of this Prize not only to acknowledge the accomplishments of a single individual, but to pay tribute to that which can be accomplished.
Purpose of the Africa Prize
The Africa Prize honors a distinguished African man or woman who has exhibited exceptional leadership in bringing about the sustainable end of hunger at the national, regional or continent-wide level.
The Africa Prize focuses on individuals working in areas such as public policy, science, agriculture, education and health whose leadership and policies reflect courage, initiative, creativity and, in some cases, personal sacrifice.
The Africa Prize is intended to acknowledge and honor the recipient's outstanding contribution to the general well-being of the people of Africa. In addition, the Africa Prize seeks to generate heightened awareness within the world community of the many African leaders who are making the difficult decisions and taking the necessary actions to resolve the pressing agricultural and economic, political and social issues facing the continent.
Ultimately, the Africa Prize is intended to engender a greater appreciation for and support of the effective and dynamic leadership associated with the end of hunger in Africa on a sustainable basis.
Laureates of the Africa Prize are presented a sculpture by the famed artist Takenobu Igarashi and a cash award of US$100,000 to further their work for the sustainable end of hunger. The Prize has been awarded at prestigious black-tie award ceremonies in New York City, London, Tokyo, Rome and Washington, D.C
Leadership from Every Sector and Level of Society
The Africa Prize has redefined the very meaning of leadership — expanding it from the traditional "head man" model of leadership to include leadership of both women and men, and leadership from every level and sector of society.
Political Leadership
To establish the Africa Prize at the highest levels possible — and to underscore the vital importance of committed political leadership — the first and many subsequent Prizes were awarded to heads of state.
The first Africa Prize was presented to President Abdou Diouf of Senegal in 1987. As chair of the Organization of African Unity in 1985–86, President Diouf played a pivotal role in forging a continent-wide plan for famine recovery. Working with UNICEF, his country was the first to achieve universal child immunization.
After receiving the Africa Prize, President Diouf invited The Hunger Project to launch its first on-the-ground African program in Senegal in 1991
Scientific Leadership
Africa faces unique challenges in health, the environment and agriculture that demand African solutions. In 1992, the Africa Prize was awarded to Dr. Ebrahim Samba, now the Africa regional director for the World Health Organization.
For centuries, much of the richest farmland in West Africa was idle due to the threat of river blindness. Beginning in 1980, Dr. Samba managed a team of 800 scientists, physicians and pilots, 97 percent of whom were African, in a successful program that has eliminated river blindness from an 11-country region
Grassroots Leadership
Once the Africa Prize was established at the head-of-state level, we then awarded it to grassroots leaders — emphasizing that mobilizing action at the grass roots was equally important to a new future for Africa.
One of these grassroots leaders, honored by The Hunger Project in 1989, is Dr. Bernard Ouédraogo, founder of the Naam movement of Burkina Faso, Africa's largest and most successful grassroots movement for self-reliance. He has motivated hundreds of thousands of small-scale farmers in the dry Sahel region of West Africa to take charge of their own development.
Dr. Ouédraogo participated in the first-ever meeting of Africa Prize laureates, which led to the expansion of The Hunger Project, initially in West Africa and now across the continent
Women's Leadership
In its most radical, and most important, expansion of the definition of leadership, the Africa Prize has been awarded to women leaders — women who, against all odds, have found within themselves the courage and strength to assert their leadership for a better future for Africa.
One of the first women to win the Africa Prize was Wangari Maathai in 1991. Prof. Maathai is the founder of the Green Belt Movement of Kenya, one of the world's most successful programs to combine community development and environmental protection. The movement has enhanced the self-reliance and self-confidence of tens of thousands of people living in poverty.
After receiving the Prize, Prof. Maathai became an international spokesperson at the Rio Environmental Conference of 1992; subsequently, she was jailed by the Moi regime for her opposition to environmental destruction. When a new government came to power, she became deputy minister for the environment. In 2004, Prof. Maathai became the first African woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. As she has frequently said, "The Africa Prize gave me my first platform.
