100 Innovative Ideas For Florida S Future

Author : Marco Rubio
Publisher : Regnery Publishing
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2006-11-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1596985119

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100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future by Marco Rubio Pdf

The 100 ideas contained in this book reflect the thoughts of thousands of Floridians who have taken the time to offer their personal insights into what it will take to preserve the state's legacy of opportunity. This book is a written commitment that will detail Florida's vision for the future, and how to make it a reality. 100 Innovative Ideas for Florida's Future shows how every Floridian can enjoy freedom, opportunity, and the pursuit of happiness and leave for their children a better life than their own.

Author : Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives,100ideas.org (Organization),Republican Party (Fla.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Communication in community development
ISBN : OCLC:180877057

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Innovative Ideas for the Florida's Future : a Plan for Action by Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives,100ideas.org (Organization),Republican Party (Fla.) Pdf

Author : Susan MacManus
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 605 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780813059648

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Florida's Minority Trailblazers by Susan MacManus Pdf

"Saves a piece of Florida political history by narrating the personal stories of the state's 'minority trailblazers' from the Civil Rights Movement to the present day."--Richard E. Foglesong, author of Immigrant Prince: Mel Martinez and the American Dream "Captures Florida's ongoing political transition from a 'yellow-dog,' lily-white state to one where diversity is beginning to make an impact on politics."--Doug Lyons, former senior editorial writer, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Florida experienced a population surge during the 1960s that diversified the state and transformed it into a microcosm of the nation, but discrimination remained pervasive. With the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, along with later rulings on redistricting and term limits, the opportunity to participate in government became more and more possible for previously silenced voices. Drawing primarily from personal interviews, Susan MacManus recounts the stories of the first minority men and women--both Democrat and Republican--who were elected or appointed to state legislative, executive, and judicial offices and to the U.S. Congress since the 1960s. She reveals what drove these leaders to enter office, how they ran their campaigns, what kinds of discrimination they encountered, what rewards each found during their terms, and what advice they would share with aspiring politicians. In addition to the words of the officeholders themselves, MacManus provides helpful timelines, photos, biographical sketches of each politician, and election results from path-breaking victories. The book also includes comprehensive rosters of minority individuals who have held state offices and those who have gone on to represent Florida in the federal government. Full of inspiring stories and informative statistics, Florida's Minority Trailblazers is an in-depth rendering of personal struggles--guided by opportunity, ambition, and idealism--that have made Florida the vibrant, diverse state it is today. Susan A. MacManus is Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Government and International Affairs at the University of South Florida and the coauthor of Politics in Florida and Politics in States and Communities. A volume in the series Florida Government and Politics, edited by David R. Colburn and Susan A. MacManus

Author : Marco Rubio
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-01-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780698176362

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American Dreams by Marco Rubio Pdf

In 1956, Marco Rubio’s parents came to America as poor immigrants with grade-school educations. They found a land of opportunity where anyone could work hard, play by the rules, and build a better future for themselves and their children. His family proved the reality of the American Dream, where the children of maids and bartenders could become doctors, lawyers, small business owners, and maybe even a U.S. senator. But now the American Dream is on life support. Years of government-centered, tax-and-spend liberalism have failed to lift the poor or sustain the middle class. Millions of everyday Americans have been left behind by an economy that doesn’t value their skills and a government that would rather give them a handout than a hand up. In this follow-up to his bestselling memoir, An American Son, Senator Rubio offers a road map for restoring the land of opportunity. He explains why we now stand at a critical junction and why the next few years will determine the future for our children and grandchildren. He shares his plan for scaling back the nanny state, helping families save for college and retirement, and making it easier for small businesses to create millions of good jobs. Above all, he urges us to return to the values and can-do spirit that made our country exceptional in the first place.

Author : Leslie Moller,Douglas M. Harvey
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-16
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780387096674

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Learning and Instructional Technologies for the 21st Century by Leslie Moller,Douglas M. Harvey Pdf

Learning and Instructional Technologies for the 21st Century gathers research which identify models and approaches to improve learning through the inclusion of technology. These papers, from leading researchers and thinkers in instructional technology, begin by refuting the idea that education can be improved through more or better technology. Instead, the contributors emphasize specific, research-based ideas, which re-evaluate learning, reorganize schools, redirect technology, and provide instruction. Acknowledging the critical role of technology, these contributions explore technology's main advantage--its ability to enable advanced learning designs and emerging paradigms as well as to evolve learning interactions. While each paper explores a specific aspect of the role of technology, the collection shares this common theme. Without sufficient consideration to the process of learning and its many facets, technological availability alone will not provide a sustained impact on the educational process. Originating from the first AECT Research Symposium, Learning and Instructional Technologies for the 21st Century will be of interest to researchers and practitioners alike.

