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Microfinance in Madagascar helps small businesses buck the system	18.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Borrowers get business advice and a buffer against disaster from growing microcredit sector in cyclone-prone Madagascar Justine Sija, 60, begins her day at 4am, when she buys catch from local fishermen to hawk on the streets of St Augustin village, in Madagascar's southern Atsimo-Andrefana region. The work is hard, but in the past year, access to microcredit has boosted both her business and her hopes for the future. "Before, I used to make 10,000 to 20,000 ariary ($4.50-9.00, about £3) a day. Now, with the credit, I can make double that amount," she told IRIN. "I can put my four [grand]children in school, buy some livestock and save the rest of the money. Eventually, I plan to sell other goods as well, like rice and other local products." Madagascar's microfinance sector was established in 1990, but began to experience rapid growth only in the past 10 years; it was worth about 22.7bn ariary ($10m) in 2002, and by 2011, it was valued at about 244.4bn ariary. Microfinance is seen as a ...
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How to get more older women on TV \| Anna Ford	18.5.2013	Guardian: Comment is Free
This week's finding that just 18% of presenters are women over 50 doesn't surprise me – but it does make me angry I enjoyed my life in news and current affairs, which started at Granada TV in 1974 and ended at the BBC in 2006. I was privileged to have visiting rights in many different worlds. I interviewed every prime minister from Harold Wilson to Tony Blair, was entertained at Chequers and Nos 10 and 11, and over the years had access to people and places most people never have the luck to experience. It meant being paid to read all the papers every morning. Language and clear communication were a passion, as were politics and examining how and where power is exercised. I liked the buzz of the newsroom and I'm a natural (and comfortable) outsider, intrigued by society in all its layers and the eternal difference between what people see as the truth, and what the real truth might be. Appearing on screen wasn't the bit I enjoyed most but I could do it and felt a calm presentation style was ...
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Gabriel Gomez's bad week	18.5.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
Why is this man still smiling? Last week's tax scam scandal continued to dog Gomez. As a refresher, back in 2005, Gomez granted an easement on his $2+ million home, agreeing to not make changes to the facade of the historic house and getting an income tax deduction of more than $280,000 for the "donation." But local bylaws prevent him from making those changes anyway—he got a very hefty deduction for giving up absolutely nothing. He's steadfastly refused to answer any questions about this deduction, which has just led to more questions , and the news that he stiffed a guy he hired to do an appraisal on the house in order to obtain that deduction. The guy's appraisal wasn't rich enough for Gomez, so he refused to accept it, and refused to pay the $1,000 fee for the appraisal. All of which makes it very hard for this private-equity millionaire guy to assume the aw-shucks Scott Brown regular-guy mantle he's going to need to win over independents. Gomez isn't going to be making any political ...
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Too Often, Teen Mothers Receive Shame Instead Of Support	17.5.2013	Think Progres
Too Often, Teen Mothers Receive Shame Instead Of Support
Getting to responsible sexual health education	17.5.2013	Chicago Tribune: Opinion
Getting to responsible sexual health education
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Economic effects of extending marriage to same-sex couples	17.5.2013	Washington Post: Politics
What will be the economic effects of extending marriage to same-sex couples in Minnesota? As one of my colleagues tells students, “It’s tough to get data on the future.” So economists try to get around this problem by using history to create case studies from which we can draw insight. Let me introduce you to the research of scholars whose work tells a similar story: Two revolutions in civil rights turn out to make everyone economically better off. Civil rights in South Gavin Wright is the William Robertson Coe Professor of American Economic History at Stanford University. (Wright grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from Washburn High School.) In 1963, Wright was part of an American Friends Service Committee voter-registration project in North Carolina. This experience spurred his interest in the southern economy and led to his formative work on the evolution of the southern economy over the past 200 years. In his recent book, “ Sharing the Prize: The Economics of the Civil Rights ...
