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The Temples of Lhasa is a comprehensive survey of historic Buddhist sites in the Tibetan capital of Lhasa. The study is based on the Tibetan Heritage Fund's official five-year architectural conservation project in Tibet, during which the author and his team had unlimited access to the buildings studied. The documented sites span the entire known history of Tibetan Buddhist art and architecture from the 7th to the 21st centuries The book is divided into thirteen chapters, covering all the major and minor temples in historic Lhasa. These include some of Tibet?s oldest and most revered sites, such as the Lhasa Tsukla-khang and Ramoché, as well as lesser-known but highly important sites such as the Jébumgang Lha-khang, Meru Dratsang and Meru Nyingpa. It is illustrated with numerous color plates taken over a period of roughly 15 years from the mind-1980s to today and is augmented with rare photographs and reproductions of Tibetan paintings. This book also provides detailed architectural drawings and maps made by the project. Each site has been completely surveyed, documented and analyzed. The history of each site has been written ? often for the first time ? based on source texts and survey results, as well as up-to-date technology such as carbon dating, dendrochronology, and satellite data. Tibetan source texts and oral accounts have also been used to reconstruct the original design of the sites. Matthew Akester has contributed translations of Tibetan source texts, including excerpts from the writings of the Fifth and Thirteenth Dalai Lamas. This documentation of Tibetan Buddhist temple buildings is the most detailed of its kind, and is the first professional study of some of Tibet?s most significant religious buildings. The comparative analysis of Tibetan Buddhist architecture covers 13 centuries of architectural history in Tibet.

Author: André Alexander
Hardcover:  336 pages
Company: Serindia Publications  (2005-11-15)
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Author: Gordon Graham
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Company: Inventory Management Press  (1992)
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This up-to-date and expanded electronic book on six CD-ROMs has a comprehensive collection of military documents, publications, image files, and photo galleries on America's fleet of Navy surface ships. The collection includes six disc titles which, when purchased separately, cost about $120, making this megaset an excellent value! This extraordinary, encyclopedic collection contains more than 140,000 pages reproduced in Adobe Acrobat PDF files. Every major ship and ship topic is covered: destroyers, cruisers, AEGIS combat system, frigates, surface warfare centers, and much more! NAVY SHIP INVENTORY, DIRECTORY, DICTIONARY - Complete, authoritative listing of all active and inactive Navy vessels - the Naval Vessel Register, with information on ships and service craft that comprise the official inventory of the Navy from the time of vessel authorization through its service life and disposal. AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT SHIPS (LHA/LHD), COASTAL MINE HUNTERS, AMPHIBIOUS TRANSPORT DOCK (LPD), AMPHIBIOUS COMMAND SHIPS (LCC) - Modern U.S. Navy Amphibious Assault Ships project power and maintain presence by serving as the cornerstone of the Amphibious Readiness Group (ARG) / Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG). CRUISERS (CG) - Large combat vessel with multiple target response capability. BATTLESHIPS - Illustrated histories of these remarkable vessels from the first true American battleship, the USS Texas, through the decommissioning of the last battleship on active duty, the USS Missouri, in 1992. DESTROYERS - These fast warships provide multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities. DOCK LANDING SHIPS (LSD); MINE COUNTERMEASURES SHIPS; FRIGATES AEGIS - The Aegis system was designed as a total weapon system, from detection to kill. SURFACE WARFARE CENTERS - The Surface Warfare Centers provide maritime technology, fleet support, operations of surface combat and weapons systems, assessment, and more.

Author: Department of Defense
CD-ROM:  99999 pages
Company: Progressive Management  (2007-05-11)
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Can we enforce this verbal contract in NJ? I am in a situation and need an answer quick. Background. My father has a store that he is closing on Dec 31st 2008. (The lease ends that day) He is in the process of liquidating his remaining inventory by offering special promotional discounts. By the end we were planning to sell all inventory for 5o% or less. Last week a buyer came by and asked to buy all our inventory, shelving and fixtures. He offered $11,500.00, we accepted this offer and he gave us $101.00 as down payment. The legal contract was to be signed the next day. The next day, he wanted to change the terms by asking us to keep the store open and sell some of his own product until Dec 21st. We agreed and he has brought his merchandise to our store which we started to sell. He bought his own employees to fix up the place and place the merchandise in the store. We drew up the new contract and asked him to sign but he declined and stated that he wanted to lower the amount to $11,000. We agreed. We drew a new contract but now he is saying that he wants to change the contract again otherwise he will back out of the deal. Can he do that?? Because of him, we have lost a week of selling our own inventory. We had stopped liquidating the inventory and also stopped looking for buyers for the store shelving and fixtures. Because of the short time, we can't do that now. He made us an offer, we accpeted the offer and he gave us $101.00 as downpayment with a handshake. He has placed his own employees and merchandise in our store which we are selling. Can we legally force him to pay us the $11,500? A few more details: -Doesn't the fact of giving us $101.00 constitute that the deal was sealed? -We have him and his employees recorded on our security system -We have his handwriting on the previous contracts making edits but he does not sign. He asks us to provide us with updated versions the next day. -Now he wants to meet tonight for further changes..... (more...)

