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October 2010

Life-Saving Drugs or Plumper Chickens?

A Decade of Arming the Fight to Keep Antibiotics Working

Antibiotics don’t show up on menus or food labels, but for more than two decades they have laced the food on dinner tables across the nation. Eating chickens, pigs, and cows that have been raised on feed filled with antibiotics is correlated with the development of human resistance to the drugs.

Chickens living in unhealthy conditions on factory farms.

After nearly a decade of advocacy by Keep Antibiotics Working: the Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse (KAW), livestock are fed far fewer antibiotics. There is still much work to be done. When the Campaign coalesced in 2001, The Trust was there to propel its early work. Eight years and $360,000 in grants later, KAW is still the leader on this issue, and its media, advocacy, and education campaigns continue to pay off.

(All Trust grants in bold italics.)

1988 | Antibiotics for breakfast, lunch & dinner

As factory farms replace family farms, adding millions of pounds of antibiotics to livestock feed becomes common practice. Because of crowded and unsanitary conditions, antibiotics begin to be used to prevent, as well as treat, disease. In addition, the drugs make the animals gain lucrative weight.

2001 | Growing concern

Groups including the Union of Concerned Scientists, Food Animal Concerns Trust, Environmental Defense, and Natural Resources Defense Council start Keep Antibiotics Working: The Campaign to End Antibiotic Overuse.

2002 | Getting the ball rolling $10,000

The Trust makes its first grant to the Campaign to bring together doctors, public health experts, and veterinarians in New York and Chicago to take action.

2002 | A winning media campaign $75,000

KAW begins to bring the issue to the fore through a media campaign that results in hundreds of TV, radio, and print stories on the agricultural overuse of antibiotics. This exposure leads to six of the top ten poultry producers committing to reduce the amount of antibiotics used in their operations.

2003 | Protecting the effectiveness of life-saving drugs $75,000

  • The Campaign gets 340 environmental and health groups to sign a statement calling for the elimination of antibiotics in animal feed. It works with the FDA to develop a poultry industry ban on the use of Fluoroquinolones, the class of antibiotics that includes Cipro, an antibiotic used to treat anthrax. The ban goes into effect in 2005.
  • KAW also convinces national food-service chain Bon Appétit to buy antibiotic-free meat and helps San Francisco become the first city to adopt an antibiotic-free purchasing policy.

2004 | Resistant bugs, ineffectual drugs $75,000

  • Compass, the second largest U.S. food-service company, begins prohibiting its pork and chicken suppliers from using antibiotics to promote growth—the first such policy on pork production.
  • KAW member Environmental Defense issues the widely read report, Resistant Bugs and Antibiotic Drugs: Local Estimates of Antibiotics in Agricultural Feed and Animal Waste.

2005 | Big names pledge to drop some uses of antibiotics

  • The European Union bans non-therapeutic use of antibiotics in farm animals.
  • Chicken growers Tyson and Perdue agree to phase out the routine use of antibiotics for prevention of disease.
  • McDonald’s approves a policy of buying chicken only from growers that do not use antibiotics for growth.

2008 | Getting safety laws passed

The Campaign wins inclusion of a requirement in the Animal Drug User Fee Act that drug companies publicize annual sales to animal producers. This law went into effect in March, 2010.

2008 - 2009 | Fighting for federal legislation

KAW helps get the Preservation of Antibiotics for Medical Treatment Act (PAMTA) introduced in Congress in the spring of 2009. It would ban the use of antibiotics to promote growth or prevent disease.

2009 | The FDA comes around

After years of lobbying by KAW, the Food and Drug Administration testifies before Congress against the routine use of antibiotics in livestock.

2010 | …And so does the USDA

After years of no comment from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, a representative finally admits that the use of antibiotics in farm-animal feed is contributing to the growing problem of deadly antibiotic resistance in America.

Moving forward

  • Keep Antibiotics Working will continue to pressure the FDA to use its authority to withdraw antibiotic approvals for food animal uses that threaten human health by increasing antibiotic resistance.
  • KAW will continue to build support in several states for the passage of PAMTA.

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BAGHDAD — First, at midday, a truck exploded near a municipal building in Taji, north of the Iraqi capital. As people rushed to help the injured, a second, larger explosion struck. Nearly three dozen were killed, and many more wounded.

In the afternoon at a nearby hospital in the Baghdad neighborhood of Kadhimiya, a macabre scene unfolded, as women cried and shouted over the bodies of their husbands and sons, and the wounded, bloody and covered in dust, sought care. A list of the dead and wounded adorned a wall; the youngest victim was 3 years old.

“Why am I still alive?” moaned Hesham Hasoon, 23, sitting on the floor. “My brothers, friends, everyone left me.”

Mr. Hasoon, who works at a light bulb factory, said two of his brothers were killed.

“When the first explosion happened, I saw the people and the kids start to gather near the car bomb and I knew something else would happen,” he said. “I called on the stupid soldier to evacuate the place, but he didn’t care.”

Some witnesses said a third attack came from a suicide bomber, although this was not verified by an official at the Interior Ministry.

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But at the hospital, two police vehicles arrived, one carrying four charred bodies, the other the ashen hulk of the truck and a severed head that one officer said was that of a suicide bomber.

As is usual in the aftermath of such attacks, precise casualty figures were hard to come by. The list at the hospital showed 32 dead and 61 wounded. The Interior Ministry official said that 35 were killed and 28 wounded. The Associated Press reported 35 killed and 47 wounded.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but it was in the same style as similar strikes by Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia, which frequently singles out the infrastructure of the state — whether it be government buildings, police stations, army barracks or security forces on patrol.

“Our district is mixed with Shiites and Sunnis, and we haven’t witnessed any sectarian problems, but we know Al Qaeda is active and we are always afraid of them,” said Ali Shakir, 40, a member of the local council who was in the area when the attack occurred but was uninjured.

Large-scale attacks in the capital that take aim at civilians had abated compared with previous years, but Tuesday’s bombings came less than two weeks after three explosions tore through a public market, killing at least 21 people.

As the final months for the American military presence here approach — all troops are scheduled to be out by the end of the year barring a request from the Iraqi government to extend the deadline — the layered attack on Tuesday highlighted the fragile state of security here, even eight years after the American invasion.

