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AIG’s $443k Party to Celebrate $85B Bailout

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It’s absolutely insulting that AIG spent $443,343 on a retreat just days after the Feds bailed out the company with a $85 billion infusion that sucked 80% of the firm away into the Federal abyss.

It’s my personal opinion that C-level executives are overpaid by the conventions of mere mortals but the reality is that their salaries and benefits are the result of what the market will and can bear. Goldman Sachs CEO earned $74M last year, Lehman Brothers chief Richard Fuld defended his $71.9M payday (it wasn’t as much as before the bankruptcy though!), and ex-CEO of Bear Stearns James Cayne earned $49.31M over the last two years. It’s an ungodly sum of money, especially for companies that are either dead or on life support, but that’s how the game is played. You take the heat with one hand and the cash with the other.

What AIG did? Spending nearly half a million on a retreat at the St. Regis Report in Monarch Beach? That’s like someone spitting in your face. If I had any business with AIG, I’d seriously reconsider it.

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12 Responses to “AIG’s $443k Party to Celebrate $85B Bailout”

  1. This is FUD says:

    Actually it was stated this was planned long before their recent financial woes. This expensive celebration is a standard industry practice of taking the best independent agents (in terms of sales). Nothing to see here.. move along.

  2. Jim says:

    I don’t want to seem like I’m totally defending them. But..

    LA Times quotes AIG on this saying it was a retreat to reward their salesmen: http://www.latimes.com/business/investing/la-fi-lazarus8-2008oct08,0,2801040.column
    “”It was not an executive retreat,” he said. “It was a meeting to reward and incent independent sales agents.”
    As Norton described it, AIG had invited about 100 of its top salespeople to stay at the St. Regis for a week of meetings and motivational events — and, as the company’s invoice shows, thousands of dollars’ worth of spa and salon amenities.”

    My company has those kinds of deals for our salesmen. And its something thats planned and scheduled long in advance. Usually its a reward deal for the top % of sales people for the year or something. I think our salesmen get to go to Hawaii.

    Sounds like AIG may have spent more than necessary. They might have been able to cancel it altogether but maybe not.

    But it may not be as bad as the media is making it. If its a reward for salespeople then it is probably scheduled and ‘promised’ well in advance. They may have had a large deposit or non refundable reservation with the hotel and may have had to pay most of the money even if they canceled it.

  3. FrugalNYC says:

    I think I’m one of the few people not horrendously bothered by this. The retreat likely had been pre-booked long in advance and the cancellation fees (if it was able to be cancelled at all) would be huge for that number of people.

  4. jim says:

    hmmm.. if that’s the case, that it was a reward for salesperson performance, I take back my upsetedness… though their PR department should be raked over the coals for not making this aspect more well known!

  5. FrugalNYC says:

    ALthough them asking for more money: http://money.cnn.com/2008/10/08/news/companies/aig/index.htm?cnn=yes doesn’t make me want to love them more.

    From my work in a related (but not financial) industry, I know how some of those are booked and arranged. In addition to non-refundable fees mentioned above, there are other large strings. Also, what about those who would have been hurt by the loss of business at the other end?

    Yes, their PR team needs some smacking.

  6. Cap says:

    yeah i was pretty ticked off about it like most people till I read the clarification letter sent by CEO of AIG to Paulson. the media went and made it look worse than it is.

    maybe their good PR people bailed out of the sinking ship awhile ago..

    still, there’s plenty of other wacky things AIG did to be pissed about

  7. Curt says:

    yeah, it’s not every day that they secure that much money. If they would have added a large client, they probably would have also partied.

    But, to make matters worse, today they got another $37.5 billion from the Fed because they ran out of money again.

  8. Greg says:

    I have mixed feelings.

    I understand the “why.”

    What bothers me the most is why the “powers-that-be” at AIG have no understanding of why this was so repugnant to the American taxpayer.

    How about this for a spin: AIG contacts it’s 100 top sales reps, says there is a perception crisis with the American public, and hosts a retreat the Holiday Inn. They use the fancy hotel for R&R for 100 front-line combat troops, with a PR announcement that AIG does not think it appropriate that they use the hotel, but also do not want the money put down to go to waste.

  9. Patrick says:

    I am really pissed off about this issue. It just doesn’t make sense. Why would you continue with this planned event knowing the horrible press you are going to get. The bad spending habits of these executives seems to be the real reason that companies like AIG are not making it.

