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Data updated for 2001
Socioeconomic, Political, and Demographic Overview
Aruba is an island in the Antilles located 24 km from the northern coast of Venezuela. It is the smallest (194 km2) and westernmost of three Dutch islands. Aruba is divided into eight regions: Noord/Tank Leendert, Oranjestad (West), Oranjestad (East), Paradera, Santa Cruz, Savaneta, Sint Nicolaas (North), and Sint Nicolaas (South).
The official language is Dutch, which is used in the school system and civil service. Papiamento, which is spoken on Aruba, Bonaire, and Curaçao, is the language of the Parliament and the mass media. English and Spanish are mandatory languages taught in the upper grades of primary school and are widely spoken.
As an autonomous entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands since 1 January 1986, Aruba is responsible for its own political affairs and administration, with the exception of defense, foreign affairs, and the Supreme Court. Its constitution provides for free and democratic elections every four years to elect the 21 members of Parliament. The Cabinet, headed by the Prime Minister, consists of a maximum of nine ministers. Officially, the head of state is the Dutch monarch, represented by a Governor.
The service sectorespecially tourismis the mainstay of the economy, although the oil refinery has reopened and several small industries, notably construction, are developing.
The per capita gross national product (GNP) in 1993 was US$ 12,900. In 1994, the gross domestic product (GDP) was US$ 16,630. This index makes Aruba more similar to Western Europe and the United States of America than to other countries of the region; nevertheless, these numbers should be viewed with caution because they were calculated for a relatively short period and are estimates. A study is currently under way to determine the GNP; preliminary data indicate that it probably represents 60% of the GDP. The inflation rates in 1990, 1993, and 1994 were 7.1%, 6.0%, and 4.7%, respectively.
Between the census of 1991 and the Labor Force Survey (LFS) of October 1994, the population of the island grew from 66,687 to 79,837, an increase of almost 20%. This growth has affected employment and unemployment in Aruba. Proportionally, in 1994 the number of non-Aruban employees was higher than it was in 1991. According to the LFS, of the 2,722 persons employed in 1994, 28% were not from Aruba. Between 1991 and 1994, employment increased more among women than among men.
After the LAGO refinery was closed, unemployment levels climbed to 28% in 1985. Since then, the Government has adopted a series of measures aimed at improving the national economy. In particular, it has promoted strengthening the tourism industry, whose growth, together with that of parallel activities in the construction and service sectors, has helped to bring down unemployment. The growth of tourism led to a 6.5% increase in the transient population between 1994 and 1995. In the latter year, the number of visitors to the island totaled 618,915, which is 7.3 times the population of Aruba.
According to the 1994 LFS, Arubas total unemployment rate was 6.4%. Among women the rate was 7.8%, and among men it was 5.3%.
The estimated population in 1995 was 83,652. Of that number, 41,592 (49.7%) are male and 42,060 (50.3%) are female. The population density was 445 inhabitants per km2. Oranjestad, with approximately 20,045 inhabitants, is the most densely populated region.
The highest registered population growth rate (9.35%) was in 1993. In 1994 the rate decreased to 3.03%, and in 1995 it was 4.13%. These fluctuations basically are due to migration. Net migration between 1984 and 1987 was negative, with values ranging from 264 in 1984 to 501 in 1987. Net migration became positive in 1989, with a value of 586 for that year, and since then it has risen steadily, reaching a high point in 1993 (5,734). According to the 1991 census, immigrants made up about 23.9% of the resident population of Aruba.
The total fertility rates for the years between 1993 and 1995, respectively, were 6.7, 6.5, and 6.8 per 1,000 women 1444 years of age. No figures on age-specific fertility are available. The crude birth rate in 1995 was 17.0 per 1,000 people; this rate has remained relatively stable since 1991. In 1991, life expectancy at birth was 77.1 years for females and 71.0 years for males.
The population of Aruba is mainly urban and can be considered predominantly young55.2% of the inhabitants are under 35 years of age. The population over the age of 65 represents 6.6% of the total.
The crude death rate ranged from 5.2 per 1,000 inhabitants in 1993 to 6.0 per 1,000 in 1995.
The five leading causes of death in the period 19871993 were diseases of the circulatory system; malignant neoplasms; endocrine, nutritional, metabolic, and immunological disorders; external causes; and diseases of the respiratory system. In 1993, the last year for which figures on causes of death are available, of a total of 402 deaths, 25.6% were attributed to ill-defined causes. Of the deaths from defined causes, 138 (46.1%) were due to diseases of the circulatory system; 47 (15.7%) to malignant neoplasms; 30 (10%) to endocrine, nutritional, metabolic, and immunological disorders; 30 (10%) to external causes; and 12 (4%) to infectious and parasitic diseases.
Conditions that originate in the perinatal period are the leading cause of death among children under 1 year old. Among males aged 144 years, external causes are the leading cause of death. Heart disease is the primary cause of death for both sexes over the age of 45.
For the 19911993 period, the leading specific causes of death were diseases of pulmonary circulation and other forms of heart disease, ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus, cerebrovascular diseases, and malignant neoplasms of the breast and stomach.
Analysis by Population Group
Health of Children
The child health service of the Department of Public Health seeks to promote the well-being of and provide care for children and adolescents aged 012 years. The physicians employed by the service provide medical care through the Yellow and White Cross Foundation and administer vaccines to schoolchildren.
Mortality among children under 1 year old has decreased since 1991, when 10 deaths were certified. Between 1993 and 1995, four, five, and one infant deaths, respectively, were registered. All four deaths in 1993 were attributed to conditions that originated in the perinatal period; two (50%) were due to intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia.
In the 14 age group, in 1991 one male child died of a malignant neoplasm, no children died in 1992, and one died in 1993 due to an unspecified accident. In the group aged 514 years old, four deaths were certified in 1991three from diseases of the respiratory system and one from an accident. No deaths occurred in this age group in 1992, and in 1993 there was only one death, which was due to infectious disease.
Health of Adults
The Family Planning Foundation, created in 1970, aims to promote parental responsibility, bearing in mind the cultural and religious traditions of the population. The Foundation provides contraceptive services through the Aruban Family Planning Clinic. According to data from 1994, the most widely used methods were oral contraceptives (41.7%), condoms (41.1%), sterilization (5.7%), injectable contraceptives (5.2%), intrauterine devices (4.8%), and others (1.4%). Although there are no data on coverage, it is known that the number of women coming to the Foundation is on the rise: 5,005 visits in 1988 and 7,178 in 1994, an increase of 43%.