As Sunni insurgent groups, like the Qaeda affiliate, continue attacks against the government and civilians, Shiite militant groups — including the Promised Day Brigade, which is linked to the anti-American cleric Moktada al-Sadr — have stepped up attacks against American troops. In June, 14 American soldiers were killed by enemy attacks, the most since 2008.

On Monday night, a rocket fired at the Green Zone in Baghdad struck near Al Rasheed Hotel, killing three people, according to the Interior Ministry official.

Meanwhile, perhaps the biggest security threat in the heavily fortified capital has been assassinations of government officials and military officers, many dozens of whom have been killed this year by pistols with silencers.

As the violence persists, the country’s troubles are compounded by political stalemate.

In December, two politicians, Ayad Allawi, the leader of the Iraqiya bloc, and the country’s prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, entered into an American-backed power-sharing agreement. But since then, the men have been unable to agree on who should run the Interior and Defense Ministries, the government’s two most important departments.

The United States has been unable to end the stalemate, demonstrating to some analysts and Iraqis its waning influence here.

“The insurgents are taking advantage of this,” Iskandar Jawad, a member of Parliament’s security committee, said in an interview.

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Otago Student Referendum Shows Students Do Not Support the Lab!

The results of the OUSA student referendum are in, and the majority of students don't support the University of Otago spending $50 million on a new animal lab!

The University of Otago argues that the new $50 million animal lab will ensure its position as a prominent tertiary education provider, but unfortunately the students do not agree!

Over half of the students who participated in the 2017 student referendum agree that the Otago University Students' Association should lobby the University to cease development of the new lab until transparent consultation with the student body has occurred. That's over 1,850 students who want more effective communication between the University and the students when decisions like this are made!

NZAVS particularly wish to thank the Otago Student Animal Legal Defense Fund and Otago Students Against Animal Testing clubs for their help making sure students knew about the referendum!

We think it's important that students get a say at what happens at their universities! After all, without students, a tertiary institution wouldn't exist!

We also asked our non-student supporters to encourage students to vote on this issue! See all the people below who said they would vote YES to ask the OUSA to lobby the university to cease development on the lab!

We are stoked about this result! We hope that issues such as this will have fundamental changes on the way the University of Otago does things in the future!

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Pray for OX12 (and beyond!) resources

The following resources are available:

  • overview: a summary of the initiative.
  • wcc launch ideas: a summary of the initiaive and more ideas on how to pray, what to pray ... unlike all the other materials, this was written specifically for WCC, and so has our branding on it. But feel free to use it if that helps!
  • 'book' and 'booklet': all the street lists in one place, 'book' is A4 whilst 'booklet' is designed to be printed on folded a4 to make a booklet.
  • Places: each place has a file listing all the roads; some places have maps as well.

This initiative is open to any church in and around OX12. The following churches are involved so far, but there may be more!

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  • Wanatge Baptist
  • Wantage Christian Fellowship
  • Vale Elim

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Ask Willie D: I'm Being Pressured to Drink. Help!

Welcome to Ask Willie D, where the Geto Boys MC answers reader questions about matters, in his own words, "funny, serious or unpredictable." Something on your mind? Ask Willie D!

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Dear Willie D:

I'm an 18-year-old freshman in college. I went to a frat party and my new friends were trying to get me to drink. The more I said no, the more they tried to pressure me, but I stuck to my guns. Even though I had no intentions to drink and I kept telling them no, the pressure they put on me almost made me cave in. After you hear, "Come on just one shot," "Do it for the team" or "To friends" for the millionth time it becomes taxing.

How do I enjoy my college experience when the best part about college is the parties, and the worst part about the parties is people pressuring me to drink alcohol when I don't want to?

Sober Freshman:

When you attend parties and social gatherings, the choice to drink often boils down to the company you keep. If the people you came to party with are knocking down shots, chances are you're going to join them. It's human nature to not want to be left out and for some reason most people think it's impolite to refuse a drink when offered one. But if someone insists on you drinking alcohol after you've refused, they're the one being impolite, not you.

If you don't want to drink, simply tell them you don't want to drink. If you prefer the diplomatic approach tell them something like, "Maybe next time" or "I can't because I'm the designated driver." The college students who wish they could take back the excessive partying that compromised their grades and the ones who experienced that toxic night of drinking when they had unprotected or unconscious sex with a stranger is an onion with many layers.

Whatever you do, play it smart. Your education and health depends on it; not to mention your dignity.

Dear Willie D:

I am a very private person who talks to few people about my problems. I was once with this guy who was chasing the streets instead of chasing our dreams together. When I first met him I thought he was an understanding guy until he started getting heavy into the streets and abandoned me. For two years straight into the relationship, he was in and out of jail constantly, but he would always tell me he loved me and was going to change.

Well, to make a long story short, he got out and started mentally, physically and verbally abusing me. I used to blame myself but knew deep down inside it wasn't me. He ended up going back to jail, at which point he confessed he was cheating on me but couldn't tell me because he didn't want to hurt my feelings. When he told me that, I was so crushed to get revenge I had a one-night stand with a guy I knew.

As a result I got pregnant, but the guy who was locked up thought the child was his, and when he was released he took the infant from me out of spite. I told him it's not his but he insists it is. I have gotten the police involved but they keep saying it's a civil matter. How is that, and he is not on the birth certificate? What can I do? I'm fed up and this has taken a toll on me!

Breaking Point:

It would have been helpful if you had mentioned under which conditions your ex took your baby. If you gave him the baby to take for the weekend and he never returned her, that's one thing. But if he just showed up at your house and took the baby by force then that's kidnapping, and the police should have gotten involved. If you believe your situation is a criminal matter contact the police department again and speak to a different officer; some cops are brighter than others.

You could also make an inquiry with the FBI. If that doesn't work, your next step would be to consult with an attorney who practices family law. It will cost you money but a simple court ordered DNA test would ascertain whether he is the father or not. Even if he is the father, the courts rarely consider parents with criminal records to be suitable legal guardians. Getting your daughter back is the easy part; standing up to your ex, well that's a different story.

More Willie D on the next page.

Dear Willie D:

I really enjoy your music and I try to emulate and do things in your songs. But after reading your advice column I realized that you were probably just joking or you were only like that in the past. I'm 21 years old and I met a girl through my friends at a bar. She was really friendly. But her ex who went to my school messaged me and said, don't trust her because she cheated on him.

