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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><p>That's what strategists said in 1988 when then-Gov. Michael S. Dukakis was the Democratic presidential nominee, and in 2004, when Sen. John F. Kerry ran and lost.</p><p>But this year, they're glumly pondering whether that cranky old rule also applies to their own purported front-runner, former Gov. Mitt Romney.</p><p>Romney's not really a liberal despite what his conservative critics say. But he sure hasn't always traveled well. Despite his claim to be the candidate with the broadest national appeal, Romney has failed to win anywhere in the Republican strongholds of the rural Midwest and the Deep South.</p><p>It's true that he's won primaries in some of the swing states that will be critical in this fall's general election campaign: Florida,louboutin, Ohio, Michigan.</p><p>But despite those victories, the campaign hasn't been good for Romney. Instead of helping him look more presidential,gucci outlet online, it's made him look testy and calculating. Instead of building up his numbers in the national polls, it's ground them down.</p><p>Last fall, as the campaign was getting under way, 36% of the nation's voters had a generally unfavorable opinion of Romney, according to Fox News polling; now, after months of primary-battle nastiness, that number is up to 49%.</p><p>And with three rival candidates all promising to stay in the race through the last primaries in June, he faces three more months of the same battering,louboutin shoes.</p><p>Romney's beginning to look a bit like a Republican version of Dukakis: a Massachusetts governor who might win the nomination by outlasting weak opponents but who may never quite win his party's heart — or the nation's.</p><p>That's partly because,christian louboutin sale, as Dukakis did, Romney is selling himself as a better manager for the federal government, not as the leader of a grand crusade,christian louboutin sale. It's not a message that gets the blood flowing. Yes, he says his campaign is "a battle for the soul of America," but he doesn't always sound as if he means it.</p><p>Besides, his campaign rarely stays on that high plane for long. Instead, Romney's main message this month has been technical and tactical: that he's amassing more delegates than anyone else, so it's time for his rivals to get out of the way.</p><p>As a practical political forecast,christian louboutin uk, that may be sound thinking. But as the rallying call for a political party, it has all the charm of the warning of the villainous Borg in "Star Trek": "Resistance is futile."</p><p>One apparent effect of that kind of campaign can be seen in a Gallup Poll released last week: Only about one-third of Republican voters now say they will support Romney enthusiastically if he's the nominee,ghd. More precisely, 35% of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents said they would vote for Romney enthusiastically; 42% said they would vote for him,christian louboutin shoes, but mainly as a vote against ; 8% said they would vote for Obama, and 11% said they would stay home.</p><p>It's not unusual for voters to take time reconciling themselves to their party's choice of a nominee. In 2008, many supporters who vowed initially that they would never vote for Obama voted for him in the end.</p><p>But here's the real danger sign for Romney in those Gallup results: He's performing significantly worse than the GOP's 2008 nominee,Sen. John McCainof Arizona, did four years ago. In early 2008,ghd sale, 47% of Republican voters said they would vote for McCain with enthusiasm — and back then, hard-core conservatives were condemning McCain as too moderate, much as they criticize Romney today.</p><p>That doesn't mean Republican voters won't turn out this fall; an earlier Gallup Poll found that GOP voters are more enthusiastic than about voting in general this year. But it does suggest that if Romney wins the nomination, he won't be starting his general election campaign with much of a head of steam.</p><p>Romney's still likely to grind out a victory in the delegate count and win the nomination. But then again, that's precisely what Dukakis did, prevailing over a field that included ,christian louboutin sale, Dick Gephardt, , Gary Hart, and . That year, 1988, was a low-enthusiasm year for voters in both parties. It's beginning to look as if 2012 will be one too.</p><p><em></em></p></div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><br><br>He had just explained to Polanco and his history classmates at in Koreatown why he had been absent: He had been in the hospital after an attempt at suicide.<br><br> Polanco looked at the cuts and said they "were weak," according to witness accounts in documents filed with the state. "Carve deeper next time," he was said to have told the boy.