Aruban women can opt to receive care during pregnancy and childbirth from a general practitioner, a midwife, or an obstetrician/gynecologist, but in practice this choice is somewhat limited. Women who have private health insurance and those who are employed in the public or private sector have the greatest freedom of choice. Those who have PPK ("pro-paupere kaart"), a special card for persons of limited economic means, are required to use the services of a midwife. To prepare for the birth, women may take a prenatal exercise course. The Yellow and White Cross (community nursing service) also offers a full range of parenting courses for future mothers and fathers, teaching them about diet and nutrition for mother and baby, growth and development of the fetus, hygiene, nursing, labor and delivery, and postnatal care. Delivery usually takes place at the General Hospital, although women may elect to give birth at home.
Premature births are relatively rare, but when it is suspected that one may occur, the mother is transferred to Curaçao (Netherlands Antilles), where the necessary services are available. If a premature birth does occur on Aruba, the infant is transferred to Curaçao as soon as his/her medical condition permits.
Abortion is a crime prosecutable under the Aruban Penal Code. No data on abortion are available.
No maternity deaths were recorded for the period 19911993.
Health of the Elderly
The most frequent causes of death in the group 65 years old and older are diseases of the circulatory system and malignant neoplasms, which account for 51% and 15% of all deaths, respectively. Sixty-five percent of the deaths attributed to ill-defined causes occur in this age group, which has grown considerably as a proportion of the total population over the past three decades: in 1960, persons 65 and older made up 3.1% of the population; in 1991, 7%; and in 1995, 6.6%.
According to the 1991 census, the employed population who were older than age 60 years decreased from 1,187 (5% of the employed population) to 887 (3%). At the time the census was conducted, 13% of the population aged 60 and over was working. This proportion is considerably less than the numbers registered in the 1981 census (20.5%). One possible explanation is the recent decision (1 July 1992) to reduce the age at which persons are eligible to begin collecting their pensions, from 62 to 60 years. Aruba has an officially regulated old-age pension program designed to ensure a minimum income for the elderly.
Stichting Algemene Bejaardenzorg Aruba (SABA), an organization that provides services for adults aged 60 and over, manages three residences for the elderly with a total capacity of 236 beds, which is insufficient. The Government subsidizes the personnel costs of foundations that provide social assistance services to elderly persons in the community.
The Yellow and White Cross Foundation at the district level offers home care for the elderly. There are also two day-care centers that provide services only in the mornings; their programs are mainly recreational.
Workers Health
A public-sector service provides pre-employment medical examinations for workers as well as monitoring and following up on sick workers. This service also is responsible for prevention and control of occupational risks, health education for workers, and management of data on occupational accidents and illnesses.
In 1995, 40% of all workers in the public sector were women, and this percentage has been increasing. Participation in the labor market by people under the age of 20 has declined dramatically as the number of years spent in school has increased, and currently the percentage of employed young people under 20 is quite small. In the group aged 2024 years, the rate of participation is considerably higher (70.2% for males, 62.7% for females).
Studies of the years 1994 and 1995 reveal that the causes of morbidity that lead to the greatest absenteeism among workers are colds and flu, digestive disorders, and headaches.
Health of the Disabled
According to data from the 1991 census, the prevalence of disability (including both physical and mental disability) was 5.5% (3,700). The most frequent form of disability was impairment of a limb (28.7%), followed by motor and visual impairments (18.3% and 13.2%, respectively). Disabilities were slightly more frequent in males (5.7%) than in females (5.4%).
Analysis by Type of Disease
Communicable Diseases
In May 1995 the first case in an eight-month dengue outbreak was reported. A total of 67 suspected cases were reported (57 in 1995 and 10 in 1996) and 45 were confirmed through serological testing, in which serotype 2 was isolated. No deaths or cases of hemorrhagic dengue were reported. This dengue epidemic is the second that has occurred in Aruba; the first occurred in 19841985 and affected 24,000 persons. There were two deaths. Serotype 1 was isolated in that epidemic. No other cases of vector-borne disease have been reported.
Aruba has had no reported cases of poliomyelitis or acute flaccid paralysis, diphtheria, whooping cough, or tetanus. Four cases of measles were reported in 1994, none in 1995, and four suspected cases in 1996; serological studies of the latter four cases revealed that three were rubella, and measles was ruled out in the fourth case. Another five cases of rubella were reported during 1996. One case of mumps was reported in 1994, two in 1995, and none in 1996.
There are no consolidated data on vaccination coverage, but estimates indicate 80% coverage with vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, (DTP), and against poliomyelitis for 1.5-year-old children and 100% coverage for 6-year-olds.
Three cases of hepatitis B were reported in 1994, one in 1995, and one in 1996.
The island has had no cases of cholera. Between 1981 and 1996, the number of cases of shigellosis ranged from 10 (1981) to 89 (1990). During the past three years the numbers have fallen from 24 (0.3 per 1,000 inhabitants) to 20 (0.2 per 1,000 inhabitants) to 13 (0.1 per 1,000 inhabitants), but this reduction is attributed to underreporting. During the same period, the number of reported cases of intestinal infectious diseases caused by other salmonella organisms ranged from 23 (1985) to 116 (1989).
Data from the period 19811996 indicate that the highest incidences of tuberculosis were registered in 1992, when seven cases occurred, and in 1995, when eight cases were reported, and most of those were foreigners. No drug resistance has been detected, and no association with AIDS has been found. Aruba had only one case of leprosy, which was diagnosed in 1994.
Although there is no information on the number of medical visits for acute respiratory infections (ARIs), it is estimated that they are a major cause of morbidity; a review of hospital discharge records for 1994 reveals that the likelihood of being hospitalized for a clinical picture consistent with ARI was 2.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. Children aged 14 years and adults aged 65 and over were three times more likely than other age groups to be hospitalized for ARI.
During the 19871996 period, 25 cases of AIDS were reported, 18 in males and 7 in females; 22 people have died. Epidemiological studies indicate that 94.4% of the males were infected through sexual transmission and 5.6% (one case) through blood that was probably infected (as a result of intravenous drug use). All HIV-positive individuals who report to the Division of Infectious Diseases receive medical and psychological counseling following detection. In addition to counseling and clinical care for HIV-infected patients, control measures include education and screening, especially of prostitutes, patients with sexually transmitted diseases, and blood donors. During the 19861995 period, blood testing for HIV detected one seropositive case in 1986, three in 1987, and one in 1995. There were no positive tests in the other years. Approximately 50% of the seropositive individuals were immigrants who had applied for work permits. Most returned to their native countries, which made it impossible to determine how many later developed or died from AIDS.