One time she was telling me that my new pickup line to pick up girls when I go to bars with her should be, "Sex is a beautiful thing, want me to show you?" I told her it was too direct and corny, but she claimed girls would sleep with me if I said it. Then she dropped something and I tried emulating your lyrics. Instead of picking it up, I just slapped her butt and she almost slipped. She kept asking me to come to her house, but trying to emulate you I acted like a jerk and said no and she would keep saying, why not?

I wanted to take the jerk thing to the next level, so as she was making me eggs one morning I said, we have no chemistry and she seemed upset, but didn't respond. At a party she invited me to she said that she wanted to "play fight" me, but I refused and she punched me a few times and I told her to chill. She seems to want to prove she's tough. Anyway, later at the party someone asked for her age and she didn't want to reveal it. I retorted by saying, you know she's old when she doesn't want to say her age. Again, she was upset at me.

After all this I was at her house watching TV and she had fallen asleep. I knocked on her bedroom door at seven in the morning, woke her up and asked her if I could sleep in her bed, and she said, no. I couldn't believe it. Willie, does being the bad boy work for women, especially younger women? Because I'm trying to be the guy from "I'm Not A Gentleman" and "Gangsta of Love" it only makes females hate me.

Factitious Jerk:

You are a funny dude. Women don't like jerks, they like bad boys. I guess I'm sort of a refined bad boy. While I did exhibit some characteristics of being un-gentleman-like in my younger days, as with many songs, "I'm Not a Gentlemen" was exaggerated for entertainment purposes. The intent of the song was not for you to treat women like dirt; it was to not allow women to treat you like a doormat. Men fall for bodies, while women fall for personalities. Sure, a woman will sleep with Denzel Washington, but if he is boring and has no spine she will lose interest.

Women like challenges. They; especially the younger ones, want someone they can fix; which never happens. The good guy is dependable and steady while the bad boy is unpredictable and indifferent to her needs. She knows she could lose him at any moment, so she fights harder to prove she is worthy of him. The key for guys is adopting the bad boy traits that women love such as confidence and spontaneity and balancing the bad ones like cockiness and self-absorbance.

Love is not supposed to hurt. Love is not disrespectful. Love is not disloyal. Like men, most women don't realize that until later in life. I wrote "I'm Not a Gentleman" and Gangsta of Love" when I was 22 years old. When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things.

Damn, man, if I had known you were going to act out the lyrics in my songs word for word I would have also told you to pay the note on my mortgage and buy me a fresh pair of Nikes twice a month.

Dear Willie D:

I've been living with the same woman for about five years. She is a loan officer and I am a homebuilder. Together we make about $300,000 each year with most of the money coming from me. But we still live paycheck to paycheck. The main reason is we spend a lot of money on her three kids from a previous relationship. She buys them all the latest fashions and expensive cellphones they want.

She spent $600 to buy her 12-year-old daughter a Samsung Galaxy 4 and she lost it after just having it for two days. We spend over $20,000 each year on private schools. I could probably tolerate her excessive spending more if her children were more obedient. They are spoiled brats who talk back to their mother and me. When I try to discipline them, their mother gets upset with me and we end up not speaking to each other for a few days.

Her oldest son, who is 14 years old, got kicked out of school for possession of marijuana. So now he just sits around the house smoking and eating all day while we're at work, and I'm sick of it. I have told my lady time and time again that her kids are out of control, but she is dismissive of any criticism about them. I love her but I don't know what can be done to fix this problem. Do you have any suggestions?

You get major props for taking care of another man's children but it appears that your efforts are underappreciated. The kids have no respect for you or their mother and there's nothing you can do about it without the mother imploding.

If I were standing in your shoes, I would give the mother an ultimatum to stand in solidarity with me to raise the kids. If she refuses to -- which I suspect she will -- I would move on. Being a homebuilder, you of all people should know; a house divided cannot stand.

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Rush Hour Traffic

A Poem

By Gareth McLuckie

Rush hour traffic

Purple booths

Visitors from another town

Strange suits

Musky shoes

Old fellows

Breakbeat dancers

Calypso drummers

French kissing under a bus shelter

Bamboozled by the smell of it all

She calls to say,

“I love you”

But there’s no one to answer the phone

Where were you when we needed you most?

the violins continue

the drumming

the dancing

Throw them some money

it might help

The next train is on its way

it should be here soon

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[ODE] ODE joints and composite bodies

Jon Watte (ODE) hplus-ode at mindcontrol.org
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You create one body per leg. That's what bodies are for.
Body is NOT the same thing as "entity".

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Chaya zilberstein wrote:
> So, if I want to create a robot with moving legs?
> and I want it to have joints and move its legs like a regular human? How
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[ODE] Trimesh collision with fast moving object

Michael Lacher michael.lacher at hlw.co.at
Fri Jan 12 04:38:50 MST 2007

ODE does not have any built-in support for detecting "thin wall"
problems (like a swept volume collision test). But you have some options
for faking it:

* Since your object is a ball, the conforming swept volume would be a
capsule. use a capsule as collision primitive with one end where the
ball was last frame and the other end where the ball is now. This
capsule will correctly report all collisions during the timeframe, but
you might need to change the normals/points of the collision info manually.

* Perform a manual raycasting from the old to the new pos. If the
raycast reports an intersection but the ball did not, manually modify
the position of the ball to where it would just touch the obstacle, and
create a contact with an apropriate normal (with luck the contact
reported by the raycasting should be exactly what you need).

Since the ray is just a line, you might miss cases where the ball goes
past a corner (ie: ball would hit, but line does not), but should work
in practice (at least i have managed to solve the same problem with it

Johan Oberg wrote:
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> I suppose this has been discussed before, but I couldn't find anything
> on the mailing list. I'm doing mini golf and the balls radius is only
> 21mm. The walls/obsticles on the golf holes are trimeshes. It's quite
> possible the ball will travel with a speed of up to 8 m/s. Even with
> quite a high simulation rate, the ball will easily move through a wall
> or obsticle at that speed.
> Example:
> Ball speed = 8000 mm/s
> Sim Hz = 120
> 8000/120= 66.67mm
> What can I do to solve this situation other then upping the simulation
> speed? I can't use anything other then trimesh for my obsicles.
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State : Manipur
Language : Meiteilon (manipuri)
Current Time 03:35 AM
Date: Wednesday , Dec 13,2017 (IST)
Time zone: IST (UTC+5:30)
Telephone Code / Std Code: 03877

Assembly constituency : Tamenglong assembly constituency
Assembly MLA : Janghemlung Panmei
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Sempang Pin code is 795141 and postal head office is Tamenglong .

