earnings from each of those seven years will go towards taxes, helping the track owners achieve a higher annual profit in the short term.The race track earmark wasn't in the House bill that got shot down last week, but was added by Senator Schumer to the 450-page bill, along with a number of other earmarks by other senators, to attract a few more Yes votes when the bill returned to the House of Representatives. It must have worked, as the House passed the bill today by a vote of 263-171 and it was signed into law by President Bush this afternoon. We feel rescued already.[Source: Miami Heraldthis is an editorial not a analytical paper, so I’m just going to mind-blurt.

In Nepal women are disadvantaged when it comes to work, education, health, and property.

There are approximately half a million children out of school, more than 60% of them female. 34.9% of females in the country are literate, in contrast to 62.7% of males. (2001 Census).

A report from the National Women Commission (NWC) showed that only 0.78% of houses in 68 of the 75 districts were legally owned by women – about 3 houses in every 500, 5.25% had land ownership certificates and 16% of women had a regular income. 8% of the civil-service and private sector is made up of women.

Nepali women seem to do ALL the work around home, especially in the villages where