Our current chief justice is complaining that his salary of $212,100 and "Congressional inaction in the face of this situation is grievously unfair". You see, $212,100/year, plus all kind of perks and benefits (including 5 hour workdays and 4 months of vacation a year) is woefully inadequate - especially since, as Roberts puts it, cabbies have done much better. Since Congress has to provide a wage hike and since GW.Bush has to sign the legislation there is a clear incentive for the Supreme Court to give the government what they want.
I don't recall off the top of my head where I read it (it was just within the last week or so, possibly Scientific American?), but it is predicted that a warmer earth will trade 5,000 more heat-related deaths for 20,000 fewer cold-related deaths.
In which year did Bill write a $30 billion dollar check?
The only "$30 billion" investment by a single individual is from Warren Buffett, and that was a commitment to contribute over a period of years and had some very explicit requirements on what the M&MGF had to do in order to qualify.
And you would take a massive tax hit because of it.
Bill gives money because he gets to claim the deductions. If he was -really- concerned about making the world a better place he would stop trying to import human sewage, radioactive medical waste untreated blood into American landfills (the company involved, Republic Services Inc NYSE:RSG has received non-trivial investments from Bill).
You remain my cell provider out of convenience alone. If I have to start paying to download ads then you will be replaced with a provider who does not - your fetish for crippling Bluetooth on all of your phones already has you on thin ice so go ahead - give people yet another point against which they can easily compete. If *any* other provider has half a brain the time around the Superbowl will be flush with ads promising not to pull a Verizon and keep your cell phones ad-free.
I say we go back into time and repeal the Tennessee Valley Authority and the Rural Electrification Act so that neo conservatives like your forefathers would not get electrical service in the rural areas of the country.
Except for those small communities who built their own power plants and now sell electricity to the locals for less than what the big boys are willing to charge. I don't recall the city offhand, but within the past couple of days I saw a blurb about a city that runs their own generating plant and charges only 2/3 of what everybody else in the area pays.
If there is a demand for electricity and the locals aren't too lazy they will find a way to get it.
You're kidding, right? You must have received a public school edukashun, right?
They could build a dirty pipe bomb (radiation spreading) using just a couple of those kits probably.
NO, they couldn't. Even in those cool kits of old you wouldn't be able to come up with enough material to make a dirty bomb that actually mattered - you'd need several kilos of bad stuff (or stuff that was much more refined than anything that would have come in a kit like this).
Most people in this country (like yourself) haven't the slightest clue about radiation. They hear the word and instantly panic, all the while flying back and forth between their brick houses in Denver where and their wooden house in Miami. (One of these houses has three times the background radiation as the other. Which is it?)
As for this particular lab, I haven't been able to find the specs but I'll bet you a mod point that your average american smoke detector has a far greater intensity of ionizing radiation than anything that Gilbert put on the market. There are probably clocks out there with radium painted dials that are far more radioactive, not to mention all of the uranium oxide they used for dinnerware until production of the bomb in WWII dried up the supply. (The product line continues to this day, but they stopped using the radioactive glaze back in the 60s. Google up Fiestaware.)
In other words, back in the day, it was far more likely for somebody to visit Crate and Barrel to obtain enough materials for a dirty bomb than it was Toys R Us.
Throughout the beta , Deep Sleep in Windows Vista went great. But in the final version of Windows Vista, something is very, very majorly wrong. On 6 of the 8 tested systems,3 recovering Windows Vista from a hibernate or Deep Sleep results in [human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together - mass hysteria].
Cut the royalties as much as you want for the big artists - one can only hope that the arrogance and ego displayed by twits such as Metallica is a direct function of the cash they get from the labels. Cutting the royalties will only ensure that smaller artists seek somebody other than the big boys to provide distribution and all of the big labels will (finally) go under, as they so richly deserve.
(Well, considering they get cash for each and every audiocassette and blank CD/DVD sold regardless of intended usage of said recording media by the end user they'll always be around.)
Unfortunately, now that Streisand's party is calling the shots in Washington expect nothing but pro-RIAA/MPAA legislation as the influence of the Hollywood set just increased by a couple orders of magnitude.
I oversee the winteriztion of vacant homes 200 times a year or more. In five years I have never once had a problem If the work was done correctly and nobody tampered with the plumbing system.
