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...allocation of tax credits, say a million dollars, we could actually get out of the investor about $900,000,” said CHA Director of Planning and Development Terry Dumas. “Now we probably get 780,000, so we’ve lost almost 14 percent of the power of the tax credit program...
...Nagasaki,” he said, comparing the negative impact of changes in the global environment to that of nuclear weapons. Chivian, who won the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for his role in co-founding International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, said that more than 50 percent of prescribed medicines come from natural sources or are patterned after natural sources. He said that compounds found in cone snails protect brain cells from death when deprived of blood flow, for example, which may be useful for people with Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease. Chivian...
...Senator Obama has also offered a comprehensive plan to secure American energy independence, which is of particular importance given that at current rates of consumption, the U.S. will become dependent on foreign suppliers —many of whom are hostile and volatile regimes—for 75 percent of its oil needs. Obama’s policy proposals correctly target the transportation sector, which accounts for 70 percent of American oil consumption. By mandating a flex-fuel standard for all automobiles, expanding hybrid-car tax credit, and significantly increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, Obama?...
...Amigos, Sercombe says that CityStep does cater to the needs of the particular socioeconomic balance at the school, where 49 percent of students—nine percentage points above the district average—are eligible for the free and reduced-price lunch program. CityStep also provides a shuttle service for the second- and third-year students whose parents cannot take them to the after school classes...
...time, but what was started could not be undone. By 1996, thanks to lobbying by conservative groups like the American Family Association and the new Republican Congress’s mantra of “fiscal responsibility,” the NEA saw its budget slashed by almost 40 percent. Individual artist grants were gone, as was general funding to arts organizations. Ultraconservatives won. Welcome...