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Voluntary sterilization of poor women proposed by Louisiana state legislator

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Thursday, September 25, 2008

A Louisiana representative has proposed a controversial solution to “generational welfare,” which would pay women on welfare to get sterilization. Republican John LaBruzzo said he thought of the idea because of his constituents’ outrage over paying for welfare.

“You have these people who are just fed up with working their buns off to try to provide for their own family and being forced by the government [to] provide for others’ families who just want to have unlimited kids”, he commented. He is currently working with Baton Rouge to gather data in support of his proposal.

The idea, which LaBruzzo has not finished forming, would award any woman on government assistance a check of $1,000 if she gets a tubal ligation operation. LaBruzzo is also considering rewarding sterilization in poor men and giving tax incentives for higher-income families to have more children.

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LaBruzzo, who is pro-life, said that the people “on the other side of the political spectrum are pro-choice. Well, let’s give these people the ability to choose.”

While LaBruzzo has stated that he has received an outpouring of support over his idea, the ACLU spoke out against the proposal and called it a “meanspirited attempt to eliminate the poor.” Planned Parenthood representative Julie Mickelberry called it a “bribery”, suggesting a solution which attacked the root of the problem was needed and that the representative needed to “go back to addressing issues of education about unintended pregnancy and opening healthcare access.”

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Four Factors Affect The Foreign Trade Situation In The Next Year

Admin September 30, 2022

By Himfr Paul

Planning and Finance Ministry of Commerce and the Institute of International Trade and Economic Cooperation 28, 2003 release, “China’s foreign trade situation,” Prospects of the 2004 report of the world economy and world trade, the overall situation. Report that the overall situation continues to become better, and still need to focus on related issues.

Four factors influence can not be ignored:

First, the export tax rebate system reform on exports can not be ignored.

Since January 1, 2004, China will implement a new export tax rebate policy to reduce export tax rebate rate will increase the cost of export enterprises, export expansion may affect the enthusiasm, some enterprises had been in the protection of the low-profit goods may be give up the export of some labor-intensive products face intense competition may be forced to withdraw from the international market, thus making the total expansion of China’s export growth and the impact of varying degrees. Meanwhile, the export tax rebate increment after the implementation of the central and local share, will lead to less new export tax rebates and limited inter-regional issues such as acquisition, also need attention.

Second, trade protectionism, the threat of China’s export growth further increased.

In recent years, a variety of trade protectionism against China acts of the rise, the development of export trade to China pose a serious threat. Therefore, we should attach great importance to the development trend of international trade protectionism, to take effective countermeasures to prevent its employment in China, foreign exchange income and social stability of the possible negative impact.

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Third, WTO transition period after the response to a very difficult task.

In 2004 after China’s accession to W TO commitments to fulfill the crucial year, most of the transitional measures would expire at the end of 2004.

From December 2003 onwards, distribution, insurance, banking, transportation, telecommunications, advertising and other services, not only opening up geographic expansion, and foreign stocks than increasing, reducing barriers to entry; in 2004 to abolish the oil, natural rubber, some Automotive and parts of 50 tariff lines of products of non-tariff measures, tariff quotas for agricultural products and fertilizer will further increase capacity. This will make China’s accession to WTO is facing after the response more difficult task that requires great attention caused by the parties concerned.

Fourth, China’s trade balance may have been changed.

Since the second half of 2002, as export growth than import growth continues to significantly cut China’s trade surplus. View from 2004, export growth might fall sharply, while domestic demand will remain high level, long-standing trade surplus situation may be broken. From the Chinese macro-economic level, the trade surplus in a given period of reduced or even deficit, on the domestic economy will not cause a significant impact, its impact on China’s economic development more dependent on the structure of imports. If the macro-control on the import structure of misconduct, may impact certain domestic industries vulnerable. Therefore, the need to give full attention to the structure of imports and import of changes in trend.

Will Play a Positive Role in Promoting the Four

First of all, developments in major economies, the current global economy is increasingly clear signs of accelerating recovery.

