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Outlook darkens for the economy

According to KPMG's quarterly national business confidence survey, more than half (53%) of executives now plan to reduce staffing levels over the coming months, with a similar number (52%) planning to implement recruitment freezes.

Back in March when the same organisations were questioned for KPMG by Opinion Leader Research, only 29% were looking at job cuts as a cost-saving measure.

Simon Jones, senior partner at KPMG's Cardiff office, said: "The clouds that were on the horizon when we first conducted this survey in the spring are now overhead, with businesses feeling the impact of this so-called perfect storm of rising inflation, tightening credit conditions and plummeting consumer confidence.

"With six out of 10 businesses looking to cut costs, redundancies may seem like the obvious, albeit painful, solution. more

Expert Offers Tips to Build Business Credit and Form a LLC or

Kevin Wessell, a nationally renowned business executive and highly respected expert in the field of business planning and corporate credit building and CEO of 1-800-Company.com, offers expert advice to those who wish to start a business: form a corporation or LLC and build business credit. Wessell explains how businesspeople can do this without affecting personal credit and regardless of personal credit history. . more

Bristol Business Consulting Internet Marketing Traffic Generation

COM, July 29, 2008 ) Capid Houser is a Bristol based strategic business marketing organisation which is headed by Stephen C Campbell who is someone who is always leading in his industry by embracing change and the new technologies. The latest service launched by the compnay (http://www.capidhouser.com/internettraffic.html.) is the provision of Internet Marketing Traffic generation service largely designed to move companies towards dominating in their local markets. It has been recognized that most companies who decide to use a website normally launches a site which exists in cyber space and in many cases may as well not exist in terms of being recognized within the scope of the overall internet. Capid Houser (http://www.capidhouser.com/) has a website design and development arm and in the past whilst providing quality websites, noted that the businesses did not have any focused internet traffic being directed to it. more

Small start-ups prefer free zones outside Dubai

Such businesses want to be in locations that suit their needs and Dubai is not necessarily the best emirate for them," Menon said.

Certain companies are only here because of taxes in their home country, he said, adding that such entities' needs are provided for by free zones outside of Dubai.

As more companies move to other emirates, Dubai's economy will not be impacted, he said.

"This is a deliberate move on Dubai's part. The government wants to target only larger businesses, which is why they stopped offering virtual offices that small and medium enterprises are attracted to," Menon said.

Comparing the free zones in different emirates, Menon said: "The immigration procedures are efficient in Dubai and Sharjah. However, in Fujairah and Ras Al Khaimah, the process is long."

He said that setting up in all free zones is easy but there are issues involved in continuity of a business in free zones other than those in Dubai and Sharjah. more

International demand lifts Manitowoc's profits The Business

The Manitowoc Co. Inc. reported higher profits for the second quarter, in part because of strong international demand for its construction cranes.

Manitowoc Co. (NYSE: MTW) reported net income Monday of $133.9 million, or $1.01 per share, for the second quarter, up 37 percent compared with $97.5 million, or 76 cents per share, for the same period a year ago.

Net sales for the Manitowoc-based manufacturer of construction cranes, lifting equipment, food services equipment and commercial ships increased 28 percent to $1.3 billion from $1 billion.

The company said operating earnings from its cranes segment jumped 39 percent because of higher demand for cranes in all of its geographic markets. Earnings from the food service equipment division grew 2 percent despite a dip in sales. more

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Resolved Question: Pyxism Business - Any lead generation tips?

Hey, I'm thinking about starting a new business with a company called Pyxism. I've been in several company's before and am a member of the "NFL" club. What are some other ways I can bring people into my business besides going after people I know? more

Resolved Question: MOTHER ESSAY - read, suggestions?

