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Poll: Americans support fairer wealth distributionBy Nisa Islam Muhammad - Contributing Writer 5th December 2011 WASHINGTON (Special to New America Media from FinalCall.com) — On the streets of the nation’s capital, a random downtown workers were asked, “Would America be better if the distribution of wealth was more equal?” Overwhelmingly they answered, “Yes!” “Are you kidding?” said Julius Montgomery on his way to work. “Have you heard about the one percent and the 99 percent? Why should such a small number of Americans make so much more money than the rest of us and we have no chance in hell...

A California college student is conducting a social experiment where he’s trying to get his peers to sign a petition in favor of distributing grade point averages to show how the federal government distributes wealth. Oliver Darcy, a recent college graduate, proposes that students with good grades contribute their GPA to their academically sluggish friends. He argues that this is how the federal government takes wealth from the country’s high wage earners and distributes it to the low income earners.

Google and The Associated Press have agreed to a new deal after years of wrangling over alleged misuse of AP's content. As part of the pact, Google has said it will help AP better understand how its content is being used across the Web and what stories are gaining widest distribution.The deal could help AP modify its story selection based on what's popular. "AP and Google will work together in a number of new areas, such as ways to improve discovery and distribution of news," the news organization said ..... News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch has argued in recent months...

Life originated in a nebular cloud, over 10 billion years ago, but may have had multiple origins in multiple locations, including in galaxies older than the Milky Way. Multiple origins could account for the different domains of life: archae, bacteria, eukaryotes. The first steps toward life may have been achieved when self-replicating nano-particles initially comprised of a mixture of carbon, calcium, oxygen, hydrogen, phosphorus, sugars, and other elements and gasses were combined and radiated, forming a nucleus around which a lipid-like permeable membrane was established, and within which DNA-bases were laddered together with phosphates and sugars; a process which may...

KIRKUK – After helping Iraqi Soldiers deliver supplies to a village near here recently, U.S. Soldiers took a back seat as the Iraqis handled the distribution of aid and interacted with the people.Capt. Azad, an Iraqi Army platoon leader, hands out supplies to citizens in the village of Doskushman, near Kirkuk, Iraq, April 22, 2010. U.S. 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division Soldiers, out of Fort Bliss, Texas, helped their Iraqi counterparts transport the supplies to the village, and then took a back seat as Iraqi Forces took the lead on the mission. U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Jessica...

PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI -- International relief organizations backed by American soldiers delivered hundreds of tons of rice to homeless residents of the Haitian capital Sunday, laboring to ease a food shortage that has left countless thousands struggling to find enough to eat. But even as food-aid workers enjoyed their most successful day since the Jan. 12 earthquake, the increasingly prominent role of U.S. troops and civilians in the capital is creating high expectations that the Obama administration is struggling to contain. The needs are extraordinary, and the common refrain is that the Americans will provide. "I want the Americans to take...

No, this has nothing to do with liberals or conservatives or socialism or any of the other crap that we are used to hearing. I present to you a video of one, Dr. Edwin Vieria Jr, a Harvard educated expert in the matters of money and how money works in America. It is becoming apparent to me as I explore in more detail some of the profound historical changes that have taken place in America and their root causes. Somehow, it all tends to lead to the exact same source. While we can certainly discuss until the cows home the...

I recently attended the Evergreen Leadership Conference in very liberal (at least the "Left" part of the State) Washington State. One of the speakers succinctly and accurately summarized the real war happening on America's political landscape. It struck me that those of us on the Right have not clearly understood, or been able to articulate the real conflict between the Right and the Left. However, the Left, clearly understands the war and their mission that they're fighting, which is: TAXPAYERS VS. TAXTAKERS!

TIKRIT — Standing on the banks of the Tigris River, most Americans would not believe any clean water would be produced from the fast moving khaki colored water -- this is, however, the main source of water for Iraq. Coalition forces and Bayji Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRT) recently investigated how water from the Tigris ends up flowing out of the faucets of local Bayji homes In Bayji, obtaining potable water is like anywhere else--a necessity. Unfortunately for some Iraqi families, usable water is not readily available. The Salah ad-Din provincial leadership, Coalition forces and PRTs are working to change this....

Pipeline companies are like Punxsutawney Phil on groundhog day. If there’s a shadow of doubt, the pipeline goes back inside to the drawing board. While prices have collapsed to nearly one-third of their 2008 summer peak, the pipelines that carry oil to their users continue to move cautiously towards as much construction of new shipping capacity as still growing Alberta production volumes will support. Both TransCanada Corp. and Enbridge have bold plans to carry oil sands output to markets in the United States that need imports. The National Energy Board has already approved the Keystone, Alberta Clipper and Southern Lights...

