They are not making a fuss about non-religious employees having access to birth control. They are making a fuss about having to pay out of their own pocket for something that they believe is not good and contradicts their faith.
Also, if you look at where that "98%" came from, its total BS. There are indeed a great many still faithful in the U.S. You should be careful about calling someone whom you don't understand an idiot. It might be just that they see things in a different way than you. And they might not be alone.
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made on or over Comcast's High-Speed Internet service. It never says that the particular copyright owner in question has the rights on this particular copyright. it only says that a copyright owner claims that somebody's copyright has been violated.
Science and logic do not always point to truth. People once believed that the earth is flat. It was the logical assumption because the earth looks flat. If you had a better theory you were called a heretic and were probably killed. Today, if you have a better theory, you can publish in a journal and be completely ignored. There are perfectly sound arguments that have potential to defeat this "theory", but nobody who works on them get enough funding. Thus the "fact" of global warming remains in the heads of the uneducated people. Don't get me wrong, I can not say that global warming is not a fact, but i can say that, due to these political pressures, there is no valid reason to so whole heartedly believe in it at this time.
oh! and only through willful ignorance do people continue to ignore the rigorous political methodology.
Tell one recruiter that you are not interested, but you know some people who might be interested. Then give them the numbers for all of the other recruiters.
Georgia institute of Technology is playing around with some robotics (made by Microsoft:( ) for their introduction to Computer Science class. These robots will probably be simple enough for your class, but more advanced than legos. while I hate (really hate) to be an add for Microsoft, here are the links to the info
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jul0 6/07-12PersonalRobotsEducationPR.mspxhttp://www.roboteducation.org/
this program is just starting up, but you should keep an eye on it. If microsoft doesn't screw this up, then this will probibly be helpful to you.
as far as cheep goes, i can't tell you how good this will be. (crazy thought) you might be able to contact m$ and they may be interested in starting something like this in the high schools. so they might have money set aside just for that. you might get lucky. I doubt it, but you might. there is no harm in trying.
good luck, i hope this helps.
I think that it is refreshing to see the giant benefit the economy a little bit, but i am not fooled about why they do it. They do it to gain a little public respect (which they do admittedly need). do you not find it odd that Gates has moved to become this lovable character right when vista came out? Yes, I too think that it is nice that Microsoft is giving to the poor, but they should not be doing it in this manner. They should not blow a horn before they give to charity so that everyone knows. If Microsoft was more interested in giving to the poor than selling an image they would have been quietly giving sizable amounts well before vista was published.
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They are not making a fuss about non-religious employees having access to birth control. They are making a fuss about having to pay out of their own pocket for something that they believe is not good and contradicts their faith. Also, if you look at where that "98%" came from, its total BS. There are indeed a great many still faithful in the U.S. You should be careful about calling someone whom you don't understand an idiot. It might be just that they see things in a different way than you. And they might not be alone.
a misdemeanor has a max fine of 5000$. So... spoofing your name must be a FELONY!? Seems a little harsh to me.
Science and logic do not always point to truth. People once believed that the earth is flat. It was the logical assumption because the earth looks flat. If you had a better theory you were called a heretic and were probably killed. Today, if you have a better theory, you can publish in a journal and be completely ignored. There are perfectly sound arguments that have potential to defeat this "theory", but nobody who works on them get enough funding. Thus the "fact" of global warming remains in the heads of the uneducated people. Don't get me wrong, I can not say that global warming is not a fact, but i can say that, due to these political pressures, there is no valid reason to so whole heartedly believe in it at this time. oh! and only through willful ignorance do people continue to ignore the rigorous political methodology.
Tell one recruiter that you are not interested, but you know some people who might be interested. Then give them the numbers for all of the other recruiters.
Georgia institute of Technology is playing around with some robotics (made by Microsoft :( ) for their introduction to Computer Science class. These robots will probably be simple enough for your class, but more advanced than legos. while I hate (really hate) to be an add for Microsoft, here are the links to the info
http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/jul0 6/07-12PersonalRobotsEducationPR.mspx
http://www.roboteducation.org/
this program is just starting up, but you should keep an eye on it. If microsoft doesn't screw this up, then this will probibly be helpful to you.
as far as cheep goes, i can't tell you how good this will be. (crazy thought) you might be able to contact m$ and they may be interested in starting something like this in the high schools. so they might have money set aside just for that. you might get lucky. I doubt it, but you might. there is no harm in trying.
good luck, i hope this helps.
I think that it is refreshing to see the giant benefit the economy a little bit, but i am not fooled about why they do it. They do it to gain a little public respect (which they do admittedly need). do you not find it odd that Gates has moved to become this lovable character right when vista came out? Yes, I too think that it is nice that Microsoft is giving to the poor, but they should not be doing it in this manner. They should not blow a horn before they give to charity so that everyone knows. If Microsoft was more interested in giving to the poor than selling an image they would have been quietly giving sizable amounts well before vista was published.