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Entrepreneur Magazine? I need to get some information and facts about entrepreneur magazine, like when it started the number of magazines it has released to date and facts. Where can I get this kind of information?
Can I name my magazine The ohio entrepreneur ? I was wanting to start a new magazine and did not know if that would be an infringment on entrepreneur's magazine. Does anyone know can i use the word entrepreneur in my magazine Title with out getting sued by them ? and do you think it would be a good idea ?
old entrepreneur magazines (philippines)? i'm looking for back issues of entrepreneur magazine in the philippines. pls let me know where to find it. i can't find the website of filbar's which i think has it. is there anyone who is willing to sell their pre owned copy of that mag? pls let me know.
Entrepreneur Question. Dumb? I want to be in the Entrepreneur magazine once I launch my business. Its one of my goals. What I am wondering is: Do you pay the magazine to feature you and your story in the magazine? Or do they 'Find you' And ask, and maybe pay you, to be in the magazine????? Thanks!
Where can I find tips & recipes for pre-cooked fish in jars (for selling)? I'm planning to start a small business on the side, and I saw this article on Entrepreneur magazine Philippines on how to make/produce sardines, tuna, and other small fish in jars to be sold wholesale or retail. Well, it teaches the basics, but I would like to search for more websites to broaden my knowledge on this little endeavor of mine. Aside from using small fish, I plan to use parts of bigger fishes, like salmon belly, etc. What other fishes/ fish parts can I use?
What magazine had an article within the past year about business valuation multiples for various industries? I am sure that it was either Entrepreneur or Inc., but I can't find it anywhere. The article had colored bubbles and a large regression-type chart which showed where various businesses fall on various sales multiples. The purpose is to get an indication as to which multiples are most relevant for a sales price of the entire business (i.e, multiples of revenue are more important in some industries than multiples of cash flow, etc.)
Forbes Magazine: Article on entrepreneurs,guy who start. Dog web site,month of mag.? Looking to find an article Forbes Magazine did. The article entails a story of a guy,(believe Tim Rienhold,or Riengold). He couldn't have a dog in his new apartment,so he surfed online to appease his passion for dogs,and wound up starting his own website. Used Google to power his website,and wound up making a million within a year or so!,(if I have the facts right!) I know it sounds wacked,but i was in the doctor's office recently,(no my foot,not my head),so I picked up Forbes,(beats Womens Day!),and came upon this article. Anyone out there familiar with Forbes Mag? If so what month was it? Checked out Forbes.com,(in fact I joined!),but don't seem to have the name correct, or the month! (oh yeah,.....can't wait for the heckler's to start,.....Forbe's who?)
How to convince parents to let me work on business? Long story short I'm 19, recently got funding for a video game company I co-founded. This sounds "childish", but my parents will freak out because I quit college over it. I can go back to school, however, I have no intent to. A business requires MANY MORE hours than college, so if I was lazy, I would pick college. I love learning: I read over 300 pages of business books a day, and I have a crystal clear vision of what I want to do in the next years to come; and that does not require a degree. I want to bring this to parents so that they don't get hurt. However, I'm 100% that my decision to quit school is correct. Thanks, I'm out space. Brief accomplishments: Without parental assistance (my parents are not entrepreneurs): Started my first business at 16 selling collectible cards Later started a inspirational magazine for young entrepreneurs and grew to 7 columnists. -A year ago, started consulting firm for charities. I grew the firm to about 10 people.
Has anyone tried Ultimate Wealth Package? I know there are a lot of money making guides out there on the net, however recently I came across the one at http://www.aggregatefinance.com which shows a step-by-step guide on a proven technique. It was recently published in Entrepreneur Magazine too! Looks like a real goer.
I have some ideas for new magazines, What ya think? I think they would make a great read, how about you? White enterprise: Business service publication for White English entrepreneurs. Todays White Woman: Lifestyle magazine for White English Women that speaks to her unique lifestyle. White Voice: A weekly newspaper with all the latest news sport and interviews for white British people. White Engineer and Information Technology: Devoted to engineering, science, and technology and to promoting opportunites in those fields for white English. White Hair Styles and Care Guide: Hair style and fashion magazine for white women.
What is the best business magazine? My husband loves to read my business magazines that I bring home from work, but I would love to get him a couple subscriptions of his own of some really good magazines. Any suggestions? I've heard Forbes, Time, Business 2.0, Business Week, Fast Company, Fortune, Wired, and Entrepreneur are all pretty good. Has anyone read these? Good or not good? Thanks. Oh, for more info.. he owns his own business in the industrial market, in case that helps with any suggestions.
How do I kind a SKILL to become a good entrepreneur? Dont they have to have that to become one? I dont know what I am good at and I dunno if I am good at anything really. I am mostly good at selling stuff but thats about it. How am I going to become a entrepreneur who only sells stuff? Dont owning your own business usually incorporate a specific type of thing. Like some one can be good at writing and opens up a magazine company. Or someone is good with painting open up a painting business. But for me I am not good at anything but buying things and selling them for profit. I want to find a skill I am good at and become a entrepreneur in that field. I am 20 male in college and i am one determined individual to become a successful entrepreneur one day. I just need some help in the right way.!
Should I Be A Lawyer,Businessman,Chief-Editor Or Entrepreneur? Lawyer:I speak really good english and are good in subjects like geography and social studies.I am very cunning when it comes to arguing and i can be almost heartless at times.The problem is being a lawyer is not something that i like to do even though i know i could make lots of money.It's my mom,she badly wants me to be a lawyer because she believes that i have a strong potential.As a son,i have to make her proud.So i'm still considering. Businessman:What exactly does a businessman do?I heard it's quite a good job with a good pay. Chief-Editor:Now i've always wanted to start my own magazine or be the the chief-editor of a top magazine cause i'm really gifted in writing.But,my mom doesn't support the idea of me becoming an editor. Entrepreneur:I was thinking of starting a retail company as well which sells ladies and men's fashion.The problem is,i need a stable job with a reasonable salary so that i could save up for this company. So which occupation would you recommend?
The Economist? bibliography magazine? First, why isn't there the name of the jounalist who wrote the article on the magazine The Economist? Second, how do I cite an article of the magazine on a bibliography on the following format: xxxx, xxxxx. (8 Mar 2008), "Entrepreneurs in Brazil: Betting the fazenda" The Economist. p. 68.
Wanted to let others know about a new pet magazine? It's a cool magazine that caters to pet owners--they don't just write articles. I received a copy as an insert in a giftbag and I really enjoyed reading it--on the cover, it says that it's about $4 for the online version and $5.50 for the hardcopy. There is also ad special for entrepreneurs for $20--at first I thought it was a gimmick but I placed an ad and have actually received about 100 additional calls since placing the ad last week. They said they have lots of online customers, it must be true because I wasn't getting that many calls until I placed the ad. Just shoot me an email @exotia@yahoo.com for the info on the mag.
Mentor for young entrepreneur? Am 19 and am looking for a Mentor that can help me out.....am trying 2 start a magazine by next winter. I need a business plan like a blue print and a few pointers. PLz help thanxxx!!
Has anyone heard of this opportunity...? I found this website on craigslist...is it legit? http://www.gailieneassociates.com/ Also the attached information... remove the first period in the link after the http. You will receive an internet compatible DVD to email. People enroll with us thru the Internet - you get paid. Our Company is listed in Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing companies in the nation. Our Corporate Office is in Carlsbad, San Diego County, has been in business since 1999 and growing at an astonishing rate. Some of our clients: Intel, Cisco, Dell, Schwab, AT&T, Bose and our founders have been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine. Our clients are now in over 180 countries enter enter.We give the tools you need to email, answer questions from incoming clients, and get a steady paycheck. You can start immediately, but FIRST VIEW OUR ORIENTATION WEBSITE AT http://.www.incomeforlives.com The video at this website is what you will email to clients. And because our company is expanding at a record pac pace, we need your help with new ideas and our currently opening up new areas for our service. also they are under www.incomeforlifes.com
I need help with this business idea please? ok, so i saw this article. http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2004/may/70462.html but i need to know what are the steps to making my own candy business. and what the laws are where are live. i live in austin, texas. thanks in advanced why? why? why? cause he did it. http://petescaramels.com/
Do I need an Entrepreneurship Certificate? I want to become an entrepreneur by producing and publishing my own magazines. Do I need an entrepreneurship certificate or a business degree in order to start my own business?
anyone heard of onlyinmalaysiamah? Anyone heard of onlyinmalaysiamah.com , by a young millionaire - Jason Tan. S'posed to have been featured b4 on Entrepreneur Magazine. Did some Googling...no luck - no such magazine, no REAL reviews whatsoever on onlyinmalaysiamah either. Most of the "reviews" are merely for affiliate links. Either it's still pretty new or...Sc**? Anyone?
