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...fiscal downturn, the employees of human service agencies are worried about the security of their own jobs. “The very agencies that help people with the myriad of issues they face are struggling themselves because funding is reduced, and maybe they even have a spouse or partner who lost their job somewhere else,” Semonoff said. DHS agency directors expressed relief that Question One—the ballot measure that would have eliminated the current 5.3 percent income tax—failed to pass last Tuesday. Income tax accounts for nearly $12 billion in state revenue...
Nigerian entrepreneur Toks Abimbola addressed the obstacles facing African economic development and investment at an intimate gathering in Winthrop House’s Tonkens Room yesterday. Abimbola serves as the managing partner of Shoreline Energy International, a leading African holding company currently valued at over $120 million. The group aims to build infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa through the acquisition of construction, oil, gas, and power companies. With years of experience in international business, Abimbola attested to a recent change in the prospects for African development. While the continent had previously been plagued by political strife and corruption, he said...
...peace deal with the Palestinians was one of the key factors that prevented Israel from forming a new government after a corruption scandal forced out Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. His putative successor, acting Prime Minister Tzipi Livni, failed to forge a majority coalition after a key prospective partner refused to allow any negotiations over the status of Jerusalem. Even Olmert has acknowledged that no two-state solution is possible without sharing the Holy City, which both sides claim as their capital. So fractured is the Israeli political consensus, however, that it's quite possible that February's election will fail...
...experiences inspired him to climb outside of his native Boulder, Colo., and to seek new adventures elsewhere. The mountaineer’s presentation focused primarily on his ascent of the previously unnamed and unclimbed Shafat Fortress in Northern India last August, which he did along with his partner, Johnny Copp. The climb was marked by his interactions with the local culture and people, including yak herders and Buddhist monks, as well as by obstacles he endured—like limited gear, freezing weather, and competition with other climbers to be the first to the top. When an audience member asked...
...goes beyond who’s holding the door for whom,” she said. “It can be subtle things: who does what during sex, who makes the plans, and does your partner understand your gender politics...