even if you work for a cheap-skate who does't like withholding, you've got a Schedule C
No, you (the worker) probably have a worker classification problem. Because someone calls you an independent contractor/Schedule C doesn't make it so. It's a facts and circumstances test that goes beyond how you're paid and go more to the level of control.
A short discussion regarding who might be an employee vs. independent contractor.
ATF has been part of Department of Justice since 2003.
from their history:
ATF's History
Effective January 24, 2003, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was transferred under the Homeland Security bill to the Department of Justice. The law enforcement functions of ATF under the Department of the Treasury were transferred to the Department of Justice. The tax and trade functions of ATF will remain in the Treasury Department with the new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
In addition, the agency's name was changed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to reflect its new mission in the Department of Justice.
Natural gas power plants are frequently combined-cycle, where the combustion of the gas occurs in a turbine engine driving a generator, and the waste heat then boils water to drive a second steam turbine.
"Because of this efficient use of the heat energy released from the natural gas, combined-cycle plants are much more efficient than steam units or gas turbines alone. In fact, combined-cycle plants can achieve thermal efficiencies of up to 50 to 60 percent."
from: http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/uses_eletrical.asp
(their misspelling)
And where would the saltwater go? Into the ground and local waterways in some fashion, increasing the salinity. Many soils already get high salinity from irrigation with fresh water. May as well pour salt on the soil or river.
Not a mobile data user, but IIRC, the average data use per month on smartphones is in the neighborhood of 200-300 megs a month, say average 250/moth.
so I can either buy a $40 gigabyte that lasts four months, or I can buy 4 gigabytes of which I only use the one for $100 total (AT&T). Which gigabyte is unbelievable?
This "cost per gigabyte" isn't neccessarily a fair comparison.
First, get the hardware interface:
http://www.scantool.net/scan-tools/pc-based/elmscan5-compact.html with some OK software, $60
http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28528 $29 shipped from hong kong.
Hardware isn't free unless you really do want to build your own. ELM327 is a common OBDII interface chip, and they're probably nearly identical internally
Then go to scantool.net, software downloads, and find the source. Hack away. Or, go to sourceforge and look at some of the linux based obdii software.
from Newscientist:
"After more than a decade of political debate, GINA bans health insurers from setting premiums or denying coverage based on the results of genetic tests, as long as customers have no pre-existing disease symptoms. It is also aimed to prevent discrimination in employment decisions."
Discrimination still could happen, but there appears to be a bit of a framework to work against it.
quick googling indicates the CAC grew out of HSPD-12 (homeland security presidential directive 12).
All federal agencies were supposed to have issued these cards over the last year. Agencies such as USDA already use these for computer access. Everyone else, it's a fancy (and expensive) ID card.
> You'd likely think different if you ever had to smell an entire load of clothing that smelled like an old wet dish rag.
I too am puzzled by this "OMG, my wet clothes are producing penicillin as we speak!" FUD. I am on a time-of-use plan that provides cheaper electricity between 7pm and 7am weekdays and all-day on weekends
My point is not "OMG mold," it's "OMG, this has been damp too long, and now smells like a wet dishrag, or worse, a wet dog" That said, nothing would probably happen for the three to four hours mentioned in the other posts, but I wouldn't let it sit more than that, especially on a hot day.
Also if it does, consider cleaning your washing machine (with bleach or similar product) and leaving the door open.
PS: why do you need your air conditioner on at all when you're on vacation?
1. Your houseplants and pets are used to living at a nice steady 70F. They can probably handle 80-85F, but it would probably be a little hard on them to go much higher.
2. A house shut up with no A/C running on a 90F day is a sure sign that no one's home.
3. To keep CowboyNeal cool.
I also remember a story about the BBC in its early shortwave days having transmission issues... which they traced to a man living a few miles from the transmitter. He had lined the underside of his roof with copper, which heated up whenever the BBC was broadcasting.
One way that this does help with reducing CO2 emissions is that the exhaust of the plant is primarily CO2. Standard coal plant exhaust is still mostly nitrogen, oxygen, CO2, SO2, etc. What does the plant do with it? Compresses it into liquid, and pipes it up to Sasketchewan. An oil company injects it into old oil fields to recover more oil. Basin Electric CO2 Sequestration
This is where the CO2 savings come in.
As someone in the field, what about the issues surrounding retrofitting these older plants with new equipment?
IIRC, there are certain changes/repairs/upgrades that can be made, but if they go beyond a certain point of improvement, don't they have to then comply with the Clean Air Act of 1970?
What kind of efficiency improvements could be made to these old plants if they didn't have to comply, or maybe not fully?
It seems like you could decrease pollution overall if you could eke out a few % (eg, burn less coal for same output) without having to overhaul the entire pollution control system.
I happened to be in Atlanta, GA during the world(?) competition in 06. Quite impressive.
I later learned the teams purchased control systems and some other standard equipment from FIRST, but it's all in how they put that together and program the equipment.
FWIW, there are divisions from elementary school to college.
Second, the IRS will never put a system like that in place on their own, because they make money from keeping people in the dark. The IRS is given a giant interest-free loan from the American people every year. If I were them, I wouldn't advertise it either...
nitpick: The IRS is not given a giant, interest-free loan. The US Treasury (read: the US federal government) is given a giant, interest-free loan. The IRS is to the US Government as Accounts Receivable is to the company you probably work at. They collect the money and pass it on, and don't get to keep it.
Purpose of This Computer Program The purpose of this application is to help employees to ensure that they do not have too much or too little income tax withheld from their pay. It is not a replacement for Form W-4, but most people will find it more accurate and easier to use than the worksheets that accompany Form W-4. You may use the results of this program to help you complete a new Form W-4, which you will submit to your employer
Use it at the beginning and middle of the year (for double checking) and for whenever you have a life change, such as getting married, gaining dependents, new job, etc.
You'll need your most current paystub and other basic information regarding your finances (interest earned, rental income, etc).
I've seen the "deposit" for a cart done in Canada, too. The reason it probably hasn't caught on in the US is that there is no widely circulated dollar coin. The Sakakawea dollar hardly counts.
While you've already discounted DSL due to it being too slow, your cost estimates ("doubled") aren't really accurate. You can get naked DSL, although it is $5-10 more expensive than a bundle w/ a home phone.
Also, getting a basic phone line (not digital, no call waiting, voicemail, etc) can cut the cost, too. Problem is, phone companies make it very difficult to get this. I had to find an obscure link on Qwest's webpage to get only basic phone service, then the bastards tried to switch it to digital several times in the ordering process. Like I'd select basic phone service in one screen, another few screens for other options related to dsl. then I'd get to a summary of what I just went thru, and the higher priced phone package would be the default selection... wtf...
the irs is trying to enter the 21st century.
Problem is, there's no one in the private (tax) sector that wants it to happen. When the IRS offers to do for "free" what your corner return mill charges some poor schmuck $200 to fill out 2-3 forms, you can imagine the weeping and gnashing of teeth that you'll hear.
Most of them didn't even seem too happy that when IRS changed the free-file program so there's no more cross selling (RAL, upgrades, credit cards, etc). The main reason they do free-file, btw, is to prevent the gov't from getting into the tax prep business... basically, "If you will let X% be eligible to file for free, we won't do it.
Politics also enters into it. No one likes the IRS, and if the IRS did start doing returns, an error made shereby someone misses a deduction, will suddenly turn from an "oops, better file 1040X," to "OMG! theh gov't is steeling from meee!"
Long post short... won't happen anytime soon, imo.
The New International Version and Good News are translations. There are a few that are somewhere among a translation, rewrite, and a paraphrase.
The New Living Translation (NLT) is written so that it is similar to conversational modern english, with a conversational flow.
God's Word is like the NLT, and is free to download in PDF.
The Message is less of a translation and more of a paraphrase in again, conversational modern english. Think of taking each book and giving it novel-like formatting. Chapters and verses still present, but they're basically footnotes. It's not a Neal Stephenson novel, but it's a long way from the language and format of the KJV. Judging the author's literary skill is left as an exercise to the reader.
Well, I can't say the same about Xerox's paper yet, but waterless urinals do have a purpose.
Rocky Mountain NP's Alpine Visitor's Center, for example has them. Why (other than being near a bunch of hippies in Boulder, CO)? The visitor's center is somewhere around 12,000 feet and its water and sewage needs to be hauled.