Is Home cash course legit?? I have heard a ton of mixed reviews on this website. One person actually made 247.34 in 2 weeks. At least he claims this. But then I heard that its just a fake website thats offers you nothing but more ebooks and junk. Has anyone actually used this??!!!! I need help..I am looking ways to make money online..if anyone has any ideas that really work please tell me! But I really hope this is legit..it says she has been featured on MSN, Yahoo, and the new york times..along with fast company (magazine) and Entrepreneur young millionaires. ANY help please???!!!!!! Saying its legit: http://igotrippedoff.net/turnkeybusinesses/homecashcourse.php http://homecashcoursereview.com/?gclid=CIL3yLC9wpQCFQcVswodfUHuTw http://www.squidoo.com/truthabouthomecashcourse http://www.free-press-release.com/news/200807/1215359206.html Ones that say its fake: http://www.work-at-home-forum.com/14_8142_0.html
How much is this info worth to entrepreneurs? - makes the electric cars economically viable, ~no-cost cells? There is an electric vehicle running around Vancouver, Canada on nearly zero-cost batteries. It has been on newspapers, TV, and at least one magazine. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ymFIVX9VgA There at least three battery breakthoughs in this vehicle. Its cost to operate is 30 cents a day, including the cost of battery replacement. http://www.austinev.org/evalbum/1091 This is the world's first licensed vehicle that runs off discarded batteries. http://electric-vehicle-article.blogspot.com/ The sub-title of one news article says that this technology "could make electric vehicles economical to run." (Newsleader) http://revived-batteries-news.blogspot.com/ Given the current issue of Scientific American now on the newstands blaming greenhouse gases and the dire consequences of gasoline use, how much is this information worth to a business that can take it to the "next stage", and slow down global warming? Note that the batteries used in this vehicle were rescued recycling. ..sorry, typo correction: The last sentence should have ended with, "..rescued from industrial recycling. Batteries can be revived (not referring to "recharging" here) four to five times. For example, a deep-cycle lead acid battery that is rated for 500 discharge cycles can be recharged 2,500 cycles -- if you know how." Additional details in reply to the second Answer: According to statistics on the 'net, there are 120 million batteries recycled every year. New batteries may last between 5,000-15,000 miles on a vehicle, according to a survey in a Yahoo Group. Then, they can still be revived. A typical car in Canada is driven 12,000 miles (or 20,000 kilometers.) I know for a fact that the red Ego-II electric scooter's (surf the EV Album further) original 2002 factory-installed batteries are still in use (not on the scooter) and register over 30Ah on a load tester. These batteries are rated ~34AH by the battery manufacturer or egovehicles.com, the scooter maker. There is an incredibly simple solution to the general public's view that electric cars have a so-called "short range". The solution is so simple that you'll wonder why you didn't think of it yourself: When you need to drive more than the battery pack's range (say 40 miles), simply load and run a genset (propane or gas powered) for the infrequent long trip (say 80 miles.) That does not include "opportunity charging" that is possible with a 150' extension cord. If you've never had an electric scooter, ebike, or car, you don't know how nice people can be when you ask to charge an EV -- they love it! Anywhere, including churches, cinema, gas stations, homes of strangers, retail stores. The biggest hurdle to an EV's may be that many people are "afraid" to try until they see someone in their street having fun with one. This is a reply to "Kemperk": The electric vehicle (exampled in this question) is a used electric pickup. Electric cars and trucks can be purchase easily today, for as low as $1,000 and are insured (in the example) in BC, just like any other vehicle. If the electrical system "shorts out", it can be repaired by an electrician or electronics technician -- much simplier and easier than a gasoline vehicle, as you may have seen in the famour movie, "Who Killed The Electric Car". Culturally acceptable? Actually, people love you when they seen you driving an EV. Certainly no one (in Vancouver) says that an electric vehicle is "culturally unaccepted" -- people often ask, 'Where can I get one?' Does this answer all your questions? Kemperk had two more questions that I failed to comment on. These questions are.. (1) where do I get electricity if I am away from home? (2) Are the cars safe otherwise? If you are 150 feet further away than an electric outlet, you could also bring (or carry on the pickup's flatbed) a 55lb. Yamaha or Honda genset (generator) to turn an EV effectively into a "temporary hybrid" -- you can even charge the vehicle while driving it, and double the range of the EV, when you need the extra distance. In my experience the so-called "range limitation" of electric vehicles is nothing more than a fear, that is the result of brainwashing by writers who never had an electric vehicle. Because people who have electric bikes, electric scooters, or electric cars know that driving range is *not* a hurdle to owning an EV. One hurdle that you didn't mention is that most apartment underground parking stalls do not as yet have electric outlets. That is being addressed by LEEDS standards.
Did Jesus have special bond with magdalene and judas? Why they put Jesus on bisexual people list? I was collecting some data and here's what i found : Bisexual Personage List : 1.Plato (Greek philosopher) 2.Alexander the Great(General and King from Macedonia) 3.Jesus Christ (Founder of Christianity) 4.Leonardo Da Vinci (Italian painter) 5.Abraham Lincoln (US President ) 6.Winston Churchil (British Prime Minister) 7.Oscar Wilde (Irish poet) 8.Marlon Brando ( American screen actor) 9.Madonna ( American Pop Singer/Actress/Performer) 10.John.F.Kennedy.jr (District Attorney/Son of John F.Kennedy-US President) 11.River Phoenix(American Actor) 12.Angelina Jolie(American actress/social activist) 13.Edith Piaf (French singer) 14.Joan Baez(American Folk-Country singer) 15.Marie Antoinette (French Socialite) 16.Hugh Hefner (Entrepreneur/Founder of "Playboy" magazine) 17.Dennis Rodman (Former NBA Basket Star) That wasn't a scam.i believe this data is 90% accurate.In "Da Vinci Code",Leonardo has implied about Jesus's sexuality through his work.And i heard about Jesus-Judas special relationship
Finish College Or Not? I'm trying to decide whether to continue college or not. I'll tell you a bit about me, as I’m not really your typical college freshman. I started my first business at 15 years old selling collectible cards online and later went to start a magazine for young entrepreneurs, which grew to 7 columnists. Most recently I started non-profit organization for charities, which grew to about 10 people and landed some impressive clients while appearing on press. I *was forced to* major in engineering (long story). The course load sucked away all my time to pursue my own endeavors. Hence, I'm thinking of whether to even finish college, as it seems like a total waste of time. I haven't made millions yet, but I DID succeed in a number of other things. Getting very influential people to take serious a guy at my age seriously is NOT easy, but I managed to do it. Should I continue college? Are the years better off on business? Thanks!
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How do I kind a SKILL to become a good entrepreneuer? Dont they have to have that to become one? I dont know what I am good at and I dunno if I am good at anything really. I am mostly good at selling stuff but thats about it. How am I going to become a entrepreneur who only sells stuff? Dont owning your own business usually incorporate a specific type of thing. Like some one can be good at writing and opens up a magazine company. Or someone is good with painting open up a painting business. But for me I am not good at anything but buying things and selling them for profit. I want to find a skill I am good at and become a entrepreneur in that field. I am 20 male in college and i am one determined individual to become a successful entrepreneur one day. I just need some help in the right way.!
College Students? I just want to share these websites with all college students and graduates. You don't have to respond because I have a questions, but I will award extra ten points for the best feedback on the sites. Good luck and Best wishes! Just pass this information along. 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Teacher vacancies nationwide Career Network - Weekly listing of positions in academia Department of Defense - Teacher vacancies at military bases overseas Education America - Educational employment and resource network site Education World - Resource for educators, including job listings International Schools Services - Recruitment for American & International schools Current Job Postings - School district data and job search tips Jobs2Teach - Links to many education jobs worldwide including Alabama K-12Jobs - Educator jobs worldwide NationJob - Employment opportunities in the education field National Center for Education Statistics School Locator SchoolSpring.com - Employment source for educators School Staffing Company - The Education Career Company Tennessee Department of Education Jobs - Tennessee Department of Education TeacherJobs.com - Educational Placement Service TeachGeorgia.org - Georgia's official teacher recruiting web site Teachinflorida.com - Florida Dept of Education Teachingjobs.com - 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Alabama Metro Areas - Choose area, click on all occupations, click on desired occupation, click on Future Employment Outlook 2004-05 National Occupational Outlook Handbook - U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Career Exploration Guide - Alabama Department of Industrial Relations Labor Market Information Division Alabama Occupational Projections (Table Form) - Alabama Department of Industrial Relations
