July
30
2009
They have created a sanctuary on the border of Chad, called “Afghanistan”. From this location, their movement called boro haram ‘(‘ Western education is a sin, “in Hausa language, which dominates northern Nigeria) is organizing attacks against” infidels “and the representatives of the state Federal.
They have already attacked several police stations. This time the police and the army responded, resulting in high stock.
For a “pure Islamic state”
But “boro Aramco have extended their struggle to four other states in Nigeria. The ‘boro haram to establish a state of “pure Islam” in this country of 150 million. Their claims have even less chance of being accepted that millions of Christians live in northern Nigeria. Nearly half the population of the Federation is also a Christian.
Nigeria
The federal authorities have already made many concessions to the extremists. For a decade, the Sharia has been imposed in a dozen northern states of Nigeria while the introduction of Islamic law is contrary to the Federal Constitution. Its introduction sparked deadly riots between Christians and Muslims that have claimed tens of thousands dead in the almost universal indifference.
Some 11 September 2001, the city of Jos, previously a haven of peace and tolerance has turned into pandemonium. Rioting resulted in the deaths of at least a thousand people in a few days. Each new anti pogrom in the north of Nigeria, Christians are taking refuge in Jos, a city in the center of the country. “They dream then do battle with the Muslim minority in the city,” said a Westerner who has worked in this city for over twenty years and saw the rising tensions. “Before the whole world lived in harmony, but now people do not mix more. There was a religious ethnic cleansing in the north. Purely Muslim neighborhoods. Or simply Christians. Only the upper classes of society mingle a little. “He says.
The tension builds even more than Christians are also less willing to make concessions. Evangelicals are gaining ground. They want to conquer the north of Nigeria and starting to confront the Muslims. Unlike Catholics who traditionally had a more accommodating. Last year, Jos, dubbed “capital of peace” until recent years has been the scene of particularly deadly new clashes: 300 dead according to the authorities, 700 according to Human Rights Watch. Well over 1000, according to the inhabitants of the city. “We saw the Norias of truckloads of corpses, the official is widely underestimated”, we said one of them.
Silence, on tue
Traditionally, in Nigeria, the authorities minorent stock of religious clashes. The media also receive instructions to that effect. Since the announcement of pogroms in the North provokes the reaction of Christians from the South who want to avenge their own. And killing in Lagos or in Ibo country (South-Eastern Catholic) an equal number of Muslims. A macabre competition and endless.
These pogroms were all the more taboo than Nigerians remember the beginnings of the war in Biafra, which was three million lives from 1967 to 1969. The secession of Biafra had been preceded by pogroms anti Ibo in Northern Nigeria. Traders Ibos were massacred in large numbers in areas dominated by Islam. Biafran leaders took these pogroms pretext to justify and legitimize their secessionist movement.
Coexistence between Christians and Muslims is increasingly difficult. A growing number of Christians leaving the North, because the demands of Muslim fundamentalists are increasing.
“In the universities of the north, particularly in Zaria, fundamentalists have not accepted the verdict of the polls. A Christian was elected delegate of students. Dozens of them were murdered. Christian students were raped and mutilated “, says one of them who left this city and joined his family in the South. It is also the rise of intolerance on the imams trained in Sudan and Saudi Arabia. “They roam the Black African and demonize Christianity and the West, seen as responsible for all ills,” says the student who now try to have as little contact with Muslims.
West Africa is beset by tensions
The rising tension is visible to varying degrees in most of West Africa. In Mauritania, the authorities have recently asked Israel to close its embassy in the wake of pressure from the Islamists. In this country, an American was killed June 23 in the street by Islamists, action claimed by Al Qaeda Maghreb. He was accused of wanting to proselytize religion.
In Mali, an officer in charge of counter-terrorism has recently been shot dead in his home by Al Qaeda. A British tourist was also killed in June, by the same organization. Even the peaceful Senegal no longer seems quite safe. Radical Islamists have spread throughout the neighborhoods. They refuse all contact with the Islamic Brotherhood, much more tolerant. These new Islamists have a deep hatred of the West. In their view, a ‘white’ is either an American or a Jew or someone who works for them. What makes the dialogue or the profession of journalism of the most difficult.
Brotherhood Islam itself is not immune to certain excesses. Thus, the Mouride, the most powerful brotherhoods of Senegal, have been a state within a state in Touba, the holy city where nearly a million inhabitants. In this “radiant city”, cinemas are banned and non-religious music. Schools in the Republic of the officially secular country are also prohibited. The football is not more of this. Surprising decision in a country passionate about football. When asked “Why?” The religious right go meet with a unstoppable argument: “Because this game was invented by Jews who were playing with the heads of the prophets.”
July
30
2009
A provision of 2008, available on the website of National Education and published in Official Gazette provides for pandemic for education.
I.7.2 Continuous learning in school education
Continuity educational aims, in case of closure of schools, colleges and high schools, to maintain an educational link between teachers and students, maintain the knowledge already acquired by students while allowing the acquisition of new and maintain and develop the taste and the desire of the studies and knowledge. It is centered between a national and local income level and academic institutions.