A Catalyst for New Strategies
African Woman Food Farmer Initiative (AWFFI)
In 1999, in a unique departure from honoring individuals, we focused the prestige of the Prize on honoring those who are doing the most for the well-being of the African people — the 100 million women who grow Africa's food. We used the Prize to launch a special US$1 million initial investment in a program of credit, training and savings to make African women food farmers real economic players, with a voice in their communities.
The Africa Prize was accepted by Nagbila Aisseta, a formerly illiterate woman farmer from Burkina Faso. She was accompanied home by a delegation of investors from 10 countries, and was met at the airport by high government officials, the media and thousands of women. After meeting the prime minister, and after three months of rallies on the importance of empowering women farmers, she carried the Prize statue — like the Olympic torch — to the next Hunger Project country (Benin), where the process was repeated by another woman food farmer, and then again and again in each African country in which The Hunger Project works.
Today, more than 45,000 partners (75 percent of whom are women) are actively participating in our Microfinance Program (as AWFFI is now called) and, by the end of 2011, they had deposited $1.6 million in savings. They have become literate, improved their farms, grown more food, started businesses, earned more money and kept their daughters in school. Dozens have become so confident and bold that they have been elected to local office. Learn more.
HIV/AIDS and Gender Inequality Workshop
In 2001, coinciding with the UN Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the Africa Prize was presented to four African AIDS activists and was used to launch The Hunger Project's new AIDS initiative.
Gender inequality fuels the spread of HIV/AIDS. Societal gender roles encourage men to have unsafe sex with multiple partners, and leave women powerless to negotiate safe sex. To address these problems, The Hunger Project created Africa's a grassroots-level workshop that empowers rural communities to know the facts about AIDS and launch campaigns to change dangerous gender behaviors.
Since this new workshop was launched in 2003, it has been taken by more than 1.1 million people at Hunger Project epicenters across Africa. The workshop has resulted in increased demand for both male and female condoms, reduction in sexually transmitted disease, marked reduction in domestic violence, and visibly shifting gender behaviors — such as men taking responsibility for a share of child care and household chores. Truly a revolution!


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You can probably eschew packing the toothbrush and PJs, since the chances are excellent your VLJ point-to-point carrier will get you home the same day as your meeting. That said, there are other potential differences between air-taxi and scheduled airline travel that may influence how you go about prepping for a departure. Here's are some simple tips to help you on your way.
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By Elliot Borin, Air TaxiFlights.com
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Though it doesn't quite turn the world of flying from Point A to Point B upside down, the air-taxi revolution is rapidly changing some basic dynamics of business travel. For example, flying two people to a business meeting via a scheduled airline will always cost twice as much as sending one. Some air taxi operators, however, will transport two or three team members on the same flight for a single flat rate.
Also, arriving on a scheduled airline flight you'll virtually always find a rental car counter somewhere in the airport, if not right in the terminal where you land. Traveling by air taxi, you may or may not, but it probably won't matter because you'll be landing so close to your destination that taking a cab the rest of the way will be cheaper and more convenient.
While almost all travel skills ("don't forget the battery charger for the laptop") you've mastered in the past are also applicable to going by air taxi, here are a few specific tips for most efficiently using this new 21st Century transportation medium.
-- Make sure you utilize the "best" departure and arrival airports
This is less silly than it sounds. The whole purpose and beauty of air-taxi service is that it makes traveling more cost and time efficient by taking passengers directly from a convenient community airport near where they are to another convenient community airport near where they want to go without the expense, hours and stress necessary to make the same trip using scheduled airlines and major airports.
Remember, however, that when flying into a major urban area or large suburban region the definition of "convenient" and "near" is very elastic. These areas may have two, three or six small airports within a 40 mile radius, any one of which may be best for you. (Think of making a sales call in Chicago's northern suburbs and unknowingly booking an air taxi flight to an airport on the south side -- how inconvenient would that would be?)
Hint: Thousands and thousands of airports throughout the U.S.A. are now capable of handling piston-powered and VLJ air-taxi flights, but most operators, to avoid confusion, limit the number of airports they list in ads and on their websites to the most popular. If you look carefully, you'll usually find some small print saying the operator also flies to "hundreds of other airports" with a specified service area. Just because you don't see an airport you know exists listed, don't assume the carrier doesn't fly there. Always call and inquire.