This is from the Washington Post! And you wonder why? Georgetown's Hidden History First, it was a slave port. Later, it was a thriving center of black life. Today, it's a virtually all-white enclave. Why? Georgetown's Hidden History First, it was a slave port. Later, it was a thriving center of black life. Today, it's a virtually all-white enclave. Why? By Andrew Stephen Sunday, July 16, 2006; B01 Two negro men $300 One ditto woman $150 Four ditto girls $150 Two horses $200 Two cows $30 It was a shocking discovery . Flipping through files at the local library a few months ago for a school project, my 16-year-old son chanced upon the deeds of the house in which we live. He already knew it was one of the oldest in Georgetown; now he learned that in 1807, it was owned by a Thomas Turner and valued at $3,500. But it was the valuation of this other property, listed so matter-of-factly in the records, that stopped him cold: Slaves, he realized, had once lived in our house. This awful knowledge set him on a quest for the hidden history of Georgetown, exposing unpalatable truths that had been lost, if not willfully forgotten, over the decades: that the supposedly chic Georgetown of today had once been the center of a thriving slave trade, a significant port of call for traffickers in human flesh transported in from Africa and plantations in Maryland and Virginia. Yet so obscured has this history become that not even most Washingtonians are aware of it. Nor are they aware of the flourishing black community, mostly descended from those slaves, that once occupied a large portion of Georgetown -- until a combination of legislative, social and economic pressures gradually forced nearly all the black people out, turning the neighborhood into the wealthy, effectively all-white enclave it is today. My son's research unearthed one part of this forgotten narrative of our neighborhood. A second hint lay in a curious Georgetown phenomenon that had always puzzled us: the continuing existence of several thriving black churches, filled every Sunday morning with African Americans who do not actually live here. The history of our own house, though, still seemed surreal -- until, that is, very recently. Deep in the bowels of our house, there is a crude crawl space beneath the basement, a darkly mysterious place in which it is impossible to stand upright. It is filled with an ancient cesspit, cavities, brickwork and ledges that I had vaguely assumed served some long-forgotten purpose; one of my least-favorite tasks is crawling into it to remove the bodies of our share of the huge Norway rats that swarm all over the neighborhood. A month or so ago, an electrician had to crawl into the space, and afterward I apologized that he'd had to do so. "No problem," he replied. "You can see that was where slaves did the cooking." For me, at least, the penny suddenly dropped. In that space below my house where only rats now live, we concluded, fellow humans had almost certainly cooked for Mr. Turner and his family -- and may even have slept there, too. This thought brought home to my family and me some realities of U.S. history that so many white Americans choose either not to know or to forget: the roots of racial animosity and why their legacy persists to this day. Lest we forget, there were neither blacks nor whites in Georgetown -- then known as Tahoga -- before British settlers came ashore around 1696. It was a peaceful village inhabited by the Nacotchanke Indians. Straightforward facts and precise dates of Georgetown history are difficult to establish; much of the subject is undocumented, and accounts differ. But the basic story is indisputable. The Indians were soon expunged by the settlers. Then, in the 18th century, white entrepreneurs realized that huge sums of money could be made from the insatiable demand -- in both Europe and the United States -- for the tobacco cultivated in Virginia and Maryland (of which Georgetown was then a part). Because of its position on the Potomac, Georgetown provided an ideal port from which ships laden with tobacco could sail to Europe; by the end of the 18th century, it was just about the largest tobacco port in the United States, an economic powerhouse to which slaves were brought to provide labor and to service the households of the tobacco merchants. Slavery, of course, is as old as humanity. European powers -- first Portugal, followed by Spain, France and Britain -- began abducting men and women from Africa to work as slaves in the New World. To its everlasting shame, Britain, my own country, was responsible for the transport of probably more than a million slaves, many of them to work in the sugar fields of the Caribbean. But at the point when English abolitionists were finally forcing an end to my country's slave trade, America's exploitation of slaves on its soil had not even reached its zenith. The year of Britain's Abolition of the Slave Trade Act -- 1807 -- has a special resonance for me, as it is the very year when Thomas Turner owned those seven slaves. I shudder to realize that just a two-minute walk from my house, a white man named John Beattie conducted a highly successful slave-trade business on what is now O Street, just east of Wisconsin Avenue, that flourished well into the second half of the 19th century. Blacks thus became essential economic tools for the development of Georgetown, but were simultaneously feared and rejected socially. The first Georgetown law to oppress them came as early as 1795, forbidding them to congregate in groups of seven or more. The 1800 Census showed that, in a population of 5,120 in Georgetown, there were already 1,449 slaves and 277 "free blacks." There was a lone exception to the congregating law: Blacks could go to church on the Sabbath. But they were still kept rigidly separate from whites. St. John's Episcopal Church, established in 1816 at 33rd and O streets NW, had an outdoor staircase built especially for blacks; it's still there today. That same year, hardly surprisingly, a handful of free black men managed to start their own tiny church -- which was to become Mount Zion United Methodist Church, one of the churches that remain a potent black force in Georgetown today. It was another half-century, though, before Mount Zion was allowed to have its own black minister. Its burial crypt, still visible at the church's cemetery at 27th and Q streets NW, was reputed to be a hiding place for escaped slaves fleeing to the North via the Underground Railroad. I imagine that at least the girls who formed part of the property of my house in 1807 were still alive when the 1848 "Black Code; Ordinances of the Corporation of Georgetown" was introduced. It is hard to convey the viciousness of the laws, so I will confine myself to just three examples: The code decreed that any black person swimming in the Potomac or Rock Creek at night "shall be publicly whipped"; that any black person who watched a cockfight could be punished with as many as 39 lashes; and that even flying a kite was punishable by whipping. That same year, 77 slaves tried to escape this kind of oppression on a ship called the Pearl; furious owners sent a posse on a steamer called the Salem to recapture them, and it caught up with the Pearl 140 miles downriver. The black flight from Georgetown was already beginning. But blacks were still being bought and sold here as late as November 1861. The next year, President Abraham Lincoln signed a local law that freed slaves eight months before the Emancipation Proclamation. Furious white merchants demanded compensation, and an "expert examiner of slaves" was brought in. After examining their teeth and general health, he assessed the overall value of the slaves of Georgetown, D.C., at $300,000. Georgetown's whites then voted against a Negro Suffrage Bill by 712 to 1, passing a motion describing it as "wholly uncalled for, and an act of grievous oppression." Blacks from the South, anticipating freedom, nonetheless poured into Georgetown. Between 1865 and 1870, its black population increased from 1,935 to 3,271. Over the next two or three decades, a skilled black working class started to emerge alongside a handful of black professionals. But countless laws and regulations that continued well into the 20th century prevented true economic and social emancipation: Only white passengers were allowed to ride on Georgetown's new electric streetcars, for example, enabling them to commute to Washington for well-paying jobs that were effectively denied to blacks. Then came a series of economic blows that began to seal the fate of Georgetown's blacks. The Potomac silted up, virtually ending the industrial effectiveness of Georgetown's harbor. The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, which flowed through Georgetown and was crucial to many businesses such as flour and paper mills, flooded disastrously in 1889. Blacks were the first to lose their jobs when countless firms went bust. By 1910, the black population of Georgetown had peaked, and when the Great Depression struck 19 years later, more and more blacks found themselves displaced by whites taking menial jobs. Perversely, FDR's New Deal then began to work against blacks in Georgetown. Thousands of well-paid white government workers poured into Washington, creating further demand for housing and pushing property prices ever higher in Georgetown. "The dispossession of the Negro resident [of Georgetown]," the Conference on Better Housing Among Negroes reported, "is jointly managed by the city's leading realtors and their allied banks and trust companies." Two pieces of legislation passed in the 20th century by none other than Congress itself, though, were the final straws for Georgetown's blacks. The ostensible purpose of the District of Columbia Alley Dwelling Act of 1934 was to get rid of slums; but I suspect that to a House with only one black member and a Senate with none at all, slums and blacks were synonymous. Then, in 1950, Congress passed the Old Georgetown Act "to preserve and protect places of historic interest," but it had the effect of making Georgetown's gentrification legally enforceable. It was pushed through despite fears from "Negro groups," The Washington Post reported at the time, that it "might drive them from the area." Less than a decade later, Georgetown's black population had dwindled to fewer than 3 percent, and in 1972 The Post noted that fewer than 250 remained, "so few that some Georgetown residents are unaware they are there." Blacks were thus becoming invisible by the time the likes of Democratic doyenne Pamela Harriman started creating Georgetown's all-white "social salons" of such ludicrous legend. Indeed, racism was so entrenched in the nation's capital that even the glamorous young Sen. John F. Kennedy voluntarily signed a deed containing a "restrictive covenant" when he bought his house on N Street NW in 1957, agreeing that the home should not "ever be used or occupied or sold, conveyed, leased, rented, or given to Negroes or any person or persons of the Negro race or blood." Which brings us full circle to 2006. My son and I went to Mount Zion church on a recent Sunday morning and met an 84-year-old black parishioner named Carter Bowman, who was born in Georgetown but who long ago moved out. With neat serendipity, we met three generations of Bowmans because his son and grandson, who attends university in England, happened to be visiting. But if you go three generations in the reverse direction, you find that all of Carter Bowman's great-grandparents were born and raised when slavery was at its most intense in Georgetown. For all I know, they could have resided in that crude basement in my house, or someplace like it. Knowing what I know now, I found it strangely moving when the Rev. Robert Slade, chief pastor at Mount Zion -- who doesn't live in Georgetown -- told my son that "when we didn't have anything, the church was our everything. . . . When there was nothing and no place to go, [it] was the one place to go." Slade's words, to us, explain why the emotional bonds to the black churches in Georgetown remain so strong. It took a 16-year-old to bring all these realities of life in Georgetown, past and present, home to me. As a foreigner who remains deeply attached to America, I find it bewildering how so self-reverential a country can proclaim that all men are created equal but then proceed to implement racist oppression that manifestly expresses the reverse. The truth that my son and I discovered is that for many decades, blacks in Georgetown were treated little better than rats. He will never forget that, and neither will I. newstatesman@usa.net Andrew Stephen is the U.S. editor of the New Statesman magazine.
Idahoans: what makes Boise such a great city? A number of magazines have pointed to Boise for its quality of life. * Best places for business and careers: # 3 (Forbes Magazine, 2007) * Urban environment report card: # 6 (Earth Day Network, 2007) * Boomtowns: Hottest cities for entrepreneurs (midsize cities): # 9 (Inc.com, 2007) * Most secure places to live (500,000 or more residents): # 1 (Farmers Insurance 2006) * Best places to live: # 8 (Money Magazine, 2006) I'm intrigued by all of this. What is it about Boise that makes it such a good place to live?
