Yes, the property taxes are out of control here. A home that cost $200k in 2001 carries a $10-12k property tax bill each year. That same house will now cost you between $500k to $700k in the year 2005. This is in the affordable South Jersey Philadelphia region just 12 miles away from Camden. Also, has the best place in America, Moorestown, just ten miles away from the worst place in America, Camden. The rest of the state is even more out of control with taxes and prices. I have no idea how most people are getting by in this state these days......
Yes, this was posted a while back. I came across the company while browsing on Engadget. Very cool application for lighting basements or office buildings during the day. I am all for this. I can see this taking off.
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can. Post an update on slashdot to see how your geothermal systems works out....
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can. I would be interested to see pics if this upgrade is implemented.
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can.
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can.
Why not just allow them go to car museums instead of crushing them? I am surprised nobody wanted to save a small and relatively rare piece of history in a historic manner. Too bad.
The credit card companies simply leave the financial responsibility on the vendor that charged the card. It is the vendor's responsibility to verify that the person charging on the card is them. Therefore the credit card companies don't pay a dime. Speak to any credit card company fraud department and you can verify this.
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I am losing buying power each year as my taxes, fuel/heating costs and health care expenses explode at a pace far greater than my 4-5% cost of living increases. My property taxes are going up roughly 27-33% a year for the past four years, my health care coverage has dimished while going up 16% a year and my heating bill is looking more like a mortgage payment these days.
And Nasa will fix things by doing what? I am all for going to the moon and mars but lets get a new shuttle in action first. Lets get alternative power sources and nuclear fusion going.....there are far better ways to spend this money than going to war and mars at the same time while ignoring the problems at home. It appears as if the sweep the problems under the rug tactic is backfiring on their abstinence policy these days.
That innocent dumb user is going to be left in the poor house after their legal bills build up.
I can see the headlines now, 86 year old woman sent to jail for 6 months after computer sends out spam.
No cure in sight for nurses' strike
The four-month-old walkout at Lourdes Medical Center is at an impasse. Both sides say they remain determined.
By Frank Kummer
Inquirer Staff Writer
It is no surprise to their union that nurses who walked off the job at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County more than four months ago are still picketing this Labor Day.
Shortly before the union's two-year contract expired at the end of February, its leaders showed the nurses video of a similar hospital strike that lasted two years. They wanted the nurses to know they would need resolve.
The labor action remains bitter, with no negotiations scheduled since talks broke down early last month.
The Willingboro hospital has hired permanent replacement workers, and as many as half the striking nurses are working other jobs to help support themselves or their families.
As the strike drags on, union representatives say that maintaining big pickets has become harder, but that nurses are determined nonetheless.
"We have been staffing the lines during rush hour," Pierre Joanis, a negotiator for JNESO, said Friday afternoon when no nurses were picketing. "The pickets have dried up some because so many have found other jobs."
One sign at a hospital entrance on Sunset Road read: "Friends don't let friends work at Lourdes."
About 80 of the 280 nurses who walked off the job April 19 have crossed the lines to work, Joanis said. About a dozen of those have resigned or been fired, he said.
About half the nurses honoring the picket line have found supplementary or full-time work elsewhere, Joanis said. Other health-care facilities have been recruiting them because of a nationwide nursing shortage.
A central issue in the dispute is a management push for contract language that would allow it to change nurses' schedules as it saw fit for flexibility.
Nurses say that would be a giant step backward and alter their lifestyle and finances because some of the changes would mean three 12-hour shifts instead of five eight-hour shifts - a loss of four hours a week and full-time status.
Indeed, nurses began fomenting resentment almost a year ago under the last contract when the hospital began making shift changes and laying off workers.
Few talks were held after the nurses walked out. Negotiations stopped Aug. 10 when both sides agreed they had reached an impasse. The hospital said it had given its last offer.
Scott Share, a hospital spokesman, said Friday afternoon that no new talks were scheduled. Both sides are awaiting rulings on several issues under arbitration.
In the middle of last month, an arbitrator sided with the nurses on shift changes, but the ruling is unlikely to have an effect on the walkout.
The union has filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board, contending that management had no right to hire permanent replacements. So far, union officials said, the hospital has hired about 12 replacements.
Management said it had to act because the high pay rates for temporary replacements were a financial strain. It also maintained that the National Labor Relations Act permits the move.