Speed up economic recovery in Japan and the U.S., the world’s investment pick up, stabilize international oil prices and other favorable factors have led to the overall world economy and trade situation will be further to the good. Expected annual growth rate of world economy in 2004 expected to reach 4.1%, developed and developing countries economic growth will be 2.9% and 5.0%, higher than the level this year. World trade will continue to rise, annual growth rate of world merchandise trade is expected to reach 5.4%, much higher than 2.9% in 2003. Global transnational direct investment will also be bottoming out, there may be a moderate recovery.

Second, the international commodity market conditions in 2004 warmed, the price rise.

Accelerate the pace of economic recovery in the world, led by the international commodity markets is expected in 2004, demand and prices will be General Improvement. Bulk agricultural products affected by supply and demand factors, prices are generally bullish in 2004. Total world supply of steel products than the total demand, but the developed countries caused by economic restructuring, the continued cuts to the international market prices of steel products will show a recovery trend. Textile market, increasing international competition, but countries around the world, the high demand for textiles is constantly increasing. Mechanical and electrical products, IT products in the international market has taken the lead to restore the economy. The international oil market supply and demand becomes more balanced, in 2004 oil prices expected to remain at 22-28 dollars per barrel “normal price range.

Third, the developed countries in the ascendant wave of industrial restructuring and the transfer, import and export for China to expand trade scale and create more opportunities.

Currently, to multinational companies led by information technology represented a new round of worldwide industrial restructuring and the transfer process in the ascendant. With the gradual improvement of the world economic situation, will promote the international direct investment to become more active again. In recent years, China’s investment environment has improved, especially the Yangtze River, Pearl River Delta has the two advantages of industrial clusters, foreign capital continued to flow into China, the prospect of better foreign direct investment-led growth of China’s import and export trade even open space.

Fourth, China will continue to maintain rapid economic growth, institutional policy environment tends to improve.

From the current trend of economic development, China’s economy has entered a new round of growth cycle. In 2004, China will adhere to the principle of expanding domestic demand, continue to implement the proactive fiscal policy and prudent monetary policy, national economy will maintain a rapid growth momentum is expected to more than 7% GDP growth is expected. Plenary Session on perfecting the socialist market economic system to a comprehensive plan and work plans, a longer period in 2004 and China’s economic and trade development will have a significant positive impact.

Report said, internal and external environment does not occur if major changes, the initial estimated, in 2004 China’s foreign trade growth Rengqiang stable Di, but considering the high base year, import and export, the export tax rebate rate down Deng factors, import and export Maoyitebie is export growth will likely come down significantly.

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Brazil’s Minas state stops sales of Toyota Corolla

Admin September 30, 2022

Friday, April 23, 2010

Minas, one of the largest states of Brazil, has stopped the sale of the Toyota Corolla over safety concerns.

The move was made after nine Corolla customers reported that their cars automatically accelerated. The state public prosecutor’s office said in an online statement on Tuesday that the problem is blamed on accelerator pedals sticking underneath floor mats. Local government said the issue was “putting in danger the lives of occupants”.

According to the prosecutor’s office, sales of Corollas may resume when Toyota alters the floormats in its current models. Toyota has recalled over eight million vehicles worldwide due to acceleration problems.

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North Korea launches missile in ‘military drill’

Admin September 30, 2022

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, North Korea has fired a short-range missile today into the Sea of Japan. Officials believed it to be part of a regular exercise.

“North Korea fired a short-range missile in what appeared to be part of a military drill,” a Japanese Defense Ministry official was quoted as saying by Yonhap News Agency.

A South Korean defense spokesman said such tests are routine.

“We don’t deny that North Korea fired a missile,” South Korean Army Colonel Ha Doo-chul, told Yonhap. “If it did, we regard it as a routine exercise.”

The test comes at the time when North Korea is inviting inspectors in to discuss its nuclear programs.