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Can we enforce this verbal contract in NJ? I am in a situation and need an answer quick. Background. My father has a store that he is closing on Dec 31st 2008. (The lease ends that day) He is in the process of liquidating his remaining inventory by offering special promotional discounts. By the end we were planning to sell all inventory for 5o% or less. Last week a buyer came by and asked to buy all our inventory, shelving and fixtures. He offered $11,500.00, we accepted this offer and he gave us $101.00 as down payment. The legal contract was to be signed the next day. The next day, he wanted to change the terms by asking us to keep the store open and sell some of his own product until Dec 21st. We agreed and he has brought his merchandise to our store which we started to sell. He bought his own employees to fix up the place and place the merchandise in the store. We drew up the new contract and asked him to sign but he declined and stated that he wanted to lower the amount to $11,000. We agreed. We drew a new contract but now he is saying that he wants to change the contract again otherwise he will back out of the deal. Can he do that?? Because of him, we have lost a week of selling our own inventory. We had stopped liquidating the inventory and also stopped looking for buyers for the store shelving and fixtures. Because of the short time, we can't do that now. He made us an offer, we accpeted the offer and he gave us $101.00 as downpayment with a handshake. He has placed his own employees and merchandise in our store which we are selling. Can we legally force him to pay us the $11,500? 55 minutes ago - 3 days left to answer. Additional Details 36 minutes ago A few more details: -Doesn't the fact of giving us $101.00 constitute that the deal was sealed? -We have him and his employees recorded on our security system -We have his handwriting on the previous contracts making edits but he does not sign. He asks us to provide us with updated versions the next day. -Now he wants to meet tonight for further changes..... (more...)

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Can we enforce this verbal contract in NJ? I am in a situation and need an answer quick. Background. My father has a store that he is closing on Dec 31st 2008. (The lease ends that day) He is in the process of liquidating his remaining inventory by offering special promotional discounts. By the end we were planning to sell all inventory for 5o% or less. Last week a buyer came by and asked to buy all our inventory, shelving and fixtures. He offered $11,500.00, we accepted this offer and he gave us $101.00 as down payment. The legal contract was to be signed the next day. The next day, he wanted to change the terms by asking us to keep the store open and sell some of his own product until Dec 21st. We agreed and he has brought his merchandise to our store which we started to sell. He bought his own employees to fix up the place and place the merchandise in the store. We drew up the new contract and asked him to sign but he declined and stated that he wanted to lower the amount to $11,000. We agreed. We drew a new contract but now he is saying that he wants to change the contract again otherwise he will back out of the deal. Can he do that?? Because of him, we have lost a week of selling our own inventory. We had stopped liquidating the inventory and also stopped looking for buyers for the store shelving and fixtures. Because of the short time, we can't do that now. He made us an offer, we accpeted the offer and he gave us $101.00 as downpayment with a handshake. He has placed his own employees and merchandise in our store which we are selling. Can we legally force him to pay us the $11,500? A few more details: -Doesn't the fact of giving us $101.00 constitute that the deal was sealed? -We have him and his employees recorded on our security system -We have his handwriting on the previous contracts making edits but he does not sign. He asks us to provide us with updated versions the next day. -Now he wants to meet tonight for further changes..... (more...)

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Please help, I'm lost: Tevin Trader starts a merchandising business on December 1 and enters into three inventory purchases: December 7th 10 units @ $6 cost December 14th 20 untis @$12 cost December 21st 15 units @$14 cost Trader sells 15 units for $25 each on December 15. Eight of the sold units are from the December 7 purchase and seven are from the December 14 purchase. Trader uses a perpetual inventory system. Determine the costs assigned to the December 31 ending inventory when costs are assigned based on (a) FIFO, (b) LIFO, (c) weighted average, and (d) specific identification. (more...)

