I maj 2001 udnævnte præsident George Bush Miguel Estrada til en central føderal appeldomstol position.The ret meget indflydelse, og i vidt omfang opfattes som et springbræt til Højesteret. Han modtog en enstemmig \ "velkvalificerede \" rating fra American Bar Association.
Demokratiske senatorer imod indstillingen, at bemærke, Estrada's manglende forudgående retslig erfaring på det lokale, statslige eller føderale niveau. Demokratiske senatorer også indsigelse mod afvisning af Kontoret for Solicitor General at frigive prøver af Estrada's skrifter, mens beskæftiget der. Republikanere, imidlertid meddelt, at Den Demokratiske bekymringer var faktisk bare et forsøg på at benægte Estrada et kredsløb ret plads på grund af hans conservatism.Undaunted af oppositionen, Bush havde en anden strategi.
Et kig bag kulisserne ville afsløre en FCC gennemgang af en $ 2.4 billion fusion mellem Univision, landets største spansktalende tv-net og Clear Channel, en førende ejer af spansktalende radiostationer. Det var på ingen tilfældighed, at begge selskaber var ejet af hvide, mandlige, republikanere, der var trofaste Bush-tilhængere. Modstandere af fusionen sagde, at det sammenlagte selskab vil kontrollere 70 procent af de spansktalende tv-net og radiostationer. Gode nyheder for Bush, som så kunne mobilisere deres Gunst at fremme udnævnelsen af Miguel Estrada.
Så, New Jersey demokrat, Bob Menendez og New York State Senator Efrain Gonzalez, brechen mod fusionen. Gonzalez ledes lidt kendt organ kaldet The National Hispanic Policy Institute. Han lagde trykte annoncer i Capitol Hill publikationer opladning, at fusionen ville skabe en ustoppelig progression i de spansktalende medier, der ville drive alle andre grupper såsom den spanske Broadcasting System. Bob Menendez var lige så skinger.
Han var det eneste medlem af den spansktalende Caucus at gå offentligt med beskyldninger om, at Univision havde blokeret Demokrater og deres klager over Estrada nominering. Flere andre House Demokrater støttede Menendez's klage, men nægtede at registrere deres charges.On September 4, 2003, trak Miguel Estrada sit navn fra den kandidatliste, som en føderal dommer. En hvirvel af kontroverser omkring ham, herunder en sjældent påberåbes filibuster af den demokratiske opposition. Man kunne overveje sagen afsluttet.
Men, den 8. september 2006, var senator Robert Menendez henført under undersøgelse for angiveligt at indsamle leje fra en organisation, der ledes af en politisk supporter, for hvem han sikret midler gennem et føderalt øremærke. Og kun få dage før, at det var staten New York Senator Efrain Gonzalez tiltalt den 25. august 2006 om gebyrer, at han svigagtigt tog $ 37.000 fra et fællesskab organisation for Yankees billetter, et caribisk opholds-og beklædning.
Alle gebyrer er endnu ikke dokumenteret. Nogle spekulerer, at Bush havde udløst hans \ "hund af krig. \" Rover, minus R, dvs Karl Rove. Det stadig trofaste adjudant muligvis spillet en hævngerrig hånd i lukningen af både Menendez og Gonzalez. Bush kan ikke lide at tabe. Sagen mod Menendez fandt ham uskyldig i strafferetlige anklager. Sagen mod Gonzalez har bevæget sig i sneglefart. Forudsigelser af en retssag dato varierer fra oktober til januar, 2009. Anklagemyndigheden mangler beviser.
Stay tuned og nøje. Meget opmærksomme .........
Indsendt af Rafael Martinez Alequín kl 5:16
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Obesity
Obesity is when a person is carrying too much body fat for their height and sex. A person is considered obese if they have a Body Mass Index (BMI) - weight in kilograms divided by their height in meters squared - of 30 or greater. Obesity can happen when you eat more calories than you burn off over a period of time.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.
The rate at which you burn off calories from food and drink is known as your metabolic rate. This is often faster during growth spurts and puberty, but reaches a fairly steady rate by adulthood.
People who are very active generally have a higher metabolic rate than those who are inactive because they burn off calories faster through energetic activity. For example, a labourer working on a building site may need as many as 4,000-5,000 calories a day to keep an even weight. In contrast, an office worker who uses a car to get to work, and does not exercise, may only need 1,500 calories a day.
If the amount of calories provided by your daily food intake is more than the calories that you burn off, your body will store the extra energy as fat. This is the body's way of protecting itself in case of starvation. However, starvation in developed countries is extremely rare, and this insurance against 'hard times' is hardly ever needed.
Most of us have more food than we need, and much of it is higher in calories than the human body was originally designed to cope with. Fast foods, high calorie snacks, and large portions all mean it is easy to take in more energy than we need. Obesity has now become one of the most serious medical problems of the western world.