Sanglungpang ( 5 KM ) , Taobam ( 6 KM ) , Khongsang ( 6 KM ) , Thingou ( 8 KM ) , Tabanglong ( 8 KM ) are the nearby Villages to Sempang. Sempang is surrounded by Tousem Tehsil towards North , Nungba Tehsil towards South , Khoupum Tehsil towards South , Rajabazar Tehsil towards west .

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Today (11th August 2011), we carried out a further Frontline Plus price comparison. Comparing prices for a six month supply of Frontline Plus for a medium sized dog (23 – 44lbs).

We searched the US based site for “cheapest price for Frontline Plus” to see what we would find. We look at prices from the top 5 retailers that sell directly from their website, and that are trustworthy. We ignore price-comparison sites and indirect affiliate sites completely.

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The ShareLab Fund was established in 2016 to grow evidence and understanding of how collaborative digital platforms can deliver positive social impact. To date, most applications of collaborative digital platforms have been driven by the corporate world - and especially by Silicon Valley - in for-profit business models. We believe there is potential for some of the characteristics of those platforms, such as enabling new ways to find and mobilise assets, time, skills, money, resources and people, to be directed specifically towards addressing social needs.

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History of Pala Disenrollment: Robert Smith Believes His Own Lies

A story told in 2012, by the LA Times on the Pala Dispute caused by Chairman Robert Smith, whose daughter was recently arrested on assault weapons charges. Thank you Tony Perry, for seeing the story is told

When Margarita Owlinguish Britten died in 1925, she was a revered elder of the Pala Indian tribe, a survivor of the forced relocation in 1903 of the Cupeño Indians to an area beside the San Luis Rey River in northern San Diego County.

But now, renewed doubts about Britten's lineage are at the root of a divisive "blood quantum" dispute roiling the 1,000-member Pala Band of Mission Indians, formed by the fusion of the Cupeño and Luiseño bands.

At issue is whether Britten was a full-blooded Indian.

The governing board of the Pala Band in the last year has "disenrolled" some 162 descendants of Britten, cutting them off from their monthly share of the tribe's profit from casino, hotel and other business ventures, about $7,500 a month, in addition to health insurance and other benefits.

The Pala dispute echoes those at other Indian tribes in California and elsewhere, where money has complicated disputes over identity, nationhood and personality conflicts, according to David Wilkins, professor of American Indian studies at the University of Minnesota and a member of the Lumbee tribe in North Carolina.

"Somewhere, as tribes have tried to reconstruct their sense of nationhood, particularly in tribes with casino money, they hit upon disenrollment as a way to settle disputes over personality issues and money," Wilkins said.

The American Indian Movement estimates that upward of 3,000 tribal members from two dozen tribes in California and other states have been "disenrolled" in the last 15 years. "Tribes are being destroyed by it," Wilkins said.

Firms now offer DNA testing to prove Indian ancestry, while "disenrollment clubs" offer succor to those no longer welcome in their tribes. Angry websites collect accusations of betrayal.

Robert Smith, Pala's strong-willed chairman, is not moved by the appeals of those who have been disenrolled, nor by the dire assertions of Wilkins, nor by recommendations from Bureau of Indian Affairs officials to reverse the disenrollment decisions.

Smith said evidence shows Britten's father was a white man, not an Indian, and thus Britten and her progeny were not full-blooded Indian.

"This is not about money, this is about what's right," Smith said during an interview at the casino's food court, to the plink-plink of nearby slot machines. "I've heard all the arguments about Margarita Britten. All the old people knew: She was only half-Indian."

Britten, sometimes spelled Brittain or Britain, was among those Indian women who posed for the postcards sold to tourists. She was considered an artist in the complex skill of basket weaving. She and her husband raised seven children. Various documents say she was 65, 69 or 73 when she died.

Classifying her as half-Indian set off a recalculation of dozens of tribal members. Those found to have less than 1/16th Pala blood were removed from tribal membership.

Many of the disenrolled accuse Smith, 51, of a power grab to settle decades-old arguments with some of Britten's descendants, particularly King Freeman, the 76-year-old owner of the Pala general store and a former chairman of the tribe. They also believe Smith is trying to prop up allocations amid a recession-related decline in gaming profits by decreasing the number of recipients. In January, the monthly payments to enrolled members of the tribe were cut by $500.

"This is all about greed," said Freeman, who was tribal chairman for two decades "when we didn't have money."

After decades of a marginal existence, the Pala tribe in 2001 opened a casino and a 10-story, 507-room hotel on the tribe's reservation, 52 miles north of San Diego, six miles east of Interstate 15. The casino has 2,600 slot machines and tables for roulette, poker, baccarat and other games.

Indian tribes do not publicly disclose their profits, but the Pala operation is clearly profitable, although not as profitable as casinos that are closer to San Diego, where lawsuits and other documents say it is not unusual for payments to be twice as high as those at Pala.

The tribe also owns a motocross raceway, a gasoline station, and a mini-mart that competes with Freeman's store, established in 1897.

The issue of Britten's father has long been controversial among the tribe for reasons largely lost in the mist of undocumented tribal history. One theory among some of her descendants is that she was considered "uppity" because she married a white man and took his family name, Britten.

Freeman's daughter, Luann Freeman Moro, 56, is blunt in her anger. She was one of the first eight tribal members to be disenrolled; Smith, the current tribal chairman, is a cousin of her husband.

"It's really scary that he believes his own lies," she said of Smith. "He's an evil dictator, and everyone is afraid that he'll try to disenroll them if they talk up."

A Bureau of Indian Affairs document from the years after the 1903 relocation does not list a name for Britten's father and thus no designation of whether he was Indian or white. In the early 1950s, a document kept by the tribe was changed to show that Britten as only half-Indian; it remains unclear who made that change.

