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Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce outlines its most pressing public policy efforts
Virtually any group that has experienced the give-and-take of supporting or opposing legislation at the state Capitol is aware of the truism—half a loaf is better than no loaf at all. Indeed, that's how the Greater Phoenix Chamber of Commerce views the 2006 regular session of the Arizona Legislature. And for those who didn't get everything they wanted, there's always next year.
Todd Sanders, vice president of public affairs for the chamber, sees the organization's public policy efforts as challenges, not necessarily hits or misses. One of the chamber's biggest challenges, Sanders says, was and still is the issue of employer sanctions in connection with the growing problem of illegal immigration.
"We believe employer sanctions are necessary," he says. "But in drafting legislation, it was difficult to put something together that was tough, but fair to employers, something that businesses can implement. There is a federal requirement that we check IDs, but the way the bill was conceived, even if we do that and find someone who is illegal, we could still be subject to sanctions."
The Greater Phoenix Chamber and other stakeholders representing restaurants, homebuilders, small businesses, the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other chambers of commerce worked with legislators trying to craft an acceptable bill. What was drafted was combined into an omnibus bill dealing with illegal immigration that Gov. Janet Napolitano vetoed.
The chamber was silent on other parts of the bill, including border security, but Sanders says, "We were in favor of employer sanctions. It was drafted in such a way that it was tough, but our members could still implement it."
One of the biggest obstacles is that federal law requires employers to check IDs, including Social Security cards and driver's licenses, but those are easily forged, Sanders says. "Business owners are trying to make money," he says. "They're not ID experts or document experts. It's one of the issues we'll be looking at in the next session. There is a misperception that we were against employer sanctions, which we were not."
Regarding border security—a hot topic in the general election—Sanders says, "We need to get this done at the federal level. Fixing it at the state level is very dicey at best."
Another issue and a top priority for the chamber was property tax cuts. "It was quite a process, a lot of give and take," he says. "The governor wanted a rebate and we wanted a tax cut. We got the cut. Actually, it's a suspension for three years, so we'll probably want to go in again for a permanent elimination of that tax. It was our biggest win, given the valuation increases, to protect taxpayers from massive tax bills in the future."
Elimination of the property tax doesn't affect the counties, because programs formerly financed by the tax will receive money from the state's General Fund, Sanders says.
He recalls the big push at the Legislature for eminent domain reform, which the governor vetoed, and the possibility of such an initiative getting on the November ballot. In her veto message, Napolitano has said the bill would have ended existing slum clearance and redevelopment areas and inappropriately restricted the ability of cities to deal with slums and urban blight. "As a chamber, we favor strong private property rights protection," Sanders says. "We want to make sure it's balanced. Protection is very important to us."
The chamber chose not to weigh in on funding for all-day kindergarten and teachers' raises. "We have supported all-day kindergarten, but with a full phase-in over time," Sanders says. The chamber was active in efforts to establish and fund the 21st Century Fund. The money is to be used to build and strengthen medical, scientific and engineering research programs and infrastructure, with a non-profit corporation expected to provide matching funds. "We wanted $100 million, and they came in at $35 million," Sanders says.
Regarding a constitutional proposal to establish a state minimum wage of $5.95 an hour effective July 1, 2007, to be raised to $6.75 an hour on July 1, 2008, and thereafter adjusted for inflation each year, Sanders says, "It's a safe bet we will be opposed to that measure. We generally oppose those mandates, when government mandates what to pay someone. It's got a built-in yearly inflator, and that's where the real pushback will come. In good times, like now, it's different and maybe business could absorb it, but in bad times it becomes problematic."


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Lori Woods: Communicator extraordinaire
When you see the "choreography" of an interpreter, it may seem they are moving to the beat of their own music. In fact, they are visually expressing the words of another.
Lori Woods, adjunct faculty in Interpreting and Transliterating and Distinguished Teaching Award winner, teaches our students this "dance" and how to paint a visual picture of the hearing world for the deaf.
Living in a hearing world when your world is silent might seem like a hardship for many, but for Lori it's the only life she's known. As a deaf individual, she has the perfect perspective to teach hearing individuals about the deaf community and ASL.
Growing up she attended school with many friends who were hearing. When she began commuting from Chillicothe to the Alexander Graham Bell School for the Deaf in Columbus, she says the teachers used an oral approach to deaf education. "Sign language was not permitted," says Lori. "I was in an environment where the teachers did not use sign language. If you were caught signing, you were disciplined."