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"An American B1 Lancer supersonic strategic nuclear bomber out of the US Ellsworth Air Force Base, which bills itself as, "The "backbone" of global engagement for the 21st century", attempted to ?deviate? from its assigned flight path over the Persian Gulf Nation of Qatar by rapidly descending for what these reports state is ?typical? for these types of aircraft when engaging in combat. "As US Air Force Commanders launched more of their fighter jets into the air against their own Naval Forces, the B-1 nuclear bomber was reported to have been hit by cannon fire from the F-16 fighter jet, after which it changed its course for an ?emergency? landing at the Al Udeid Air Base. Russian Military Commanders speculate that the United States Defense Sec, Robert Gates, and who last week ordered full inventory of all American nuclear weapons, was ?no doubt? the US Commander who issued the ?shoot down? as he was long at odds with Dick Cheney's push for an immediate strike." Is Gates a hero? (more...)

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Alright, so Im having a brain block. I know what FIFO and LIFO are, But I am having trouble calculating Ending Inventory and Cost of Goods sold. - I have Beginning Inventory, Puchases, and Goods Available for sale all calculate. I know that these are the same for FIFO and LIFO. - But How do you calculate Ending Inventory and COGS? Here is the Information: a) Inventory, Dec. 31st, 2006- Units 2,380 Unit Cost: $4 For Year 2007: b) Purchases March 21st- Units: 4,900 Unit Cost: $7 c) Purchase, August 1st- Units: 3,500 Unit Cost: $ 9 d) Inventory, December 31st, 2007 I would love any help. Thank-you so much. ( I hope i was clear enough in description) cost of sales- beginning inventory + Purchases (more...)

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My husband and I are looking for a new home. We have less than 60 days to find a home before our lease expires (we already gave our notice to our landlord ) and hopefully we will be in closing by then. We found a good home for our family and we want to buy this home. This house is a brand new construction (inventory ) good deal too! They want us to put $2500.00 down for deposit. Does the deposit cash before or after closing. We are afraid that if for some reason the loan process and closing falls through we will be waisting time and maybe not get that money back on time to pursue another home. Can the deposit be cashed before closing and how long does it take to get the deposit back if the deal falls through. My state is Tampa,FL any advise will help, we must close by the 21st of this month (Jan. 2008 ) Can they hold the deposit till closing since it is only days away.... (more...)

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Tevin Trader starts a merchandising business on Dec 1 and enters into three inventory purchase: Dec. 7th 10 units @ $6 cost Dec. 14th 20 units @ $12 cost Dec. 21st 15 units @ $14 cost Sexy lady asked the first part of this question. (more...)

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Here's the deal. I want to leave my apartment and rent one that has a washer/ dryer and a yard for my kids. The new apartment needs to be rented ASAP, but I need a little time to get the secuirty deposit together since I'm not getting one back from my current landlady (she didn't charge me a deposit when I moved in). My lease was written last August (2006) but I moved in on August 21st, or something around there, so I paid prorated rent for those last few days in August and my lease states that I paid $700 for the first month's rent (9/1/2006-10/1/2006). The lease is actually signed on August 29th and says it's for a FULL YEAR. A few pages later, the inventory checklist states 8/21/2006 to 8/1/2007. The landlady knows I am looking for a different apt. and she claims to have none to suit my needs. But I found this other one and I want to move in, but I don't have time to give 30 days notice to my current landlady and I'm not sure my lease is technically over on August 1st. What I'd like to do is pay prorated rent to my current landlady for August 1-11 (which would give her about 15 days' notice) and then pay the dep. plus prorated rent on August 11th for August 11-31 to the new place. That would give me the time I need to earn and/ or borrow the extra amount I'd need for the deposit on the new place. My question is, will I get away with this? If I try to give my current landlady this prorated check, might she get mad and kick me out immediately or something? She was just here yelling at me about using part of the back tenant's yard (there hasn't been anyone living there in over 4 months!) I really want to get out of here ASAP! But I just don't know exactly how to swing it. Borrowing money from my parents isn't an option because I already owe them money. :( Please give me advice!!! She's a mean old lady and I don't like dealing with her. :( Do you think maybe if I paid her for the first 11 days now, and then offer to pay her the remainder of August's rent in Sept, even though I'll have moved out by August 11....would that work? (more...)