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1. Sally needs to gather information about careers from a print or media source. Which of the following woul 1. Sally needs to gather information about careers from a print or media source. Which of the following would be a reliable resource for her? (1 point) the Occupational Outlook Handbook Teen magazine Dateline NBC A&E's Dirty Jobs 2. Jim's mom is an accountant. He has learned quite a bit of information from her about her career. What kind of source of information about careers would this be considered? (1 point) internal external value print 3. Hugh has made an appointment to speak with a local librarian about their job. What kind of exploration is Hugh setting up? (1 point) job shadowing internship informational interview career presentation 4. Susan has always wanted to be a veterinarian. When doing her research, she answers all self-assessments geared towards that career and is only researching that one career. Which important component of career research is Susan neglecting? (1 point) Keep an open mind. Search your heart. Think of careers that interest you. Consider your skills and abilities. 5. Peter has called a friend's uncle who is an archeologist to ask him about his recent expedition. What important skill has Peter just used? (1 point) inquisitiveness persistence cabling networking 6. Which of the following is an example of networking? (1 point) Stephen has contacted a radiologist from the local yellow pages to interview about her career. Yusef has asked his football coach if he knows of any professional athletes that he could interview about their career. Samantha has made an appointment with her local career center to learn more about becoming a pilot. Charlie is using the Occupational Outlook Handbook to find more information about the field of architecture. 7. Regarding informational interviews, it is best to always: (1 point) Set up an appointment with someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. Use the yellow pages to find someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. Ask someone to work around your schedule when setting up an informational interview. Ask for a job at the end of an informational interview. 8. Entrepreneurs are important to our economy because they: (1 point) provide jobs. provide inspiration and motivation to our economy. provide new products and services. all of the above. 9. It is wise for entrepreneurs to acquire: (1 point) marketing knowledge. a factory. a home office. knowledge of technology. True/False 10. It is best to choose a career that others think you would be good at. (1 point) True False 11. Most people will only engage in career exploration once in their lifetime, so you should make it count! (1 point) True False 12. When completing career exploration, it is wise to consult your own knowledge of your skills, abilities and interests, your family and friends, and print or online resources. (1 point) True False 13. You should go into an informational interview without any prior knowledge of the person or their career. (1 point) True False Matching
4 yr college graduate seriously considering enlisting in the Airforce. What are my pros and cons? Making a long story as short a possible, I had no direction in high school as far as a career goal; however, I was determined to get an education. I was not only successful in earning a degree from a major university; I also discovered what I wanted to do with my life and my true passion. I studied Telecommunications in college where my graphic designing and web development skills were enhanced. In that field I gained a passion for the fashion and entertainment industry. Once out of school I soon realized Corporate USA was not for me. I don’t have a problem with commitment and having someone to answer to, I just don’t like being limited and not allowed to advance and become more educated. Of course there is more to my reason but for now that is the gist of it. I have never been the type of person to sit in just one spot and I always got a thrill from learning something new. I decided to become an entrepreneur where I have more control over my career growth. Business is pretty good and I love being an entrepreneur but I feel there is more I need to learn before I can make it to the next level. I am a strong believer that anything worth having takes hard work. I eventually want to own and head a magazine publication and photography studio to market music and fashion. I know you are thinking what in the HELL does this have to do with enlisting in the air force! Well, at this point in my life I feel I have direction and a goal but I just need a little more training and experience. In other words before leading a publication I need to gain more leadership and problem solving skills. I already have the talent and skill, but that isn’t enough. I feel hands on training is the best form of education and I’m willing to devote part of my life to get it because I know the benefits are worth wild. So why the air force instead of a publication or advertising firm? I’ve done it already and I feel I could learn more from the air force as far as leadership skills and work ethic (which I have). Also, I would be progressively moving up a ladder instead of staying in one position for 5 year prior to advancing to another one. In the air force I could gain assistance with paying off my student loans and have the option of working on a master’s degree while having my classes paid for. Lastly, I love to travel and I wouldn’t mind traveling for an honorable cause like serving our country. I do want to see more of the world before settling down. I am definitely aware of the risk factor, but I see it this way...what part of the world is safe? I’m from Detroit! No offense, but anything can happen anywhere. I’m a strong believer in prayer and believe I’m protected anywhere I go. Life period is challenging, but I feel I will gain so much more from achieving the challenges of the air force, toward my life goal. Do you think I’m making a mistake?
do u know that islam is not terrorist? THE AMERICAN ADMINISTRATION: "THERE IS NO TERROR IN ISLAM" Some analysts have said that this policy conceals a hidden agenda and is no more than a show designed to get the Muslim world on its side. There certainly may be some truth in this, for America is pursuing this policy for its own national ends. But there is another obvious fact: No matter what the facts may be, this policy will enable Islam to become known by more people and will allow the West to correct its erroneous opinion about Islam. Signs of this are already visible. Samuel Huntington's 1993 thesis about a "clash of civilizations" between the West and the Islamic world has never been accepted by the American administration. This is an important advance. The White House countered this claim at the outset and, in subsequent events that brought it head to head with some Muslims, made it clear that it had no negative feeling about the Muslim world or Islamic values. America has never targeted Islam in reaction to thThe same view was stated several times by variously ranking members of the government. In a speech made in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, John Beryle, acting assistant secretary for the American State Department's Bureau of Newly Independent States, explained his government's attitude toward Islam: The United States abhors terrorism and we reject extremism, but we have great respect for Islam… I draw this distinction forcefully, because so many people fail to draw it at all. Some believe that the United States opposes Islam, that the Cold War has been replaced by a clash of civilizations. Others, including some in my own country, believe that terrorism is somehow related to Islam. They are both wrong. The distinction I want you to understand is this: the United States opposes those who use terrorist methods. We do not oppose any religion. We distinguish our friends from our enemies on the basis of actions, not beliefs… Americans recognize Islam as one of the world's great faiths. It is practiced on every continent. As Westerners, we acknowledge Islam as a historic civilizing force among the many that have influenced and enriched our own culture. The legacy of Islam, which reached into our civilization via the conquest of Spain at just about the same time it arrived in Uzbekistan, brought us, as it brought you, a rich scientific, artistic, and cultural heritage, as well as a tradition of tolerance. Beryle continued his speech by quoting Surat al-Baqara: 62 and Surat al-Ma'ida: 69, and concluded: Those who have faith, and those of the Jews, the Christians, and the Sabaeans - whosoever has faith in God and the Last Day and works wholesome deeds - their wage awaits them with their Lord, and no fear shall be upon them, neither shall they sorrow (Surat al-Ma'ida: 69). These are the words of tolerance. They stand as a striking demonstration that tolerance is part of the foundation of Islam, that fundamental Islam should be a force for tolerance, that extremism is not truly Islamic… I wonder whether there is any other nation on earth in which so many people have been converted to Islam over the past several decades. Islam in the United States is becoming more widespread, better known, and more influential. For five years now the end of Ramadan has been celebrated with a feast in the White House. A similar tradition was established in the Pentagon and this year included the first-ever Muslim chaplains to serve in the U.S. military. The Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright, held her second annual Iftaar Dinner at the State Department on December 21. Similar celebrations occur all across the U.S. Muslims are becoming an important and respected part of the American mosaic… And finally, from the Koran, Sura 2, ayat 256: "Let there be no compulsion in religion." 5 This attitude of the American administration did not change after the events of 9/11. Some days after the attack, President Bush visited the Islamic Center in Washington and stressed in his speech that Islam and terror could not be mentioned together because Islam was a religion of peace: The face of terror is not the true faith of Islam. That's not what Islam is all about. Islam is peace. These terrorists don't represent peace. They represent evil and war. When we think of Islam we think of a faith that brings comfort to a billion people around the world. Billions of people find comfort and solace and peace. And that's made brothers and sisters out of every race - out of every race. America counts millions of Muslims amongst our citizens, and Muslims make an incredibly valuable contribution to our country. Muslims are doctors, lawyers, law professors, members of the military, entrepreneurs, shopkeepers, moms and dads. And they need to be treated with respect. In our anger and emotion, our fellow Americans must treat each other with respect. 6 Words like these have been repeated time and again after 9/11 by high-level officials. For example, White House press spokesman Ari Fleischer, when asked whether this attack had been the result of a clash of civilizations between Islam and Christianity, said: "This attack had nothing to do with Islam. This attack was a perversion of Islam." 7 American State Officials Praise Islam The fact that American state officials recognize that there is no connection between Islam and terrorism shows that they know what kind of religion Islam is. As they get to know Islam, they naturally come to admire it and often mention it in their speeches. This has been noticeable especially in the last three presidential administrations. So, the idea put forward by theorists after the Cold War that Islam would be America's next target has come to nothing. But there is an important point here: Some of the American government's decisions with regard to the Muslim world must be examined in the light of the advantages that it hopes to gain as a nation from its international policy and strategies. These decisions must not be confused with the American administration's and people's interest in Islam. This book examines the following topics: the approach of American state officials and the general public toward Islam in the last few years, the fact that Islam is always a topic on the public agenda, and the resulting rapid rise of Islam. This is certainly a remarkable historical development that, when considered from these aspects, should make every Muslim happy, enthusiastic, and excited. As we said earlier, the American government's approach toward Islam began in the 1990s and reached its high point during the Clinton administration. Clinton was the first to commend Islam and its moral teachings in his speeches, and the first to issue invitations to the White House on Islamic holidays. Under Clinton, for the first time invitations were arranged at the administration's top level for Muslims to attend an iftar meal. Subsequently, this became a tradition. When Clinton spoke about Islamic morality, one of the topics that he dwelt upon was the compatibility of Islamic moral values with those of the West. Clinton believed that "Devotion to family and to society, to faith and good works-are in harmony with the best of Western ideals."8 In another speech he said; That is why we welcome Islam in America. It enriches our country with Islam's teachings of self-discipline, compassion, and commitment to family. 9 And on another occasion, he said that Islam was highly regarded by America: America is made stronger by the core values of Islam-commitment to family, commitment to family, compassion for the disadvantaged, and respect for difference. 