Author : Manuel Roig-Franzia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-08-07
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451687125

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El Ascenso de Marco Rubio by Manuel Roig-Franzia Pdf

Now in a Spanish-language edition: the definitive biography of Senator Marco Rubio, the youngest Speaker of the Florida Statehouse and the biggest rising star in the Republican Party. SENATOR MARCO RUBIO has been called the Michael Jordan of Republican politics and a crown prince of the Tea Party. He is a political figure who inspires fierce passions among his supporters—and his detractors. From his family’s immigrant roots to his ascent from small-town commissioner to the heights of the United States Senate, The Rise of Marco Rubio traces a classic American odyssey. Rubio’s grandfather was born in a humble thatched-palm dwelling in a sugar cane–growing region of Cuba, more than fifty years before Rubio’s parents left the island for a better life in Miami. His father worked as a bartender, his mother as a maid and stock clerk at Kmart. Rubio was quick on his high school football field, and even quicker in becoming a major voice on everything from immigration to the role of faith in public life and one of the great hopes of the Republican Party. Drawing on hundreds of interviews and documents, Washington Post reporter Manuel Roig-Franzia shows how Rubio cultivated a knack for apprenticing himself to the right mentor, learning the issues, and volunteering for tough political jobs that made him shine. He also has a way with words and the instinct to seize opportunities that others don’t see. As Mike Huckabee says, Rubio “is our Barack Obama with substance.” The Rise of Marco Rubio elegantly tells us why. *** THE RISE OF MARCO RUBIO A POLITICIAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME A slender, delicate right shoulder knifed downward; a cane flipped sideways. Nancy Reagan was crashing. But before the crowd’s applause gave way to gasps, Marco Rubio, his hair parted just so, a valedictorian’s smile on his face, tugged the aging icon toward him. He caught the ninety-year-old almost parallel to the floor and bound for a bone-chipping thud. Extraordinary political careers can build momentum from an accretion of perfect moments, and this was just one more for Marco Rubio. Rubio’s reflexes had only sharpened the impression that a party looking for heroes had found a figure with great promise. American politics had never seen anything like him. A FAMILY THAT FACED THE CHALLENGES OF IMMIGRATION In the summer of 1962 Rubio’s Cuban grandfather Pedro Víctor asked his bosses for a vacation, and this time they granted it. And so it was that on August 31, 1962, he took an incredibly risky step. He boarded Pan American Airlines Flight 2422 bound for Miami. His troubles began not long after the plane landed. A LEGISLATOR FULL OF AMBITION In Marco Rubio’s second year at the Florida capital, a committee was formed to redraw voting district lines. As usual, Rubio’s timing was good and his instincts were spot-on. Redistricting was a once-in-a-decade ritual, and it presented him with a once-in-a-decade opportunity. Not yet thirty, he volunteered to help. In doing so he took the same route he had traveled before, making himself an apprentice in a good position to impress the older generation. Volunteering for the task meant substantial face time with the leaders of the state house. And the leaders noticed him.

Author : William J. Bennett
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781595554208

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The Book of Man by William J. Bennett Pdf

WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A MAN Raising up men has never been easy, but today is seems particularly tough. The young and old need heroes to embody the eternal qualities of manhood: honor, duty, valor, and integrity. InThe Book of Man, William J. Bennett points the way, offering a positive, encouraging, uplifting, realizable idea of manhood, redolent of history and human nature, and practical for contemporary life. Using profiles, stories, letters, poems, essays, historical vignettes, and myths to bring his subject to life, The Book of Man defines what a man should be, how he should live, and to what he should aspire in several key areas of life: war, work, leisure, and more. "Whether we take up the sword, the plow, the ball, the gavel, our children, or our Bibles," says Bennett, "we must always do it like the men we are called to be."The Book of Man shows how.

Author : Manuel Roig-Franzia
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-08-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781451675467

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The Rise of Marco Rubio by Manuel Roig-Franzia Pdf

Profiles the Senator and rising star in the Republican Party, from his humble roots as the son of immigrants to his becoming the youngest Speaker in the history of the Florida Statehouse.

