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History of bank loan popularity? is it increasing? do you have any links to studys about the popularity? I was wondering if the amount of people in relation to the population has become more dependant on bank loans these days to make purchases for homes and cars and businesses and college? I have a feeling its been increasing for a while but i just would like to see some studys done on it or some web info or any information at all about this. thanks. oh and by the way I think taking out a loan means that you cant really afford it, and it causes dependance and is against american ideals. And is also proof that the wealth of the nation is an illusion.

In Canada, has Formula Racing increased or decreased in popularity? Hello and thank you for your time, Do you know of any facts or statistics regarding this question? Example: -Fan support -T.V. Ratings Is this due to: -Media -Weather -Geography ----------This is senior high school project worth 10% of a class---------- Any assistance, or links to websites will help greatly Thanks yahoo answers community!

Do you think some people feel offended by the increasing popularity of the BNP? I've noticed lately that certain sections of the community are outraged by the idea that Britain has an organisation that stands up for its indigenous people. Why are they not equally annoyed by the existence of all these organisations. 1. Watford Asian Community care 2. Watford African Caribbean Association 3. National Black Police Association 4. Metropolitan Black Police Association 5. Black Londoners Forum 6. Black Information Link (BLINK) 7. Operation Black Vote 8. Federation of Black Housing Organisations (FBHO) 9. Black Training Enterprise Group 10. Southwark Black Heritage Organisation 11. The Action Group for Irish Youth 12. Asians In Media (AIM) 13. Barfi Culture (Asians) 14. Black Britain 15. Black Enterprise 16. Black net Community 17. The Black Presence In Britain 18. Black Search 19. Black UK Online 20. Board Of Deputies of British Jews 21. Chinatown Online 22. Clickwalla (Asian) 23. Dimsum (Chinese) 24. Doncaster Chinese 25. CEMVO 26. Every Generation (Black) 27. Jewish.Co.UK 28. Jewish Telegraph 29. MMLondon (Asian) 30. Red Hot Curry (Asian) 31. National Association of Nigerian Communities - UK (NANC) 32. Barnsley Black and Ethic Minority Initiative Carry On: I think you'll find that the BNP very much DO distinguish between illegal/criminal immigrants and law abiding patriotic folk. "We call for an immediate halt to all further immigration, the immediate deportation of criminal and illegal immigrants, and the introduction of a system of voluntary resettlement whereby those immigrants who are legally here will be afforded the opportunity to return to their lands of ethnic origin assisted by a generous financial incentives both for individuals and for the countries in question." http://bnp.org.uk/policies/immigration/ Decent hardworking patriotic people of all colours are welcome to stay. Don't believe the smear mate. OK, two points. 1. That was 4 years ago, a week's a long time in politics. 2. How many of those laws defend white people's rights? I think if you look closely you'll see that they defend everybody but white people, don't you think the laws are racist? Indian, Chinese, Jamaican and pretty much any other nationality can and often DO employ nobody but their own people, I'm sure you've seen it for yourself. Why aren't you shouting racist at them? Don't Vote, you didn't know what an election was last week, you've got no hope with a concept like being indigenous. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/07/0719_050719_britishgene.html

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Increasing Blog popularity by commenting??? OK, Like many of the hundreds of people on the net, I'm having a problem with finding my audience for my blog: http://snaperkey.blogspot.com . I have my content, I update almost regularly (no update drops yet) I have submitted to various search engines, I have 2 RSS feeds (one for the written blog, and one for the occasional Pod Cast), I'm apart of different social networks (Myspace, Digg, and BUMPzee (though I haven't used Bumpzee that much yet) and am looking to register with Zimbio, Blogrush, Blogdigger, and BlogExplosion. I also have a vlog of the same name on the site. Yet presently, my traffic is still low to nill. What could I do to increase traffic? I read a comment somewhere that said that it'd be wise to comment on other blogs alot leaving out your site links (just doing it out of good nature) and linking there articles on your blog. I don't see how that's beneficial in bringing you traffic if people cant see the article you're referencing anyway! Plus, if they op out from my site, how will the blogger that I'm referring to know that the link came from me? What's backlinking? What's talkback?

WHO THINKS THIS SO NG SOUNDS aWESOME!!!!! LINK INSIDE? ok, im learning this song, may play for talent show, but i would like to know what you guys think of this. also, im in a superficial middle sc hool, and im not, but do u think doing this would increase my "popularity" http://www.deezer.com/track/75581#music/album/23688 click on into the oblivion, than click on unknown soldier, tell me which sounds cooler. u have to click the play arrow all the way to the right i play the keyboard ANSWER NOOWWW

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Next Zelda news!! What do you, the gamer, think? Apparently Ninty just filed for a patent on a new "gaming system" in which they dubbed "Legend of OO". When you see the images in the link I am about to give you will see that this is definitely a Zelda patent. I'm well aware that this is not concrete, and has a 50/50 chance of being used in the next Zelda game; but think of the potential that it can bring to the series, and you have to admit that Nintendo is taking this idea quite seriously to file for a patent on it. Here's the link that explains in further detail what this patent is all about. http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=205631 As a core gamer, I personally think that difficulty settings are great, and giving everyone an option can help further increase Zelda's popularity upon casual gamers as well as core. What are your thoughts?? theguy26... you have a fair point there; casual gamers have a wide variety of games of their own; meanwhile the core gamers get stuck in between the cracks. I would have to agree with you in terms that Ninty's library for the dedicated gamer has been stagnant as of late...

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Anyone intrested in writing a two page summary of this? FIBER KEEPS ITS PROMISE BY GEORGE GILDER "Today, I await the death of television, telephony, VCRs, and analog cameras with utter confidence as Moore's law unfolds." Rupert Murdoch, Ted Turner, John Malone, are you listening?" Get ready. Bandwidth will triple each year for the next 25, creating trillions in new wealth. Editor's note: Four years ago, Forbes ASAP published its first issue with a stunning prophecy by contributing editor George Gilder. Fiber optics, said George, had the potential to carry 25 trillion bits per second down a single strand. This represented a ten-thousandfold leap in carrying capacity over the 2.5 billion bits "barrier" long assumed by most experts in the field. What did George see that others had missed? One, a little-recognized (at the time) breakthrough called an erbium-doped amplifier, which keeps optical signals pure and strong over long distances. The other was a deep technical shift, with roots in the 1940s-era work of information theory pioneer Claude Shannon. If you believed Shannon, his logic dictated a new messaging scheme called wave division multiplexing. Though scorned by the experts four years ago, WDM now is emerging as the winner George had prophesied. The real winners will be all of us, as the coming world of cheap, unlimited bandwidth unfolds and at last fulfills the true potential of the information age. Here is George with an update. IMAGINE THAT IN 1975 YOU KNEW that Moore's law--the Intel chairman's projection of the doubling of the number of transistors on a microchip every 18 months--would hold for the rest of your lifetime. What if you knew that these transistors would run cooler, faster, better, and cheaper as they got smaller and were crammed more closely together? Suppose you knew the law of the microcosm: that the cost-effectiveness of any number of "n" transistors on a single silicon sliver would rise by the square of the increase in "n." As an investor knowing this Moore's law trajectory, you would have been able to predict and exploit a long series of developments: the emergence of the PC; its dominance over all other computer form factors; the success of companies making chips, disk drives, peripherals, and software for this machine. With a slight effort of intellect, you could have extended the insight and prophesied the digitization of watches, records (CDs), cellular phones, cameras, TVs, broadcast satellites, and other devices that can use miniaturized computer power. If you did not know precisely when each of these benisons would flourish, you would have known that each one was essentially inevitable. To calculate approximate dates, you had only to guess the product's optimal price of popularization and then match its need for mips (millions of instructions per second) of computer power with the cost of those mips as defined by Moore's law. Merely by using this technique of Moore's law matching--and holding to it with unshakable conviction for nearly 20 years--I became known as a "futurist." Today I await the death of television, telephony, VCRs, and analog cameras with utter confidence as Moore's law unfolds. You can tell me about the 98% penetration of TVs in American homes, the continuing popularity of couch-potato entertainments, the effectiveness of broadcast advertising, and the profound and unbridgeable chasm between the office appliance and the