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What are my very own goals?
Happen your passions translate into a school and occupation plan? Do you know of any position aspirations here or are you continue to keeping your plan of action open? Even when you might not understand yet, you can begin to explicate develop – elaborate a plan to learn. Volunteer as well as shadow somebody with a vocation that captures your interests. If you have passions, how will which will translate into a profession goal or perhaps college leading? While in central school, place your landscapes on the potential future and set quite a few easily plausible goals.
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lol I love that last picture, nice set!
All these pictures are so nice! There really are so many places abandoned. I especially like the Hello Kitty picture.
A city of almost 2 million turning into a city of barely 600,000 = the theme of your shots here. Eerie emptiness in what used to be one of the most vibrant and productive cities in North America.
As a lifelong resident of the area, it is tempting to say that I am "encouraged" by the development of Midtown and Downtown as well as some adjacent areas, but I really am not. Those areas have already priced out 90% of the American population, and the rest of the city is either blighted or empty (or both!). Not sure what the solution is, other than going back in time and trying to change most political and economic decisions made from 1940 onward. Or maybe cities and civilizations just have their time in the sun, and then that time eventually passes...Jem And The Holograms (2016)
Jem is a cartoon that I only remember very vaguely from when I was younger, but I decided to buy the DVD boxset because I was rather entertained by the mixture of 80s pop music, far-fetched situations, and ludicrous hairstyles. It was just so all rather overblown. I was then rather surprised to discover that not only had there been a film made of this, but it was a live-action one too.
This was about three decades on from the launch of the original cartoon, and times have changed since. I know that I am not exactly in the target audience for all this, but I wondered how this would all play out, and if this could be adapted to appeal to the current younger generation. We start with young Jerrica Benton (Aubrey Peeples), along with her sister Kimber, plus friends Aja and Shana. One of them says “outrageous!”, just like in the cartoon!
Jerrica’s aunt Bailey is played by Molly Ringwald, who was married to Peter Griffin (no, that’s not right). One day, a video of Jerrica’s performance becomes famous, and she is suddenly a pop star! But she really is a different person, having transformed into Jem, thanks to a weird robot thing that was invented by her dad. Bigwig Erica Raymond (changed from the male Eric in the cartoon) is interested in her. And it’s time for her to enjoy her six minutes of fame.
Suddenly she was making people want to dye their hair pink, so it wasn’t all bad. She can travel around the world and is greatly admired, and all because, like, she believed in herself. The Holograms do get on well, make it last forever, friendship never ends. Sorry, wrong female group. This was almost two hours long, and ended with a brief appearance by rival band The Misfits, and that was a shame, as their story would’ve been a more interesting experience to tap into.
A lot of people were very disappointed by Jem And The Holograms, and this was also a flop at the box office. The thing that I didn’t really like about this was that it made Jem come across as a teenage girl who got lucky and was at about the level of someone who came seventh on American Idol, when in the cartoon she was actually a big-selling singer/songwriter along with being a hard-working professional businesswoman.
Some people who have made fan videos online playing the characters have managed to capture the style of the cartoon better, which doesn’t seem right. As far as I know, this hasn’t been shown on TV in this country, and the only extra on the DVD is a brief making of. There is little of the glamour and fame that was promised featured here.
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Currently has a 4.1 rating on IMDb – compared to other big-screen adaptations of TV shows (animated or otherwise), it’s better than The Avengers (3.8, and Sean Connery was in it for heaven’s sake) but poorer than Thunderbirds (4.3). 😉Country Road
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As Miami-Dade County and its many municipalities prepare to tackle tough budget issues, hundreds of employees’ jobs are on the chopping block.
And with a 12.6% area unemployment rate, more layoffs won’t help, said Robert Cruz, Miami-Dade County’s chief economist.
"The job market is currently weak," Dr. Cruz said. "It really adds pressure to that."
This coming fiscal year, the largest number of local-government layoffs comes from Miami-Dade County, which has proposed cutting about 1,200 positions. Of those, 900 are filled.
The county has more than 27,000 employees. It faces a deficit of almost $440 million in fiscal 2010-2011, according to the proposed budget.
Among the proposed cuts: three positions in the county executive offices.
They are a chief of staff, a $146,000 savings; an assistant county manager, a $209,000 savings; and a senior executive secretary, a $73,000 savings.
Departments facing the biggest reductions include water and sewer with 193 position cuts and parks and recreation with 92.
Also proposing personnel cuts is Coral Gables. In its preliminary budget for fiscal 2011, 30 full-time positions are on the chopping block.
Coupled with 13 new positions, that’s a net reduction of 17 positions, according to City Manager Pat Salerno’s budget message.
On the other end, some municipalities hope to avoid layoffs altogether.
Despite facing a projected $110 million deficit in the coming fiscal year, Miami City Manager Carlos Migoya has said he doesn’t plan to fire any employees.
Instead, plans to reduce $84.7 million in personnel costs include 5%-12% across-the-board salary cuts for employees making more than $40,000, cutting benefits and switching from a defined-benefit pension plan to a defined-contribution plan.
Also hoping to avoid layoffs is Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina.
Hialeah is facing a shortfall of about $22 million next fiscal year, Mr. Robaina said.
However, the plan is to reduce salaries over firing any employees.
"My goal is not to have to lay off anyone," he said. "I don’t think that that would be the best solution, especially in these hard economic times. We need to keep people at work."
What could jeopardize this, he said, is if the city doesn’t come to an agreement with unions. Negotiations with police and firefighter unions are still pending, he said.
"If for any reason we do not have all the negotiations with the unions down or done by [budget time]… I have to look at eliminating positions."
That would affect filled positions, he said, because the city did away with any vacancies in April.
Government layoffs are nothing new: area public-sector employment has been shrinking for two years, said economist Dr. Cruz.
On top of that, local governments have laid off workers in recent months to make ends meet, he said.
"It looks like it’s going to be even more so as we get into the next fiscal year," Dr. Cruz said. He predicted layoffs would wane after the coming fiscal year.
Aside from government layoffs being detrimental to the overall employment picture, he said, they also have a negative ripple effect on other sectors of the local economy.
According to Miami-Dade County’s economic model, Dr. Cruz said, an additional 900 private-sector jobs are lost locally for every 1,000 jobs lost in local government.
In addition, he said,