Author : David R. Colburn
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813047140

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From Yellow Dog Democrats to Red State Republicans by David R. Colburn Pdf

Likely to raise hackles among Democrats and Republicans alike, this dynamic history of modern Florida argues that the Sunshine State has become the political and demographic future of the nation. David Colburn reveals how Florida gradually abandoned the traditions of race and personality that linked it to the Democratic Party. The book focuses particularly on the population growth and chaotic gubernatorial politics that altered the state from 1940, when it was a sleepy impoverished southern outpost, to the present and the emergence of a dominant Republican Party.

Author : Matthew Andrew Wasniewski,Albin Kowalewski,Laura Turner O'Hara,Terrance Rucker
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Government publications
ISBN : RUTGERS:39030041187958

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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 by Matthew Andrew Wasniewski,Albin Kowalewski,Laura Turner O'Hara,Terrance Rucker Pdf

"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Congress
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 780 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0160920280

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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 by Congress Pdf

"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher

Author : Matthew Andrew Wasniewski,Albin Kowalewski,Laura Turner O'Hara,Terrance Rucker
Publisher : Government Printing Office
Page : 778 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 016092068X

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Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-2012 by Matthew Andrew Wasniewski,Albin Kowalewski,Laura Turner O'Hara,Terrance Rucker Pdf

"A compilation of historical essays and short biographies about 91 Hispanic-Americans who served in Congress from 1822 to 2012"--Provided by publisher.

Author : Mary Jordan,The Washington Post
Publisher : Diversion Books
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781626819986

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The 2016 Contenders: Marco Rubio by Mary Jordan,The Washington Post Pdf

Presidential candidates are a breed apart, often propelled by traits that have shaped their careers and have deep roots in personal histories. Often their greatest strength can turn at supernova speed into their greatest weakness. The exact qualities that set them apart from the field trip them up eventually over the long haul of a presidential campaign. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is a man in a hurry, whose dizzying political ascent—he has never lost a race—is a testament to his quickness to spot openings and go for them. The question now, as he aims for the White House, is whether voters ultimately see Rubio as refreshing and bold, the inspiring face of a new generation—or just a promising young pol getting ahead of himself. In this series of eBooks, The Washington Post is exploring in-depth all these key characteristics of the leading presidential contenders, the very characteristics that could help make one of them the country’s next commander in chief—or forever sink their presidential ambitions.

Author : Daniel C. Walsh
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2011-11-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780786487196

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An Air War with Cuba by Daniel C. Walsh Pdf

Since 1985, Radio Marti, a Radio Free Europe-type station, has broadcast American news and propaganda in Cuba. Its sister station, TV Marti, debuted in 1990. Respected operations at the start, Radio and TV Marti fell under the influence of the Cuban American National Foundation--a group of hard-line Cuban exiles--who intensified the anti-Castro rhetoric the stations sent to the island and promoted its leaders as the heirs to a post-Castro Cuba. Though the initial goal of the two stations was to increase pro-American sentiment among the island nation's citizens, the stations have succeeded only in driving the two nations further apart. This history of American propaganda broadcasting in Cuba describes how Castro used radio to obtain power; explores the impact of Radio and TV Marti on U.S.-Cuba relations, including the phenomenon of Cuban rafters; and chronicles the domestic political struggles to keep the stations on the air.

Author : Eric Kussman
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-08-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781463434809

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De-Comprehensive Politics by Eric Kussman Pdf

In his ground-breaking new book De-Comprehensive Politics, Eric Kussman does a superb job of shedding light on the reason Washington D.C. is failing Americans today and then lays out a path filled with solutions which he argues will get this great nation back to the basics. To borrow from a sports analogy, this country has taken its eye off of the ball and if we don't want to strike out we have to get back to what has made America strong over the past 200+ years. That is what Kussman has set out to accomplish in this amazing new book. Today politicians take aim at one major issue, as was done with health-care in 2010 and then pass one massive bill which nobody fully reads, that same bill gets loaded with special deals to get people to buy in to it, but at the end of the day the problem ends up worse off than when this process began. This has to stop or America is going to be in trouble. What Kussman has effectively done is he's gone beyond the broad issues in order to attack the many smaller problems, which as you will read are much easier to solve than a few really massive ones, in an honest and transparent way. This will also allow the American public to stay involved in the political process. Utilizing his problem solving ability, common sense, and vast knowledge of American history, Eric Kussman demonstrates in this explosive new book how America's problems can be resolved if Americans can start uniting in order to focus on the many smaller causes of the problems instead of trying to attack all of them at once as one giant and complex issue. Today more than ever America needs to look for De-Comprehensive solutions, as they will likely keep America the exceptional nation that it has been throughout its brilliant history.