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President Bush's Accomplishments Abortion & Traditional Values 1. Banned Partial Birth Abortion ? by far the most significant roll-back of abortion on demand since Roe v. Wade. 2. Reversed Clinton's move to strike Reagan's anti-abortion Mexico Policy. 3. By Executive Order (EO), reversed Clinton's policy of not requiring parental consent for abortions under the Medical Privacy Act. 4. By EO, prohibited federal funds for international family planning groups that provide abortions and related services. 5. Upheld the ban on abortions at military hospitals. 6. Made $33 million available for abstinence education programs in 2004. 7. Supports the Defense of Marriage Act ? and a Constitutional amendment saying marriage is between one man and one woman. 8. Requires states to conduct criminal background checks on prospective foster and adoptive parents. 9. Requires districts to let students transfer out of dangerous schools. 10. Requires schools to have a zero-tolerance policy for classroom disruption (reintroducing discipline into classrooms). 11. Signed the Teacher Protection Act, which protects teachers from lawsuits related to student discipline. 12. Expanded the role of faith-based and community organizations in after-school programs. Budget, Taxes & Economy 1. Signed two income tax cuts, one of which was the largest dollar-value tax cut in world history. 2. Supports permanent elimination of the death tax. 3. Turned around an inherited economy that was in recession, and deeply shocked as a result of the 9/11 attacks. 4. Is seeking legislation to amend the Constitution to give the president line-item veto authority. 5. In process of permanently eliminating IRS marriage penalty. 6. Increased small business incentives to expand and to hire new people. 7. Initiated discussion on privatizing Social Security and individual investment accounts. 8. Killed Clinton's "ergonomic" rules that OSHA was about to implement; rules would have shut down every home business in America. 9. Passed tough new laws to hold corporate criminals to account as a result of corporate scandals. 10. Reduced taxes on dividends and capital gains. 11. Signed trade promotion authority. 12. Reduced and is working to ultimately eliminate the estate tax for family farms and ranches. 13. Fight Europe's ban on importing biotech crops from the United States. 14. Exempt food from unilateral trade sanctions and embargoes. 15. Provided $20 million to states to help people with disabilities work from home. 16. Created a fund to encourage technologies that help the disabled. 17. Increased the annual contribution limit on Education IRA's from $500 to $2,000 per child. 18. Make permanent the $5,000 adoption tax credit and provide $1 billion over five years to increase the credit to $10,000. 19. Grant a complete tax exemption for prepaid or college tuition savings plans. 20. Reduced H1B visas from a high of 195,000 per year to 66,000 per year. Character & Conduct as President 1. Changed the tone in the White House, restoring HONOR and DIGNITY to the presidency. 2. Has reintroduced the mention of God and faith into public discourse. 3. Handled himself with enormous courage, dignity, grace, determination, and leadership in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 hijackings and anthrax attacks. He almost single-handedly held this country together during those searing days: Just three days after the attacks, in his address at the National Cathedral, the President reassured the nation when he said: "War has been waged against us by stealth and deceit and murder. This nation is peaceful, but fierce when stirred to anger. This conflict was begun on the timing and terms of others. It will end in a way, and at an hour, of our choosing." On Friday, September 14, 2001, President Bush visited Ground Zero. Standing on a crushed and burned fire engine atop the smoldering pile at Ground Zero, he put his arm around a retired firefighter who had volunteered to help, and began speaking to the crowd. Rescue workers shouted that they could not hear him. Someone handed him a small American flag and bullhorn. The President spontaneously shouted: "I can hear you. The rest of the world hears you. And the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon." The crowd roared with cheers and chants of "USA! USA! USA!" Then he raised that American flag and rallied a nation. Education & Employment Training 1. Signed the No Child Left Behind Act, delivering the most dramatic education reforms in a generation (challenging the soft bigotry of low expectations). The very liberal California Teachers union is currently running radio ads against the accountability provisions of this Act. 2. Announced "Jobs for the 21st Century," a comprehensive plan to better prepare workers for jobs in the new millennium by strengthening post-secondary education and job training, and by improving high school education. 3. Is working to provide vouchers to low-income students in persistently failing schools to help with costs of attending private schools. (Blocked in the Senate.) 4. Requires annual reading and math tests in grades three through eight. 5. Requires states to participate in the National Assessment of Education Progress, or an equivalent program, to establish a national benchmark for academic performance. 