"We were taught to speak and read lips," says Lori of her tight knit family--she has two great aunts and a brother who are deaf as well. Her dad was good at gesturing, and the family had its own invented sign language. "My mom called it 'communicator' and would sign every single word," Lori says.
She didn't learn American Sign Language (ASL) until she went to the all-deaf college National Technical Institute for the Deaf in Rochester, New York. It was there she learned instead of signing every single word, that ASL uses words to get the overall message across.
In 1984, she entered Columbus State as a student and after two years earned an accounting degree.
"When I filled out the Columbus State application, it asked me if I had a handicap. Since I couldn't hear, I checked that I did," says Lori. When she went to Disability Services, they asked her if she needed an interpreter. Laughingly she says, "I could speak English, and I thought they meant a foreign language interpreter and I said 'no.'"
In 1992, when ASL was recognized as a foreign language, she decided to learn to teach ASL. She didn't take any formal classes, but taught herself. She worked in the community teaching ASL for several years when a faculty member met her and encouraged her teach at Columbus State.
"I found the idea of teaching at the college level intimidating," Lori says, but she gave it a shot and joined Columbus State in 1999 teaching ASL III.
Since then, she has taught ASL II, III, IV, and V, Advanced Conversational ASL, Fingerspelling, History of the Deaf Community, and Introduction to the Deaf Community.
Many students feel intimidated when they find out on the first day of one of Lori's class, that after their initial meeting there will be no interpreter and no talking allowed in class. This soon changes, and many students say when they weren't allowed to talk that they actually learned more.
"The most beneficial things about her class are not being able to speak and having an actual deaf teacher," says a student. "Enforcing the no talking rule helps a lot because it forces us to use what we know."
"My classes are not teacher centered," Lori says. When she's signing in class, she tries to make sure all students are following along, and when her students are signing, she watches them closely to make sure they are progressing correctly. She even spends one-on-one time with students if necessary.
"She made a huge effort to explain concepts we didn't understand and would patiently explain something over and over until everyone understood it," says the student who nominated her for the award. Another says she is "easy to understand" and can "break things down" so they are understandable.
"I take great pride in my work and strive every day to bring energy, enthusiasm, and creativity to my classroom," Lori says.
Her students say her classes are enjoyable because she always attends class with a smile and a great sense of humor. She also uses games and group practices "to hone student's skills," stresses interaction with the deaf community, sends students on "silent dinners" to practice their skills, and uses many hands-on activities such as having students become characters in a story they are signing.
In her classes, Lori says she teaches the five Cs of the deaf community: the Connection between the deaf and hearing; the differences between deaf and hearing Cultures; what the deaf Community is like; a Comparison of the English language and ASL, how you can move between the two, and how to communicate in both; and the Communication of written English.
An example of the cultural differences between deaf and hearing communities, she explains, is that at a deaf social event, it is acceptable to walk through a conversation. To say excuse me, it is appropriate to touch someone and move them.
Her students say, "I like getting the deaf perspective from someone that is deaf," and "It is such a reward to have a professor that is deaf."
"Some recent accomplishments I am most proud of are the development and coordination of the ASL Lab, the student organization 'ASL Connection,' which I started and am the academic advisor, and the successful mentorship of new instructors," says Lori.
Since summer 2005, Lori coordinates a Silent Weekend for interpreting and ASL students. Held four times a year, students go camping at an Ohio state park with members of the deaf community to become immersed in their world. The weekend has four simple rules: enjoy traditional camping activities, meet new people, make new friends, and don't talk.
Throughout the weekend, only visual means of communication--ASL, gesturing, fingerspelling, writing notes, using word processors and laptop computers--are allowed. Through the process, students not only gain valuable experience with the language, but build a sense of family, which is a big part of the deaf community. By immersing themselves in a different mode of communicating, behaving, and thinking, the students realize what myths about deafness are still present in the hearing community.
In March, she traveled with 16 students to Puerto Rico to visit four schools for the deaf. "The schools thought I was coming with deaf students, not hearing students," she says. "I know a few signs outside of ASL, but it was fun to learn a different language along the way." In addition to learning about their school system, Lori gave a presentation on ASL and Columbus State.
"She is a wonderful instructor," says a student. "Lori obviously loves teaching her language and makes her students love learning it."
