Really? Care to share any parameters/ptemium? Is that with or without a subsidy? Plug in two 42 year olds each making $48k with two kids, and you get $11k a year, with no subsidy...the sa,me a billionaire woulf pay.
Affordable health care, as the fine print in the approved rate sheet linked to from NY Governor Cuomo's press release reveals, can mean annual premium of as much as $35k for a family of 3 (for a 'platinum' plan). So, Congress was no doubt relieved to learn last week that they won't be eating their own health care dogfood after all â" the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has decided to allow the government to subsidize coverage for its employees on the exchanges. If you're curious, plug your numbers into California's insurance cost calculator to get an idea of how you might fare!"
C'mon, this could be the poster child for Wikipedia's Misleading graph article.:-)
Other commenters pointed to the.css file, which contains a "min-width: 10%;" statement that adds to the distortion. Below the Leader Board, you'll note that even those nonprofits with essentially 0% of the vote have progress bars that suggest they have 10% of the vote. Guess it looks better than showing that pretty much nobody cared to vote for them (e.g., the Microsoft-backed STEM Education Coalition has 13 votes), and they're way out of contention.
Crediting an organization receiving just 46 out of 6,735 votes with 10% of the vote instead of 0.68% probably wouldn't receive a thumbs-up from data viz folks like Edward Tufte.
It's not clear whether the 'donations' are cash money, software,etc. BTW, not to dismiss $100K (split five ways), but that's less than what a Microsoft exec spends to put one kid through high school at Lakeside School (BillG's alma mater).
Hey, what are you worrying about? If you speak no evil, it'll hear no evil. And if a future upgrade leaves the camera on all the time, just make sure it sees no evil!:-)
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IBM Plans New Center in Iowa (2009): "The terms of the deal underscore how coveted new jobs are among the states at a time of rising unemployment. Iowa is paying up generously to attract the plant. Mike Blouin, president of Greater Dubuque Development Corp., said it is providing "a $55 million package." That includes an $11.7 million loan from the state that will be forgiven if IBM maintains the jobs for two years.Local community colleges will pay IBM $10 million for job training expenses for its employees. Under an Iowa program that he called unique, Mr. Blouin said the colleges sell bonds to finance the training expenses, and pay off the debt from the state income taxes generated by the trained IBM employees. In addition, the government will guarantee a $25 million loan to a local nonprofit group that will renovate the building, and lease it to IBM at what Mr. Blouin said was a "very low" rate. IBM will also receive tax credits and a 20-year tax abatement. In return, Mr. Blouin said IBM will create a $58 million a year payroll plus benefits and add to local spending."
MUD, PLATO and the dawn of MMORPGs: "Richard Bartle has been answering a reader's suggestion that MUD was not, in fact, the first online RPG and that the original multi-user games actually ran on the University of Illinois' PLATO system - generally regarded as the birthplace of the 'online community' concept."
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There are two simple reasons for this: usage of Google Island has declined, and as a company we're pouring all of our energy into fewer products. We think that kind of focus will make for a better user experience.
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Really? Care to share any parameters/ptemium? Is that with or without a subsidy? Plug in two 42 year olds each making $48k with two kids, and you get $11k a year, with no subsidy...the sa,me a billionaire woulf pay.
Affordable health care, as the fine print in the approved rate sheet linked to from NY Governor Cuomo's press release reveals, can mean annual premium of as much as $35k for a family of 3 (for a 'platinum' plan). So, Congress was no doubt relieved to learn last week that they won't be eating their own health care dogfood after all â" the U.S. Office of Personnel Management has decided to allow the government to subsidize coverage for its employees on the exchanges. If you're curious, plug your numbers into California's insurance cost calculator to get an idea of how you might fare!"
Fun with YouTube Doubler
Steve Jobs 'single-handedly' created the digital music market
C'mon, this could be the poster child for Wikipedia's Misleading graph article. :-)
Other commenters pointed to the .css file, which contains a "min-width: 10%;" statement that adds to the distortion. Below the Leader Board, you'll note that even those nonprofits with essentially 0% of the vote have progress bars that suggest they have 10% of the vote. Guess it looks better than showing that pretty much nobody cared to vote for them (e.g., the Microsoft-backed STEM Education Coalition has 13 votes), and they're way out of contention.
