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• 2010 to be International Year of Youth: UN

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  New Delhi, Dec 21 (IANS) In an effort to harness the energy, imagination and initiative of the world’s young denizens in overcoming the challenges facing humanity, the United Nations (UN) has declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth, starting Aug 12.“The International Year is about advancing the full and ...
  10 hours ago

• WAVE-TV: Kentucky Lawmakers May Review Popular Scholarship Program

  
  The Political Bridge — Authority: 137
  A popular scholarship program funded mainly by Kentucky Lottery proceeds may come under review during the upcoming General Assembly session. But education leaders and key lawmakers tell the Lexington Herald-Leader that wholesale changes are unlikely to the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship program... ...
  12 hours ago

• The Lexington Herald-Leader Reports Kentucky State Retirement Systems Woes Vex Lawmakers

  
  The Political Bridge — Authority: 137
  FRANKFORT — Kentucky’s budget woes could have long-lasting effects on the roughly 445,000 Kentuckians who rely on state-run retirement programs, pension officials warned this month. Preliminary projections suggest the state will have about $1.2 billion less to spend over the next two years. That grim outlook ...
  12 hours ago

• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  MBVD — Authority: 131
  The optimists will say that the General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions resolutions favors freedom. I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between 08 & 09 and the abstention trend was flat. The slope of the yes vote line seems flatter this year compared to the previous ...
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• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  Take Our Country Back — Authority: 125
  The optimists will say that the General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions resolutions favors freedom. I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between 08 & 09 and the abstention trend was flat. The slope of the yes vote line seems flatter this year compared to the previous ...
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• Combating Defamation of Religions: the Substance

  
  MBVD — Authority: 131
  The final text of the Combating Defamation of Religions resolution (passed 12/18/09) spans pages 67-72 of a 151 page pdf file: A/64/439/Add.2, part II. If you want to read it aloud, youd better take breath control lessons, because the resolution is basically one long run on sentence. It begins by recalling and ...
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• Combating Defamation of Religions: Vote Trend

  
  Freedom Ain't Free & Take Our Country Back — Authority: 125
  The optimists will say that the  General Assembly vote trend on Defamation of Religions  resolutions  favors freedom.  I am not so optimistic. Only eight votes swung in our favor between ‘08 & ‘09 and the abstention trend was flat.  The slope of the yes vote line  seems flatter  this year compared to ...
  1 day ago

• Combating Defamation of Religions: the Substance

  
  Freedom Ain't Free & Take Our Country Back — Authority: 125
  The final text of the Combating Defamation of Religions resolution (passed 12/18/’09) spans pages 67-72  of a 151 page pdf file:  A/64/439/Add.2, part II . If you want to read it aloud, you’d better take breath control lessons, because the resolution is basically one long run on sentence.  It begins by ...
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• Ending the Cycle

  
  The Opinion Blog — Authority: 139
  Sunday’s editorial argues that the seemingly endless plightof Atlantic Beach could be solved by a bill in thelegislature that would create objective benchmarks all towns must follow. The story of Atlantic Beachin 2009 will end the same way it did in 2008: any growth or progress in thetown, all the efforts to ...
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 137
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• A tax increase? Is he &%*!^%*# kidding me?!

  
  Virginia Virtucon — Authority: 482
  In a move that was best described by Norm at TQ (a “rude gesture”), Tim Kaine is proposing to balance the budget with an income tax increase ( Washington Post ).  Virginia Republicans, led by Governor-elect McDonnell ( WaPo ) are already busy tearing it apart, but one thing that has been lost is the damage ...
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• Race for the Future

  
  The Opinion Blog — Authority: 139
  My latest column considers why U.S. Rep. Henry Brown has drawn such a crowded field of challengers. The last few weeks have seen a flurry of campaign activity around U.S. Rep. Henry Browns first district congressional seat, which covers all of Horry County and coastal Georgetown County and stretches down into ...
  2 days ago

• Progress tardy but review panel not needed: Fennell (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 730
  New Delhi, Dec 19 (IANS) Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) president Michael Fennell was Saturday extremely critical of the progress of work at the venues for the 2010 Games but said there was no need for the proposed Technical Review Committee (TRC).After the board meeting of the Organising Committee (OC) here, ...
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• Not Good Enough

  
  Brian Griffiths — Authority: 112
  Well it looks like the General Assemblys Spending Affordability Committee has advised Governor OMalley to freeze state spending when he introduces his FY2011 budget next month. And while I commend the fact that even legislative Democrats realize our spending growth has gotten untenable, it still is not enough ...
  2 days ago

• Early Reaction To Nancy Wagners Bid For Dover Mayoral Post? "Nancy, Thanks But No Thanks!"

  
  Delaware Way — Authority: 443
  WNJ writes ~ Delaware government: Wagner interested in becoming Dover mayor Ex-state representatives issues: Cooperation and tough budgets Former Rep. Nancy H. Wagner says: "The ethics committee never said I did anything wrong." This lady is dreamin. THE HUBRIS!! ~*~
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• Virginia in a Hurry, 12-19-09

  
  Virginia Tomorrow — Authority: 501
  Kaine Proposes a Brutal State Budget Kaine: End Car Tax, Raise Income Tax By 1% McDonnell’s Opposes Kaine’s Proposed Tax Hike Howell Says Tax Hike is DOA Kaine: Have State Employees Pay Into Pensions Kaine Cuts Funding for School Support Staff Gilmore’s No Fan of Kaine’s Car Tax Ax State ...
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• Sunday liquor sales debated at Capitol

  
  ConnPolitics — Authority: 438
  Hartford (WTNH) – The annual effort to open package stores on Sunday was revisited at the state Capitol. Some lawmakers say it could bring extra revenue to the state coffers, but package store owners say that’s a myth. Read more » Original post blogged on b2evolution .
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• Wagoner’s remarks yesterday on HB 318

  
  Glass City Jungle — Authority: 438
  Yesterday five Ohio Senate Republicans vote for HB 318, which was the budget compromise that’s been detailed in other posts on GCJ. Senator Mark Wagoner was one of those who voted yes, but I really recommend watching the video of his remarks from yesterday…I think he deserves some credit for what he stated ...
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• Ujvagi releases on HB 46 & Auto Support Council

  
  Glass City Jungle — Authority: 438
  These two releases were from earlier in the week but a glitch prevented them from being shared at that time from Representative Peter Ujvagi. One is on HB 46 which extends unemployment coverage to spouses impacted by a military transfer, the second one is related to the Auto Support Council. Rep. Ujvagi and Ohio ...
  3 days ago

• Africa Needs Over $90b a Year for Infrastructure Development

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 450
  Africa requires annually $93 billion to undertake various infrastructure works, according to a report presented Thursday at the extraordinary African Finance ministers conference taking place in Addis Ababa. The report said the money is required to undertake new infrastructure, rehabilitation and maintenance works in ...
  3 days ago

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