10 Hillary Clinton, who began the tradition of inviting Muslims to the White House, once stated during one of these gatherings that she admired the following things about Islam: Universal values - love of family and community, mutual respect, education, and the deepest yearning of all - to live in peace - values that can strengthen us as a people and strengthen the United States as a nation. 11 The Secretary of State at the time, Madeline Albright, in an article that she wrote for State Magazine, "Learning More about Islam," drew attention to a very important point and said that the American people must learn about Islam.12 As a result of her comment, State Department officials prepared a report on how people could familiarize themselves with Islam: Our society can solve it through education, people-to-people exchanges, and by encouraging responsible reporting in the mass media and accurate portrayal in the movie industry. 13 The decision of the Clinton administration that the people should be taught the truth about Islam is extremely important. As we shall see in the following pages, priority has been given to this, especially since 9/11, and newspapers, television, and other media outlets have presented news, programs, and inquiries. President Bush's approach to Muslims began with his election campaign. Known to be a religious person, Bush received support from a significant section of American Muslims during his campaign. For this reason, he is constantly engaged in dialogue with Muslim communities. The 9/11 attack has become a vehicle by which he has been able to assert more often the closeness he feels toward Muslims, and frequently to remind his fellow citizens to understand Islam correctly and establish good relationships with Muslims. During one speech, he stated that: The Islam that we know is a faith devoted to the worship of one God, as revealed through The Holy Qur'an. It teaches the value and importance of charity, mercy, and peace. And it is one of the fastest growing religions in America, with millions of American believers today… The Holy Qur'an says: "Piety does not lie in turning your face to the East or West. Piety lies in believing in God." (2: 177) 14 The American Government's Iftar Invitation Another important development that shows the coming together of the American administration and American Muslims is the iftar invitation, which has become a tradition in the last few years. Each invitation provides the opportunity for dialogue between the two groups. The tradition of hosting of Muslims in the White House was started by Hillary Clinton, who received them to offer them Eid congratulations. For the first time in 2001, Muslims were invited to an iftar meal in the White House that the president had organized. As stated earlier, these iftar invitations began in the State Department with the participation of the then-Secretary of State, Madeline Albright. It is often said that these invitations were very important for developing relations between Muslims and the American people, a project on which Albright laid great importance. In Ramadan 2000, at the second iftar meal, she described these efforts: I am very, very pleased to welcome you all to the Department of State. And as many of you know, we had a similar Iftaar Dinner here last year for the first time, and tonight we continue what I hope will become a tradition that lives on for many years to come... The month of Ramadan and the daily fast are powerful reminders for Muslims of the centrality of God and of the potency of the message conveyed through the Prophet Mohammed... I am pleased that since last year the State Department has inaugurated a new website entitled "Islam in America." Its purpose is to help people everywhere learn more about the positive force that Islam has become in American life and about the growing role of Muslim Americans as they are there to play a role in ensuring the security, prosperity, and freedom of our land. Equally vital are the international exchange and people-to-people programs we conduct with Muslim-majority nations. These efforts bring distinguished Muslim visitors to our shores to exchange views and promote understanding... We are strongly encouraging young Muslim Americans to apply to the Foreign Service as part of our overall effort to attract talent and promote diversity, and we have had a lively discussion at my table on that subject. Together, during the past few years, we have made an important beginning in providing that answer, not only through these dinners but also through our religious freedom roundtables, open forums, conferences, and seminars. We have established and expanded a dialogue, but obviously much more remains to be done. It is vital for Muslim Americans to know and have access to American policymakers. It is even more vital to become policymakers. 15 As we see, the State Department regarded it as its duty to build a bridge between the Muslim community and the American people and administration. This played an important role in the rising interest in Islam. This speech was very important, for it showed what an influential position Islam had gained in America. Ten years earlier, American Muslims had lived a cloistered social existence encountering many difficulties in their daily lives, but now they have been invited by the Secretary of State to be directors of American policy. These iftar invitations have continued under her successor Colin Powell. During his short address on November 29, 2001, at a State Department iftar meal, he stressed the following basic points: Ramadan is a time of prayer and fasting for followers of the Muslim religion. This year, it is also a time of reflection for all Americans. Less than three months after the tragedy of September 11th, we were all examining our lives and reaffirming the importance of family, faith, and country. In fact, this year marks the first Ramadan for many non-Muslim Americans who have been made aware of the great significance of this period for the first time in their lives. But there remains much ignorance and confusion about Islam, and that presents an opportunity for those of us who are not Muslim to learn from those of you who are. I hope that all of you here will seek out opportunities to talk with non-Muslims throughout your communities about your faith; to help all of us learn from, understand, and appreciate one another; and that you will encourage others in turn to talk to you about their faith. And I heard some wonderful stories at my table about how you are doing that, reaching out to Christians and Jews, and letting everybody know we are all -- we are all creatures and children of a benevolent God, and we must come to understand that to love one another is being faithful to our God. I was very moved by some of the conversations that we had at our table, as we talked about discrimination, we talked about profiling, as we talked about how we have to be sensitive to each other and to be sensitive to the diversity that we all represent. This touched me deeply, because I am a minority. I have been profiled. I will never forget my background; I will never forget what those who came before me did so that I could be in this position today ... I will always be sensitive to the issues that have been raised this evening… 16 The Defense Department also has hosted iftar meals. This tradition, which goes back officially to 1998, consists of an iftar meal ordinarily arranged by the deputy secretary of defense and attended by Muslims working in the department and the army. At the 1999 iftar meal, the then-Deputy Secretary of Defense, John Hamre, said: I am very honored to be invited to be here tonight. A little over a year ago I was invited to address the first Iftar celebrated here at the Department of Defense. The fact that you would ask me back for a second time is a tremendous honor. I am very grateful. As I said last year, I am a Lutheran in my own religious background and not a Muslim, so I cannot fully appreciate how important this Night of Power is for all of you. But I can understand why this Night of Power is deeply important to you, because I am a religious person myself. I can understand how moving it is, in this season of dedication, that all of you have spent the entire day focusing on your relationship with God.... I believe that vision in our Constitution springs directly from our shared religious values. There is not a word in the Constitution for which a good Muslim would not fight…. It is the same ideal expressed in the Holy Koran: "O mankind, I created you from a single pair and made you into nations and tribes that ye may know each other, not that ye may despise each other." 17 Hamre's address was notable for his declaration of personal religiosity, the closeness and love he showed toward Muslims, and for quoting the Qur'an. The Defense Department's third iftar meal was held on November 30, 2001, and attended by the Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz. He began his address with the words As-Sallamu alaykum, which he learned while serving as ambassador to Indonesia, and continued: Each time faithful Muslims gather in prayer and in peace, you reclaim your faith and reaffirm the great gift that Islam has been to humanity through the centuries. Mohammed said that those who provide a fasting person with something to eat will be blessed as though they themselves had fasted. As we gather tonight in this spirit of generosity, we are mindful of the great blessings that we enjoy. We are thankful to share them with others. 18 Hillary Clinton first invited Muslims to the White House for the Ramadan Eid in 1996, and on every subsequent occasion gave significant messages to those in attendance. Among those who attempted to explain what Ramadan means for Muslims was Huma Abedin. Mrs. Clinton said that she personally learned a lot from this woman, and frequently mentioned the special importance she placed in establishing dialogue with Muslims. At the 1999 reception, she even said she prayed for this: I have been told that a common Muslim prayer tells us: "No struggle is easy unless you make it easy for us. And only you, my Lord, can make a hardship easy to overcome." With God's help, and with the kind of determination, courage, and hope that is lived out in the lives of all of you and millions of others around our country and throughout the world, I believe that we can do more together to help build a more peaceful, prosperous, and hopeful future in which all of God's children can live in peace and fulfill their God-given promise. 19 This tradition begun by Hillary Clinton was continued by Bill Clinton during his final year as president, when he personally received Muslim guests for the Ramadan holiday. The meal began with quotations from the Qur'an. Bill Clinton also quoted from the Qur'an in his address, and frequently expressed his interest in Islam: And I thought it was particularly moving that the Imam read the passage from the Koran that said that Allah created nations and tribes that we might know one another, not that we might despise one another. There's a wonderful passage in the Hebrew Torah, which warns people never to turn aside the stranger, for it is like turning aside the most high God. And the Christian Bible says that people should love their neighbor as themselves. But it's quite wonderful to say that Allah created the nations and tribes that they might know one another better, recognizing that people have to organize their thoughts and categorize their ideas, but that does not mean we should be divided one from another... Let me say, also, that there is much that the world can learn from Islam. It is now practiced by one of every four people on Earth. Americans are learning more in our schools and universities. Indeed, I remember that our daughter took a course on Islamic history in high school and read large portions of the Koran, and came home at night and educated her parents about it, and later asked us questions about it… I ask all of you to help with that, to share the wellsprings of your faith with those who are different, to help people understand the values and the humanity that we share in common, and the texture and fabric and fiber and core of the beliefs and practices of Islam... The Koran also teaches, in addition, to the fact that we should do unto others as we wish to have done to us, and reject for others what we would reject for ourselves, but we should also make a commitment to live in peace… 20 Under the present Bush administration, for the first time in American history a president organized an iftar meal. This meal was attended by the ambassadors of Muslim countries and the heads of Muslim organizations. In his address, the president commended Islam and called for dialogue and understanding among different faiths: Ramadan is a time of fasting and prayer for the Muslim faithful. So tonight we are reminded of God's greatness and His commandments to live in peace and to help neighbors in need… All the world continues to benefit from this faith and its achievements. Ramadan and the upcoming holiday season are a good time for people of different faiths to learn more about each other. And the more we learn, the more we find that many commitments are broadly shared. We share a commitment to family, to protect and love our children. We share a belief in God's justice and man's moral responsibility. And we share the same hope for a future of peace. We have much in common and much to learn from one another. 21 All of these iftar meals and the addresses given at them are very significant for the relationship between Muslims and the American administration, and indicate that Muslims have begun to influence American society and culture. The relations between Americans and Muslims are not limited to these invitations and various talks, for Muslims are now an inseparable part of America and active at every level of social life. A most significant example of this is their position within the American army.