Obama wants to be THE DISTRIBUTOR ? - Between Distribution and Freedom Freedom, the well-known word, means everybody are equality and equal right given natually by God. So Freedom socity consider all peoples are same value, which means Freedom socity under the value makes no class separation. Let us see inside of structure in the word of "Distribution" what the most Mr. Obama best likes. Everybody are happy if he hear when something would be distributed without his own sweat. But by who ? Who would distribute anything to him, or to everybody ? Where should the anything, not little...

New York Times Co. (NYT) said Monday that it will close its distribution organization, called City & Suburban, which delivers the Times and about 200 other publications to retailers in the New York metropolitan area. The New York Times Co. will offer severance packages to about 550 full-time equivalent employees affected by the closure. snip

I have read the IRS info on 401K distributions (http://www.irs.gov/retirement/sponsor/article/0,,id=151926,00.html) but I'm still not sure I've got my answer. If I don't care about paying penalties or getting taxed on it as income, can I cash out the balance of my 401K? I know I can get a loan for 50% of it, but that's not the question. And I don't care to hear what a bad idea it is based on the penalties and taxes. I simply want to know if I CAN cash it out while I'm still employed? It's my money I don't see why I shouldn't...

BAQUBAH — The Diyala Provincial Reconstruction Team facilitated a meeting between Diyala government officials and the Ministry of Trade at Forward Operating Base Warhorse, Iraq, Feb. 18. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss improving food distribution throughout the province. It was also the first time all of the department leaders from the Diyala Ministry of Trade had met together with the Trade Minister. “This meeting allowed the managers of various sectors – for example, the manager of the grain silo, the manager of the sales mall, the managers of the warehouses – to find out where their common...

An Iraqi worker tests one of two new 33kV substations recently built in Fallujah to upgrade the city’s electrical distribution network. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers photo by Norris Jones. Fallujah, Corps of Engineers Rebuilding City’s Electric Distribution Network Hiring residents for operations a priority, engineers say. By Norris Jones U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region Central District FALLUJAH, Iraq, May 1, 2007 — Fallujah is rebuilding its electrical distribution network, and so far more than 45,000 utility poles, 2,200 transformers and 2,400 kilometers of cable have been purchased. Fallujah city officials and Ministry of Electricity personnel are...

TIKRIT — Iraqi provincial, security and oil officials organized an unprecedented one-day delivery of nearly 5 million liters of petroleum products to Ninewa Province Monday. After months of unsuccessful or inadequate fuel deliveries from the Bayji Oil Refinery, 135 fuel tankers carrying approximately 36,000 liters of benzene, diesel or kerosene products each were convoyed, under Iraqi Army escort, from the refinery to multiple fuel distribution centers in Mosul, Iraq. “Planned, organized, coordinated, secured and led by Iraqis from start to finish, this fuel delivery operation demonstrates how positive Iraqi leadership can overcome the influences of corruption and crime, which has...

New Networks Monitor Power Distribution in Iraq U.S. Army Corps of Engineers make improvements to Iraqi power supplies. By Mohammed Aliwi, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers AN NASSIRIYAH, Iraq, Jan. 10, 2007 -- Restoring and improving the electrical supply in Iraq has been one of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ biggest and most costly challenges. Although access to power varies greatly and is at times unpredictable, the USACE has restored electricity to many homes, businesses and public facilities throughout the country. According to Priscilla E. Perry, the Gulf Region South District program manager for the electricity sector, the...

China Defends New Curbs on the Sale of Wire News By JOSEPH KAHN BEIJING, Sept. 14 — Chinese officials on Thursday promised that new rules restricting the sale of foreign wire service news would not affect press freedoms. But they also strongly defended efforts to control the distribution of financial and economic news inside the country. The New China News Agency, China’s main government news agency, also known as Xinhua, issued regulations on Sunday that would make it the gatekeeper, and presumably also the revenue collector, for all kinds of reports from news agencies sold in China. The regulations threaten...

Iraqi Town Welcomes Food Distribution Center The center enables residents to buy grain, produce and other items at low prices through a program created by the Iraqi government. By U.S. Army Pfc. Michael A. Molinaro 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division DIYARAH, Iraq, Feb. 3, 2006 — Residents of Diyarah, Iraq, celebrated the opening of a food distribution center here Jan. 18. "Diyarah is a great success because of the town council's commitment to its people." U.S. Army Capt. Ben Simms The center enables residents to buy grain, produce and other items at low prices through a program...

Under Review By Kat Lewin Monday, January 30, 2006 last updated January 30, 2006 2:02 AM East Campus became the site of civil disobedience on Jan. 21, when staff members of The Stanford Review distributed copies of their publication in violation of dorm distribution policies. Due to these actions, The Stanford Review now faces indictment by the University and a possible appearance before the Organizational Conduct Board. “From our calculations, we ended up distributing about a thousand issues door-to-door,” said sophomore Ryan Tracey, editor in chief of The Stanford Review. “We covered Stern, Branner, Manzanita and all of Wilbur besides...

