You say that there are drug/alcohol dependency issues, but then jump to "just send them away". Where is away?
I hope they use the money for mental health and addiction intervention.
Makes me wonder why the insurance companies for these ramps donâ(TM)t require inspections every couple of years. Then the government just has to verify that theyâ(TM)re insured. Same with fire extinguishers, etc. The insurance companies have a vested interest in making sure the insured buildings are safe and up to code. If they arenâ(TM)t, jack up the rates for drop them.
Quite from my intro traffic engineering prof.: âoeOne truck does the same damage as 10,000 passenger carsâ. The ratio is probably similar cars to bikes.
I'd guess that 80% of Americans are in favor of what Trump said he wanted to do: increase trade, better national security, more jobs, more people with better health insurance for less. The problem is that he either doesn't know how to deliver on these promises, some of them simply can't be done, or he was outright lying.
The people that didn't like Hillary but still voted for her could see through his thin veil of bullshit.
While she's not without blame for how she ran her campaign, keep in mind that the Republican establishment has been demonizing her since 1992. It's impossible to know the difference between the rhetoric that they've been pumping out for 26 years and how bad she may really be.
"Fad Surfing in the Boardroom" ( https://www.amazon.com/Fad-Sur... ) is a great book that covers many examples of this. The best part of the book is that it talks about these fads, how the original idea started, how they *should* be implemented, and how they're actually implemented poorly.
That same NCES report says, "...the average salary was about 3 percent higher in 2010–11 than in 1990–91." That really seems to contradict the "...4.6% yearly raises..." for 30 years.
Typically the 4-6% annual pay increase figure is actually pay AND BENEFITS. With insurance prices jumping every year, how much does that leave for actual takehome pay increase?
Ironic that he talks about how the number of app's in the app store isn't important, yet that was Microsoft's anti-Apple marketing line for years. He says, "I believe it’s far more important to have the “right” apps," which is what the Apple advocates have always said.
2. Longer school days will bring up the performance of the low performers, but it will also increase the performance of the high performers. The gap between low and high will remain the same.
5. In Spain they aren't afraid to flunk kids. That's great on paper, but what do you do when you have 14 year old kids in a classroom with 10 year olds? That's a real social stress on the 10 year olds. My kid was there and it forced us to face a few social challenges that end up being more of a punishment on the kids that don't flunk. I don't know what the solution is, but it's not a great situation.
Part of the problem is the administrators. Teachers don't simply get tenure handed to them after a couple of years. The have to be reviewed by administrators. Typically, administrators have a bare minimum of classroom experience and can't tell the difference between a good teacher and a bad one. Yet they are the ones handing out the tenure. Only years later after many parent complaints do they discover that they have a bad teacher. Get better administrators and you'll have fewer bad teachers with tenure.
Parents are a part of the problem. You have parents that don't place an emphasis on education. Parents that place an emphasis on education, but do not have the time, education or language to help their kids with their homework. Parents that think little Susie is getting bad grades because the teachers are out to get her because of her dress/race/etc. Parents that think that THEIR child would NEVER misbehave, so the teacher is at fault. Parent's that don't know how to get their kids to study more, but excuse their 16 year old from school to get their driver's license.
Funny, couldn't you make the same argument for higher teacher salaries? How much value does a teacher add to a person's life? They don't just make some widget. They give students the knowledge and skills required to become politicians, doctors, lawyers, etc. They are continually taking additional courses to improve their skills. Teachers with 15-20 years experience are also at the "top of their career chain", yet I know teachers with that much experience that are only making in the mid $50k's.
Yet our governor (I'm from Wisconsin) and most conservatives says teachers are paid too much. Can you find examples of teachers who don't put in tons of overtime? Sure. Just like you can for any job. But ALL of the teachers I know (and that's a lot) are grading papers at home at night and on weekends. They are taking summer courses, which are required to keep their license. They are dealing with unruly students. They field phone calls from parents at night and on weekends. Even worse are some of the parents: ask any teacher and they'll tell you that parents who don't back them up are the worst part of their job.
So, to quote you,
It really annoys me when I see people working on assembly lines, or front line jobs, complaining that their salary isn't any where near what some politician's is. How about this... work your ass off, clearly be extremely skilled in your field, have a *goal* to make the big bucks,and don't make mistakes that might derail you -- and then complain to me if you don't make it.
Just substitute "teacher" for "politician" and I think you've got it right. If you make the argument that we should pay teachers less because they are taxpayer supported, then you are also arguing that we should pay politicians less. Or is it just that we want to make politicians bribe-proof? Then maybe our underpaid teachers should start accepting bribes?
Maybe Clinton should have just refused to testify under oath. That seems to have worked on more than one occasion for various members of the Bush administration.
In the county I work for, we make all of the property data available on the web unless someone specifically opts out. This is usually done by law enforcement officials for privacy concerns.
HOWEVER, this information is still public, so if someone comes to the county admin building they can have it. The assumption is that if someone is pissed off, they might go to the web and get the information and then go to a cop's house. But if they actually have to drive down to the county building, they might cool off (or be scared off) and not do anything.
I work for a county that gets lots of requests like this. The county spends a lot of tax dollars to hire consultants to do the flights and correct the data.
We make the photos available on the web via a GIS application, so anyone can use it for casual purposes.
Usually when we get a request for the entire collection of photos, it is from a commercial outfit. They are usually NOT located within the county, so they haven't paid any tax dollars directly to the county. If we give this data out, it is a HUGE cost savings to the commercial outfit that would normally have to pay to have a flight done.
Wouldn't you want your local unit of government to help keep taxes down by raising additional revenues by selling this data?