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Signs of de-escalation as Russia claims to pull back some troops

Admin September 29, 2022

Wednesday, February 16, 2022

On Tuesday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz met with the Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The main agenda was the ongoing crisis near the Russian-Ukrainian border. On Monday, Scholz had visited Kiev, where he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and showed support to Ukraine against the Russian position.

After Tuesday’s meeting, a joint press conference was held, in which Scholz said, “it is our absolute duty as heads of government that Europe does not see an escalation into war.” When asked about the deployments and the threat of war, Putin said Russia does “not want war in Europe.” He later added Russia is “ready to work further together” and “go down the negotiations track”.

However, Putin called Russia’s claims valid and described the situation in Ukraine’s Donbas region as a ‘genocide’. On Tuesday, the Russian Defence Ministry declared it had begun to pull back some of its troops and called the deployments a ‘military drill’.

The German Chancellor said the withdrawal of some troops was a good sign. On the other hand, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said they wouldn’t accept any claims by Russia until they see it themselves and added “if we see a withdrawal, we will believe in a de-escalation”. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed Russia’s response of a diplomatic solution but said it had not seen ‘any sign of de-escalation on the ground’ yet.

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Find A Right Cosmetic Dentist In Los Angeles

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US Senate finance committee to vote on health care bill

Admin September 28, 2022

Friday, October 9, 2009

US Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has said that the Senate Finance Committee will vote on a sweeping health care reform bill next Tuesday. US President Barack Obama has made clear that extending health insurance coverage to as many Americans as possible is his top domestic priority.

Republican lawmakers, however, are still overwhelmingly opposed to the bill, saying it is too expensive and would expand the role of government in people’s health care.

Obama and his fellow Democrats in the Senate received some good news late Wednesday from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, which put the total cost of the Senate Finance Committee’s health care bill at $829 billion over the next decade, below Obama’s stated goal of $900 billion. The budget watchdog organization also said the health care bill would help reduce the federal budget deficit over the next ten years.

Harry Reid said he believed health care reform was moving forward. “And so today we stand closer than ever to fulfilling that fundamental promise, one for which we have fought for more than 60 years,” he said.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, however said that the cost estimate was “irrelevant”, because the final bill that will actually emerge from both houses of Congress is likely to look very different and cost a lot more. “What matters is that the final bill will cost about a trillion dollars, vastly expand the role of government in people’s health care decisions, increase premiums and limit choice,” McConnell said.

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McConnell said Republicans favor a step by step approach to health care reform, focusing on prevention and wellness programs and dealing with the high costs of malpractice insurance doctors have to pay due to fears of excessive lawsuits.

Under the Finance Committee’s bill, US residents would be required to get health insurance or face a penalty, and insurance companies would face tough new regulations. For example, insurance companies could no longer reject coverage for people due to pre-existing conditions.

The Senate Finance Committee is likely to pass the bill, which will then have to be merged with one passed by the Senate health committee before it goes to the full Senate floor for debate.

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Doha round of trade talks suspended after negotiations fail

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

The director-general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy, suspended negotiations in the Doha round of trade talks on Monday, after a meeting of six “core” negotiators India, Brazil, the United States, European Union, Japan, and Australia in Geneva failed to make any headway in reconciling differences over agricultural trade liberalisation. The US wanted cuts in import tariffs for farm products, which were rejected by EU, Japan and India, who asked for cuts in agricultural subsidies.

Peter Mandelson, the EU trade commissioner, told the Financial Times: “If the US continues to demand dollar-for-dollar compensation in market access [cutting tariffs] for reducing domestic support, no one in the developing world will ever buy that and the EU will not either.” Brazil also identified the US stand on subsidies as the reason the talks failed.

Susan Schwab, the US trade representative, said that the other countries sought exemptions from tariff cuts for a wide range of goods and that such exemptions would defeat the object of the talks – to expand trade. “As we went through the layers of loopholes . . . we discovered that a couple of our trading partners were more interested in loopholes than market access,” she said.

The Indian Commerce and Industries Minister, Kamal Nath said that developing countries could not allow their subsistence farmers to lose their livelihood and food security to provide market access to agricultural products from developed countries.