living-room tube. But I will pay no attention. Just you wait--Jack Welch, Ted Turner, Rupert Murdoch, John Malone, and David Jennings--the TV will die and you may be too late for the Net. It is now 1997, and a stream of dramatic events certifies that another law, as powerful and fateful and inexorable as Moore's, is gaining a similar sway over the future of technology. It is what I have termed the law of the telecosm. Its physical base lies in the same quantum realm of eigenstates and band gaps that governs the performance of transistors and also makes photons leap and lase. But the telecosm reaches beyond components to systems, combining the science of the electromagnetic spectrum with Claude Shannon's information theory. In essence, as frequencies rise and wavelengths drop, digital performance improves exponentially. Bandwidth rises, power usage sinks, antenna size shrinks, interference collapses, error rates plummet. The law of the telecosm ordains that the total bandwidth of communications systems will triple every year for the next 25 years. As communicators move up-spectrum, they can use bandwidth as a substitute for power, memory, and switching. This results in far cheaper and more efficient systems. In 1996, the new fiber paradigm emerged in full force. Parallel communications in all-optical networks became the dominant source of new bandwidth in telecom. Like Moore's law, the law of the telecosm will reshape the entire world of information technology. It defines the direction of technological advance, the vectors of growth, the sweet spots for finance. AMERICA'S DARK SECRET FOR MORE THAN A DECADE, American companies have been laying optical fiber strands at a pace of some 4,000 miles a day, for a total of more than 25 million strand miles. Five years ago, the top 10% of U.S. homes and businesses were, on average, a thousand households away from a fiber node; now they are a hundred households away. However, the imperial advance of this technology conceals a dark secret, which has led to a pervasive underestimation of the long-term impact of photonics. Sixty percent of the fiber remains "dark" (unused for communications) and even the leading-edge "lit" fiber is being used at less than one ten-thousandth of its intrinsic capacity. This problem has prompted leaders in the industry, from Bill Gates and Andy Grove to Bob Metcalfe and Mitch Kapor, to underrate drastically the impact of fiber optics. Restricting the speed and cost-effectiveness of fiber has been an electronic bottleneck and a regulatory noose. In order for the signal to be amplified, regenerated, or switched, the light pulses had to be transformed into electronic pulses by optoelectronic converters. For all the talk of the speed of light, fiber-optic systems therefore could pass bits no faster than the switching speed of transistors, which tops out at a cycle time of between 2.5 and 10 gigahertz. Meanwhile, telecom companies could not deploy new low-cost fiber products any faster than the switching speed of politicians and regulators, which tops out roughly at a cycle time of between 2.5 years and a rate of evolution measurable only by means of carbon 14. Nonetheless, the intrinsic capacity of every fiber line is not 2.5 gigahertz. Nor is it even 25 gigahertz, which is roughly the capacity of all the frequencies commonly used in the air, from AM radio to kA band satellite. The intrinsic capacity of every fiber thread, as thin as a human hair, is at the least one thousand times the capacity of what we call the "air." One thread could carry all the calls in America on the peak moment of Mother's Day. One fiber thread could carry 25 times more bits than last year's average traffic load of all the world's communications networks put together: an estimated terabit (trillion bits) a second. Over the last five years, technological breakthroughs and legislative loopholes have begun to open up this immense capacity to possible use. Following concepts pioneered and patented by David Payne at the University of Southampton in England, a Bell Laboratories group led by Emmanuel Desurvire and Randy Giles developed a workable all-optical device. They showed that a short stretch of fiber doped with erbium, a rare earth mineral, and excited by a cheap laser diode can function as a powerful amplifier over fully 4,500 gigahertz of the 25,000 gigahertz span. Introduced by Pirelli of Italy and popularized by Ciena Corporation of Savage, Maryland, and by Lucent and Alcatel, today such photonic amplifiers are a practical reality. Put in packages between two and three cubic inches in size, the erbium-doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs) fit anywhere in an optical network for enhancing signals without electronics. This invention overcame the most fundamental disadvantage of optical networks compared to electronic networks. You can tap into an electronic network as often as desired without eroding the voltage signal. Although resistance and capacitance will leach away the current, there are no splitting losses in a voltage divider. Photonic signals, by contrast, suffer splitting losses every time they are tapped; they lose photons until eventually there are none left. The cheap and compact all-optical amplifier solves this problem. It is an invention comparable in importance to the integrated circuit. Just as the integrated circuit made it possible to put an entire computer system on a single sliver of silicon, the all-optical amplifier makes it possible to put an entire system on a seamless seine of silica--glass. Unleashing the law of the telecosm, it makes possible a new global economy of bandwidth abundance. Five years ago when I first celebrated the radical implications of erbium-doped amplifiers, skepticism reigned. I was summoned to Bellcore, where the first optical networks had been built and then abandoned, to learn the acute limits of the technology from Charles Brackett and his team. I had offered the vision of a broadband fibersphere--a worldwide web of glass and light--where computer users could tune into favored frequencies as readily as radios tune into frequencies in the atmosphere today. But Brackett and other Bellcore experts told me that my basic assumption was false. It was no simpler, they said, to tune into one of scores of frequencies on a fiber than to select time slots in a time-division-multiplexed (TDM) bitstream. Indeed, electronic switching technology was moving faster than optical technology. In the face of the momentum and installed base of electronic switching and multiplexing, the fibersphere with hundreds of tunable frequencies would remain a fantasy, like Ted Nelson's Xanadu. In 1997 the fantasy is coming true around the world. Xanadu has become the World Wide Web. The erbium-doped fiber amplifier is an explosively growing $250 million business. Electronic TDM seems to have topped out at 2.5 gigabits a second. TDM gear has suffered a series of delays and nagging defects and so far has failed in the market. Electronic TDM failed not only because it pushed the envelope of electronics but also because it violated the new paradigm. In single-mode fiber, the two key impediments are nonlinearities in the glass and chromatic dispersion (the blurring of bit pulses because even in a single band different frequencies move at different speeds). Chromatic dispersion increases by the square of the bit rate, and the impact of nonlinearities rises with the power of the signal. High-powered, high-bit-rate TDM flunked both telecosm tests. By contrast, wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) follows the laws of the telecosm; it succeeds by wasting bandwidth and stinting on power. WDM takes some 33% more bandwidth per bit than TDM, but it reduces power to combat nonlinearity and divides the bitstream into multiple frequencies in order to combat dispersion. Thus it can extend the distance or increase capacity by a factor of four or more today and can lay the foundations for the fibersphere tomorrow. In 1996 the new fiber paradigm emerged in full force. Parallel communications in all-optical networks, long depicted as a broadband pipe dream, crushed all competitors and became the dominant source of new bandwidth in the world telecom network. The year began with a trifold explosion at the Conference on Optical Fiber Communication in San Jose when three companies--Lucent Technologies' Bell Labs, NTT Labs, and Fujitsu--all announced terabit-per-second WDM transmissions down a single fiber. Sprint confirmed the significance of the laboratory breakthroughs by announcing deployment of Ciena's MultiWave 1600 WDM system, so called because it can increase the capacity of a single fiber thread by 1,600%. The revolution continues in 1997. At the beginning of January, NEC declared that by increasing the number of bits per hertz from one to three, it had raised the laboratory WDM record to three terabits per second. During 1996, MCI had increased the speed of its Internet backbone by a factor of 25, from 45 megabits a second to 1.2 gigabits. On January 6, Fred Briggs, chief engineering officer at MCI, announced that his company is in the process of installing new WDM equipment from Hitachi and Pirelli that increases the speed of its phone network backbone to 40 gigabits per second. Accelerating MCI's previous plans by some two years, the new system will use a more limited form of wavelength-division multiplexing to put four 10-gigabit in-cause formation streams on a single fiber thread. The first deployment will use existing facilities on a 275-mile route between Chicago and St. Louis, but the technology will be extended to the entire network. This move will consummate a nearly thousandfold upgrade of the MCI backbone, from 45 megabits per second to 40 gigabits, within some 36 months. Ciena, meanwhile, has announced technology that allows transmission of 100 gigabits per second. Its February IPO was the most important since Netscape (market cap at the end of the first trading day: $3.4 billion). Why? Ciena is the industry leader in open standard WDM gear. During the