  10. saladdin says:

    They are rewarding salesmen for selling for a company that needed a 85bill loan?

    Their salesmen must really suck.

  11. Ben says:

    Just saw the SNL coverage on this — “even the Mafia knows to let things cool down before spending the money they stole”

    To right the ship, AIG needs some things to change, this isn’t a sign of change to me.

  12. DON says:

    This is an outrage and insult to us taxpayers, if they are (were) so much in financial trouble they needed the government bail out help why did they not CANCEL the event, I mean think about it… If anybody or any company is having a tough time financially the first thing they do is cut out the extra frills & benefits. Yes it may have been planned in advance but… the minuet they found out they were having financial hardships should have been the time to call & cancel the reservations I mean regardless of the bail out that $443,343 could have been taken and redistributed to other more important issues . It is like my boss says when it comes to Financial spending “WE HAVE TO PUT OUR FINICAL SPENDITURES IN THE ORDER OF PRIORTIES, NOT WHAT WOULD WE WOULD LIKE TO SPEND THE MONEY ON BUT WHAT DO WE NEED TO SPEND IT ON, (and yes extra employee frills and benefits such as this would be taken off of the list ( he has always said.. if employees want to keep their jobs they must make sacrifices

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H.G. Wells (1866–1946).  The Invisible Man.  1898.