Column: End world poverty? Shop Wal-Mart? U.N. environmental consultant Rene Dubois might be horrified to see the phrase he coined in 1972 applied to the world's largest retailer, the source of all evil for many so-called progressives these days. And yet ... Dubois was suggesting that ecological awareness should begin at home, asking us to think about how our individual actions reverberate through the environment and culture even on a global scale. In the area of economics, there is nowhere this insight might better be applied than to the relationship between Wal-Mart shoppers and millions of Chinese peasants looking for a way out of grinding poverty. Consider some numbers: •From 1990 to 2002 more than 174 million people escaped poverty in China, about 1.2 million per month, according to the Asian Development Bank. •Wal-Mart had an estimated $23 billion in Chinese exports in 2005; perhaps 70 percent of Wal-Mart's products are made by various manufacturers in China; in addition, Wal-Mart has 60 retail stores in China and directly employs about 30,000 Chinese. •Extrapolating from these numbers, Wal-Mart might well be single-handedly responsible for bringing out of poverty about 460,000 Chinese per year, according to Industry Week magazine. So, even without considering the $263 billion in consumer savings that Wal-Mart provides for low-income Americans, or the millions lifted out of poverty by Wal-Mart in other developing nations, it is unlikely that there is any single organization on the planet that alleviates poverty so effectively for so many people as Wal-Mart does in China. Moreover, insofar as China's rapid manufacturing growth has been associated with a decline in its status as a global arms dealer, Wal-Mart has also done more than its share in contributing to global peace. How can this be, given the vast and growing literature documenting Wal-Mart's faults? We have seen workers in the factories of Wal-Mart's suppliers complain on tape about being forced to work long hours under terrible conditions. Certainly no one should be forced at any workplace. And yet even articles documenting Wal-Mart's faults often mention other facts that ought to be considered before coming to too quick a judgment concerning the overall impact of the corporation. In a Washington Post story titled "Chinese Workers Pay for Wal-Mart's Low Prices," documenting abuses of workers at Wal-Mart suppliers in China, the authors point out that: "China is the most populous country, with 1.3 billion people, most still poor enough to willingly move hundreds of miles from home for jobs that would be shunned by anyone with better prospects." If we care about alleviating global poverty we need to take this fact seriously. Without Wal-Mart, about half a million of these people each year would be stuck in rural poverty that is, for most of them, far worse than sweatshop labor. D. Gale Johnson, an economist who studied regional inequality within China, described the enormous disparity between urban and rural workers as "the great injustice." Urban workers earn about 2.5 times as much as rural workers. Even after counting the higher cost of living in urban areas, urban workers make about twice as much. Not surprisingly, massive numbers of people are moving to the city to work in factories. In 1990, 71 percent of China's labor force was in agriculture, whereas by 2000 that percentage had dropped to 63 percent: This great migration represents roughly 100 million people leaving rural areas to earn, on average, twice as much as they had on the farm. Other than economic growth, there is no way to double the salaries of 100 million people (and growing). After the 2004 Asian tsunami, more than one-third of Americans gave an aggregate of more than $400 million in charitable aid, an extraordinary outburst of giving by any standard. And yet there are more than 630 million rural Chinese remaining, many of whom are living on less than a dollar per day. While each would welcome a charitable dollar if we could get it to them, that charitable dollar, representing one good day's worth of income, would not do them nearly as much good as would a job in the city paying twice as much day in, day out. Charity cannot take place on an adequate scale to solve global poverty. Despite Jeff Sachs' enthusiasm for foreign aid, Bill Easterly, in his book "White Man's Burden: Why the West's Efforts to Aid the Rest Have Done So Much Ill and So Little Good," makes a compelling case that government-to-government aid damages economies as often as it helps them. Does anyone think the World Bank raises more people out of poverty than does Wal-Mart? What about social entrepreneurship? Ashoka, the highly regarded social entrepreneurship organization certified as among the "Best in America" charities, highlights among its hundreds of projects a worker's cooperative in Brazil that is growing rapidly: Each member contracts individually with Coopa-Roca, but the collective meets weekly. Membership in the cooperative grew from eight members in 1982 to 16 in 2000, and has surged to 70 steady members today. Is it heroic to raise one person up out of poverty each month, but merely a statistic to raise up a million? There is a thatched-ceiling to poverty alleviation through micro-finance. It may well be the case that the vast majority of Grameen Bank micro-entrepreneurs experience considerably greater pride and happiness in their work than do the factory workers hired by Wal-Mart suppliers. But most of these micro-entrepreneurs, who borrow less than $100 each and then repay the loan, do not experience as large an increase in standard of living as do those rural Chinese who move to urban areas and thereby earn an extra $1 or so per day, $365 or so dollars per year. Poor, rural micro-entrepreneurs selling eggs to other poor rural peasants simply do not have access to the vast pipeline of wealth from the developed world. Most of the sweatshop workers in Japan in the 1950s and '60s, as well as the most of the sweatshop workers in Taiwan and South Korea in the 1970s and '80s, are now middle-class retirees in developed nations. Likewise most of the "underpaid" Chinese workers of today will retire in a state of comfort and luxury unimaginable to them in their rural youth, as average Chinese wages will gradually rise just as they have risen in every other nation that has experienced long-term economic growth. At present rates of economic growth, China will reach a U.S. standard of living in 2031. Paul Krugman, one of the most aggressively left-liberal economists writing today, understands how economic growth helps the poor. Writing for Slate in 1997, he said: "These improvements ... [are]the indirect and unintended result of the actions of soulless multinationals and rapacious local entrepreneurs, whose only concern was to take advantage of the profit opportunities offered by cheap labor. It is not an edifying spectacle; but no matter how base the motives of those involved, the result has been to move hundreds of millions of people from abject poverty to something still awful but nonetheless significantly better." The Nobel laureate economist Robert Lucas once said, "Once you start thinking about economic growth, it is hard to think about anything else." Non-economists, especially those associated with the environmental movement, regard this as evidence that economics is a form of brain damage, a cancer on our Earth. But rural Chinese peasants surviving on less than a dollar per day do not regard economic growth, or Wal-Mart factory jobs, as a cancer. When a Mongolian student at a U.S. workshop on globalization heard U.S. college students denounce sweatshops, he shouted: "Please give us your sweatshops!" An unreflective passion for social justice may be one of the biggest obstacles to creating peace and prosperity in the 21st century. While there are most certainly factory owners in China whom we would rightly regard as criminal in their treatment of their workers, it is important not to confuse these incidents with the phenomenon of globalization. It is a good thing that Wal-Mart is encouraging more humane standards in its suppliers' factories. And yet it is also important to remember that Wal-Mart's "vast pipeline that gives non-U.S. companies direct access to the American market," as Charles Fishman, author of "The Wal-Mart You Don't Know," described it, is a vast pipeline of prosperity for the hundreds of millions of rural Chinese whose lives are more difficult than we can imagine. Act locally, think globally: Shop Wal-Mart. 1.How does the attitude of Chinese workers differ from the attitude of American workers toward Wal-Mart? 2.How has Wal-Mart lifted many Chinese out of poverty? 3.Why is Wal-Mart viewed as a cancer by the American Left but not by Chinese? 4.How would one imagine that Wal-Mart may help the Chinese military and result in creating a superpower out of this large developing country? Please give your opinion and why?