Crediting an organization receiving just 46 out of 6,735 votes with 10% of the vote instead of 0.68% probably wouldn't receive a thumbs-up from data viz folks like Edward Tufte.
It's not clear whether the 'donations' are cash money, software,etc. BTW, not to dismiss $100K (split five ways), but that's less than what a Microsoft exec spends to put one kid through high school at Lakeside School (BillG's alma mater).
There's money in chasing golf carts as well as ambulances: San Anselmo woman awarded $4.3 million in golf cart crash suit
...will it bring up a Google map showing the closest bathrooms? :-)
Hey, what are you worrying about? If you speak no evil, it'll hear no evil. And if a future upgrade leaves the camera on all the time, just make sure it sees no evil! :-)
Spot-on examples!
George Zimmerman Acquitted In Death of Trayvon Martin
Whistleblowing IT Director Fired By FL State Attorney
Skype Overload Interrupts Zimmerman Trial
Judge Rules Defense Can Use Trayvon Martin Tweets
Zimmerman Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
NBC Apologizes For Editing Zimmerman 911 Call
Forensic Experts Say Screams Were Not Zimmerman's
Still a Concept Car. :-)
Hey, you didn't expect billionaire Planetary Ventures investors like Larry Page (net worth $23 B), Eric Schmidt ($8.2 B), Ross Perot Jr. ($1.4 B), K. Ram Shriram ($1.65 B), and Charles Simonyi ($1 B) to foot the bill, did you?
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IBM Plans New Center in Iowa (2009): "The terms of the deal underscore how coveted new jobs are among the states at a time of rising unemployment. Iowa is paying up generously to attract the plant. Mike Blouin, president of Greater Dubuque Development Corp., said it is providing "a $55 million package." That includes an $11.7 million loan from the state that will be forgiven if IBM maintains the jobs for two years.Local community colleges will pay IBM $10 million for job training expenses for its employees. Under an Iowa program that he called unique, Mr. Blouin said the colleges sell bonds to finance the training expenses, and pay off the debt from the state income taxes generated by the trained IBM employees. In addition, the government will guarantee a $25 million loan to a local nonprofit group that will renovate the building, and lease it to IBM at what Mr. Blouin said was a "very low" rate. IBM will also receive tax credits and a 20-year tax abatement. In return, Mr. Blouin said IBM will create a $58 million a year payroll plus benefits and add to local spending."
MUD, PLATO and the dawn of MMORPGs: "Richard Bartle has been answering a reader's suggestion that MUD was not, in fact, the first online RPG and that the original multi-user games actually ran on the University of Illinois' PLATO system - generally regarded as the birthplace of the 'online community' concept."
We have just announced on the Official Google Blog that we will soon retire Google Island (the actual date is August 18, 2013). We know Island has a devoted following who will be very sad to see it go. We're sad too.
There are two simple reasons for this: usage of Google Island has declined, and as a company we're pouring all of our energy into fewer products. We think that kind of focus will make for a better user experience.
To ensure a smooth transition, we're providing a three-month sunset period so you have sufficient time to find an alternative island. If you want to retain your Island data, you can do so through Google Takeout.
Thank you again for using Google Island.
See what happens when IRS officials get sidetracked investigating conservative groups? :-)
Mother Jones: Google-Funded Drones To Hunt Rhino Poachers
"'Mmm, yeah, I'm going to have to go ahead and ask you to pay $6,120 to come in to work on Sunday..." More Bill Lumbergh quotes.
Drones Go To Journalism School
GeekWire: 'Creepy Cameraman' pushes limits of public surveillance - a glimpse of the future? (includes interesting video)
Whichever side of the issue you stand on, it's worth noting that arguably the most prominent signatories to this letter and/or the companies they represent - Intel and Google - came under fire for allegedly secretly conspiring together to block worker mobility ("The no-hire paper trail Steve Jobs and Eric Schmidt didn't want you to see"), so a cynic might suggest perhaps they're not quite as concerned with labor's free-and-natural-flow when it doesn't suit their needs. Also, Ireland seems to be finding that importing tech labor isn't quite the rising-tide-that-lifts-all-boats that it was cracked up to be ("Ireland too scared to tax big tech, Let the poor eat potatos"), "Google paid only £5.6m tax despite £10bn turnover").
Easy world-wide distribution of digital media was the intended link; perhaps not so clear upon re-reading. ::-)