XIV.  At Port Stowe
TEN o’clock the next morning found Mr. Marvel, unshaven, dirty, and travel-stained, sitting with the books beside him and his hands deep in his pockets, looking very weary, nervous, and uncomfortable, and inflating his cheeks at frequent intervals, on the bench outside a little inn on the outskirts of Port Stowe. Beside him were the books, but now they were tied with string. The bundle had been abandoned in the pinewoods beyond Bramblehurst, in accordance with a change in the plans of the Invisible Man. Mr. Marvel sat on the bench, and although no one took the slightest notice of him, his agitation remained at fever heat. His hands would go ever and again to his various pockets with a curious nervous fumbling.   1
  When he had been sitting for the best part of an hour, however, an elderly mariner, carrying a newspaper, came out of the inn and sat down beside him. “Pleasant day,” said the mariner.   2
  Mr. Marvel glanced about him with something very like terror. “Very,” he said.   3
  “Just seasonable weather for the time of year,” said the mariner, taking no denial.   4
  “Quite,” said Mr. Marvel.   5
  The mariner produced a toothpick, and (saving his regard) was engrossed thereby for some minutes. His eyes meanwhile were at liberty to examine Mr. Marvel’s dusty figure and the books beside him. As he had approached Mr. Marvel he had heard a sound like the dropping of coins into a pocket. He was struck by the contrast of Mr. Marvel’s appearance with this suggestion of opulence. Thence his mind wandered back again to a topic that had taken a curiously firm hold of his imagination.   6
  “Books?” he said suddenly, noisily finishing with the toothpick.   7
  Mr. Marvel started and looked at them. “Oh, yes,” he said. “Yes, they’re books.”   8
  “There’s some extra-ordinary things in books,” said the mariner.   9
  “I believe you,” said Mr. Marvel.  10
  “And some extra-ordinary things out of ’em,” said the mariner.  11
  “True likewise,” said Mr. Marvel. He eyed his interlocutor, and then glanced about him.  12
  “There’s some extra-ordinary things in newspapers, for example,” said the mariner.  13
  “There are.”  14
  “In this newspaper,” said the mariner.  15
  “Ah!” said Mr. Marvel.  16
  “There’s a story,” said the mariner, fixing Mr. Marvel with an eye that was firm and deliberate; “there’s a story about an Invisible Man, for instance.”  17
  Mr. Marvel pulled his mouth askew and scratched his cheek and felt his ears glowing. “What will they be writing next?” he asked faintly. “Ostria, or America?”  18
  “Neither,” said the mariner. “Here!”  19
  “Lord!” said Mr. Marvel, starting.  20
  “When I say here,” said the mariner, to Mr. Marvel’s intense relief, “I don’t of course mean here in this place, I mean hereabouts.”  21
  “An Invisible Man!” said Mr. Marvel. “And what’s he been up to?”  22
  “Everything,” said the mariner, controlling Marvel with his eye, and then amplifying: “Every Blessed Thing.”  23
  “I ain’t seen a paper these four days,” said Marvel.  24
  “Iping’s the place he started at,” said the mariner.  25
  “In-deed!” said Mr. Marvel.  26
  “He started there. And where he came from, nobody don’t seem to know. Here it is: Pe Culiar Story from Iping. And it says in this paper that the evidence is extra-ordinary strong—extra-ordinary.”  27
  “Lord!” said Mr. Marvel.  28
  “But then, it’s a extra-ordinary story. There is a clergyman and a medical gent witnesses,—saw ’im all right and proper—or leastways, didn’t see ’im. He was staying, it says, at the Coach an’ Horses, and no one don’t seem to have been aware of his misfortune, it says, aware of his misfortune, until in an Alteration in the inn, it says, his bandages on his head was torn off. It was then observed that his head was invisible. Attempts were At Once made to secure him, but casting off his garments, it says, he succeeded in escaping, but not until after a desperate struggle, In Which he had inflicted serious injuries, it says, on our worthy and able constable, Mr. J.A. Jaffers. Pretty straight story, eigh? Names and everything.”  29
  “Lord!” said Mr. Marvel, looking nervously about him, trying to count the money in his pockets by his unaided sense of touch, and full of a strange and novel idea. “It sounds most astonishing.”  30
  “Don’t it? Extra-ordinary, I call it. Never heard tell of Invisible Men before, I haven’t, but nowadays one hears such a lot of extraordinary things—that—”  31
  “That all he did?” asked Marvel, trying to seem at his ease.  32
  “It’s enough, ain’t it?” said the mariner.  33
  “Didn’t go Back by any chance?” asked Marvel. “Just escaped and that’s all, eh?”  34
  “All!” said the mariner. “Why!—ain’t it enough?”  35
  “Quite enough,” said Marvel.  36
  “I should think it was enough,” said the mariner. “I should think it was enough.”  37
  “He didn’t have any pals—it don’t say he had any pals, does it?” asked Mr. Marvel, anxious.  38
  “Ain’t one of a sort enough for you?” asked the mariner. “No, thank Heaven, as one might say, he didn’t.”  39
  He nodded his head slowly. “It makes me regular uncomfortable, the bare thought of that chap running about the country! He is at present At Large, and from certain evidence it is supposed that he has—taken—took, I suppose they mean—the road to Port Stowe. You see we’re right in it! None of your American wonders, this time. And just think of the things he might do! Where’d you be, if he took a drop over and above, and had a fancy to go for you? Suppose he wants to rob—who can prevent him? He can trespass, he can burgle, he could walk through a cordon of policemen as easy as me or you could give the slip to a blind man! Easier! For these here blind chaps hear uncommon sharp, I’m told. And wherever there was liquor he fancied—”  40
  “He’s got a tremenjous advantage, certainly,” said Marvel. “And—well.”  41
  “You’re right,” said the mariner. “He has.”  42
  All this time Mr. Marvel had been glancing about him intently, listening for faint footfalls, trying to detect imperceptible movements. He seemed on the point of some great resolution. He coughed behind his hand.  43
  He looked about him again, listened, bent towards to the mariner, and lowered his voice: “The fact of it is—I happen—to know just a thing or two about this Invisible Man. From private sources.”  44
  “Oh!” said the mariner, interested. “You?”  45
  “Yes,” said Mr. Marvel. “Me.”  46
  “Indeed!” said the mariner. “And may I ask—”  47
  “You’ll be astonished,” said Mr. Marvel behind his hand. “It’s tremenjous.”  48
  “Indeed!” said the mariner.  49
  “The fact is,” began Mr. Marvel eagerly in a confidential undertone. Suddenly his expression changed marvellously. “Ow!” he said. He rose stiffly in his seat. His face was eloquent of physical suffering. “Wow!” he said.  50
  “What’s up?” said the mariner, concerned.  51
  “Toothache,” said Mr. Marvel, and put his hand to his ear. He caught hold of his books. “I must be getting on, I think,” he said. He edged in a curious way along the seat away from his interlocutor. “But you was just agoing to tell me about this here Invisible Man!” protested the mariner. Mr. Marvel seemed to consult with himself. “Hoax,” said a voice. “It’s a hoax,” said Mr. Marvel.  52
  “But it’s in the paper,” said the mariner.  53
  “Hoax all the same,” said Marvel. “I know the chap that started the lie. There ain’t no Invisible Man whatsoever—Blimey.”  54
  “But how ’bout this paper? D’you mean to say—?”  55
  “Not a word of it,” said Marvel, stoutly.  56
  The mariner stared, paper in hand. Mr. Marvel jerkily faced about. “Wait a bit,” said the mariner, rising and speaking slowly. “D’you mean to say—?”  57
  “I do,” said Mr. Marvel.  58
  “Then why did you let me go on and tell you all this blarsted stuff, then? What d’yer mean by letting a man make a fool of himself like that for? Eigh?”  59
  Mr. Marvel blew out his cheeks. The mariner was suddenly very red indeed; he clenched his hands. “I been talking here this ten minutes,” he said; “and you, you little pot-bellied, leathery-faced son of an old boot, couldn’t have the elementary manners—”  60
  “Don’t you come bandying words with me,” said Mr. Marvel.  61
  “Bandying words! I’m a jolly good mind—”  62
  “Come up,” said a voice, and Mr. Marvel was suddenly whirled about and started marching off in a curious spasmodic manner. “You’d better move on,” said the mariner. “Who’s moving on?” said Mr. Marvel. He was receding obliquely with a curious hurrying gait, with occasional violent jerks forward. Some way along the road he began a muttered monologue, protests and recriminations.  63
  “Silly devil!” said the mariner, legs wide apart, elbows akimbo, watching the receding figure. “I’ll show you, you silly ass,—hoaxing me! It’s here—on the paper!”  64
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Four new outdoor warning sirens will notify Leavenworth County residents of potentially dangerous weather.