So, perhaps one day, someone will come up with a GOOD use for this paper. Maybe sensitive but unclassified type docs that you really don't want to sit around for too long, but need to print. Sure just use a copy machine... but how long before copy machines can ID the paper, and refuse to copy (much like with paper money now) or will only reprint it on the same special paper, and be illegal to circumvent?
thng
Oil seems to be rather profitable lately. Why do they need federal funds for anything?
DoD
Remember, Alaska used to be a front line of the Cold War. They have their fair share of military installations. HAARP installation, Eileson AFB, Elmendorf AFB, and probably a goodl handful of others.
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No, you (the worker) probably have a worker classification problem. Because someone calls you an independent contractor/Schedule C doesn't make it so. It's a facts and circumstances test that goes beyond how you're paid and go more to the level of control.
A short discussion regarding who might be an employee vs. independent contractor.
from their history:
ATF's History
Effective January 24, 2003, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) was transferred under the Homeland Security bill to the Department of Justice. The law enforcement functions of ATF under the Department of the Treasury were transferred to the Department of Justice. The tax and trade functions of ATF will remain in the Treasury Department with the new Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.
In addition, the agency's name was changed to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to reflect its new mission in the Department of Justice.
Natural gas power plants are frequently combined-cycle, where the combustion of the gas occurs in a turbine engine driving a generator, and the waste heat then boils water to drive a second steam turbine. "Because of this efficient use of the heat energy released from the natural gas, combined-cycle plants are much more efficient than steam units or gas turbines alone. In fact, combined-cycle plants can achieve thermal efficiencies of up to 50 to 60 percent." from: http://www.naturalgas.org/overview/uses_eletrical.asp (their misspelling)
And where would the saltwater go? Into the ground and local waterways in some fashion, increasing the salinity. Many soils already get high salinity from irrigation with fresh water. May as well pour salt on the soil or river.
This "cost per gigabyte" isn't neccessarily a fair comparison.
Bottom line, maybe this plan isn't for you.
First, get the hardware interface: http://www.scantool.net/scan-tools/pc-based/elmscan5-compact.html with some OK software, $60 http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.28528 $29 shipped from hong kong. Hardware isn't free unless you really do want to build your own. ELM327 is a common OBDII interface chip, and they're probably nearly identical internally Then go to scantool.net, software downloads, and find the source. Hack away. Or, go to sourceforge and look at some of the linux based obdii software.
from Newscientist: "After more than a decade of political debate, GINA bans health insurers from setting premiums or denying coverage based on the results of genetic tests, as long as customers have no pre-existing disease symptoms. It is also aimed to prevent discrimination in employment decisions."
Discrimination still could happen, but there appears to be a bit of a framework to work against it.
quick googling indicates the CAC grew out of HSPD-12 (homeland security presidential directive 12). All federal agencies were supposed to have issued these cards over the last year. Agencies such as USDA already use these for computer access. Everyone else, it's a fancy (and expensive) ID card.
> You'd likely think different if you ever had to smell an entire load of clothing that smelled like an old wet dish rag.
I too am puzzled by this "OMG, my wet clothes are producing penicillin as we speak!" FUD. I am on a time-of-use plan that provides cheaper electricity between 7pm and 7am weekdays and all-day on weekends
My point is not "OMG mold," it's "OMG, this has been damp too long, and now smells like a wet dishrag, or worse, a wet dog"
That said, nothing would probably happen for the three to four hours mentioned in the other posts, but I wouldn't let it sit more than that, especially on a hot day. Also if it does, consider cleaning your washing machine (with bleach or similar product) and leaving the door open.
PS: why do you need your air conditioner on at all when you're on vacation?
1. Your houseplants and pets are used to living at a nice steady 70F. They can probably handle 80-85F, but it would probably be a little hard on them to go much higher.
2. A house shut up with no A/C running on a 90F day is a sure sign that no one's home.
3. To keep CowboyNeal cool.
Dryer. Maybe, if you are okay with wet clothes sitting around (mold).
MOLD? For waiting a couple of hours? You've read too many crazy articles out there "MOLD IS COMING TO KILL US ALL!". :-)
You'd likely think different if you ever had to smell an entire load of clothing that smelled like an old wet dish rag.
