... when crude oil prices dropped, but has recently been revived. Investors are writing huge checks. Many see algae fields developing into the oil fields of the future. Why is algae farming so exciting? First, it doesn't use valuable farm land, leaving it available for food production. ... also seen firsthand the effect on grocery prices when our corn crop is used for ethanol production instead of being used for feeds, oils and other food products. Ethanol reduces the efficiency of gasoline, and causes problems in some vehicles. It is not the long term solution to our ... dependence on fore...

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... government does not exist in a vacuum. For the U.S. to flourish, it is critical for the government to form strong international partnerships. The Visa Waiver program is one way the government is attempting to do just that. Earlier this year, Congress opened the door for a solution to the visa waiver problem between the U.S. and several of its allies. Then, in March, the Hungarian, Slovakian, and Lithuanian governments signed MOUs (memoranda ... of understand) committing the U.S. government to help them qualify for the waiver program. In exchange, the U.S. would receive increased securit...

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Besides being an African American, besides have an African American father who married a white woman in the early 1960s, an era of extreme unrest for civil rights, there is the question of Barack Obama's faith. Some voters cannot pinpoint Obama's true faith, and this was especially apparent in the heated 2008 election race against Arizona senator John McCain. So what faith is Barack Obama? This isn ... candidates for president, Obama has made faith a centerpiece of his campaign," said the Ariel Sabar of CSMonitor.com. The cord of religion came into play during the George W. Bush campaign for ...

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... has replaced recreation as the American family's pastime. In an economy soured by a volatile stock market and mortgage lender meltdowns, two-paycheck families are busting the budget on necessities. Even conservative spenders are growing weary. During a recent small group discussion, a mother of three held back tears as she described the effects of the dollar's weakening buying power. She and her husband both work and have ... he drives a daily 60-mile round trip to work. There's no talk of a summer vacation this year. She's not alone. Whether a household has one or four members, the dou...

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... . Because of that, it is likely that Obama's approach to things like the United States" military presence in countries like Iraq or Afghanistan will undergo quite a change, as will the "if you aren't with us you"re against us" mentality that seemed to percolate through the Bush administration's agenda. Recovery of the American economy will be paramount to earning and keeping global respect. To that ... end Obama will likely implement a quick stimulation package that will partner with the nation's renewed sense of togetherness to create garner international respect. A strong, unified Amer...

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... American, temporarily abandoned his post at a construction company in Nantucket, to co-found Materials Management Relief Corps and travel to Haiti to provide assistance to the victims of the recent tragedy (WMUR). However, his plans went awry when Waggoner witnessed the death of a baby, Keevens, while volunteering at the Haitian Community Hospital in February. However, the ... 's history is anything but clean. In 2007, he was accused of kidnapping a former friend, holding him hostage, and beating him with the blunt end of an ax. These charges were eventually dismissed. However, he did ple...

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... scheme to you? It's a classic robbing Peter (the U.S. Taxpayer) to pay Paul (the already wealthy banking and auto executives). In a real Ponzi scheme, once the money is gone, there is no more profit for those at the top. This one is even worse, because they can keep bilking the American taxpayers for generations. The difference between a Ponzi scheme and the $700 billion dollar bailout is simple. Private investors ... know they're taking a risk, and it's their choice whether or not to do so. The perpetrators of the schemes can be prosecuted and sent to prison ... . Taxpayers have no cho...

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... tanked with it. Barack Obama will now have to spend at least his first four years putting American back to work, funding projects that are necessary, but were not at the forefront of his dream. We will get better roads and structurally better schools. Maybe the tax code will get fixed, maybe not. A lot of what he dreamed he could make happen will ... rewritten to close those loopholes once and for all, and punish those who would desert American workers for bigger profits. 4. Impose substantial tariffs on any goods coming in from a foreign country that could be produced right here in the...