Leavenworth County Emergency Management coordinator Chuck Magaha said a new siren installed this week at 147th Street and McIntyre Road should be operational by early next week.

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Lansing residents can purchase programmable weather radios at City Hall for $27.50 plus tax.

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For those having a hard time coming up with Christmas gift ideas, the National Agricultural Center and Hall of Fame may have a solution.

An engraved memorial brick in the Farmer’s Walk of Fame at the center is a place to honor loved ones and show appreciation for agriculture at the same time. For a donation of $125, each donor will receive an engraved 4x8-inch brick that will be placed in the Farmer’s Walk of Fame, a frame-suitable certificate and a one-year membership to the Ag Hall.

Bricks measuring 8x8 inches can be purchased for a donation of $225.

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It has been years since unlimited Hydroplanes have raced on Coeur d'Alene Lake.This year, the race is coming back. Slated for Labor Day Weekend, the date is set and officially accepted by the racing commission.

I fondly look back at years of racing in Seattle, where I was raised. The hydros arrived at Lake Washington in 1952. In the beginning, the Gold Cup winner chose the location of the next race. Stan Sayres of Mercer Island, contracted with Ted Jones to design a faster boat than what was currently used in the Detroit area. The Detroit boats were what was called "stepped hydro's." A raised ledge was built into the hulls where the boat would ride on the step and the propeller. Miss Pepsi and the Gayle boats ruled the waterways at that time.

 The Sayre boats were built by Les Staudacher. Slo-mo-shun 4 was the first boat It was a radical design change. Two sponsons, one on each side supported the hull. When racing the only surfaces contacting the water were about three inches on the rear of each sponson and the bottom half of the prop. With half the prop out of the water, huge rooster tails would  climb high in the sky reaching 75 feet on the straightaways.     Sl-Mo 4 was shipped to Detroit and promptly won the Gold Cup in 1951, driven by Les Taggart. The gold Cup was coming to Seattle.

Hydro racing came to Lake Washington in the summer of 1952. By that time, the Sayre design of Jones and built by Staudacher produced another boat, Slo-Mo 5.The new boat was driven by Lou Fagel. After a few years of Seattle domination, the powers in Detroit changed the rules governing the location of the Gold cup to highest bidder. The Seafair Trophy races were born.

Some of the most famous boats were the Thriftway driven by Bill Muncy. He won 66 races, all in the Thriftway boats. Another was the Bardahl, owned by Seattle oil baron, Ole Bardahl. Later, the beer boats came along. The Miller boat and most famous of them all, the Miss Budweiser. These early boats were powered by Allison aircraft engines from World War 11, used in the Mustang fighter plane. All had to be water cooled for adaptation to the Thunder bats. Rolls Merlins were a bit more powerful and became the standard. The Rolls came from the British Spitfire of  The "Battle of Britian" fame.

