R.I.P.

Chinese Bubble Today's Humor

A story link for the Chinese Banking System,,very easy to add Thailand instead of Chinese,,, The humor today never stops 555... for a limited few ,,, old news...

http://www.businessinsider.com/china-underground-banking-system-2011-10?utm_source=alerts&nr_email_referer=1

iPhone 4s Read the link and have a 555

The iPhone 4s read the link and have a laugh 555... It proves the race to the bottom to save a penny is number one and bilingual people are not worth anything or experience is not worth anything also 555...

http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post.aspx?post=997fbbc3-2075-431b-8c24-6246f96aefa7&gt1=33009

Teaching English in China

I taught English in Taiwan ROC in the 1980's enjoyed it tremendously. Here is a link to a story from 2011.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/china/2010/07/12/mickey-mouse-teaches-english-in-china/#more-1210

Let me know how much ET have Changed!!!

Thai Immigration All Is Local: Forming Policies

A look at policy as a successful  immigrant integration role in the receiving community.  The receiving community is located in Tennessee, USA. In 2006, the TIRRC (Tennessee Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition) started a pilot program with two communities. The newcomers were from Iraq, Somalia, and Sudan and the local native borne population. The locals were not accustomed to hearing foreign languages or to seeing immigrants in their daily lives. The policy of inclusion rather than isolationism was chosen in Tennessee with many examples across the USA.(Jones-Correa, 2011)

Direct contact between the newcomers and the local native population over 5 years period begin to have results. For example, through the means of billboards on Tennessee highways, to letters to the editor in local papers, to church bulletin advertisements. This leads to a framework model based on the local and national levels such as nonprofit, civic, religious, philanthropic, business, and government entities as well as elected officials.

Strategies suggested include four keys. Number one is encouraging local leadership. Number two is fostering contact between immigrants and the native borne. Number three is building partnerships between state and local government and new residents. Finally, reframing the issues to counter misconceptions about immigrants.

 Policy recommendations are recommended on a multi-level of government and civil society. First, in the absence of immigration reforms, it is essential that the federal government be involved in mitigated immigration. Second, the State and the locale governments should expanded not contract its immigration affairs because it is the only front line for local integration. Third, nongovernmental actors have always been a significant role in providing aid to immigrate community and to the local native borne population. Finally, funders and foundations need to expand their efforts among native populations to provide a more balanced approach.

In conclusion, in the framework, the strategies, and policy recommendations lies a point of balance in the time of budget cutbacks. The time for all actors to stay involved is critical not cutting back. 

References:

Jones-Correa, M.(2011). All Immigration Is Local. Center for American Progress  

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IMF Chief, You must bail out the banks again

Protection for Greece and other indebted countries was not just a matter of economics, she said: it was also a way to keep countries together that had spent several centuries fighting each other.

Her philosophy is from Plato, “what the Athenians believed – we must try to work in the best interests of everyone in the city.”

The Warnings of the G20

Prime Minister David Cameron signed his name to a letter also signed by the leaders of Australia, Canada, Indonesia, Mexico and South Korea. The letter warns that recovery will be “difficult”, while there is “limited room for manoeuvre”. The G20 leaders insist an agreement must be reached at the G20′s November summit.

The problem is the letter, not signed by the US or any eurozone state, urges swift action from Washington to put public finances on a sustainable path.

“For the US and many advanced economies the path out of the deep and prolonged recession will be difficult,” warns the letter. “This will impact on growth in emerging markets, and there is more limited room for manoeuvre than in 2009″.