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... of young people jumped on this grittier dancehall bandwagon. The lyrics of this new revolution supported, and even praised, violence and the demeaning of women - and, in turn, infiltrated the social conscience of American youth. The message in the music altered the way its fans thought, spoke, and behaved. The result: A generation of young people who think that gangbanging, violence, the degradation of women and a life of crime is ... what the cool crowd does. The music is no longer about the music, the story, and the enjoyment of a good beat ... ...

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... artists often resort to drugs, sex, or violence as the means to resolve the conflicts in their songs and videos, adolescents often model this behavior, seeing it as a proven path to getting what they want. This is particularly troubling in young African-American girls, aged 14 - 18, who watch between six ... or seven hours of rap music videos a day in many cases. This specific demographic group is the most at-risk as they lack role models that can provide them the guidance to attain personal confidence and ... has to live in a fortress and travel in bullet-proof vans to award shows, in...

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... to be founded in the first place. He is seeking to spark a revolution of American unity through the quoting of Jefferson's writings in the Declaration of Independence. There is also the reference to re-consecrating the commitment that each citizen has with the other to pursue liberty and the continued support for the Union above all else. A third aspect of the revolution that Lincoln creates with the Gettysburg Address is refusing ... to consecrate the ground that these fallen soldiers will ... ...

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On November 19, 1863, at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, President Abraham Lincoln gave the shortest, and most enduring speech ever delivered by an American President. In his eulogy for Lincoln on June 1, 1865, Senator Charles Summer called Lincoln's Gettysburg Address a "monumental act", and said that Lincoln was wrong in thinking that "the world will little note, nor long remember what ... is suffering, but it isn't a Civil War that is tearing us apart, it is the greed of the wealthy and the suffering of the rest of us. In the war of the upper ...

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"Change you can believe in" was the buzz phrase of the 2008 Obama/ Biden campaign for the White house, and the change required at the American borders is among the list of sweeping changes proposed by the new president. But what does the Obama administration really seek to do about illegal immigration? Will it be a top tier issue? ... Mr. Obama uses language like "I support" and "I believe we need to." Neither is a lie, but one speaks of promise to act. The other, of promise to react. In other words, on some issues, Mr. Obama has every intention of taking his cause to Congress, and seeks ......

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... of work, at a time when the state is already struggling. This type of job loss would roughly double the unemployment rate, and surely send us into an economic spiral that would take decades to pull out of. Still reeling from the $700 million price tag of bailing out the banks, 61% of the American public does not want to bail out the auto industry, and no one ... is blaming them. The first checks written to the banking industry had no conditions attached, and were veritably squandered. After the public outcry, the reins were pulled in, but by then, the citizenry was already livid, and .....

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... sample received from Dr. Bruce Ivins was not properly submitted and was destroyed. He was required to give a second sample, but this sample was of a different anthrax strain than the first. Luckily, a duplicate of his first sample was submitted to Dr. Paul Keim who is a geneticist at Northern Arizona University. That sample is what linked Ivins to two anthrax attacks ... admit that there are unanswered questions. FBI Assistant Director Vahid Majidi admits that missteps were made, but states that lessons were learned from these mistakes. Dr. Michael Stebbins directs the Federation of Am...

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... is particularly noticeable during hurricanes as they crash into shores with an average category rating of 2 and 3. As if this wasn't enough of a threat oil industries, congress, and the white house now want to allow offshore drilling. Let's look at the Georges Bank area off Cape Cod Massachusetts. According to geologists there are approximately 57 million barrels of oil lying there beneath ... could keep running for another I love this 2 ½ years! Wow. That's all I can say about it. We can get another 2 ½ years plus 2 days of fuel for the low cost of future damages. This is like buying...

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... exclusionary strategies of OPEC with regard to their lesser capitalized members, and the continuing political turmoil of the Middle East only serve to exacerbate the problem. The response to this high level of uncertainty as at the one end of the spectrum to create highly intricate forecasting and prediction models including the Generalized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedascity (GARCH) Model (Zhang, Lohr, Escalante, ... a result of a lack of trust in petroleum-based engine technologies and the price of the fuel itself. Simply put, the erratic and apparently uncontrollable price in...