The number of physician-reported syphilis cases ranged from 14 (the highest number reported) in 1990 to 7 in 1995. In 1996, it was decided that laboratories would be asked to submit information on seropositive cases directly and 86 cases were thus detected, which suggests that the previous numbers reflect a significant degree of underreporting.
There is also underreporting in the case of gonorrhea; the highest number (53 cases) was reported in 1990. In 1996 only three cases were detected.
No cases of rabies or any other zoonoses were reported.
Noncommunicable Diseases and Other Health-Related Problems
A nutritional survey conducted in 19911992 (Kappel/Kock) indicated that 67% of the Aruban population was overweight, with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 or more, and 52% of the population had a BMI of more than 27. The mean BMI found among persons aged 2264 was 27.8. Overweight affects both sexes equally. Significantly higher BMIs were found in low-income than in upper-income groups. The BMI among persons aged 50 and over was 28.5, while among younger adults aged 2134 it was 27.
In 19951996, first- and fifth-graders were screened for overweight and the results were compared with screening results obtained in 19941995. It was found that the percentage of overweight among first-grade children had declined from 13.4% to 12.0%. Among fifth graders, an increase from 26.1% to 29.4% was observed. No data are available on protein-energy malnutrition among children under the age of 5.
Aruban authorities have not established an official policy on promotion of breast-feeding. In practice, many mothers do breast-feed their children, although they generally use bottle-feeding as a supplement.
The 1990 National Health Survey was a descriptive study of the general population aimed at obtaining information on health status, alcohol consumption, demand for medical services, and degree of satisfaction with those services. The results of the survey indicated that 66% of the population felt healthy and that hypertension and diabetes were the most prevalent diseases (affecting 9.8% and 4.3%, respectively, of the population).
Hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus were more frequent among females than males, which may indicate that the disease is more prevalent among females. The risk of requiring hospitalization for this cause increases with age and is three times higher in the group aged 65 and over than in the 4564 age group. Diabetes mellitus was the fourth leading cause of death during the 19871993 period, and the rate has tended to remain stable. In 1993, the risk of dying from this cause was twice as high among females.
Ischemic heart disease ranked first or second as a cause of death in the 19911993 period.
In 1989, a study of a sample of the population aged 1574 yielded information on the prevalence of coronary risk factors. The prevalence of arterial hypertension was found to be 17% with no significant differences associated with sex, nor were cholesterol levels significantly different in the two sexes (12% of males and 11% of females showed seriously high cholesterol levels, and 23% of males and 28 % of females had moderately high levels of 5.26.4 mmol/l). The study showed the prevalence of diabetes to be 6 % and that of smoking to be 32% among males and 13% among females. Overweight was detected in 60% of the sample; 35 % were moderately overweight and 23% were severely overweight. Significantly more females than males were overweight.
Malignant neoplasms were the second leading cause of death during the period 19871993. The most frequent tumor sites were the stomach and breast. A decline in mortality from this cause was noted between 1991 and 1993, which may be due to the fact that a high percentage of deaths was attributed to ill-defined causes in the latter year. According to anatomopathology reports for 1995 and 1996, in 100% of the cases of cervical cancer diagnosed, the carcinoma was in situ, but of 49 cases of breast cancer, 45 (92%) had progressed to an invasive stage at the time of diagnosis.
During the 19871993 period, accidents ranked third as a cause of death. In 1993, the only death in the 14 age group was attributable to this cause. Among males aged 1544, accidents (specifically, motor vehicle accidents) were the leading cause of death. The only death among females aged 1524 years was due to a violent cause (homicide). According to hospital discharge records, at least 8 of every 1,000 persons required hospitalization each year as a result of an accident, a number 2.8 times higher than the rate of hospitalization for acute respiratory infections.
With regard to behavioral disorders, during the 19951996 school year, the Drug Abuse Foundation carried out a survey among secondary school students. Of a sample of 625 students, a response rate of 98% was obtained. Of those who responded, 25% admitted using legal or illegal drugs. Of those who admitted to drug use, 19.3% indicated they drank beer, 16.5% drank wine, 12.2% drank rum or whiskey, 9.1 % smoked cigarettes, 5.6% used marijuana, and 0.4% used cocaine. The students were more aware of the harmful effects of legal than of illegal drugs. The latter most often were obtained on the street, in discotheques, and at friends houses.
With respect to oral health, in 1990 the School Oral Health Division of the Department of Public Health conducted a study of oral health among schoolchildren aged 4, 6, 9, and 12 and found that 66% had dental caries, while 34% were caries-free. The average DMFT (decayed, missing, filled teeth) index for the sample was 2.9. Dental caries were the most frequent oral health problem found, followed by extractions. Of the 37 schools surveyed, 17 had a DMFT index below 2.9, 6 had an index of 2.9, and 14 had an index above 2.9. Both the extent and the seriousness of caries were greater in Santa Cruz and Sabaneta than in other parts of the country. Oranjestad, the capital, was where the dental caries problem was least severe. The DMFT index was lower among females than males. Higher percentages of deficient oral hygiene were found in Sabaneta.
As for emerging and re-emerging diseases, no cases of meningococcal meningitis, hantavirus, or Venezuelan equine encephalitis have been reported.
No natural disasters or industrial accidents have been reported.
National Health Plans and Policies
The current Government is committed to reorganizing public health services, ensuring efficient and coordinated management of health activities, distributing financial resources appropriately, providing information to the population about the importance of preventive medicine, and maintaining and improving medical and paramedical care.
Reorganizing the public health sector means revising existing laws; applying the general insurance law, the aim of which is to reduce and control medical costs; inventorying and coordinating the areas related to public health; promoting good health and accentuating health education, including primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention; and introducing a system of inspection of public health services.
The Public Health Law (1952) comprises a set of general lawsalso known as organizational regulations, which deal with matters relating to organization and supervision of health services as well as promotion of healthand specific laws, grouped according to whether they concern the health professionsmental health, sanitation, diseases, health inspection of animals and plants, meat inspection, livestock and marketing of meat products, and burials and cemeteries. The specific laws were enacted between 1917 and 1969.
Organization of Services for Care of the Population
The Department of Public Health of Aruba is responsible for promotion of public health, mental health, and psychiatric care; administration of the public laboratory; and application and enforcement of laws relating to public health.
Health Promotion. The Department of Public Health makes information available to the population via radio and television. Its Public Relations and Health Promotion Section distributes informational materials (posters, pamphlets, brochures, and stickers). Other services within the Department provide information to the general public, including schools, about various health-related topics.
Disease Prevention and Control. The Youth Health Service performs physical examinations of all first- to fifth-grade students each year, and also provides vaccinations.
