In science consensus is irrelevant. What is relevant is reproducible results. --Michael Crichton
Census Bureau data show that the typical illegal immigrant is 34 years old, has a 10th-grade education and an annual income of less than $25,000. The taxpayer cost of amnesty for the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. would be $6.3 trillion, according to a 2013 Heritage Foundation study. The group's research shows that illegal immigrants are likely to receive three times more money in government benefits than they would pay in taxes.
Census Bureau data show that the typical illegal immigrant is 34 years old, has a 10th-grade education and an annual income of less than $25,000. The taxpayer cost of amnesty for the estimated 11.5 million illegal immigrants currently in the U.S. would be $6.3 trillion, according to a 2013 Heritage Foundation study. The group's research shows that illegal immigrants are likely to receive three times more money in government benefits than they would pay in taxes.
Researchers wrote about "one of history's most famous spinal columns" in The Lancet Friday, saying their 3-D visualization "reveals how the king's spine had a curve to the right, but also a degree of twisting, resulting in a 'spiral' shape"They say Richard had a "well-balanced curve" that might not have been plainly visible. Remember that when Shakespeare wrote about the "poisonous bunch-backed toad," Richard was the last Plantagenet, overthrown by Henry, a Tudor, and Elizabeth, the Tudor heir, was on the throne.
"I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being. But what makes us exceptional is not our ability to flout international norms and the rule of law; it’s our willingness to affirm them through our actions." This is Obama at West Point explaining that American exceptionalism is being like everyone else. These are hard concepts, clear only to the proud, the few, the politicians.
"I believe in American exceptionalism with every fiber of my being. But what makes us exceptional is not our ability to flout international norms and the rule of law; it’s our willingness to affirm them through our actions." This is Obama at West Point explaining that American exceptionalism is being like everyone else. These are hard concepts, clear only to the proud, the few, the politicians.
Who was...Jeffrey Hudson?
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body. has an investigative report obtained by The New York Times which raise serious questions about the vulnerability of the World Cup to match fixing. The tournament opens June 12 in Brazil. The report found that the match-rigging syndicate and its referees infiltrated the upper reaches of global soccer in order to fix exhibition matches and exploit them for betting purposes. It provides extensive details of the clever and brazen ways that fixers apparently manipulated “at least five matches and possibly more” in South Africa ahead of the last World Cup. As many as 15 matches were targets, including a game between the United States and Australia, according to interviews and emails printed in the FIFA report.
FIFA, soccer’s world governing body. has an investigative report obtained by The New York Times which raise serious questions about the vulnerability of the World Cup to match fixing. The tournament opens June 12 in Brazil. The report found that the match-rigging syndicate and its referees infiltrated the upper reaches of global soccer in order to fix exhibition matches and exploit them for betting purposes. It provides extensive details of the clever and brazen ways that fixers apparently manipulated “at least five matches and possibly more” in South Africa ahead of the last World Cup. As many as 15 matches were targets, including a game between the United States and Australia, according to interviews and emails printed in the FIFA report.
On a more structural level, a former top Qatari football official paid more than $5 million to get support for the emirate's controversial campaign to host the 2022 World Cup, the British Sunday Times alleged.
Hackers believed to be connected to Iran’s government are posing as former U.S. ambassador John Bolton on social media platforms in a scheme to get human rights activists and national security wonks to hand over their passwords and usernames.
The Houston Astros and minor leaguer Jon Singleton agreed on a historic contract Monday, guaranteeing the first baseman $10 million before he has played a single game in the major leagues, a source with knowledge of the deal told Yahoo Sports.
The 22-year-old Singleton, who during spring training called himself a marijuana addict, can make up to $30 million over eight seasons, the first five of which are guaranteed and the final three of which the Astros control with club options. (He made two errors and homered in his first game.)
Selling government uncollected debt periodically rises as a cost saving measure. It was experimented with in 2005 and the bureaucracy created for administrating the program cost more than the program gained.
Selling government uncollected debt periodically rises as a cost saving measure. It was experimented with in 2005 and the bureaucracy created for administrating the program cost more than the program gained.