first six months the MultiWave 1600 was available, through October 1996, the firm achieved $54.8 million in sales and $15 million in net income. (Lucent is believed to be the overall leader with more than $100 million of mostly proprietary AT&T systems.) At the same time, the trans-Pacific consortium announced that it would deploy 100-gigabit-per-second fiber in its new link between the United States and Asia. A powerful new player in these markets will be Tellabs, currently the fastest-growing supplier of electronic digital cross-connect switches and other optical switching gear. In a further coup, following its purchase of broadband digital radio pioneer Steinbrecher, Tellabs has signed up all 12 principals in IBM's all-optical team. Headed by Paul Green, recent chairman of the IEEE Communications Society and author of the leading text on fiber networks, and by Rajiv Ramaswami, coauthor of a new 1997 text on the subject, the IBM group built the world's first fully functioning all-optical networks (AONs), the Rainbow series. Tellabs now owns the 11 AON patents and 100 listed technology disclosures of the group. The implications of the WDM paradigm go beyond simple data pipes. The greatest impact of all-optical technology will likely come in consumer markets. A portent is Artel Video Systems of Marlborough, Massachusetts, which recently introduced a fiber-based WDM system that can transmit 48 digital video channels, 288 CD-quality audio bitstreams, and 64 data channels on one fiber line. Aggregating contributions from a variety of content sources--each on different fiber wavelengths--and delivering them to consumers who tune into favored frequencies on conventional cable, the Artel system represents a key step into the fibersphere. It can be used for new services by either cable TV companies or telcos. The deeper significance of the Artel product, however, is its use of bandwidth as a replacement for transistors and switches. The Artel system works on dark fiber without compression. The video uses 200-megabit-per-second bitstreams (compare MPEG2 at 4 to 6 megabytes per second) that permit lossless transmissions suitable for medical imaging, and obviate dedicated processing of compression codes at the two ends. A move to massively parallel communications analogous to the move to parallel computers, all-optical networks promise nearly boundless bandwidth in fiber. According to Ewart Lowe of British Telecom, whose labs at Martlesham Heath in Ipswich have been a fount of all-optical technology, the new paradigm will reduce the cost of transport by a factor of 10. For example, the optoelectronic amplifiers previously used in fiber networks entailed nine power-hungry bipolar microchips for each wavelength, rather than a simple loop of doped silica that covers scores of wavelengths. As these systems move down through the network hierarchy, the growth of network bandwidth and cost-effectiveness will not only outpace Moore's law, it will also excel the rise in bandwidth within computers--their internal "buses" connecting their microprocessors to memory and input-output. While MCI and Sprint move to deploy technology that functions at 40 gigabits a second, current computers and workstations command buses that run at a rate of close to 1 gigabit a second. This change in the relationship between the bandwidth of networks and the bandwidth of computers will transform the architecture of information technology. As Robert Lucky of Bellcore puts it, "Perhaps we should transmit signals thousands of miles to avoid even the simplest processing function." Lucky implies that the law of the telecosm eclipses the law of the microcosm. Actually, the law of the microcosm makes distributed computers (smart terminals) more efficient regardless of the cost of linking them together. The law of the telecosm makes broadband networks more efficient regardless of how numerous and smart are the terminals. Working together, however, these two laws of wires and switches impel ever more widely distributed information systems, with processing and memory in the optimal locations. WHAT SHOULD THE MAJOR PLAYERS DO NOW? FOR THE TELEPHONE COMPANIES, the age of ever smarter terminals mandates the emergence of ever dumber networks. Telephone companies may complain of the large costs of the transformation of their system, but they command capital budgets as large as the total revenues of the cable industry. Telcos may recoil in horror at the idea of dark fiber, but they command webs of the stuff 10 times larger than any other industry. Dumb and dark networks may not fit the phone company self-image or advertising posture. But they promise larger markets than the current phone company plan to choke off their own future in the labyrinthine nets of an "intelligent switching fabric" always behind schedule and full of software bugs. Telephone switches (now 80% software) are already too complex to keep pace with the efflorescence of the Internet. While computers become ever more lean and mean, turning to reduced instruction-set processors and Java stations, networks need to adopt reduced instruction-set architectures. The ultimate in dumb and dark is the fibersphere now incubating in their magnificent laboratories. The entrepreneurial folk in the computer industry may view this wrenching phone company adjustment with some satisfaction. But computer firms must also adjust. Now addicted to the use of transistors to solve the problems of limited bandwidth, the computer industry must use transistors to exploit the nearly unlimited bandwidth. When home-based machines are optimized for manipulating high-resolution digital video at high speeds, they will necessarily command what are now called supercomputer powers. This will mean that the dominant computer technology will first emerge not in the office market but in the consumer market. The major challenge for the computer industry is to change its focus from a few hundred million offices already full of computer technology to a billion living rooms now nearly devoid of it. Cable companies possess the advantage of already owning dumb networks based on the essentials of the all-optical model of broadcast and select--of customers seeking wavelengths or frequencies rather than switching circuits. Cable companies already provide all the programs to all the terminals and allow them to tune in to the desired messages. But the cable industry cannot become a full-service supplier of telecommunications unless the regulators give up their ridiculous two-wire dream in which everyone competes with cable and no one makes any money. Cash-poor and bandwidth-rich, cable companies need to collaborate with telcos--which are cash-rich and bandwidth-poor--in a joint effort to create broadband systems in their own regions. In all eras, companies tend to prevail by maximizing the use of the cheapest resources. In the age of the fibersphere, they will use the huge intrinsic bandwidth of fiber, all 25,000 gigahertz or more, to simplify everything else. This means replacing nearly all the hundreds of billions of dollars' worth of switches, bridges, routers, converters, codecs, compressors, error correctors, and other devices, together with the trillions of lines of software code, that pervade the intelligent switching fabric of both telephone and computer networks. The makers of all this equipment will resist mightily. But there is no chance that the old regime can prevail by fighting cheap and simple optics with costly and complex electronics and software. The all-optical network will triumph for the same reason that the integrated circuit triumphed: It is incomparably cheaper than the competition. Today, measured by the admittedly rough metric of mips per dollar, a personal computer is more than 2,000 times more cost-effective than a mainframe. Within 10 years, the all-optical network will be thousands of times more cost-effective than electronic networks. Just as the electron rules in computers, the photon will rule the waves of communication. I know people would not write it..But worth a try:)

Why is interracial marriage among Asian Americans decreasing? I'm going to go out on a limb and say that this is a result of traditional media outlets such as TV and movies becoming less of an influence on the general Asian population as they choose to shape their own views and identity free of media molding and stereotyping by surfing the net for information rather than having their roles in society dictated to them I do feel however that Asian representation in the traditional media is abhorent to say the very least and As such Asians as a whole need to do what ever they can to gain control of their own image. There are probably less Asians in the media today than there were ten years ago and they're stereotyped worst than ever before. http://www.proudasianamerican.com/Articles/2004%20ACS.htm Interracial Marriages Decrease Among Asian Americans Gender Disparity Shrinks as Pan Asian American Marriages Rise By J.J. Huang -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- After rising for decades, the rate of interracial ("IR") marriages for contemporary (aged 25-34) U.S.-born Asian Americans has declined from 2000 to 2004 according to data tabulated from the U.S. Census Bureau's 2004 American Community Survey ("ACS") and the Census 2000. Contemporary 1.5 Generation Asian American females also experienced fewer IR marriages. Part of the decline was due to record levels of Pan Asian marriages (marriages between Asians of different ethnicities). Surprisingly, the rate of IR marriage decreased most prominently among U.S.-born Asian American females, shrinking the IR marriage gender disparity that historically was skewed towards females. In addition, sharp differences and changes were found in IR marriage statistics between the major Asian American ethnicities. IR marriage has become the most explosive social issue within the Asian American community. It is an emotionally divisive debate often loaded with charges of racism and sexism from within and without along gender lines due to significantly higher numbers of IR marriages among Asian women. The 2000 IR marriage statistics are startling. Contemporary U.S.