| Consider relationships in sex predatory registry
This letter is in response to the newspaper articles and news reports about the prison overcrowding and the sexual predator registry.Between the years of 2002 and 2006 (2007 statistics have not come out yet), there have been 299 statutory rape arrests in Idaho, which, in most cases, are young men between 18 and 21 that have had consensual sex and are given a felony record and placed on the state's sexual registry to face the same public stigma as a dangerous sexual predator. The age of consent in Idaho is 16 for girls so she can get birth control without permission, but she is considered a child (boy or girl before puberty) in Idaho if she has sex with a young man 18 or older.Idaho needs to consider the Romeo and Juliet Law that a few states have adopted so that teenagers in a relationship and no more than three to five years age difference are not prosecuted.
Markets still shaky
TOP Wall Street executives say the economic turmoil that gripped stock markets last week will continue as the United States slides closer to a recession. Last week's global stock market rollercoaster ride, which saw Tuesday's 7 per cent fall recouped by the end of the week, is forecast to continue, with the Australian stock market tipped to open down tomorrow. The US markets fell again on Friday in a volatile session as recession worries offset good company profits. Merrill Lynch chief executive John Thain warned the US economic outlook would get worse before it got better. Share this article What is this? .
Emerson's friends recall 'that big heart of hers'
The day before she set out for her fateful hike, Meredith Emerson added another trifle to her Amazon.com wish list. This electronic keyhole to modern life gives hints of the 24-year-old's myriad interests. A "Harry Potter" book translated into French. A set of "Sex and the City" videos. A treatise on the power of Christianity. The ideas offered to those shopping for her came with this thoughtful tip: "If you want to buy me a book and can find a used one in good condition, more power to you! Save the money and the tree." As she typed away, adding some environmentally friendly power strips for her computer gear, she sat in the Spartan apartment she shared with a friend from the University of Georgia. The distinguishing features of the place were all about Emerson, said Julia Karrenbauer, her roommate in the Buford apartment.
China tops India again
This kind of fabricated rumor, which wildly spread in the US and india, has to stop. It's funny to see most people in America only attribute china's rapid economic ascent to solely cheap labor and totally ignore and intentionally not want to acknowledge Chinese people's intelligence. It's time to cut all the non-sense about cheap labor and acknowledge the Chinese people on ivy-league campuses and major academic institutions. We are intelligent, creative and innovative. We talk the talk and walk the walk. .
Property tax vote raises hopes for real estate
An owner of a $600,000 home now paying taxes on $300,000 would get the same 50 percent benefit when buying a less-expensive home. If moving into a $300,000 home, for example, that person would pay taxes on $150,000 β half the value of the $300,000 home purchased. Under the Save Our Homes cap, taxable value of primary homes can't rise more than 3 percent annually, which is why most Florida homeowners don't pay taxes on the full value of their homes. As of now, many people feel trapped in their homes because if they move they'll lose that protection and their taxes will go up. If they're not moving, they're not selling β and they're not buying. βIt will free up a lot of people. What that number is, I don't have that number at my fingertips," Hughes said. Nobody seems to have that number.
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