Monday, December 11, 2006
12/11/06
Tomorrow is Dia de La Virgen.
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Machi posted another point of view on "healthiest" state rankings. It's interesting, you can read it here. Just shows that there is much more to deal with. And there's not enough about colonization, historical trauma and other disparity issues included. Maybe there should be a ranking of the state with the most disparities...
This would be very good before the next presidential elections. As it has been pointed out by many people that realistic assessments of NM aren't backed by the Gov'ner. Just the happy-happy ones, which he takes credit for!
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Nobel laureate: Poverty fight essential
Economist Muhammad Yunus accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his breakthrough program to lift the poor through tiny loans, saying he hoped the award would inspire "bold initiatives" to eradicate a problem at the root of terrorism.
Yunus, a 66-year-old Bangladeshi, shared the award with his Grameen Bank, which for more than two decades has helped impoverished people start businesses by providing small, usually unsecured loans known as microcredit.
"We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time," Yunus told hundreds of guests at City Hall in Oslo, Norway. "I believe putting resources into improving the lives of poor people is a better strategy than spending it on guns."
In his speech, Yunus also warned about the potential costs of globalization without help for the world's poor.
"To me, globalization is like a hundred-lane highway crisscrossing the world," Yunus said. "If it is a free-for-all highway, its lanes will be taken over by the giant trucks from powerful economies. Bangladeshi rickshaws will be thrown off the highway."
"Rule of 'strongest takes it all' must be replaced by rules that ensure that the poorest have a place and piece of the action, without being elbowed out by the strong," he said.
Read more here
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So much going on in my head right now. I went to a co-counseling workshop this weekend and just got reminded about how hard I am on myself and how it is impacting me. I think there is something to work on here, but how to do it in a way that doesn't play into my making it a life and death struggle type of feeling will be the key!
The good thing is that there were a few people who haven't seen me for awhile. While one was able to say that she noticed my pansa had gotten bigger, she said overall I look better. Most people that commented said they liked how my upper body changed.
KEEP LIFTING!!!!!
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Machi posted another point of view on "healthiest" state rankings. It's interesting, you can read it here. Just shows that there is much more to deal with. And there's not enough about colonization, historical trauma and other disparity issues included. Maybe there should be a ranking of the state with the most disparities...
This would be very good before the next presidential elections. As it has been pointed out by many people that realistic assessments of NM aren't backed by the Gov'ner. Just the happy-happy ones, which he takes credit for!
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Nobel laureate: Poverty fight essential
Economist Muhammad Yunus accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for his breakthrough program to lift the poor through tiny loans, saying he hoped the award would inspire "bold initiatives" to eradicate a problem at the root of terrorism.
Yunus, a 66-year-old Bangladeshi, shared the award with his Grameen Bank, which for more than two decades has helped impoverished people start businesses by providing small, usually unsecured loans known as microcredit.
"We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time," Yunus told hundreds of guests at City Hall in Oslo, Norway. "I believe putting resources into improving the lives of poor people is a better strategy than spending it on guns."
In his speech, Yunus also warned about the potential costs of globalization without help for the world's poor.
"To me, globalization is like a hundred-lane highway crisscrossing the world," Yunus said. "If it is a free-for-all highway, its lanes will be taken over by the giant trucks from powerful economies. Bangladeshi rickshaws will be thrown off the highway."
"Rule of 'strongest takes it all' must be replaced by rules that ensure that the poorest have a place and piece of the action, without being elbowed out by the strong," he said.
Read more here
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So much going on in my head right now. I went to a co-counseling workshop this weekend and just got reminded about how hard I am on myself and how it is impacting me. I think there is something to work on here, but how to do it in a way that doesn't play into my making it a life and death struggle type of feeling will be the key!
The good thing is that there were a few people who haven't seen me for awhile. While one was able to say that she noticed my pansa had gotten bigger, she said overall I look better. Most people that commented said they liked how my upper body changed.
KEEP LIFTING!!!!!