Vector control is the responsibility of the Departments Vector Control Division, which monitors all dwellings on the island for Aedes aegypti.
The Animal Health and Veterinary Public Health Division of the Department of Public Health conducts research and analysis in the field and in the veterinary laboratory. These activities are regulated by veterinary law.
The Communicable Diseases Division ensures epidemiological surveillance of communicable diseases through a reporting system in which the health services participate. This service regularly provides consolidated information to the Division of Epidemiology and Research. Reporting of communicable diseases is required by law. Nurses from the Communicable Diseases Division are responsible for patient monitoring and follow-up. This division also monitors and counsels patients with HIV.
Aruba has a public health laboratory, which makes diagnoses for surveillance purposes. Internal and external controls ensure the quality of laboratory tests.
Water Supply and Sewerage Systems. Drinking water is supplied on Aruba by the Water and Energy Company (WEB), which serves some 26,000 homes. Average per capita consumption of water in 1995 was 9 metric tons a month. Drinking water is produced by desalinization of sea water. WEB Aruba obtains more than 31,000 metric tons of desalinated water per day, which represents a total of about 11 million metric tons per year. On the basis of the water-quality standards of the World Health Organization, Arubas water is one of the best in the world; chemical and bacteriological tests are performed monthly at 20 sites on the island to ensure water quality.
Wastewater is treated through both individual systemsincluding cesspits, septic tanks, and direct drainage into the oceanand the collective system, which may be by central cesspit, purification of wastewater, and drainage into the ocean.
Municipal Services for Management of Solid Waste, Including Hospital Waste. For disposal of solid waste, there is a 12.5-hectare refuse dump located in Parkietenbos. Different types of waste are taken to this site (refuse from homes, offices, industry, hotels, restaurants and cafes, construction and demolition sites), but no documentation is available regarding the exact amounts. Hospital waste also is transported and disposed of in the municipal dump. Infectious waste is burned in an incinerator, which may pose operation and maintenance problems.
Food Safety. The Communicable Diseases Division tests food-handlers every six months for shigella, salmonella, and tuberculosis. Food samples are collected regularly and sent to the laboratory for testing.
Organization and Operation of Personal Health Care Services
Everyone who legally resides on the island has access to medical care. Individuals may obtain insurance privately or through their employers. The unemployed, the elderly, and the disabled are eligible to receive a PPK card, which entitles them to receive care from government physicians. The Government also furnishes any drugs that PPK cardholders require.
The main hospital on Aruba is the Doctor Horacio Oduber Hospital, which is a private, nonprofit institution managed by a foundation. It has 253 beds for inpatients and 26 beds for psychiatric care. In 1994 the hospital had 9,970 admissions, with an occupancy rate of 87.2%. The hospital possesses radiology equipment and performs 2,000 imaging studies and 40,000 X-ray studies annually. Other services provided include internal medicine, surgery, urology, gynecology and obstetrics, pediatrics, otorhinolaryngology, ophthalmology, neurology, psychiatry, and rehabilitation. The emergency room operates 24 hours a day and in 1994 attended 25,293 patients, of whom 2,516 (9.9%) were tourists.
The Dr. Rudy Engelbrecht Medical Center is centrally located in Sint Nicolaas to provide medical care for the citys residents as well as those from Savaneta, Pos Chiquito, Brasil, and Cura Cabay and the inmates of the Correctional Institute. The Center provides mainly primary care. It has an emergency room that operates 24 hours a day under the supervision of a general practitioner. Except for pregnant women in labor, who may be admitted by their general practitioners, only patients referred by a specialist are admitted.
As of 31 December 1996, Aruba had 32 general practitioners, 50 specialists, 20 dentists, 15 pharmacists, 4 veterinarians, 4 psychologists, and 3 midwives.
Human Resources
Most physicians receive their training in recognized institutions in the Netherlands or, to a lesser extent, in Colombia, Costa Rica, the United States, or Venezuela. The Hospital has a school of nursing, which trains practical nurses. Nursing degrees are usually obtained from schools on Curaçao or in the Netherlands.
Health research is considered an important activity for the development of public health. In 1996, the Public Health Department budget allocation for research development was US$ 29,000.
Equitable and sustained economic growth is clearly an objective of Arubas public spending policy. For example, a specific objective of the Sasaki Development Plan and many other public investment projects is to promote sustained and equitable economic development. Public investment plays an important role in the formation of both human and physical capital. Public investment in basic infrastructure is also an essential requirement for the accumulation of wealth in the private sector.
Investment is one of the factors that has allowed Aruba to experience rapid growth. Total investment increased from around US$ 95.3 million, or 20% of GDP, in 1986 to US$ 436 million, or 31% of GDP, in 1991; however, it fell to around 24% of GDP in 1993, but subsequently rose again to approximately 27% of GDP in 19941995, a level consistent with the macroeconomic policy objective of 5% real growth in the GDP.
Three distinct trends can be identified in the period 19801995. Between 1980 and 1985, there was a decline in investment and in related economic growth, coupled with a significant rise in unemployment; during the period 19851990 investment increased to an annual average rate of 31.5%, with the highest rate (32.2%) occurring in private investment, which provided a strong impetus for the economy and, more importantly, fueled a recovery of economic growth, which had stagnated during the crisis years. In the period 19901995, investment increased only slightly, with slow economic growth.
Analysis of available statistical data shows that the contribution of private investment to overall growth of the GDP has been considerable and that there has been an increase in capital formation efforts in the past 10 years. In January 1991, average private investment as a percentage of GDP reached a high of 27%, subsequently declined to 20.8% in 1993, and then recovered in 1994, rising to 24.4% of GDP in 1995. Throughout the period, private investment exceeded public investment. Access to foreign capital was a key factor in the increase of the gross investment rate. The Government stimulated investment through a combination of fiscal incentives. These measures had a significant impact on private investment, which became the principal motor of economic growth.
During the period 19861995, average public investment reached 3.8% of the GDP and 12.8% of total government spending. Both, however, began to decline in 1987, which affected public investment in the social sectors, especially education and health. The drop in public investment was linked to two main factors: a salary increase in the public sector and relatively low tax revenues. Public investmentincluding foreign aid provided through the Dutch Development Cooperation Program, administered by the Cabinet of the Netherlands Antilles and Arubawhich decreased to a relatively lesser extent than private investment, underwent significant changes in terms of prioritization. These changes favored state-run companies, especially in the energy sector. The negative effects included a decrease in capital outlays, spending on operations and maintenance, and investment in social programs (education and health, in particular).
Investment began to rise in 1995 and continued to do so into the first half of 1996. Public investment is expected to increase considerably during the period 19962000, especially as a result of early application of the Sasaki Development Plan.