-born Asian American women as a whole were more likely to have a white husband than an Asian husband. In fact, for several ethnic groupings of Asian women, wives were twice as likely to have a non-Asian husband than an Asian husband. Contemporary U.S.-born Asian American men lagged significantly behind in IR marriages giving rise to the so-called gender disparity. Many observers predicted the rate of IR marriages to increase for both genders as Asians continued to assimilate in the U.S. The 2004 results run counter to these expectations and all the more surprising given the short timeframe and an unexpected contributor of decreased IR marriages; Pan Asian marriages. Study Methodology The data tabulations focused on U.S.-born and 1.5 Generation Asian Americans aged 25 to 34. 1.5 Generation Asian Americans are defined as foreign born Asians who immigrated to the U.S. as children before the age of 14. These age and upbringing distinctions are important in order to focus on Asian Americans who are socialized within the context of contemporary U.S. race relations. This methodology filters out distortions such as war brides, mail-order brides and limits Asian international adoptees to the 1.5 Generation (of which only a small minority would be of marrying age in 2000). U.S.-born and 1.5 Generation Asian Americans are commonly referred to as U.S.-raised Asian Americans. Interracial marriage is defined as a marriage to a white, black, native American, native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, other race or a mixed race individual. The data could only measure marriages where the spouse was present in the household. In keeping with U.S. Census Bureau conventions, Hispanics are considered an ethnicity and may belong to any race. It is also important to note that U.S.-raised Asians Americans as a whole are demographically young stemming from recent waves of immigration (the exception are Japanese Americans due to their long and stable presence in the United States, they are the only demographically mature U.S.-raised Asian ethnicity). As a result, between 2000 and 2004 there was an explosion of marriages among contemporary U.S.-raised Asians Americans. Thus, although the 2004 ACS is a much smaller dataset than the Census 2000, the 2004 ACS makes up for some of this deficiency by having a higher weighting of Asian marriages. Tables Census 2000 2004 ACS Males RS-M99-2000US-A RS-M99-2004ACS-A Females RS-F99-2000US-A RS-F99-2004ACS-A 2000 IR Marriage Statistics In 2000, for the contemporary U.S.-raised Asian American population, 30% of males were in IR marriages vs. 43% of females. IR marriage was highest among U.S.-born Asians; 44% for males and 58% for females vs. 23% for males and 35% for females of the 1.5 Generation. About 80% of all intermarriage was to white race individuals. Among major ethnicities of Asian males, U.S.-born Japanese and Filipino Americans were most likely to be intermarried at 51% (tied). 1.5 Generation Chinese and Vietnamese Americans were least likely to be intermarried at 16% and 17%, respectively. Among major ethnicities of Asian females, U.S.-born Filipino and Korean Americans were most likely to be intermarried at 66% (tied). 1.5 Generation Asian Indian and Chinese Americans were least likely to be intermarried at 24% and 26%, respectively. Many observers have been surprised by the high rate of IR marriage in 2000. To others it affirmed their belief that Asian Americans were assimilating by marrying into the white majority. IR marriage tended to be lower in urban counties and highest in rural counties where a still significant portion of Asian Americans reside. 2004 IR Marriage Statistics In 2004, the numbers of married contemporary U.S.-raised Asian Americans increased significantly; up 70% for males and 64% for females. The large wave of marriages over the last four years could indicate recent social changes of importance for Asian Americans. At first glance, the overall statistics do not appear to have changed significantly; the overall rate of IR marriage increased 1% for males but decreased 3% for females. However this represents a reversal of a long trend in IR marriage and is perhaps a turning point for the Asian American community. All of the increase in the rate of male IR marriage was due to a 2% increase for the 1.5 Generation. This may not be unusual, the 1.5 Generation rate was extremely low in 2000 at 23%. For U.S.-born males the rate of IR marriage decreased 3% (from 44% to 41%) due to an increase of Pan Asian marriages which were 17% of the total (a 50% rate increase from 2000). The female IR marriage statistic for the 1.5 Generation decreased 2% with no change in the rate of Pan Asian marriages. That is a significant decrease in IR marriages in itself. But for the U.S.-born, the rate of IR marriage decreased an astounding 9% (from 58% to 49%). The unexpected change in IR marriages among U.S.-born females was primarily due to a huge increase in Asian marriages among Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese and Asian-Indian females, in that order. The most dramatic change occurred among Korean women with a 15% rate decline in IR marriages. Pan Asian marriages rose to a rate of 11% of the total (a 38% rate increase from 2000). Asian Newlyweds Prefer Asian Spouses Another way to analyze the changes in IR marriages would be to exclude those contemporary U.S.-raised Asian Americans who were already married in 2000 and focus solely on new marriages between 2000 and 2004. By assuming no divorces, deaths or emigrations occurred, this rough analysis reveals a greater contemporary decline in IR marriages. For Asian males, the 90 thousand new marriages were roughly split between 1.5 Generation and U.S.-born Asian males. New IR marriages were 24% (vs. 23% in 2000) for the 1.5 Generation and 37% (vs. 44% in 2000) for the U.S.-born. For Asian females, the 105 thousand new marriages evenly split between 1.5 Generation and U.S.-born Asian females. New IR marriages were 34% (vs. 43% in 2000) for the 1.5 Generation and 43% (vs. 58% in 2000) for the U.S.-born. Thus, the rate of IR marriage among newlyweds is significantly lower than for those already married in 2000. Pan Asian marriages comprised 16% of the above newlywed marriages for the men and 11% for the women. In addition, the IR marriage gender disparity for newlyweds is the smallest in recent history, 10% for the 1.5 Generation and 6% for U.S.-born. The disparity was 8% overall. Pan Asian Marriages on the Rise Pan Asian marriages, while not uncommon, are often overlooked as a factor in Asian American marriages. Most observers have viewed the marriage choices for Asian Americans as a black or white affair or more accurately a choice between a white race individual and an Asian individual of the same ethnicity. The traditional assimilationist perspective predicts Asian Americans would marry into the majority white population for socioeconomic achievement. Otherwise Asian Americans would marry an Asian of the same ethnicity to retain cultural and ethnic ties. In short, there did not seem to be a compelling socioeconomic or cultural reason for Pan Asian marriage. Some sociologists, including Dr. C.N. Le (www.asian-nation.org), predicted a rise in Pan Asian marriages from more subtle social factors such as heightened race consciousness, greater acculturation, and a sense of shared group identity. Dr. Le argues that as Asian Americans achieve socioeconomic success through high education and professional occupations there is greater social interaction among Asians from various ethnicities. U.S. demographics and race relations also tend to ignore ethnic distinctions and promote Asians as a single racial group in various facets of American life. (A recent example is the creation of Asian fraternities and sororities.) And as the Asian American population matures from a community that is mostly foreign born to U.S.-raised the historical animosities between Asian ethnicities become less relevant. The record numbers of Pan Asian marriages in 2004 support Dr. Le's prediction. In 2004, Chinese males were the most popular Pan Asian husband for contemporary U.S.-raised Asian females. Chinese and Vietnamese females had the highest numbers of Pan-Asian husbands. The popularity of the Chinese as Pan Asian spouses might be due to the long history of the Chinese diaspora setting up communities in nearly every non-Chinese Asian country. On the other hand, Japanese females were the most popular Pan Asian wife for contemporary U.S.-raised Asian males. This is somewhat surprising given the recent historical animosity most native Asians have for the Japanese and perhaps an indicator of decreasing ethnic barriers. Chinese males recorded the highest number of Pan Asian wives. It is likely that Pan Asian marriages will remain popular. And by implication their offspring could exponentially grow the population of Asians with mixed ethnic backgrounds in years to come. The Future of Asian Americans Perhaps Pan Asian marriages are evidence the dynamics of U.S. race relations are eroding traditional cultural and ethnic ties (and animosities) in favor of greater racial solidarity. It is a potentially exciting development for the Asian American community. As a historical example, it was not long ago in the early 20th century that Irish, Italian and other southern European whites experienced severe discrimination in the U.S. by other whites. Today, after suffering far more intra-race wars than Asians have, white Americans have overcome their ethnic and nationalistic prejudices in part through Pan European intermarriage to create a cohesive racial identity. The Asian American community has historically been fractured along ethnic lines. Certainly if white Americans from various European ethnicities formed a single racial identity it is likely Asian Americans will and Pan Asian marriage may be a key contributor. 