December 7, 1942 justified war with Japan. Germany declared war on the US on December 8(?), a huge blunder on their part as the US had no politically absolute reason -- at that point -- to fight the war in Europe.
Rosa Parks was a secretary for the NAACP in Montgomery and was solicited as a test case to bring about changes to Montgomery's bus system after the original test case was found to be pregnant with a married man's child.
She may have been tired, but she was also part of a planned legal challenge.
In what language do you think "SELECT * FROM foo where column=?" is written? It's not Java. It's not Perl. It's not PHP. It's one of those dreaded database languages.
I shudder at the thought of these prepared statements. You prevent SQL injection, like a stored procedure; you pass (typed) parameters as inputs, like a stored procedure; you get the benefits of a re-used execution plan, like a stored procedure. It's almost like a stored procedure, without being in the database where it can be tuned for performance, updated as the schema changes without recompiling the application, etc.
I believe that when Disney bought Pixar, Mr Jobs became a very prominent shareholder in Disney. He didn't usurp the board, he became a member.
I doubt the merger would have been agreed upon without this sort of stipulation, in either case.
Have you ever been to Texas? There's easily enough empty land that no one is using for this to be suitable.
And if there's no electricity in SoCal, move somewhere else. Do you like the climate enough to live in candle light at night?
Most beat officers don't take suspects to jail. They call a car from the district who picks up the suspect for processing. It gives another witness to the event and taking a beat officer off the road leaves a large gap in the police presence.
You can always tell when there is real trouble by the number of cars. 1 police vehicle is normally a citation; 2+ vehicles is generally an arrest of one sort or another.
Tunguska was supposed to be about 10 megatons, recently downgraded to more like 5. We've had nuclear tests way bigger than that. None of them noticeably dimmed the planet. None of those tests were massive rocks slamming into the surface, either. Tunguska gets likened to a nuclear explosion because, like nuclear bombs, it air-burst.
Corporations were invented to serve the public. Huh? Corporations were invented [by rich fsckers] to form an 'entity' to make money. Period. Corporations were invented to shield investors from personal liability. Period.
The state has one of the strongest and faster growing economies of the USA.
As indicated by what? The governors of the Rust Belt? Hyundai, Mercedes and Honda all built plants in the state and then expanded; Kia is building 10 miles across the Chattahoochee. Various suppliers also build in the area.
There's some huge airplane manufacturing plant going up north of Mobile, if memory serves. And all the tanks getting refurbished at Anniston Army Depot, not to mention chemical weapon disposal. And Marshall Space Flight Center serves as the intellectual/engineering star of the state.
The mayor of Birmingham is doing his best to have everyone leave Jefferson County though by raising taxes and business license fees chasing his "domed stadium" pipe dream. The city is hemorrhaging people into the surrounding counties.
The whole system fucking sucks. Why exactly is the radio spectrum even up for auction? There fixed that for you. Gotta love our government, selling the people's property.
As a resident of Alabama, I take offense to that statement. I'd like to know where this 'free money' comes from and where to get it. Alabama works hard at being the 48th/49th worst state in the Union, damn hard.
Same way they did it 100 years ago. In fact, it'll probably be easier. I believe the voter turnout is reduced now -- owing to many factors including lethargy -- than it was at the turn of the previous century.
Basically, Roosevelt wanted to enter the war, as back then they were providing stuff to both sides, the problem was the public opinion was against war. The Germans did start it. Hitler calculated that Japan would move against the USSR from its positions in Manchuria if Germany declared war on the US. FDR had no avenue into the war in Europe without Germany's declaration, regardless of the situation in the Pacific.
Because the government is not mommy and daddy. Government brought the corporation into this world, and government can take it out just as quickly.
As far as power generation goes, I'm sure the power companies want to bring clean, cheap power to its customers. However, NIMBY takes over when new generation schemes are being devised.
From what I can recall, utilities across the country (world?) were building nuclear power stations until Chernobyl & TMI.
It has the ability to order no such thing. UN authorization of force is nothing more than a "the world agrees with you" stamp on any military incursion a member state wishes to undertake.
The UN has no troops. All troops come from member countries. The member countries have to want to take action, or nothing will happen.
Which of these would you still defend? If not all, which ones and why not? None of the examples you cited are similar to the Sino-Tibetan issue.
1. The British East India Company didn't set out to re-assimilate a previous province of England by creating the British Raj; they sought goods for trade and the expansion of power of the Crown.
2. The Soviets didn't want to return the Eastern Bloc to Russia. Ever since Napoleon and perhaps previously, Russia wanted a (larger) buffer between herself and European powers who constantly invaded her traditional territory.
3. I can't speak intelligently about Belgian intentions in the Congo, I'd wager the diamond and gold mines had more to do with it than anything.
4. The United States gained the Philippines, a Spanish colony, after defeating Spain in a war. No manifest destiny there, just a transfer of stewardship.
