So, from his wikipedia page, I find out that Senator Chris Dodd was in office from January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011. That's just over 7 weeks ago, and his successor took over the same day.
A that site, I notice a series of postings about proper behavior regarding gifts, training, and Job Negotiations, Post-employment and Influencing Hiring.
In the Bulletin, it states that "If Senators want to engage in negotiations or make any arrangements for jobs involving lobbying, they must wait to do so until their successors have been elected. There are no exceptions to this rule... What about for other types of private employment that don’t involve lobbying? The same rule applies unless the Senator files a signed statement with the Secretary of the Senate within three days of beginning such negotiations or arrangements. This statement, which is public, must include the name of the entities involved in these job discussions and the date they began."
Also, "For two years after leaving office, Senators cannot contact any Member, officer, or employee of the Congress on someone else’s behalf (except the United States) in order to influence their official activities."
In the memo, it reiterates the first item, stating that official notice must be given to the secretary of the senate. Of course, there is no nice web searchable index that I found for the Secretary of the Senate or the Office of Public Records. Those might require FOIA requests from anyone who would care to really dig.
"Personally, I would wonder how Amazon is supposed to forward the sales tax amount to the state since they did not collect it in the first place?"
Most states impose sales tax on the buyer, but it is the sellers responsibility to collect this tax at the time of sale and remit it to the state government once per quarter. So, they're not charging the seller for it, but as the central player, the seller is responsible for reporting all in-state sales to the state, and sending them the collected sales tax that matches that sales number. In MD, you even get a 'timely filing discount' of up to a couple hundred dollars. Kind of the states way of saying, thanks for collecting this for us, here's a little back for your time and effort.
So, if the seller does business in the state, and is subject to state laws, selling incurs the responsibility of collecting and remitting the sales tax. Doesn't matter if you're parent company is in another state, or your main sales office is in another state. You have nexus in the state, you sell into the state, you pay sales taxes in the state. You're very act of operating a business in the state implies consent to the laws of the state. Thus, it was Amazon's job to collect those taxes. They didn't, but they still owe the remission of those taxes to the state. Technically, the state could go to every Texas customer and demand they remit payment of sales tax owed, but that's not how it works. Amazon could go back to each texas customer and send them each a bill for past sales taxes not collected. That would be funny to see.
I'm still a fan of the LG series. I had an 8300 for a while. got my wife an 8550 ('Chocolate' line, if the soft keys don't bug you). upgraded to an 8350, which had horrible hinge design. when it broke, I reactivated the 8300. Heck. I still have an old Kyocera KX414 in the drawer. don't remember if that has e911 though, and if I'd be able to activate it.
There are a dozen other things I can spend $30-60/month on right now. (I mean, that's $360-$720 per year) I could get a decent replacement washer or dryer for that.
just curious. which carrier do you use that will discount the plan rate if you don't take a free phone/contract? Yes, the no contract/no termination fee part is a perk, but which carrier/plan will actually reduce your monthly payment?
You see, you're missing the clear distinction that was just made. If you're leftist, you are apparently asserting that that we aren't the top peg. You can't admit we're not the top peg. That wouldn't be jingo..., er, patriotic. The US does no wrong. Remember, good citizen?
most simple jammers just overload the appropriate frequency band with excess noise. Phone signals go to heck when the SNR drops way down. But, and here's the crux of the matter, can you imagine all of the lawsuits that the state would have to deal with from prisoners claiming the excess radiation is causing them cancer? the minute they turn it on, I guarantee every inmate dials up his lawyer and gets the process started.
money. like the gym membership you buy, keep, but don't use. It's a fixed, predictable revenue stream. Stability is key to long term growth of a business. being able to count on a steady income is a huge part of that. why not shoot for the business model that people have shown to be okay with (even if you aren't) and give yourself a chance at staying around.
"Whatever the LENRs that are responsible for the device’s heat output, nickel-hydrogen reactions are not fusion, so this has nothing to do with the idea of “cold fusion.”"