Feral: a. 1.wild or untamed; having reverted from a domesticated to a wild state; From Latin fera (wild animal), from ferus (wild) 2. deadly or related to the dead (from another line of words)
| There is an adage in the art world that the emergence of art investment funds signals that a boom is over. This was true in the late 1980s and again in 2006-08. Strong prices, high-profile big spenders, and glittering openings make for exciting events. The media carries the message that 'art is hot' far outside the art world. In 1904 a young French financier, Andre Level, invited twelve friends to form an art investment fund he named, with intentional irony, La Peau de l'Ours, after a fable by La Fontaine in which hunters sell the skin of a great bear but were unable to catch it -- a warning about speculation. It did remarkably well. In the last twenty years most art funds have been left in bankruptcy and law suits. | |
| With the success of the Sunnis in Iraq, what will Shiite Iran do? | |
Since 1983, tuition and fees at four-year public colleges have risen by 257 percent, while typical family incomes have advanced 16 percent. Today, only about 7 percent of recent college graduates come from the bottom-income quartile, compared with 12 percent in 1970, when federal aid was scarce.
The first Nikon camera was a copy of a German camera called the Contax, the first Canon a copy of the Leica. What was crucial was what happen after.
Speaking about California's efforts to move into the energy/battery space Tom Stepien, the CEO of Primus Power, said, "Hardware companies are not for sissies," said Stepien, who spent most of his career in the semiconductor industry. "This is not $10 million, find some guys, feed 'em energy bars and caffeinated soda and have them pound out code. This is five years of work and trying to make the laws of chemistry work for you. It takes some time to get it right."
The first Nikon camera was a copy of a German camera called the Contax, the first Canon a copy of the Leica. What was crucial was what happen after.
Speaking about California's efforts to move into the energy/battery space Tom Stepien, the CEO of Primus Power, said, "Hardware companies are not for sissies," said Stepien, who spent most of his career in the semiconductor industry. "This is not $10 million, find some guys, feed 'em energy bars and caffeinated soda and have them pound out code. This is five years of work and trying to make the laws of chemistry work for you. It takes some time to get it right."
Even talented engineers usually arrive knowing little about batteries. At San Jose State University, what could be the country's first graduate engineering program specifically tailored to batteries starts this fall.
Golden oldies:
http://steeleydock.blogspot.com/2012/05/cardiff-man.html
http://steeleydock.blogspot.com/2012/05/cardiff-man.html
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce put out a report Wednesday that says the EPA's coming proposal to cut carbon dioxide emissions from power plants will eventually kill 224,000 jobs and cause $50 billion in economic losses a year.
On Thursday, the Natural Resources Defense Council will produce its own report taking the opposite view. It will say the administration's rule will create thousands of new green jobs, save consumers billions on utility bills and of course decrease pollution.
The EPA has a third opinion. "The EPA projects that, in 2030, the significant reductions in the harmful carbon pollution and in other air pollution, to which this rule would lead, would result in net climate and health benefits of $48 billion to $82 billion,” the agency proposal says.
Where any of these numbers come from--especially the health benefits translated into dollars--is not explained. But you can be assured that each of these totally disparate views were reached by consensus.
Real Social Security return, when inflation and taxes are accounted for, has fallen 31% since 2001.
In Vietnam, still run by the Communist Party, the very selective national university is offering free tuition to anyone who signs up for the university’s curriculum in Marxism. They’ve had to offer free tuition because no students have been signing up for these courses. Such courses have no problem filling in the U.S..
AAAAAaaaaannnnnnnnddddddd........a graph.....or a model.....or a Ouija board:
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of the many women I have interviewed, the most successful name by far is Lisa. The Lisa's are getting older but have done very very well for themselves. The second most successful are the Nicole's. this suprises me because Nicole is not to my mind an upmarket name. But the facts are the facts. Also Jackie is a name that will always do well.
Now among young women today I don't know but will conduct a little study. They need to be late twenties to have enough of a record to show who is doing well.
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