FORWARD OPERATING BASE HIT, Iraq (Jan. 13, 2006) -- Perched high atop one of the buildings that is currently home to the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations Capable), a small satellite transmitter dish is the first step in a process used to keep the American public informed of the unit’s role in Operation Iraqi Freedom. As part of a network dubbed the Digital Video Imagery Distribution System, or DVIDS, the satellite transmitter enables the MEU to send video footage, photographs, and stories to media outlets in the United States without tying up tactical communications networks. A small group of...

China's communist leadership is trying to paint a smiley face over its most recent brutal suppression of dissent. Five days ago, protestors were gunned downed by police in a village not far from Hong Kong. The authorities blame a "few instigators" for the violence, but this event is indicative of growing socio-economic shifts in mainland China; namely the disparity between those profiting from communist experimentation with capitalism, and those left on the sidelines. China's government is trying to put lipstick on the pig. From MSNBC.com: The government said three people died in Tuesday’s violence in this coastal village northeast of...

The Orlando Sentinel on Tuesday laid off 21 employees throughout the company as it joined other U.S. newspapers struggling to cope with declining circulation and rising costs. In addition to the layoffs, 33 vacant positions won't be filled. Tribune Co. owns the Orlando Sentinel and the South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Newspapers owned by the New York Times Co. and Knight Ridder Inc. also have announced plans to cut jobs. "We have tried to make changes that will allow us to cut costs," Orlando Sentinel Publisher Kathleen Waltz said. "We simply need to reset our cost structure going forward." Before the layoffs,...

GULFPORT, Miss. (Sept. 9, 2005) -- A detachment of Marines and a sailor from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, Camp Pendleton, Calif., helped members of the American, British and Spanish Red Crosses to salvage a warehouse decimated by Hurricane Katrina here. The warehouse will be used as a distribution point for food, water and other essential supplies to be distributed by the relief organization. The detachment came from the MEU Service Support Group-11, who are part of a larger contingent of approximately 400 Marines and sailors who came to help in the Gulf Coast. The Marines and sailors were working...

SACRAMENTO (AP) - The California Teachers Association, among the most vocal opponents of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's special election initiatives, contributed $21 million this week to groups campaigning against the governor. The high-dollar distribution comes just as the fall campaign is set to begin in earnest, with both sides targeting the Labor Day weekend as the unofficial kickoff. Schwarzenegger helped raise and spend nearly $20 million during the first half of the year to qualify and promote his ballot measures and has raised about $6 million since July. Marty Wilson, the governor's fundraising manager, said he expects Schwarzenegger will reach the...

TALLIL, Iraq, Aug. 8, 2005 — With a major neighborhood electrical refurbishment project getting underway in the city of Najaf, the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers Gulf Region South District has earmarked most of the money for distribution projects, which means a voltage level from 33 kilovolts down to the levels used by houses and small shops. “The plants aren’t operating at full capacity for one reason or another. The plants are old and haven’t been well maintained over the years for example. This power shortage causes the three hours on/ three hours off of electricity that Iraq experiences...

Republican legislators on Wednesday assembled a package of tax cuts, highlighted by proposals to cut all businesses' property taxes and provide big income-tax savings for manufacturers...

There will be a backlash, I believe, about prices. While it will draw the attention of the media, and while many will try to exploit it, I believe it will be a popular disgust with high prices. It will influence people's political opinions. Conservatives who treasure their ties to families who prefer conservative moral values will discover that these families are not interested in economic theory....these families will see it simply as a quality of life issue. Will conservative politicians try to convince families of the shortage of refinery capacity and of speculators in the market, risking hard-earned gains with...

Disney says NO to distributing Michael Moore's new Bush-bashing movie, "Farenheit 911"

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Trucking and Warehousing Revenues in 2002 Top $269 Billion, Census Bureau Reports 2/10/04 10:12:00 AM -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To: National Desk Contact: Patricia Buscher of the Census Bureau, 301-763-3030 or 301-457-1037 (TDD), pio@census.gov WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The truck transportation, warehousing and storage, and courier and messenger industries reported revenues of $269 billion in 2002, the U.S. Census Bureau said today. Warehousing and storage revenues grew 12 percent over 2001 to $15 billion. Truck transportation revenues were $198 billion in 2002, and courier and messenger services remained about the same as 2001, with revenues of $56 billion in 2002....

<p>Following the major blackout on the East Coast last week, the demand for Distributed Generation -- using small, on-site power plants -- is heating up.</p> <p>Distributed Generation is like having a small power plant on-site at a commercial or industrial property. While the property still is connected to the grid, it gets its heat and power from natural gas fired generators so it never has to lose power in a blackout.</p>