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Planned Parenthood, abortions and Naziism: The fever dreams of the far right	16.5.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
attribution: Planned Parenthood annual report 2011-2012 What Planned Parenthood does. The thought process must go something like this: Truth: Babies suffer during abortions./Babies are ripped apart during abortions./Babies are deprived of life during abortions. Planned Parenthood: Babies enjoy suffering./Babies enjoy getting ripped apart./Babies enjoy being deprived of life. (Just like we all would, right?!) Planned Parenthood is forever talking about how it provides birth control. Right. A baby who was never born because her mother was on birth control is definitely going to thank Mom for that. In some insane jump of non-logic, Planned Parenthood is attempting to convince women that their babies will “thank them” for visiting their local clinic. This is no better than Nazis posting signs of happy Jews, thanking the SS officers for the death camps – and the gas chambers in particular. Your baby will thank you when you don't transmit an easily treated STD to them because you had ...
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Why Criminalizing Teen Sexuality Isn’t The Best Way To Keep Our Youth Safe	16.5.2013	Think Progres
Why Criminalizing Teen Sexuality Isn’t The Best Way To Keep Our Youth Safe
Gomez 'unclear' on his position on abortion issues, War on Women	16.5.2013	NewsTrust Yahoo Pipes Feed
Oy. But he refused to take a stand on two of the most heated women’s health issues of recent years—congressional amendments that nearly derailed the health care overhaul and fueled allegations of a Republican “war against women”—because he said he remains unfamiliar with the details. “Honestly, I haven’t read the Blunt Amendment, so it’s hard for me to go yea or nay without reading the full Blunt Amendment,” Gomez said last week, regarding a 2012 proposal that would have allowed employers to deny workers birth control coverage based on moral beliefs. “That’s part of the reason why these guys and women down there should read these whole things. . . . I’m happy to look at it.” “I’m not a lawyer, and obviously, Justice Scalia is about as educated a lawyer as you can be and has read thousands and thousands and heard thousands and thousands of cases,” Gomez said. “When I hear Justice Scalia say that 40 years is basically precedent in established law, I just kind of take it from a nonlawyer’s ...
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Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest: Tom Tancredo may attempt a second run for Colorado governor	16.5.2013	Daily Kos
Want the scoop on hot races around the country? Get the digest emailed to you each weekday morning. Sign up here . • CO-Gov : We should only get so lucky. The Denver Post reports that anti-immigration lunatic Tom Tancredo is "seriously considering" a second consecutive bid for governor, though in follow-up comments to the Washington Post , Tancredo cautioned that "the word 'seriously' may be too strong." Tancredo served five terms in Congress as a Republican but ran for governor in 2010 as an independent. However, the Post (the Denver one) says that Tancredo "has since switched his party affiliation back to Republican." So far, though, the GOP has come up empty in terms of possible challengers to Dem Gov. John Hickenlooper next year. ...
Mary Walker: Educational support in Kenya	16.5.2013	Steamboat Pilot
A high school education in a developing country does nothing to train youths, particularly young women, with the skills they need to be fully and sustainably employed and empowered.
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Another of the military's sexual assault prevention officers investigated for sexual assault	15.5.2013	Daily Kos
You're gonna need more than a new poster for this one. A sergeant first class in charge of sexual assault prevention at Fort Hood is under investigation for sexual assault, the Pentagon announced Tuesday night. The soldier, whose name has not been released, is being investigated for abusive sexual contact, pandering, assault and maltreatment of subordinates. The soldier has been relieved of his duties at the Texas post, and no charges have yet been filed, the Pentagon said. He oversaw the program at the battalion level, a unit of about 800 soldiers. The soldier is being investigated for, among other things, forcing a subordinate into prostitution and sexually assaulting two others , according to a Capitol Hill staffer who was briefed on the case and spoke about it on condition of anonymity. Two senior Pentagon officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the case is under investigation, also confirmed that the sergeant is being investigated for running a prostitution ring. ...