He had lined the underside of his roof with copper, which heated up whenever the BBC was broadcasting.
The BBC fixed it by buying him a space heater.
One way that this does help with reducing CO2 emissions is that the exhaust of the plant is primarily CO2. Standard coal plant exhaust is still mostly nitrogen, oxygen, CO2, SO2, etc.
What does the plant do with it? Compresses it into liquid, and pipes it up to Sasketchewan. An oil company injects it into old oil fields to recover more oil.
Basin Electric CO2 Sequestration
This is where the CO2 savings come in.
As someone in the field, what about the issues surrounding retrofitting these older plants with new equipment?
IIRC, there are certain changes/repairs/upgrades that can be made, but if they go beyond a certain point of improvement, don't they have to then comply with the Clean Air Act of 1970?
What kind of efficiency improvements could be made to these old plants if they didn't have to comply, or maybe not fully?
It seems like you could decrease pollution overall if you could eke out a few % (eg, burn less coal for same output) without having to overhaul the entire pollution control system.
"while you still can" has passed, for your link at least.
It is still out there, though.
I happened to be in Atlanta, GA during the world(?) competition in 06. Quite impressive. I later learned the teams purchased control systems and some other standard equipment from FIRST, but it's all in how they put that together and program the equipment. FWIW, there are divisions from elementary school to college.
nitpick: The IRS is not given a giant, interest-free loan. The US Treasury (read: the US federal government) is given a giant, interest-free loan. The IRS is to the US Government as Accounts Receivable is to the company you probably work at. They collect the money and pass it on, and don't get to keep it.
IRS Withholding Calculator
Use it at the beginning and middle of the year (for double checking) and for whenever you have a life change, such as getting married, gaining dependents, new job, etc.
You'll need your most current paystub and other basic information regarding your finances (interest earned, rental income, etc).
I've seen the "deposit" for a cart done in Canada, too. The reason it probably hasn't caught on in the US is that there is no widely circulated dollar coin. The Sakakawea dollar hardly counts.
Also, getting a basic phone line (not digital, no call waiting, voicemail, etc) can cut the cost, too. Problem is, phone companies make it very difficult to get this. I had to find an obscure link on Qwest's webpage to get only basic phone service, then the bastards tried to switch it to digital several times in the ordering process. Like I'd select basic phone service in one screen, another few screens for other options related to dsl. then I'd get to a summary of what I just went thru, and the higher priced phone package would be the default selection... wtf...
Yes there is a place to check if #debian is logged.
Most of them didn't even seem too happy that when IRS changed the free-file program so there's no more cross selling (RAL, upgrades, credit cards, etc). The main reason they do free-file, btw, is to prevent the gov't from getting into the tax prep business... basically, "If you will let X% be eligible to file for free, we won't do it.
Politics also enters into it. No one likes the IRS, and if the IRS did start doing returns, an error made shereby someone misses a deduction, will suddenly turn from an "oops, better file 1040X," to "OMG! theh gov't is steeling from meee!"
Long post short... won't happen anytime soon, imo.
The New Living Translation (NLT) is written so that it is similar to conversational modern english, with a conversational flow.
God's Word is like the NLT, and is free to download in PDF.
The Message is less of a translation and more of a paraphrase in again, conversational modern english. Think of taking each book and giving it novel-like formatting. Chapters and verses still present, but they're basically footnotes. It's not a Neal Stephenson novel, but it's a long way from the language and format of the KJV. Judging the author's literary skill is left as an exercise to the reader.
Rocky Mountain NP's Alpine Visitor's Center, for example has them. Why (other than being near a bunch of hippies in Boulder, CO)? The visitor's center is somewhere around 12,000 feet and its water and sewage needs to be hauled.
So, perhaps one day, someone will come up with a GOOD use for this paper. Maybe sensitive but unclassified type docs that you really don't want to sit around for too long, but need to print. Sure just use a copy machine... but how long before copy machines can ID the paper, and refuse to copy (much like with paper money now) or will only reprint it on the same special paper, and be illegal to circumvent? thng
DoD
Remember, Alaska used to be a front line of the Cold War. They have their fair share of military installations. HAARP installation, Eileson AFB, Elmendorf AFB, and probably a goodl handful of others.