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...There may eventually be another benefit, says Lisa Pagan, who runs San Francisco's business improvement districts program. "The hope is that this may help people look at individual storefronts in a more positive way," she says. Translation: get enough art lovers to traipse up and down a certain block and maybe some of them will start thinking about what a great place it would be to rent a storefront for their business...
...holes in Rio's efforts when it hosted the Pan-American Games in 2007. "They didn't do all they said we would do and a lot of what they did do was left to rot after the games ended," she says, adding, "I think the elite will benefit from this more than most." Says Sotero: "The Olympics give us the challenge we need to keep on the right path...
This policy cannot even be passed off as a benefit to lawful citizens of the United States. In fact, all evidence points to the contrary. Unemployment has been linked strongly to crime, and perpetual unemployment in the immigrant community does nothing to solve this problem, but rather aggravates it to the detriment of all society...
...there is ever a good time to fire illegal immigrants, it is during a recession when citizens and documented immigrants are in need of jobs and able to fill any gaps left by undocumented immigrants. In this sense, the Obama administration’s plan will at least benefit Americans who are currently searching for work due to the recession. Although the expertise that many illegal immigrants have acquired during the tenure of their employment cannot immediately be transferred to their legal replacements, many of the jobs affected—such as those in the American Apparel factory?...
...East London, one of the least developed regions of the city, looks set to benefit in the long term. When the Games are over, the Olympic Village will be converted into nearly 3,000 new homes, more than half of which will be set aside as affordable housing. East London will also have new education facilities, retail and office space and a world-class transport hub. "We're building [all] this with the Games and legacy in mind," says Joanna Manning Cooper, spokeswoman for the London Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG...