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Washington (CNN) — The House of Representatives on Tuesday gave final approval to a nearly $59 billion emergency spending bill, the bulk of which would go toward the U.S. troop buildup in Afghanistan.

Specifically, the bill includes almost $33 billion for Afghanistan, along with over $5 billion for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, almost $3 billion for Haiti relief programs and $68 million for the oil disaster response in the Gulf of Mexico.

It now goes to the president for his signature.

The Senate passed the measure last week after stripping out more than $20 billion for domestic priorities favored by many Democrats.

Top Democrats struggled to maintain support for the bill among more liberal House members, who have increasingly turned against the Afghan war effort and are upset about the loss of funding for programs designed to prevent teacher layoffs, among other things.

Rep. David Obey, D-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, slammed the Senate for stripping domestic funding from the bill, including funding for teachers and other forms of education funding.

Obey said he opposed the emergency funding bill because of questions over the prospects for success in Afghanistan.

“The Afghan government has not demonstrated the focused determination, reliability and judgment necessary to bring this effort to a rational and successful conclusion,” he said.

The federal government has “appropriated over $1 trillion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to date, more than $700 billion to Iraq and $300 billion for Afghanistan,” Obey noted.

“To those who say we must pay it because we’re going after al Qaeda, I would note that Afghanistan is where al Qaeda used to be,” he said. “Today, there are fewer than 100 al Qaeda in Afghanistan, which was publicly confirmed last month by CIA chief (Leon) Panetta. Al Qaeda has relocated to other countries and regions.”

Rep. Jim McGovern, D-Massachusetts, called the Afghanistan war policy “deeply flawed.”

“Occupying Afghanistan in support of a corrupt and incompetent government will continue to claim the lives of our soldiers,” McGovern said. “It will continue to bankrupt us, and it will not enhance our national security. … It is a mistake to give this administration yet another blank check for this war.”

Also Tuesday, the House defeated a non-binding resolution that called for the withdrawal of all U.S. military personnel from Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan. Currently, the United States has more than 200 armed service members in Pakistan.

Fueling liberal discontent with the war effort was Sunday’s release by the whistle-blower website WikiLeaks of roughly 76,000 U.S. military and diplomatic reports about Afghanistan filed from 2004 to January 2010.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that he is “concerned about the disclosure of sensitive information,” but insisted the documents don’t shed much new light on the war effort. A number of critics, however, insist the documents back their assertion that the war effort is foundering in part due to unreliable allies in the Afghan and Pakistani governments.

House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, asserted Tuesday that the document leak would not affect the House vote. He noted that funding of U.S. troops in Afghanistan will run out early next month, and said Congress needed to ensure they have the necessary supplies.

“The fact is those troops are there now, and money to fund those troops … will be depleted as of the seventh of August,” Hoyer said. “So whatever we decide on policy in the longer term does not, in my opinion, affect our obligation today to make sure that the troops, as long as they are there, have the resources they need.”

CNN’s Alan Silverleib, Deirdre Walsh and Craig Broffman contributed to this report

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Washington (CNN) — President Barack Obama wrapped up a two-state campaign swing Friday, stumping for embattled Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid while talking up the economy in a speech at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas.

Reid’s “a fighter, and you should never bet against him,” Obama said in his prepared remarks. “And that’s just what we need right now. We need someone who’s going to fight for the people of Nevada and for the American people.”

“Harry and I are going to keep on fighting,” Obama said. “Until wages and incomes are rising again, businesses are hiring again, and Americans are headed back to work again. Until we not only recover from this recession, but rebuild our economy stronger than before.”

Reid slammed Senate Republicans for being “the party of no,” claiming he’s only been able to work with a dwindling handful of GOP moderates. “They’re betting on failure,” he said.

Nevada currently has the highest state unemployment rate in the nation at 14 percent, adding to Reid’s tough reelection fight this year against GOP nominee Sharron Angle. At a rally on Thursday. Obama ripped into Angle, alleging among other things that she wants to phase out Medicare and Social Security along with federal education funding.

Obama also attacked Angle for recently calling BP’s Gulf compensation fund a “slush fund” during a radio interview on Wednesday. Angle retreated from her comments on Thursday, saying she shouldn’t have used the term “slush fund” and asserting that she supported the fund.

Nevada is the second stop on a campaign tour also brought the “campaigner-in-chief” to the Midwest this week to help out another Democratic Senate candidate — Missouri Secretary of State Robin Carnahan.

Carnahan will most likely face off in November against seven-term Republican Rep. Roy Blunt, in a battle between two of the most famous political families in Missouri. Both candidates are fighting to succeed Republican Sen. Kit Bond, who is not running for re-election this year. The race is one of the few where the Democrats have a chance to pick up a GOP held seat.

Obama’s visit was his fourth to Missouri since losing the state in the 2008 presidential election to Sen. John McCain by less than 4,000 votes.

In March, Republicans pounced on Carnahan when she didn’t attend an Obama health care reform event in her state, saying she was trying to keep her distance from the president. Carnahan’s campaign said she was in the Washington, D.C. for a conference as part of her duties as secretary of state. Carnahan did team up with Obama when he came back to Missouri a month later to hold an event on the economy.

“Presidential visits are a double-edged sword. They raise money for Democratic candidates and energize Democratic voters, but they give Republicans plenty of ammo and interject Obama into every contest,” says Stuart Rothenberg, publisher and editor of the nonpartisan Rothenberg Political Report.

Following his stop over in Missouri, the president headed west to Las Vegas.

CNN’s Alan Silverleib and Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.

Obama talks economy in Las Vegas

Washington (CNN) — The day after official Father’s Day festivities, President Obama used his bully pulpit to stress the importance of responsible parenting at events in Washington.

The commander in chief, or perhaps father in chief, said Monday that, “without hesitation, the most challenging, most fulfilling, most important job I will have during my time on this Earth is to be Sasha and Malia’s father.”

Obama marks Father’s Day with launch of mentoring program

On Father’s Day 2008, Obama took a more pointed tone when delivering a controversial speech on fatherhood. Before a predominantly African-American audience, then-candidate Obama chastised absentee fathers, specifically addressing black men in the community, saying, “We need fathers to realize that responsibility does not end at conception. …Too many fathers are MIA, too many fathers are AWOL, missing from too many lives and too many homes. They have abandoned their responsibilities, acting like boys instead of men.”

Obama continues to talk openly about being abandoned by his father as a child. During my interview with him in July 2008, the candidate unleashed the kind of raw emotion, insight and color we rarely see from him today as president.

Video: Obama: ‘Be a good father’

Here is our conversation:

Suzanne Malveaux: Your father was largely absent, how did that impact you?

Barack Obama: Well, you know, I think it had a profound impact except, you know, more as an object lesson of what it’s like growing up without a father in the house.

My father had a reputation of being this larger than life figure: charismatic, very smart and very engaging. And all of those things were true. He was part of that first generation of Africans who moved West to get an education and intended to bring it back to develop their country. And he made a great impression on people, but he also was a tragic figure not only because he didn’t stay with my mother and me, but he generally had trouble providing stability for his other children and his subsequent wives. And he was somebody who was incredibly brilliant, but also because of the tensions from leaping from a small African village to Harvard and being part of this modern world, he never resolved those tensions.

He fought, when he got back to Kenya, against tribalism and nepotism, but was ultimately consumed by it and blackballed from the government, ended up having a serious drinking problem, was in a severe car accident and ended up dying a tragic and bitter man.

So when I think about his impact on me there are some superficial things. He went to take me, when I was 10 years old, to see a jazz concert, and I became a real jazz buff after that. He gave me my first basketball, and it was only later that I realized that that had been the case and might have been part of the reason why I became so obsessed with playing basketball. But for the most part what I understood from him was an absence, and I vowed that when I became a father one of the most important things that I could is be a presence in my children’s lives.

Malveaux: That visit when you were 10 years old at that time — was there anything in your 10-year-old mind that you thought you could do to get him to stay?

Obama: No, I don’t think that’s how 10-year-olds think. If you’ve got this person that suddenly shows up and says, “I’m your father and I’m going to tell you what to do,” and you don’t have any sense of who this person is and you don’t necessarily have a deep bond of trust with him. I don’t think your reaction is how do I get him to stay? I think the reaction may be, what’s this guy doing here? And who does he think he is?

So it was only during the course of that month, by the end of that month that I started to open myself up to understanding who he was, but then he was gone. I never saw him again. That was the last time I saw him. He would write to me occasionally. He wrote me letters, and we would talk on the phone intermittently, but it was not until I traveled to Kenya and heard from relatives of who he had been and the story that he had lived that I think that I fully was able to understand him and obviously in some ways understand myself.

Malveaux: You said, “Every man is trying to live up to his father’s expectations or make up for his mistakes and in my case both may be true.” Can you explain?

Obama: If you don’t have a father there, it means you’re always grappling against this image that you don’t fully understand. If you have a father in the house, you’re going to have arguments; there are going to be tensions, you’re going to see his flaws but also see his good qualities, and so there’s something very concrete against which you can learn from and match up to.

In my case, you had this person who was almost a myth in our family about how smart he was, about how well he did in school, how well-spoken he was and so forth. So that was something to live up to — high expectations.

On the other hand, here’s somebody who wasn’t there and that I would come to learn was an alcoholic and somebody who had not treated his family well. So that was something that you felt that you had to make up for. And I think that certainly in the early part of my life grappling with that legacy was part of who I was and is still part of who I am.

Obama more emotional on fatherhood in 2008

(CNN) — Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, who will develop a long-term plan for the restoration of the states affected by the massive oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico, is a former governor of Mississippi whom the White House has called a proven leader.

The 61-year-old Mabus was selected by President Obama on Tuesday to help draw up the government’s plan for recovery efforts in conjunction with officials in the Gulf Coast states.

“The plan will be designed by states, local communities, tribes, fishermen, businesses, conservationists, and other Gulf residents. And BP will pay for the impact this spill has had on the region,” Obama said in a nationwide address from the Oval Office.

Last year when Mabus was selected to lead the Navy, the Obama administration released a statement that said: “The president nominated Governor Mabus to be secretary of the Navy because he has the proven leadership and experience our nation needs to serve in this important position.”

Video: Obama’s plan to battle disaster

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Video: Another oil disaster?

Video: Oil execs taken to task over safety

Mabus was born and raised in Mississippi, attending college at the University of Mississippi. He earned a master’s degree at Johns Hopkins University before enlisting in the Navy near the end of the Vietnam War. He served as a surface warfare officer on the USS Little Rock in 1971 and 1972. After the Navy he attended Harvard Law School.

The Democrat was elected to office for the first time in 1983, becoming Mississippi’s state auditor. Five years later, Mabus became governor at age 39, the youngest state leader in the nation at the time, according to the Mississippi Historical Society.

Mabus was named one of Fortune magazine’s Top 10 education governors in 1990, according to his biography on National Governors Association website. He was defeated in his re-election bid by Kirk Fordice.

In 1994, Mabus was appointed by then-President Bill Clinton as the ambassador to Saudi Arabia where he served for two years before returning to Mississippi to become a businessman.

His divorce in 2000 made national headlines because it involved secret recordings of conversations with an Episcopal priest and his first wife, Julie Hines. During the recordings, she revealed an affair, and the tapes helped Mabus win legal custody of the couple’s two daughters, according to the New York Times. They share physical custody.

Hines sued the priest and the church, citing privacy rights, but the suit was dismissed in 2006, the Times reported.

Mabus led Foamex, a maker of cushion products, out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2007, according to his biography on the Defense department’s website.

He was chosen by Obama to be Secretary of the Navy in May 2009.

Recovery head has business, government background

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Before I neglect this with all that may be proceeding on, I came throughout a different resource in town when I had been talking my certification examination last week (or was it the week prior to?).  I used to be hunting on-line for a spot to consider my experiment when the “PC ProSchools” link arrived up for a possible check internet site.  It turns out it truly is actually close to me (I-96 and East Beltline) and is quite new (as well new for Google Maps – about a calendar year aged).

I thought I knew of a lot of the Microsoft instruction facilities in town and had by no means discovered of them.  I obtained to my examination about 15 minutes early and they were fully booked so I started off asking about their applications and reading through a number of their substance.  I ended up receiving a tour from the amenities and programs by a guy named Richard Fera (who was truly useful).

They had an excellent training lab (room for 50 at brand new machines, dual projectors, dual stations inside back again of the room for much more trainers (three trainers offered in a full school)).  They had an open lab and what looked like a server room / wiring closet (which turned out to become an “advanced lab” area).  Their focus is for the infrastructure side (i.e. the MCSE route) on obtaining the servers up and working and all varieties of troubleshooting.  They usually do not provide plans for software program improvement (i.e. the MCPD route).  So they had by no means observed of the examination I used to be getting but it was quite clear that their testing lab received really a tad of use.

They may be a Microsoft Platinum Partner provider for coaching (which says a lot about volume, graduation price, certification fee, and placement fee (>70%)).  It really is an exciting product because they run it sort of like a thing among a technical trainer (i.e. delivering a single class at a time) including a institution (full-blown multi-year system).  They present an intense one-year program which can be open to any high-school graduate who meets some fundamental requirements.  The courses are either M/W or T/Th (with a couple of Fridays thrown in for test-prep and labs) from 5:30-10:30, which can be really somewhat of function.  But from the conclusion you should have your MCSE.

Add to this that additionally they do placement and also have jobs looking for folks – positioned 48 in the lass category of 50.

Reading through this post it sounds type of like an advertisement, however it really isn't.  I'd create about any new useful resource type, college, book, and so forth. that may just be valuable to persons performing what I do (or supported the servers I need to work on) and do that rather typically.  If I knew a person who was considering servers and hardware, and looking to get a career not having committing 2-4 a long time to college, this looks such as the kind of point you'd require to maintain you on record and get it carried out speedily.  It's an selection worth checking out at smallest.

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Careers in IT are predicted to boost at a charge of 36% around the up coming 10 several years

The IT field accounts for an estimated 25% on the projects developed from 2002 to the current day

Computer-related work are among the very best 20 fastest developing professions inside the United States. This number is predicted to raise far more than twice as quick as other occupations

It’s been noted that IT projects present the highest earnings of the many 20 most effective expanding professions.

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The U.S. Dept of Instruction National Center for Training Statistics tells us that a 4 365 days university track now usually takes 6 years which has a 57% graduation charge and also a two year community college/tech school now usually takes three a long time with an alarming 23% graduation rate. However, many of us never have that form of time to commence generating the money we ought to survive. And who desires to danger those odds of completing the plan? Our graduation prices are more than 80%.
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Computer ProSchools, a Microsoft Academy, is proud to announce its 1st graduating course of 2008. In 2007 above 300 IT Professionals graduated from Personal computer ProSchools' Aid Desk/MCSA plan.

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PR Log (Press Release) – Apr 18, 2008 – More than 150 graduates and their guests filed in to the Nation Inn & Suites in Brookfield, WI on the cool spring evening to celebrate a six month journey to becoming an IT specialist.

Last August, students in observe 183 began their journey at the Brookfield Campus of Laptop or computer ProSchools, a Microsoft IT Academy licensed by the Wisconsin Educational Approval Board and accredited by ACCET.   Observe 183 contained manufacturers, construction workers, secretaries, retail representatives and office workers. All committed to changing their lives and becoming  Assist Receptionist counter Analysts, Network Administrators or Laptop or computer Technicians to name just a couple of and on March 20, 2008 they were 1 phase closer.

The Commencement ceremony began having a Welcoming Address from Campus Director Laura Polancich. Polancich, whose primary responsibility at Desktop Pro Colleges is to provide employment placement companies was proud to congratulate the more than half in the graduating class that had previously secured a job inside the excessive paying IT marketplace and made a commitment to carry on assisting those people still searching. Next Vice President of Educational Providers, Kate Pelchat, presented an Executive Address and congratulated the class for their hard perform and dedication. Pelchat compared the graduates’ journey at Computer Pro Colleges to the CAT5 cable they had been given at their initial orientation highlighting the ups and downs and even the knots at times and shared a quote from Ernest Hemmingway that “It is good to have an conclusion to journey towards nevertheless it stands out as the journey itself that matters inside the conclusion.”

Lead Instructor Mick Brentar stood prior to the class for his final lecture, so to speak. He challenged them to carry on learning always and explained how proud he is to now call them colleagues within the IT Market.
The Keynote Address was delivered by Ricardo Monteen, a Support Workplace Manager at Manpower Corporation including a former graduate of Laptop or computer ProSchools from 1 calendar year ago. He chronicled his journey, sharing how different his life is now. It was a total circle moment for everyone as Monteen explained how he had just hired four Pc Pro Educational facilities graduates for his Assist Table team.

The mood was substantial as the evening concluded which includes a punch and cake reception wherever families, graduates and faculty shared memories; all knowing that the sum of a journey is a brand new perspective of home and for all that perspective is very different 6 months later.
Graduate Wendy Tokarz shared “Being able to graduate with my type and conquer such a challenging goal feels excellent. My family and friends are so proud of me. It’s just excellent!”

At the time of this publication, much less than 1 month later, over 75% of these graduates, including Tokarz have been offered IT positions and have begun enjoying the advantages of their new careers.

Pc Pro Educational institutions an ally in improving pc access among those with disabilities

Last Spring, New Horizons Un-Limited (NHU) had the good fortune of meeting Laura, the Campus Director of Laptop or computer Pro Schools’ Brookfield campus, at a Brew City HDI chapter meeting. At the meeting, NHU expressed a need to have for volunteer technicians to assist with their personal computer refurbishing and aid workplace activities. Seeing this opportunity like a solution to give again, whilst also supporting the career goals of her students, Laura easily recruited students to guide NHU.

More than this past 12 months, NHU has welcomed virtually a dozen Pc Pro Universities students as volunteers. Even though all on the student volunteers have had a solid technical foundation, numerous of them were lacking that all important pro knowledge to assist them win their dream employment.

What NHU offers in experience to the students is exceeded by what they, as volunteers, have contributed to NHU's program. They have expertly refurbished dozens of computer systems, which, in turn, have been donated to dozens of individuals with disabilities that would not have otherwise been able to afford a home personal computer.

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NHU's most recent group of volunteers will be graduating from Pc Pro Educational institutions in just weeks. It's NHU's hope that the expertise the students have received will help the students reach their profession goals.

NHU would like to extend a special thank you to Craig, Dan, Fred, Jim and Jonathan for their dedication to seeing that all individuals, no matter their revenue, may have admittance to a home computer system.

Computer ProSchools Unveils New Website
Cutting edge engineering illustrates a obvious picture of this state-of-art Microsoft IT Academy. Computer ProSchools, Inc. is excited to announce its new website located at www.pcproschools.edu.

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PR Log (Press Discharge) – Apr 23, 2008 – Since 1994 Pc ProSchools has been providing IT instruction inside Milwaukee spot. Around the many years, Personal computer ProSchools expanded operations opening campuses in Green Bay, WI and Madison, WI. In 2006 and 2007 the campuses in Grand Rapids, MI and Indianapolis, IN respectively opened. “As we grow we need to present a consistent brand image,” explains CEO James Brent. “When you enter a Starbucks, you immediately know wherever that you are because of the colors and décor and their promotional items and website carry this same sense and image.” 

Earlier this 12 months Pc ProSchools hired InovaOne, a full-service strategic consulting corporation specializing in creative design and production, media delivery and detailed outsourcing services located in Roswell, GA, to create a brand new branding concept. In addition towards website, InovaOne made a brand new logo, institution colors and promotional materials to present a consistent image at the five Personal computer ProSchools’ campuses located throughout the Mid-West.

“The objective of our new website is to provide prospective students while using the initial data so they are excited to acquire the future step and schedule a campus visit” shares Vice President of Marketing and Admission, Wendy Mirenda.  “When we earliest began speaking to InovaOne I had been impressed with how they used high-tech avenues to present their messages. Being a state-of-the art Microsoft IT Academy, I believed we should be carrying out that.”  And the new website does just that! www.pcproschools.edu offers interactive videos to highlight all that Computer ProSchools has to offer. In addition, a prospective student can test their own IT knowledge by means of the Computer system Knowledge Assessment or sign up to visit a campus suitable through the website.

Overall, the new website offers general details about Pc ProSchools, a series of student accomplishment stories shared directly from the students themselves inside a video testimonial format, Job Companies and IT Market Details tabs providing insight into how Pc ProSchools gives students that winning advantage from the speediest rising market inside US. Another added benefit may be the new Employers page in which IT managers and employers can uncover out a lot more and contact us directly to hire considered one of our graduates.

Personal computer ProSchools also switched towards .edu website address from the prior .com address. This address is exclusive to educational institutions, requiring evidence of your respective accredited status before even securing the full address. Immediately after achieving accreditation with ACCET last 365 days Laptop or computer ProSchools competent for this educational based address line. “We’re an accredited classes,” explains VP of Instruction, Kate Pelchat, “we need to be letting the general public know that by means of the use from the .edu address.” Visitors familiar with using the original website will now easily be redirected automatically towards the www.pcproschools.edu website.
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Delnor Wiggins State Park is a favorite spot for beach lovers around the country. It has been rated one of the best beaches in the nation, and will continue to do so for years to come, we think. You just need to look at the number of beach towels on the sand in high season to see how truly popular this place is.