<br><br>"Look," Polanco allegedly said, "you can't even kill yourself."<br><br>The boy's classmates joined in, with one advising how to cut a main artery, according to the witnesses.<br><br>"See," Polanco was quoted as saying, "even he knows how to commit suicide better than you."<br><br> The Los Angeles school board, citing Polanco's poor judgment, voted to fire him.<br><br><b></b>But Polanco, who contended that he had been misunderstood, kept his job. A little-known review commission overruled the board,christian louboutin, saying that although the teacher had made the statements, he had meant no harm.<br><br>It's remarkably difficult to fire a tenured public school teacher in California, a Times investigation has found. The path can be laborious and labyrinthine, in some cases involving years of investigation, union grievances, administrative appeals, court challenges and re-hearings.<br><br>Not only is the process arduous,christian louboutin shoes, but some districts are particularly unsuccessful in navigating its complexities. The sees the majority of its appealed dismissals overturned, and its administrators are far less likely even to try firing a tenured teacher than those in other districts.<br><br>The Times reviewed every case on record in the last 15 years in which a tenured employee was fired by a California school district and formally contested the decision before a review commission: 159 in all (not including about two dozen in which the records were destroyed). The newspaper also examined court and school district records and interviewed scores of people, including principals, teachers, union officials, district administrators, parents and students.<br><br>Among the findings:<br><br>* Building a case for dismissal is so time-consuming,borse gucci, costly and draining for principals and administrators that many say they don't make the effort except in the most egregious cases. The vast majority of firings stem from blatant misconduct, including sexual abuse, other immoral or illegal behavior, insubordination or repeated violation of rules such as showing up on time,louboutin sale.<br><br> * Although districts generally press ahead with only the strongest cases,christian louboutin sale, even these get knocked down more than a third of the time by the specially convened review panels, which have the discretion to restore teachers' jobs even when grounds for dismissal are proved,cheap ghd straighteners.<br><br> * Jettisoning a teacher solely because he or she can't teach is rare. In 80% of the dismissals that were upheld, classroom performance was not even a factor,christian louboutin shoes.<br><br> When teaching is at issue,louboutins, years of effort -- and thousands of dollars -- sometimes go into rehabilitating the teacher as students suffer. Over the three years before he was fired, one struggling math teacher in Stockton was observed 13 times by school officials, failed three year-end evaluations,louboutin, was offered a more desirable assignment and joined a mentoring program as most of his ninth-grade students flunked his courses.<br><br> As a case winds its way through the system, legal costs can soar into the six figures.<br><br> Meanwhile, said Kendra Wallace,louboutin sale, principal of Middle School</a> on Los Angeles' Westside, an ineffective teacher can instruct 125 to 260 students a year -- up to 1,300 in the five years she says it often takes to remove a tenured employee.<br><br>"The hardest conversation to have is when a student comes in and looks at you and says, 'Can you please come teach our class?' " she said.<br><br> </div>
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| − | <div class="comment"> <span class="comment-info"> <strong>TavernSlayer</strong> at 1:14 PM October 28, 2012 </span> <p>Yes, Kevin, my diatribe was quite loose. Partially fueled by hangover, but mostly derived from my continued disgust of the whole sequence, I've personally indicted (not legally) everyone from Greenspan (a former hero of mine) to my local branch teller,louboutin shoes. In general, I am not talking about the locals...but greed is a powerful cocktail.</p><p>I haven't started burying it in the yard....yet.</p><p>When I look at the investor:bank:fed (or lack thereof) relationship, I fight an urge to demand far more regulation. I hate more government; everyone hates more government,louboutin, but we found out what happens when the cat was away and we redefined our definition of 'robbing Peter to pay Paul',louboutin. Is there a happy ending to the housing ordeal? No. How long will values (sort of) hold while pretending not to average an awful lot of zeroes into the equation? Who knows?</p><p>This is scary enough, even in a 'Buy! Buy,gucci borse! Buy!' market,louboutin shoes, that as an investor,christian louboutin sale, I have to sit tight,cheap christian louboutin. Many of my peers agree. That's even more scary. We've become so accustomed to the industry 'playing' with the numbers that you feel like your balance sheet is a big fake, generated by some MIT 20-year old's algorithm (that proves 1+1=6) to deceive you into taking risks that you wouldn't with 'good' data,borse gucci.</p><p>I generally assume the "felons" mentioned in other posts have the same amount of greed,christian louboutin uk, but much more integrity,louboutin uk, than large banks.</p> </div>
