I am not a huge soccer fan, but I do get excited to see the finals of big tournaments and today’s final was certainly one that I enjoyed. Too bad for the United States soccer team, but hooray for the champion Brazil team. They did not let being down 2-0 at the half get to […]
Archives for June 2009
Having A Second Child – No Wishing Time To Pass Here
Several friends of ours who have more than one child have told us that one child is a breeze, but adding a second child to the household makes for a very busy home. Oh I can hardly wait – no really – I can wait. My mom always used to tell us kids growing up: […]
Solar Power Supply Worldwide Led By Europe – US Is Third
In a recent article by the Worldwatch Institute, it was stated that 2008 was the best year ever for the solar power market with dramatic increases in installations of solar photovoltaics (PV’s)…cumulative PV power installed worldwide jumped from 9,000 MW in 2007 to almost 15,000 MW in 2008. MW stands for Mega Watts. The article […]
Look Honey – I Have The 4 Month Crease Already
Unbelievable difference already in this pregnancy from our first one. My wife is not feeling that great so far into this pregnancy. She has had a “sinus infection” for about a month now. No tossing her cookies as of yet, but certainly not at the top of her game. For the first pregnancy, she only […]
Telling Your Parents You Are Pregnant – uhhh Some Of Them
We told our parents today, well at least some of them that we are pregnant again. We have 4 sets combined between the two of us so we told my dad and step mom and her mom and step dad. The other two are next. The two we told so far reacted with excitement and […]
Pittsburgh Penguins and Pittsburgh Steelers Making Pittsburgh Very Happy
Hooray for the Pittsburgh Penguins who faced slim odds tonight as they played game 7 of the Stanley Cup in Detroit against the Red Wings and came away with a 2-1 victory. It has been since the early 1990’s when the Penguins won their last Stanley Cup. I got to see this final game whereas […]
Putting Everything Together – Skills And Spatial Mismatch
To this point it has been shown that the economic restructuring of the 1970’s and 1980’s, and other factors such as housing and labor market discrimination, have disproportionately impacted minority residents of the central city. As a result, many of these individuals are unemployed, involuntarily live under poverty conditions (i.e low income), reside in public […]
Liveable Wages and the Public Assistance Recipient
What if the public assistance recipient can find and take full-time employment? Does this guarantee that the individual can earn enough money to support his or her family at or above the poverty line if the individual remains employed? The chances are that the individual will not be able to because most public assistance recipients […]
Culture Of Poverty – A Common Perception
Another reason why public policy faces a tremendous battle in helping central city residents overcome the economic restructuring of the mid-20th century is a common perception held by many Americans. This perception is known as the “culture of poverty” or “welfare-dependency” (Murray, 1984; Mead, 1986; 1992), and portrays welfare recipients (in actuality mainly AFDC recipients) […]
Other Barriers to Employment of the Central City Labor Force
In addition to inner city blacks not having feasible transportation to suburban jobs nor the skills (i.e academic and workplace skills learned through formal training and education scenarios) to participate in the technologically advancing information based labor market, several other barriers are present which prevent them from obtaining jobs when they become available. Kirschenman and […]