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The amazing Ratzinger Effect ?is a better road to take ? YES_Take a look? The Ratzinger Effect: more money, more pilgrims – and lots more Latin Richard Owen in Rome With donations to the Church from around the world almost doubling and pilgrims pouring into Rome in ever-greater numbers, Vatican watchers are beginning to reassess the two-year-old pontificate of Pope Benedict XVI and noting a positive “Ratzinger effect”. Today the Vatican will publish the Pope’s “motu proprio” decree allowing broader use by Roman Catholics of the Latin Tridentine Mass — the pontiff’s last act before leaving for his traditional summer holiday. The move, which amends the Second Vatican Council’s decision in the 1960s that worship should be in the vernacular, is regarded as yet another sign of Benedict’s conservative attachment to tradition and doctrine. Some senior Catholics in Britain have accused him of “encouraging those who want to turn the clock back” and say that they fear the rite will revive preVatican II prayers for the conversion of “the perfidious Jews”. The Vatican denies this, however, and points instead to the huge appeal of the Latin Mass — and Gregorian chant — not only for disaffected right-wing Catholics but also for many ordinary believers who value “the sheer beauty” of the ancient liturgy. “This is a Pope who — contrary to conventional wisdom — is in tune with the faithful,” one Vatican source said. Related Links Pope backs the revival of Mass in Latin Pope takes on Da Vinci Code heretics Pope hopes Brazil visit will revive Church The unassuming and scholarly Benedict does not have the star appeal of John Paul II. At 80, he does not travel as much as the “Pilgrim Pope” or write as many documents. Andrea Tornielli, the biographer of several popes including Benedict, said that when crowds packed into St Peter’s Square to hear Benedict in the early days of his pontificate, “many people attributed this to the John Paul effect”, or the global media coverage of the late Pope’s courage in the face of illness and death. It was increasingly clear that although Benedict — formerly Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, John Paul’s long-serving doctrinal adviser — lacked the showmanship and charisma of his predecessor, his “simple and direct” assertion of values struck a chord with believers, Mr Tornielli said. The distinction between “the good and progressive John Paul and the bad conservative Benedict” was a false one, Mr Tornielli told The Times. “Ratzinger was John Paul’s closest adviser for over two decades, and many of his initiatives as Pope — including the Tridentine Mass — are developments of John Paul’s own ideas.” While less theatrical than his predecessor, Benedict makes no secret of enjoying the “dressing up” side of the job, reviving ermine-trimmed robes, elaborate headgear and dainty satin shoes. He has grown more adept and relaxed at greeting people. Cardinal Sergio Sebastiani, head of economic affairs at the Holy See, said that the “remarkable increase” in both donations and numbers of pilgrims showed that there was “a symbiosis, a mutual sympathy between this Pope and Christian people everywhere”. Presenting the Holy See’s annual budget yesterday, Cardinal Sebastiani noted that not only had it closed last year with a surplus of €2.4 million, partly thanks to diocesan donations, there had also been a “huge jump” in “Peter’s Pence”, the annual church collections given directly to the Pope to use for charity, from $60 million (£30 million) in 2005 to $102 million. “The days when people talked of papal bankruptcy are past,” said Marco Tosatti, Vatican correspondent of La Stampa. John Paul, who is on the road to sainthood, continues to be an attraction: with up to 35,000 pilgrims filing past his tomb in the crypt of St Peter’s every day, the Vatican is considering moving the tomb into the Basilica. Record numbers attend Benedict’s weekly audiences, and seven million people a year now visit St Peter’s, a rise of 20 per cent. Similar increases are recorded for pilgrimages to Catholic shrines at Assisi, Lourdes, Fatima in Portugal and Madonna di Guadalupe in Mexico. “This is a Ratzinger phenomenon,” reported La Repubblica. For some he remains “God’s Rottweiler” or the “Panzerkardinal”. He has disappointed liberals who hoped that he would relax rules on priestly celibacy or the use of condoms to help to fight Aids in Africa. Next week the Vatican is due to issue a document reasserting that only the Catholic Church is “the Church of Christ”, a move that risks offending Anglican and Orthodox Christians. Benedict’s statements on issues from the Latin Mass to dialogue with China were promised “imminently”, then delayed, and Curia department heads long past retirement age have not been replaced. “Running the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith is not the same as running the world-wide Church,” one insider said. “Benedict tends to appoint men he knows and trusts — regardless of whether they are right for the job.” Above all, he does not delegate as the ailing John Paul II did, and such is his reputation as a theologian that no one dares to offer him advice. This has led to a series of avoidable public relations disasters, most notably his speech on “faith and reason” at Regensburg University last year, when he inflamed Muslim opinion by appearing to suggest that Islam was inherently violent. In Brazil in May he angered indigenous populations by asserting that the arrival of Christianity in the New World did not amount to “the imposition of a foreign culture” on native peoples, and his off-the-cuff assertion that Catholic legislators who voted for easier abortion in Mexico should be excommunicated had to be hastily “clarified” by Father Federico Lombardi, his spokesman. More recently the Vatican was dismayed when a reference to a “frank exchange of views” on “delicate questions” after Tony Blair’s farewell meeting with the Pope was taken to mean the two men had had a row. Such lapses, says John Allen, another of his biographers, make him appear “tone deaf”. “For those who know Benedict’s mind, it can be painful to watch his carefully reasoned reflections become capsized in the court of public opinion by a stray phrase that’s obviously open to misinterpretation.” Traditional strength - On his election, Benedict XVI replaced the crown on the papal arms with a mitre, indicating a rejection of political power - He has maintained the Church’s position on artificial birth control, abortion and homosexuality, areas that reformers had hoped would change - Deus Est Caritas, Benedict’s first encyclical, argued that the concept of “Eros”, or sexual love, now signified simply sex. Its warmth and insight surprised commentators - In March, the Pope affirmed the Catholic doctrine that Hell “exists and is eternal for those who shut their hearts to [God’s] love”. The move caused controversy amongst liberal theologians For Christmas 2006, the Pope, who has described rock music as Satan’s work, abandoned the annual Vatican pop concert established by John Paul II. The move was seen as a refreshingly honest refusal to compromise spiritual values for popularity

rev kamal karna roy a newer politician in strategic redevelopment _ changes to evade "jungle democracy"? Click here to join the NEWSWEEK community, post comments and subscribe to our e-mail newsletters User Name: Password: Forgot password? News Politics Tech and Business Culture Health Voices Quick Guide Periscope National News International Next 2008 Iraq War Issues 2008 Against the Odds Video Top Story Campaign 2008: A Game of Survivor My Journey to the Top Latest News Clinton hints at shared ticket PAKISTAN Elections Usher in a New Face By Zahid Hussain, Ron Moreau and Michael Hirsh | NEWSWEEK Mar 3, 2008 Issue « Return to Article Related:Makhdoom Amin Fahim Pakistan Peoples Party Pervez Musharraf Discuss Comments: Posted By: CANDIDATE_REPUBLICAN @ 03/03/2008 10:05:01 PM Comment: TRIANGLE OF JUNGLE DEMOCRACIES USA TO PAISTAN TO RSSIA UJDER PUTIN TO USA. JUNGLES ARE DEEP FOREST BUT GREENS ARE SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT OF SHADE. OTHER JUGLES ARE DEEPLY OF CONCERN TO PEOPLE. bUT WE THE PEOPLE MUST BRING TO EQUITY IN JUSTICE,LEADERSHIP AND OPTIMUM PRIVILEGES TO MOST SOONER THE BETTER, SAID DR THE REVEREND KAMAL KARNA ROY , A MR CLEAN FOR U S PRESIDECY 2008 AS SCHEDULED, BUT MAY NOT BE HELD WITH U S DISTRICT COURT INTERVENTIONS AS PROVIDED IN U S CONSTITUTION AND OTHER LAWS OF U S. REPORTED BY REV MR PREMANGHU ROY DAS EFORMS AGENT IN DEMOCRACIES WORLD WIDE IN NEED OF REDELOPMENT. SEE BELOW WE NEED TRUE DEMOCRATIC CONDITIONS FOR WE THE PEOPLE OF DIFFERENT NATIONS. Posted By: shaista @ 03/01/2008 5:36:46 AM Comment: THE lunch hosted by Mr Asif Zardari for the newly elected members of the three leading parties on Feb 27 may well be remembered as a landmark in the long awaited transition to a democratic dispensation in Pakistan. The squalls that rocked the state on Oct 12, 1999 and in the form of the 17th amendment inflicted much damage. Then, the catastrophe of Nov 3 put all salvaging efforts beyond the capacity of any single party. The existing distortions in that historic but half-alive Constitution present a nightmare and demand the exercise of the highest form of political wisdom and legal expertise. The process of eliminating them by creating a new interface between politics and law has just begun. Pakistan???s present crisis is characterised by the bitter harvest of constitutional violations, growing imbalance between a power-hungry centre and the handicapped federating units, uncontrollable violence by ever-proliferating bands of extremists and, above all, by a rapidly rising table of sub-surface social anger at glaring inequalities of income and opportunity. A reasonably broad-based coalition government may provide a healing touch. There is no great virtue in a two-party system anymore as, for quite some time to come, regional aspirations will deepen particular identities of the constitutive elements of a diverse nation. The