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... diagnosed with allergies and sinusitis. Why can't our children breathe? What is happening in our world to make the very air they need all but toxic to them? According to an article in Time magazine one culprit is undoubtedly global warming. Global warming increases ... good news for plants since they breathe in carbon dioxide, it's bad news for our children who are being deprived of oxygen. Plants, especially the weedier plants, are thriving and producing pollen out of proportion to their growth. Our children's respiratory systems, already struggling to take in oxygen are ... heavy air...

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... , solar power is a necessity. Wind power is not reliable enough to provide all your electric needs. Still, adding $10 to $30 thousand dollars to the price of building a home is cost prohibitive for most of us. If you know a little bit about electricity, are good at building simple structures, and ... simple instructions, there are sites online that can teach you how to build a solar cell for less than $200. Of course, you still need the batteries and other accessories, but according to these sites, you can purchase these pretty cheaply on auction sites. It would probably take about 8 of ...

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... live television no matter where you are. Some offer a GPS navigational system to help you find driving directions. Of course, many people would be lost without the option to text their friends and family, as well. Cell phones have become a part of people, a way to establish a unique identity. It's not ... to them, with favorite songs, pictures and more. Some people even choose to personalize their key pad with different colors and options for each number on the phone. A cell phone is now such an integrated part of society, it is almost abnormal for someone not to own one. Unfortunately,...

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... absolute living hell," Damien Echols, Jessie Misskelley, Jr., and Jason Baldwin were released from prison, where they were currently serving out their sentences for the murder of three second-graders in West Memphis, Arkansas in 1993. Steven Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore were found dead in a ditch with ... Misskelley entered his plea to one count of first degree murder and two counts of second degree murder. This rarely used plea, which lets the boys still maintain their innocence, requires them to state that there was evidence that could be used to convict them. As a res...

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... command begged Lincoln to fire U.S. Grant, Lincoln's answer was "I cannot spare this man. He fights!" In the end, Lincoln and Grant split the credit when they won the war, neither of them having likely seen the white of an enemy's eyes in battle. To say Grant "fought" was to say that men fought for ... it too. Eisenhower was so unsure of his plan that he wrote two letters, one praising the valiant men who stormed the beaches in the event of success, the other taking full blame in case the offensive was defeated. The men knew what they were heading into, and they went anyhow; not for a ...

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... physical impediments- Christina is an intelligent, funny, well read, educated woman, who everyone agrees has a wonderful personality. She has a pretty face, but she tips the scale at nearly 400 pounds. While a woman this size has a chance of meeting a "chubby chaser" on the internet, the chances of finding such a man in real life in her locale are slim to none. Most men will overlook ... parties can be dicey. People in real life generally meet in workplace situations, or in similar social settings, or because of mutual friends. It's hard to simply cut bait. On the internet, you can gene...

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... of friends, family and colleagues right along with you. And you thought having a laptop made your life mobile! The iPhone has made the globe just a little bit smaller, too. In a successful effort to keep pace with the "trend to optimize geographic locations for [its] users", the iPhone features applications that are capable of putting your very existence into context. Well, geographically, anyway. No matter ... where in the world you are, you are just a few clicks away from the nearest restaurant or clothing store. Don't know how to get there? The iPhone has you covered there, too: it w...

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... of Somalia more than doubled in 2008; as of late September 2008, a total of sixty ships had fallen victim to pirates. The upshot of this is that international trade has become pricier, which in turn gives these seafaring terrorists a new way to line their ... pockets. And these tyrants mean business. During one incident this year, a showdown between government officials and pirates saw the latter holding a Ukrainian ship ransom for $20 million. That money, which has been as high as $30 million in some cases, has helped to finance ... fuel consumption and, ultimately, higher shipping cost...

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