why is yahoo removing this question ? the truth about hemp? The farther you question, the more they will hate? (i know it’s long but its good information) The Marijuana Conspiracy THE REAL REASON HEMP IS ILLEGAL by Doug Yurchey And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed with hunger in the land. — Ezekiel 34/29 The real reason Cannabis has been outlawed has nothing to do with its effects on the mind and body. MARIJUANA is DANGEROUS. Pot is NOT harmful to the human body or mind. Marijuana does NOT pose a threat to the general public. Marijuana is very much a danger to the oil companies, alcohol, tobacco industries and a large number of chemical corporations. Various big businesses, with plenty of dollars and influence, have suppressed the truth from the people. The truth is if marijuana was utilized for its vast array of commercial products, it would create an industrial atomic bomb! Entrepreneurs have not been educated on the product potential of pot. The super rich have conspired to spread misinformation about an extremely versatile plant that, if used properly, would ruin their companies. Where did the word 'marijuana' come from? In the mid 1930s, the M-word was created to tarnish the good image and phenomenal history of the hemp plant...as you will read. The facts cited here, with references, are generally verifiable in the Encyclopedia Britannica which was printed on hemp paper for 150 years: * All schoolbooks were made from hemp or flax paper until the 1880s; Hemp Paper Reconsidered, Jack Frazier, 1974. * It was LEGAL TO PAY TAXES WITH HEMP in America from 1631 until the early 1800s; LA Times, Aug. 12, 1981. * REFUSING TO GROW HEMP in America during the 17th and 18th Centuries WAS AGAINST THE LAW! You could be jailed in Virginia for refusing to grow hemp from 1763 to 1769; Hemp in Colonial Virginia, G. M. Herdon. * George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and other founding fathers GREW HEMP; Washington and Jefferson Diaries. Jefferson smuggled hemp seeds from China to France then to America. * Benjamin Franklin owned one of the first paper mills in America and it processed hemp. Also, the War of 1812 was fought over hemp. Napoleon wanted to cut off Moscow’s export to England; Emperor Wears No Clothes, Jack Herer. * For thousands of years, 90f all ships' sails and rope were made from hemp. The word 'canvas' is Dutch for cannabis; Webster’s New World Dictionary. * 80f all textiles, fabrics, clothes, linen, drapes, bed sheets, etc. were made from hemp until the 1820s with the introduction of the cotton gin. * The first Bibles, maps, charts, Betsy Ross’s flag, the first drafts of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were made from hemp; U.S. Government Archives. * The first crop grown in many states was hemp. 1850 was a peak year for Kentucky producing 40,000 tons. Hemp was the largest cash crop until the 20th Century; State Archives. * Oldest known records of hemp farming go back 5000 years in China, although hemp industrialization probably goes back to ancient Egypt. * Rembrants, Gainsboroughs, Van Goghs as well as most early canvas paintings were principally painted on hemp linen. * In 1916, the U.S. Government predicted that by the 1940s all paper would come from hemp and that no more trees need to be cut down. Government studies report that 1 acre of hemp equals 4.1 acres of trees. Plans were in the works to implement such programs; Department of Agriculture * Quality paints and varnishes were made from hemp seed oil until 1937. 58,000 tons of hemp seeds were used in America for paint products in 1935; Sherman Williams Paint Co. testimony before Congress against the 1937 Marijuana Tax Act. * Henry Ford’s first Model-T was built to run on hemp gasoline and the CAR ITSELF WAS CONTRUCTED FROM HEMP! On his large estate, Ford was photographed among his hemp fields. The car, 'grown from the soil,' had hemp plastic panels whose impact strength was 10 times stronger than steel; Popular Mechanics, 1941. * Hemp called 'Billion Dollar Crop.' It was the first time a cash crop had a business potential to exceed a billion dollars; Popular Mechanics, Feb., 1938. * Mechanical Engineering Magazine (Feb. 1938) published an article entitled 'The Most Profitable and Desirable Crop that Can be Grown.' It stated that if hemp was cultivated using 20th Century technology, it would be the single largest agricultural crop in the U.S. and the rest of the world. The following information comes directly from the United States Department of Agriculture’s 1942 14-minute film encouraging and instructing 'patriotic American farmers' to grow 350,000 acres of hemp each year for the war effort: '...(When) Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind. For thousands of years, even then, this plant had been grown for cordage and cloth in China and elsewhere in the East. For centuries prior to about 1850, all the ships that sailed the western seas were rigged with hempen rope and sails. For the sailor, no less than the hangman, hemp was indispensable... ...Now with Philippine and East Indian sources of hemp in the hands of the Japanese...American hemp must meet the needs of our Army and Navy as well as of our industries... ...the Navy’s rapidly dwindling reserves. When that is gone, American hemp will go on duty again; hemp for mooring ships; hemp for tow lines; hemp for tackle and gear; hemp for countless naval uses both on ship and shore. Just as in the days when Old Ironsides sailed the seas victorious with her hempen shrouds and hempen sails. Hemp for victory!' Certified proof from the Library of Congress; found by the research of Jack Herer, refuting claims of other government agencies that the 1942 USDA film 'Hemp for Victory' did not exist. Hemp cultivation and production do not harm the environment. The USDA Bulletin ..404 concluded that hemp produces 4 times as much pulp with at least 4 to 7 times less pollution. From Popular Mechanics, Feb. 1938: 'It has a short growing season...It can be grown in any state...The long roots penetrate and break the soil to leave it in perfect condition for the next year’s crop. The dense shock of leaves, 8 to 12 feet above the ground, chokes out weeds. ...hemp, this new crop can add immeasurably to American agriculture and industry.' In the 1930s, innovations in farm machinery would have caused an industrial revolution when applied to hemp. This single resource could have created millions of new jobs generating thousands of quality products. Hemp, if not made illegal, would have brought America out of the Great Depression. William Randolph Hearst (Citizen Kane) and the Hearst Paper Manufacturing Division of Kimberly Clark owned vast acreage of timberlands. The Hearst Company supplied most paper products. Patty Hearst’s grandfather, a destroyer of nature for his own personal profit, stood to lose billions because of hemp. In 1937, Dupont patented the processes to make plastics from oil and coal. Dupont’s Annual Report urged stockholders to invest in its new petrochemical division. Synthetics such as plastics, cellophane, celluloid, methanol, nylon, rayon, Dacron, etc., could now be made from oil. Natural hemp industrialization would have ruined over 80f Dupont’s business. THE CONSPIRACY Andrew Mellon became Hoover’s Secretary of the Treasury and Dupont’s primary investor. He appointed his future nephew-in-law, Harry J. Anslinger, to head the Federal Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs. Secret meetings were held by these financial tycoons. Hemp was declared dangerous and a threat to their billion dollar enterprises. For their dynasties to remain intact, hemp had to go. These men took an obscure Mexican slang word: 'marihuana' and pushed it into the consciousness of America. MEDIA MANIPULATION A media blitz of 'yellow journalism' raged in the late 1920s and 1930s. Hearst’s newspapers ran stories emphasizing the horrors of marihuana. The menace of marihuana made headlines. Readers learned that it was responsible for everything from car accidents to loose morality. Films like 'Reefer Madness' (1936), 'Marihuana: Assassin of Youth' (1935) and 'Marihuana: The Devil’s Weed' (1936) were propaganda designed by these industrialists to create an enemy. Their purpose was to gain public support so that anti-marihuana laws could be passed. Examine the following quotes from 'The Burning Question' aka REEFER MADNESS: a violent narcotic. acts of shocking violence. incurable insanity. soul-destroying effects. under the influence of the drug he killed his entire family with an ax. more vicious, more deadly even than these soul-destroying drugs (heroin, cocaine) is the menace of marihuana! Reefer Madness did not end with the usual 'the end.' The film concluded with these words plastered on the screen: TELL YOUR CHILDREN. In the 1930s, people were very naive; even to the point of ignorance. The masses were like sheep waiting to be led by the few in power. They did not challenge authority. If the news was in print or on the radio, they believed it had to be true. They told their children and their children grew up to be the parents of the baby-boomers. On April 14, 1937, the Prohibitive Marihuana Tax Law or the bill that outlawed hemp was directly brought to the House Ways and Means Committee. This committee is the only one that can introduce a bill to the House floor without it being debated by other committees. The Chairman of the Ways and Means, Robert Doughton, was a Dupont supporter. He insured that the bill would pass Congress. Dr. James Woodward, a physician and attorney, testified too late on behalf of the American Medical Association. He told the committee that the reason the AMA had not denounced the Marihuana Tax Law sooner was that the Association had just discovered that marihuana was hemp. Few people, at the time, realized that the deadly menace they had been reading about on Hearst’s front pages was in fact passive hemp. The AMA understood cannabis to be a MEDICINE found in numerous healing products sold over the last hundred years. In September of 1937, hemp became illegal. The most useful crop known became a drug and our planet has been suffering ever since. Congress banned hemp because it was said to be the most violence-causing drug known. Anslinger, head of the Drug Commission for 31 years, promoted the idea that marihuana made users act extremely violent. In the 1950s, under the Communist threat of McCarthyism, Anslinger now said the exact opposite. Marijuana will pacify you so much that soldiers would not want to fight. Today, our planet is in desperate trouble. Earth is suffocating as large tracts of rain forests disappear. Pollution, poisons and chemicals are killing people. These great problems could be reversed if we industrialized hemp. Natural biomass could provide all of the planet’s energy needs that are currently supplied by fossil fuels. We have consumed 80f our oil and gas reserves. We need a renewable resource. Hemp could be the solution to soaring gas prices. THE WONDER PLANT Hemp has a higher quality fiber than wood fiber. Far fewer caustic chemicals are required to make paper from hemp than from trees. Hemp paper does not turn yellow and is very durable. The plant grows quickly to maturity in a season where trees take a lifetime. ALL PLASTIC PRODUCTS SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP SEED OIL. Hempen plastics are biodegradable! Over time, they would break down and not harm the environment. Oil-based plastics, the ones we are very familiar with, help ruin nature; they do not break down and will do great harm in the future. The process to produce the vast array of natural (hempen) plastics will not ruin the rivers as Dupont and other petrochemical companies have done. Ecology does not fit in with the plans of the Oil Industry and the political machine. Hemp products are safe and natural. MEDICINES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. We should go back to the days when the AMA supported cannabis cures. 'Medical Marijuana' is given out legally to only a handful of people while the rest of us are forced into a system that relies on chemicals. Pot is only healthy for the human body. WORLD HUNGER COULD END. A large variety of food products can be generated from hemp. The seeds contain one of the highest sources of protein in nature. ALSO: They have two essential fatty acids that clean your body of cholesterol. These essential fatty acids are not found anywhere else in nature! Consuming pot seeds is the best thing you could do for your body. Eat uncooked hemp seeds. CLOTHES SHOULD BE MADE FROM HEMP. Hemp clothing is extremely strong and durable over time. You could hand clothing, made from pot, down to your grandchildren. Today, there are American companies that make hemp clothing; usually 50emp. Hemp fabrics should be everywhere. Instead, they are almost underground. Superior hemp products are not allowed to advertise on fascist television. Kentucky, once the top hemp producing state, made it ILLEGAL TO WEAR hemp clothing! Can you imagine being thrown into jail for wearing quality jeans? The world is crazy...but that does not mean you have to join the insanity. Get together. Spread the news. Tell people, and that includes your children, the truth. Use hemp products. Eliminate the word 'marijuana.' Realize the history that created it. Make it politically incorrect to say or print the M-word. Fight against the propaganda (designed to favor the agenda of the super rich) and the bullshit. Hemp must be utilized in the future. We need a clean energy source to save our planet. INDUSTRIALIZE HEMP! The liquor, tobacco and oil companies fund more than a million dollars a day to Partnership for a Drug-Free America and other similar agencies. We have all seen their commercials. Now, their motto is: It’s more dangerous than we thought. Lies from the powerful corporations, that began with Hearst, are still alive and well today. The brainwashing continues. Now, the commercials say: If you buy a joint, you contribute to murders and gang wars. The latest anti-pot commercials say: If you buy a joint...you are promoting TERRORISM! The new enemy (terrorism) has paved the road to brainwash you any way THEY see fit. There is only one enemy; the friendly people you pay your taxes to; the war-makers and nature destroyers. With your funding, they are killing the world right in front of your eyes. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY TOBACCO. HALF A MILLION DEATHS EACH YEAR ARE CAUSED BY ALCOHOL. NO ONE HAS EVER, EVER DIED FROM SMOKING POT!! In the entire history of the human race, not one death can be attributed to cannabis. Our society has outlawed grass but condones the use of the KILLERS: TOBACCO and ALCOHOL. Hemp should be declassified and placed in DRUG stores to relieve stress. Hardening and constriction of the arteries are bad; but hemp usage actually enlarges the arteries...which is a healthy condition. We have been so conditioned to think that: Smoking is harmful. That is NOT the case for passive pot. Ingesting THC, hemp’s active agent, has a positive effect; relieving asthma and glaucoma. A joint tends to alleviate the nausea caused by chemotherapy. You are able to eat on hemp. This is a healthy state of being. The stereotype for a pothead is similar to a drunk, bubble-brain. Yet, the truth is ones creative abilities can be enhanced under its influence. The perception of time slightly slows and one can become more sensitive. You can more appreciate all arts; be closer to nature and generally FEEL more under the influence of cannabis. It is, in fact, the exact opposite state of mind and body as the drunken state. You can be more aware with pot. The pot plant is an ALIEN plant. There is physical evidence that cannabis is not like any other plant on this planet. One could conclude that it was brought here for the benefit of humanity. Hemp is the ONLY plant where the males appear one way and the females appear very different, physically! No one ever speaks of males and females in regard to the plant kingdom because plants do not show their sexes; except for cannabis. To determine what sex a certain, normal, Earthly plant is: You have to look internally, at its DNA. A male blade of grass (physically) looks exactly like a female blade of grass. The hemp plant has an intense sexuallity. Growers know to kill the males before they fertilize the females. Yes, folks...the most potent pot comes from 'horny females.' The reason this amazing, very sophisticated, ET plant from the future is illegal has nothing to do with how it physically affects us.. POT IS ILLEGAL BECAUSE BILLIONAIRES WANT TO REMAIN BILLIONAIRES!