6. Requires school-by-school accountability report cards. 7. Established a $2.4 billion fund to help states implement teacher accountability systems. 8. Increased funding for the Troops-to-Teachers program, which recruits former military personnel to become teachers. Environment & Energy 1. Killed the Kyoto Global Warming Treaty. 2. Submitted a comprehensive Energy Plan (awaits Congressional action). The plan works to develop cleaner technology, produce more natural gas here at home, make America less dependent on foreign sources of energy, improve national grid, etc. 3. Established a $10 million grant program to promote private conservation initiatives. 4. Significantly eased field-testing controls of genetically engineered crops. 5. Changed parts of the Forestry Management Act to allow necessary cleanup of the national forests in order to reduce fire danger. 6. Part of national forests cleanup: Restricted judicial challenges (based on the Endangered Species Act and other challenges), and removed the need for an Environmental Impact Statement before removing fuels/logging to reduce fire danger. 7. Killed Clinton's CO2 rules that were choking off all of the electricity surplus to California. 8. Provided matching grants for state programs that help private landowners protect rare species. Defense & Foreign Policy 1. Successfully executed two wars in the aftermath of 9/11/01: Afghanistan and Iraq. 50 million people who had lived under tyrannical regimes now live in freedom. 2. Saddam Hussein is now in prison. His two murderous sons are dead. All but a handful of the regime's senior members were killed or captured. 3. Leader by leader and member by member, al Maida is being hunted down in dozens of countries around the world. Of the senior al Qaeda leaders, operational managers, and key facilitators the U.S. Government has been tracking, nearly two-thirds have been taken into custody or killed. The detentions or deaths of senior al Qaeda leaders, including Khalid Shaykh Muhammad, the mastermind of 9/11, and Muhammad Atef, Osama bin Laden's second-in-command until his death in late 2001, have been important in the War on Terror. 4. Disarmed Libya of its chemical, nuclear and biological WMD's without bribes or bloodshed. 5. Continues to execute the War On Terror, getting worldwide cooperation to track funds/terrorists. Has cut off much of the terrorists' funding, and captured or killed many key leaders of the al Qaeda network. 6. Initiated a comprehensive review of our military, which was completed just prior to 9/11/01, and which accurately reported that ASYMMETRICAL WARFARE capabilities were critical in the 21st Century. 7. Killed the old US/Soviet Union ABM Treaty that was preventing the U.S. from deploying our ABM defenses. 8. Has been one of the strongest, if not THE strongest friend Israel has ever hand in the U.S. presidency. 9. Part of the coalition for an Israeli/Palestinian "Roadmap to Peace," along with Great Britain, Russia and the EU. 10. Pushed through THREE raises for our military. Increased military pay by more than $1 billion a year. 11. Signed the LARGEST nuclear arms reduction in world history with Russia. 12. Started withdrawing our troops from Bosnia, and has announced withdrawal of our troops from Germany and the Korean DMZ. 13. Prohibited putting U.S. troops under U.N. command. 14. Paid back UN dues only in return for reforms and reduction of U.S. share of the costs. 15. Earmarked at least 20 percent of the Defense procurement budget for next-generation weaponry. 16. Increased defense research and development spending by at least $20 billion from fiscal 2002 to 2006. 17. Ordered a comprehensive review of military weapons and strategy. 18. Ordered a review of overseas deployments. 19. Ordered renovation of military housing. The military has already upgraded about 10 percent of its inventory and expects to modernize 76,000 additional homes this year. 20. Is working to tighten restrictions on military-technology exports. 21. Brought back our EP-3 intel plane and crew from China without any bribes or bloodshed. Globalization & Internationalism 1. Challenged the United Nations to live up to their responsibilities and not become another League of Nations (in other words, showed the UN to be completely irrelevant). 2. Killed U.S. involvement in the International Criminal Court. 3. Told the United Nations we weren't interested in their plans for gun control (i.e., the International Ban on Small Arms Trafficking Treaty).* 4. The only President since the founding of the UN to essentially tell that organization it is irrelevant. He said: "The conduct of the Iraqi regime is a threat to the authority of the United Nations, and a threat to peace. Iraq has answered a decade of UN demands with a decade of defiance. All the world now faces a test, and the United Nations a difficult and defining moment. Are Security Council resolutions to be honored and enforced, or cast aside without consequence? Will the United Nations serve the purpose of its founding, or will it be irrelevant?" We all know the outcome and the answer. 5. Told the Congress and the world, "America will never seek a permission slip to defend the security of our country." Government Reform 1. Improved government efficiency by putting hundreds of thousands of jobs put up for bid. This weakens public-sector unions and cuts undeserved pay raises. 