Using other documents, the bureau repeatedly ruled that Britten's father was an Indian. In the 1980s, it ruled that "the issue of Margarita Brittain's blood degree has been decided." And in February, a regional acting director of the bureau reiterated that finding and recommended reinstating Luann Freeman Moro and others.

But the bureau now leaves disenrollment disputes to the tribes. Nonetheless, the regional director's three-page letter has been a rallying point in King Freeman's store, where a copy is on display. Freeman, whose Indian lineage the tribal leadership considers to be at least 1/16, was not disenrolled.

"This is nothing less than a vendetta by Smith against families that ask questions about how the tribe is governed," said Vince Moro, 58, Luann Freeman Moro's husband. "The U.S. goes all over the world to take down dictators like Saddam Hussein and Kadafi, but they won't help us here on the reservation."

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Anonymous said...

If Robert Smith wants his Daughter to remain in Pala, then he needs to prove that he can do the right thing and re-enroll the dis-enrolled.
Other wise what good for the goose is good for the gander.

Anonymous said...

Robert is constantly trying to hurt the disenrolled over and over again even though he already took almost everything they had. He threatens the members who try to help the disenrolled, he wanted to be able to kick out disenrolled from the rez, and he did evict some, but that is why they voted the new rules in. Robert's daughter and her friends probably voted on it, so they must have felt that those rules do not apply to them. Robert tells people who they can have visit, and he has cameras set up so he can see who comes and goes, he is the biggest dictator and he thinks that the people of Pala are either so scared or so dumb that they will not stop him.

Anonymous said...

" ......he thinks that the people of Pala are either so scared or so dumb that they will not stop him."

Well..... have they stopped him.... NO!

Maybe he is right.

Anonymous said...

@12:02pm. Ha,ha,hahahahah so true. Percap made everyone weak. Back in the day I know he would never have gotten away with this bull*#+! without some knocks on his door and bottles thrown at his car. At least his fake house in Pala nobody lives in that he has workers decorate every holiday because he live's on the Rez, ya right he does! Hahah! He will be gone within 2 years by either health reasons or criminal reasons it's Nieto we have to worry about if she's not arrested with him for her financial miss dealings with the tribes money.

Anonymous said...

You have a good point. Theresa Nieto needs to be gone ASAP.
She is holing the trigger to the bomb that could explode this Tribe sky high.
Looks like the Tribe just bought her another 75,000 dollar motorhome.
Maybe she should invest in some kind of medical devise that would make her husband grow some legs to be at least 5' tall.
Or maybe she likes it by him having short legs and no balls.
She even has her grand kids enrolled in Pala.How fuck is that possible.She is from butt fuck egupt.

Anonymous said...

..." Percap made everyone weak.

Percap is the New Whiskey, We sit around in out homes getting drunk on it and do NOTHING .

Anonymous said...

Is that a fact Theresa's kids are enrolled?? That would make Theresa 1/4 unless her kids had kids with other cupeno's. I n ow for a fact Theresa is not 1/4 but then again in our ordinance the EC can ADOPT members into the tribe without the blood quantum. Then why don't they adopt the disenrolled according to the EC they have 1/32 that's the same as NIETO's grandkids. F...... Bull.... the way they run things

Anonymous said...

Yes even her oldest granddaughter who father is a white guy from Valley Center, is enrolled in Pala.
I guess it's time to bring up this at a meeting and ask for paper work..

Anonymous said...

Aren't her grandchildren part Lavato?

Anonymous said...

we need to get ciindy leal to prove she is a lavato to the tribe,a lot of talk going around that she is not a lavato.

Anonymous said...

Some of nieto's grandkids are lavato, but the one's from her daughter are not.And should not be enrolled in Pala.
The father is a Salgado.

Anonymous said...

Cindy Leal had a DNA done with one of the Lavato's and the was that she was not a Lavato.

Anonymous said...

Yes that's true. She was tested against JR Lavato according to a family member, and the test was negative for any Lavato DNA.
She is a fake that was nestled in by the white lady that lived with Mr. Lavato.
I believe her name was Andrea.
She also got caught embezzling from the Tribe about the same time that Robert Smiths mother got caught.

Anonymous said...

Everyone knows why Robert Smith disenrolled.It was because of the ill
feelings of King Freeman and Willy Pink.
The disenrolled have been on the ROLLS for over 20 years.
They have unquestionable disputed documents that prove that they belong in the Tribe.
But Robert Smith, Theresa Nieto, and Dion Perez will not except the proven facts as good enough for enrollment.
So even though the General Membership voted to accept them into the Tribe after the ASIA found that they belong back in 1989, these 3 members of the EC say no, and without a vote from the Membership they disenrolled them.
How cam they overturn a Membership vote at a meeting. Don't what the people want matter anymore.
This could happen to any of us that piss off the EC and that is wrong.
These 3 EC members are totally wrong and need to be taught a lesson.
The BIA and the courts say the it's an internal Tribal dispute so why can't we solve it like an internal Tribal dispute. Why can't we vote on putting these people back on the rolls AGAIN and let it rest.
I'll tell you why.
It's because everyone is so afraid of these low life mother fuckers on
the EC.But you do not realize that they could disenroll you and your family if they so please.
Amd it will be on you for not standing up to these evil snakes.

Anonymous said...

@ 2:45PM
You make a very strong point in your post, and you are right 100% about the EC.
As a former EC member, I know that there will be more disenrollments
coming soon so be ready to act and stop RS & TN before it's to late.
Wake up Pala.

Anonymous said... pala kicked Bernie (Trujillo ) durro,out of her home ,2/25/2016.A Pala member.She is 65 years old a sick lady.When are you people going to wake up,the E.C.of Pala is destroyiny our People we need to put this in the press,news paper.she has 60 days,to get out,this was ,Howard,and nieto.

Anonymous said...

Maybe someone could write the article and send it to OP and Palawatch and then we could share it with news stations and facebook. This makes me so mad, it is disgusting. She is an elder and this is how she is treated. Anyone that backs these monsters is just as evil.

Anonymous said...