Have you play : Second Life ? Economy ? The Coming Second Life Business Cycle By Matthew Beller Posted on 8/2/2007 | Subscribe or Tell Others | Matthew Beller's Second Life avatar, designed to resemble Ludwig von Mises Ludwig von Mises once wrote that an economist "must be conversant with mathematics, physics, biology, history, and jurisprudence, lest he confuse the tasks and the methods of the theory of human action with the tasks and the methods of any of these other branches of knowledge." In modern times, with the increasing popularity of computer-based interactive virtual worlds, it may soon be necessary for economists to familiarize themselves with the intricacies of virtual reality, lest they confuse the tasks and the methods of real-world economics with those that apply to virtual reality. Some economists might dismiss virtual worlds as an application for economics, given that they do not contain any resources that are traditionally considered scarce (lumber, steel, oil, etc.), but a closer inspection reveals that some virtual worlds contain real market economies complete with scarce resources, property rights, entrepreneurship, and exchange. Furthermore, real people underlie the inhabitants of virtual worlds, so we can therefore analyze their economies using Austrian economics and the science of human action. One virtual world that is currently popular is called Second Life. Second Life was created by the San Francisco-based company Linden Research, Inc. and opened in 2003. It is an Internet-based three-dimensional virtual world where its 8 million unique residents can interact with one another.[1] Residents can create virtual clothing, hairdos, houses, airplanes, concert halls, video games, and endless other items by using an infinite supply of "primitives," which are atomistic objects that can be shaped, colored, combined, and programmed to behave in a particular way. Residents can then replicate their creations and sell the copies to one another at whatever price they set. Second Life has attracted attention from Wired Magazine, The Economist, and other media with stories of a burgeoning economy and entrepreneurs earning their sole incomes by selling virtual goods and services. Accordingly, real-world economists and Second Life's residents alike could benefit from a closer look into the actual workings of its economy, and the effects of economic intervention. Second Life's economy could reasonably be compared to that of a small foreign country dependent on tourism. Consumers are inhabitants of the real world who take what are essentially pleasure trips to Second Life, perhaps to meet new people at a dance club, shop for virtual clothing, attend a conference, or gamble at a casino. Like real tourists, consumers exchange their real US dollars for Second Life's currency, the Linden Dollar (L$), typically on a currency exchange run by Linden, called the LindeX. They then use their L$ to purchase goods and services created by other Second Life residents, and if they have extra L$ when they're done, they can sell their L$ for US$ on the LindeX. Linden, essentially representing the state in Second Life's economy, does not generally interfere with economic activity. The Economist reports on Linden founder Philip Rosedale's attitude toward intervention, "Mr. Rosedale prefers to rule Second Life with Adam Smith's 'invisible hand' only. To him that means treating every resident the same, whether it happens to be Toyota or 'an 80-year-old woman from India.' Both will pay the same price for their [virtual land]; what they do with it is up to them." Proponents of private property and non-intervention would certainly laud such a hands-off policy. If Linden's goal is to create a setting for a stable, growing economy that will provide the most satisfaction to the most residents, it must avoid the pitfalls of interventionism that plague real-world economies. As Ludwig von Mises and others have shown, one interventionist policy creates distortions that must be fixed by other interventionist policies, which lead to problems that require further intervention, and so on, until the state controls every aspect of the economy. Unfortunately, despite Mr. Rosedale's free-market rhetoric, a look at Linden's actual practices reveals that it has already started down the path of intervening in the economy. One critical example of Linden's intervention is that it has granted itself the ability to manipulate the single-most important commodity in any economy: money. In the Terms of Service, the L$ is defined as "a limited license right available for purchase or free distribution at Linden Lab's discretion, and is not redeemable for monetary value from Linden Lab." By defining the L$ in such a way, Linden has granted itself the power of a central bank in managing Second Life's equivalent of a fiat currency. Linden can create as many new L$ as it wants, whenever it wants, and spend them or give them away at its own discretion. Also, because Linden maintains a peg of about L$270=US$1 on the LindeX, it gives the appearance that the L$ is as good as real-world money. Fiat currencies are subject to much criticism, particularly by Austrians. However, they are not criticized because they cause undesirable economic distortions in and of themselves. Rather, they are criticized because, unlike commodity monies such as gold, they can be created from nothing, so are highly susceptible to artificial expansion and manipulation. This expansion, as the Austrian theory of the business cycle shows us, is the source of economic distortions that lead to unsustainable booms, followed by inevitable busts. To establish whether Linden has in fact been manipulating the L$ supply and determine if Second Life is susceptible to bust, we can examine historical economic statistics published by Linden for signs of artificial growth in the L$ supply. The graph below shows Second Life's L$ supply since September of 2005, as well as the two consolidated sources of month-to-month changes in the money supply. Your eye might be drawn to the sudden acceleration in L$ growth at the end of 2006 coincident with a significant increase in LindeX sales (where Linden is creating new L$ and selling them for US$), but that is not necessarily a bad thing. Ignoring the problems with the US$, LindeX sales represent inflows of real wealth into Second Life. When residents purchase L$ on the LindeX using US$ that they have earned in the real world, they are foregoing consumption in the real world in order to spend or invest their newly purchased L$ in Second Life. It is actually the small, perpetual budget deficit that reveals something quite sinister. Unlike L$ sales on the LindeX, they do not reflect a flow of real wealth into Second Life. Instead, they are created by Linden to represent wealth, but no economic production was involved in creating them. These deficits occur when the weekly L$ stipends Linden pays to premium residents exceed its revenues from land rentals and other administrative services it provides to residents. In order to fund the deficits, Linden creates new L$ and injects them into Second Life. In the United States, the Federal Reserve's primary mechanism for increasing the US$ supply involves purchasing debt securities issued by the US Treasury. Linden's process slightly differs in that it creates exactly as many L$ as are needed to make up for its budgetary shortfalls without ever issuing any debt. Every time Linden runs a deficit, the L$ supply instantly increases by an equivalent amount. Linden's monthly budget deficit might appear insignificant in the graph, but in fact Linden has been increasing the money supply by an average of 6% per month this way. Annualized, it is more than doubling it each year. During the past year and a half, Linden created L$876 million through its deficits, which makes up over 33% of today's L$ supply. These figures certainly suggest that Linden has been artificially expanding the L$ supply, but there is one possible argument that would indicate otherwise. Premium members who receive weekly L$ stipends pay Linden US$9.95 per month for that privilege. One could argue that this US$9.95 represents an inflow of real wealth into Second Life to make up for the L$ created through deficits, but this argument is tenuous. These US$ revenues are presumably used by Linden to pay its employees, maintain its servers, and pay other operating and financing costs, with the remaining profit or loss passed on to its shareholders. Unfortunately, as the graph below shows, there have been months when Linden's US$ revenues would not have been enough to cover the new L$ creations. In September of 2005, Linden collected as much as US$98,000[2] from premium members, which is equivalent to about L$26 million at the L$'s current exchange rate. But during that month, it created L$36 million in order to fund its fiscal deficit. That means that even if Linden had not allocated a single US$ to its employees or incurred any real-world costs whatsoever, it still would not have collected enough US$ to match its newly created L$. $25 "Second Life's residents could benefit from a closer look into the actual workings of its economy, and the effects of economic intervention." Given the strong evidence that Linden has unnaturally inflated the L$ supply, Austrian economics tells us that there are a couple of potential outcomes that are likely to occur. In the first, Linden will stop running significant deficits at some point. With less L$ available to spend, residents will demand fewer goods and services, leading to lower prices and reduced profits. Previously profitable enterprises will go out of business and the wealth of many residents will decrease,