In response, Lori says "I hope that students leave my class with an understanding and appreciation of my language, a respect for my culture and community, and a shared desire to be lifelong learners."
When she's not teaching at Columbus State, Lori enjoys golfing, camping, kayaking and gardening. She also says she's a retired softball player.
TRiO Mentoring Program seeks mentors
TRiO-Student Support Services is currently seeking staff and faculty members to mentor Columbus State students.
The Student Support Services (SSS) Mentoring Program's mission is to provide a welcoming and supportive environment for current SSS participants. The program matches Columbus State SSS students with professional or peer mentors to help them make the transition and adjustment to college life. The mentors provide additional support for these students and introduce them to academic ideologies and organizations.
Faculty and staff members interested in becoming mentors need to:
How are mentors and protégés matched? Based on "speed dating" principles, "speed mentoring" allows mentors and protégés to become acquainted with each other. Students, staff, and faculty meet on campus, and after each five-minute conversation, rotate to meet another participant. Once all conversations have finished, participants indicate on a private "match card" who they would like to become their mentor or protégé. If both parties agree, each person receives a notice from the Student Support Services office when the mentoring relationship will begin.
A speed mentoring session will be held October 13, from 12:30-2 p.m. in Nestor Hall Seminar Room C.
For more information, contact Dale Gresson, advisor in Student Support Services, at 287-5532.
Donations accepted for Coats for Columbus
Sky Bank and the Salvation Army are collecting new and gently used coats as part of the Coats for Columbus campaign. Until October 11, you can donate coats at any Sky Bank, Columbus Fire Station, or Columbus Metropolitan Library.
For more information, call 614-221-6561.
Kamau receives Ohioana Career Award
Kojo Kamau, adjunct faculty in Marketing, won the 2006 Ohioana Career Award for his 40-plus distinguished years as a photographer. The Ohioana Career Award, the oldest and most prestigious award given by the Ohioana Library Association, is given annually to a native Ohioan for outstanding professional accomplishments in the arts and humanities.
Kamau's work depicts everything from civil unrest in the 1960s to the African landscape and the daily lives of its inhabitants. He has also taken portraits of notable figures such as Elijah Pierce, Jesse Jackson, Aminah Robinson and Maya Angelou.
On his Web site, Kamau says, "Photography allows me the opportunity to communicate with the world. Educating, dispelling myths and enlightening people through photography as an art form has always been my interest."
Locally, his work can be seen in the permanent collections of the Columbus Museum of Art.
Kamau will receive his award on October 14 from the Ohioana Library Association as part of their Ohioana Day at the State Library of Ohio.


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"Wild Hogs" that's how Touchstone Pictures named its upcoming comedy adventure set. The flick being produced by Tollin/Robbins Productions will have Walt Becker to direct from a script by Brad Copeland.
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Actually this is a well known problem with the X5, but BMW has successfully covered it up. It is regularly discussed here on the forum, but as soon as the thread pops up it is deleted.
It is unusual that this has stayed up so long....
In snow country it is common to seen X5s clustered at the bottom of steep hills while other traffic passes them by...indeed, quite a few drivers have been cited for backing the wrong way up hills as well.
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That is just so nuts... Why, why, and why? I mean why this issue is so big that it is easier to cover than to fix, why does it happen is the first place and why don't we hear about it more often? I mean they can censor a forum but there are many other channels that are harder to control... I tried searching youtube and did not find anything related - only cool looking snow climbs and drifts where everything works as it should (of course).
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4 Things To Know About The "No More Page 3″ Campaign
The UK boasts universal healthcare, tea flowing like wine, and Conservatives who sound like our Democrats when it comes to gun control and reproductive justice. A foreigner unfamiliar with the journalism landscape in the UK would have no reason to question the country's progressive values.
The Sun is the UK's widest-circulation newspaper and is read by more than two million people every day. It is published by News UK, a subsidiary of News Corps, and owned by Rupert Murdoch – i.e., it's about as far right as the UK gets. I never purchased The Sun, but for the entire four years I lived in the UK I saw it most days I ventured out of my house; it's absolutely everywhere. The paper costs £2 (just under $4.00), boasts amazing sports coverage, celebrity and political news and a TV guide. But where The Sun sharply diverts from newspapers we're used to in America is on its third page. Page 3 is a cultural institution: in every issue for the past 40 years, there has been a topless young woman on the third page, referred to as "Page 3 girls."