And to top that off, when Andrew Smiths got raided RS and the EC knocked down his old house and approved building him a brand new home.
If they are not stopped and continue on this path the Reservation will no longer be.
Their goal is to destroy as many lives as possible.
AGAIN PEOPLE this is what happens when you give the EC all the say so and the power to do so.
This is a result of the latest power grab by the EC that you Members gave them. there is no due process in the Pala Tribe.
There for at the next meeting a motion needs to be made to banish Victoria Smith from the Reservation and all boundaries with in.
Bernie never got the chance to explain what happened at her house.
The cops were looking for a wanted person from Vista who was dating one of her daughters and this is the end result.
Look at Melissa Smiths house, the gang bangers from O'side are always there.
They block the roadway with their vehicles so no one can get through.
Then even stay for 2-3 days at a time in the trailer that's parked in her yard.
But I guess that doesn't matter to the EC.
Theresa Nieto knows this also because she lives next door.
But will she complain? FUCK no.
And Howard the Duck is going to do as his Godfather wants him to do.
Howard sure fooled a lot of Tribal Members when he wanted their votes to replace Leroy Miranda. He is turning out to be a real asshole, just like the rest of them.
And Bernie Trujillo is up to date on her house payment and was never late one time. She has lived on the property for over 30 years.
I say Robert Smith needs to be thrown out of office, a long with Theresa Nieto and her 1st cousins Howard Maxey and Dion Perez.

Anonymous said...

How evil is Robert, Howard and Nieto to do this to a 65 year old Tribal Elder in bad health. Making her homeless on her own Reservation.

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There is no due process on the Pala Reservation. Every thing is controlled by 5 people.
Even in the near by cities there is an eviction process to follow for evictions, but not in Pala.
The BIA is to chicken shit to stand up to the Pala EC and Smith.
They would say, it's another intertribal dispute, and refuse to get involved.
The BIA needs to hire some people with balls to help these people that are being abused by the Tribal Leaders.

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I really hope that the FBI takes over the case of the weapons charges against Victoria s..
They would be tried in the Federal Court system instead of the State Courts.
And with all the mass shootings that have happened I sure that they would do some time in Federal Prison.
Just what the Doctor ordered. DON'T DO THE CRIME, IF YOU CAN'T DO THE TIME.

Anonymous said...

I believe that this is the 4th home taken from a Descendent of MB.
I think that one of Pete's Daughters was kicked out of her home on Morro rd with a 3 day notice with her 4 year old daughter. She was threatened to have security remove her if she did not "OBEY" the order.
Another documented certified cupeno Indian made homeless on her own Reservation.
Has anyone noticed that after a power grab by the EC is given by the Membership, something like this happens.
We have no due process here. We either due as the EC wants or all the Family Members will suffer.
When is this going to end? When someone gets hurt or worse?
Where are all the real Native people who can stop this bullshit, hiding behind Per Capita.

Anonymous said...

Nieto and H. Maxcey have become just as EVIL as Smith down in Pala.
What's next another name change, like maybe Smithville Reservation.
I wonder if RS will give up his $5,000.00 cut that he gets from the Contractor who built this home a couple of years ago.

Reinstatement_Restitution said...

There is no tribal law against harboring a suspected criminal. People are innocent until proven guilty, That is unless Robert Smith has an ax to grind...

Anonymous said...

I think bird was kicked out of his home also,on morro road.

Anonymous said...

If the EC in Pala was smart, they will reconsider this eviction of Bernie Trujillo Duro. If they don't this will not rest until all options are used. The BIA has been contacted by an Attorney and a number of complaints have been filed with different agency's.
The exposer of the EC is getting much needed attention.
According to the Sheriff's report and the FBI report, there are NO
statements in either report that would call for an eviction.
There is no statements stating that Heroin was being sold at this residents. As soon as I receive the statements I will have them posted so everyone can see the real facts and not just rumors.

Anonymous said...

Why doesnt all interested parties just handle it what you all afraid of dude and his family aint shit


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Creamy Cucumber Salad with Yogurt and Spice

There is a rolling continuum of the ingredients I cook with throughout the year, mounds of rhubarb in late spring toppling into the berries of summer, mingling on occasion in recipes like Nordic rhubarb and strawberry jam. In this way, fruits and vegetables help mark the changing seasons, ushering one gracefully into the next. Around this time each summer, when the midday sun begins to compete with the moist marine air around Seattle and the leaves begin their gradual display of changing colors, I feel compelled to embrace tomatoes, still vibrant and full of flavor, as often as I can and buy corn to grill for an outdoor meal, even if we must pull a sweater up over our shoulders while we dine.

This time of year, we do a lot of grilling. My husband prepares good quality meat or fish, seasoning it simply with olive oil and sea salt and maybe a little pepper and puts it on the grill while I make the side dishes and set the table. On Friday evening we needed little more than lamb chops and a couple of simple salads to make a meal.

Creamy Cucumber Salad with Yogurt and Spice and Tomato Salad

Cucumber salads have figured prominently in my home in recent months, with the sweet-and-sour cucumber salad and cucumber salad with dill that I made for June’s Midsummer picnic and a creamy salad of cucumber and radish. There are any number of varieties in Scandinavian cuisine, and even with similar ingredient lists they can taste much different, depending on technique, the palate and taste preferences of the cook, and the seasonings. I veered away from the traditional Nordic varieties this past weekend, taking cues from David Tanis’ Heart of the Artichoke instead. Peeling the cucumber and slicing it into half moons, I dressed it with yogurt seasoned with garlic, fresh dill and mint, and drizzled olive oil and sprinkled red pepper flakes over the top. Adding a simple salad of heirloom tomatoes, we were set.

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Soon enough the tomatoes will make way for the foods of autumn. Apples are already making their way into my baking, and soon artichokes and Brussels sprouts will take up significant parts of our meals. And don’t forget the squash and root vegetables that conjure up all the cozy nostalgia of autumns past. One season is beginning its gradual roll into the next, but I’ll hold onto every last bit of summer as long as I can.