-- Remember an air-taxi flight is not exactly the same as an earthbound taxi ride
If you take a cab ride from one side of town to another you can be virtually certain, barring a sudden cab driver strike, of being able to catch a cab back after your meeting. While most air taxi round trips are expected to depart and return the same day, the nature of air travel and its relationship to Mother Nature's weather whims means there is always a one or two percent possibility that a sudden squall, wind storm or fog will leave you stranded overnight.
That possibility is not strong enough to merit packing an overnight bag unless you're flying places where severe inclement weather is predicted -- Florida with a hurricane hovering offshore, Montana in the snow season -- but you should be aware that the same "act of God and the FAA" strictures that bind the major airlines also apply to air-taxi operators.
Hint: Check the weather at your destination city before departure. If it seems like a storm or other disturbance is moving in it may be possible to advance or shorten your meeting so that you can get out of Dodge before the weather breaks. Return flights on demand are one of the many air taxi flexibility benefits that airlines can't match.
-- Check out the competition
Hard as it may be for many as-yet woefully underserved business travelers, particularly those in the Southwest and West Coast, air taxi competition in some regions -- Florida, New England, D.C., New York, Atlanta -- has arrived far sooner than many experts predicted.
While this offers some options price wise -- in some areas you may, for example, be able choose between somewhat slower, less expensive piston-engine service or somewhat faster, more expensive VLJ service -- the big advantage you have right now is the option to choose between carriers using a pay-per-seat pricing model and those using price-per-plane. Per seat is almost always cheaper for a single person, price-per-plane is almost always less costly for corporate teams. Hint: If you're not on a tight schedule when using a pay-per-seat carrier such as Dayjet, you might want to tell them you might be willing to travel with one or more intermediate stops. Pay-per-seat operators frequently offer substantial discounts to passengers willing to forgo getting from Point A to Point B nonstop.
-- Check your bags--
No, not at the ticket counter or sidewalk check-in. "Checking" your bags in that sense and watching them disappear, perhaps forever, on a conveyor belt to one of the rings of hell will no longer be part of your travel experience once you start flying via air taxi.
Worrying about whether -- or how well -- your property insurance covers expensive items lost by air carriers will also be a thing of the past, since you'll watch your baggage being handed into and taken out of the aircraft.
You should, however, check to make sure you understand your specific air-taxi provider's baggage policy. Many use the traditional method by which you're allowed one or two carry-ons and pay extra for anything beyond that, others go by weight and a few calculate "excess baggage" on the combined weight of the passenger and his luggage.
Hint: If you're traveling with a lot of fairly heavy gear -- cinema cameras, lights, stands and reflectors or samples to stock a trade show exhibit, you might save money by flying with a "pay-per-plane" operator. Most of them allow you to put any combination of people and FAA-acceptable cargo you want on the plane as long as the sum doesn't exceed the aircraft's rated load limits and the baggage can be stored in a safe manner.
-- If you need ground transportation, book it ahead of time
Don't depend on finding a rental car agency or ground taxi waiting at the airport. Most air taxi carriers will be happy to tell you which ground transportation companies service the airports they fly into and some carriers will even make arrangement for one of them to meet your flight when it arrives. In other cases, you'll have to call and make the reservation yourself. Either way, you'll usually save time if you don't wait until you're on the ground to call a cab.
-- Keep a sharp eye out for bargains
An increasing number of air-taxi operators are offering special discounts -- often called "empty-leg" discounts -- on flights required to redeploy airplanes for later flights. Discounts on flights between specific city pairs taking off within certain two or four-hour time windows, and package air taxi/hotel discount rates to popular tourist destinations are also starting to appear.
Also, if you, or your company, plan to become a steady user of air-taxi services, be sure to ask your carrier about "block-purchase" deals. Many carriers offer substantial discounts on packages of five, ten, 20 or 50 hours purchased in advance on a pre-paid basis.
Hint: Periodically check
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Topic - Corroding zips and consumer rights
Wonrek - on 16 Nov 2012
Earlier this year Ibought a Slomon S-Lab 5 bag and have been nothing but pleased with it until recently.