At the national level
The device consists of broadcast radio and television of a pedagogical nature. It covers school, college and high school. The chosen method of dissemination will reach the greatest number of families given the rate of household radio and television. The operators used are France Culture and France 5. Under the DGESCO and the IGEN, the CNDP selected existing resources can be used and produces, in addition to radio and TV programs. The device is reflected by the establishment of a reserve of 264 hours of television broadcasts and 288 hours of radio broadcasts. It is part of an important work led by the upstream IGEN and directed by a group of IA-IPR referents. It is expected that to broadcast educational intervention within one week after the closure of schools and throughout the duration of this closure.
At the local level
The national scheme must be completed at the local level by building on existing networks and systems (mail, telephone, email, digital work spaces, etc..) In order to promote the continuation of exchanges between teachers and their students and striving to reach directly or indirectly all students. The rectorate, inspections and academic schools (public and private) are invited to implement action to achieve this goal. Schools are invited to bring their own devices with the national emissions in order to promote among students and to use in maintaining the educational link with students. In secondary schools, after consultation with staff, teachers, referees (one or both) must be designated to ensure, from Monday to Friday, office hours in the facility. They provide a link between students and teachers to monitor and help with homework. This designation should strive to reflect the diversity of disciplinary representation. The teacher so appointed will have access to the institution in the security conditions set in advance in terms of continuity (cf. I.7.4). The pedagogical continuity plan, developed with the assistance of the Council, is presented to the Board in order to make possible its implementation, in September 2008. In schools, educational continuity is defined by the school director respectively in conjunction with the NEI and with the mayor of the town and after consultation with staff. This could usefully be presented to the school of compétentes.Le Wednesday, days during which there will be no radio or television broadcasting, it will be that institutions hold permanent teaching strengthened. That day, like the other days of the week, communication with students will be by telephone or Internet, especially by using digital work spaces, where they exist. We will ensure that students can interact with a professor from each discipline to obtain it expresses the need for clarification on the broadcasts, advice to carry out additional personnel, recommendations for the hearing emissions to come … Maintaining the link between students and teachers of the same property is essential to the effectiveness of local continuity. It is recommended to maintain in each establishment, a register of postal addresses, phone numbers and e-learners and / or families. The collection of this information should be made not later than the beginning of the imminent risk (see II). Nevertheless, nothing prevents that such information is collected in pre-phase, subject to an update being imminent risk.
I.7.3 Continuous learning in higher education
The circular of 19 May 2006 (see Annex 10) identifies the actions to be undertaken by public institutions of higher learning to maintain, in the event of closure, a contact between the teaching staff and students. The objective is to enable students to achieve personal work under the supervision of teachers, using the different modalities of learning distance.Dans this framework, institutions must ensure the continuity of the provision of students and educational resources available to facilitate access to services and resources of universities through digital ENT.
July
30
2009
Gilles de Robien said already in France it is impossible to be Minister of Education, as there are with them 60 million co-ministers. Suffice it now since yesterday that Nicolas Sarkozy makes a sick so that everyone can be a doctor.
Molière would have been well satisfied with this tartufferie who wants everyone to want what he is not advising the petty. Vagal Malaise? Nonsense! France too has a great tradition of confidentiality on its presidents to believe in simple malaise: a helicopter, a battery of test, and it is far too small for a bobo. Add to that a doctor who raises the hypothesis that cardiac, medical caution brandished before him, plays on yet another avatar of the paranoid conspiracy theory. Still, Molière Dr House, everyone knows there’s nothing more contradictory than two doctors in their diagnoses. So argument against argument, arguments against arguments, is that everyone begins to speculate in vain.
Worse, no doubt, in this non-event, it is prescribing prescription. The Barber of Express, which is not called Figaro but Christophe, aptly named: it not only featured in the open, but here that care and recommendations. For a little, you hear the “e pettini Rasor, lancet and forbici” (1) of the aria from Rossini. Factotum of the mainstream media jumps on the big occasion as a plantar wart to push door wide open surgery: Nicolas Sarkozy needs to calm down.
The diagnosis is difficult without much precaution, and the recommendation is more than the butcher at the practitioner: amputate a leg for an ingrown nail. Quackery is the most voracious and faster, it passes. If Nicolas Sarkozy made a vagal malaise yesterday, because he is overworked. But if my brother did the same thing 6 months ago, he fell into the apples in serving the drink because he had just to turn and he had lost his job. Fredo the Butcher, with a Ph. D. of désosseur and mastered the art of the carotid tacle, decided to replace the scalpel by the dagger, one that starts in the back: “If nobody believes that heart attack is a warning that Is this may be a warning? [...] I think it is obviously necessary that the president do what are in fact all citizens when they live a warning of this type, and find the way to rest, because it is that it comes at a time when it will be able to do so more easily than others. If after that Sarko is not good for the slaughter …
In gauss, we recall also the argument of health Sarko had convened in its fight against Chirac. The nervous having pushed the senile, that is there now that the nervous flinched?
It’s finally at that point that does nothing less than more credit to the idea of Sarko-superman. Moreover, you can not wait to carve its way out. Yesterday, he “was talking normally with the medical staff.” This morning he is out “on foot” of the Val-de-Grâce. To all those who made their choux gras Sunday and obsession of this malaise, the Élysée send a nice card of thanks: “The President, on behalf of France, thank you for participating in a massive operation fortuitous (be shit anyway) communication superhero. ” With a registration form to the UMP slipped inside.
