... person will be like as President from the way he clawed his way to the top, but the battle for the world's most powerful office does offer some insight into the character of the person who eventually makes it to the post. The American presidential race is, in its essence, an audition. It is the litmus test of a candidate's personality, ... 12 and June 7, thirty-one of them showed McCain was shown to be ahead of Obama by at least one percentage point. In the remaining reports the two candidates were tied. And in April/May, McCain pushed even further ahead, gaining leads of around five perc...

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... back through psychological, emotional, spiritual, and physical force if need be (Lengel). In 2009, two of the church's top members, Marty Rathbun and Mike Rinder, went on record for the first time since leaving the group. From the inside circle, Rathbun and Rinder both saw the abuse being dealt by the church. Their first report listed several issues involving Scientology's highest leaders, particularly David Miscavige, who succeeded ... filed (Lengel). Paul Haggis, Hollywood director of "Million Dollar Baby" and "Crash," left the church after 35 years of membership. He composed his resi...

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... some reports. Groups like Al-Shabaab, which the U.S. had designated a terrorist organization, are on the receiving end of some of these funds. According to Roger Middleton, author of a key report on the situation, "at the moment it's a five-six problem [on a scale of one to ten] with the potential to be a seven or eight You're lookin at nine, ten, if it starts to be co-opted ... by international terror organizations." The Gulf of Aden, which serves as the southern passageway to the Suez Canal, sees about 16, 000 ships pass ... each year, making it one of the world's most important trad...

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... into an offshore account somewhere where he can get it after he gets out of prison. Our government has said that we, the taxpayers, have to give to the bankers (who are, by the way, part of that top 1% that owns 24% of the U.S.) $700 Billion of our hard earned dollars. Not that we really have any hard earned dollars anymore, because jobs are flying ... 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 ...

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... 's economic output. • Only one percent of all multinational corporations own one half of the global stock of foreign direct investments. • Two thirds of world trade are controlled by multinational corporations. • The top five multinational corporations control 70 percent of the global market for consumer durables. • The top five firms in automotive, airline, aerospace, electrical components, electronics and steel industry control 50 percent ... of the whole business. • Third world debt amounts to 1.8 trillion dollars. • Only 358 billionaires have ... ...

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... corporations employ only .05 percent of the world's population while controlling 25% of the world's economic output. - Only one percent of all multinational corporations own one half of the global stock of foreign direct investments. - Two thirds of world trade are controlled by multinational corporations. - The top five multinational corporations control 70 percent of the global market for consumer durables. - The top five firms in automotive, airline, aerospace ... , electrical components, electronics and steel industry control 50 percent of the whole business. - Third world debt amoun...

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... . 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 ... 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 ... it's no wonder that 250,000 asthma related deaths are reported to the World Health Organization each year. Urbanization is another culpr...

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... a marriage, lean times also mean that couples become more financially interdependent, relying on a combined household income to survive. In an article on MSNBC.com, Pamela Smock, a researcher at the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor puts it this way: "Anything of this magnitude that's going to affect millions of people does not bode well for all sorts ... , and real estate costs involved in buying or renting separate homes. Yes, some of those expenses will be recovered when a couple sells the matrimonial home to divide up the proceeds, but in today's do...

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... , also known as the Institute for Religious Works, has been charged with violating Italian law after attempting to transfer funds from one of its accounts in an Italian bank to two other banks, one of which is in Germany. Because of these allegations, an Italian court has frozen $30 million in Vatican funds (Rocca). Ten other banks are under investigation ... for having their fiscal residence in Italy but using the IOR as a shield to hide different dealings, such as tax or fraud evasion (The Straits Times). The investigation began after two suspicious transfers from an IOR account were d...

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... 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? Or ... was immigration reform just part of a well delivered line in a series of ridiculous litmus tests that America needed delivered in order to choose Obama as their new President? One thing Obama Connoisseurs must pay particular attention to is the language he uses ... ha...

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... much money? It's not because we are stealing music from peer-to-peer networks. It's for several reasons. One is because of the money loss, record companies are recycling songwriter formulas and shying away from singers wanting to write their own material (research Kelly Clarkson vs. ... or Tunecore.com, which will post your album to digital retailers such as Napster, AmazonMP3, Rhapsody, and all iTunes around the world for a small fee. The rest is up to the artist. With profile sites such as MySpace (which they have a musicians profile as well) and Facebook, it's not hard ... Hilton. No...