I've always looked after the sack, emptying it and hanging it up when I get home. Howevere two side pocket zips have now corroded shut and despite my best efforts I cant get them to budge.
Now I only bought th bag in March so I kinda expect it to last a bit longer than that so I sent it back to Wiggle explaining that they hadnt come into contact with anything untoward, indeed the bag only shows signs of normal use.
Unfortunately Wiggle have come back and said that I am at fault for storing the bag damp which simply isn't true and there's no evidence for this (no mildew on the fabric) and indeed there is a third zip which works fine.
They've offered to send it on to Salomon but they say they do not believe it to be a manufacturing fault.
Is there nothing I can do? I loved the bag and I did look after it but nine months use for a Ł100 bag isn't what I'd expect.
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This rust dream of a cardigan is going to become a major fashion resource. You can wear it with fitted pants and a light summer top, but this flowing garment would work just as well with a billowy summer dress too. An inset collar gives this sweater the same good looks as a summer shawl, but the slim sleeves ensure that it stays put and provides much more shape and use than any scarf or shawl. The eyelet fabric gives a hip and trendy look, and this one is ideal for woman of all ages.


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So, knowing how big of a fan of Twilight I am, this post has been a long time coming. Like Bram Stoker's vampires, Anne Rice's are pretty badass. One of the the most interesting is Claudia. Unlike the rest of her kind, Claudia was made a vampire before she was an adult which leaves her to be a child for eternity. At first, that's cool and her vampire fathers Lestat and Louis spoil her to no end. She ensnares her prey by being an angelic young child, often lost or in need. She murders at will and without care, ugh, kids. As decades wear on, Claudia becomes frustrated that she'll never experience life as an adult. Her frustration turns to blind rage and she murders Lestat (but he don't die!) and she and Louis flee to Europe to find more about their vampire roots. In Paris, the pair revel in culture and the arts before finding a troupe of vampires who pretend to be humans who pretend to be vampires to trick their prey. After it is revealed that Louis and Claudia killed Lestat, the theatrical vampires condemn Claudia to death by sunshine. I hate sunshine too. For those concerned for Louis, he lives, but is forever haunted by the death of Claudia. Try to keep in mind what a spoiled child with really good taste would wear…
1. Help me, I'm lost and have an undying bloodthirst
Dress by Christopher Kane, shoes by DVF
2. We're moving to Paris because everybody else SUCKS
Dress by Chanel, shoes by Elie Saab
3. Oh great, now I'm getting burned alive, this is great, fantastic.
Dress by Oscar de la Renta, vest by Giambattista Valli, shoes by Nina Ricci
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Ferragamo Fall 2010 was probably one of my favorite collections of any designer to date. It had that kind of humor that I look for in clothes but still had a strong sense of Italian tailoring. I swear to god, there's some kind of forcefield around Italy that keeps the most seasoned tailors on the boot. Anyway, when going through the Pitti Uomo shows, I saw the linen blazer on the right. It has a strong reference to the coat from Fall, which I called all over the world for but was too late (read: I waited till it went on sale and they ran out).
What I like about this is that you see a kind of evolution in the seasons. Some designers, let's take McQueen or Lacroix for example, use each season as a completely new canvas. Whereas others like to build on a foundation already set in place. When you look at designers like Oscar de la Renta, Donna Karan or Ralph Lauren there is a very strong DNA present in each show. With Oscar de la Renta, you know to expect a lineup of sophisticated, colorful and playful silhouettes that any woman would be proud to wear. At Donna Karan, you know you'll see mastery in drapery and a careful attention to a woman's body. At Ralph, you'll see an homage to true American style, whether it's prep, native, western, victorian or bohemian. That's not to say a McQueen or Lacroix isn't always recognizable (because they usually are) but sometimes, you can't string collections together so easily. McQueen's Fall 2009 collection was a little frightening, spooky and a mirror of the gloomy recession. However, his Spring collection, Plato's Atlantis with the famous lobster claw heels was worlds away…although it did retain that somewhat apocolyptic feeling. I wouldn't say one approach is more favorable than the other but it's always fun to watch.