So both sides said they were dug in for the long haul.
"We will be there for the fight and engage them every step of the way," Joanis said.
RTFA! It is a fusion reactor! Totally different technology! I had one down the street from me years ago in Princeton, NJ. Too bad the program was cut after they started having breakthroughs. I hear one of the unemployed physicists had to work at Best Buy to get by for a while because there are not many job postings for this line of work.....
I saw this South Park episode the other night. It was hilarious! A must see. I wondering if the South Park writers will taken to court now over trademark infringement or something along those lines.
The four-month-old walkout at Lourdes Medical Center is at an impasse. Both sides say they remain determined.
It is no surprise to their union that nurses who walked off the job at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County more than four months ago are still picketing this Labor Day.
Shortly before the union's two-year contract expired at the end of February, its leaders showed the nurses video of a similar hospital strike that lasted two years. They wanted the nurses to know they would need resolve.
The labor action remains bitter, with no negotiations scheduled since talks broke down early last month.
The Willingboro hospital has hired permanent replacement workers, and as many as half the striking nurses are working other jobs to help support themselves or their families.
As the strike drags on, union representatives say that maintaining big pickets has become harder, but that nurses are determined nonetheless.
"We have been staffing the lines during rush hour," Pierre Joanis, a negotiator for JNESO, said Friday afternoon when no nurses were picketing. "The pickets have dried up some because so many have found other jobs."
One sign at a hospital entrance on Sunset Road read: "Friends don't let friends work at Lourdes."
About 80 of the 280 nurses who walked off the job April 19 have crossed the lines to work, Joanis said. About a dozen of those have resigned or been fired, he said.
About half the nurses honoring the picket line have found supplementary or full-time work elsewhere, Joanis said. Other health-care facilities have been recruiting them because of a nationwide nursing shortage.
A central issue in the dispute is a management push for contract language that would allow it to change nurses' schedules as it saw fit for flexibility.
Nurses say that would be a giant step backward and alter their lifestyle and finances because some of the changes would mean three 12-hour shifts instead of five eight-hour shifts - a loss of four hours a week and full-time status.
Indeed, nurses began fomenting resentment almost a year ago under the last contract when the hospital began making shift changes and laying off workers.
Few talks were held after the nurses walked out. Negotiations stopped Aug. 10 when both sides agreed they had reached an impasse. The hospital said it had given its last offer.
Scott Share, a hospital spokesman, said Friday afternoon that no new talks were scheduled. Both sides are awaiting rulings on several issues under arbitration.
In the middle of last month, an arbitrator sided with the nurses on shift changes, but the ruling is unlikely to have an effect on the walkout.
The union has filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board, contending that management had no right to hire permanent replacements. So far, union officials said, the hospital has hired about 12 replacements.
Management said it had to act because the high pay rates for temporary replacements were a financial strain. It also maintained that the National Labor Relations Act permits the move.
So both sides said they were dug in for the long haul.
"We will be there for the fight and engage them every step of the way," Joanis said.
Yes, sounds like they need a friendly visit from the National Labor Relations Board and the Teamsters. He he:) ASPEP is a Union in existence that represents scientists and engineers. I would most likely want a stronger Union then them though in this situation. Good luck! It is about time that the engineers and scientists spoke up in this country. They seem to be falling into a Blue Collar workforce catagory these days. I think that hard earned engineering degree is worth a whole lot more than that. Hey if Truck drivers could do it, why not you guys? Good Luck!
No, garbage bags are still made out of non-biodegradable plastic! I never understood that. I am sealing my garbage up so that it may be preserved for the next 400,000 years? Good for future archeologists I guess. I wonder what they would think of our society?
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Score +1 for the retro reference! LOL! :-)
The SSD drives are also now starting to take off. Just a matter of time until these are obsolete.
Yes, the property taxes are out of control here. A home that cost $200k in 2001 carries a $10-12k property tax bill each year. That same house will now cost you between $500k to $700k in the year 2005. This is in the affordable South Jersey Philadelphia region just 12 miles away from Camden. Also, has the best place in America, Moorestown, just ten miles away from the worst place in America, Camden. The rest of the state is even more out of control with taxes and prices. I have no idea how most people are getting by in this state these days......