Tomatoes and Summer Dinner

Creamy Cucumber Salad with Yogurt and Spice
Inspired by the Cucumbers and Yogurt in Heart of the Artichoke by David Tanis

1 large cucumber
Salt and pepper
1 cup whole milk yogurt
1 garlic clove, pressed
1-2 tablespoons olive oil, plus more for drizzling
1 tablespoon chopped mint
1 tablespoon chopped dill
Red pepper flakes

Peel the cucumber. Cut it in half lengthwise, then slice into half moons about 1/3-inch thick. Place in a bowl and season with salt and pepper. Add yogurt, garlic, olive oil, mint, and dill, and stir. Refrigerate while you’re preparing the rest of your meal–try to give it at least a half an hour. Check the seasonings and add more salt and pepper if needed. Transfer to a serving bowl and sprinkle with red pepper flakes and drizzle olive oil over the top.

Serves 4.

Cucumber Salad for Your Scandinavian Midsummer Menu

Sliced CucumbersIn the beginning of my career as a journalist, I was paying my dues as a television news writer working in the middle of the night to prepare the morning newscast. Back then I would pull into the parking lot at the TV station located across the street from Seattle’s Lake Union and walk the two dozen feet from my car to the main entrance, swipe my badge at the door, wave hello to the graveyard security guard and settle in at my desk in the empty newsroom, the florescent lights mocking my tired eyes and the police and fire scanners blaring at the assignment desk and reminding me of the inability to fall asleep at my desk even if I tried.

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Back in those days, there was little time for a social life. I’d leave the newsroom around 9:30 or 10 in the morning, after most people have gone to work. I’d crawl into bed below windows covered with towels to block out the midday sun, and I’d sleep until that sun had gone to bed and it was time for me to repeat the process.

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I kept at it month after month, year after year. Six years ago, however, I made a change. No longer committed to a career in TV news, I found myself inspired to make a switch. I left a writers’ conference in Portland, Oregon, that June inspired to steer my skills toward print journalism. I gave it some time before making the move, and then later in the summer I gave my notice.

I spent the rest of the summer adjusting to a normal life, getting used to sleeping in the same bed as my husband for more than two times a week and getting used to sleeping–get this!–at night. I spent those August and September days sleeping late, talking walks to process things, and taking steps toward finding another job. If I picture that time in a snapshot, I think of my old neighborhood street illuminated by the gentle, warming rays of the sun. The sun! That bright object I had spent so many years covering up!

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I wonder if my experience reflects what Scandinavians feel this time of year when the sun stays out most of the day in contrast to the winter when it barely makes an appearance. Traveling to Bergen in the summer in 2008, I got my first taste of the Nordic summer sun. Going back to the hotel, closing the blinds, and going to sleep while the sun had not yet set wasn’t easy.

My family will be marking the summer solstice and Midsummer with a Scandinavian-inspired picnic this year. Simply prepared with salmon, pickled herring, a selection of Scandinavian cheeses, crispbread, dilled potatoes, and cucumber salad, all the components are chilling in the fridge right now, waiting to be enjoyed.

As I was preparing the menu, a cucumber salad was a necessity, but I found two that caught my eye. One, with cucumbers sliced thinly, was more of a quick pickle while the the other retained the watery crunch of the cucumbers but dressed them with dill. Both recipes are adapted from The Scandinavian Kitchen by Camilla Plum. Though the ingredients are similar, the results are quite different. Try one or both–or improvise and take cues from the second recipe and add dill to the first. In any case, these salads are distinctly Nordic, and they’ll add a fresh flavor to your Scandinavian Midsummer menu.

Sweet-and-Sour Cucumber Salad

Sweet-and-Sour Cucumber Salad

1 large (15.5 ounce) cucumber
1/3 cup water
1/3 cup cider vinegar
4 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon coarse sea salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Thinly slice the cucumber with a mandoline and place it in a heat-proof bowl. Bring water, vinegar, and seasonings to a boil in a small saucepan, stirring frequently. Pour over the sliced cucumbers and stir to coat. Cool, stirring occasionally. Serve right away or store in the refrigerator.

Serves 4-6.

Cucumber Salad with Dill

1 large (12.5 ounce) cucumber
1 small bunch of dill, stems and leaves, chopped finely (about 1 generous tablespoon)
1 tablespoon sherry vinegar
3/4 teaspoon sugar
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Peel the cucumber and cut it in half lengthwise and scrape out the seeds. Cut it into 1/4-inch slices at a slat. Stir remaining ingredients together in a medium bowl. Toss the cucumbers with the dressing and marinate in the refrigerator for at least two hours before serving.

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Republican Values: Katrina Edition

This is your compassionate conservatism in action, emphasis mine:

... "There is not a sense of urgency in this administration to get this done," said [Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL)]. "You get a sense that will has been lacking in the last several months."

Obama, the Senate's only African-American member, was in New Orleans for a field hearing on Gulf Coast rebuilding conducted by the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee.

... After Monday's field hearing, the Senate committee took a bus tour of the city's Lower 9th Ward, a low-income black neighborhood where many ruined homes sit empty and bear the painted X-marks used in the chaotic weeks following the hurricane to show which buildings had been searched for survivors.

... The hearing is one of the first that the Homeland Security Committee has scheduled since the Senate passed to Democratic control. No Republican members attended. ...

That's Republicans for you. Like that irritating ex whom you finally realized was a secret Taoist master, applying the principle of optimal least effort to tell you that you were just never a priority to them.

Thanks, guys. We get it now.

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Thanks for remembering New Orleans. Obviously, the president has forgotten. I heard him on the radio saying that he sent the money and so now let's move on.

January 2009 can't come fast enough!

Blogging from New Orleans

Posted by: Tim at January 30, 2007 08:07 PM

"The check's in the mail."

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Remembering New Orleans.

I've been in and around New Orleans since September, 2nd, 2005. I can tell you many stories about Red Cross, FEMA, Blackwater, National Guard Insurance and bureaucratic responce. It was a natural disaster turned into a economic boom for some private contractors like Halliburton, and Greyhound, and a bust for most everyone else. The everyone else being those that were forced from their homes at gun point by the national guard or Blackwater, or starved out of their communities for lack of water and food by the Red Cross. The two things that the Red Cross and National Guard had been turning away and "attempted" to prevent other relief groups and volunteers like myself from going into New Orleans for over two weeks. I will never forget what the Federal, state, and local officials did to the people they swore an oath to serve. But I will never forgive those that swore a oath to remain independent of governement influence. The Red Cross should stick to securing the blood supply and turn the keys to relief work over to the Department of Peace.