July
30
2009
In times of crisis, exceptional, extraordinary measures: This assistance will take the form of loans. A first in the history of the IMF. A loan that will be painless for the countries that contract. For countries that are already engaged in financial agreements with the IMF, the interests of current loans will be suspended altogether. One way to encourage states to reallocate the amount that was dedicated to repayment of the debt to target expenditure on education or health.
Unemployment should continue to increase in 2010
The boss of the IMF commented on the economic forecasts published by the international institution in early July: there are signs of recovery in the global economy, but caution still needed. The rebound of the U.S. economy will the first half of 2010. And later still in Europe.
For Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the risk is that States cease all efforts to support the activity, arguing that signs of recovery are visible for several months. The IMF’s record is clear: “We are not after the crisis, then, do not pack too fast.”
Because it will wait one more year to see an expected drop in unemployment. Resumption of the activity does not necessarily mean recovery in the labor market in the wake. Unemployment remains very high in 2010. Worse, it should continue to increase in 2010.
July
25
2009
A difficult position over fifty people in the labor market is confirmed by the statistics. While in September last year seeking work in the Czech Republic 92 880 people over fifty years, in December, the number rose to 103 063 and now there are nearly 120 000. This upward trend, an escalation of the crisis, is evident across the EU. Civic associations, plus 50 to work in the application of older vintages help.
People in pre-retirement age, but already people are just over fifty, are a group which sees unemployment nejcitlivěji. No work may find themselves even erudite older workers whose skills lost as a result of the restructuring of the production of meaning. People with a long working career is suddenly faced with the feeling that not one of them.
“Do” padesátníci
Founder of civic associations, plus 50 are the three women who, through their family members felt discrimination against older vintages. “We address the problem of so-called first-hand,” explains one of them, Mr. Monika Červíčková. “We’ve found that not only the unemployed but also their wider family. Being at home, for example, unemployed father, who feels more at its full strength, it is depressing for his adult children. “Together with colleagues ing Mgr. Šárka Mejcharovou Bc Bc ing and Ivana Drncovou you put a question: The age limit for retirement is increasing on the other hand, change of employment is a problem in his fifties. You are not, therefore, unemployment in this age of seemingly unaffordable for yourself?
“Perhaps we should reflect on why it has taken an indication kinder management as a synonym for top management, particularly in post-communist countries. We believe that it would be a healthy return to the functional model, which prevails in the west of our borders, and to model the natural authority, which can be obtained, in particular, experience. We should note that the age ranges to the actual retirement age, often well above. Orientation would be helpful to the so-called knowledge management, which is meant treatment of professional experience and knowledge. The transmission quality is the foundation of prosperity of any company, any company, “founder explaining his philosophy.
Ability to sell yourself
In addition, exposure to public opinion and legislation to civil associations, plus 50 to provide consultancy services, the broker professionals who would be taking as a client on a psychological and practical. “In the marketing strategy for sale of any product analyzes the USP – Unique Selling Product, which essentially means to find excellence of the product and then build on that offer. The same rule could be applied in offering themselves in the labor market. The Council is clear – find a register in their abilities, what would be appropriate to offer in the region. Surely each of us has such an ability, it is important to postpone the type of concerns – it is already too late …, I would t / a … on its website plans to publish the plus 50 interviews with those who are similar to restart successfully.
Council for Peace
Let’s be specific – for example, how the association will help the woman who lives alone, repays the loan, the old and infirm parents four years before coming on board work? “For qualified advice would be needed more information. The big role of education, experience, place of residence, health, nature, family status, property, etc. In any case, it’s difficult situation. It is good to get your thoughts on next steps some time, consider all its options and may be inspired by someone from his neighborhood who have a similar situation should be addressed. There is also the possibility of employment in the care of elderly parents, because this activity can be applied in respect of years of credit for the purposes of the pension scheme (years worked). It is also possible to receive social benefits for care for elderly parents. For consideration, we also recommended the possibility of employment, which may carry out the trade certificate, which can be carried out by the home, or people can work to adjust the timetable according to their capabilities, such as accounting, translator, au pair, etc. In any if it is good to look at the various retraining courses. If you come to us this woman go, and we know it more, rather than a flat gain advice, but tailored to directly, “founder of ensuring civic association.
Ozvou the sponsors?
Civic associations, plus 50 is the beginning of its existence, so that now virtually all the fund’s founder from its own resources: “The financing of our activities in terms of the statutes clearly defined – loans, subsidies, grants, contributions, gifts. To this end, we set up a transparent account. Great moral support for our team is that we have in a relatively short time managed to get a few sponsors who through non-financial assistance to support our activities. In the future we would like to apply for grants and subsidies, of which we like, for example, finance and project preparation for involvement of employers in employing people over 50 years of age. ”
Cooperation with foreign
One of the activities of the civic association is gathering information on the status of older vintages in the labor market abroad. In November, the plans, plus 50 international organizations are meeting a similar theme. In western countries the situation is not as tough as the new EU Member States and the countries of the former East bloc, where the cult of youth discrimination of older people. It is the experience of countries that have handled this issue, plus 50 to pass into the awareness of Czech society.
We do not want quotas, but the change in thinking
How to watch plus 50 positive discrimination, and thus to anchor the obligation to employ senior citizens? “We believe that much more effective than to introduce compulsory quotas is to change people’s minds, especially employers. See how to help a new anti-discrimination law. I do not doubt that one will cease earlier date of birth in the labor market mind, but it will still run on the long-term, “summarize the founder of the civic association.