MI 2 had the mix-n-mojo code wheel. those were easy. you just photocopied each aligned option. turned a code-wheel into a 20 page pile of paper, but it worked. or so I heard... The dark red sheets with black text, though. those were a bitch. some had really esoteric characters on them. and not all photocopiers could be tweaked to get them right.
so why didn't he submit a proposal to the BAA? i mean, it's gotta be a simple solution, right? I'm sure all the military's worried about are non-adversarial civilian signals. I'm sure they're just worried about narrowband low power transmissions with a clear IEEE spec.
DARPA does basic research. that's actually fairly sizable. the effort will likely focus on the basic science and technology implementation. when the "System" gets funded, expect 3 more zeros at the end.
searching for Cub Scout stencils for an upcoming project. google search for Cub Scout Stencils, Cub Scout Wolf logo, Cub scout wolf head logo, etc.
Eventually found what I was looking for, but the first page had 7 out of the 10 results as something like:
www.kompai. com/hMg9Yaoe/ OR mitchelljm. us/lz-printable-cub-cadet-stencil.htm
the first 3-4 pages of each search were full of those.
Now, just 3 hours later as I went back to get the form of those URLs, they're almost all gone. same search terms. very different results, currently almost everything relevant.
The invisible hand of the market responds to price and cost pressures. Hence, the fact that all of these adaptors are incompatible between brands and go right into the landfill makes no participation. Until we can impose disposal costs on purchase decisions (pricing or something) it won't matter.
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if only people commenting on that video realized that a nuclear reactor with an explosion is not quite the same as a nuclear explosion.
best comment ever. mod parent up, +1 awesome.
Thanks! I was looking for christian shoes!
So, from his wikipedia page, I find out that Senator Chris Dodd was in office from January 3, 1981 – January 3, 2011. That's just over 7 weeks ago, and his successor took over the same day.
If I go to the Office of Government Ethics website, I see that they only oversee the Executive Branch, and that in the Legislative Branch, the Senate is overseen by The Senate Select Committee on Ethics.
A that site, I notice a series of postings about proper behavior regarding gifts, training, and Job Negotiations, Post-employment and Influencing Hiring.
Two documents in particular are of interest. First, we have a Feb 4 2008 Memo on Employment Negotiations and Arrangements [PDF]. Second, further down the page we have a Sept 25 2007 bulletin regarding New Ethics Rules regarding Job Negotiations, Post-employment and Influencing Hiring [PDF].
In the Bulletin, it states that "If Senators want to engage in negotiations or make any arrangements for jobs involving lobbying, they must wait to do so until their successors have been elected. There are no exceptions to this rule... What about for other types of private employment that don’t involve lobbying? The same
rule applies unless the Senator files a signed statement with the Secretary of the Senate within three days of beginning such negotiations or arrangements. This statement, which is public, must include the name of the entities involved in these job discussions and the date they began."
Also, "For two years after leaving office, Senators cannot contact any Member, officer, or employee of the Congress on someone else’s behalf (except the United States) in order to influence their official activities."
In the memo, it reiterates the first item, stating that official notice must be given to the secretary of the senate. Of course, there is no nice web searchable index that I found for the Secretary of the Senate or the Office of Public Records. Those might require FOIA requests from anyone who would care to really dig.
yeah, because Mz Aguilera botching the US Nat'l Anthem or who won the Grammy's is waaaay more important that ongoing revolution.
seriously, when it's again time to vote in this country, please do us a favor and stay home watching American Idol.
I'm torn. I actually want to like this spammy post. it's just so cute sitting here at the bottom of the thread. And it's so polite.
"Personally, I would wonder how Amazon is supposed to forward the sales tax amount to the state since they did not collect it in the first place?"
Most states impose sales tax on the buyer, but it is the sellers responsibility to collect this tax at the time of sale and remit it to the state government once per quarter. So, they're not charging the seller for it, but as the central player, the seller is responsible for reporting all in-state sales to the state, and sending them the collected sales tax that matches that sales number. In MD, you even get a 'timely filing discount' of up to a couple hundred dollars. Kind of the states way of saying, thanks for collecting this for us, here's a little back for your time and effort.
So, if the seller does business in the state, and is subject to state laws, selling incurs the responsibility of collecting and remitting the sales tax. Doesn't matter if you're parent company is in another state, or your main sales office is in another state. You have nexus in the state, you sell into the state, you pay sales taxes in the state. You're very act of operating a business in the state implies consent to the laws of the state. Thus, it was Amazon's job to collect those taxes. They didn't, but they still owe the remission of those taxes to the state. Technically, the state could go to every Texas customer and demand they remit payment of sales tax owed, but that's not how it works. Amazon could go back to each texas customer and send them each a bill for past sales taxes not collected. That would be funny to see.
