Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Lyrical Costume Designs

VIdeo investigation: madness and asylums

Monday, August 11, 2008

Ugly Doll Birthday Invitation

My investigations Lumsa news / domestic helpers and caregivers in Rome

Domestic Workers: 90% FOREIGN ROMA A city within a city: this is the most appropriate term to define the extended community of immigrants in Rome. For some time, in fact, the Capital represents the largest concentration of foreigners, among them a large chunk is represented by those who find work as domestic helpers or caregivers, an abbreviation used to identify the so-called "family helpers". Who are these workers and what are the characteristics of the phenomenon? According to data of the fourth Caritas report on immigration, over 431mila immigrants in the province of Rome and 165mila employees born in foreign countries, about 15 thousand work in helping families, 9.5% of the total. In Rome, Furthermore, it is stranger than 90% of the total (Italians and foreigners) of the employees of this industry in our city holds the record for number of family workers immigrants. Most of those, nearly 87% of foreign domestic, are women, with an average age is around 40 years, while a 18% share over 50 years. This is because, as we explained Dr. Geneva De Maio, coordinator of the report together with Franco Pittau, many women are middle-aged ladies who start leaving daughters and family in the country of origin. The main countries of origin are those belonging to the former Soviet Union, notably Romania, Ukraine and Poland: about 43%, in fact, comes from a country in Central and Eastern Europe, Africa 23% and 16% from Latin America. A good deal has also graduated and does occupations lower than the qualification: in Rome among the foreign residents, those with a university degree or high school are 52%, with an education higher than the rest of Italy , where 42%. Domestic workers and care workers earn on average, according to the INPS, € 4,860 a year (just over € 400 per month), in fact half the salary received by an immigrant worker (amounting to 10,000 € per year). This may depend on several factors: employers are families who can not always pay high figures, part of the work is not declared and remains in the realm of the underground economy, most domestic workers are women, which was generally seen receiving remuneration less than that of men by about 41.2%. But what are the intentions of foreign domestic helpers and caretakers? Almost all of them are made in Italy since 2006 to 2007 were only 16,900 immigrants were removed from the registry lists to move abroad. Trend probably favored by the desire to promote the adjustment, although in practice the situation was not always the same: if in 2002, following the so-called "Major adjustment", domestic workers have exceeded 500 000 units by the emergence of about 250 thousand immigrant workers relegated to the first submerged in later years rather than increasing their number has decreased, probably because the assessments are made on the occasion of the procedures to facilitate the regularization of legal presence in Italy, but then is interrupted, either partially or totally ('relaying'), at least until such time as is necessary to renew the residence permit ('surfacing'). With the latest decree on immigration (2007's) was, however, provided a share of domestic workers to bring in regular amounted to 65,000 in Italy and 4,000 in the province of Rome. The formalities necessary for the employer is to provide domestic workers and carers of a residence permit if they are non-EU citizens and residence card for those nationals of non EEC. Be recorded, finally, the emergence of associations for the inclusion and protection of migrant workers: one can cite, for example, the ACLI Maid Service, Professional Association, which organizes the ACLI employees and family workers, and Api-maids, an association Church consultants both nationally and in local field. Since March 2005, also exists in Rome on "national registry for domestic helpers," a proper register in which are recorded the names of all those who care for the elderly, available to anyone looking for a qualified partner with experience. CLEAR PRIOR (04/10/2008)