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Heralded as the greatest Rose in the world, Garrus' limited quantity (6 barrels per vintage) makes it a highly select wine. Noted for its creaminess and lush minerally finish, this wine is uncommonly elegant and has achieved cult status among the wealthy elite of the French Riviera.
The grape varieties are 80 year old Grenache and Rolle. 100% from free-run juice.
"Subtle and complex aromas of apples, mangoes and pink grapefruit turn into honey and minerals. Full and intense with layers of flavors and character. The age brings it tension and depth, but this wine still keeps its gorgeous character. Grenache, Rolle, Tibouren, Cinsault, and Syrah."
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Also enchanted by the Provence his father speaks of with emotion, Sacha Alexis Lichine, convinced by the potential of these sun-drenched soils, become the owner, with the Angostura group, of Chateau d'Esclans in 2006. Since then, he hasn't ceased to combine his talent and know-how to this magical terroir, and has given a new dimension to Provence Rose, making a unique assemblage of...Read More About Chateau d'Esclans
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46 U.S. Code § 12104 - Applications for documentation
(a) In General.— An application for a certificate of documentation or endorsement under this chapter must be filed by the owner of the vessel. The application must be filed in the manner, be in the form, and contain the information prescribed by the Secretary.
(b) Applicant's Identifying Information.— The Secretary shall require the applicant to provide—
(2) if the applicant is an entity—
Source(Pub. L. 109–304, § 5,Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1493.)
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Phoenix—Multifamily developers and owners from across the country will come together here to find what's ahead for the multifamily industry at the 2008 APARTMENT FINANCE TODAY Conference on April 7-9 at the Arizona Biltmore.
The Apartment Finance Today Conference provided industry attendees with opportunities to learn and network during the three-day event April 7-9 at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix.
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Futures of automobile industry and challenges on sustainable development and mobility
AbstractPortugal had only very few foresight exercises on the automobile sector, and the most recent one was a survey held in a project on work organisation systems in the automobile industry, its recent historical paths and the special strategies of location of companies (the WorTiS project). This involved several teams with different disciplinary backgrounds and from two Portuguese universities. The provisional main results of the first round of a Delphi survey held in Portugal on the automotive sector were already published, but a further analysis was not yet done. This foresight survey was done under the WorTiS project, developed in 2004 by IET – Research Centre on Enterprise and Work Innovation (at FCT-UNL), and financed by the Portuguese Ministry of Science and Technology. Some of this experience on foresight analysis is also been transferred to other projects, namely the WORKS project on work organisation restructuring in the knowledge society that received the support from EC and still is running. The majority of experts considered having an average of less knowledge in almost all the scenario topics presented. This means that information on the automotive industry is not spread enough among academics or experts in related fields (regional scientists, innovation economists, engineers, sociologists). Some have a good knowledge but in very specialised fields. Others have expertise on foresight, or macroeconomics, or management sciences, but feel insecure on issues related with futures of automobile sector. Nevertheless, we considered specially the topics where the experts considered themselves to have some knowledge. There were no "irrelevant" topics considered as such by the expert panel. There are also no topics that are not considered a need for co-operation. The lack of technological infrastructures was not considered as a hindered factor for the accomplishment of any scenario. The experts' panel considered no other international competence besides US, Japan or Germany in these topics. Special focus will be made in this paper on the topic 2. Public policy and automobile industries, and more specifically on the technological and/or research policies issues, where one can specify the automobile's role in transport policies with further implications like environment, safety, energy, mobility.
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Things from pre-history are called pre-historic. Pre-history can start at the start of the universe but the word more often means a time when there was life on Earth; dinosaurs are examples of prehistoric animals. A few prehistoric people were cavemen. Very little is known about pre-history because there are no written records (or "history") for us to study. Nobody wrote anything. What we do know about pre-history comes from studying things like tools, bones, and cave drawings. Pre-history ends at different times in different places when people began to write.
In pre-history, people lived in groups called tribes and lived in caves or tents (houses made from animal skin). They had simple tools made from wood and bones and cutting tools from stone such as flint, which they used to hunt and to make simple things. They made fire in many different ways and they used fire to cook food and to stay warm. They made clothing out of animal skins. Society started when people began doing specialized jobs. This is called the division of labor. The division of labor made people depend on one another and led to more complex civilizations.