When I moved to London at 22, bare breasts in the newspaper astounded me. I can even remember the first time I saw Page 3: on a rush hour bus ride, my fellow commuters and I were crammed in like sardines and I whisper-yelled "yes!" when a seat became available. I settled into my seat, sheepishly grinned at the man next to me and then carried on necking coffee and stuffing toast into my face. The man had his newspaper open wide, with its right page well into my personal space. There, just below my nose, was a full-page photo of a topless woman, who I could only assume was an adult but looked about 15. (NB: I later learned that until 2003, models only had to be 16 to be featured on Page 3). I was appalled that this man thought a bus full of morning commuters and children on the way to school was an appropriate place to look at soft porn. When I told my friends at my new workplace, they laughed, sighed and explained Page 3.
It is ludicrous that in 2014, the UK's widest circulation newspaper features a photo of a topless female model everyday. Of course it's wildly sexist and encourages the pervasive kind of devaluing of women's bodies and experiences that affects us all everyday. One could argue, and I do, that it is not-so-subtly responsible for some of that sexism. Naturally, a number of movements in opposition to the sexist institution have emerged over the years. None has so quickly grown from a quiet rumble to a full-blown shade-throwing activist storm quite as quickly as No More Page 3.
Here is a primer on the little campaign that could, the closest any movement has come to finally eradicating Page 3.
1. No More Page 3 isn't an anti-pornography or anti-bare breast campaign. It specifically just asks for the bare breasts to be removed from a family newspaper.
Unsurprisingly, Page 3 fans accuse No More Page 3 activists of being everything from anti-woman bodyshamers to anti-pornography campaigners. As is the case with many feminist collectives, there are those within the movement who porn on principle, but that is not the official position of No More Page 3 on the whole. Pornography, a genre in its own right, is easy to purchase for those over 18; the societal norm is to consume it in private. However, anyone of any age can purchase a newspaper a full-page half-naked model is exposing soft porn to anyone in their vicinity. I can speak from experience that it is incredibly uncomfortable to sit on a bus squished next to a man leering at Page 3.
2. No More Page 3 is widely supported in the UK.
No More Page 3 (NMP3) is not a fringe movement. It is endorsed by Girlguiding UK (similar to the Girl Scouts), the YWCA, The Royal College of Midwives, The Royal College of Nursing, Breast Cancer UK, many unions and even the Scottish Parliament. Thirty-three colleges and universities have stopped selling The Sun on campus until Page 3 is removed. The No More Page 3 Twitter and Instagram accounts (both @NoMorePage3) feature photos of celebrities in their now-iconic t-shirts, including author and feminist Caitlin Moran and comedian Russell Brand.
3. Even former Page 3 models are on board to get rid of the section.
Former Page 3 models have come forward in droves to condemn the boob-news industrial complex. Many lost jobs, self-esteem and career prospects by being Page 3 models. In a collection of responses from former models on the No More Page 3 web site, women reported being "seen as a piece of meat" and "being consumed by inner conflict" about their boobs being in the newspaper.
4. Rupert Murdoch is intrigued, if not supportive, of eradicating Page 3.
The News Corps mogul is rumored to have been cautious when 1970 editor Larry Lamb introduced bare boobs into the newspaper. The paper's circulation subsequently soared, though, and Murdoch has remained mostly silent on the issue. However, Murdoch recently tweeted a message that indicated he could be open to a Page 3-free Sun. In response to one of the many daily #nomorepage3 tweets he must get, Murdoch tweeted at a campaigner who said that Page 3 was "last century":
[email protected] page three so last century! You maybe right, don't know but considering. Perhaps halfway house with glamorous fashionistas."
The News Corps and News UK camps have said nothing further about canceling Page 3, but many have speculated that Murdoch's tweet symbolizes that the end of an era is imminent.
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Gregory Stewart Burgess (born January 11, 1972) is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic medalist.
Burgess was born in Baltimore, Maryland.[1] He attended the Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida, where he swam for the Bolles high school swim team.[2] He graduated from Bolles in 1990.[2]
Burgess accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he swam for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) competition from 1991 to 1994. While in college, he set four American records: two in the 200-meter individual medley and two in the 400-meter individual medley, and was a four-time NCAA champion in the same two events in 1993 and 1994. Burgess received twelve All-American honors as a Gator swimmer. He graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in economics in 1994.