Please read my essay, and help correct it. It is currently on an A grade, i need to boost it to A*. To get this, I need to add high level specifiality (heavy detail on everything e.g. her dark, crimson eyes shadowed the blackened bruise that plastered across her etc etc and maybe add a few examples to add texture to my essay. PLEASE HELP. suggestions to improve my essay? PLEASE. Following in my mother’s footsteps: ‘A caring, compassionate being that’s duty is to protect their child, and survive through the highs and lows of parenthood with a permanent smile plastered on their face, always.’ - was her reply, if only that were true. My mother tries her best to be, but it doesn’t always show. Most days she’s in her temper-mode, causing a scene is what we, as a family, do best regardless of spectators. The house is a complete warzone, one foot wrong and you’re just seeking trouble. She grows a grey hair every time she is strained from yet another quarrel, her lovely jet black hair is fading. Her murky, round glasses masque her beautiful face, however she is not concerned. Beauty is meaningless to her; ‘true beauty comes from the heart’ and that’s what makes my mother unique. It’s where her heart lies that counts, she gave up her past life to devote herself to being with her family. She has supported us through every step of the way, no matter how many arguments that have erupted she will always live to forgive and forget. Not because she wants to as a gesture of her goodwill, my mother is ever so forgetful which gives me the upper hand in squabbles. Never have I met someone that would constantly have to repeat the same story everyday - word by word, she would have repeated it to me at least three times a day. It would then be my responsibility to tell her that she had mentioned it before, but she evidently would have forgotten by the next time she recalls her story all over. She is so predictable…again. Although she is inclined to forget most easily, this does not stop her from being the dominant figure of the household. My mother without doubt defies the stereotype of the man of the house expression. My father is as powerless as an infant. What my mother says goes, not anything can prove her wrong since her say is always final. As head of the house, she has taken a frequent liking to taking control of our personal lives to make sure we do not step out of line. She is controlling, we are expected to be submissive and literally down on our knees at her feet. Even though this is the case, the most influential person in my life is still undeniably my mother. She has taught me to strive for my goals in life, but to achieve them would result in dedicating myself and working hard for the output. To succeed, I will need to have confidence, determination and work to the full extent. Confidence is her forte; my mother is a powerful character that I am sure will inspire my actions in later life. My mother would never start something without finishing it to the right quality. Her motivation for this has driven me to complete tasks to the best I could possibly accomplish. She has trained me to be conscious about my actions beforehand, as there are always consequences because of it. Now I know that for every judgment I make will result to various outcomes, I should approach each problem with no hesitation as there is always an open door to learn from them. ‘A good education leads to a bright future ahead’ - Education is priority in our household. My mother encouraged me in subtle actions, by buying me moderately large novels for me to read to testing my timetables everyday when I was younger. These followed on and have given me an advantage in learning early. She has provided me with strong paths in life and my obedience to her has given me a sense of morality. My mother’s enthusiasm in my learning has prompted me to work hard to impress her; that all her effort and time spent on me was worth it. She is giving me the opportunity to pursue my aspiration, the chance that she never had – she was born into a battlefield (The Vietnam War) so she never received a complete education to even dream of the future. Her hope of starting her own business was dismissed. Her ambition is now to hope that I live the life she never achieved; her passion for her children to succeed in life is forever escalating. These strong principles have brought me to who I am today, and with it I am capable to doing anything if I put my mind to it. I have treasured every one of them which will stay with me. This lady is not only the root of all my consequences and actions, but the woman who takes pride of her children and is assured that they were raised well. Her love for us is genuine and unconditional. This lady is more than just a mother to me - or an aspect of my life, she means more than anything. Her legacy will follow on through my brother and I for generations to come. more

Voting Question: CONSERVATIVES, do you like the idea of splitting the USA with us LIBERALS?