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Everyone complains about government incompetence, but nobody wants to pay to have a competent government.
You say that there are drug/alcohol dependency issues, but then jump to "just send them away". Where is away? I hope they use the money for mental health and addiction intervention.
Makes me wonder why the insurance companies for these ramps donâ(TM)t require inspections every couple of years. Then the government just has to verify that theyâ(TM)re insured. Same with fire extinguishers, etc. The insurance companies have a vested interest in making sure the insured buildings are safe and up to code. If they arenâ(TM)t, jack up the rates for drop them.
Because it happened at a software consulting firm. Employee reviews makes it sound like a bad place to work: https://www.glassdoor.com/Revi...
Quite from my intro traffic engineering prof.: âoeOne truck does the same damage as 10,000 passenger carsâ. The ratio is probably similar cars to bikes.
I'd guess that 80% of Americans are in favor of what Trump said he wanted to do: increase trade, better national security, more jobs, more people with better health insurance for less. The problem is that he either doesn't know how to deliver on these promises, some of them simply can't be done, or he was outright lying. The people that didn't like Hillary but still voted for her could see through his thin veil of bullshit.
While she's not without blame for how she ran her campaign, keep in mind that the Republican establishment has been demonizing her since 1992. It's impossible to know the difference between the rhetoric that they've been pumping out for 26 years and how bad she may really be.
"Fad Surfing in the Boardroom" ( https://www.amazon.com/Fad-Sur... ) is a great book that covers many examples of this. The best part of the book is that it talks about these fads, how the original idea started, how they *should* be implemented, and how they're actually implemented poorly.
Sounds like this: http://www.gizmodo.in/software/NearBytes-is-a-Sound-Based-NFC-like-Data-Transfer-Tech-that-Works-on-Any-Old-or-New-Phone/articleshow/21165630.cms or this: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chirp/id529469280?mt=8
That same NCES report says, "...the average salary was about 3 percent higher in 2010–11 than in 1990–91." That really seems to contradict the "...4.6% yearly raises..." for 30 years.
Typically the 4-6% annual pay increase figure is actually pay AND BENEFITS. With insurance prices jumping every year, how much does that leave for actual takehome pay increase?
Ironic that he talks about how the number of app's in the app store isn't important, yet that was Microsoft's anti-Apple marketing line for years. He says, "I believe it’s far more important to have the “right” apps," which is what the Apple advocates have always said.
2. Longer school days will bring up the performance of the low performers, but it will also increase the performance of the high performers. The gap between low and high will remain the same.
5. In Spain they aren't afraid to flunk kids. That's great on paper, but what do you do when you have 14 year old kids in a classroom with 10 year olds? That's a real social stress on the 10 year olds. My kid was there and it forced us to face a few social challenges that end up being more of a punishment on the kids that don't flunk. I don't know what the solution is, but it's not a great situation.
Part of the problem is the administrators. Teachers don't simply get tenure handed to them after a couple of years. The have to be reviewed by administrators. Typically, administrators have a bare minimum of classroom experience and can't tell the difference between a good teacher and a bad one. Yet they are the ones handing out the tenure. Only years later after many parent complaints do they discover that they have a bad teacher. Get better administrators and you'll have fewer bad teachers with tenure. Parents are a part of the problem. You have parents that don't place an emphasis on education. Parents that place an emphasis on education, but do not have the time, education or language to help their kids with their homework. Parents that think little Susie is getting bad grades because the teachers are out to get her because of her dress/race/etc. Parents that think that THEIR child would NEVER misbehave, so the teacher is at fault. Parent's that don't know how to get their kids to study more, but excuse their 16 year old from school to get their driver's license.
It sounds to me like the $25 cost is the cost of the assembled unit. The likely retail cost will be something on the order of $100-$200.
Yet our governor (I'm from Wisconsin) and most conservatives says teachers are paid too much. Can you find examples of teachers who don't put in tons of overtime? Sure. Just like you can for any job. But ALL of the teachers I know (and that's a lot) are grading papers at home at night and on weekends. They are taking summer courses, which are required to keep their license. They are dealing with unruly students. They field phone calls from parents at night and on weekends. Even worse are some of the parents: ask any teacher and they'll tell you that parents who don't back them up are the worst part of their job. So, to quote you,
Just substitute "teacher" for "politician" and I think you've got it right. If you make the argument that we should pay teachers less because they are taxpayer supported, then you are also arguing that we should pay politicians less. Or is it just that we want to make politicians bribe-proof? Then maybe our underpaid teachers should start accepting bribes?
Maybe Clinton should have just refused to testify under oath. That seems to have worked on more than one occasion for various members of the Bush administration.
HOW did you find a job like that?? I'm looking for a situation where I could work from Spain for a US company.
In the county I work for, we make all of the property data available on the web unless someone specifically opts out. This is usually done by law enforcement officials for privacy concerns.
HOWEVER, this information is still public, so if someone comes to the county admin building they can have it. The assumption is that if someone is pissed off, they might go to the web and get the information and then go to a cop's house. But if they actually have to drive down to the county building, they might cool off (or be scared off) and not do anything.
I work for a county that gets lots of requests like this. The county spends a lot of tax dollars to hire consultants to do the flights and correct the data.
We make the photos available on the web via a GIS application, so anyone can use it for casual purposes.
Usually when we get a request for the entire collection of photos, it is from a commercial outfit. They are usually NOT located within the county, so they haven't paid any tax dollars directly to the county. If we give this data out, it is a HUGE cost savings to the commercial outfit that would normally have to pay to have a flight done.
Wouldn't you want your local unit of government to help keep taxes down by raising additional revenues by selling this data?