Globalization and Decent Work, Options for Panama

An analysis of economic trends in Panama, including the effects of trade liberalization and poverty on employment and child labor

Phillip DeVito Honors and Awards: Confrere de la Chaine des Rotisseurs Salishan Plaque

This framed symbol of Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs was displayed at Salishan Lodge to signify Phillip DeVito\u27s level of professional expertise. The Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs is an international food and wine society dedicated to fine cuisine and table art. DeVito was the maître d’hôtel and cellar master for the fine dining and wine program at Salishan (in Gleneden Beach, Oregon) from 1972 to 1994

Phillip DeVito Honors and Awards: Wine Classic

This plaque was given in appreciation to Phillip DeVito for serving as a judge at the 1985 National Restaurant Association Wine Classic in Chicago. At the time, DeVito was the maître d’hôtel and cellar master for the fine dining and wine program at Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach, Oregon and was building an award-winning wine collection

Phillip DeVito Honors and Awards: OWAB 1992

The Oregon Wine Advisory Board (now known as the Oregon Wine Board) presented this award of distinction to Salishan Lodge in 1992 for Outstanding Sales and Promotion of Oregon Wine. Phillip DeVito was the maître d’hôtel and cellar master for the fine dining and wine program at Salishan (in Gleneden Beach, Oregon) during that time and was in charge of building and promoting the resort\u27s extensive wine collection

Phillip DeVito Honors and Awards: Wine Spectator 1991

The Wine Spectator Grand Award was presented in 1991 to Phillip DeVito and the Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach, Oregon. The Grand Award is the highest award given by the magazine and is for one of the greatest wine lists in the world. DeVito was the maître d’hôtel and cellar master for the fine dining and wine program at Salishan for 22 years and won this award every year from 1983-1994. As of 2014, these are the only Grand Awards ever won by any person or entity in Oregon

Phillip DeVito Honors and Awards: Medallions

These ceremonial medallions were worn by Phillip DeVito for special events. DeVito had a long career in Oregon wine, including being the maître d’hôtel and cellar master for the fine dining and wine program at Salishan Lodge in Gleneden Beach, Oregon from 1972 to 1994. (left to right): Oregon Wine Brotherhood, Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, Wine Spectator Grand Award, Ceremonial Tastevin of Confrerie de la Chaine des Rotisseurs, as Chef de Table

Upholding the Promise: Supporting Veterans and Military Personnel in the Next Four Years

After more than a decade of war, several years of constrained national budgets and a changing veteran population, the second Obama administration must confront how best to uphold its promises to the nation's men and women who serve or have served in uniform.In this report, CNAS Non-Resident Senior Fellow Phillip Carter urges the Obama Administration to develop an inclusive, strategic policy approach that serves veterans and military personnel as well as they have served the nation. He calls upon the administration to tackle urgent issues such as military and veteran suicide, while working over the long term to prevent the civilian "sea of goodwill" toward veterans from turning into an ocean of apathy as current wars wind down, and public attention turns away from the men and women who have fought those wars

The Lisbon Treaty: a constitutional document, not a constitution–a British perspective

The European Union has undergone a constitutional transformation in the past half century. It has evolved from its origins as the European Economic Community, promoting economic integration, into a supranational polity that has come to be perceived in constitutional and even federal terms. This paper will explore the extent to which the modern-day EU can be said to possess some sort of constitution. In doing this, it will be necessary to decouple such a constitution from the notion of state constitutionalism and instead define it as a unique transnational constitution. Despite this, useful comparisons can be drawn between state constitutions and that of the EU, in order to ascertain the form the latter may take. Particularly useful in this regard is the analogy between the British constitutional model and the EU constitution. This paper concludes that the EU possesses a composite constitution more akin to that of the United Kingdom rather than a formal written text, as is typical in continental Europe. As such, in the present writer’s view, the Lisbon Treaty would feature, along with the other treaties, as a constitutional document within the constitutional arrangements of the EU, without it becoming a formal constitution itsel