The more I think about it the more I like it. Let's divide the US into Liberals and Conservatives. We've become like a party of hikers stranded on a mountain slope. Half want to stay put and wait for rescue, and the other half want to get as far back down the slope as they can. Both sides could be right, both are willing to stake their lives on their ideas, and both are ready to kill the other side for resisting what must be done. So, let's split up. The Liberals get the Northeast and both coasts: the blue states. If we get all the blue states from 2008, that includes New Mexico, Colorado, and Florida. Also, Hawaii. I'd throw in Florida for the Conservatives just to sweeten the pot. I suggest we name ourselves the Social Democratic States of America. The SDSA. The Conservatives get the big center of the country and the gulf coast states. And Alaska. I suggest you call yourselves the Christian Confederation of America. The CCA. During the partition there will be some messy splits, and a lot of dramatic exoduses and ethnic cleansing. Most of the city of Austin will be Liberals trapped far behind enemy lines, in the very Capital city of the Christian Confederacy! They will have to evacuate to North Carolina. Conversely, the entire population of Western Michigan will have to make a run for Missouri. A lot of Wall Street guys will be flying their private jets one - way to Dallas, while a lot of Liberal millionaires will say goodbye to their Montana ranches forever. We have to split the federal debt and each pay off half, because both Rep. and Dems have borrowed all that money. Right now national debt is 12.9 trillion. A little less than half of that added up during the administration of Pres. George W. Bush (sorry, just had to point it out). The Christian Confederation will eliminate income and business taxes, but they still have to find a way to pay back $6.5 trillion without that revenue. Take State revenues in Texas, the capital of the CCA. They make $21 million a year in sales tax and $26 million in income tax. Without income, sales tax will go to around 20%. Then, to pay make their federal debt payments, they may have to double that, maybe to 40% sales tax. Also, a lot of that is Social Security, which red - staters have been paying all their lives. I don't know if you're going to just tell all those would - be retirees that their money is gone, or pay them all back their money in one lump sum (in which case you'll have to borrow trillions more) or keep paying Social Security, but that's pretty Socialist. Meanwhile, in the SDSA, taxes will be roughly like those in Western Europe. Most will pay 25%. The wealthiest pay a lot more income tax than now, up to 50% in the $1 million/ year income bracket. However, no one will have any medical, prescription, or education expenses. We each get half of the military, because we both paid for it. So we each have enough nukes to keep us from invading each other. Social Democratic States of America SDSA all blue states; northeast and coastal states. Multicultural, secular, republic, dedicated to ideals of mutual tolerance, freedom, and human rights. Member and foremost donor to United Nations. Signatory to all major international treaties on human rights, disarmament, and environment. Secretary of Science and Technology is a cabinet position. Congressional Office of Science is established to review policy proposals. Science research receives high levels of funding, technology progresses. Open immigration, open guest worker passes. Guest workers put downward pressures on wages for labor. High income tax. Most Americans pay 25% federal income tax. Over 50% for those earning over $1,000,000/ year.. Single payer health care for all. No medical expenses for covered services for citizens. Some procedures deemed unproven, cosmetic, or futile, not covered. Entrepreneurs and businesses pay nothing for employee medical insurance. Free public college education for any who pass entrance exams. Few energy reserves. Large fuel imports. Intensive investment in renewable energy and later generation nuclear reactors. Military spending reduced to a level needed to defend SDSA territory, plus expeditionary forces for UN. Strong ties with Europe and Asia lead to increased trade and financial investment. Blue states had average incomes about $10,000 higher than red states at time of partition. High educational achievement, international trade and investment, and technological innovation, lead to increasing household incomes. Women choose when and if to start families. Homosexuals granted full marriage rights Christian Confederacy of America CCA All red states; south, central, and gulf coast states. Christian confederacy of states. Dedicated to Jesus Christ, to freedom, and to the heritage of America. All non - Christian citizens and houses of worship are required to register with local govern more

Resolved Question: Should we "Go Cheney" on climate change?

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/09/opinion/09friedman.html?em=&pagewanted=print December 9, 2009 OP-ED COLUMNIST Going Cheney on Climate By THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN In 2006, Ron Suskind published “The One Percent Doctrine,” a book about the U.S. war on terrorists after 9/11. The title was drawn from an assessment by then-Vice President Dick Cheney, who, in the face of concerns that a Pakistani scientist was offering nuclear-weapons expertise to Al Qaeda, reportedly declared: “If there’s a 1% chance that Pakistani scientists are helping Al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” Cheney contended that the U.S. had to confront a very new type of threat: a “low-probability, high-impact event.” Soon after Suskind’s book came out, the legal scholar Cass Sunstein, who then was at the University of Chicago, pointed out that Mr. Cheney seemed to be endorsing the same “precautionary principle” that also animated environmentalists. Sunstein wrote in his blog: “According to the Precautionary Principle, it is appropriate to respond aggressively to low-probability, high-impact events — such as climate change. Indeed, another vice president — Al Gore — can be understood to be arguing for a precautionary principle for climate change (though he believes that the chance of disaster is well over 1 percent).” Of course, Mr. Cheney would never accept that analogy. Indeed, many of the same people who defend Mr. Cheney’s One Percent Doctrine on nukes tell us not to worry at all about catastrophic global warming, where the odds are, in fact, a lot higher than 1 percent, if we stick to business as usual. That is unfortunate, because Cheney’s instinct is precisely the right framework with which to think about the climate issue — and this whole “climategate” controversy as well. “Climategate” was triggered on Nov. 17 when an unidentified person hacked into the e-mails and data files of the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit, one of the leading climate science centers in the world — and then posted them on the Internet. In a few instances, they revealed some leading climatologists seemingly massaging data to show more global warming and excluding contradictory research. Frankly, I found it very disappointing to read a leading climate scientist writing that he used a “trick” to “hide” a putative decline in temperatures or was keeping contradictory research from getting a proper hearing. Yes, the climate-denier community, funded by big oil, has published all sorts of bogus science for years — and the world never made a fuss. That, though, is no excuse for serious climatologists not adhering to the highest scientific standards at all times. That said, be serious: The evidence that our planet, since the Industrial Revolution, has been on a broad warming trend outside the normal variation patterns — with periodic micro-cooling phases — has been documented by a variety of independent research centers. As this paper just reported: “Despite recent fluctuations in global temperature year to year, which fueled claims of global cooling, a sustained global warming trend shows no signs of ending, according to new analysis by the World Meteorological Organization made public on Tuesday. The decade of the 2000s is very likely the warmest decade in the modern record.” This is not complicated. We know that our planet is enveloped in a blanket of greenhouse gases that keep the Earth at a comfortable temperature. As we pump more carbon-dioxide and other greenhouse gases into that blanket from cars, buildings, agriculture, forests and industry, more heat gets trapped. What we don’t know, because the climate system is so complex, is what other factors might over time compensate for that man-driven warming, or how rapidly temperatures might rise, melt more ice and raise sea levels. It’s all a game of odds. We’ve never been here before. We just know two things: one, the CO2 we put into the atmosphere stays there for many years, so it is “irreversible” in real-time (barring some feat of geo-engineering); and two, that CO2 buildup has the potential to unleash “catastrophic” warming. When I see a problem that has even a 1 percent probability of occurring and is “irreversible” and potentially “catastrophic,” I buy insurance. That is what taking climate change seriously is all about. If we prepare for climate change by building a clean-power economy, but climate change turns out to be a hoax, what would be the result? Well, during a transition period, we would have higher energy prices. But gradually we would be driving battery-powered electric cars and powering more and more of our homes and factories with wind, solar, nuclear and second-generation biofuels. We would be much less dependent on oil dictators who have drawn a bull’s-eye on our backs; our trade deficit would improve; the dollar would strengthen; and the air we breathe would be cleaner. more