With regard to planned investment in health for the next period, the Ministry has assigned high priority to the construction of a psychiatric hospital with 6080 beds by the end of 1996. The objective is to link the psychiatric hospital to a small general hospital (70 beds) so that they can share services such as laundry, laboratory, technical maintenance, and food service.
Under the present plan, the general insurance system will be implemented in phases. During the first two years, health expenditures will probably increase, but then they are expected to decline. It is also expected that the reorganization of health services, with an emphasis on prevention, will lead to a reduction in health care spending. In this connection, the activities of the Yellow and White Cross Foundation are seen as very important, and it is considered necessary to enhance and intensify them. Home health care, which is becoming increasingly prevalent, should also be expanded so that it becomes a truly viable option.
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MIDDLE TOWNSHIP – Voters in Tuesday's General Election decided to keep incumbents Stephanie A. Thomas and Andrew W. Melchiorre, and also bring on Patricia A. Taylor to the Middle Township Board of Education.
Thomas received 4,150 votes, according to the unofficial tally; Melchiorre, 3,635; Taylor, 2,920; Mark V. Collins, 2,906; and Kirby Stiltner, 1,451, according to unofficial election results. There were 37 write-in votes.
In the Dennis Township Board of Education race, incumbent Renee L. Pettit received 1,071 votes; Andrea Barber, 929; and incumbent Donna Marie Verdade, 881, to each win a three-year term.
They competed against Dean B. Kirby, who walked away with 625; John W. Hamann Jr., 551; Monique J. James, 523; incumbent Jesse Gery, 519; and Debra Lee White, 478, according to unofficial election results.
In addition, there were 20 write-in votes.
For the two-year seat, incumbent Jennifer Hand took 916 votes; Jason A. Hearon, 762; and Daniel James, 431. There were four write-in votes.
Tara Leith won a one-year seat on the Dennis Township School Board, receiving 1,241 votes to Jose' A. Vega's 819. There were 13 write-in votes.
Two seats were up on the Stone Harbor Board of Education. Incumbent Teresa A. Hand received 336 votes; incumbent William J. Stump, 293; Elizabeth R. Carusi, 211; and Perry A. Conte, 178. There were three write-in votes.
In Woodbine, incumbent Lisa Feliciano-Toney received 291 votes; incumbent Gerald H. Murray, 290; and Hector Cruz, 236, to won Board of Education seats. Also running were incumbent Harold H. Harris with 205 votes; Rochelle M. Andress Beachaump, 148; Eddy F. Rodriguez, 131; and Harold E. Hicks Jr., 93. Two write-in ballots were cast.
Incumbent Dorothy Lynn Schwartz won the lone Avalon Board of Education spot, with 557 votes. Six write-in votes were cast.
School board members are not paid. Board of Educations throughout Cape May County moved the school board elections to fall instead of in the spring.
Candidate profiles can still be found at middletownshipgazette.com.
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CONCERT REVIEW: Inon Barnatan with the Fresno Philharmonic
The Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 doesn't get anywhere close to as much love as the composer's much more famous Concerto No. 1. In fact, I'm pretty sure I've never heard the 2nd performed live before.
Pianist Inon Barnatan, in a combustible performance Saturday with the Fresno Philharmonic, made me a fan.
I bumped into Fresno artist Evany Zirul in the lobby during intermission, and she showed me a drawing of Barnatan that she sketched out during his performance, then asked him to sign. The sketch captures the pulsing energy of the artist and the piece. I asked if I could post it here.
Barnatan's persuasive turn at the keyboard was made even better by the acoustics and intimacy of the Shaghoian Concert Hall. I felt encompassed by the sound, which had a warmth and richness to it that only rarely turned mushy. Even in the moments of top frenzy in the first and third movements of the Piano Concerto, with Barnatan clanging the upper octaves like a blacksmith feverishly pounding out a creation, I could still appreciate the articulation of each note.
And what a privilege to sit so close to Barnatan, whose muscular interpretation of the piece had him mopping his brow with a handkerchief. In the Shaghoian, the seats feel much closer to the action than at the much larger Saroyan Theatre. It brings to mind the intensely intimate experience you can get at the Philip Lorenz Memorial Keyboard Concerts series at the Fresno State Concert Hall.
It was also part of the experience to watch Barnatan when he wasn't playing. Instead of sitting quietly, he was drawn into the orchestra, his head bouncing from one section to the next. Barnatan was so intent, almost twitching in anticipation during his breaks, that he reminded me of a swimmer on a relay team who can't wait to dive back into the race.
One reason the Tchaikovsky 2nd likely isn't played much is because the piano makes room for a violin and cello to soar, Barnatan told me when I interviewed him. (In this case, orchestra veterans Stephanie Sant 'Ambrogio and Gerald Miller embraced their starring moments with finesse.) Through it all, Barnatan was emotionally invested in the piece.
The rest of the orchestra's all-Tchaikovsky program sounded good as well, with conductor Theodore Kuchar delivering a sweet Romeo and Juliet Overture. The 1812 Overture was rousing, though at times at too fast a tempo for my taste. (And I was lukewarm at the delivery of the cannon blasts at the end of the piece, which were recorded. I realize you can't get a real cannon into a concert hall, but the integration of the live and recorded sound felt awkward — perhaps it was the placement of the speakers.)
This Tchaikovsky weekend triple-header at the Shaghoian isn't the first Masterworks offering staged at that venue by the orchestra. In many ways, the Shaghoian is a wonderful place for it to perform for at least some of its offerings. (I'm torn, as I'm sure many people are, by the worry that downtown Fresno will suffer if the Shaghoian siphons off too many events from the Saroyan. Holding events in the extreme far northern reaches of the city doesn't seem very inclusive.)
Lots of people assume that the Fresno Philharmonic made the decision to move some of its concerts from the Saroyan to the Shaghoian for financial reasons. But the orchestra's executive director, Stephen Wilson, tells me that it's pretty much a financial wash for the organization. Yes, the venue costs are lower at the Shaghoian than the Saroyan. But holding three concerts at the Shaghoian instead of two at the Saroyan means more money for musicians. (And that is a good thing, Wilson emphasizes.) As this season progresses, I plan to ask regular orchestra patrons what they think about concerts at the Shaghoian vs. the Saroyan.
For me, this most recent concert at the Shaghoian was also my favorite by the orchestra in the hall in terms of acoustics and general ambiance.


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Extreme legislation by some in Colorado GOP (3 letters)
Posted By DP Opinion On February 17, 2013 @ 5:03 pm In Letters | 50 Comments
Re: "Some Colorado Republicans not happy about social conservative bills [1]," Feb. 10 news story.
