| Students deliver funds to qualify in technical careers |
Governor of Virginia promotes the education for the XXIst century
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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Tim Kaine, governor of Virginia converses with a few students in Arlington Career Center. |
Now the students of the secondary schools of Arlington will have in his hands the possibility not only of graduating on having reached his four years of studies but of obtaining also a professional certification that allows them to enter to the labor field of the XXIst century.
The Meeting of Education of Virginia (VBOE, for his initials in English) approved recently the establishment of the first Academy of Technical Careers of the Governor who will develop in Arlington Career Center.
This is possible thanks to a fund delivered by the National Association of Governors (NGA, for his initials in English) and the work as a whole between the public schools of Arlington and the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC, for his initials in English). To do delivery of the fund there came the governor of Virginia, Tim Kaine accompanied by representatives of other states, who covered the facilities of the center of technological careers and conversed with the students.
The Academy of Technical Careers of the Governor was established to integrate professional training with a rigorous currícula based on science, technology, engineering and mathematics known as STEM, for his initials in English. Career Center of Arlington received the first fund which will be used to implement the program, which will serve in the first moment to 30 students during the autumn. When the academy is implemented completely it will be in aptitude to serve to 600 students. The technical careers will develop in five fields: engineering and technology, technology of the audio, video and movies, sciences of the health, computer support and of services and maintenance of mobile teams.
At the beginning of January the governor Timothy Kaine announced that the public Arlington schools had been selected to receive one of six state funds to implement the first “Academy of the Governor”.
The fund consists of 20.000 dollars for the implementation more an additional one for 100.000 dollars across a program approved by the Meeting of Education and the State Council of Higher education.
The model of the academy fulfills with the expectations and the vision of the superintendent of education of the public schools of Arlington (APS, for his initials in English), Dr. Robert Smith and of the president of NVCC, Dr. Bob Templin.
“This academy comes very well with the type of direction that we are considering and I believe that the public Arlington schools with the big experience that it has administering programs STEM and his diversity in the student body it will serve very well like model so that then it is possible to answer in any other place”, expressed the superintendent of the public schools.
For the students interested by this program they can communicate with the advisers in his schools or across the web page www.apsva.us/STEM
| Proposal happens now for his debate in the Senate |
They approve historical recovery plan
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Washington Hispanic
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| The president Barack Obama, accompanied by the Secretary of Press of the White House, Robert Gibbs (right), greets in Capitol Hill after meeting senators and republican representatives, on Tuesday, the 27th. |
The House of Representatives controlled by democrats approved the night of Wednesday, the 28th a historical plan of economic stimulus for 819.000 million dollars, on what an early legislative victory met to the presidency of Barack Obama.
Obama has worked eagerly the economic topics that have dominated the first days of his government, which inherited an economic crisis without comparison from the Big Depression of the decade of 1930.
The voting of 244-188 in the Lower House sent the proposal to the Senate, where one hopes that the debate should begin this Monday, the 2nd, with a parallel project of law that has already come taking form. The democratic leaders have promised to have the ready legislation so that Obama promulgates it in the middle of February.
" This recovery plan will save or create more than three million new work places in the next years", affirmed the president in a widely used bulletin moments after the voting in the Lower House.
Hours earlier, Obama said that the United States was "in a dangerous moment" and "there is no moment to be lost", while the legislators were hurrying to defend his expositions on the worst economic crisis from the Big Depression.
With the unemployment at his highest levels in the last 25 years, the banking swaying in spite of the infusion of amazing sums of money of a plan of financial rescue and the states fighting to finance his budgets, the democrats support that the legislation is necessary, while the republicans criticize it because they believe that it remains short in fiscal exemptions and contains too much public expenditure.
Measurements without precedents
The president said that it comprises the skepticism on the size of the bundle of stimulus, "reason for which this recovery plan will include measurements without precedents who will allow to the American people to do that my administration realizes". It indicated that his fellow citizens will be able to give him pursuit to the expense in a new place in the Internet: www.recovery.gov.
The legislation includes approximately 544.000 millions of dollars in federal expenses and 275.000 millions in taxes clippings for individuals and companies. Also it provides money for the construction of highways and the massive transit.
The axis of the fiscal reductions stipulates a clipping for 500 dollars for the single workpeople and of 1.000 dollars for the couples.
" Another week than we take a long time they are another 100.000 or more unemployed persons. I believe that we do not want that in our consciences", there argued the democratic representative David Obey, who directs the Committee of Allocations of the Lower House and one of the principal authors of the legislation.
| President would consider to veto regulation of the ICE |
Aunt's case of Obama might generate benefit
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Mitzi Mace
Washington Hispanic
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| Zeituni Oyango of 56 years is a half a sister of the dad of the president Barack Obama and it came from Kenya in search of asylum. |
The case of the paternal aunt of the president Barack Obama, Zeituni Oyango, who received a deportation order four years ago to to refuse the asylum and it remains in the United States like undocumented, not only it turned into a controversial topic during the political campaign of the current president, but also a precedent might sit as for coming from the migratory authorities in the cases of arrest and deportation of an immigrant without legal status.
And, the fact is that days before to the election of Obama the Department of Internal Safety (DHS, for his initials in English) imposed a new regulation that it was establishing that the immigration officials had to request authorization before the authorities of high status of the ICE – the directors and vice the directors - to carry a detention and later deportation out. This new order entered validity immediately from his announcement last October 31, but then some weeks after the Obama election, on November 26, the Department of Internal Safety decided to cancel it.