1. Turn off power to your hot water heater. If you know what you are doing and can do so safely, physically remove the hwh breaker (or fuse). If not, put a piece of tape across the breaker which should now be in the off position. Turn off power to the well (if any) in the same fashion. Leave a reminder on the electric panel to ensure that you turn the water back on BEFORE you turn on the hot water heater. Turn off the gas valve to the hot water heater as an extra layer of protection - if you fire up your hwh before it has been refilled you are out one hwh.
2. Turn off the water supply to the house. Master valves on both sides of the water meters if you are on municipal water.
(If you are on a well, once the power is off open a faucet and let your pressure tank run dry at this point - different than opening the valves in the step further down. If you don't do this you run the risk of losing your pressure tank which can cause your well to burn out. My house was sitting vacant for about 2 years before I bought it and this was a problem.)
3. Hook up a hose to the hwh and drain the water to your floor drain, sump pit or out the window. Opening the highest hot water valve in the house will help it drain quicker.
4. Open the lowest and highest cold water valves in the house to allow those pipes to drain
5. Using an air compressor, blow out the supply lines throughout the house. Any decent plumber can tell you how or google up some accurate information.
6. Scoop out as much water from toilet tanks as you can.
7. Get the *PINK* antifreeze (RV/Marine). Pour generous quantities into the toilet tanks, bowls, and down all of your drains. Pour some into your dishwasher and washing machine and run a partial cycle (no rinse) to get the antifreeze into the pumps and internal hoses.
If you have a pool or hot tub you will need to take some additional steps, for the most part along these lines. Above ground pools and some in-ground pools without rigid covers get a large, inflatable air pillow floated in the middle to make the cover slope down towards the edges so the water and ice doesn't puncture a hole in the middle, gets some (but not all!) of the water drained and may or may not need plugs for the water intakes. Your miles may vary, consult a pro on these devices.
If you have boiler, consult an expert. Draining water and/or filling with antifreeze is a bit involved and entirely inadvisable in some cases - I've seen many older systems go down for winterization then never come back up because of issues with old seals, corrosion and other nasties. If you have steam heat then things can become even more muddled about. Again, consult an expert.
Finally, on your way out, hit the power to the master breaker. When you return you will be able to restore power to the house and will be glad of the tape (or removed breakers) that serve as a reminder not to turn on the well or hot water heater until you are actually ready to do so. Turn off the gas/propane at the master valve.
Yet another shining example of why there needs to be a lot more oversight of the judiciary in this country. And why doesn't anybody ever file a complaint with the nice overlords of the bar? If a lawyer knowingly lies under oath go after his license.
Hmm... I must've missed the memo that stated that only obese people get type II diabetes. Must've been circulated only through the accounting department, eh?
In the earliest episodes Bender's alcoholism was portrayed as a vice rather than the necessary fuel for his power cells and Leela was portrayed as an alien rather than a mutant. The general feel of the episodes make me feel that these are two examples of unplanned morphing of the scenario - at what point was alcohol changed from vice to energy for Bender and when was it decided that Leela was to be a mutant rather than alien? What other unplanned morphs were thrown into the mix?
I got my AT&T cable internet service for a (non-introductory) rate of $32/month in 1996. My account was sold to some other company then about three months later resold to Comcast. Throughout the period Comcast was my one and only option for broadband and treated me accordingly. Actual throughput from the various servers to which I connect hasn't improved much since the very start - I could download large files at 120-160 back then and that's about the maximum that I see today. Meanwhile my monthly rate has doubled (no other service to which I subscribe has doubled during that time and most have actually become a better deal).
Um, hello, ever hear of a little thing called context? I was responding to somebody who related that Comcast was willing to offer a price break when they threatened to jump to the competition and noted that I was given no such offer. I would have been happy to stick with Comcast if they went down to $40 or so (my definition of a fair price - one which I'm willing to pay, and any company unwilling to provide what I want goes without my money as should be the case in any capitalist system).
As it is, my $17.99 rate is a promotional and gives me 1.5 - 3.0 for 12 months - repeated testing of the bandwidth shows that I am consistently just under 3.0 (and when downloading linux.iso images or other large files there is negligable difference between what I was getting through Comcast and what I'm getting now).
$65/month vs $18/month = $564 savings over the course of a year for equal value. I gave Comcast the choice between getting $500 from me or getting nothing and they clearly said that they didn't want anything. It's a free market, I moved on and found somebody who wanted to compete for my dollars - that's the way the system works.
After the promotional period Comcast said they were doubling my rate to just under $65/month. I spoke with three different 800-operators and sent an email to corporate asking them to reconsider and they refused. A couple of them told me outright that if I really wanted to switch to DSL ($17.99/month vs $6x.00/month) I should go for it, but that they do not consider price reductions under any circumstances.