Colorado Republicans' proposed bills show a lack of understanding what the people of this country want. No wonder the Republicans got trounced in the recent presidential election. The new laws being proposed take us back to the Dark Ages. They include allowing school teachers to teach alternatives to evolution and global warming. Well, there are no alternatives. Both are facts supported by thousands of peer-reviewed studies and accepted by most of the world. And teaching the so-called controversy would allow religion into classrooms. Then there is the law to ban abortions even in cases of rape and incest. This bill would take women's rights back about 100 years to when women could not even vote.
Someone should wake up the GOP from their delusional coma and tell them the world has moved on and they have chosen a path that will only lead to their defeat again.
Marc Tanenbaum, Longmont
This letter was published in the Feb. 18 edition.
The news of extremist Republican legislators in our General Assembly would not be surprising to those who've read Mike Lofgren's "The Party Is Over" and Chris Mooney's "The Republican Brain." Of course no Republican will read those thoroughly documented books, but folks who aren't authoritarian, belief-ridden, reality-repelling individuals might find them interesting. Especially as we read online, too, that Sen. Lindsey Graham of "South Carolinastan" will play dictator and block some of the president's nominations to federal departments, reminding us of the hostage-taking paralysis in D.C.
Daniel W. Brickley, Littleton
This letter was published in the Feb. 18 edition.
Rep. Steve Humphrey [who has introduced a bill in the legislature that bans abortion in all cases except to save the mother's life] forgets that there is life beyond birth. Banning the right to an abortion in cases of incest or rape ignores both the physical and psychological well-being of the child for his or her entire life. Incest is against the law because it puts a fetus at high risk for congenital disorders, disability and even death due to genetic diseases caused by inbreeding. In the case of rape, the child grows up with a monstrous father who hopefully has been prosecuted and is in jail. In addition, the child has a mother who cannot ever put the heinous act behind her because she is now responsible for raising the child not created in love but in a terrifying, violent act of degradation. Perhaps a better law would be adding additional prison years for the perpetrator if there is an abortion. Let the rapist suffer, not the mother and child.
Renee Farrar, Lakewood
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50 Comments To "Extreme legislation by some in Colorado GOP (3 letters)"
#1 Comment By peterpi On February 17, 2013 @ 5:19 pm
I've followed the Colorado legislature, off and on, since the 1980s.
Back when the Republicans dominated the legislature for years, Democrats would often introduce bills that pleased their constituency — labor, environmentalists, gay community, etc., — knowing that the bills would fail in the Republican legislature.
Could some of these Republican bills have been introduced, precisely because the Republican minority leadership knew they would get nowhere in a Democratic-majority legislature, but would appeal to the pro-life or anti-anthropegenic-climate-change or "education choice" constituencies?
Yes, I'm cynical. But, politics, not love, makes the world go round.
#2 Comment By thor On February 17, 2013 @ 6:17 pm
Why is the loss to Barack Obama looked at as a total loss for the entire Republican Party. We have won 30 state governorships, including blue Wisconsin, we have won majorities in many state legislative bodies, we have 4 of the 7 House seats in our state. And, since politics is cyclical, we will win the CO legislation again, along with the governorship. But we can't quit offering legislation just because we are in the minority.
#3 Comment By Robtf777 On February 17, 2013 @ 7:26 pm
"They include allowing school teachers to teach alternatives to evolution…….. Well, there are no alternatives."
More than 200 years ago……"scientists" who knew a lot less than we do today in 2013 about the inner workings of a cell…..the DNA-genetic "code"…..and who hadn't had the benefit of the fundamental knowledge of Physics and Thermodynamics……came up with an "idea" to try to explain "how we got here" in a way that made one "assumption" first: That there exists no God.
Compared to what we know in 2013……Darwin was a…..child…..a toddler…..a baby…..who helped popularize a struggling idea that most people simply did not accept…….based on the idea that the universe can be explained by its "simplicity"……and that ALL the universe's "simplicity" was the "simple" result of countless "simple" accidents and "simple" chances……that culminated in non-living things being able to live……and then reproduce by a "simple" process (that came about by "simple" accident) before they died…..and non-intelligent things being able to think and reason……all by the sheer "simplicity" od "simple" accidents and chance.
However…..we KNOW today…..in 2013…..that the universe is NOT nearly as "simple" as the "simple-minded" Darwin thought. …..and that, especially when it comes to DNA and the inner workings of a single cell……it is far too complex to have risen by accident and chance.
The inner workings of a single cell are so complex…..that to give a lay-person even a "simple" explanation of what goes on inside the cell……scientists have described the cell in terms like "a city" with various "manufacturing plants" and other such things to describe all the various parts and actions and movement that goes on inside a cell……which is something that Darwin did not have a clue about.
Darwin was ignorant……and helped to popularize an ignorant theory because of his ignorance.
But we are not nearly as ignorant or simple-minded as Darwin was……or at least we are not supposed to be.
The Myth of Evolution violates so many scientific principles when it comes to the Laws of Physics and Thermodynamics…….that it takes someone stuck in the dark ages and Darwin's ignorant simple-mindedness to……look around at the entire universe and the inner workings of a cell and the DNA code…….and look at life……and life that can think and reason……and still believe in "simple-minded" evolution……..instead of the obvious……that Darwin rejected.
What is the obvious? That life comes from Life. That intelligence comes from Intelligence.
That the ability to think and reason comes from God who Thought and Reasoned first. That mankind's ability to "manipulate" things that exist and "create" cars, computers, and "artificial intelligence" comes from God who created the things that mankind can manipulate.
No human being is so……dumb…..that they would look at a computer or a 3013 car and proclaim "hey, look what 'nature' accidentally made by random chance over time."
But how many human beings are really that…..dumb…..that would look at the inner workings of a human body…..how the white cells do what they do…..how the red cells do what they do……how the eye functions…..how the brain functions……and the inner workings of each and every cell…..and the DNA-genetic "computer" programming that runs the cells…….and believe the…..Myth?
#4 Comment By Robtf777 On February 17, 2013 @ 7:43 pm
"Let the rapist suffer, not the mother and child."
By not killing the rapist but killing the child?
THAT is "justice"?????
If the "idea" is that "someone" is "better off dead"……why is it always the child……and NOT THE RAPIST???????
I am so sorry if people are so……inhumane…..and…..unhuman…..that they actually look at someone like Helen Keller,,,,…or someone who has no legs…..or who suffers from Down Syndrome…..or someone like Stephen Hawking…….and actually thinks "better off dead."
