Denise Milani Natural Boob

Better alone

A rapid and unusual addition to my blog (unusual because it almost never update on weekends). I read with surprise the statement by the Comptroller General the Republic on the possibility that the Minister of Culture and Youth to continue "carrying out" his career as musician outside office hours, and in that exercise may even continue to charge. And I say first because the sudden surprise of the Comptroller flexibility is unprecedented for me, and second because I have the feeling that the arguments are rather partial.

The ban, which is what is paid to Ministers and not the dedicated, intended, in my opinion, two things. First, to ensure, through a salary bonus equal to 65% of base salary, an income that allows the recipient to devote himself exclusively to the duties assigned. Second, prevent additional income from other sources end up exerting undue influence on the development of public policy. Neither of these considerations is present in the delivery of the Comptroller, at least not with the same relevance that the definition of profession that is based on the opinion.

and clarified that of course this has nothing to do with Don Manuel Obregón in particular. Here the theme is the door that opens with a statement like this. The discretion of the Comptroller, Dr. Maria Luisa Avila could open a restaurant (which also would be a resounding success because Dr. cooks really) while cooking is not a profession. Or Leonardo Garnier could mount a barbershop, René Castro singing with a mariachi (imagine it with cowboy hat and see that the idea is not crazy) and Mayi Antillón to a beauty parlor (or a clothing store!).

The work at the head of a ministry is very complex and requires this level of dedication and concentration, say some football players, "they should not assume additional responsibilities, even if they are so pleasant as to give concerts. But even if the urgency of the art form is such that it can not be mitigated, at least it should forgo the income from producing, thus showing that they were prepared to take office with the sacrifices involved. Serving as Minister

is certainly an honor and has great privileges. But it also requires sacrifices. During the time in office there are many things that one should be deprived: family time, a certain income level, hobbies, and generally on a personal level many things are postponed. People just see the look "glamorous" work, travel, dinners and cocktails, the car with driver, but the truth is that there is a degree of sacrifice that is invisible. Much is revealed in his tenure, many suspected before accepting it. But when one accepts, it has to do with all the will to take such sacrifices. The truth is that they are only 4 years, at best,

So I would prefer that the Ministers are engaged only in charge, despite what he says the Comptroller. Call me old fashioned but there is also a certain solemnity associated with the position he should not miss. The idea of \u200b\u200bhiring someone to the Minister of Culture to Animate a wedding (of course I'm caricaturing the situation) is not compatible with that solemnity. Or that Manuel establish a company with Leo, Rene, Maria Luisa and Mayi, so René sing at the wedding, Leo cut his hair to groom, Maria Luisa cook the buffet and the bride ready Mayi ...

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Another perspective as Minister for Social Networking

Negotiation to provide resources to the Special Fund for Higher Education (FEES) has never been easy. It is an extremely hard process because it has an unusual feature: all participants are right.

How could that happen? Universities for example, have reason to request more resources. Even if the country is already investing in higher education a percentage of GDP similar to the average of OECD countries, around 1.1% - Canada, Korea and the United States allocated a percentage of between 2.5 and 2.9, which should be a range aspiration for a country that claims to be successfully inserted in an economy and contemporary is founded on knowledge.

investment in public higher education is a prerequisite for development and should receive all necessary support to become the locomotive to pull the national dream of a better quality of life for the population.
But the Government is also correct. You can not accede to the request of universities. The country can only allocate the resources it produces, if the economy grows at 5% can not commit to ensuring the growth of university budgets by 11%, as we seek to universities. Unless of course we are willing to sacrifice investment in other fields.

This argument objective that originates in a tough fiscal realities, and not obscure interests that seek to eliminate public higher education to encourage private universities. To think that someone like Leonardo Garnier, who has become a lightning rod for attacks on government representation on the Liaison Committee, "it encourages a sense antiuniversitario can only be motivated by a supine ignorance of his career and thought, or by simple and plain malice. The truth is much more complex than a vacuum ad-hominem argument.

The situation becomes even more complicated when universities argue they could not accept less than they requested to have automatic growth their costs by 8% in real terms. And to be absolutely fair, many-not all, of that growth comes from salary bonuses have been awarded by courts. But the truth is that this is the behavior of spending on public universities, and this is a burden too heavy for the universities themselves and the country. Something must be done.

With a panorama like this, it is natural that the negotiation is particularly difficult. Perhaps the solution is not to discuss a funding formula for five years as has been the practice, but extend the deadline so that the options are greater.

For example, one may consider a growth scenario gradually the percentage of GDP devoted to higher education so that after 15 or 20 years to reach a 2.25% of GDP. This would allow several things. First, the timing of the fiscal resources required to ensure compliance with the agreement, including what now seems an inevitable and urgent tax reform.

Second, universities should make room for long-term planning to enable them to moderate-the way they see fit, the weight of those spending items that contribute to the automatic growth is clearly unsustainable. And third, and beware if this is not the most important, to reach such agreement, a true and unpublished state policy, it could become a model for other areas of national life, also in need of long-term actions.

course, to build something like this will require technical work hard and rigorous, which can not be subject to cyclical pressures in the budget cycle has already started. In this sense, universities and the government could agree on a budget for next year to ensure a 5% real growth, while projections put the GDP growth rate this year about 4% - and the management a loan of $ 150 million to offset the automatic growth rate covered and not halt altogether the expansion plans that universities have in place. This would give a period of one year, needed to build a long-winded solution.

With political will and commitment that should be of the possibility of reaching an historic agreement, it is possible that these strenuous negotiations today are, in 20 years, the object of curious investigation for those university students who have greater opportunities through a system of public higher education is the motor of development that the country needs.

What Are Ethyl Sprays?

FEES, public opinion, the pulse of the country and courses of action

The community of social networks is especially important qualitatively process of forming what we call "public opinion." But it is NOT the public. Is a group that should be taken into account but not the only nor the most important. I say this because I have the impression that in recent months has been overestimating the role it plays in society, especially because some issues that suddenly light up controversy in the 2.0 world end up being more or less public decision in line as discussed in the virtual community.

But watch out, this only happens when the mass media take up the gauntlet. If social networks have the influence that some attribute, other issues would have a consequence. Examples are many. It was not enough the massive body of much of this community for Greivin Moya was referring to the questions put to him on the blog Tico Hell. The accusations were not only not answered, but were systematically ignored by the rest of the media, and therefore go unnoticed. It is expected to happen with the doubts that Alexander Trejos out in his blog on the amount of followers in Twitter Amelia Rueda. If no means gives ball to Alexander, it is likely that doubts remain unclear.

And in this we must be clear: the media continue to use what happens here to enhance some topics, or to strengthen validity of public interest, "coincides ONLY AND ONLY IF your current interest. Do not talk about conspiracies or anything like that, it just depends on whether that goes beyond the issue under discussion in the cyberworld is interesting for the media, to reach national status issue.

these thoughts because I think some may be incorrectly assessing the representativeness of the social networks. It is important that we are speaking, but not the only or most important. It's convenient to believe, but no less wrong. Take the pulse of the country requires more than turning on a computer and enter into Twitter or Facebook. And define courses of action requires the consideration of additional elements, a systematic and rigorous collection of data, ongoing contact with different sectors, to promote the objective knowledge of the differing views. Otherwise the decision will be partial, and sooner or later show their limitations.