Immigrants in the United States: A Profile of America's Foreign-Born Population Back to Table of Contents Poverty, Welfare, and the Uninsured Poverty Among Immigrants and Natives. The first column in Table 10 reports the poverty rate for immigrants by country and the second column shows the figures when their U.S.-born children under age 18 are included.22 Based on the March 2011 CPS, 19.9 percent of immigrants compared to 13.5 percent of natives lived in poverty in 2010.23 (Poverty statistics from the CPS are based on annual income in the calendar year prior to the survey and reflect family size). The higher incidence of poverty among immigrants as a group has increased the overall size of the population living in poverty. In some reports the U.S. The second column in Table 10 includes the U.S-born children (under 18) of immigrant fathers. The data by country and region indicate that there is an enormous variation in poverty rates among immigrants from different countries.24 For example, the 34.8 percent of Mexican immigrants and their U.S. In or Near Poverty.
The Z Blog › Sports, Culture and Other Stuff Mexico, Guatemala fast-track delivery of illegals to U.S. Text smaller Text bigger Mexican President Peña Nieto meeting with U.S. President Obama in 2013 NEW YORK – Mexico and Guatemala have reached an agreement that is intended to make it easier and safer for Central Americans, including unaccompanied minors, to enter the United States illegally. Though largely unreported in the U.S. mainstream media, the two nations agreed on July 7, in a presidential-level meeting in Mexico, to make it legal and safe for Central American immigrants, including unaccompanied minors, to cross Mexico’s border with Guatemala and transit Mexico en route to the U.S. border at the Rio Grande. The agreement apparently does not recognize that the result of such trips – entry into the United States – remains illegal. But to facilitate the program, the Mexican government announced plans to issue a new “Regional Visitor Card” that will provide documentation for the Central Americans to remain in Mexico as long as it takes to get to the United States. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Corruption Of Academic Journals For Profit and Climate Change Propaganda Opinion by Dr. Tim Ball Everything you read in newspapers is absolutely true, except for the rare story of which you happen to have first-hand knowledge. – Erwin Knoll The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. – Thomas Jefferson CRU and Academic Publishing Recent revelation of extensive corruption of the peer review process, by a group of academics, is another blow to academic credibility. For example, a story of control of the peer review process was reported recently by Nature News. Some media agencies are openly selective, which is more frightening, because they apparently believe it is reasonable. The role of some academic journals in the spread of misinformation about global warming and climate change is important and disturbing. A few so-called skeptics got a peer-reviewed paper published in a journal. He added, This was the danger of always criticizing the skeptics for not publishing in the “peer-reviewed literature”. Like this:
The Fermi Paradox | Wait But Why Everyone feels something when they're in a really good starry place on a really good starry night and they look up and see this: Some people stick with the traditional, feeling struck by the epic beauty or blown away by the insane scale of the universe. Personally, I go for the old "existential meltdown followed by acting weird for the next half hour." Physicist Enrico Fermi felt something too -- "Where is everybody?" A really starry sky seems vast -- but all we're looking at is our very local neighborhood. When confronted with the topic of stars and galaxies, a question that tantalizes most humans is, "Is there other intelligent life out there?" As many stars as there are in our galaxy (100 - 400 billion), there are roughly an equal number of galaxies in the observable universe -- so for every star in the colossal Milky Way, there's a whole galaxy out there. So there are 100 Earth-like planets for every grain of sand in the world. But it hasn't. Where is everybody? It gets stranger. 1.
stanley kurtz fest! | hbd* chick i’ve said it before and i’ll say it again: stanley kurtz is a really, really smart guy. he’s especially smart when it comes to mating patterns and family types in the middle east/arab world and how those affect the social and political workings of the nations in those regions. which is why i had a little #StanleyKurtzFest to myself on twitter the other day. (^_^) and i thought i’d repeat it here. kurtz trained as a social anthropologist (at harvard) and did his fieldwork in india, so he knows anthropology. he wrote several articles about mating patterns and things like democracy in the arabized world, some of them back before we got involved in iraq in the early 2000s, so the guy is aware. but EVERYthing he wrote back then still very much applies to iraq today, not to mention to afghanistan, syria, libya, egypt — in other words, the whole arab autumn movement. i’m going to cut-and-paste some excerpts from his articles here, but i highly recommend clicking through and reading them all!
Fairytales Come Into Life by Margarita Kareva | fosgrafi <div class="no-js-alert">Please enable JavaScript to view this website.</div> Fairytales Come Into Life by Margarita Kareva fosgrafi > Inspiration > Fairytales Come Into Life by Margarita Kareva Fairytales Come Into Life by Margarita Kareva 7 Days of Trash Posted by Andrew Ans on July 19, 2014 in Inspiration, Photography 0 Comments Margarita is inspired by fairytales and fantasy stories and creates these stunning pictures. Margarita Kareva Pin It Margarita Kareva Share this article: About Andrew Ans
Best Places to Camp in Big Sur We have been to Big Sur twice and both trips were over the Thanksgiving holiday. Visiting during this time of year can mean gorgeous sunsets, uncrowded hikes, mild weather during the day and slightly lower temperatures at night. During our first Big Sur camping trip, we encountered some rainy conditions, but all in all, it wasn’t too cold to camp. This year we were graced with temperatures in the high sixties, without a cloud in the sky. The following is a list of a few of our favorite places to camp in Big Sur. Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park is not to be confused with Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, which only has two campsites, but sits on the bluff right above McWay Falls. There are lots of hikes available in and around Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park including Pheiffer Falls, a hike through giant redwoods to a 60-foot waterfall. Kirk Creek Campground Kirk Creek will always be one of our favorite campgrounds in Big Sur. Fernwood Resort Andrew Molera State Park