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Four Simple Secrets To Selling Large Amounts Of Cash Value Life Insurance!

Admin September 24, 2022

By Lew Nason

Would you like to know how and why the best producers are able to sell large amounts of cash value life insurance? If you knew their secrets could you sell large amounts of cash value life insurance, just like they do? Were talking about you earning $500,000 or more in first year commissions each year!

Some of you may be thinking; Yah, that would be great! But, the reason those producers are able to sell so much life insurance, is they have the technical knowledge, for a very specialized life insurance niche market. They are working with 412i plans, Estate Conservation, Premium Financing, Charitable Giving or some other specialty market.

While its true that some of the best producers do have the technical knowledge, and work in one of these very specialized advanced markets, it isnt how and why they are able to sell large amounts of cash value life insurance.

It may surprise you to know that every one of these life insurance sales leaders has the same basic problems you do! In fact, in most cases, the people who work in those very specialized, advanced markets have much worse problems, because of the small size of their market, competition, bad publicity and the large amounts of money they work with. However, they are successful because they know four simple secrets that you dont!

The simple secrets these top-producers know that you dont are; No matter what market you work in, every one faces the same four basic challenges:

1. Finding a niche market you understand and have a passion for!

2. Identifying and attracting the right prospects for your market!

3. Helping your prospects to recognize they have a problem!

4. Getting prospects to take action on the solution you offer!

The reason most agents and advisors struggle selling life insurance is they dont feel good about what they are doing. They look at themselves as just a salesperson, instead of seeing themselves as helping people to solve their financial problems.

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Whether you want to join the ranks of the top-producers, or you just want to make your career a whole lot easier, more fun and much more rewarding, you must have a passion for what you do!

Finding a market you understand and have a passion for!

Enthusiasm sells! So, find something that turns you on. Your specialty doesnt have to be a technical, advanced niche market. The great thing is that you can turn almost anything into a specialty. You could specialize in working with one armed, golfers, with high blood pressure. Or, maybe you could specialize in working with people who hunt deer, drive a jeep, are married, live in a mobile home and have a child in college.

I know of a top-producing agent who works exclusively with young families who have a newborn baby. Another, who works with widowed, retired women of color! And, yet another agent who works exclusively with divorcees, with children! Each of these advisors became the specialist in that market, because they identified themselves with that market and they already knew something about that market. They invested their time to learn everything they could about the people in those markets and the problems they face. And then, they learned the best ways to use their products to help those people to solve their problems.

What do you have a passion for in your life? Has something happened in your life that has impacted, made a difference, or changed you? What problems have you, your family, parents, friends and relatives faced?

What group of people do you identify the most with, and feel good with? Do you hunt, play golf, play tennis, bowl etc.? What civic and religious groups do you belong to? What past jobs have you worked in? What did your parents do for a living?

Every top-producer (or successful business person) I know has a burning passion for what they do! For them, its NOT just about making a sale! Its about really helping people!

Identifying and attracting the right prospects for your market!

Once you have decided on your specialty, once you have found something you have a real passion for, then youll want to determine whats the most pressing problem your products and services can solve for these people.

If youre working with young families with newborns, maybe their most pressing concern is saving for college, or making sure the money is there for college, if something happens to one of the parents. With widowed, retired women of color, maybe the dominant concern is learning how to manage their money with safety and guarantees, and then making sure they pass all of their money onto their children. For divorcees with children, maybe its eliminating debt, making sure the child support doesnt stop at the death of their former spouse, or qualifying for college financial aid.

Now, youll want to determine who you have the best chance of selling within your specialty? Who is your ultimate, best prospect within that group? What are their ages, income, social status, education, occupation and marital status? Do they own a home? Do they have school age children?

Where do you find these people? Where do they live? What newspapers and section of the paper do these people read? What newsletters and magazines do these people get? What business do they use? What professionals do they use doctors, accountants, P&C agencies, attorneys, etc.