I am sorry so many people think that way…….and makes me glad that I am not a Pro-Choice Democrat…..like so many people are.
Come, Lord Jesus…..Come.
#5 Comment By Irisman On February 17, 2013 @ 8:19 pm
it's pathetic to see the Republicans introducing such regressive bills. This sort of thing is more typical of Mississippi. Since these proposals will get nowhere, there's no big risk. I'm assuming that those legislators don't really believe that stuff, but are doing this to please some of the people back home. at least i hope that's true. In Mississippi the legislature really believes it.
#6 Comment By DR On February 17, 2013 @ 10:21 pm
Wow! That was some of the most ignorant and mind numbing B.S. I've read in awhile. And coming from you Rob, that's saying something! I'm not going to bother refuting your ridiculous and childish nonsense. I've done it before. Your not interested in reality, your interested in the comfort your idiotic beliefs give you. I feel sorry for you Rob. I really do. Thats not a joke or meant as an insult. The fact that people like you exist, so warped in your view of the world as a result of having been indoctrinated with religious nonsense and unable to see and marvel at the world for what it really is. Such a waste.
#7 Comment By Colorado Fred On February 17, 2013 @ 10:46 pm
If you Colorado liberals don't like the issues the Republicans are presenting then just leave ! move back to California…that's what you say to us …
#8 Comment By peterpi On February 17, 2013 @ 10:53 pm
I was born here, and I'l stay here, thank you very much.
#9 Comment By Dano2 On February 17, 2013 @ 11:07 pm
Alternatively, the far-right can leave to find a more…erm…hospitable environment. Especially since this 17th century legislation doesn't stand a snowball's chance of passing.
#10 Comment By peterpi On February 17, 2013 @ 11:28 pm
Next we'll hear the conservatives are taking their country back.
God, I hate that line.
There's nothing to take back. This is conservatives' country, and liberals' country, and libertarians' country, and Greens' country, and religious people's country, and atheists' and free-thinkers' country.
#11 Comment By primafacie On February 17, 2013 @ 11:40 pm
Agreed, that line is a little played out. But I do want people with whom I agree to prevail. Nothing personal.
#12 Comment By Dano2 On February 17, 2013 @ 11:54 pm
But I do want people with whom I agree to prevail. Nothing personal.
Reminds me when they were lying and bullying to go to war and everyone who questioned the sanity of such an endeavor was met with "why do they hate America?"
The Goldwater Republicans and their think-tanks have done their work well.
#13 Comment By peterpi On February 18, 2013 @ 12:02 am
But, of course, LOL
#14 Comment By jayreadyjay On February 18, 2013 @ 4:01 am
We know that the gun laws Obama's proposing don't have a chance in hell of passing, yet I think he will propose them anyway. What's sauce for the goose…
#15 Comment By jayreadyjay On February 18, 2013 @ 4:03 am
The more postings I read from "the Dano" the more I think he lives in his own country (perhaps his own little world). "Lying and bullying to go to war?" Really? You are talking about Libya, aren't you?
#16 Comment By TomFromTheNews On February 18, 2013 @ 8:04 am
Of course Republicans will win the White House and the governorship again. But the point of the letters (at least Mr. Tanenbaum's) is that the recent election indicates that the current dysfunctional nature of the GOP (Are we centrists? Are we Tea Partyers?) is not lost on the voters. Until Republicans can get their act together and appeal to a majority of voters (meaning: get in step with the times please), they will continue to lose, lose, lose.
#17 Comment By Jim On February 18, 2013 @ 8:07 am
I've had it with this liberal fascist newspaper, which seeks out and prints the most slanted letters and editorials possible. Cancelling my subscription after 30 years.
#18 Comment By Dano2 On February 18, 2013 @ 8:11 am
Arab-funded Faux "News" will be happy to have you full time.
#19 Comment By reinhold23 On February 18, 2013 @ 8:31 am
"Come, Lord Jesus…..Come."
This comment tells us all we need to know about Rob. He literally, plaintively begs for the end times. This is not a stable mindset, not a way to live.
#20 Comment By reinhold23 On February 18, 2013 @ 8:36 am
Can heckling get rid of him? Boooo!
#21 Comment By reinhold23 On February 18, 2013 @ 8:39 am
I disagreed with military action in Libya, but you really think these are comparable? By any measure — justification for going in the first place, dollars spent, lives lost, duration, etc. — there is no comparison between Iraq and Libya.
#22 Comment By reinhold23 On February 18, 2013 @ 8:41 am
I'm sure the only way you'd be happy is if solely conservatives were allowed on the editorial page. I've had it with this kind of attitude. Enjoy your life in the bubble.
#23 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 9:59 am
Ah, the obvious "duh!" issue of the day, that escapes the belief-driven world of Republicans! I always felt the Republicans had a better election strategy in their use of the familiar Herman Goebbels' strategy of repeating a lie enough times people will believe it, and of course the familiar use of lies, loathing, and innuendo, invoking patriotism and religion as defense. And even after the election demonstrated to them not that their ideas are out dated, but that they lost one of the largest cultural groups – Hispanics. . . instead of realizing they need to alter their policies that support Hispanic causes. . like the illegal immigration issue, poverty, etc. . instead they are trying to figure out code words and false agendas to "WIN" the Hispanic vote, not get the Hispanics to join their antiquated cause.
#24 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:01 am
While your theory is ironical,. . . it really ignores the common thread of which better serves a great quantity of people, vs quality?
#25 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:02 am
It's about that familiar "C-word" . . . no, not "compromise," that they refuse to even utter. . but "CLINGING," as in clinging to guns, religion, and the morals of the 1950's and earlier.
#26 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:03 am
. . and at least we don't have locusts! ;o)
#27 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:05 am
and no group, or political party affiliation is MORE interested in that Lombardi idea of "just winning," then this party, (and no party is less interested in "winning" elections but simply being the good guys like the Dems!). Irony, where is thy sting?
#28 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:07 am
I always envision Robtf typing from a make-shift pulpit as he preaches "down" to us with these epistles. Ever notice he seldom "replies" to a comment, but would rather preach than counter an issue?
#29 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:08 am
another epistle to the masses. Hear ye, all you of little faith, and more facts.
#30 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:11 am
According to the comment count Robtf is #3 behind a mysteriously absent ("Nonsense!") goodsprkr, and peterpi who is one of the few that takes the time to counter Robtf's rants, intelligently and respectfully. Who's counting! And who reads this diatribe? I usually just give him a down vote and move on.