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The hotel offers a coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. High-speed wireless Internet access is complimentary. 6 meeting rooms are available. For a surcharge, a roundtrip airport shuttle (available on request) is offered to guests. This luxury hotel also offers a terrace, tour/ticket assistance, and multilingual staff. Concierge services and wedding services can be provided. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).
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- Free Wi-Fi
- Total number of rooms - 106
- Number of floors - 10
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- Self parking fee: EUR 15 per night (in/out privileges)
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Jamaica marks its 50th Independence Day on August 6th and we're throwing one massive birthday bash, headlined by international reggae star Gyptian. He will be joined by Saxon Sounds and Trojan Soundsystem.
August 11th will see a blow-out performance from the inimitable Professor Green. He brings an entourage equipped with beats: Clement Marfo & The Frontline, Ruby Goe, and a host of DJs.
Finally, Norman Jay brings his legendary "Good Times" party to the PUMA YARD for the last hurrah on August 12th, treating the crowd to a mash-up of party anthems. David Rodigan MBE will also be spinning some of the best reggae tunes.
As if that weren't enough, many of London's most popular club nights will host their shows at the PUMA YARD. Remember, admission is free but advance ticketing is required. To apply, fans must visit www.puma.com/yard and register for access. Fans can stay up to date by liking PUMA Facebook page (www.facebook.com/puma) and following the @PUMA Twitter feed (www.twitter.com/puma).
Can't wait? Neither can we. Remember to bring your dancing shoes. In fact, bring several. (Or buy more when you get here. We have a PUMA Store on site.) Seventeen days and nights are more than any one pair can handle. Read more info on the YARD here.
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Bank of America to eat some mortgages
The bank will announce a plan to help homeowners who owe more than twice the value of their homes, according to a news report.
By Lauren Tara LaCapra, TheStreet
Bank of America (BAC) plans to take a dramatic step toward righting its most troubled mortgages, forgiving up to 30% of loan principal in some cases, according to a news report.
The move by the largest US lender, set to be announced on Wednesday, is likely to lead to writedowns but also help struggling homeowners who don't qualify for help through federal plans. Bank of America's plan will target borrowers who owe more than 120% of their homes' value, and offer interest-free forgiveness on loan payments, as long as they stay current.
The plans were reported by Reuters on Tuesday evening, based on a summary of the program.
The plan seeks to move "negative amortization" borrowers -- a group that has continued to expand as home values have fallen -- from deep underwater to treading water over five years. This pool of borrowers is one of the most troubled, because they have lost all equity in the asset and have little incentive to pay.
Some borrowers have stayed in homes without making mortgage payments for months until foreclosure proceedings get under way, and only leave when evicted. As they pocket and save monthly mortgage payments until evicted, it's a lose-lose situation for banks and borrowers.
As the largest mortgage servicer in the country, Bank of America's strategy could set standards for the rest of the industry. Bank of America had been criticized for lackluster performance in the federal Home Affordable Modification Program, compared to lenders such as JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and Citigroup (C). However, Bank of America has turned up the dial in recent months, moving many more trial modifications into permanent ones.
Bank of America isn't the only major lender to publicize unorthodox strategies to keep borrowers current. Wells Fargo (WFC) has been a leader in this sense, offering the most troubled homeowners from its Wachovia acquisition a seemingly generous incentive. Borrowers in this "pick-A-pay" portfolio -- who were once able to choose their own monthly payments, even if it fell below interest level -- can now pay interest-only over the next six-to-10 years.
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It's unclear how many negative amortization loans Bank of America has, or what the impact of this program will be for investors in the short term. Its purchase-impaired portfolio from the Countrywide acquisition stood at $33.7 billion. It had $242.1 billion in overall residential mortgage exposure, of which 8% was 30 days or more past due. Nonperforming assets accounted for $17.7 billion.
At most of the major banks, problem loans have continued to rise, but the rise has leveled out a bit, indicating that they may be near the end of the loan-loss cycle. Getting ahead of the next problems, as Bank of America and Wells Fargo appear to be doing, may be the quickest way to move forward from the housing crisis.