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January 30, 2017

Okay, I’ll admit it: when I’ve got some time to myself, I love me some Netflix and chill. I recently took a chance on one of their comedy specials, which are often hit (hilariously funny and engaging) or miss (a complete dud that I turn off midway). This one, featuring burgeoning comedienne Cristela Alonzo, was a total hit, and my eyes were glued to the screen from start to finish. Cristela treated her audience, from those who filled the thousands of seats in the auditorium, to those watching at home, to over forty minutes of standup. Her routine was peppered with comic gold, mainly due to her unique perspective and knack for stellar storytelling. Cristela threw herself into it 1000%, using her words, voice inflections, gestures, body language, and facial expressions as tools to share her narratives with her audience.

Her onstage performance was utterly dynamic, and there was nary a dull moment. In less than an hour, Cristela managed to tackle cultural stereotypes, share her personal history with sharp wit and humor, and bring me to tears. Yes, a comedienne made me cry, and you certainly don’t hear that every day. But then, through employing an ingenious twist of irony, she was able to achieve a complete 180, and just seconds later, I found myself in stitches once again, laughing through my tears.

I don’t want to spoil the special for you, because I think it’s worth watching, and if I let the cat out of the bag right here, I’d probably dull your potential to really experience the emotional impact of her stories, especially the one that made me do a total about-face.

Emotional impact. Do those two words come to mind when you think about great comedy? For me, now they do. It’s not just about the laughs anymore.

And in diving into hot-off-the-presses Emotionraising, a book straight from veteran fundraiser Frankie Ambrogetti, my mind instantly returned to Cristela’s standup special, and I discovered a surprising connection between the two.

Cristela has the keen ability to inspire such an incredibly wide range of emotions in her audience through her comedy, while Frankie’s book is a magnificent, comprehensive tool that will enable fundraisers to inspire a wide range of emotion in their donors. The goal of the comedienne is to make her audiences laugh and feel good. The goal of the fundraiser is to inspire donors to give, and emotion is a tool that can galvanize supporters to not only give, but give passionately.

Through utilizing a framework that is foundationally supported by the latest in neuroscience and behavioral science research, Frankie has instilled confidence in his fellow fundraisers and created an invaluable resource that belongs in every fundraising library. He truly understands not only the importance of emotional complexity, but how to capitalize off these nuances within the space of donor relationships.

The realm of emotion provides ample opportunity for fundraisers and comedians alike, because it exists on such a broad spectrum. Happiness has varying degrees, and so does sadness, and so does empathy. Through the construction of an Emotionmeter, Frankie taps into the potential of this idea. In Chapter 5, which marks the beginning of Part Two, we’re introduced to this concept, as well as a number of successful visual ad campaigns that worked because of their ability to evoke emotion in a compelling way. Like comedians who tap into their audience’s emotions, fundraisers should be equally aware that inspiring emotion is very reliant on both timing and context, and the examples are strong reminders of how and why emotion in fundraising can work toward the end goal of getting donors to give.

Frankie covers some of that spectrum, including negative feelings, fear, sadness, anger and disgust, surprise, and happiness. In the following chapter, he lays out ten techniques and methods for using emotional fundraising and truly bringing it to life, rationalizing their basis in psychology, communication, and marketing, as he explains each one. Plus, a chapter within part three emphasizes facial expressions, which are 55% of the equation when it comes to face-to-face communication with another human being. The tone of our voice and the words we say generate far less impact than I ever imagined (38% and 7%, respectively), because that’s how our brains are wired to process these encounters. Sounds like a world of help for when it comes time to meet your donors in the flesh, doesn’t it?

Just as comedians who aim to make their audiences laugh frequently use storytelling as a mode of evoking feeling during their comedy routines, fundraisers who want their donors to give frequently utilize storytelling to evoke feeling in their supporters, and that feeling is what often motivates them to give. We both communicate goal-oriented narratives to the respective groups of people that we interact with. Furthermore, we are first and foremost human beings, and storytelling is inextricably tied to our humanity, so what better way is there to view being a fundraiser than as an extension of that humanity?

I am forever using the words “delight and inspire” when referring to my own personal storytelling goals, but the reality is, it runs so much deeper than that. Make use of the spectrum that’s available, and examine both internally (yourself) and externally (those around you) to find out what really makes people tick. It’s a never-ending quest, but it’s an amazingly satisfying adventure to have, and this book will help you get there.

I cannot recommend Emotionraising highly enough, both for fundraisers passionately engaged in promoting their causes, and for human beings who want to understand each other better. Frankie’s aptitude in the science and methods behind emotional complexity shine through, and so much of his imparted wisdom is undeniably applicable for fundraisers everywhere. What’s more, they retain a sense of permanency, and in our chaotic world, sometimes, that’s exactly what we need.

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What’s in my Inbox | How one arts organization takes the Trump Administration head-on

March 21, 2017

During these trying times, we really have to look to ourselves when it comes to creating positive change in the world. I’ve heard the words “be the change” so often these days, they’ve practically become a mantra, whether uttered from lips or contained within emails or blog posts or somewhere within the realm of Facebook. Sometimes, the mantra is too fleeting, albeit well-intentioned, and other times, hope does more than just inspire us to think positive thoughts. Hope has the capacity to galvanise people into action. Feelings, thoughts, and ideas can serve as catalysts for something far greater, especially when we work together. When we rally hard with all we’ve got.

It brings me a sweet sigh of relief to see how nonprofits are banding together, harnessing their individual powers into a collective force to be reckoned with. All over the country, organizations are putting their foot down and resisting the 45 agenda, bringing millions of people a glimmer of hope in change and a better tomorrow, as well as the opportunity to do something positive. I’ve received an influx of communications from nonprofits who are actively engaged in the fight, who want people to know that they aren’t alone in the battle; that we aren’t alone. Kaufman Music Center is one of these organisations, and their latest email was in direct response to the President’s proposed budget cuts, which calls for the elimination of the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). The partnership between Kaufman and NEA has lasted over 30 years.

This email works well, because it covers all of the bases, and its beauty lies in its simplicity and directness, not to mention its timing. It explains a current problem, how that problem can potentially adversely affect Kaufman, and what supporters can do to combat that adversity.

It is our moral duty to step up, collaborate with others, and inform our supporters with whatever resources are available to us. Check it out…

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