On having gone out to the light, this information thanks to an investigation realized by the news agency AP made to suppose that this starting and cancellations of regulations in acting of members of the ICE in a little time only were realized to avoid the deportation of 56-year-old Zeituni Oyango, what had had serious political implications and in the mass media, what might have affected the Obama election.
Obama might consider the veto
According to the news way, under the Law of Libertad de Información they requested to the Department of Internal Safety a copy of the board, which they received two months later. The new board called “Fugitive Case File Vetting Prior to Arrest” was cancelled some weeks after the Obama election, as he informed the ICE across an internal e-mail last Monday. According to the news agency in the copy that they received there is ever mentioned either the president Obama, nor to any member of his family.
A spokeswoman of the ICE, Kelly Nantel pointed out to the informative way that the new board continued in validity and that the White House informed last Sunday that Obama might consider to be the veto.
Thank you aunt
With these actions of the ICE a gap was created between November 26 and December 17, date in which an immigration judge detained the order of deportation of Oyango. During this period of time the Obama aunt might have been arrested and deported, but it did not happen.
The latter decision of the judge allowed to Oyango, to be present at the Obama swearing-in in company of his lawyer, last Tuesday, the 20th of January, but apparently it did not have direct contact with the president. Oyango is in expectation of a hearing before an immigration judge next April 1 in Boston, then that last December 30 a judge was re-opening his case of request of asylum. At present it is known that the Obama aunt lives in Cleveland and works in the field of public health.
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From Washington
Mass to Virgin of Suyapa
The Embassy of Honduras in Washington, DC has the pleasure in inviting him to the celebration of Santa Maria of Suyapa Patrona of Honduras. The mass is realized on Sunday, the 1st of February 2009
from 1:30 p.m in the Basilica of the National Sanctum
of the Blessed Virgin Concepcion located in 400 Michigan Avenue, NE Washington DC 20007. The access to the meter for the red Line, station Brookland-CUA. For major information in the phones (202) 966 7702 / (202) 682-5948
Workshops
The Neighbors' Advice initiates his period of Basic English, on Monday
On February 2 to February 26, in his schedules from Monday until Thursday of 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. And in night schedule of 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Also the course of Basic Computing begins on February 2 and 5, 2009 (8 hours of classes) on Saturdays, the 7th and February 14 of 9:30 am to 12:30 pm (6 hours of classes). For major information communicate to him with Antonio Galan to 202-234-6855 x 228
From Maryland
Citizenship workshop
HOUSE of Maryland gives the classes of citizenship
on Monday of 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., on Tuesday of 6:00 to 9:00 p.m, on Thursday of 10:00 to 12 p.m, and On Saturday of 9:00 a.m. to 12 p.m.
In the Community center of situated Pine Ridge 8615 Piney Branch Rd, Silver Spring MD 20901. The cost is of $ 70 for 10 weeks. For information contact to Ann Anderson of HOUSE of Maryland to 301-431-4185 ext. 206
Inscriptions and tests
The Baltimore City Community College announces the beginning of the program of basic knowledge of the English language for the period spring 2009 for which it initiates the inscriptions and tests on Saturday, the 7th of February from 9:00a.m. in the Baltimore City Community College Harbor Campus located in 710 And. Lombard Street (Entry on the street Lombard, Building of the parking of garage) Baltimore, Maryland 21202. For more information to call 410-986-5430
A new year begins learning English. The Center of Community Services of the Newly arrived person (NCSC) offers the Hispanics who live in Fairfax's County, free information about the courses of ESL, and on medical services and housing to low cost. Also, we advise it in the record of the TPS. Information in Spanish with Claudia Mantilla, on Monday and Tuesday of 9:00 to 5:00 p.m., and on Friday of 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. Phone 703-241-0300 ó 703-241-0301.
Theater
The Movement Joe's Emporium there presents to the whole company of Dance of Theater Edgeworks on Saturday, the 7th of February at 8:00 p.m. in the facilities of Joe's Emporium, located in 3309 Bunker Hill Road, Mount Rainier, MD 20712. This performance will include the participation of pieces of treatro with young people of the County of Prince George's. To take part in this funds collection, of or visit www.hjwedgeworks.org
From Virginia
Conference
The County of Prince William, the city of Manassas and the city of Manassas Park they realize the conference “Local communities opposite to the challenge of the forecast of mortgage judgments”. This conference provides to the proprietors information about the available resources and the strategies of self-help in order to preserve his sure communities. This event is realized on Saturday, February 7 in the building of Services and Development James J. McCoart of 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. The inscription is of $ 25 it includes a box of lunch and the materials of the conference. Details and entries find in www.pwcgov.org or call 703-792-7018.
Exhibition
Regal Movie theater of Ballston Common Mall has invited the League of animal well-being of adoptable Arlington to take dogs and other animals to the Shopping center for the presentation of the new movie "Hotel for dogs." This event realizes on Saturday, January 31, 2009, of 6:00-8:00 pm in the movies Ballston Regal located in 671 N. Glebe Road, Arlington.
To see the animals in adoption visit the League, on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, midday until 7:00 pm or on Saturdays and Sundays, 12:00 of the midday to 4:00 pm in 2650 S. Arlington Mill Drive; visit our Web place in www.awla.org.
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