2. Initiated review of all federal agencies with the goal of eliminating federal jobs (completed September 2003) in an effort to reduce the size of the federal government while increasing private sector jobs. 3. Led the most extensive reorganization the Federal bureaucracy in over 50 years: After 9/11, condensed 20+ overlapping agencies and their intelligence sectors into one agency, the Department of Homeland Security.* 4. Ordered each agency to draft a five-year plan to restructure itself, with fewer managers. 5. Converted federal service contracts to performance-based contracts wherever possible so that the contractor has measurable performance goals. Health 1. Strengthen the National Health Service Corps to put more physicians in the neediest areas, and make its scholarship funds tax-free. 2. Double the research budget of the National Institutes of Health. 3. Signed Medicare Reform, which includes: A 10-year privatization option. Prescription drug benefits: Prior to this reform, Medicare paid for extended hospital stays for ulcer surgery, for example, at a cost of about $28,000 per patient. Yet Medicare would not pay for the drugs that eliminate the cause of most ulcers, drugs that cost about $500 a year. Now, drug coverage under Medicare will allow seniors to replace more expensive surgeries and hospitalizations with less expensive prescription medicine. More health care choices: As President Bush stated, "?when seniors have the ability to make choices, health care plans within Medicare will have to compete for their business by offering higher quality service [at lower cost]. For the seniors of America, more choices and more control will mean better health care. These are the kinds of health care options we give to the members of Congress and federal employees. What's good for members of Congress is also good for seniors. New Health Savings Accounts: Effective January 1, 2004, Americans can set aside up to $4,500 every year, tax free, to save for medical expenses. Depending on your tax bracket, that means you'll save between 10 to 35 percent on any costs covered by money in your account. Every year, the money not spent would stay in the account and gain interest tax-free, just like an IRA. These accounts will be good for small business owners, and employees. More businesses can focus on covering workers for major medical problems, such as hospitalization for an injury or illness. At the same time, employees and their families will use these accounts to cover doctors visits, or lab tests, or other smaller costs. Some employers will contribute to employee health accounts. This will help more American families get the health care they need at the price they can afford. Homeland Security, Border Enforcement & Immigration 1. *See Government Reform above. Under President Bush's leadership, America has made an unprecedented commitment to homeland security. 2. Has CONSTRUCTION in process on the first 10 ABM silos in Alaska so that America will have a defense against North Korean nukes. Has ordered national and theater ballistic missile defenses to be deployed by 2004. 3. Announced a 9.7% increase in government-wide homeland security funding in his FY 2005 budget, nearly tripling the FY 2001 levels (excluding the Department of Defense and Project BioShield). 4. Before DHS was created, there were inspectors from three different agencies of the Federal Government and Border Patrol officers protecting our borders. Through DHS, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now consolidates all border activities into a single agency to create "one face at the border." This not only better secures the borders of the United States, but it also eliminates many of the inefficiencies that occurred under the old system. With over 18,000 CBP inspectors and 11,000 Border Patrol agents, CBP has 29,000 uniformed officers on our borders. 5. The Border Patrol is continuing installation of monitoring devices along the borders to detect illegal activity. 6. Launched Operation Tarmac to investigate businesses and workers in the secure areas of domestic airports and ensure immigration law compliance. Since 9/11, DHS has audited 3,640 businesses, examined 259,037 employee records, arrested 1,030 unauthorized workers, and participated in the criminal indictment of 774 individuals. 7. Since September 11, 2001, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 124,000 port security patrols, 13,000 air patrols, boarded more than 92,000 vessels, interdicted over 14,000 individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, and created and maintained more than 90 Maritime Security Zones. 8. Announced the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), an internet-based system that is improving America's ability to track and monitor foreign students and exchange visitors. Over 870,000 students are registered in SEVIS. Of 285 completed field investigations, 71 aliens were arrested. 9. This week, the US-VISIT program began to digitally collect biometric identifiers to record the entry and exit of aliens who travel into the U.S on a visa. Together with the standard information, this new program will confirm compliance with visa and immigration policies. 10. Eliminated INS bureaucratic redundancies and lack of accountability. 