greatest achievement of the three top leaders present at Mr Zardari???s lunch is that they successfully persuaded their followers that these identities were perfectly compatible with an overarching national identity. Scratch the surface and lurking just beneath the protest against the humiliation of the higher judiciary and repeated violations of the Constitution is a palpable anguish of poverty and deprivation. Pakistan must eschew politics of vendetta but that does not mean that every crime against the state and society be brushed under the carpet. It needs a high-powered Commission on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in the interest of historical accuracy and to build dykes for future security. We need to replace mercenary relations with relations based on mutual respect, community of interests and coordinated pursuit of common objectives within our respective national parameters. A strong and stable national coalition can be built around the present understanding between the PPP, PML-N and ANP. The US-led West should welcome it and not undermine it as it alone can make Pakistan???s battle against militant extremists effective The west should to withdraw their support from the one Musharaf who loathed by the people at maximum Posted By: shaista @ 03/01/2008 5:07:40 AM Comment: THE results of the election that took place on Feb 18 were astonishing. President Musharraf???s supporting party Pakistan Muslim League (Q) was wiped out and the ministers who were lucky enough to keep their seats are now at a safe distance from President Musharraf. The people at large want the president to go with no other choice. However, the US has been unduly interfering in our politics as its Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher has emphasised the need to continue President Musharraf???s rule. Pakistan has remained under military rule for more than half of its life, and the people no longer want any dictator to rule over them. As the PPP has secured the maximum number of seats, followed by the PML (N), the ties made between these parties also pose a serious challenge to the president???s stay any further in office. His rule for eight long years has brought many hardships to the nation and now he should quit The US slogan for democracy is and justice is just a slogan and in real and practicle not willing to be so for their own agenda From whome to expect the justice and democracy in the world the only power it self violate This is not the Musharaf pakistan but of 1,600/-Millions people and what they think of the rest This is not in the benifit of US to support the cruel one of the country who now the people think as Mechile G.Choaf The people and the young generation have very strong anti US sentiments due to their blind support of Dictator Musharaf This is not a good sign and this will increase with passage of time Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/29/2008 2:12:44 AM Comment: IN THIS ENVIORNMENT OF ECONOMIC FEUDALISM WHERE THE MIDDLE CLASS MUST SUFFER IN ORDER TO INCREASE THE pROFITS OF MULTINATIONAL CORpORATIONS, WHO BENEFIT FROM CHEAp LABOR, THE AMERICAN DREAM HAS BEEN LOST. MULTINALTIONALS FROM INDIA HAVE BROUGHT THEIR CHEAp WAyS TO AMERICA. WE NOW HAVE AMERIANS GOING TO GET HEART SURGERy IN INDIA BEAUSE IT IS CHEApER. OUR INFORMATION TECHNOLy JOBS HAVE BEEN OUTSOURCED TO INDIA. CHINA WAITS UNTIL WE INVENT IT AND THEN THEy STEAL IT. WHy REINVENT THE WHEEL. ARABS FINANCIERS OWN OVER TWELVER pER CENT OF OUR ECONOMy AND IN RECENT MONTTHS HAVE "BAILED" OUT OUR BANKS. IN ADDITION, ARAB INTEREST FROM DUBAI AND KUWAIT HAVE FINANCED OUR pOLITICAL LEADERS ENDEVOURS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE pOLITICAL SpECTRUM.. IT IS TIME FOR A CHANGE. We have been fooled by our own government and there is no way any Republican is going to win this election. THE Middle class has had it with all this Bin LADEN terrorist crap. WE are now scared of our own government more than we are of the terrorist because the decisions this government is making on our behalf is not in our best interests and it is killing us. The government is now dominating our civil liberties. They are giving the states millions for Real ID Cards. This is just the start of government intrusion. Combine this with the misuse of the Patriot Act and the future Plans of insurance comPanies and corporations to have full access to our personal records and we have a real crisis. Credit Card companies have already started selling and sharing our personal information with the private sector. We really have to wake up and protect our constitution it is all we have to defend ourselves against interests that become too rich and powerful in this country. The government keeps expanding and is being predominantly controlled by special interest and lobbyist. The middle class is being weakened and our civil liberties are being threatened. Real ID Cards will not make "us safer" infacat terrorists can obtain fake ones and move about freely. The American people did not vote on Real ID Cards, we need a vote. Our constitution would have to be ammended in order for Real ID's to become legal. I do not know what has happened in Washington but it is getting out of hand. They know what they are doing is unconstitutional so they are trying to bribe the states by offering them money. I hope every state agrees with me and Prevents the federal govenment from imPosing THIS unconstitutional law. If the states allow the government to do this then they would have set a bad Precedent that could lead to further government violations. WHy IS THERE A NEED TO WIRE TAp EVERy CITIZEN. ARE yOU KIDDING ME. yOU NEED A WARRANT. THIS IS MADNESS. GOVERNMENT IS USING TERRORISM AS AN EXCUSE TO INTRUDE ON OUR CIVIL LIBERTIES. THIS IS INSANE. McCain will continue to implementt these misguided REpublian policies. McCain's ONE HUNDRED year agenda is not in AMERICA"s BEST INTEREST. Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/28/2008 4:32:34 AM Comment: AND WHAT AN UGLy FACE IT IS. WE NEED TO CRUSH AL QUEDA IN PAKISTAN AND GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. LET US REMEMBER BERG. I AM NOT JEWISH, HOWEVER I FEEL THAT WE MUST NEVER FORGET. IT IS WORTH THAT yOUNG ARABS AND JEWS FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS START FORMING GROUPS THAT ENCOURAGE THE INTERACTION BETWEEN JEWS ARABS MUSLIMS AND CHRISTIANS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. SOMETHING LIKE AN NGO. ANyONE FROM ANy BACKGROUND CAN CAN CONTRIBUTE. WITH ONE OBJECTIVE IN MIND. FRIENDLy RELATIONS. NO PRESSURE TO SET FOREIGN POLICy , JUST GETTING THE TWO ADVERSARIES IN THE SAME ROOM AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE WILL BE IN AMERICA'S AND THE WORLD'S BEST INTEREST. . THAT IS THE FIRST STEP . WHEN yOU TRy AND IMPOSE yOUR WILL "ALL OF A SUDDEN" ON THE MASSES, THEN ASSAASSINATIONS LIKE THOSOE OF RABIN AND BHUTTO WILL BE INEVITABLE. "WHEN ANy ONE INDIVIDUAL BEOMES LARGER THAN THE CAUSE THEy ARE CHAMPIONING THEN THEy THEMSELVES BECOME AN OBSTALE TO THEIR OWN CAUSE" EDDIWHERE 2008. EDDIEWHERE © 2008 Posted By: VoteResponsibly08 @ 02/27/2008 4:45:32 PM Comment: What is Obama going to do when he faces these people??? God Help us all..He does not have the know how and depending on advisers 100% is not my idea of a commander and chief! Do something! media, Press...you have given obama a Free Pass long enough! Posted By: CANDIDATE_REPUBLICAN @ 02/27/2008 4:27:53 PM Comment: democracies in usa and pakistan, both are in jeopardy in respect of we the people of the nations, superpower or allied nation.both entities must detour to achieve people's wishes entertained. for dr kamal karna roy a small time democratic strategist in efforts to revive themes of equities for all.released by an assistant to dr roy identified by e mail id 2.27. 2008 new york Posted By: Houlbelat @ 02/27/2008 11:16:25 AM Comment: Is it a democracy reborn in Pakistan or sham of the highest order? People in Pakistan voted in favor of Bhutto's party, not for Zardari, who was responsible for her twice ouster from the Premiership due to his shameful dirty roles of Mr.10%. Country's biggest grass root party preaching "Government of the People, by the People, for the People", which was founded on the basic principle of providing them respectable " Bread, Dress and Shelter", was created by Bhutto, hanged by a military dictator. Now, the party is orphaned in a bomb-blast death of his daughter during another military rule. Situation brings forth her rootless spouse, "Mr.Tenpercent Zardari", holding the People's mandate ( at ransom?), for endless exploits. Whatever the words mean, they cannot change the genes. The name "Zardari" literally means "Gold-Lord" and he lives his name literally. He was responsible for legislating and monopolizing gold import into Pakistan (through an Emirates based gold-tycoon of Pakistan origin) on a ridiculous 2% custom duty and made unfathomable ocean of fortune. If the US administration is ready," to let them have their rounds of discussions, still expecting the [Pakistani] Army to take the necessary military action, counting on an interesting transition", then the whole riddle is solved. The ongoing change in Pakistan is not a change of " act" in the drama being staged but, a "change of gear into a powerful all terrain drive", to move forward on the designed road-map, crossing effectively all rugged and bogging tracts en-route. Posted By: engal @ 02/27/2008 3:08:04 AM Comment: Comment:Chinese's a Literature of the YanYuHongChen is very reality for the economy,the Culture,the Education,the Politice ,the Philosophy and the Business,but i expecting who the Leaders in International that will be the best support us and it will be Might spread you and the Literature to the Golabl.' chengchengcheng123@yahoo.cn Posted By: CANDIDATE_REPUBLICAN @ 02/26/2008 3:06:30 PM Comment: Pakistan's elected leaders must be slow and very effective in democratic gains or the gains couod be reversed by internal forcesalien to ruling coalition in jeopady with foreign interests. jungle democracies have been most powerful mvirus which curbs democratic rights of citizens, that is what history tells us. see also below as relevant. the reverend dr kamal karna karuna roy author of electronic and hard copies publications which may give insights to living beings as known as human_animals may often behave in pure animal conducts to support their polluted rational feelings. interests, vested interests etc etc. rationality vs animality is the tug of war type emements of the living beings all over the Globe: Pakistan leaders be careful in your step ahead. as the powerfuls, nations, superpower or most entities give priorities to their own hidden agendas. native leaders could be in a privileged position to judge events those may cause them favor or pains: pl see below; dreams of freedom for people individual or national may not award any grants from external forces or native rulers, but steadfast demand and actions if orchestrated with pragmatic resolutions may succeed in demands of true liberty of coexistence. quotation from democratic strategist *** republican candidate U s presidential electoral competition 2008 by the rev ms lisa n r alston. 