Bernie Little, ever the fierce competitor, bought up all of the Rolls-Griffins, cornering the market. From that day on, he controlled the races, which because of the lack of competition nearly killed the sport. The Griffin was a second generation built for the Supermarine Spitfire.It was so powerful that the Spitfire could keep up with V-2 rockets.In the beginning, the races were carried live on all three Seattle TV Stations. Bill O'Mara of King TV was the most famous voice of the hydros.

Ron Musson, Bill Muncy and many others were killed in boat crashes. From 1968 forward the "Pickle Fork" design was used. This consisted of scooping out much of the bow which tended to catch air and flip the boats. In on of the most spectacular crashes, was Slo-Mo-5 which caught the wind and did a complete loop ending up right side up, sans driver who fell out while the boat was upside down. He survived, but never raced again. In later years the cab was located in from of the engine, the first being Thriftway too. It never lived up to expectations but when the jet boats came along, the design was adopted, along with an escape hatch on the bottom of the cockpit so that a flipped boat could allow a driver to exit from the bottom.

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The ability to use and understand language is essential for all children too. Children learn language in such a short space of time and this is why the pre-school years are so crucial - with parents and early years workers playing a vital role in encouraging children's communication development.

Problems with speech and language are the most common developmental difficulty that children encounter. Studies indicate that as many as 1 in 10 children in the UK have speech and language difficulties, and these are particularly prevalent in the early years.

Language is central to learning, but a study by the Basic Skills Agency (in 2002) reported that - in the opinion of teachers - 50% of children begin school lacking skills that are vital for getting off to a good start in education.

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    Children may have difficulty with understanding the meaning of words and concepts. They may have problems following instructions, understanding games and tasks, and making sense of what is being said to them. Often children with these difficulties may appear to understand as they may be getting clues from following other children or guessing from the context. However, they may also come across as 'difficult' simply because they do not fully understand what is being said.
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    Children's development of social skills, their sense of self and others, and their ability to form relationships and learn can all be affected by speech and language problems.

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Owing to these problems, children with speech and language difficulties may struggle to follow and learn daily routines – e.g. if they find it hard to understand spoken language children may struggle to follow instructions, especially negatives such as the difference between "do" something and "don't" do something.

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They may also find sentences with more than one element difficult – e.g. “Get some paper and pencils and go and sit in the drawing corner.” The child may be able to follow the individual elements of the sentence but when they are combined into one, they can't process everything at once. Keeping sentences short and supporting information with gesture will help.

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Some children find using visual clues and reminders very useful in helping them follow routine and learn new words and concepts. Use pictures or photos of the children themselves doing the activities, to represent different activities in the day as a visual timetable. Pictures can also be used to help children to choose activities.

If speaking is a problem, children could point to a picture of what they want to do. Make sure you demonstrate activities before you ask children to do them, so they have practical, visual information on the sequence of actions they need to do to get to the outcome you want.

You could also consider using Makaton or another sign language to help your child express themselves even if they are unable to form the words.

One of the hardest things to do when you are a fluent adult speaker is to be aware of your own language when talking to children, but this is also one of the most important areas where you can help children develop their language skills. Slow down the rate of your speech, simplify your language and repeat new words and ideas often.

Don't feel you have to fill in silence with lots of talking - some children need more time to think before they speak. Make sure you leave gaps for them to fill in. Try to reduce the number of questions you ask and emphasise the important words in the sentence, the ones that carry the information, e.g. "Look, here's the big teddy.”

Try to cue children in to what you are doing - say their name, wait for them to look at you. You may need to model language for them by giving them a choice e.g. "Do you want juice or milk?" Or you can repeat what the child has said to confirm you have understood them and to let them hear how the words should sound.

Use simple repetitive language for familiar activities, comment on what children are doing in their free play sessions, and try to expand what they say by adding a few words. For example a child might shout: "Truck!" The adult should reply: "That's right, it's a big, blue truck.”

Involve your child's teachers. It can be invaluable if you give them information which could help develop your child's communication skills – e.g. tell them if your child has special words or gestures for things. Finally, if you feel your child has significant speech and language needs, your child can be referred to your local Speech and Language Therapist for specialist assessment and advice.