Yes, this was posted a while back. I came across the company while browsing on Engadget. Very cool application for lighting basements or office buildings during the day. I am all for this. I can see this taking off.
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can. Post an update on slashdot to see how your geothermal systems works out....
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can. I would be interested to see pics if this upgrade is implemented.
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can.
What he could do to make this even more efficient is to dig a 6-8 foot hole in the yard. Bury a series of coiled copper tubing in the hole with the two end going back up into the bucket. Buy a simple and cheap garden electric pond pump or fish tank pump to pump the water contantly from the bucket to the earth to the bucket. The ground at that depth is always at roughly 50 degrees. Then use the same system attached to the fan with suction but have the other end return the water directly back into the garbage can. The water bottle could still be utilized to increase effectiveness. This makes it into a cheap geothermal system that utilizes the same water over and over again. Also, to prevent even further loss due to evaporation, put a lid on the garbage can.
I am sure the Brits are really happy with their MS products now...... :)
Why not just allow them go to car museums instead of crushing them? I am surprised nobody wanted to save a small and relatively rare piece of history in a historic manner. Too bad.
I have personally experienced it.
Yes.......Pinky............... I wonder if the mice would try to dominate the world?
The credit card companies simply leave the financial responsibility on the vendor that charged the card. It is the vendor's responsibility to verify that the person charging on the card is them. Therefore the credit card companies don't pay a dime. Speak to any credit card company fraud department and you can verify this.
What about Office Space?
I am losing buying power each year as my taxes, fuel/heating costs and health care expenses explode at a pace far greater than my 4-5% cost of living increases. My property taxes are going up roughly 27-33% a year for the past four years, my health care coverage has dimished while going up 16% a year and my heating bill is looking more like a mortgage payment these days. And Nasa will fix things by doing what? I am all for going to the moon and mars but lets get a new shuttle in action first. Lets get alternative power sources and nuclear fusion going.....there are far better ways to spend this money than going to war and mars at the same time while ignoring the problems at home. It appears as if the sweep the problems under the rug tactic is backfiring on their abstinence policy these days.
Yes, you will be fully prepared for a job in exotic India, China or Russia!
That innocent dumb user is going to be left in the poor house after their legal bills build up. I can see the headlines now, 86 year old woman sent to jail for 6 months after computer sends out spam.
No cure in sight for nurses' strike The four-month-old walkout at Lourdes Medical Center is at an impasse. Both sides say they remain determined. By Frank Kummer Inquirer Staff Writer It is no surprise to their union that nurses who walked off the job at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County more than four months ago are still picketing this Labor Day. Shortly before the union's two-year contract expired at the end of February, its leaders showed the nurses video of a similar hospital strike that lasted two years. They wanted the nurses to know they would need resolve. The labor action remains bitter, with no negotiations scheduled since talks broke down early last month. The Willingboro hospital has hired permanent replacement workers, and as many as half the striking nurses are working other jobs to help support themselves or their families. As the strike drags on, union representatives say that maintaining big pickets has become harder, but that nurses are determined nonetheless. "We have been staffing the lines during rush hour," Pierre Joanis, a negotiator for JNESO, said Friday afternoon when no nurses were picketing. "The pickets have dried up some because so many have found other jobs." One sign at a hospital entrance on Sunset Road read: "Friends don't let friends work at Lourdes." About 80 of the 280 nurses who walked off the job April 19 have crossed the lines to work, Joanis said. About a dozen of those have resigned or been fired, he said. About half the nurses honoring the picket line have found supplementary or full-time work elsewhere, Joanis said. Other health-care facilities have been recruiting them because of a nationwide nursing shortage. A central issue in the dispute is a management push for contract language that would allow it to change nurses' schedules as it saw fit for flexibility. Nurses say that would be a giant step backward and alter their lifestyle and finances because some of the changes would mean three 12-hour shifts instead of five eight-hour shifts - a loss of four hours a week and full-time status. Indeed, nurses began fomenting resentment almost a year ago under the last contract when the hospital began making shift changes and laying off workers. Few talks were held after the nurses walked out. Negotiations stopped Aug. 10 when both sides agreed they had reached an impasse. The hospital said it had given its last offer. Scott Share, a hospital spokesman, said Friday afternoon that no new talks were scheduled. Both sides are awaiting rulings on several issues under arbitration. In the middle of last month, an arbitrator sided with the nurses on shift changes, but the ruling is unlikely to have an effect on the walkout. The union has filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board, contending that management had no right to hire permanent replacements. So far, union officials said, the hospital has hired about 12 replacements. Management said it had to act because the high pay rates for temporary replacements were a financial strain. It also maintained that the National Labor Relations Act permits the move. So both sides said they were dug in for the long haul. "We will be there for the fight and engage them every step of the way," Joanis said.