July
25
2009
In every Czech region, there are several of them, but those truly exceptional is little. Černošice near Prague, Spindleruv Mlyn, Celadna, Marianske Lazne, or area Masaryk in Brno.
These and other sites are not just luxury satellites, but is also associated hallmark historical society gloss. With all the good and bad, what the position entails.
In South Bohemia is a prestigious address number one without Hluboka nad Vltavou. He lives there famous athletes and politicians with a large influence. The golf, tennis or fishing there zajíždějí variable business.
Recently mondénním the satellite near the regional metropolis of České Budějovice can be best illustrated by some polish and misery the most recent addresses. Hluboka have been the end of the eighties of last century zaostalým town, where no water supply, gas, sewage or waste-water treatment plant.
After the Velvet Revolution site but attract investment for one and a half billion, mostly from private sources, and he was unrecognizable.
Hlubocká mafia? Forget …
Even five years ago many people in the Deep talk in the context of the time on the golf course construction and Podzámecká Poříčskou Meadow on Hluboká mafia.
The mind had close connection with the town hall entrepreneurs, landowners and construction companies. ODS local boss (a member of the ODS executive council) Pavlu long nicknamed “Prince Paul”, the city itself “Southfork” according to the U.S. series Dallas. The active mayor Tomáš Jirsa from ODS to mind that it is in the lift of local bosses.
Protests initiated ekosdružením Calla or Jihočeským mothers but now vyšuměly.
“What if it should be? City flourished, and the rich have always ruled. After all, no compensation for the mayor Jirsa in sight,” he says with some skepticism about the age of fifteen head of government Hluboká tradesman who has a shop on main street in town and does not want to be named.
Resigned and other former critics.
“Excuse me, rather the matter with you, they might sack me,” responds to the request for a meeting of city employee pay. Quote from an interview on the circumstances of the deep wish or any other local staff, paid for the change Jihočeským region.
As you can see, postdemokracie concept, coined in the Czech Republic president Vaclav Klaus, could be entitled to its predecessors Deep.
Two men show
Tuesday is the 30th June. At that, he started the first vacation week, is embedded deep in the sun tourists only poskrovnu.
“I am Jirsa and this is Mr. místostarosta Long,” presents in the town hall the mayor (and now a few years and Senator for the district Český) its representative.
The presence of Deputy Long is unexpected not only because its function is of the leisure.
Assistant to the man with a reputation for lobbyists and gray eminence South policy has not weekly Ekonom term option or separate meetings in the last minute.
“We have everything we say here,” observes Jirsa of the explanation, and then extensively describes the achievements of the deep ground.
“We have two tříprocentní to unemployment, very low crime. Here are just steal. Deep Economy is the more pillars, develop services, education, small businesses in tourism and fifty employees, which is not just a state visit to the castle or Ohrada Zoo, but also fishing and hunting, weddings, tourism and convention tourism, sports tournaments, summer theater and music festivals. When one segment fails, the other him of, “Tomáš Jirsa describes a coherent economic strategy for the town hall.
Policy for tourists year-round supply of the Deep, however, a wide range: in addition to the golf course for example cycling to České Budějovice, equestrian Justice Vondrov, akvapark, luxury hotels, the winter tour to the castle, baseball and beachvolejbalová course, three tennis hall, ice rink, football field with artificial lawn, a traditional Chinese medicine clinic.
The city is 4,815 inhabitants, it’s stellar equipment. And it still plans to move together in the meadow next to the castle Ohrada theater with revolving auditorium in Český park.
Budgets of local hotels will significantly help the meeting of foreign ministers of three European Union pursued by hundreds of accredited journalists.
Direct connection to the Prague castle is a hotel Štekl, belonging to the company Navatyp. And according to sources weekly Ekonom control lobbyists Roman Janousek with radním Prague 10 Tomas turtledoves.
In Štekl be loučit example, before leaving for Himalayas Mayor Pavel Bém and proper Milan Richter there last September held a party with their subordinates.
The weekend will go to Hluboka take thousands Budějovičanů, so where have the local park. However, it is in full swing – nekrize crisis – the emergence of other attractions.
Spa president doctor
The biggest events are now building a spa. Yes, you read well. Hluboka should have next year due to state subsidies approved by the Regional Operational Program of the spa town. Focus? Diseases of the heart and orthopedics.
Šedesátimilionová investment “Relaxation and rehabilitation center under Knížecím Court should have capacity of 75 beds for hotel clients and 50 for outpatient treatment.
To meet city conditions for the Statute of the spa town, had to find a natural resource. It was thus discovered six thousand years old water from underground lakes, rich in selenium and manganese.
S balneonápadem came in 2002 místostarosta Paul Long, together with the head of České Kardiocentra Ladislav PESL. “Clients will appreciate the beautiful, the adjusted position and its surroundings, will be used for games, restaurants, cultural facilities. The benefits to the economy of these bodies is clear,” explains PESL Hlubocká in the newsletter What is the point of the spa town.
Because opportunities for commercial project grant for the project had to build a joint-stock company Kardiocentrum Vysocina CPA (based on the deep).
While PESL Cardiology is responsible for part of the spa, rehabilitation should have to worry orthopaedist Pavel Dungl. That the last hip operation carried out by President Václav Klaus.