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| − | <div> <p><p>To any viewer who thinks "Sons of Anarchy" is too violent, consider the bright side: At least the castration scene got … um … deleted.</p><p>Kurt Sutter, creator of the drama about a California motorcycle gang, presented the idea of showing a character getting the unkindest cut early in the run of the show, now FX's highest-rated. But he backed off after the network's chief objected.</p><p>"I have no filters," Sutter said with a laugh. "I just assume everyone feels the way I do about things."</p><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p>In the wake of December's Connecticut school shootings, TV violence has moved back into the policy debate,burberry outlet. The head of the National Rifle Assn. controversially attacked the entertainment industry — including music videos and video games — for portraying "murder as a way of life."</p><p>The Federal Communications Commission, which regulates the broadcast networks, has rules meant to curb language and sex on TV, but despite the persistent debate over real-life violence, it has no specific prohibitions on media violence. So the networks attempt to govern<strong> </strong>themselves through so-called standards and practices departments that read every script and watch every episode on the lookout for violence as well as sex and language deemed excessive. The departments typically have around 10 full-time staffers, many of whom are lawyers or have legal training.</p><p>Networks have long preferred to keep the process shrouded in mystery, perhaps to avoid laying down public precedents that could then be challenged. None of the four major broadcasters would allow a standards and practices official to talk on the record for this article, although some executives did not want to speak on the record.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p>While some show runners complain that the rules are arbitrary and amorphous, some critics argue that the "S and P" units aren't doing their jobs at all. Some of the most popular series on TV right now are also among the most violent, including AMC's "The Walking Dead," Showtime's "Dexter," CBS' "Criminal Minds" and Fox's new hit "The Following." ABC's terrorism thriller "Scandal" recently drew criticism with a lengthy torture scene. Network chiefs were put on the defensive last month as reporters asked about the many serial-killer shows slashing their way through prime time, including an upcoming NBC drama based on fictional murderer Hannibal Lecter.</p><p>Some networks seem to be more permissive than others. A recent study by the Parents Television Council, a lobbying group and frequent entertainment-industry critic,christian louboutin uk, examined prime-time programming on all five broadcast networks for two weeks this year. Heavily dependent on crime hits such as "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "NCIS," CBS was deemed the most violent network, with 33 scenes with violent gunplay during the period,christian louboutin shoes. It was trailed by ABC (14), Fox (nine) and NBC (four). CW had no violent scenes during the period. The study did not look at FX and other cable networks, which are not regulated by the FCC and where the standards tend to be much more permissive.</p><p>"If you were to ask the average viewer on the street, I think they would be surprised to hear that networks still have standards and practices departments at all," said Melissa Henson, the group's director of communications and public education,louboutin. "They have this reputation of coming down all the time,louboutin, but they really don't do much" to stem violence on TV.</p><p>But networks say they rely on viewers to tell them where the boundaries are — and in any case, no definitive evidence proves that violent depictions cause real-life violence. (Some studies, however, have suggested that TV violence can desensitize certain viewers, especially young children.)