RTFA! It is a fusion reactor! Totally different technology! I had one down the street from me years ago in Princeton, NJ. Too bad the program was cut after they started having breakthroughs. I hear one of the unemployed physicists had to work at Best Buy to get by for a while because there are not many job postings for this line of work.....
I saw this South Park episode the other night. It was hilarious! A must see. I wondering if the South Park writers will taken to court now over trademark infringement or something along those lines.
No cure in sight for nurses' strike
The four-month-old walkout at Lourdes Medical Center is at an impasse. Both sides say they remain determined.
It is no surprise to their union that nurses who walked off the job at Lourdes Medical Center of Burlington County more than four months ago are still picketing this Labor Day.
Shortly before the union's two-year contract expired at the end of February, its leaders showed the nurses video of a similar hospital strike that lasted two years. They wanted the nurses to know they would need resolve.
The labor action remains bitter, with no negotiations scheduled since talks broke down early last month.
The Willingboro hospital has hired permanent replacement workers, and as many as half the striking nurses are working other jobs to help support themselves or their families.
As the strike drags on, union representatives say that maintaining big pickets has become harder, but that nurses are determined nonetheless.
"We have been staffing the lines during rush hour," Pierre Joanis, a negotiator for JNESO, said Friday afternoon when no nurses were picketing. "The pickets have dried up some because so many have found other jobs."
One sign at a hospital entrance on Sunset Road read: "Friends don't let friends work at Lourdes."
About 80 of the 280 nurses who walked off the job April 19 have crossed the lines to work, Joanis said. About a dozen of those have resigned or been fired, he said.
About half the nurses honoring the picket line have found supplementary or full-time work elsewhere, Joanis said. Other health-care facilities have been recruiting them because of a nationwide nursing shortage.
A central issue in the dispute is a management push for contract language that would allow it to change nurses' schedules as it saw fit for flexibility.
Nurses say that would be a giant step backward and alter their lifestyle and finances because some of the changes would mean three 12-hour shifts instead of five eight-hour shifts - a loss of four hours a week and full-time status.
Indeed, nurses began fomenting resentment almost a year ago under the last contract when the hospital began making shift changes and laying off workers.
Few talks were held after the nurses walked out. Negotiations stopped Aug. 10 when both sides agreed they had reached an impasse. The hospital said it had given its last offer.
Scott Share, a hospital spokesman, said Friday afternoon that no new talks were scheduled. Both sides are awaiting rulings on several issues under arbitration.
In the middle of last month, an arbitrator sided with the nurses on shift changes, but the ruling is unlikely to have an effect on the walkout.
The union has filed a grievance with the National Labor Relations Board, contending that management had no right to hire permanent replacements. So far, union officials said, the hospital has hired about 12 replacements.
Management said it had to act because the high pay rates for temporary replacements were a financial strain. It also maintained that the National Labor Relations Act permits the move.
So both sides said they were dug in for the long haul.
"We will be there for the fight and engage them every step of the way," Joanis said.
Yes, sounds like they need a friendly visit from the National Labor Relations Board and the Teamsters. He he :) ASPEP is a Union in existence that represents scientists and engineers. I would most likely want a stronger Union then them though in this situation. Good luck! It is about time that the engineers and scientists spoke up in this country. They seem to be falling into a Blue Collar workforce catagory these days. I think that hard earned engineering degree is worth a whole lot more than that. Hey if Truck drivers could do it, why not you guys? Good Luck!
http://www.ssww.com/store/browse/grp=NVL/sbgrp=TOY /ln=PUZ/
So does this mean it should be reported?
Was the name of the car KIT? :)
http://www.stickdeath.com/frameset.htm :)
No, garbage bags are still made out of non-biodegradable plastic! I never understood that. I am sealing my garbage up so that it may be preserved for the next 400,000 years? Good for future archeologists I guess. I wonder what they would think of our society?