Mali: a humanitarian snapshot of refugees, health and education	15.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
This graphic provides a snapshot of the humanitarian situation in Mali in early May, focusing on refugees, IDPs, sanitation and education
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FBI, State Police investigate 7 recent grads in Quabbin Reservoir trespassing	15.5.2013	Boston Globe: Massachusetts
FBI, State Police investigate 7 recent grads in Quabbin Reservoir trespassing
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Yemen: Focus on Education! (Cached)	15.5.2013	Global Voices
In a country where the illiteracy rate of both sexes (15 years and above) is almost 40 per cent, education and the empowerment of the women and youth is an imperative necessity for any concrete development in Yemen. Activists argue why education should be a right and not a privilege.
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Republican who'd like to arm fetuses claims 'Democrats worship abortion'	14.5.2013	Daily Kos
Rep. Steve Stockman (R-TX) “Democrats do not want abortion to be safe or rare,” Stockman said in a statement. “Democrats oppose even the most basic of health and safety standards for abortion mills. Democrats don’t care how many women are maimed, infected with diseases or die on the routinely-filthy abortion mills. Democrats worship abortion with same fervor the Canaanites worshipped Molech.” [...] “The courts call it murder. Democrats call it ‘health care,’” Stockman said. “Despite the blood-soaked horror of Gosnell’s clinic, Democrats refuse to loosen their embrace of unrestricted, unregulated, taxpayer-funded abortion on demand.” One of the main reasons Gosnell was able to operate in the first place was that he preyed on women who felt that they couldn't get better abortion services elsewhere. At least one patient told reporters that she feared going to Planned Parenthood because of the protesters. Gosnell mostly exploited women's poverty, undercutting reputable clinics on their prices. ...
French 'old boys' network' far worse than Britain's, book claims	14.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
University lecturer Peter Gumbel turns his attention from education to the Gallic corridors of power and business Left, right or centre, France's politicians are a ruling elite that resembles an ancien regime aristocracy desperately clinging to its privilege and power, according to a new book by a Paris-based British author. If you thought David Cameron and his Eton and Oxbridge clique were posh toffs out of touch with the real world, take a look over the Channel at the "tiny number of brilliant and charming men and women" who constitute the Gallic ruling class, says university lecturer Peter Gumbel . In his new book, France's Got Talent: the Woeful Consequences of French Elitism, published on Wednesday, Gumbel takes a hard swipe at France's new nobility: the fewer than 500 graduates of elite schools that dominate the highest echelons of business and politics. Often arrogant, untouchable, unaccountable – and almost certainly unsackable – Gumbel says France is still controlled by an ...
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The Kermit Gosnell murder case proves why safe abortion options are needed \| Sarah Jane Stratford	14.5.2013	The Guardian -- World Latest
Gosnell is a criminal and outlier. He is not indicative of the many safe and legal abortion clinics in the United States Kermit Gosnell has been found guilty of first-degree murder . Pro-choice groups cheered the ruling. He is a criminal, as Planned Parenthood, NARAL, and nearly every pro-choice writer who has written about this case have emphatically stated, and a vivid picture of what abortion was like before legalization. He has received due process and will soon receive his due – and deserved – punishment. Even as Planned Parenthood and NARAL resoundingly decry Gosnell's practice and applaud the verdict , the anti-choice contingent still wants to tar pro-choice groups with the Gosnell brush. He's a rogue, an outlier, and possibly a sociopath, but anti-choicers seemingly consider him a gift because the brutality of his crimes allows them to insist that this is what abortion really is and that it justifies excessive clinic regulations , and ultimately the re-criminalization of abortion. ...
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Once facing fiscal doom, California enjoys surplus	14.5.2013	Twincities.com: News
SACRAMENTO, Calif.—California was a poster child for fiscal calamity during the Great Recession with budget deficits larger than the annual spending plans of many other states.
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A Game of Thrones Recap: The Bear and the Maiden Fair	14.5.2013	Daily Kos
This year, Martin's contribution is The Bear and the Maiden Fair . Does it live up to the previous offerings? Uhhh ... nope. In fact, far from providing the most action/plot/character building episode of the year, what this episode does is kind of paddle in place. Come on in, let's hash it out anyway. ...

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