2.26. 2008 new york. Posted By: SAM08 @ 02/26/2008 11:50:41 AM Comment: The people in pakistan should have asked Zardari before woting for him if his going rate of kick backs will still be 15% or will it be more Posted By: eddiewhere @ 02/25/2008 8:42:42 AM Comment: AND WHAT AN UGLy FACE IT IS. WE NEED TO CRUSH AL QUEA IN PAKISTAN AND GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE. Posted By: shaista @ 02/25/2008 5:19:05 AM Comment: The newly retired General Musharraf has displayed no intention of leaving office despite his king party losing even after plenty of evidence that he had planned to rig the elections. The caretaker government was anything but neutral and the Election Commission was suspect. But pressure from Washington compelled him to change his plans. Had he still engaged in massive rigging, not only would he have drawn Washington???s ire but also evoked ugly street protests. He knew that if the ???agitators??? caused the country to come to a standstill, the army would distance itself from him. Without their protection, he would not last a day in office. The habitual offender Musharaf this time fail for not carrying out a full pleadge crime of rigging due to international observer existing These people will never be convinced that it is time for the ex-general to go. To them, he is the embodiment of truth, the doer of all good things, and the prince of enlightened moderation without whom Pakistan would return to the Dark Ages. It is time for Musharraf, to wake up and realise that the game is over. Everything Musharraf stood for was repudiated on Feb 18. The electoral results have made it clear, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that the people do not wish to see Musharraf holding court on radio and television day in and day out. Aitzaz Ahsan spoke for millions when he said, ???Musharraf is the most hated & loathed man in Pakistan.??? During the last several months, poll after poll showed Musharraf???s popularity plummeting like a lead coin in a bottomless well. But he continued to reject the polls by saying that they only represented the views of a few thousand people and asserted vainly that he was vastly popular in the populous countryside. But even the King???s party was not taken in by the myths spun out by the monarch. It knew that once rigging was no longer an option, its fate was sealed. Why else would they seek to obtain the release of one of the key instigators of the Lal Masjid takeover, Abdul Aziz, just days prior to the vote? This was an obvious ploy designed to play on the religious sympathies of the people and to garner much needed votes. How else could one justify releasing a real and confirmed terrorist from jail while holding the nation???s eminent justices and barristers under house arrest? Musharraf had said not too long ago that he would step down when he saw that the people were no longer with him. He said he was continuing as president only because it was in the national interest. He would rather be playing golf or tennis, he noted, but the situation required him to sacrifice his personal interests. Well, the time has now come for him to do the nation a favour and quit as he is the only evil for this country. Posted By: democratic_reforms @ 02/24/2008 11:12:22 AM Comment: JUNGLE DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN. NO PAKISTANI PREMIER SHOULD ENGAGE IN DIRECT FIGHT WITH PERVEZ MASSAREF TO ENGAGE PAKISTAN AGAIN N VIOLENCES, AND/OR EMMERGENCY. tHIS IS BECAUSE MUSSAREF IS NOT ALONE BUT HE HAS SUPPORT FROM INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL POWERBLOCS. A SLOWER APPROACH TO DEMOCRATIC SOLUTION IN PAKISTAN MAY BE MORECORRECT FOR THE TIME SCALES. THE REV DR KAMAL KARNA K ROY, A US AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL _ REPUBLICAN HOPEFUL, NEW YORK 2.24.2008 Posted By: Mohdsheikh @ 02/24/2008 12:49:45 AM Comment: Washington's top ranks seem unworried about what the new civilian leaders might decide. The only worry Americans have about the moment to keep up Musharraf in Presidency because Musharraf has amended the constitution in such a way no one else can do any thing without his consent and authority. This is worrisome for the new elected politicians. They know very much the hard fact that they have not been elected on merits, it is the hatred against Musharraf they have en-cashed. Because Musharraf have destroyed the true democrative spirit of the Pakistan???s Constitution by extremely autocratic and extra constitutional way before conducting the general election so that he could do the post election rigging. If those powers are not taken away from the presidency then the politicians will be nothing more than tools in his hands. If the politicians failed to restore highest court judges that will mean they are empty handed. Moreover they won???t be able to face their voters who have sent them Islamabad to clean up the mess and deliver good to them. Mohammad S Sheikh, Advocate Supreme Court of Pakistan Islamabad - Rawalpindi Posted By: Martin123 @ 02/24/2008 12:08:02 AM Comment: My salutations to Dr. Rice for a job well done on the American side. Posted By: Martin123 @ 02/24/2008 12:07:07 AM Comment: Hats off to Ms Rice, never in the history of public service t America has so much been freely given. SPONSORED LINKS Pakistani Dating Site 1000's Pakistani's Chatting Join Free! SalaamLove.com Singapore Air to Pakistan Deluxe Flights to Pakistan Best Fare Guarantee! Book A Flight. www.SingaporeAir.com 6.9¢ to Pakistan Long Distance from Cell & Home no PIN, no monthly fee - Try Today www.startec.com/Pakistan Reply Comments: Enter Your Comment Report Abuse Enter comments if any for reporting abuse Comments: Report Abuse Project Green Enterprise Leadership Boomer Files Giving Globally CES Coverage Education INNOVATION Not Made In Japan Christian Caryl Once upon a time, the country was a leader in technology. 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How can I take action on YouTube? There is a youtube user who has been using a program to purposely increase his views on YouTube and to try to boost his popularity. What I am trying to ask is if I can take any actions against this. He is constantly boosting his channel views alongside his video views into the tens of thousands, but only has a small handful of subscribers. My friend said he even told him in person about this. Not to mention on top of this he is making fake accounts to praise himself only to boost his popularity. I find this to be a great disservice to the YouTube commnity. Is there anything that I can do about this? If you wish to know even more I will link you to his account. http://www.youtube.com/user/plocusman

good snowboard boots? are these boots good begginer boots? heres what the website said (copy and paste) and wiche 1 would you recomend? i do know its long but someone will get best answer- is it is the best answer, so please read, and thnx! http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/2009-Vans-Hi-Standard-Womens-44344.asp The women's Hi-Standard is a great boot for the progressing beginner to intermediate riders who want a soft boot to make life easy on them selves when learning to ride the mountain powerfully and creatively. Also, it is a great boot for the advancing park riders too. This boot comes equipped with the New Trifit Asym-X thermal liner for increased heel-hold and reduced slippage. Show your true capability as a woman snowboarder with the Hi-Standard. Vans says: See what happens when you put Hana Beaman and our team of designers in a room and shut the door, a boot is born, with insane styling and a feature set capable of taking your riding to the next level! The all new Trifit Asym-X thermal liner provides a snug and comfy heel fit while the internal web harness provides that additional support, keeping you safe and steady for a full day on the hill. Three distinct materializations and colorways round out one of the best-valued boots the snowboard market has to offer. or http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/2009-32-Prospect-43591.asp Whether you are progressing on the mountain or through the park the Prospect will stick with you all the way. It has a soft to medium flex provided by the articulating cuff and boot design to create smooth transitions when trying new tricks. Not only is this boot great for progressing tendencies, but it is also great for the more experienced riders who just want a more forgiving flex to benefit their type of riding. The Prospect is a great boot for the all-mountain freestyle rider. 