He represented the United States in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. He won a silver medal for his second-place performance in the men's 200-meter individual medley with a time of 2:02.56.[1]
Burgess joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1997, and has been promoted to the rank of major.[3] In 2010, Burgess was inducted into the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.[3] Burgess has served two tours of duty in Iraq,[3] and as the Chief of Mission for the U.S. military team at the international military games (CISM) for swimming in 2009 (Canada) and 2010 (Germany). He is one of a select few American Olympians to volunteer for military service.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of United States records in swimming
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Greg Burgess. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ a b The Bolles School, Athletics, Bolles Olympic Medalists. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
- ^ a b c " Former Gator Greg Burgess Inducted into United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame," GatorZone.com (August 2, 2010). Retrieved May 25, 2011.
- Greg Burgess – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
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The Standards, Policy and Procedure Committee continues to review policies, identifying those that need to be created as well as how to make all policies more easily accessible. The new search engine function is meant to be more user-friendly. The refined function allows nurses to locate a policy in the search window as well as alphabetically and in section searches.
Policies recently approved that are applicable to general practice include "Guidelines for the Care of the STEMI (ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction) Patient" and the new "Chest Tube Dressing Policy."
Try the new search engine function to review these policies. Contact your educator or any committee member with questions.
The Informatics and Clinical Innovations Committee's primary work is "to advocate for practice to drive technology thereby supporting or enhancing the nurse's role in caring for patients while promoting patient care and safety." Comprised of nurses in roles throughout the hospital, the committee continues to provide consultation to the Electronic Medication Management Steering Committee, the eMAR decision making group, regarding enhancements to the current application and the design of the oncology eMAR application.
In the past few months, this committee has conducted documentation workflow analysis in preparation for the Acute Care Documentation (ACD) project, provided feedback regarding the clinical scenarios for use in the Nursing Simulation Center, participated in a focus group to help the ACD Steering Committee prepare for the BWH hardware fair held in March, validated the next version of the Alaris Drug Library to be released in late spring and collaborated with the Pharmacy Department regarding a new process for preparation of pre mixed insulin bags to pilot in the early summer.


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In his sleek, visceral novels Deviant Way, Kiss of Evil, and The Violet Hour, Richard Montanari slammed into the suspense field like a force of nature. Now Montanari has written an astounding novel that pits two besieged detectives against a fiercely intelligent serial killer. Sprawling beneath the statue of William Penn, Philadelphia is a city of downtrodden crack houses and upscale brownstones. Somewhere in this concrete crazy quilt, one teenage Catholic girl is writing in her diary, another is pouring her heart out to a friend, and yet another is praying. And somewhere in this city is a man who wants these young women to make his macabre fantasy become reality. In a passion play of his own, he will take the girls-and a whole city-over the edge. Kevin Byrne is a veteran cop who already knows that edge: He's been living on it far too long. His marriage failing, his former partner wasting away in a hospital, and his heart lost to mad fury, Byrne loves to take risks and is breaking every rule in the book. And now he has been given a rookie partner. Jessica Balzano, the daughter of a famous Philly cop, doesn't want Byrne's help. But they will need each other desperately, since they've just caught the case of a lifetime: Someone is killing devout young women, bolting their hands together in prayer, and committing an abomination upon their otherwise perfect bodies. Byrne and Balzano spearhead the hunt for the serial killer, who leads them on a methodically planned journey. Suspects appear before them like bad dreams-and vanish just as quickly. And while Byrne's sins begin to catch up with him, and Balzano tries to solve the blood-splattered puzzle, the body count rises. Meanwhile, the calendar is approaching Easter and the day of the resurrection. When the last rosary is counted, a madman's methods will be revealed, and the final crime will be the one that hurts the most. Relentlessly paced and vividly told, The Rosary Girls is a smart, emotionally complex, fiercely gripping thriller from an author who takes chances, breaks new ground, and leaves readers haunted and moved long after the last page is turned. From the Hardcover edition.
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RICHARD MONTANARI is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and scores of other national and regional publications. He is the OLMA-winning author of the internationally acclaimed thrillers Kiss of Evil, Deviant Way, and The Violet Hour-all published in more than twenty countries. Visit the author's website at www.richardmontanari.com. From the Hardcover edition.
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–James Ellroy, author of L.A. Confidential
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Absolute poverty is also very present in many countries with a great share of the population plagued by hunger, while it's almost nonexistent in other countries. Typically the size of the family matters in issues of malnutrition.