</p><p>"I don't think you can make the leap of shows about serial killers causing the violence that we have in our country," NBC Entertainment Chairman Bob Greenblatt recently said, in the kind of demurral typical in the industry. TV veterans like to point out that onstage violence far predates the invention of their medium.</p><p><strong></strong><strong></strong></p><p>Network<strong> </strong>executives say they are constantly weighing how much violence they can show — despite what some skeptics might think. That is especially true when a mass shooting such as the one at Sandy Hook Elementary casts an unwelcome spotlight on the subject. "This has come up repeatedly, usually once a decade or so,gucci outlet online," said Tim Brooks, a TV historian and former research executive for Lifetime and USA cable networks.</p><p>But producers complain that the rules are always changing so it's often hard to know where the boundaries are. "For me the frustration is that it's so arbitrary, and it changes from season to season," Sutter said.</p><p>Still, there are some lines. Neal Baer, the former show runner of NBC's "Law & Order: SVU," said CBS has a prohibition against showing a bullet entering the human body, although showing the aftermath of a shooting is fine. (CBS declined to comment.) NBC's Hannibal Lecter series will reportedly follow a similar path: Lots of bodies, but not many killings shown.</p><p>CBS will air Baer's next show, "Under the Dome," an adaptation of the sci-fi novel by Stephen King about the social breakdown of a small town cut off from the outside world. The Sandy Hook shootings have made him think hard about how violence will be depicted, but Baer said he hasn't changed anything because of the tragedy. "We're thinking about the social ramifications and how do we present that in a compelling way," he said.</p><p><strong></strong><strong> </strong> <strong></strong></p><p>Brooks said the networks' S and P offices have wielded power since the early 1960s, after a public uproar over the now-forgotten series "Bus Stop." Critics were outraged that the pop idol Fabian played a psychopathic serial killer, arguing that it presented the wrong image to teenagers. Congress responded with the "'Bus Stop' hearings" designed to stem TV violence. Spooked, the networks decided to regulate themselves and began pulling back on the gritty stuff.</p><p>But as any viewer today knows, violence has come back bigger than ever, especially as cable programming has exploded over the past decade,ghd hair straighteners. The antihero of "Dexter" dreams up ever-more-chilling ways to dispatch his bad-guy victims. Zombies munch on human flesh in "Walking Dead." Even on CBS — the most-watched network and also the oldest-skewing — the "CSI" franchise is built around the up-close autopsies of crime victims.</p><p>Although viewers sometimes complain about violence,cheap christian louboutin, they tend to get more irked by raw language or sexuality. Often they rationalize violence as long as it's familiar to a genre, such as horror, or has a moralistic message attached. Brooks recalls a focus group 20 years ago when he worked for USA Network. Some parents talked about how much they liked the show "Walker, Texas Ranger," which featured Chuck Norris as a crime fighter who took out the bad guys with martial-arts moves.</p><p>When the moderator pointed out that research had determined "Walker" was one of the most violent shows on TV, the room fell silent. Then one woman piped up and said that might be true, but it was OK because Norris played a good guy who helped people in trouble.</p><p>Sutter said that principle applies even on "Sons of Anarchy,cheap ghd straighteners," where the boundaries between good and evil are much murkier than on "Walker."Still, he is astonished by what he sees as hypocrisy over on-screen violence,christian louboutin sale.</p><p>"I'm amazed sometimes at the level of violence we get away with on my show," he said. "Yeah, it's OK to watch a girl burn to death, but God forbid I show a piece of her nipple. The sex boundaries are much more delineated and adhered to than the violence."</p><p><em></em></p><p><em><br /><br /></em></p></p> </div>