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Quevega will try to rewrite the Cheltenham Festival record books on Tuesday when she goes for a sixth consecutive OLBG Mares' Hurdle victory.

The 10-year-old equalled Golden Miller, who won five Gold Cups in a row between 1932 and 1936, when Ruby Walsh guided her to victory last year.

Quevega, trained in Ireland by Willie Mullins, heads a 16-strong field and is likely to go off as hot favourite.

The £85,000 race over two-and-a-half miles starts at 16:00 GMT.

Her rivals include French contender Sirene D'Ainay, who led at the final hurdle last year before being overtaken by Quevega on the run-in.

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The John Quinn-trained prospect is one of only three five-year-olds entered for the race which features mares aged four or over.

French-bred Quevega has run only twice in each of the last four years - at the Cheltenham and Punchestown festivals - but has won every time.

The mare, whose last defeat came in May 2009 on very soft ground at Auteuil in France, makes her seasonal debut on Tuesday.

Walsh, 34, is the Cheltenham Festival's all-time leading rider with 38 career victories - including the five on Quevega from 2009-2013.

Mullins, who also runs Glens Melody in the mares' race, is happy with Quevega's preparation.

"We've followed the same training regime every year and it's worked out fantastically," said the eight-time champion Irish trainer, 57.

"To me, reading those old books about Cheltenham and Golden Miller winning five Gold Cups in a row, personally as a trainer I find it as satisfying as anything to be able to produce a horse to go back there every year. I enjoy that part of it as well.

"She has the ability and that's key. We mind that ability and produce it on the days that count."

Walsh and Mullins have a big opening day at the Festival, with Quevega's stablemate Hurricane Fly seeking a third Champion Hurdle victory in the preceding race.


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Global summit seeks $3.5bn education pledges

June 2014, pupils going to school in Lagos, Nigeria
School day in Lagos: There are still 58 million children missing out on education

An international gathering of political leaders, aid organisations and United Nations representatives aims to raise $3.5bn (£2.1bn) to support education in developing countries.

The Global Partnership for Education is holding a summit in Brussels, where governments will pledge funding.

Unesco has published figures showing 58 million children without schools, with little improvement since 2007.

There must be no "further inertia", says Unesco chief Irina Bokova.

Along with more than 40 education and international development ministers and 600 official representatives, the summit in Belgium will be attended by Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban.

Gordon Brown, the United Nations special envoy for global education, will also be speaking at the event, which will establish funding up to 2018.

Progress stalled

The Global Partnership for Education (GPE) channels funding to 59 developing countries, which in turn will be asked to commit 20% of public spending to education.

Education under attack: Nigerians call for the return of abducted schoolgirls

In the previous funding round, the UK was the single biggest donor government.

The GPE is chaired by Julia Gillard, former prime minister of Australia.

"It's not donor governments saying, 'Here's a big load of cash'. We require developing countries to increase their spending and to sign up to plans to which they can be held accountable," she told the BBC before the conference.

"We can show from our work that change is possible."

The latest figures on children missing out on school, published by Unesco on Thursday, show the scale of the challenge.

The international community had set a millennium goal that all children around the world would have access to a primary school by 2015 - but the updated figures show this target is likely to be missed and that progress has stalled.

Unesco's monitoring figures show there have been major advances in 17 countries, including Morocco and Nepal - reducing the number of out-of-school children by 90%.

But overall there has been little progress since 2007, says Unesco, with more than 30 million children in sub-Saharan Africa without any education.

'Sound the alarm'

This has been exacerbated by a soaring population and Unesco's report says that of those currently missing out on education in sub-Saharan Africa: "Most of these children will never start school and those who do are at risk of dropping out."

Unesco warns of "critical gaps" in education for older pupils, with tens of millions of youngsters who have dropped out or never started school.

There are reports of projects that have worked, including providing cash transfers for poor families in Nicaragua to cover school costs.

Ghana has doubled education spending and almost doubled school enrolment since the beginning of the century.

Vietnam is commended for improving the quality as well as the availability of education. It now outperforms many Western countries in Programme for International Student Assessment (Pisa) tests.

"These countries face very different circumstances but all share the political will to bring about real change in education," said Ms Bokova.

But the overall picture remains challenging.

As well as failing to keep the millennium pledge to provide universal primary education, there have been deliberate attacks on education, including the abduction of schoolgirls in Nigeria.