Honorary citizen of Schwarzenberg
Just across from the spa is located in the future bank of the Vltava river area of former professional tennis player Martin Damm.
“The Hluboka be used to go play tennis Miroslav Kalousek,” recalls Paul Long on the policy, which was their time in close contact.
It is up to Bechyně (where Kalousek representative) once extended the scope of the former school farm Hluboka, which was long in the mid-nineties director. And privatizátorem (together with Josef Pure, current radním as a member of the CSSD in companies Agriprod and Horses Holiday Club).
Today, said the journey long and Kalousek circulate. “Nevídáme with. What do you chance the new party TOP 09 Mr Schwarzenberg? However, long interested in the project, whose success would image the former princely town considerably strengthened.
Incidentally, Karel Schwarzenberg is an honorary citizen of Deep and Mayor Jirsa is ready to unlikely variant restitution inheritress Hluboká branch family Schwarzenbergs Elizabeth Pezoldové.
“You could go for repayment of a total of only four locks, the other princely property is already in private hands and would probably compensated financially,” the.
The date on which the weekly Economist Hluboka viewed, with the city coincidentally stood next great tennis player, ODS Chairman Mirek Topolánek. Expremiér arrived at the lunch meeting předprázdninové leaders ODS South region in the hotel Podhrad.
Baby former mayor
It could be assumed that the links on the basis of the current work Hlubocká City Hall, could wish to openly describe the last předlistopadový The Municipal National Committee from 1986 to 1990 Karel Vacha.
But a former member of České Budějovice District CPC Committee is now the owner of a successful construction company bearing his name. Nineteen years old is sitting at the town hall for the Independent Movement, and as Councilor in charge of the state of urban sanitation.
“Even in my era we Hluboka dotáhli gas, made water reservoirs, water distribution systems, built three machines and prepare the housing. But it gets such odpich since 1989, that I could ever imagine,” confers.
“If everything is now done planning methodology, as if nobody would neprotlačil nothing. It is not the private initiative, it is all alone. I, as president nadřel huge, but the current mayor to the lighter, bottom-up initiative because it is just a roll,” he says.
In addition to recording, however, Vacha admits that Jirsa strongly subject to pressure their party, individual or party bosses. Long, however, namely the builder refuses to criticize. “Did not were never unreasonable, helps people,” stresses pamětnicky informal leader Deep.
Assistant secretaries Šmidmayer
Deputy Long, who in the past almost exclusively pull the strings in the background, now appears a bit of shade.
In addition to involvement in the Executive Board of ODS and return to City Hall after a short pause unexpectedly became the official advisor České ODS Member, Member of Economic Committee and House Energy expert John spiky.
“The card I used to Parliament only has about three times, in Prague nejezdím power,” refutes long suspected that the advisor simply tisícikorunovou monthly salary was only because of the free “ticket” to the House of Representatives.
As an agricultural expert Spike allegedly advise on alternative energy sources from a variety of crops, in particular concerning the construction of distilleries. “Of course I know people who are building,” says Long.
As an assistant, however, its members had time to hand a young assistant named Jan is Šmidmayer. The young lawyer was in the civil service at the town hall and after the floods in 2002 helped vytopeným citizen requests for grants and loans. – The bottom line? There are two.
First: It is Šmidmayer in 2005, negotiated settlement between investors and the legal representative of the ecological service Doucha Paul regarding the golf course, which lasts to this day.
“Yes, I convey a compromise agreement when I was a moderator function,” confirms the weekly Economist Šmidmayer who now heads the public benefit of Ekologos dealing with environmentally friendly projects in relation to tourism.
Second: The former civilkář founded G-agency project. It assists clients in projects in European and other funds for quick-and quasi-monopoly eurodotaci receives one after another.
“Designing applications to me if interested in the town hall and I started to pay a professional,” describes Šmidmayer.
All the money in the Deep
Long, with whom he met when he was his assistant, said today works mainly in the context of micro-management-Hlubocko Lišovsko. “People see us at various events and to attach greater importance to some unnecessary,” prevents the head of the business merger Hluboká ODS.
The mayors of surrounding villages south do not like the bear that Hluboka download large part from the Southwest Regional Fund. “They have bad luck. While other municipalities in the last minute need to patch up the facade nurseries, we are preparing their projects since 1992 and studied abroad, we have options,” responds Jirsa.
The other great contact Paul Long circulating legends. Only in the bodies of a number of companies sitting with exmístopředsedou ODS Petr Cermak, farm lobbyist behind Vojtěch Slówikem, a member of the management of PPF and Jiri Smejc Ivan Zach from Prima TV.
Contact with the real estate magnate Ludek ax (which foresaw the construction of the golf course in Český Krumlov), kamarádil with lidoveckým former deputy chief of the Land Fund and Charles Mach.
July
25
2009
Economic crisis torn Czech, but plastic surgeons as the weight. Clinics are still full, and only during the last year have carried out approximately 30 thousand operations. People apparently prefer to put the purchase of a new car or furnishings and give you a solution to the problem, which often suffers from a very long time already.
“We have a quarter increase against last year clients. And last year, we grow so that we thought that it not be more,” says co-director of a Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Medicom VIP Petr Toufar.
For comparison, in the United States probably in the context of crisis operations and other interventions last year fell by twelve percent. According to figures from the American Society for Plastic Surgery to last into the care of doctors assigned to about ten million people.