If all of the non-rich would band together and elect in the incorruptable then it wouldn't be an issue. But the same guys get voted in time and time again - usually by people like you. Deal with it or vote for somebody else.
Assume 1% of the population has an extra $5,000/month to fritter away on tickets. Allow the population to climb from 200 million to 300 million. Same 1%, but suddenly there's a lot more of them for the same limited supply of tickets. The inevitable outcome is that the rich folk are going to be competing more and more for a supply that isn't expanding, thus driving up the prices even more. Its the way the system works.
I am deeply opposed to using taxpayer funds to contribute towards the construction of public stadia (yet another reason why I dislike the god-status afforded Lincoln, who believed deeply in such actions). Vote the people out who spent the money on the arena.
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Our current chief justice is complaining that his salary of $212,100 and "Congressional inaction in the face of this situation is grievously unfair". You see, $212,100/year, plus all kind of perks and benefits (including 5 hour workdays and 4 months of vacation a year) is woefully inadequate - especially since, as Roberts puts it, cabbies have done much better. Since Congress has to provide a wage hike and since GW.Bush has to sign the legislation there is a clear incentive for the Supreme Court to give the government what they want.
I don't recall off the top of my head where I read it (it was just within the last week or so, possibly Scientific American?), but it is predicted that a warmer earth will trade 5,000 more heat-related deaths for 20,000 fewer cold-related deaths.
The only "$30 billion" investment by a single individual is from Warren Buffett, and that was a commitment to contribute over a period of years and had some very explicit requirements on what the M&MGF had to do in order to qualify.
And you would take a massive tax hit because of it. Bill gives money because he gets to claim the deductions. If he was -really- concerned about making the world a better place he would stop trying to import human sewage, radioactive medical waste untreated blood into American landfills (the company involved, Republic Services Inc NYSE:RSG has received non-trivial investments from Bill).
Bite me.
Presumably coal fired or natural gas.
Except for those small communities who built their own power plants and now sell electricity to the locals for less than what the big boys are willing to charge. I don't recall the city offhand, but within the past couple of days I saw a blurb about a city that runs their own generating plant and charges only 2/3 of what everybody else in the area pays.
If there is a demand for electricity and the locals aren't too lazy they will find a way to get it.
NO, they couldn't. Even in those cool kits of old you wouldn't be able to come up with enough material to make a dirty bomb that actually mattered - you'd need several kilos of bad stuff (or stuff that was much more refined than anything that would have come in a kit like this).
Most people in this country (like yourself) haven't the slightest clue about radiation. They hear the word and instantly panic, all the while flying back and forth between their brick houses in Denver where and their wooden house in Miami. (One of these houses has three times the background radiation as the other. Which is it?)
As for this particular lab, I haven't been able to find the specs but I'll bet you a mod point that your average american smoke detector has a far greater intensity of ionizing radiation than anything that Gilbert put on the market. There are probably clocks out there with radium painted dials that are far more radioactive, not to mention all of the uranium oxide they used for dinnerware until production of the bomb in WWII dried up the supply. (The product line continues to this day, but they stopped using the radioactive glaze back in the 60s. Google up Fiestaware.)
In other words, back in the day, it was far more likely for somebody to visit Crate and Barrel to obtain enough materials for a dirty bomb than it was Toys R Us.
Cut the royalties as much as you want for the big artists - one can only hope that the arrogance and ego displayed by twits such as Metallica is a direct function of the cash they get from the labels. Cutting the royalties will only ensure that smaller artists seek somebody other than the big boys to provide distribution and all of the big labels will (finally) go under, as they so richly deserve. (Well, considering they get cash for each and every audiocassette and blank CD/DVD sold regardless of intended usage of said recording media by the end user they'll always be around.) Unfortunately, now that Streisand's party is calling the shots in Washington expect nothing but pro-RIAA/MPAA legislation as the influence of the Hollywood set just increased by a couple orders of magnitude.