So what obstacles have prevented governments from effectively to reducing poverty in Latin America?
On one hand poverty has a negative effect on economic growth. It does so by typically bringing down levels of human capital (education, professional experience & training, health) and by increasing crime. Sky high levels of crime in Mexico and Brazil for example have always been a barrier to economic development and poverty reduction. That's the perfect vicious cycle as poverty fuels health issues (through lack of sanitation and access to basic services), crime, low levels of education, which all in turn affect the economy.
This makes it impossible to solve poverty in Latin America. Whatever a government does, there aren't opportunities to find jobs or resources to create or invest in new companies. Just how much poverty affects a country's economy depends directly on how widespread poverty is in the population.
On the other hand, there's the argument that economic growth helps the poor, and that market liberalization is the best way to get that growth going. That's the founding principle of the Washington Consensus and other IMF, World Bank and co. (i.e. the neoliberal team). Market liberalization refers to opening borders, removing trade barriers, diminishing the role of the state and letting the market itself regulate and provide for everyone. It also implies reaching a certain degree of fiscal discipline and macroeconomic stability to avoid inflation and other bad stuff.
In fact growth does help, but only to some degree. The famous (or infamous) "trickle-down effect" that says that as the rich get richer they invest in their companies and create more jobs is seriously compromised in this new world economy of ours.
Here's why:
This is the most common effect of globalization worldwide: salaries for high skilled jobs went up and those for low-ish skilled jobs went down. As living conditions get better in poor countries low workers do see their wages increase to survive the changes, but overall the effect has been a major deepening of inequalities. An income gap, Great Canyon-style. So the heart of the problem today is the distribution of income.
You can be a fairly rich country like Mexico and still have a amazingly low GDP per capita, simply because the rich keep the money to themselves. Yet, the argument of providing companies with favorable conditions to expand the national market and create employment remains true no matter what, all the more in Latin American countries where there's still much development to do.
Now of course another way to fight poverty is to make it easier for entrepreneurs to prosper and undertake new businesses, which has become incredibly easier nowadays with the booming service industry and the Internet. But too often poverty in Latin America thrives on badly, shabbily designed administrative procedures to register a business. It can take months and months of hardly understandable paperwork and bribes to set up a business. This creates a huge informal sector on which corruption and local mobs thrive. Not to mention the impact of the absence of taxpayers, and the fact that people can't get grants or work-related social security they're entitled to (pension, health care, cash transfers for their kids etc).
So the idea is that growth successfully reduces malnutrition and poverty in Latin America when used jointly with steps to redistribute the riches more equally. At least a little bit more equally. It makes no economic or even capitalist sense for a CEO (or a few shareholders) to absorb all of the revenues of the company for themselves rather than reinvesting it and/or redistributing part of it to its workers. Everyone might as well be rewarded for their hard work. If those few absorb all of the created wealth then it's not capitalism anymore, it's sort of a hybrid feudal system.
As for welfare, it's proven pretty effective to target those suffering from malnutrition and groups plagued by chronic poverty. But targeting only the very poor is in fact quite limited too because it doesn't prevent people from falling into poverty, working-poor included. Often times, lack of education or access to water also points out at a major flaw in the basic urban infrastructure which then needs massive investment. All this means that growth and redistribution are needed altogether, but also jointly with a complete revamp of the labor market to address the issue of low wages. When wages of full-time low workers still leave them living below the poverty line, you know for sure that there's a problem somewhere.
In fact, even while the globalization-liberalization duo did bring some economic growth to the continent and did reduce some of the poverty, more poverty rose from the huge inequalities that resulted from the whole process. What caused this inequalities was partly how fast the finance sector liberalized in Latin America. It not only boosted specific revenues (traders) but also made capital more mobile, taking advantage of impoverished workers who accepted any work conditions. This goes hand in hand with the R&D focused economy mentioned before that reserves high wages to specific jobs.
But the huge barriers to access education and the generally low educational levels also mean that people could less take advantage of technology to reduce poverty or apply to better jobs. In many of these countries there are still ads on TV trying to push people to continue their studies to college so that they can help the country develop. They lack talent but they also lack the proper structure and infrastructure to nurture it. More grants, professional training, "poor-friendly" loans (microfinance is a different thing), and higher wages are necessary for parents and/or students to support themselves throughout college.