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Anthony P. Radford is Associate Professor of Music, Voice and Opera at California State University, Fresno where he serves as the coordinator for the Voice Performance degree and the director of the Fresno State Opera Theatre. Prior to coming to Fresno, he was an Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta, Canada.
Originally from Toronto, Canada, he holds a B.A. in Political Science from York University and a Master of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music. He was an Othmer Fellow at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where he earned a Doctor of Musical Arts degree. Dr. Radford studies also took him to the Britten-Pears School in Aldeburgh, England where he appeared in opera roles at the Aldeburgh Festival and the Snape Maltings.
Dr. Radford has performed numerous opera roles and solo recitals in over 20 years of professional singing. He has been heard on CBC, KIOS Omaha, and KVPR Fresno. Recent performances include appearances with the Fresno Philharmonic, Tulare County Symphony and Pops, Santa Maria Philharmonic, Fresno Choral Artists, Fresno Community Chorus, California Opera and performances in Italy and Canada. Directing credits include Elixir of Love, La Bohème, Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Carmen and Le nozze di Figaro. He has spent three summers as director and master class clinician at the Halifax Summer Opera Festival and this past year was a founding director of Fresno Opera and Orchestra Summer Academy.
He is a published author, a presenter at many international and national conferences and sits the Board of Directors of the National Opera Association. He is a regular adjudicator with the National Association of Teachers of Singing, is the founder of the Lethbridge/Medicine Hat NATS Chapter, and was a 2006 participant in the NATS intern program in Kansas City. His article titled Mozart's First Figaro: The vocal skill of Francesco Benucci appears in the Jan/Feb 2010 edition of the Journal of Singing and he reviewed vocal pedagogue Richard Miller's last book Securing Baritone, Bass-Baritone and Bass Voices for Voiceprints in 2009.
As a popular Master Class clinician he has given numerous master classes across North America most recently giving a classes at San José State University and in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has adjudicated for the National Association of Teacher of Singing, National Opera Association and for Miss California, part of the Miss America organization, a scholarship organization for young women.
Dr. Radford is committed to serving his local musical community through regular pre-performance lecturers for the Fresno Grand Opera and hosting a table at the Fresno County Library Annual Fundraising dinner. This past year he also presented on various topics to the Alliance Français, Fresno and the Osher Lifelong Learning Centre.


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Dental screenings and toothbrush kits are provided on-site at the partner schools during the fall semester and during CI annual events. All students attending the school are eligible once parent permission is granted. Over the past 12 years, more than 23,000 students have received dental screenings, toothbrush kits and dental education. This year, alone, we completed 1,679 CI health assessments & 717 non-CI health assessments. This number exceeds the total planned of 1,701 by 40%.
Dental sealants are provided on-site at the elementary schools with portable dental equipment. Dental sealants are plastic coatings placed on the chewing surfaces of back teeth to seal out the food and bacteria. UAMS Department of Dental Hygiene faculty and students, as well as volunteer dental professionals, provide sealants from February through March every year.
Pulaski Technical College's Dental Assistance Program students are improving the oral health of children by providing two fluoride varnish treatments, a substance painted directly on teeth th reduce tooth decay. To get the best results, we recommend children eat soft foods for the rest of the day and avoid brushing until the next morning.
In addition to the services mentioned above, UAMS Department of Dental Hygiene provides x-rays, cleanings and sealants for students at the Dental Hygiene clinic. CI staff transport the children during the school year.
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Troma founders Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz continue to push forward into the realm of the bizarre, surreal, and campy with the 1996 feature film, Macabre Pair of Shorts,a self-proclaimed "comedy of terrors" written and directed by Scott Mabbutt. Done in the mold of such horror comedy classics as Creepshow and Tales from the Darkside: the Movie, Macabre spoofs traditional horror conventions while delivering a hair-raising fright-fest. The premise relays the events that unfold one Halloween night when a couple of adventurous cinephiles discover an exceedingly strange reel of film at a motion picture equipment facility. Threading it up on the projector, they suddenly unleash a wacky, B-movie style parade of horrors -- from crazed monsters to insatiable blood-sucking female vampires.
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