"We must sound the alarm and mobilise the political will to ensure that every child's right to education is respected," Ms Bokova said.


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Queues formed at St Pancras station because of delays and cancellations on Eurostar services

Millions of drivers have taken to Britain's roads in what experts believe is the busiest day of the year so far.

Greg Hallsworth, of traffic information firm Inrix, said roads were "certainly" the busiest they had been in 2014 - and Monday was likely to be even busier.

The AA and traffic information firm Trafficmaster estimated 16 million cars would be used over the holiday weekend.

Passengers have also seen delays and cancellations to Eurostar and Channel Tunnel services after a breakdown.

Eurostar cancelled 10 trains between London and the continent on Thursday and urged passengers not to attempt to travel until Friday, following a broken down Euortunnel passenger shuttle in the Channel Tunnel.

Services had earlier been diverted and delayed by a fatality near Lille, in northern France.

Eurostar, which expected to carry more than 130,000 passengers to the continent over the Easter weekend, said it would run a normal service on Friday but warned trains will be "very busy".

'Big return'

Mr Hallsworth said traffic usually peaks in the morning and evening rush hours, but it "just builds and builds" on Maundy Thursday as people set off for weekend breaks.

He said Thursday's peak looked likely to have passed at just after 16:00 GMT, but roads in many areas were still very busy.

The worst "hotspots" for traffic delays had been on parts of the M5, M6, M25 and several roads in Kent, the latter due to problems on the Channel Tunnel, Mr Hallsworth added.

And he said roads could be even busier on Monday.

"A lot of schools go back on Tuesday so Monday may be the big return," he said.

"The weather on Monday isn't looking too good and bad weather always makes the traffic worse."

The weather over Easter is forecast to start dry with sunny spells but turn increasingly wet on Sunday.

Road hotspots

The AA said this Easter was expected to be the one of the busiest on the roads in recent years, with mild weather replacing the snow and ice of last year.

Routes in the south-west of England were likely to be the busiest, it added.

A fire involving a car pulling a caravan closed the M5 south of Taunton leaving motorists stranded

The AA said it would have 20% more patrols on duty than normal to deal with extra breakdowns.

A fire involving a car towing a caravan on the M5 south of Taunton caused major delays earlier.

Network Rail said engineering work would take place at more than 3,000 locations over the Easter weekend, with almost 8km of track renewals taking place.

It will affect stations including Charing Cross, London Bridge, Paddington and King's Cross in London, Southampton Central and Sheffield.

Passengers are advised to check National Rail Enquiries for any timetable changes before they travel.

Rail industry body the Railway Delivery Group said 20% fewer bus replacement services would be needed compared with last Easter.

On London Underground, parts of the Bakerloo, District, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines, as well as London Overground, will be shut.

'Sun and showers'

Some 370,000 passengers are expected to fly from Heathrow Airport, 200,000 from Gatwick and 120,000 from Stansted.

In the north of England 110,000 will leave from Manchester Airport, and 100,000 will fly from the Scottish airports.

BBC forecaster Sarah Keith-Lucas said the weekend would start dry and sunny but there would be some rain in the south on Sunday and Monday.

She said it would be "dry, clear and chilly everywhere" on Friday morning, with a slight frost, before a dry and sunny day with highs of 10-15C (50-60F). Patchy cloud is expected in east and south-east England.

Similar conditions are expected on Saturday, though there could be some light rain in north-west Scotland, our forecaster said.

She said Northern Ireland and Scotland should get more sunshine on Sunday, but England and Wales could see rain - some of it heavy in central and south-eastern England.

"Sunny spells and scattered showers" are expected on Monday, with top temperatures of 12-16C.

A survey by Visit England has suggested that 3.4 million Britons plan to go away within the UK over Easter, with 1.6 million heading abroad.

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  • Traditional Animation
  • Walt Disney Studios
  • Distributed by: United Artists Pictures
  • Cartoon Characters: Santa Claus, Elves.
  • Directed By Wilfred Jackson.
  • Produced By Walt Disney.
  • Animated By Jack Kinney, Fred Moore.
  • Originally Released on December 10, 1932.
  • Originally Released Theatrically.
  • Running Time: 6:41 minutes.
  • Technicolor
  • U.S.A.  U.S.A.

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