Unlike what the IMF and the World Bank long claimed, there isn't one best way to develop a country. There are stark differences between each and every one of them. These need to be at the core of any design of anti-poverty policy. But whereas education is one proven, solid element in the fight against poverty, the neoliberal policies promoted by the IMF and the World Bank have made higher education more and more inaccessible by privatizing it in many countries. This has hampered local needs to train professionals, develop universities, and adopt new technologies.
To be fair though, external trade liberalization did create lots of jobs in Latin America but the conditions of the trade agreements signed are strangely systematically in favor of the US and rich countries. Likewise neoliberal principles brought macroeconomic stability, mostly by bringing inflation under control. But they also left many burgeoning industries facing global corporations and unfair trade rules. Simply put, advanced nations have excelled at protecting their industries (aka market distortion) right in the midst of trade liberalization - supposed to end trade barriers – while the others didn't have the right to protect themselves.
What does it have to do with poverty in Latin America? Everything. It's about a country's capability and right to develop its economy in all fairness, rather than being taken advantage of by other nations that do not have in mind the improvement of local living conditions (or send international aid as a way to apologize). Because if they did then poverty in Latin America would have been wiped out for decades. There is virtually not one advanced economy that did not protect its industries at some point of their economic development. Recently state interventionism and mild protectionism has also been the model of South Korea, China, India and a few successful more.
In the last ten years conditional cash transfers (CCT) have blossomed here and there, bringing new victories in the fight against poverty in Latin America. These programs offer social safety nets and poverty reduction effects at the same time. In other words the prevent people from falling into poverty all while reducing poverty itself. They have the advantage of - sometimes - being fairly cheap (good thing for a poor country, or even a heavily indebted one like the US) and very flexible and adaptable to different countries' needs.
CCTs have been used to improve school attendance, thus reducing child poverty and child labor. The conditions for receiving these cash transfers is what makes the success: rather than simply verifying that kids go to school once per year, attendance is checked regularly but most of all the transfer happens only if the kids are successful at school (completing the year, having good grades). That's after all the idea behind attending schools. Not having good grades but proving that you've learned something so you can grow your "human capital". But CCTs can really be used for anything: having parents check at the hospital or receive medical advice regularly helped reduce newborn and child mortality; it's helped raise the income of poor households when they found a job, invested in professional training or in their kids' education. The advantage for poverty in Latin America is that often the authorities don't need to offer that much money to raise entire households out of poorness.
One problem though is that CCTs require a certain level of institutional maturity and coordination (which even the US lacks) but when well-designed these programs prove great tools to fight poverty in Latin America in its many forms. They have been used to help with child poverty, malnutrition, education, health, single mothers and the elderly. Today CCTs not only represent an effective means against poverty, it's also a great social protection system that counterbalances the effects of globalization and market liberalization.
CCT programs are still at an early stage of their development and many can be improved. In education they should assist and drive students to continue their studies and graduate.
More extensive coverage is needed in health care programs, targeting new groups usually excluded by poverty. More coordination between the different programs would also increase their efficiency – in their results as well as with the public resources – and could be used along with microfinance programs. Thus the poor could make use of their improved human capital (be it health, training or education), engage in new business ventures and take control of their lives.
The flexibility that CCT programs offer also makes them an amazing tool for absorbing economic shocks and crises (natural or manmade). The fact that records exist, that households are pre-targeted and have a file makes them invaluable in hard times. It diminishes the risk of running around and blindly distributing aid, sometimes aggravating disparities (e.g. when local bosses or mobs take everything).
It's also a great way to protect populations in not so competitive countries, when they can afford it. When well-thought out CCT programs can completely change the face of welfare, often plagued by huge wasting of public resources, not only in terms of money but also in terms of mitigated results (most of the time because of poorly designed plans). In the end we're still learning to efficiently manage public resources and it's a long process.
Now CCTs should also be focused on spurring citizens' capabilities (so-called "empowerment") by encouraging training, life skills, civic spirit, entrepreneurship, etc. But to end poverty in Latin America CCTs should also be put to use to spur the accumulation of physical capital, from livestock to small-scale manufacturing capabilities. That way the continent would have its own industries and be less sensitive to external shocks.
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Samar learned it was this same commander who had ordered the bombing and ransacking of her hospital inside Afghanistan.