How Long Does It Take Senna To Work

My investigations Lumsa News / Dead White

ROME-The problem of white deaths were a reminder of the recent tragedy of ThyssenKrupp. To understand the full extent of the phenomenon, we took a look at the latest statistics: according to INAIL in the first nine months of 2007 cases of fatal accidents decreased by 2.1% over the corresponding period of the year previous year. Between the months of January to September 2007, in fact, There have been 965 cases of fatal accidents at work, compared to 986 reported during the same period of 2006. Even if the numbers show an slight decrease in cases of deaths at work, we have tried to comment on the figures for the province of Rome and the Lazio Region Antonio Napolitano, director of the regional headquarters of 'INAIL. The episode of ThyssenKrupp has reported the issue to the attention of deaths at work. What are the proportions of the phenomenon in Rome and Lazio and the areas most affected? From this point of view, the Lazio region is considered a "virtuous", because the mortality rate is much lower compared with that of other Italian regions. This is because most of the Lazio companies operating in the tertiary sector. In any case, most of the episodes is found mainly in construction and transport sectors. What are the latest incidents occurred in the capital? The month of December was very negative. A few days later there were several episodes: a worker aged 22 was killed after falling from scaffolding in Pomezia and this is the second case in two years occurred in the same way, always in December, an apprentice railway employees the state has been hit by a train while working on a terrestrial station is Roma-Napoli. The latest tragedy dates back a few days ago, when a man of 45 years Romania was hit home and killed near the station by a train in Palo Latium regional party from Rome Termini to Civitavecchia and direct. What are the legislative prepared to combat the phenomenon and there are, however, the solutions yet to be taken? In safety in the workplace, our country has a fairly complete legal framework. The first reference dates back to Act 547 of 1955, regulating safety in the workplace until the nineties. The most recent decree 626 of 1994, as amended, the Act 494 of 1996 on the site, the 123 last August 8, up to the decree Bersani Decree and Safety Act, currently under discussion. The existing rules are adequate, what is needed to understand, beyond legislation, is that it is necessary to spread the culture of safety at work, starting businesses, and have more respect for workers' conditions. In the case of ThyssenKrupp, which she referred, the company has great faults, including those having half the staff, thus extending the working hours of workers available, forced shifts of 16 hours also, and did not take into account the needs of its employees. According to her, the black influence on the problem and to what extent? Undeclared work has affected and affects the problem. It is obvious that if the taking of a black worker there is little or no attention to worker safety. But now with the new rules on illegal labor is strongly pursued: recently, in fact, was closed for construction sites in 3000 following the provision prohibiting a percentage of black workers in more than 20% of employees. This is just one example of how we are trying to eradicate the phenomenon. CLEAR PRIOR (01/10/2008)

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Panera Bread Art Work

My investigations Lumsa for news / illegal

illegal: It is true emergency? ROME. What are the actual proportions of the phenomenon of unauthorized Capital and what tools were prepared to fight it? We asked the 'safety of the City Councillor Jean Leonard Touadi and Antonio Di Maggio, commander of' group VIII urban safety and team leader of the municipal police of Rome. The master of May focuses mainly on the washer case: "The market for washer-explanation is in hand, 80% of cases, to citizens of Rumanian origin, who have won the locations of traffic lights to the sound of blows. According to our findings in Rome it relies on little more than a thousand people, including adults and children, but also work to begging. " The question, therefore, seems to be a strongly reduced than expected: "The case of Florence-continuous-May brought to the attention of the press, was then inflated. In fact, we have acted on some of the most urgent priorities such as the illegal trade, the begging, the defense of the Old Town Square from pickpockets and especially child prostitution. " No order of anti-washer, and then, but a strong tightening of controls to deal with not only this but also that of many parked "improvised" that roam the streets of the capital. They are mostly of North African and Italian, most former prisoners and / or drug addicts, mainly concentrated in some areas, including Verano, the Olympic and Flaminio, in the summer, the Roman coast, Ostia all. A talk is now Touadi Jean Leonard, who, unlike Maggie, is convinced of the existence of a real racket, which regulates the division of traffic lights and parking areas for the squatters. Currently, the commissioner pointed out, there is a general regulation that specifically relates to these two types of labor abuse: "We are waiting for government action-explanation, because the City of Rome has already stressed the need for standards national, not every city can have his way for these things. " The only legal regulations, in fact, can be traced in art. 155 of the Consolidated Public Safety and Articles 671 and 600 of our Penal Code, respectively sull'accattonaggio and enslavement, to strengthen the national framework has intervened only now the troubled security package, approved last joint week. Part of the package is just the draft law on public security, which provides, among other provisions, strengthening the power of mayors and prefects, and the strengthening of cooperation between police forces and municipal police. The goal is always to combat the spread of a phenomenon that, while it may harm the public, the other must be examined in its actual size, to avoid recreating a new "case Firenze" ( CLEAR PRIOR (LUMSA NEWS-05/11/07)

Thursday, August 7, 2008

Antique Cedar Chests Rockford Furniture

A people like me who loves this country ....