Mild concern about its business owners said the Czech clinics were last autumn. Repayment if the company considered that, because of the crisis revoke offer loans, which shall be paid, inter alia, the plastic surgery.
The clinic would be a major blow. Beauty is the operation with the help of loans from splátkových company pays about one fifth of Czech patients and most foreigners.
In the Czech specialized loans for aesthetic and plastic surgery provides the only company Home Credit. From the data shows that the average amount usually exceeds fourteen thousand crowns, and the length of repayment is seventeen months.
The danger has been avoided but, loans run away. Rather than a lack of clients concerned about the low number of clinics specialized doctors. It’s apparently a system of professional training.
“Plastik is low, they must undergo a long preparation. And, unfortunately, not available or sufficient training places,” describes the state of the field in the Czech Republic plastic surgeon and co-private Center Perfect Clinic Roman Kufa.
Total take doctors who decided on the path of plastic surgeon, training for twelve years. “And we are preparing for the recently reduced,” adds fellow townsman Jan, majority owner and chief physician of Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Esthé.
It is also leading the field of bourgeois plastic surgery at the Institute of Postgraduate Education, where the new adept educate the profession.
Living in the series?
Interest would be was, and no wonder. Foreign TV series presenting plastic surgeons as a young, successful and above all very rich men. And not far from the truth.
Research International Association of plastic surgeons indicates that almost one fifth of U.S. plastic surgeons annually earns more than two million dollars.
Colleagues have their way on such sumách could have appeared, but their income does not belong to the category of low.
The individual clinician is initially unwilling to talk about money too, but finally admitted that the leaders in the field you can really earn. “Surgeon usually takes 25 to 30 percent of the price per transaction,” says Lubomir Freedom of clinics and other Esthé only confirmed his words.
“In practice, this means that the excellent doctor, a whole month to really work, often on weekends, you can come to hundreds of thousands of crowns,” states Roman Kufa from Perfect Clinic. A specific sum? Doctors agree on the issue of 400 thousand.
The difference against Western Europe is appreciable. In Germany, the doctor said the operation could earn up to seven times more than in the Czech Republic.
But here I said as I earn more, depending mainly on the doctors. “They must also behave properly to their patients, need to go dress appropriately,” refers to Roman Šmucler, owner and director of Department of Plastic and Aesthetic Medicine Asklepion.
The pay is around the middle of the budget of individual clinics, a significant part of the cost of the medicine and payments for energy, medical materials, rent and of course, taxes.
As, however, believes Peter Toufar of clinics Medicom VIP, is plastic and aesthetic surgery is difficult to compare with the business in any other field. “It’s health, helping people who are long-term concerns because of their appearance. Sometimes we have to make concessions that would probably never be a financial investor did not,” he explains.
Competition do not
Why, therefore, despite the high salaries of doctors shortage?
“We are thinking, how they raise at least as to minimize competition between doctors,” complains the Šmucler.
This in turn means that apparently bears and other consequences. Few should be depends on whether the doctor is good or bad, because the work is due to a lack of other options.
“Don on placements abroad, are not new trends. All are convinced that we do best sculpture in the world, but in the world to do it completely different,” adds Šmucler.
The solution would be in accordance with the import of foreign experts who would field in the Czech Republic moved forward.
“But it is not. Could I bring top experts from Russia, but not making an examination of the participle in English, and not a license and can not operate. Even the German doctor can not operate in the Czech Germans,” highlights the pitfalls of the Czech legislation.
Business amatérismus
Similar ustrnutí addition applies to other areas. Most of the main physician clinics managed by the business does not have much time. The professional manager usually missing.
“Plastic surgery is a complete business in the Czech Republic dropped opportunity. It is led by an amateur, as indeed the whole Czech medicine,” says Šmucler. As an example of price list of plastic operations, which started in the 90 years of last century, with minimal variations in prices still apply to all clinics.
Professional management is important. The cost of building a clinic run into millions of crowns. Confirmed by the Roman Kufa, which will open in the autumn of new branch in Prague.
“Construction of the clinic with two operating rooms from scratch out in the tens of millions of crowns. Precious is especially medical equipment,” reveals one of the owners of Perfect Clinic.
Much of the cost is also attributable to high standards for hospitals. Operating room for the purpose of plastic must meet the same health conditions as the standard.
“There must be such as air conditioning, which makes bacteria to the floor and the ventilation off, or monitoring system for each patient in the post-operative,” lists Kufa. Return on investment is estimated to eight years.
From head to toe
And what clinics earn? English version of Internet search engine Google identifies as masterfully top phrases from the aesthetic medicine word “botox”, “sculpture pain”, “Facelift” and “liposuction”.
Dozens of the most popular complementary sculptures breast, ear, knee, vagina and lobar sculpture or so-called “minilift”. Selection of the most popular treatments is illustrated by the Czechs after the practitioner requires.
And more precisely: English. Their counterparts in the surgery are still at significant minority.
“I can walk, although more and more, but their share is still small, in our clinic is around five percent,” notes Peter Toufar. Data is weight, according to the number of major operations is the Department’s largest center of plastic surgery in the Czech Republic.
Precise data on the number of “plastic patients” but are not available.
