Why is a one year fixed rate riskier for The Co-op than a monthly variable rate? Offering one year fixed rate products requires The Co-op to purchase a portion of the electricity months or years in advance, called hedges, to secure fixed prices.
Shower the People. Shower the People is the opening track on James Taylor's 1976 album In the Pocket. The song features Carly Simon on backing vocals. Shower the People reached #22 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the U.S. that fall, remaining in the Top 40 for eight weeks.
In late 2002, Bill Gaither and Mark Lowry met with and encouraged Marsha Stevens, the lesbian author of the popular gospel song For These Tears I Died.. Stevens, who has a ministry called BALM (Born Again Lesbian Music), attended the Gaither Homecoming concert in Phoenix in December 2002, with her lesbian partner. Mark Lowry, who has sung with the Gaither Vocal Band for many years, approached her and said that he was proud of what she is doing.