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| − | <div> <p><p>Apparently,burberry outlet, trainer Doug O'Neill has taken the name of his most famous horse literally,burberry borse. Saturday, he decided, I'll Have Another.</p><p>So, here we go again. If race fans have that feeling of "Groundhog Day," nobody could blame them. The O'Neill Show, a smash hit a year ago, will be a repeat headliner on horse racing's most prestigious stage, the Kentucky Derby.</p><p>That was achieved in front of 33,005, when O'Neill's Goldencents won the $750,000 Santa Anita Derby, one of the prestigious prep races for the sport's most prestigious race. This was supposed to be Bob Baffert Day, but the famed silver-haired trainer with three entries in the eight-horse field, including overwhelming favorite Flashback, had to settle for a second (Flashback) and a third (Super Ninety Nine),christian louboutin shoes.</p><p>Last year's Kentucky Derby was won by O'Neill's I'll Have Another. Baffert's Bodemeister was second.</p><p>Last year's Preakness was won by I'll Have Another,ghd sale. Bodemeister was second.</p><p>Last year's Belmont was a real chance for the long-awaited Triple Crown, before I'll Have Another came up with an injury the day before the race, which was won by Union Rags. Baffert's Paynter was second.</p><p>So come May 5 in Louisville, assuming Baffert still has Flashback running, the story lines will have a familiar ring.</p><p>As O'Neill did a year ago with Mario Gutierrez, he will have another unheralded jockey aboard in his run for the roses. Kevin Krigger, who toiled for more than a decade in the thoroughbred outback of Northern California, will get the Team O'Neill spotlight this time. Saturday, Krigger kept a nice hold on Goldencents as Super Ninety Nine dashed to the lead and,ghd hair straighteners, perhaps, tried to run Goldencents dry for the expected late run of Flashback. But when Garrett Gomez asked Flashback for the whole deal at the head of the stretch, he got about 60%. Krigger and Goldencents shrugged off the challenge and crossed a length and a quarter ahead.</p><p>"All credit to Kevin Krigger," O'Neill said.</p><p>Were Krigger, a native of the Virgin Islands, to win in Louisville, he would become the first African American jockey to win a Kentucky Derby since Jimmy Winkfield in 1902,louboutin. Records were inconclusive as to whether Baffert finished second that year too.</p><p>O'Neill's brother, Dennis, was responsible for finding I'll Have another for owner J. Paul Reddam. He was also responsible for finding Goldencents and putting together an ownership group that includes Glenn Sorgenstein and Joshua Kaplan of Santa Monica and David Kenney of Yorba Linda. Eventually,christian louboutin shoes, one of the group gave up 5% of his ownership to a guy named Rick Pitino, who also had a pretty good day elsewhere Saturday. The Louisville basketball team he coaches won its way into college basketball's title game.</p><p>As for O'Neill, the man few in national horse racing circles knew before his Triple Crown run last year, little has changed,louboutin. Despite being besieged by media questions about his alleged past involvement in "milkshaking" horses — possibly enhancing a horse's performance by administering sodium bicarbonate — O'Neil retained a sense of humor throughout that made him a challenger to Baffert as racing's king of the one-liners.</p><p>Clearly, in preparation for Saturday's race, he had worked on his ad-libs.</p><p>—Had he taken personally a new 72-hour surveillance program put in place for this race? "I wondered a little when they followed me into the bathroom."</p><p>—Would, this time, he vary from the wide-open, pour-his-heart-out, answer-every-question-from- every-reporter-no-matter-how-long-it-took approach? "No comment."</p><p>—What is the occupation of one of his owners? "Male prostitute."</p><p>—What is his relationship with his famous owner, Pitino,gucci outlet? "We are tight, real tight. I call him on the phone and he says, 'Doug who?' "</p><p>—On his strategy to retain his jockey, Krigger, after a controversial ride in the previous Derby prep, while Baffert changed riders. "I always do the opposite of what Bob does."</p><p>—Will the balding O'Neill keep growing his beard for the Triple Crown run? "Of course. Rubbing Rogaine on the chin really helps,gucci outlet online."</p><p>So, in about a month, Team O'Neill will be descending on the twin spires of Churchill Downs, and if the scene in Saturday's winner's circle was any indication, things could be wild. There appeared to be about 250 of O'Neill's closest friends — OK, 249 and Mayor Villaraigosa — whooping it up. It was racing's version of the ball dropping on New Year's Eve.</p><p>If everybody trying to get into the picture actually had a piece of the horse, the split for each would have come to about 88 cents.</p><p>But each, of course, would have considered every penny golden cents.</p><p><em></em></p></p> </div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><br><br><b>You started by working with your hands -- in cotton and tomato fields in California -- and here you are, still working with your hands as a brain surgeon.