Resolved Question: Which option would you prefer - no government aid or massive government aid?

As a nation we've spent more than we've earned since the 1950s. Every politician has kicked the problems down the road for future generations to solve. And now it's finally caught up with us. We blame Clinton, or Bush, or Obama... but the real blame lies with us, the American consumer. Our debt to income ratio went from 50% in the 1950s to 150% in 2007. We have two main options now. First, the government can end all support of any kind including subsidies, bailouts, etc...This of course would lead to massive unemployment and systemic business failures, but it would help us pay off some debt. Second, spend huge amounts of money in government subsidies to prop up a failing economy. This will avoid the unemployment and business failures, but it makes the original problem worse. Or maybe you have a third option?If you support no government aid - how many months/years of unemployment would you be willing to go through? If you support massive aid - how will you prepare your kids for a bleak future?@ Nikki - Maybe you personally don't deserve blame, but the average American consumer does. It's all about accepting personal responsibility. more

Resolved Question: Does Sheriff Joe Apraio of AZ take Arizona's Latino purchasing power into consideration...?

.....when he deports more Latinos out of Arizona? Does his administration have plans to make up for those millions lost to the county? Please be specific with your answers, and include any sources....thanks! http://www.azcentral.com/business/articles/2009/11/18/20091118biz-datos1118.html Latino purchasing power grows The purchasing power of Hispanics is growing at a rate nearly three times as fast as that of the general population in Arizona and nationwide, said an Arizona State University business expert who has studied the market for 14 years. Even though Hispanic spending is slowing because of the downturn in the economy, overall, it continues to grow because the number of Hispanics is rising and they are rapidly approaching a majority status in many parts of the country, said Loui Olivas, professor emeritus at ASU's W.P. Carey School of Business. A third-generation native Phoenix resident, Olivas leads a group of graduate students who study the Hispanic market. He estimates that Hispanic purchases reached $31 billion in Arizona last year compared with $28 billion the year before.Olivas forecasts that it will reach $48 billion in four years. Hispanics accounted for about 16 percent of purchases in Arizona last year, compared with 8.9 percent nationwide. They now control $951 billion in spending power in the nation, and Olivas expects that to reach $1 trillion this year or next. more

Resolved Question: Is my answer okay to this question? Need your economic expertise?