I oversee the winteriztion of vacant homes 200 times a year or more. In five years I have never once had a problem If the work was done correctly and nobody tampered with the plumbing system. 1. Turn off power to your hot water heater. If you know what you are doing and can do so safely, physically remove the hwh breaker (or fuse). If not, put a piece of tape across the breaker which should now be in the off position. Turn off power to the well (if any) in the same fashion. Leave a reminder on the electric panel to ensure that you turn the water back on BEFORE you turn on the hot water heater. Turn off the gas valve to the hot water heater as an extra layer of protection - if you fire up your hwh before it has been refilled you are out one hwh. 2. Turn off the water supply to the house. Master valves on both sides of the water meters if you are on municipal water. (If you are on a well, once the power is off open a faucet and let your pressure tank run dry at this point - different than opening the valves in the step further down. If you don't do this you run the risk of losing your pressure tank which can cause your well to burn out. My house was sitting vacant for about 2 years before I bought it and this was a problem.) 3. Hook up a hose to the hwh and drain the water to your floor drain, sump pit or out the window. Opening the highest hot water valve in the house will help it drain quicker. 4. Open the lowest and highest cold water valves in the house to allow those pipes to drain 5. Using an air compressor, blow out the supply lines throughout the house. Any decent plumber can tell you how or google up some accurate information. 6. Scoop out as much water from toilet tanks as you can. 7. Get the *PINK* antifreeze (RV/Marine). Pour generous quantities into the toilet tanks, bowls, and down all of your drains. Pour some into your dishwasher and washing machine and run a partial cycle (no rinse) to get the antifreeze into the pumps and internal hoses. If you have a pool or hot tub you will need to take some additional steps, for the most part along these lines. Above ground pools and some in-ground pools without rigid covers get a large, inflatable air pillow floated in the middle to make the cover slope down towards the edges so the water and ice doesn't puncture a hole in the middle, gets some (but not all!) of the water drained and may or may not need plugs for the water intakes. Your miles may vary, consult a pro on these devices. If you have boiler, consult an expert. Draining water and/or filling with antifreeze is a bit involved and entirely inadvisable in some cases - I've seen many older systems go down for winterization then never come back up because of issues with old seals, corrosion and other nasties. If you have steam heat then things can become even more muddled about. Again, consult an expert. Finally, on your way out, hit the power to the master breaker. When you return you will be able to restore power to the house and will be glad of the tape (or removed breakers) that serve as a reminder not to turn on the well or hot water heater until you are actually ready to do so. Turn off the gas/propane at the master valve.
Yet another shining example of why there needs to be a lot more oversight of the judiciary in this country. And why doesn't anybody ever file a complaint with the nice overlords of the bar? If a lawyer knowingly lies under oath go after his license.
Hmm... I must've missed the memo that stated that only obese people get type II diabetes. Must've been circulated only through the accounting department, eh?
Since they learned they could do so and still make lots of money.
You call this "by stealth"?
I don't know why motorists should be fined when they speed - like cigarettes, the fine should go to the manufacturer.
Compare to the first two. Was this a last-minute change or intended all along?
In the earliest episodes Bender's alcoholism was portrayed as a vice rather than the necessary fuel for his power cells and Leela was portrayed as an alien rather than a mutant. The general feel of the episodes make me feel that these are two examples of unplanned morphing of the scenario - at what point was alcohol changed from vice to energy for Bender and when was it decided that Leela was to be a mutant rather than alien? What other unplanned morphs were thrown into the mix?
There's some sort of timeout period - you don't qualify if you've been a customer within the past x months.
As it is, my $17.99 rate is a promotional and gives me 1.5 - 3.0 for 12 months - repeated testing of the bandwidth shows that I am consistently just under 3.0 (and when downloading linux .iso images or other large files there is negligable difference between what I was getting through Comcast and what I'm getting now).
$65/month vs $18/month = $564 savings over the course of a year for equal value. I gave Comcast the choice between getting $500 from me or getting nothing and they clearly said that they didn't want anything. It's a free market, I moved on and found somebody who wanted to compete for my dollars - that's the way the system works.
Bye bye, Comcast.
If all of the non-rich would band together and elect in the incorruptable then it wouldn't be an issue. But the same guys get voted in time and time again - usually by people like you. Deal with it or vote for somebody else.
Assume 1% of the population has an extra $5,000/month to fritter away on tickets. Allow the population to climb from 200 million to 300 million. Same 1%, but suddenly there's a lot more of them for the same limited supply of tickets. The inevitable outcome is that the rich folk are going to be competing more and more for a supply that isn't expanding, thus driving up the prices even more. Its the way the system works.
I am deeply opposed to using taxpayer funds to contribute towards the construction of public stadia (yet another reason why I dislike the god-status afforded Lincoln, who believed deeply in such actions). Vote the people out who spent the money on the arena.