</b><br><br>I didn't know I was going to be a brain surgeon,burberry sito ufficiale, and yet I look back and don't see how I could have done anything else. "Rocky IV" -- not my favorite movie but good -- when his wife tells him you can't win: I was told that so many times. He turns around and says, "Even if I don't win, I'm willing to give it all. They're going to have to kill me to defeat me." And I feel that in life. Working as a brain surgeon and scientist -- I was born to do this; all my life, I work with my hands, and here I am,louboutin, full circle,cheap ghd straighteners.<br><br><b>You "hopped the fence" for good in 1987. Before that I have to say that you were really lousy at jumping the border. You kept getting caught, forgot your work papers, couldn't lie your way out of a paper bag.</b><br><br>I was terrible! But I just feel blessed that I was able to make it here. I love the United States; there is no country like America in the world,burberry. You can imagine how blessed I feel. In my office at Johns Hopkins, the No. 1 department of neurosurgery, I get patients from all over the world. It's not something I take for granted, not at all.<br><br><b>Do people ask whether you know Dr. Greg House, the fictional TV diagnostic genius of Johns Hopkins?</b><br><br>It's so funny you mention that. I'm training for a half-marathon [to benefit brain cancer patients],gucci sito ufficiale. I was cross-training on a machine and watching and here he was, the actor. I didn't realize he was from England, and he doesn't have a limp! My wife loves the show; I hear about it from her.<br><br><b>Why did you wait so long to write a book about your story, to tell the world how you came to be here,louboutin?</b><br><br>When "Hopkins" [a 2008 series about Johns Hopkins] was released, I realized I have been always afraid of being stigmatized, of people saying, "Oh, you became famous because of your story rather than your work." I needed first to establish an incredible practice, one of the best brain tumor practices in the world. I needed to establish myself as a scientist. I needed to get federal funds to do research on brain tumors. I am the editor of the bible of brain surgery. I needed to accomplish all those things and then tell my story. That was a big deal for me. I'm just a regular guy. It took awhile to decide to tell the story the way I see it.<br><br><b>When you actually came out and said, "Yeah, I came here illegally" -- how hard was that?</b><br><br>The first time I said it in public was at lunch with my classmates in medical school in 1994. They asked me how I came to the United States, and I said I hopped the fence -- very matter of fact -- and everybody was laughing. Another of my classmates from Mexico, from a very distinguished family, was laughing too. I kept eating; I didn't really know if I said something funny. I was still translating my lectures into Spanish, so I was learning the culture.<br><br>Then they realized I was serious,christian louboutin uk. I began to realize, wow, this is not something trivial, this is something people pay attention to. At , a tutor told me I couldn't possibly be Mexican because I was too smart. I was intimidated. I was afraid at Harvard; every time I'd be in a situation where people noticed my accent, they were going to ask me where I was from.<br><br>So it took many years. When I was chosen by my classmates at Harvard to give the commencement speech, I had to reflect on that, and I said, "All right, this is who I am,cheap ghd. It will start [as] a weakness; I can turn it into a strength."<br><br><b>How did you legalize your status?</b><br><br>When I was in community college in Stockton, I had a work authorization, and that became a temporary green card. This was the time of the amnesty. I became a permanent resident the year that I started Berkeley, '91, and then a citizen in '97 when I was at Harvard.<br><br><b>People advised you to change your name,louboutin shoes.</b><br><br>There are some things I feel very strongly about. When I was in the Castle Society at Harvard, friends argued how,gucci outlet online, for me to be successful, I should change my name to Al Quinn.<br><br>In '97, when I was going for citizenship, I realized, I'm not going to go the simple path. If I'm going to be successful in this country, I need to be proud of who I am and my roots.<br><br>So what do I do, instead of shortening my name? I hyphenate it to honor my mother. It became even longer and more challenging! When I was in [medical residency in] San Francisco, people started calling me Dr. Q. It's a way for me to be connected to my patients and the people around me.<br><br></div>