Do accidents cause people? Children born out of wed lock are commonly viewed as accidents, an unwanted side effect of intercourse. It was therefore widely expected that better contraception and the legalization of abortion would sharly decrease the number of such children. In fact, the pattern has been the opposite. Improved contraception and increased access to abortion developed Western societies has been associated with a sharp, perhaps unparelleled increase in births. Can you offer explanations for that consistent with the economic approach to human behaviour? This is my answer, please let me know if I should elaborate more. Due to recent advancements of contraception and more openly-legalized abortions, unintended pregnancies have caused the population to increase causing economic strain on society. Due to the fact these saviors such as birth control are now more pertinent and readily available; people feel the need to be more sexually active and irresponsible which leads to more births. Some individuals may make their decisions based on lack of morality, education, and economical factors. Assuming everyone who has an unwanted pregnancy believes and decides to abort, the cost of abortion would be the only concern if money really mattered. In Economics Uncut on pg 320, the average price of an abortion is listed to be $370. However the amount of service an abortion clinic is receiving at that time may dictate the price of their services. If someone is in a rural area and plans to have an abortion, they may pay a higher price due to the lack of clinic availability and the amount of business received. Due to recent hardship for some, an abortion may be too expensive even though making the opposite decision would be a life long expensive choice to others. I believe people who cannot afford to abort may end up relying on government assistance to aid them financially. When government aid is dependent upon by these parties, taxpayers are doomed to pick up the extra charges and this cycle effects everyone economically and continues to circulate to the next generation if they are not educated properly about abstinence and contraception. more

Voting Question: Why are the majority of the youths' education in North America inept in the English language?

I try very hard, but I cannot seem to write properly with the traditional tools of the pen and paper while I can see clearly what I am writing about on a monitor screen with a keyboard. One of my in-class assignments was hand-written. I received the latest in-class assignments back from my professor and I felt my heart sunk into a void where I essentially believed that I could not write, read, or even speak the English language. I felt horrible. I was shattered into a million pieces. I choked on my own spit and my mind ran shaking thoughts of discontinue going to school. I felt that discouraged as the markings on my assignment reminded me of the times during elementary where the teachers had to point out every single mistake I had made on a paragraph as I could not comprehend the proper structure of a paragraph or its sentences. At that moment, my mind went blank, detached, mindless you may say, but as I walked out of that classroom, I wanted to cry. I felt humiliated and undetermined to do anything accomplishing. All of my life I had always thought of myself inept in the English language until my college years. My professors then were very encouraging and found my writing works excellent for business and politics. However, from those encouragements alone made me wanted to step up from college to university into a Humanities program. It was a whole different level. The writing and reading was obviously academic and on a higher scale than what a young adult or a teenager would be able to read on a swift speed. Who can truly understand H.L.A. Hart's concepts and criticisms of natural law and legal positivists' theories through one read? I certainly cannot. The words just are not simply processing in my mind. I wish there was another way. Perhaps I should change majors and not aspire to be a lawyer. It's expensive (except in Quebec) and difficult to accomplish when practising as one. I know this because I currently work for a lawyer in a private law firm. Anyway, my boss complained about how the youth of today's generation are not adept in the English language. They cannot write, spell, or even read properly. We are always on a fast-paced level where we cannot stop for one minute to figure things out slowly and meticulously. We never try to slow down, and whenever we do, we are considered to be mentally retarded or slow. The faster we go, the faster we try, we are depicted as fast learners, thinkers, and achievers. Perhaps. If not so, then from your point of view, what is the case with most of the today's youth generation has an inept understanding of the English language from its most simple basic to complex structures. For instance, it's not statue, it's statute. It's not lead, it's led. Small things like it's or its or its', or Boss' or boss's, etc... to complexities such as dangling modifiers. I have never heard of them before! Not until we were lectured in tutorial class from the same professor who implied I sucked horribly in the English language. Well, anyway, you can voice you opinion about it, doesn't matter if it's right or wrong, I just want to hear from you. Thank you. more

Resolved Question: there is no such thing as a push in WWE(wrestling)!?

