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...excitement that Democrats have enjoyed all election season is getting a run for its money. Palin--by prompting a flood of donations (see Momentum, Party Unity and Enthusiasm) and hitting the fund-raising circuit--has helped diminish what was expected to be a major Democratic cash advantage. But the controversial Alaska governor inspired substantial giving to her opposition as well...
...prevent fraud, IRD avoids paying cash up front for products and services. It also requires its for-profit partners to reinvest any proceeds derived from IRD wheat. Instead, the millers who process the wheat are reimbursed with a portion of the flour they make to sell at market rate. Factories get the flour free of cost but are required to reinvest their proceeds into new production. IRD collects 66% of the profits, which it then uses for other programs in the country, including a water-treatment facility, snacks for school children and health services. IRD keeps 10% of all funding...
...grassroots efforts, including projects to ban soda from school cafeterias and reduce the amount of direct junk-food advertising available on TV. These efforts are noble in intent, but lack the essential incentive so critical to the decision-making processes of the average American: the prospect of cold, hard cash. The easiest way to get Americans to lose weight is to offer a $1,000 tax credit to adults who sustain a BMI between 18.5 and 25—the range considered to be healthy by most medical professionals...
...tackling gang fights, imprisonment and infidelity, Allan's lyrics are more akin to Johnny Cash than the Klaxons. Current single Daddy's Gone is a stark rebuke from son to absentee father: "I won't be the lonely one/ Sitting on my own and sad/ A 50-year-old reminiscing what I had." The schoolyard taunt is made all the more poignant by harmonies soaring free from a Ronettes-style melody...
...much." But would Amy or Grace have picked up The Maze of Bones? Scholastic's strategy seems to be predicated on the idea that kids don't actually like to read at all, that they have to be bribed to do it with trading cards and video games and cash. Undoubtedly there are many lessons publishers can learn from Harry Potter. But that isn't one of them...