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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><hr /><strong>FOR THE RECORD:</strong><br /> Immigration: An April 2 Op-Ed article about the slowdown in illegal immigration from cited that nation's 3% average annual increase in GDP per capita. The increase is not a per capita figure. —<br /><hr /><p>For most of the 1990s and early 2000s, most unauthorized immigrants crossed the Southwest border, and most years 90% to 95% were Mexicans. Since as far back as 2007, however, the numbers in the Southwest &mdash,ghd straighteners; and, in particular, the number of Mexicans — have been declining rapidly. Illegal border crossings there are now down to levels not seen in 40 years,christian louboutin uk, and in 2012, more than a quarter of unauthorized Southwest border crossers were what the government calls "Other Than Mexicans," mostly Central Americans and a few immigrants from outside the hemisphere.</p><p>Three factors have slowed illegal immigration from . First, border security appears to have produced a deterrent effect. The budget of the Border Patrol has increased almost tenfold since 1993, and there are five times as many agents on the border, who now have access to an impressive array of technology. A recent report from the nonpartisan Washington-based Migration Policy Institute found that the U.S,christian louboutin uk. government now spends more on immigration enforcement than all other federal law enforcement agencies combined &mdash,louboutins; including the , the Drug Enforcement Administration, the , the and the U.S. Marshals Service. As a result, arrests of illegal border crossers last year were only a third of those recorded six years ago,christian louboutin sale, back to levels last seen in 1972. The message appears to have reached communities in Mexico that it is expensive, difficult and dangerous to cross without papers.</p><p>Second, the Mexican economy has far outperformed expectations in recent years, creating incentives for people to stay in their home communities. Mexico has had 15 years of sustained economic growth, with a 3% average annual increase in GDP per capita. As a result, the average income of Mexicans has more than doubled in real terms since 1997 and is now similar to average income in Russia, Romania, Turkey, and Brazil; twice what it is in China; and five times what it is in India. Although the wage gap between Mexicans and U.S. citizens is still high — a little over 4 to 1 — it is far better than the 7-to-1 wage gap of the 1990s.</p><p>Social programs have also improved, with one cash transfer program,christian louboutin sale, Oportunidades, which is tied to keeping children in school and getting regular health checkups,ghd, now reaching more than a quarter of households. At the same time, Mexican migrants have played a vital role in stimulating the economy in the communities they left behind. Immigrants from the Mexican state of Zacatecas who now live in Southern California joined together to help build a university campus in the city of Jerez, one of the poor-</p><p>est in the state and a perennial source of migrants. They have started more than 20 new small businesses, supported by investment from Zacatecans living in and around Los Angeles,gucci outlet, sometimes complemented by low-cost government loans,louboutin. Today, thousands of young people in that state, who might otherwise have traveled north, are pursuing a college education or working in one of these businesses.</p><p>Finally, the demographic profile of Mexico is changing. The number of Mexicans ages 15 to 29 — those most likely to migrate — has stabilized over the last few years and will soon begin to drop. Heavy public and private investments in family planning programs in the 1970s and '80s have reduced the birthrate to a level similar to that of the United States,cheap ghd. If this demographic shift hasn't contributed yet to the decline in migration from Mexico, it certainly will over the next decade.</p><p>What all this means is that, in the future, the largest illegal immigration flows are likely to come from parts of the world farther away than Mexico, including Central America and Asia. Because of distance, these flows will be smaller, but they will also require new and different enforcement measures, focused more on the workplace than on the border itself. And if Congress creates work-based visas for potential immigrants, as in the guest worker program now under discussion in the Senate, the numbers who are willing to risk an illegal crossing — from Mexico and elsewhere — are sure to drop even more.</p><p>There will always be some illegal immigration from Mexico to the U.S., as long as the wage gap between the two countries remains high. But in assessing U.S. policy reforms and in planning for the future, Americans need to revamp their image of who wants in, where they're coming from and why. Illegal immigration isn't what it used to be.</p><p><em>Andrew Selee is </em><em> vice president for programs at the Center and was </em><em> the founding director of its Mexico Institute. 