#31 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:16 am
I love it (insert sarcastic font) when righties use their own threats to feign what the liberals are thinking. How many states started succession petitions after the Affordable Health Care act passed SCOTUS and Obama was re-elected? And what was pro-Republican busines Magpul's response when the Colorado House passed the ban on large capacity magazines which they produce. . "we'll take our ball and play else where." I think you're getting your sources confused on this tactic!
#32 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:17 am
"take (us) back" to the robber baron days, and the moral issues "back" to the 1950's. Yes, the Republicans want to "take us (not the U.S.) back."
#33 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:18 am
if only those people held a majority opinion, I'd probably agree . . er, no you're right, it's whom I agree too. :o)
#34 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:22 am
speaking of lying and bulling to go to war, a reminder that MSNBC (commie news channel with socialist/lesbian Rachel "Mad-cow") will be showing "Hubris: Selling of the Iraq War" tonight! The subject the main stream media want's us to forget and the Obama admin, won't touch.
#35 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:25 am
any form of "victory" (Dems afraid of NRA loving voters) in win-lose mentality always serves an organization that is failing in the eyes of the majority. . . which was what I thought this thread-line was about?
#36 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:27 am
change comes from within . not from leaving and going some place where you can have your way and start your own country. . . like our forefathers?
#37 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:29 am
LOL! I've been a subscriber for 32 years and can prove to you the Post is conservative owned and run, but like the love it or leave it group, I'll keep up the subscription and choose to wade through the advertising and right-wing agenda and find that obligatory left-leaning article, and occasionally some pertinent, actual news amongst all the drama news.
#38 Comment By toohip On February 18, 2013 @ 10:30 am
#39 Comment By primafacie On February 18, 2013 @ 10:51 am
Heh, good one. That "right-wing agenda" was in full bloom when they endorsed Obama. Their embrace of the no-Walmart-in-our-neighborhood crowd and daily reminders of the footnote that the speaker of the house happens to be gay, that's some hard-core "right-wing" slant. And that they never miss a chance at a sob story about some downtrodden part of town not having a chain grocery store nearby or the plight of some hard-working, law-abiding illegal alien who loves his mother and lives in a log cabin and just wants to go to college on the cheap — right-wing demagoguery!
But if you truly see some nefarious "right-wing agenda" in the Denver Post, that only illustrates how far to the left you reside.
#40 Comment By peterpi On February 18, 2013 @ 10:58 am
It's the idea of Jesus as Superman Santa: He'll come to rescue us from ourselves, then shower us with goodies.
I've had conversations with fundamentalist Christians on the issues of nuclear war and environmental disaster. In two separate cases, the response was "We'll be Raptured before anything disastrous happens, then Jesus will make the world anew, and we'll inherit."
I'm not saying all fundamentalist Christians think that way, but Robt is a third, so it must be a substantial percentage of them.
Of course, such an attitude is a convenient excuse not to do anything. Let nukes proliferate, let humanity pollute its own nest, let terrorism expand, because we true believers will be Saved.
My response to that is unprintable, so I'll just say,
If God exists, and I believe God does, and if God has the attributes monotheists agree that God has, then God will expect us to mature and clean up our own mess rather than send Sonny Boy to clean it up for us.
#41 Comment By peterpi On February 18, 2013 @ 11:00 am
He'd just dismiss it as the ranting of atheist evolutionists who worship false gods.
#42 Comment By peterpi On February 18, 2013 @ 11:10 am
??? The DP endorsed the "no-Walmart" crowd?
All I remember was a horribly smug, patrician, condescending opinion piece from a neighborhood activist complaining that Walmart would let "those kinds of people" — you know the kind, they have older cars with Disney World bumper stickers, or trucks with Yosemite Sam on the mudflaps, and some of them actually take the bus! — into their precious neighborhood.
#43 Comment By reinhold23 On February 18, 2013 @ 1:20 pm
Exactly. Somehow stewardship is lost on these types, and think that God will reward them for abusing the planet and expecting the slate to be wiped clean.
#44 Comment By thor On February 18, 2013 @ 3:26 pm
The only thing lost on the voters is information from the media about Obama's true agenda. They still approve of him, according to the polls, but they don't approve of the policies they hear about. The sad fact is, they have no idea what his policies are because he finds ways to keep his hands clean, except for his centerpiece legislation, Obamacare.
#45 Comment By jayreadyjay On February 19, 2013 @ 3:55 am
Rein– I was responding to "the Dano's" comment about "lying and bullying to go to war" while being ironic. But no I don't think there is a valid comparison between Iraq and Libya. Libya was not any kind of a threat to the USA.
#46 Comment By jayreadyjay On February 19, 2013 @ 3:57 am
I was responding to "Alternatively, the far-right can leave to find a more…erm…hospitable environment. Especially since this 17th century legislation doesn't stand a snowball's chance of passing."
You need to keep up with what's being talked about.
#47 Comment By reinhold23 On February 19, 2013 @ 8:41 am
As we learned, neither was Iraq a threat.
#48 Comment By Jon Boa On February 19, 2013 @ 12:06 pm
WOW? This article is a like a copy liberal talking points written by an arrogant fool who thinks he know everything because he took a couple of college courses? Evolution IS a THEORY, so why shouldn't other THEORIES also be taught? Dark ages? The Origin of the Species was written in the scientific DARK AGES! It is a piece of work FROM THE DARK AGES. Yet, you cling to it like it's the bible or something. It was based on the mutation of reptiles and then extrapolated to everything else – ie, all things evolve. There is ABSOLUTELY NO PROOF that all things evolve. None, nothing, nada…There are only a patch work of guesses from bones that have NO progressive proof of evolutionary steps. Many of those being debunked as more people with less dogmatic minds start to investigate (like Copernicus having to deal with the academic overlords of his time) – the last one being the parallel existence of the modern and neanderthal man – hence one did not evolve from the other. Or the splintering of the tree of man. You people have to stay up with the times. You just can't keep regurgitating from a book written 150 years ago. Get with the times man!
#49 Comment By primafacie On February 19, 2013 @ 12:09 pm
The Post's news coverage hardly an endorsement of private property rights and contractual agreements connected to them.
#50 Comment By peterpi On February 19, 2013 @ 1:00 pm
I was talking about their editorial section. I can't recall any "no-Walmart" editorials, and Vincent Carroll routinely defends business owners against what he sees as overacting government officials. Sometimes, he's even right.
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My tree traces all lines of my ascendants, the result of more than 30 years of interest. Much of the information came from family interviews, but was added to from cemetery records, census records, marriage and birth records, newspaper clippings, and wills. I've also been helped by other genealogists whose families have overlapped with mine, as I hope you will be by this record. |
The YEOs, JONESs, MOOREs and MACLEODs of PEI.
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