“Plastic and aesthetic operations are covered by direct payment of the patient, and we have no chance to keep statistics on this type of operation,” said Health Ministry spokesman Ekonom Vlastimil Sršeň.
More recently also formed a large part of foreign visitors to clinics, but now everything is different. Medicínští tourists appear more European countries and the Czech operating tables are slowly but surely declining.
Together with the reduced prices, which pays for treatments. While the sculpture was previously breast of another State, two to three times more than the Czech Republic, now the prices are almost balanced.
Promarněná chances
“Czech Republic in the battle of the medical destination number one lost. Now flying Hungary, while a few years ago we had to beat to one of us became a medical power,” notes Šmucler.
Czech medicine after the revolution to build on the work of emigrants who have returned home and abroad reputation. But then převálcovalo Poland. Local entrepreneurs began to recruit patients directly abroad and drive it to Poland for the operation.
Currently, the best to Hungary, where klinikai and helps local government. “Understand that medical tourism is the most lucrative tourism at all. To be awarded in London advertising the Hungarian dentists, while we must not let our ambasádách even a couple of leaflets,” complain Šmucler.
In Turkey, in turn, grow the entire city hospital dedicated solely to medical tourism. In addition to plastic surgery patients may need to undergo orthopedic operation or testing of Neurosurgery.
Czech clinics to recruit foreign patients in a systematic work rarely. One exception is Šmuclerův Asklepion that is because in the Czech Republic and statistical exception. On its domestic one patient, by one foreign.
From the latest available studies, which last year carried Hilcom company, Internet portal operator physicians online, suggests that the average Czech plastic surgeon, the proportion of patients from abroad, around ten.
“We speak to the five to six thousand patients a year,” says the study, the Executive Director of the company Paul Hilbert.
Most candidates for surgical enhancements zevnějšku come from Germany, Austria, Great Britain and Slovakia. Most, 87 of the whole, women who requested breast enlargement, or liposuction surgery lids.
But the question is the extent to which domestic klinikai paid zkrášlovat foreigners.
“Often patients travel here, which nobody wants to operate at home, so it may be risky practices,” warns manager Esthé clinics Lubomír Svoboda.
Roman Šmucler points in addition to other risks. Foreigners often said operating surgeon, for whom it is difficult to obtain Czech clients. The local customers you do not have a good reputation.
“Experience with such spoils the reputation of our doctors abroad. And thus we get back to the top of the circle, let us know why foreigners travel less,” refers to Šmucler.
The market is becoming just
It has been stated that plastic chirurgům in the Czech Republic – at least for now – doing. But, as it seems in recent years, rising to new competitors.
Plastic surgery require considerable investment and, moreover, years of study. Substantially cheaper and less time consuming option represent emerging laser and ultrasound centers that also offer aesthetic medicine and cosmetics.
While plastic surgeons atestovaných is spread according to the Czech Society of Aesthetic Surgery data total 101, a variety of cosmetic and dermatologických center using both the technology keeps a database of companies in the Internet portal Seznam.cz 180th A number of them still.
“Small practices for cosmetic laser comes with the tens of thousands of crowns, laser dermatology is for three million,” estimates Šmucler.
About how competitors operate, he knows his. Its center Asklepion, in addition to its own dedicated medical and sales of lasers for therapeutic purposes and other equipment for similar aesthetic center.
Only in the Czech Republic have already been equipped with seventeen laser center, then at various other locations abroad. And sometimes even the very exotic places. Six such centers are located, for example, in Kazakhstan Alma-Ata.
Many of them said to him, but programmed reporting. They go to them, the people who would “Šmucler to” never nešli.
Similarly, with the centers, which offer painless liposuction using ultrasound. Their construction and operation is significantly cheaper and are not tied to strict rules of hygiene such as plastic surgery.
People from foch “are skeptical to this method, however, can not deny that moving them to patients.
“In some countries this method is even prohibited due to possible health risks,” warns Toufar.
The traditional plastic surgery but has a big advantage. It is an outpatient procedure, after the client can immediately go home and nevypadne of employment.
“Few today can afford několikatýdenní recovery from severe surgical interventions. Therefore, the clients divert from conventional plastic operations and seeking aesthetic medicine that performs less and less radical surgery,” described Šmucler.
I, therefore, the share of income Asklepion plastic operations continuously reduces the benefit of various interventions dermatologických.
“People today do not want to have a long life in terms of long age. They want a long youth, they are sexually desirable and when they look at work as a promising man, but someone is needed to get rid of two months,” outlines the motivation of their clients Smucler .
July
25
2009
The amendment to the financing of study recruitment of senators from the Committee on Education. The novel, which is calculated using the money to the study of building savings, the senators decided on tomorrow’s meeting. However, it is possible that the upper chamber passed.
Chairman of the Committee on Education Jaromír Jermář of CSSD supports the amendment, even if that student fees do not apply. “The cost of higher education are extremely high, and not everyone can afford it. Therefore, I think that the loan should be one thousand six a year is very important,” explained Jermář.
Critics of the proposal argue that the amendment does not help poor families, and ultimately more disadvantaged students. According to former Minister of Education Andrew Foxes is more to hand the building spořitelnám.
With the amendment does not even Senator Václav Jehlička (KDU-CSL). “I think it’s very populist proposal. Financial support for the study should be resolved by other means.