The Delnor Wiggins State Park is a 166 acre piece of tropical paradise that shelters Water Turkey Bay from the Gulf. It is a topical paradise in the true sense of the word. Sugar white soft wand with the sea on one side and a mangrove swamp on the other, it is part of a barrier island just off the coast and at the mouth of the Cocohatchee river.

The park was named after a trader who used to operate in the area, Joe Wiggins, who was also the first homesteader on record. In the 1960’s the land was set aside as a park to preserve the islands, mangroves and natural habitat from development, and it’s still going strong to this day.

The unique ecosystem of the area supports itself and the area around it. The barrier island that the park sits on is 80% mangrove, which shelters the mainland from the worst of the gulf storms and protects the island from erosions thanks to the tight knot root system. This system also filters the water around it so it stays clean and clear, while the leaves of the mangroves provide sustenance for much of the wildlife around them.

This combination of factors makes the Delnor Wiggins State Park a great place for wildlife. There are birds aplenty, from seabirds, waders and the more adventurous land varieties. Then there are smaller mammals, reptiles, corals, fish and crustaceans. Not to mention sea turtles in the summer, who crawl laboriously up the beach at night to lay their eggs.

The beach itself is extremely popular in high season so it pays to get there early if you’re planning to lay a beach blanket and spend the day. The park opens every day of the year from 8am until sundown and is at its busiest during the summer months. If you’re a sun worshipper and like nothing better than laying down a beach blanket, spreading on some lotion and not moving for hours, this is the place for you. You can also swim, snorkel, sail, kayak and wander round the numerous paths around the mangroves if you feel more energetic.

Delnor Wiggins State Park is one of the many beaches around Naples, and one of the more popular. When you see it, you can see why. Seemingly endless swathes of white sand, calm azure waters of the gulf, high rise condos one end and Wiggins Pass at the other. It’s a great way to spend a day.

The taxicab gets its name from the “taximeter”  which was the instrument used to measure the distance and time a vehicle has traveled. Still in use today, in a slightly more sophisticated form than its original, which was invented in 1891.

Cab comes from the horse driven carriage called a cabriolet. These were used during the 19th and 20th centuries as taxis. Cabriolet is now a term used by some car manufacturers to describe convertibles. The carriage had a soft roof that could be folded down in good weather. The last cabriolet to be licensed was in 1946, then surrendered in 1947.

In Morocco smaller taxis are used for inner city runs and are metered for such. There are also larger taxis that are used for longer journeys outside the city. These can be shared between travelers and have been known to stop and pick up other passengers on the way. It’s a great way of meeting the locals or new people.

In 1999 241 million passengers traveled in New York taxis, amounting to a total revenue of over a billion dollars. The average number of fares the average cabbie gets in a 12 hour shift is around 30, with an average fare of $6. In that 12 hours, the average mileage for a cab is a mere 180 miles, much less if the taxi works a metropolitan area.

The first motorized taxis appeared in Paris, France in 1899, then made their way to London in 1903 then New York in 1907. Since then, petrol cabs have dominated the market to this day. There are slow moves toward more environmentally friendly methods of combustion such as bio-diesel, which is slowly gaining ground here in America. In California you can get a Prius taxi if you want to do your bit to save the world.

The two-way radio first appeared in taxis in the 1940’s. It allowed better co-ordination between drivers and their dispatchers, meaning a better service for the customer. Despite leaps in other technologies, the basic mechanics of the two-way remain the same. It is illegal in many states to operate a taxi while using a cell phone, but not to use the two-way radio.

Around 26% of taxicab license applications are from immigrants from Bangladesh, India or Pakistan. Only 10% of applications were made by American born people. This is a thorny issue and one we aren’t going to touch here, suffice to say it is the opinion of many passengers that the service has suffered because of this.

On the subject of demographics, in the 1960’s around 10% of taxi drivers were women, now it’s less than 1%. We don’t really know the reasons why, but it is something that should be evened out if possible. Women passengers would feel much safer with a woman driver, not necessarily because of the driving either.