Finally, how do you attract these people to you? Whats the best way to attract the Right people to you? Do you send out sales letters to a targeted list? Offer free reports? Form a Joint Venture? Offer a dinner seminar or a free educational workshop? Send out newsletters? Run ads in the newspaper? Get articles published? Write a book? Or, how about working your existing book of business? Or, letting your family, friends, relatives and everyone know about your specialty?

What every top-producer will tell you is All of these marketing methods work once you have a specialty, you determine who your ideal prospects are, and you send a message to them that clearly states how they will benefit by meeting with you!

All the top-producers know exactly who their best prospects are, and how to attract them The Right Message, To The Right People, At The Right Time

Helping your prospects to recognize they have a problem!

We all have financial problems. It doesnt matter if you are rich or poor. The problems can be paying too much in income taxes, transferring wealth, losses in the stock market, saving for retirement, saving for college, a low income, too much debt, protecting the people they love, etc.! Unfortunately, most people do not want to think about money, let alone talk about their situation and admit they have a financial problem! In this fast paced society, most of us are so busy with our day-to-day activities and problems to worry about our money problems until the problems need immediate attention!

Consider, youve studied and developed your specialty. Youve attracted the right prospect to you. But, until your prospect recognizes, understands and makes solving their problem a priority, you have little chance of setting an appointment or making a sale!

Your job is to know the right questions to ask that will get your prospect to talk about what they really need and want. Youve got to get them thinking about how their problem is affecting their current situation? If they dont correct the problem right now, how will it affect their future and future of their family?

If you want to sell more and larger life insurance policies, you must help your prospects to recognize that they have a problem! And, more importantly you must ask the right questions to help them to make solving their problem a priority!

Getting prospects to take action on the solution you offer!

Youve found your specialty, something you have a passion for! Youre sending, The Right Message, to The Right People, at The Right Time! Youre asking the right questions! Your prospect recognizes they have a problem and they agree that solving their problem is a priority. Now, how do you get them to take action today on your offer?

If you want your prospects to take action today, then you must help them to see where they are today and where theyll be in the future with and without your solutions.

There is a cost to everything we do. Where will they find the money? What will your prospect have to sacrifice in order to implement your plan? Do the future benefits of your plan outweigh the cost of implementing the plan today? As the late, legendary Ben Feldman said, There is a cost of doing nothing and a cost of doing something. Generally, the cost of doing nothing is much more than the cost of doing something!

There you have it, Four Simple Secrets To Selling Large Amounts Of Cash Value Life Insurance! So, now what will you do from here? Is there one idea you got from this article that you can start using today? How about a second, or third idea?

If you do nothing else, find something you have a passion for! Life is too short to be struggling all of the time!

Whether you want to join the ranks of the top-producers, or you just want to make your career a whole lot easier, more fun and much more rewarding, it all starts with having a passion for what you do!

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Google Taiwan: Building knowledge sharing center-stage with innovations

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Tuesday, December 25, 2007

Last Tuesday in Taipei, Google Taiwan held an annual summary press conference named “Collective Intelligence & Innovation” (In Chinese: ?????????). With many products had already been presented to the public like wikis, blogs, and photo albums in the Web 2.0 era, Google served to provide lots of services like Google Apps, Google Maps and YouTube with suitable versions in Taiwan differing other countries this year.

Global Deputy Director of Google Kai-Fu Lee said: “The contents on the Internet were mostly limited with some copyright issue in the past, but after many products in the Web 2.0 era are presented, several contents are progressively released and opened to the public in the presence. As those factors, we [Google] hope developers in Taiwan can develop useful tools for local people to apply with people’s life.”

“In order to change minds in public, we [Google] conjoined some required elements into people’s life, and services on iGoogle in Taiwan are progressively more and newer because of the improvements of developers. We hoped a simple service can be multiplied with releases of useful and functional tools,” he also said.

Also in this conference, the Engineering Director of the Google Taiwan R&D Center Li-feng Chien also announced the achievements on the “Google Taipei Developers’ Day” and invited developers named Chi-pao Hu and Yi-ru Lin to share some actual applications on iGoogle.

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