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A Cheap Holiday in Other Peoples Misery (catching up with Mordechai Vanunu in Israel)
One of my favourite pieces of music is the Sex Pistols' classic 'Holidays in the Sun' - a song that begins with the line, 'a cheap holiday in other people's misery'. This would have made a fitting epitaph for my holiday in Israel, except that the $3000 air ticket meant that it wasn't exactly cheap.
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2nd Annual Musical Family Tree Festival October 20-21st in Indianapolis, Indiana--Two-day Event to Feature the Best in Midwestern Music
This year the festival will feature up and coming bands who transcend traditional genres in favor of developing a unique sound and identity in music. The showcases will span the musical paradigm fusing different parts rock, pop, country, soul, and a compelling sort of quiet approach virtually invisible to mainstream music. Musical Family Tree is proud to have a role in establishing new forms of music and to bring them into the mainstream.
SSI Announces Departure of its 10th Mission to Israel for Homeland Security Training
SSI will be taking their tenth delegation of law enforcement and security professionals to Israel making the Miami company the leader in security training outside the US.
The Fastest Growing College in Israel Opens U. S. Office; Shamoon College of Engineering Helps Stimulate South Israel's Economy
Sami Shamoon College of Engineering in south Israel plans for 130% student body increase by 2012. The majority of the students are from south Israel's under-served brain trust. Shamoon plays a unique role in the development of Israel by recruiting and training engineering students, and then motivating them to stay in south Israel after graduation to fill the engineering shortage. This helps spur the region's economic growth.
Huntington, IN (PRWEB) February 9, 2006 -- In rural America, there's more to promoting business growth than bringing in new factories. Retaining local employers and nurturing home-grown businesses are just as important.
"We're working hard to attract good-paying employers to our county and we have some success stories to tell," said Carol Pugh, executive director of Huntington County United Economic Development (HCUED), located in rural northeast Indiana. "But in today's business environment, the role of economic development is much broader, especially in a rural area such as ours."
"Our goal is to attract, retain and build businesses that will be valuable long-term contributors to our community," Pugh said. "Although recruiting a new employer to a community draws headlines, the great majority of all new jobs are created by the growth of existing businesses in the community. So we need to retain and build a base of employers that will provide good jobs for today's workers as well as opportunities for our young people. In addition, we want to attract employers that will support our local businesses and organizations, and positively contribute to the quality of life we enjoy here."
The full job of economic development will be discussed at HCUED's "Huntington County Means Business" forum on February 22, 2006. The featured speaker will be Jack Schultz, author of the book, Boomtown USA--the 7½ Keys to Big Success in Small Towns.
The publisher of Forbes magazine described Schultz's qualifications as follows: "The question for small town America is acute. What causes some communities to boom even as others slowly die? Jack Schultz knows the answer."
Schultz, the CEO of Agricel, a private industrial development firm in Effingham, Illinois, will describe what drives economic prosperity in rural areas and the value of nurturing local businesses. His book is the result of more than two decades of experience in small-town industrial development and three years of intensive research.
Panel discussions will outline the county's economic development strategy, current industrial projects and services from VentureWorks, HCUED's new support network for local entrepreneurs. Panelists include:
Marie-Christine Pence, Economic Development Project Manager, Cinergy/PSI
Bruce Kidd, Director of Entrepreneurship, Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Jonathan Myers, Director, NE Region, Indiana Economic Development Corp.
Mike Pogorelc, Plant Manager, Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems, LLC
Kay Schwob, Director, Enterprise Resource Center, Huntington University
Karl LaPan, President and CEO, Northeast Indiana Innovation Center
Carol Pugh, Executive Director, HCUED
"Huntington County Means Business" will be from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, February 22, 2006, and will include continental breakfast and lunch. It will be held at the North Star Civic Center, 2824 Theater Ave., Huntington, Ind. The cost is $10 and reservations are through HCUED, 8 W. Market St., Huntington, phone 260-356-5688.
About HCUED:
The mission of Huntington County United Economic Development is to foster cooperation, education and coordination of the public and private sectors; to promote and encourage retention and expansion of existing businesses; and to support attraction of new resources for diverse economic development that will enable Huntington County to prosper as a community. Learn more about HCUED at http://www.hcued.com.
Contact:
Carol Pugh, Executive Director
Huntington County United Economic Development
260-356-5688
http://www.hcued.com
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