Now, in the Sino-Tibetan case, the Chinese actually think Tibet is part of historical China. A lot of the world is inclined to agree, partially because various Chinese dynasties have exerted control -- and allowed a certain amount of autonomy that the PRC hasn't been inclined to grant -- over the territory, and partially because fighting a war on the roof of the world isn't feasible.
Federal judges are appointed to lifetime posts by the POTUS with confirmation of the Senate: they're not elected.
Judges should have no external influences affecting their decisions, in theory. Obviously personal world-view factors in, as should current precedent.
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There's an old saying: "Bears make money; bulls make money; sheep get killed."
Still applies today.
Surely this has nothing to do with Google Voice being rejected from the App Store.
No national politician bats 1.000 in elections. They're all losers, but not simply because they've failed to be elected.
I've waited longer than that due to weather...
I don't mind waiting for weather, which no one can control. I do mind waiting for security theatrics, which the government can control.
December 7, 1942 justified war with Japan. Germany declared war on the US on December 8(?), a huge blunder on their part as the US had no politically absolute reason -- at that point -- to fight the war in Europe.
Rosa Parks was a secretary for the NAACP in Montgomery and was solicited as a test case to bring about changes to Montgomery's bus system after the original test case was found to be pregnant with a married man's child.
She may have been tired, but she was also part of a planned legal challenge.
In what language do you think "SELECT * FROM foo where column=?" is written? It's not Java. It's not Perl. It's not PHP. It's one of those dreaded database languages.
I shudder at the thought of these prepared statements. You prevent SQL injection, like a stored procedure; you pass (typed) parameters as inputs, like a stored procedure; you get the benefits of a re-used execution plan, like a stored procedure. It's almost like a stored procedure, without being in the database where it can be tuned for performance, updated as the schema changes without recompiling the application, etc.
I believe that when Disney bought Pixar, Mr Jobs became a very prominent shareholder in Disney. He didn't usurp the board, he became a member. I doubt the merger would have been agreed upon without this sort of stipulation, in either case.
Have you ever been to Texas? There's easily enough empty land that no one is using for this to be suitable. And if there's no electricity in SoCal, move somewhere else. Do you like the climate enough to live in candle light at night?
From what I remember it was more along the lines of OS, Office and Internet. The Bush DoJ canned the idea.
Most beat officers don't take suspects to jail. They call a car from the district who picks up the suspect for processing. It gives another witness to the event and taking a beat officer off the road leaves a large gap in the police presence.
You can always tell when there is real trouble by the number of cars. 1 police vehicle is normally a citation; 2+ vehicles is generally an arrest of one sort or another.
You forgot Huntsville, an area with one the highest PhD per capita rates in the country.
There's some huge airplane manufacturing plant going up north of Mobile, if memory serves. And all the tanks getting refurbished at Anniston Army Depot, not to mention chemical weapon disposal. And Marshall Space Flight Center serves as the intellectual/engineering star of the state.
The mayor of Birmingham is doing his best to have everyone leave Jefferson County though by raising taxes and business license fees chasing his "domed stadium" pipe dream. The city is hemorrhaging people into the surrounding counties.
As a resident of Alabama, I take offense to that statement. I'd like to know where this 'free money' comes from and where to get it. Alabama works hard at being the 48th/49th worst state in the Union, damn hard.
Same way they did it 100 years ago. In fact, it'll probably be easier. I believe the voter turnout is reduced now -- owing to many factors including lethargy -- than it was at the turn of the previous century.
The USAF's SR-71 used to super-cruise at over 100,000ft. It's been retired for years now, however.
It has the ability to order no such thing. UN authorization of force is nothing more than a "the world agrees with you" stamp on any military incursion a member state wishes to undertake. The UN has no troops. All troops come from member countries. The member countries have to want to take action, or nothing will happen.
1. The British East India Company didn't set out to re-assimilate a previous province of England by creating the British Raj; they sought goods for trade and the expansion of power of the Crown.
2. The Soviets didn't want to return the Eastern Bloc to Russia. Ever since Napoleon and perhaps previously, Russia wanted a (larger) buffer between herself and European powers who constantly invaded her traditional territory.
3. I can't speak intelligently about Belgian intentions in the Congo, I'd wager the diamond and gold mines had more to do with it than anything.
4. The United States gained the Philippines, a Spanish colony, after defeating Spain in a war. No manifest destiny there, just a transfer of stewardship.
Now, in the Sino-Tibetan case, the Chinese actually think Tibet is part of historical China. A lot of the world is inclined to agree, partially because various Chinese dynasties have exerted control -- and allowed a certain amount of autonomy that the PRC hasn't been inclined to grant -- over the territory, and partially because fighting a war on the roof of the world isn't feasible.
Federal judges are appointed to lifetime posts by the POTUS with confirmation of the Senate: they're not elected. Judges should have no external influences affecting their decisions, in theory. Obviously personal world-view factors in, as should current precedent.