32 says: Lightweight and versatile, the Prospect is perfect for advancing riders who are trying to stomp new tricks and seasoned veterans who need a more forgiving flex. or http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/2009-Burton-Supreme-Womens-40574.asp The name says it all. The Burton Supreme is the most advanced boot in womens snowboarding today. Pre-wired Imprint 4 liner, upgraded Speed Zone lacing system, and the Plush Cuff 2.0 contribute to this boots growing success and popularity among female pros. We recommend the Supreme for the gnarly chick that needs a killer boot that can do it all. Burton Says: Step into the ultimate riding machine. Featuring sciences greatest secrets mixed with a little Burton magic, the Supreme gives gold-medal prodigies like Hannah Teter and Kelly Clark the power to push the envelope of what's possible on a snowboard. Every single stitch and detail of the Supreme has been examined to provide slipper-like comfort with shit-kicking performance. Heat-ready with the new Therm-ic pre-wired liner, the Supreme truly is the hottest boot to hit snow. or (last 1) http://www.sierrasnowboard.com/Forum-Baseline-Womens-42227.asp The new stylish, Chuck Taylor designed, Forum women’s Baseline boot is here to step up and progress the beginner to intermediate rider skills. The low volume sole increases the boot-to-board feel for a more-lively smooth ride. Also, the internal liner is moldable for that nice custom fit. Stay comfortable and stylish all day on the mountain when rippin the new Baseline. We recommend this as an all-mountain boot for the progressing women riders. Forum says: The all-new Baseline is a modern classic. The user-friendly model combines classic court-shoe styling with the rugged properties of an all-terrain snowboard boot. The all-new vulcanized outsole provides a stable, low point of contact with the binding for incredible board feel. A Silver Link internal cuff sets the heel into the cushy heel pocket of a Level 1 liner, providing toasty, warm, all-day support. With an overall mid-soft flex that is perfect for terrain park antics and powder slashing, the Baseline makes having fun easy, anywhere you ride.

Do you agree with changing social security into welfare program? Obama will raise the social security tax over the 102,000 base. However, the maximum benefit is calculated at the maximum USD 102,000. In this case, you are buying more expensive insurance or pension plan but you don't get extra pay-outs or benefit for the increased premium. I did research on WSJ and why Franklin Roosevelt created Social security, it's meant to be a pension program based on personal contribution, not a welfare. "The fundamental principle of linking taxes and benefits was established when Roosevelt designed Social Security. He wanted to make sure that it was not a welfare system, calling Social Security "a base upon which each one of our citizens may build his individual security through his own individual efforts." His instincts have generally proved sound. Had Social Security been considered "welfare" rather than a return on taxes earned, it probably would never have had the popularity or the staying power that it has enjoyed for the last seven decades" why this become a welfare program? Simple. Currently, the most people can contribute to Social Security is 6.4% of the maxium 104,000 salary. That's around $6,500 per year. With this $6,500 contribution, when you hit 69, you are eligible for $2,053 maximum benefit. Now, some people will pay alot more that $6,500. Say, a business owner in a good year can pay say $100,000 per year on social security (or more), but when he hits 69, he will only receive maximum $2053 per month. In this case, he subsidized population without anything in return, which in essence, a welfare program. when I say now, I mean under Obama's plan. Also, the social security wage is 102,000 (not 104,000 - it's a typo there)

Communities taking control of mass medias? In Venezuela?? Your thoughts? http://links.org.au/node/1182 The Organic Telecommunications Law, which was passed in June 2000, states that there are three types of broadcast media in Venezuela: private, state and community. The law gives legal recognition to community broadcasting, enabling it to receive special tax breaks. In order to be recognised as a community broadcaster, the programming has to meet the certain criteria. Principally, the station must be non-profit and dedicated to the community, with the requirement that 70% of its programming must be produced within the community. Also, there must be a separation between the station and its programming, which means that the station itself may only produce 15%, leaving the remainder to be produced by community volunteers. In addition, the station must provide training to community members so the production of media is accessible to everyone. The law also states that the directors of the community media cannot be party officials, members of the military or work for private mass media.[3] Although the constitution of Venezuela recognises community media, prior to the April 2002 coup against the Chávez government these small television, radio and newspaper resources did not receive much attention from the state. Active support was not provided. Before Chávez was elected president, participating in community media was a clandestine activity and a victimised form of freedom of speech; homes and offices that housed community radio stations were often raided and operators feared for their lives. Community media stations have since multiplied, amplifying the voices of individuals and communities, increasing community communication and cohesion, fostering cultural awareness and political participation, and increasingly meeting the positive freedom of speech rights of Venezuelans. A new form of participatory communication based on local experiential knowledge is gaining popularity and influence.[4] Despite the strong foundation community media has in the Venezuelan constitution and laws, community media is still a relatively new voice evolving into an active forum for the democratic and revolutionary process of the Venezuelan people. Community media has become a necessary alternative because it is made and controlled by the people. After the failed coup attempt, the government realised how crucial community media is to the people and to the state. It became apparent that the state media cannot be the only alternative to the private media because of its relatively low ratings and its consolidated nature, which make it vulnerable in a coup situation. When Channel 8, the state-run television channel, was taken off the air during the coup in April 2002, most Venezuelans were denied accurate coverage of events. The coup was defeated with the help of community media stations and activists; they rallied their communities to take to the streets and demand their voices be heard.

Communities taking control of mass medias in Venezuela? http://links.org.au/node/1182 The Organic Telecommunications Law, which was passed in June 2000, states that there are three types of broadcast media in Venezuela: private, state and community. The law gives legal recognition to community broadcasting, enabling it to receive special tax breaks. In order to be recognised as a community broadcaster, the programming has to meet the certain criteria. Principally, the station must be non-profit and dedicated to the community, with the requirement that 70% of its programming must be produced within the community. Also, there must be a separation between the station and its programming, which means that the station itself may only produce 15%, leaving the remainder to be produced by community volunteers. In addition, the station must provide training to community members so the production of media is accessible to everyone. The law also states that the directors of the community media cannot be party officials, members of the military or work for private mass media.[3] Although the constitution of Venezuela recognises community media, prior to the April 2002 coup against the Chávez government these small television, radio and newspaper resources did not receive much attention from the state. Active support was not provided. Before Chávez was elected president, participating in community media was a clandestine activity and a victimised form of freedom of speech; homes and offices that housed community radio stations were often raided and operators feared for their lives. Community media stations have since multiplied, amplifying the voices of individuals and communities, increasing community communication and cohesion, fostering cultural awareness and political participation, and increasingly meeting the positive freedom of speech rights of Venezuelans. A new form of participatory communication based on local experiential knowledge is gaining popularity and influence.[4] Despite the strong foundation community media has in the Venezuelan constitution and laws, community media is still a relatively new voice evolving into an active forum for the democratic and revolutionary process of the Venezuelan people. Community media has become a necessary alternative because it is made and controlled by the people. After the failed coup attempt, the government realised how crucial community media is to the people and to the state. It became apparent that the state media cannot be the only alternative to the private media because of its relatively low ratings and its consolidated nature, which make it vulnerable in a coup situation. When Channel 8, the state-run television channel, was taken off the air during the coup in April 2002, most Venezuelans were denied accurate coverage of events. The coup was defeated with the help of community media stations and activists; they rallied their communities to take to the streets and demand their voices be heard.[5]

Pinto or Vega? Both of these cars were maligned due to engineering flaws (Ford and GM rushed them to market in order to have a car to compete with the Japanese cars that were increasing in popularity), but both have aged well. Plus, they make good little race cars. Which would be your preference? For the younger generation who might have no idea what the hell I'm talking about, here are some links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Vega http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Pinto