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| − | <div class="p402_premium"><p>Even Jordan recognizes that.</p><p>"Do any other basketball players stop growing as a person and as a player when they're 24?" Jordan asked. "So, yes, I'm still growing and evolving — as a player and as a young man."</p> <p>As the starting center for the Clippers, there are high expectations for Jordan to be productive and mature on the court. And that has been a constant battle.</p><p>The yin and yang of Jordan's play is evident — in his last two games.</p><p>On Monday, the Clippers lost to Indiana,gucci borse, 109-106, and Jordan was thoroughly outplayed by center (26 points and 10 rebounds),louboutin. Midway through the third quarter, Jordan was benched and he didn't return. His final stats: no points, five rebounds, in 16 minutes.</p><p>On Wednesday, when the Clippers beat Phoenix, 126-101, Jordan was a force during his 30 minutes of play, producing 20 points and 12 rebounds.</p><p>Jordan, who is averaging 8.8 points and 7.1 rebounds in 24.2 minutes this season, is one of only two Clippers to play in all 76 games.</p><p>"Sure, I think he's evolving, but some guys take longer than others," Clippers Coach said. "It depends on their personality,gucci outlet online, what their background is, what their work ethic is, the situation they are in,borse burberry."</p><p>It's not uncommon to see Jordan glare at Del Negro when he's taken out of a game, and at times they are at odds over minutes.</p><p>"Vinny is the coach and I'm a player," Jordan said. "That's where it stands. He puts the people out there who he feels gives us the best chance to win. And if I'm out there, I'm out there. If not, I'm not,christian louboutin. And then I will cheer on my teammates."</p><p>Del Negro wants Jordan to be more consistent. And Jordan's poor free-throw shooting is one reason why Del Negro thinks he can't play his center — particularly in the fourth quarter of close games.</p><p>A 42.6% free-throw shooter for his career, Jordan is at a career-low 39,burberry sito ufficiale.1% this season.</p><p>So Del Negro often sits Jordan late in games because opposing teams use a "Hack-a-" strategy to put Jordan on the free-throw line.</p><p>Last month in a loss at Sacramento, with the Clippers trailing by one point with five minutes to go in the fourth quarter, Jordan was intentionally fouled on consecutive plays,louboutin sale. He made one of four free throws, and Del Negro took him out.</p><p>Then there was a game in Dallas when Jordan helped out down low on defense, then turned, and with his long arms extended, ran out to the three-point shooter,christian louboutin uk. When the shot was missed, Jordan turned again and ran down the rebound.</p><p>"I think whatever expectations we have for DJ are fair because I think he's capable of handling it," Del Negro said. "He just has to find a way to be consistent in a lot of ways. And that doesn't just mean scoring points or rebounding. It's just his consistent effort, his consistent attitude, being locked into the game and being able to learn on a daily basis so he can be more consistent."</p><p>But those missed free throws make him an easy target.</p><p>"Yeah, I'm aware of it, but I also work on it," Jordan said. "I could understand it if I just didn't work on my free-throw shooting and I'm just going out there and saying, 'I just hope they go in.' That's what people don't understand.</p><p>"They're like, 'You should work on your free-throw shooting.' What the [heck] you think I'm doing? That's why I think some people are idiots. … Do they think we really go out there &mdash,gucci sito ufficiale; me or or whoever — do you think we go out there and just try to miss them?"</p><p>For all of his inconsistency, the 6-foot-11, 265-pound Jordan is viewed around the as an athletic marvel.</p><p>Other coaches note the development in his game,burberry sito ufficiale, in his low-post skills, in his ability to use either hand now to score.</p><p>"I just wonder what he did over the summer," Coach said. "When I started watching him at the beginning of the year, he's just different. He plays more confidently."</p><p>Said Coach : "I just see a gradual, steady maturity and growth."</p><p>When Jordan signed a four-year, $43-million contract before last season, the expectations for him changed. Fans, the media and even his coaches wanted more.</p><p>"I expect to help this team in any way," Jordan said. "Now, if I'm limited [in minutes], then I can't do much. But when I'm out there, I'm going to try to help this team. If I'm on the bench, I'm going to cheer on my teammates. That's the only thing that I can do."</p><p></p><p>Twitter: </p> </div>
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