11. Split the Immigration and Naturalization Service into two agencies: one to protect the border and interior, the other to deal with naturalization. 12. Signed the workplace verification bill to prevent hiring of illegal aliens. 13. Established a six-month deadline for processing immigration applications. 14. Information regarding nearly 100% of all containerized cargo is carefully screened by DHS before it arrives in the United States. Higher risk shipments are physically inspected for terrorist weapons and contraband prior to being released from the port of entry. Advanced technologies are being deployed to identify warning signs of chemical, biological, or radiological attacks. Since September 11, 2001, hundreds of thousands of first responders across America have been trained to recognize and respond to the effects of a WMD attack. Judiciary & Tort Reform 1. Is urging federal liability reform to eliminate frivolous lawsuits. 2. Killed the liberal ABA's unconstitutional role in vetting federal judges. The Senate is supposed to advise and consent, not the ABA. 3. Is nominating strong, conservative judges to the judiciary. 4. Supports class action reform bill which limits lawyer fees so that more settlement money goes to victims. Politics 1. His leadership resulted in Republican gains in the House and Senate, solidifying Republican control of both houses of Congress and the presidency. 2. Signed an EO enforcing the Supreme Court's Beck decision regarding union dues being used for political campaigns against individual's wishes. Second Amendment 1. Ordered Attorney General Ashcroft to formally notify the Supreme Court that the OFFICIAL U.S. government position on the 2nd Amendment is that it supports INDIVIDUAL rights to own firearms, and is NOT a Leftist-imagined "collective" right. 2. Signed TWO bills into law that arm our pilots with handguns in the cockpit. 3. Currently pushing for full immunity from lawsuits for our national gun manufacturers. 4. *See Globalization & Internationalism. Traditional Values, Compassion & Volunteerism 1. Endorses and promotes "The Responsibility Era." President Bush often speaks of the necessity of personal responsibility and civic volunteerism. He said, "In a compassionate society, people respect one another and take responsibility for the decisions they make in life. My hope is to change the culture from one that has said, if it feels good, do it; if you've got a problem, blame somebody else ? to one in which every single American understands that he or she is responsible for the decisions that you make; you're responsible for loving your children with all your heart and all your soul; you're responsible for being involved with the quality of the education of your children; you're responsible for making sure the community in which you live is safe; you're responsible for loving your neighbor, just like you would like to be loved yourself." 2. Started the USA Freedom Corps, the most comprehensive clearinghouse of volunteer opportunities ever offered. For the first time in history, Americans can enter geographic information about where they want to get involved, such as state or zip code, as well as areas of interest ranging from education to the environment, and they can access volunteer opportunities offered by more than 50,000 organizations across the country and around the world. 3. Established the The White House Office and the Centers for the Faith-Based and Community Initiative ? located in seven Federal agencies. The faith-based initiative supports the essential work of these important organizations. The goal is to make sure that grassroots leaders can compete on an equal footing for federal dollars, receive greater private support, and face fewer bureaucratic barriers. Work focuses on at-risk youth, ex-offenders, the homeless and hungry, substance abusers, those with HIV/AIDS, and welfare-to-work families. 4. The White House released a guidebook fully describing the Administration's belief that faith-based groups have a Constitutionally-protected right to maintain their religious identity through hiring ? even when Federal funds are involved. 5. Issued an EO implementing the Supreme Court's Olmstead ruling, which requires moving disabled people from institutions to community-based facilities when possible. 6. Increased funding for low-interest loan programs to help people with disabilities purchase devices to assist them. 7. Revised the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Section 8 rent subsidies to disabled people, permitting them to use up to a year's worth of vouchers to finance down payments on homes. HUD has started pilot programs in 11 states. 8. Committed US funds to purchase medicine for millions of men, women and children now suffering with AIDS in Africa. 9. Heeding the words of our own Declaration of Independence, the president laid out the non-negotiable demands of human dignity for all people everywhere. On January 29, 2002, he said, "No nation owns these aspirations, and no nation is exempt from them. We have no intention of imposing our culture. But America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity." As stated by the President, they are a virtual manifesto of conservative principles: Equal Justice Freedom of Speech Limited Government Power Private Property Rights Religious Tolerance Respect for Women Rule of Law (more...)

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