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Foraminifers are protists that are similar to amoeboid organisms in cell structure. Foraminifers differ in having granular rhizopodia and elongate filopodia that emerge from the cell body. Foraminifers are covered with an organic test that varies from a simple single chamber with an aperture, to a complex, multichambered, perforate, calcitic wall, to an agglomeration of mineral grains embedded in the organic test. Foraminifers are divided into two primary groups based on their mode of life, planktic (marine floaters), and benthic (sea floor dwellers).
Benthic foraminiferal morphologies are diverse, from simple single-chambered to multi-chambered, complex forms composed of calcite or mineral grains. The benthic foraminifers utilize rhizopodia extended through single or multiple apertures and test perforations for gathering prey and locomotion. Benthic foraminifers display a variety of life cycles that include sexual and asexual phases and produce megalospheric and microspheric generations. The length of an individual's life can range from a few weeks to up to 5 years. Since an individual's morality is dependent on when it reproduces, there are many factors controlling its life span.
Application to Earth Science Research
Benthic foraminifers occupy a wide range of marine habitats and occur at all latitudes, so they are useful as environmental indicators. Particular species and assemblages can be used to identify paleoenvironments ranging from brackish estuaries to the deep sea. Application of modern benthic foraminiferal distribution data to deep-sea core data has been utilized to identify paleoceanographic changes in intermediate and deep-water circulation. Using water depth ranges of benthic foraminifers as paleobathymetric indicators help determine past sea level changes in coastal regions. Changes in benthic foraminiferal assemblages and test morphologies are becoming increasingly useful for assessing environmental quality (changes in water salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, nutrient input, heavy metals and other toxic materials) in coastal regions, and reconstructing historical changes in near shore ecosystems. Geochemical analyses of benthic foraminiferal tests provide information on water salinity and temperature.
Benthic foraminifers can be used as biostratigraphic indicators. Although not as useful as planktonic foraminifers due to their usual long ranges, benthic foraminifers provide regional utility for biostratigraphic zonation (e.g., Gulf of Mexico, New Zealand). Larger benthic foraminifers are very useful biostratigraphically in Late Paleozoic and Early Mesozoic stratigraphy.
South Florida Ecosystem Program
South Florida Ecosystems: Changes Through Time
Hydrogeology of the Surficial Aquifer System in Southwest Florida
Ecosystem History of Biscayne Bay and the Southeast Florida Coast
Ecosystem History of Florida Bay and the Southwest Florida
Related Internet Resources
Introduction to the Foraminifera (Museum of Paleontology, University of California at Berkeley)
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Basil Chicken Marsala With Mushrooms
READY IN: 15mins
Recipe by L DJ3309
Basil is a favorite of mine and is wonderful in this.
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Very yummy, had printed this awhile ago and now wanted to use up the fresh basil. I did double the sauce and next time would thicken it up a bit. Served over angel hair pasta. Man, does the house ever smell GOOD!
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1⁄8 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 1 cup sliced mushrooms
- 1⁄2 cup marsala wine
- 1⁄2 cup chicken broth
- 1⁄2 cup chopped fresh basil leaf
- 1⁄2 teaspoon onion powder
Directions See How It's Made
- Place chicken between two sheets of wax paper and pound to approximately 1/4-inch thick. In a large bowl or plastic bag, combine flour with next 3 ingredients. Add chicken to flour mixture, toss to coat.
- Heat 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté chicken 3-5 minutes per side or until done. Remove from skillet.
- Add mushrooms and remaining oil, if needed. Sauté 2-3 minutes. Stir in wine and remaining 3 ingredients. Stir to loosen any browned particles; bring to a boil. Return chicken to skillet. Simmer, uncovered, 2 minutes.


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Astronautics Vocabulary
The Astronautics Vocabulary is a glossary of terms that pertain to the science and technology of spaceflight. This alphabetical list can be navigated by clicking on the letters A-Z displayed on this page.
Definition of space system
Translation: système spatial
Definition: Launch vehicle(s), spacecraft, ground support equipment and test hardware used in ground testing, launch, operation and maintenance activities.
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Laptops and other portable electronic devices are easy targets for theft. In addition to the cost of replacement, they often have personal information and intellectual property that can be difficult or impossible to recover and protect. The Wheaton College Department of Public Safety is offering a free Laptop Registration Program to members of the campus community to deter theft and avoid the consequences or assist in the recovery of stolen property. Click here to register your laptop.
Once you register your laptop, we will have the basic information to quickly investigate the theft. Additionally, if your laptop is found or recovered, the registration record will help DPS return your laptop to you.
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