July
25
2009
Colleges and Universities summer addresses the problem of how to get more money and help to improve their teaching. Of course, only the money, although not better education, but it is one of the basic conditions of well-functioning education. In this context, it is clear that without some form of financial participation of students to not go.
Politicians know this well, but, for example, the introduction of tuition fees at colleges and universities prevents. Among others, argue that it is necessary first to prepare a good system of student loans and aid. You should ensure that higher education will be available to students from weaker income strata of the society. Probably everyone who deals with this problem, it must agree with. Establish fees already without that system of loans, aid or scholarships would be sheer nonsense.
The problem is that politicians introduction of tuition fees from summer odsouvají completely different reason. They are namely, that the negative public reaction significantly outweigh the positive. At the same time ignoring the recommendations of experts who have the whole system well prepared and had the “little thing”. Taste of politicians to promote their proposals into practice. So far, it looks more so that from time to time someone from the politicians experimentally propelled some idea.
The classic example is the argument on whether to finance a study could be used in building savings or not. Have the name of building savings, it would be used to purchase the housing, a variety of building alterations and the like. It is these thoughts a few years ago was motivated by his creation. Because of this aid was introduced to the budget annually suffer billion. Last but not least, the possibility of a certain period after the conclusion of the contract to draw the loan was an attempt to facilitate the way for people to purchase housing or to its reconstruction. In practice, however, usually does not. Conditions do not restrict the handling of money, by man as follows for the years of savings. Country in this way contribute to the purchase such as cars, travel and so on.
After all, when you return to a financial adviser, where to invest money, usually are among one of the first questions that you have closed building savings. If not, you are advised that form as one of the best ways an assessment of savings is very low risk. The State has somewhat reduced the maximum support for one year, but neodolal lobbyistickým pressures and maintaining this kind of savings. Among other things, allow the politicians to come to that idea that the building savings could be used to finance the cost of the study. Of course, now a man may dispose naspořenými money, as it deems appropriate. So, the money thus obtained can be used to purchase teaching aids, the payment of accommodation and the like.
Innovation would be that on the basis of contracts could one draw a loan just for this purpose. Something similar already introduced in Austria. Under current practice, without greater public interest. In the Czech Republic is significant that such a process building societies welcomed the association. This would de facto in the future almost hindered the efforts of some politicians to repeal the state contribution to building savings. Otherwise, this product lost to the attractiveness of a building society would either gradually disappeared or markedly impoverished. Of course one can argue otherwise. Since the Treasury spends the same form of state aid billion a year, could theoretically be part of them at least used to support education.
Nevertheless, politicians in this context should be considered in another way. At least to avoid the suspicion that they not so much not a solution to the financing of studies, but rather an effort to meet zákulisním lobbyistickým pressures. Instead of building savings should be introduced classic student loans, should be reinforced by various social scholarships, increased the possibility of obtaining study grants, expanded system of tax breaks and so on. It would certainly smarter than you and the encirclement of the building savings to the system of financing education.
July
23
2009
BRAC is a major initiative of U.S. $ 15 million for the reconstruction of communities devastated by war in West Africa, according to today’s announcement by four organizations that support this effort.
Soros Economic Development Fund, Open Society Initiative for West Africa, Omidyar Network and Humanity United fund this innovative initiative to support families and prevent new conflicts.
“This investment for the people of West Africa comes at a crucial moment”, said Stewart Paperin, chairman of Soros Fund Economic Development Fund. “This support gives them the tools needed to rebuild their country, emerging from devastating civil wars”.
BRAC, one of the largest groups in the world fight against poverty, providing support in the areas of microfinance, health and agriculture in Sierra Leone and Liberia. It is estimated that over 500 000 people will benefit from these programs.
“In a context of overwhelming need, it is likely that the work of BRAC reaches generating opportunities for hundreds of thousands of families that can stabilize their lives and build for the future”, said Matt bannock, Associate Director of Omidyar Network. “Our investment will help catalyze the economic and social impact”.
Since March, BRAC has opened 20 new branches of microfinance in Sierra Leone and Liberia, and create 20 more before the end of the year. BRAC granted its first loans in June. In the coming years, it will provide financial services to tens of thousands of women, as well as farm equipment and training for operators of small farm and small farms. BRAC prepare four hundred volunteers attached to the health community to provide essential care on a continuous basis and to help fight deadly diseases such as malaria, tuberculosis and cholera.
“The people have need of their livelihood”, said Fazle Hasan Abed, founder and board member of BRAC. “Despite the many challenges facing these countries, Liberia and Sierra Leone are uniquely positioned to become models of successful development in West Africa. We are dedicated to providing training and resources to enable the poor, especially women, to work to their capacity as entrepreneurs and improve their livelihoods. >>
BRAC’s work in Sierra Leone and Liberia is currently funded through a combination of grants and equity, and BRAC is currently negotiating an additional loan capital to finance the loan portfolio. This two-year pilot program will help BRAC to build a sustainable strategy over the long term for the integral development in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Soros Economic Development Fund
The fund Soros Economic Development Fund (SEDF) is a private non-profit. It belongs to a network of charitable organizations created by investor and philanthropist George Soros. Created in 1997, this fund aims to reduce poverty and deteriorating communities. The fund invests – in the form of equity, loans, guarantees and deposits – in selected banks, microfinance institutions, cooperatives and projects of social economy enterprises in the world.