They goofed. No interstate issues about it.
I'm still a fan of the LG series. I had an 8300 for a while. got my wife an 8550 ('Chocolate' line, if the soft keys don't bug you). upgraded to an 8350, which had horrible hinge design. when it broke, I reactivated the 8300. Heck. I still have an old Kyocera KX414 in the drawer. don't remember if that has e911 though, and if I'd be able to activate it.
There are a dozen other things I can spend $30-60/month on right now. (I mean, that's $360-$720 per year) I could get a decent replacement washer or dryer for that.
just curious. which carrier do you use that will discount the plan rate if you don't take a free phone/contract? Yes, the no contract/no termination fee part is a perk, but which carrier/plan will actually reduce your monthly payment?
http://htmlhelp.com/reference/wilbur/phrase/em.html
been that way since I handcoded my first web page back at college. *wipes tear for the good ol' days*
You see, you're missing the clear distinction that was just made. If you're leftist, you are apparently asserting that that we aren't the top peg. You can't admit we're not the top peg. That wouldn't be jingo..., er, patriotic. The US does no wrong. Remember, good citizen?
most simple jammers just overload the appropriate frequency band with excess noise. Phone signals go to heck when the SNR drops way down. But, and here's the crux of the matter, can you imagine all of the lawsuits that the state would have to deal with from prisoners claiming the excess radiation is causing them cancer? the minute they turn it on, I guarantee every inmate dials up his lawyer and gets the process started.
"What is it with subscriptions..."
money. like the gym membership you buy, keep, but don't use. It's a fixed, predictable revenue stream. Stability is key to long term growth of a business. being able to count on a steady income is a huge part of that. why not shoot for the business model that people have shown to be okay with (even if you aren't) and give yourself a chance at staying around.
"oh, look, a decoy!"
a nice statement from that blog:
"Whatever the LENRs that are responsible for the device’s heat output, nickel-hydrogen reactions are not fusion, so this has nothing to do with the idea of “cold fusion.”"
arguably, they're charging you for the matchmaking service. you're (they're) just dumb enough to pay for it.
MI 2 had the mix-n-mojo code wheel. those were easy. you just photocopied each aligned option. turned a code-wheel into a 20 page pile of paper, but it worked. or so I heard... The dark red sheets with black text, though. those were a bitch. some had really esoteric characters on them. and not all photocopiers could be tweaked to get them right.
"sidearms in our heads"
I think you're doing it wrong...
so why didn't he submit a proposal to the BAA? i mean, it's gotta be a simple solution, right? I'm sure all the military's worried about are non-adversarial civilian signals. I'm sure they're just worried about narrowband low power transmissions with a clear IEEE spec.
DARPA does basic research. that's actually fairly sizable. the effort will likely focus on the basic science and technology implementation. when the "System" gets funded, expect 3 more zeros at the end.
wow, nice. this nerd is sold. here's the firefox addin:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?q=duck+duck+go&cat=all&x=0&y=0
the first two should be for duckduckgo
then again, you get my example from today:
searching for Cub Scout stencils for an upcoming project. google search for Cub Scout Stencils, Cub Scout Wolf logo, Cub scout wolf head logo, etc.
Eventually found what I was looking for, but the first page had 7 out of the 10 results as something like:
www.kompai. com/hMg9Yaoe/
OR
mitchelljm. us/lz-printable-cub-cadet-stencil.htm
the first 3-4 pages of each search were full of those.
Now, just 3 hours later as I went back to get the form of those URLs, they're almost all gone. same search terms. very different results, currently almost everything relevant.
Fun stuff.
methinks slashdot is about to make it a very expensive day...
The invisible hand of the market responds to price and cost pressures. Hence, the fact that all of these adaptors are incompatible between brands and go right into the landfill makes no participation. Until we can impose disposal costs on purchase decisions (pricing or something) it won't matter.
oh, was that a whoosh?
your impression is wrong. classified is not a de