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A landlord of a Philadelphian apartment discovered four mentally handicapped people chained in the basement when he went to investigate a short circuit on October 15th. Turgut Gozleveli discovered dogs locked inside of the boiler room and four adults hiding underneath a blanket. They were hunched together in a space not tall enough for an adult to stand, surrounded in human waste with only a jug of orange juice (Hoye). He unchained them while asking questions about their identity, but he didn't receive any answers. Believing them to be illegal immigrants, Gosleveli called in the police who qui...

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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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The Occupy movement that began months ago in New York and has since grasped hold of the rest of the country turned violent for the first time on November 2nd in Oakland when a small group of protestors smashed the windows of a Wells Fargo bank branch during a protest of wealth inequalities. The Occupy Oakland movement scheduled a noon rally in front of City Hall and then a free lunch afterward. The day's events were planned to wrap up with a "general strike mass convergence, rally, and labor cookout." Each of these were intended to be peaceful protests, but a small faction began passing out fl...

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... history-making moments. Voting turnouts broke some records, and with the election of Senator Barack Obama, the United States allowed a new era of American politics to be ushered in. And the way it all happened was revolutionary, too. The Internet has, it seems, forever changed the way Americans experience their political lives. The Internet has infiltrated our everyday lives in countless ways: We ... online, and we form social relationships online. And, in the presidential race of 2008, Americans got political online. The Internet gave voters a new, direct link to their candidates. News ...

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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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... , as most will remember, is a type of staph bacteria that is resistant to antibiotics, and is often found in hospitals and other health facilities. The new initiative is a plan to reach out to the general public in the places that they communicate most in an effort to give everyone a better understanding of how MRSA is spread, how to prevent it, and what to ... do if you think you might have contracted it. The CDC will be going into Web sites, mom blogs, using web banners, putting out fact sheets, placing posters in visible locations, making public service announcements on the radio, and...

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... have, I know that all of us share a deep, abiding belief in this country, a belief in our people, a belief in the principles that have made America's economy the envy of the world." He then continued on to promise that his administration will "help lay the foundation for you to grow and innovate" while also pledging to devote new investment in infrastructure and education and a focus ... on removing "barriers that make it harder for you to compete - from the tax code to the regulatory system" (Dennis). In an attempt to reconcile the differences between his administration and the US Cham...

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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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... proved to be - it's a lot of hoopla over a bang that will likely be less than a fizzle. That's likely what lawmakers had in mind when they enacted the law that requires television stations to make the switch which has been rescheduled for June 12, 2009. While certainly 6.5 million households that now receive signal via antennae rather than from satellite or cable will turn ... on their sets on the day of the switch to see snow, the fact is that those folks represent about 2% of the American populous, and tend to be people who don't consider television to be a priority or who may find gr...

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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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... conditions as "terrible", only 22% of that 68% has actually cancelled a flight, or plans to reschedule at a cheaper time. While even the slightest downturn is unexpected, the travel industry has weathered far worse declines in domestic travel than that suffered from the current economic crisis. While a lot of jobs have been lost and many have lost their homes or are in danger of ... losing their homes, it seems that the bulk of Americans are more plagued by the promise of woe than the reality thereof. Internationally, the economic news for the travel industry is even better. 43 percent ...

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... Justice retains data for analysis, dissemination, and study to help those in law enforcement and those wishing to research data related to criminal justice. The Bureau of Justice Statistics program under the DOJ, an executive, administrative branch of government, is an extremely useful tool for students to analyze an array of issues including both victim and offender information, including characteristics ... of these populations. The information provided in this database is extremely useful in that the quantifiable information can be used to assist policy-makers with decisions that eff...

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... something was missing in his life and he felt drawn to be in Church," (Fairchild, Christianity.About.com). The story goes: one day Obama decided to visit Trinity United Church of Christ in Chicago, the same church which drew heavy criticism during the election. The now retired pastor, Jeremiah Wright Jr., later made some critical remarks on both race and America itself which ignited ... 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 the oval o...

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