Marketing conference announces honorees
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 1D
Marketing Opportunities in Business and Entertainment and the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau will present the MOBE Media Awardees at the twenty-first presentation of MOBE’s Advanced Marketing and Technology Symposium. The awards presentation takes place during the MOBE Opening Reception and Cyber Café, Friday, April 4. MOBE’s mission is to strategic alliance and business building opportunities for business and professional development. MOBE’s registrants directly influence the $650-billion African American consumer base and impact the urban consumer base more broadly.
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Reno speaker for Corrections Department
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 1D
With the theme "Women Pioneering the Future," the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department hosted a luncheon Thursday at the Miami Airport Hilton in honor of Women’s History Month. The department’s Women’s History Month celebration was intended to increase knowledge of women’s history, particularly in the field of the law enforcement and corrections. The guest speaker for the luncheon was Janet Reno, the first woman to serve as a state attorney in Florida. Reno achieved a distinguished record while serving Miami-Dade County. She worked against riots and escalating drug-related crime during during the 1980’s. Reno was sworn into the office of U.S. Attorney general, on March 12, 1993, where she served until 2001, making her first appointed female, and the longest serving attorney general in the 20th century. In nominating Janet Reno, to become the nation’s 78th Attorney General, President Clinton emphasized her intergrity. "She’s demonstrated throughout her career a commitment to principles that I want to see enshrined in the Justice Department - that no one is above the law." As the Chief Law Enforcement Officer, Reno was responsible for the FBI, U.S. Marshals and U.S. Fdederal Courts attorneys.
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Demolition makes way for development
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 1D
A Richmond Heights shopping center at the comer of Lincoln Boulevard and Carver Drive deemed unsafe by the Miami-Dade County Building Code Compliance Department was demolished on Friday, making room for a new development in the South MiamiDade community. County Commissioner Dennis Moss and the Office of Community and Economic Development have overseen the fate of the property, which sits on a half-acre of land, since the county purchased it in 2001 with $257,419 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. "Unfortunately, the property was found to be unfit for rehabilitation because of severe building code violations, so it had to be demolished," said Commissioner Moss. "At least now, the space can be used for something positive in this community." Commissioner Moss plans to hold meetings in the next two months with the Richmond Heights community to gain input on how the plot of land should be used, but said that he hopes to see some kind of facility built there that will inject the area's economy with new revenue.
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Thompson to command seaport
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 1D
Miami-Dade Police Department Captain Eleasa Brown Thompson will be promoted to major Monday, making her the highest-ranking Black woman on the force. Soon-to-be Major Thompson will have command of the department’s Seaport Operations Section, and police operations of JMH, Key Biscayne, Fisher Island, Metrorail and Metrobus. Thompson is both excited and resolute about the promotion. "I always strive to make a difference in the society and in the community in which I grew up," she told The Times Tuesday afternoon. Thompson is only the second Black woman to hold the position of major on the Miami-Dade police force. "The first was Roslyn McGruder Clark," she said, "a major in Northside who passed away in 1999."
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Austin named state's higher education chancellor
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 1D, By Brent Kallestad
TALLAHASSEE (AP) - A Florida State University administrator was selected Monday to become the state's new college and universities chancellor. Debra Austin, an assistant vice president for academic affairs at Florida State and 25- year veteran of higher education, was named to the post by Education Secretary Jim Horne. She takes office after Daniel S. Papp, a senior vice chancellor of the University System of Georgia, backed out of the job in December. "As in all states, higher education in Florida faces many challenges but there are also many opportunities to showcase our colleges and universities as the world-class institutions they are," Austin said in a statement. Austin will help lead the implementation of Amendment 11, which will create a Board of Governors for the university system. She'll be paid $160,000 annually.
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Clearing the air about working in confined spaces
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 2D
(NAPS) - For some people, being in a tight spot at work is a daily occurrence. According to the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), many workplaces contain spaces that are considered "confined" because they have limited means of entry and exit, and their configurations hinder the activities of any employees who must enter, work in and exit them. For example, employees who work in process vessels, tanks, silos, storage bins, hoppers, vaults, pits, or other kinds of large storage containers generally must squeeze in and out through narrow openings and perform their tasks while cramped or contorted in spaces not designed for continuous occupancy by workers. Confined spaces that contain any hazards like toxic gasses, moving machinery; or other hazards are considered to be "permit- required confined spaces" by OSHA. Among other things, OSHA requires a permit system for entry, special training for workers who work in these spaces, attendants who monitor the spaces, and rescue teams. Tragic accidents are all too common in confined spaces. Recently, a Florida contractor was fined for an accident that left one worker dead and three injured. The worker died after rescuing one of his two brothers on his work crew, who was overcome by toxic sewage fumes in a confined lift station.
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Low-income workers may qualify for tax relief
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 8D
(NAPS) - David and Judy Brown spent 2002 juggling two full-time jobs and the schedules of their 4-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son. With a combined income of $28,450 and daycare costs, a mortgage payment and other monthly bills, David and Judy also juggled their finances. When the Browns, along with millions of Americans in similar situations, prepare their taxes this year, they may learn they qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC). The credit reduces the amount of Federal income tax owed by qualified low-income workers, who may receive the EITC as a refund. According to the IRS, during tax year 2001, approximately 19 million working individuals and families claimed the EITC. Depending on their income, single and married people who worked full or part time for at least part of 2002 may qualify for the EITC. After preparing their taxes, the Browns owed the IRS $500. Because they have two children and meet the income requirements, they qualify for an EITC of $1,212. The credit eliminates the additional taxes they owe and gives them a refund of $712. "The Earned Income Tax Credit was created to help people who work in low-paying jobs by offsetting tax burdens and living expenses," said Susan Boehmer, IRS national EITC program manager. "Every individual and family who qualifies for the credit ought to claim it."
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Professional ethics is a two-way street
April 2- April 8. Volume 80, Number 30, Pg 9D
(NAPS) - The news today is filled with corporations and executives being exposed for questionable ethics. Years of effort and millions of dollars spent building name recognition for themselves and their companies are lost in an instant. Why do they take such risks when they know their actions are wrong? Because they think they won't get caught. The same is true for many individuals and organizations that ignore intellectual property laws and illegally copy software onto their PCs at home or at work. There are several theories as to why this takes place. First, they don't think anyone will get hurt, when in fact the worldwide piracy rate is 40 percent. This reflects a revenue loss to U.S. business software developers of almost $11 billion. Me ripple effect of soft ware piracy goes far beyond the software industry impacting jobs, tax revenues and the economy of every country that creates and markets software. Second, software pirates do not think a software CD has any value. They fail to realize that the application on the CD represents thousands of hours of developers' time and millions of dollars in research and development. According to the license agreement, they own the right to use the software, not the software itself. Without revenue to fund further development, product innovation will suffer and companies won't get new tools to help them become more productive.
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