on the weekend when I went to maryland cause my dad had a business trip my bro and I bought the vince reveals everything wwe magazine and i've heard this before, vincee said "The word push is thrown around a lot, but the truth is there are no pushes, there's oppurtunities." You see with Matthew Korklan(bourne/sydal), i follow the him on twitter and facebook, he loves wwe, he's been training for wwe since he was a kid, he did track, gymnastics and he's done highschool wrestling, While he was a senior in high school, Korklan began training with the St. Louis, Missouri-based Gateway Championship Wrestling (GCW) promotion. After three months of training, Korklan began wrestling for GCW on October 20, 2000, becoming the first person under the age of 18 to receive a wrestler's license in Missouri. Prior to this, Korklan had briefly performed under the ring name Lance Sydal in the Saint Peters Wrestling Organization 2003, Korklan (now using the ring name Matt and forgoing a surname) formed a stable in GCW, known as Operation: Shamrock. In addition, Sydal and fellow stable member Billy McNeil formed a tag team. Operation: Shamrock maintained a feud with the villainous Ministry of Hate faction, lead by Nikki Strychnine. Korklan debuted in Independent Wrestling Association Mid-South in November 2003, combining two of his old ring names into a new one, Matt Sydal.[2] He won his first title, the IWA Mid-South Light Heavyweight Championship, on January 17, 2004, defeating J.C. Bailey.[6] Sydal lost the title to rival Delirious, on June 26, 2004.[6] Sydal joined National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) Midwest that same year ,on July 30, he defeated Justin Kage for the NWA Midwest X Division Championship, which he also lost to Delirious after holding the belt for nearly a year.[7] Korklan won the title back when he teamed with Daizee Haze in an intergender tag team match against Delirious and MsChif. A unique rule of the match was that the male wrestler on the winning team would be champion at the match's end. Haze pinned MsChif to win Delirious's title for Sydal.[7] Sydal lost the title to Jayson Strife roughly four months later[7] before leaving the promotion. Sydal wrestled several top independent stars during his time as a regular in IWA. He lost three matches to A.J. Styles during a short-lived feud. He also faced men such as CM Punk, Chris Sabin and Nate Webb.[4] On September 24, 2005, Sydal won the fifth Ted Petty Invitational tournament. During the tournament, he defeated El Generico, Tyler Black, and Sabin to secure himself a place in the finals. He met Kevin Steen and Arik Cannon in the final match and came out victorious.Since then, Sydal has only appeared in IWA on a few occasions, the last being in August 2007. Sydal was featured on Total Nonstop Action Wrestling's (TNA) first three-hour pay-per-view event, Victory Road as a participant of a twenty-man X Division Gauntlet for the Gold match, a match where two wrestlers begin the match, and are replaced whenever one is eliminated, with the last person standing being named the winner.[9] Sydal also was part of an online poll for the Sacrifice event. The winner of the poll would meet Christopher Daniels for the TNA X Division Championship. Sydal, along with Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong, lost the poll to Austin Aries.During his tenure with TNA, Sydal was mainly utilized as a jobber: proof he was in tna non believers!( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spn5QtHoMcI Sydal, along with valet Daizee Haze, debuted in Ring of Honor at Reborn: Stage One on April 23, 2004, defeating his recurring nemesis, Delirious Following a brief feud with Trent Acid, Sydal teamed with Fast Eddie Vegas as the "Air Devils" (a name voted on by the ROH fans). They only teamed once, after which Eddie turned on him on at the Third Anniversary Celebration: Part 2 on February 25, 2005, joining the villainous stable The Embassy. On August 12, 2005, Sydal and Haze joined Austin Aries, Roderick Strong and Jack Evans as the fourth member of Generation Next, a group who was in the midst of a feud with The Embassy.[12] In late 2005, Daizee Haze turned on Sydal, leaving him and Generation Next to join The Embassy. Generation Next fought The Embassy in numerous multi-man tag matches, culminating in a Steel Cage Warfare match on December 3, 2005, with Generation Next emerging victorious, After wrestling A.J. Styles at Hell Freezes Over, the two teamed up to challenge his Generation Next stable mates Austin Aries and Roderick Strong for ROH World Tag Team Championship. Sydal would also team with Samoa Joe and Jack Evans to try and win the titles. Sydal went to the finals of the 2006 Survival of the Fittest event, before losing to Delirious. Sydal and Delirious brought their rivalry back to ROH as they engaged in several matches during the summer and fall of 2006 After several matches against each other through out the year, Sydal teamed up with Christopher Daniels in another attempt to win the ROH W more

Resolved Question: its 646 words. i need to shorten it to 500 words. how do i do that? i cut it down from 2000+ words so i cant f?

figure out how to make it any shorter!!! It’s a fact that life without air conditioner would be extremely different from what it is now. Air conditioning has improved our economy, society, and culture, and has changed the way Americans live, walk, and play. Despite the many positive outcomes, Americans have definitely become to reliant on it. Willis Havilland Carrier created air conditioning in 1902 while working at a printing house. The irregularities in the humidity and temperature made the inks misalign. Carrier’s invention lowered the humidity and also held it at a constant level. Air conditioning lowered the humidity of air by “balancing the temperature of the coils, through which cold air passed, with the rate of flow to reach the desired dew-point level”(Willis Carrier, par.4). 20th century social scientists theorized that “hot weather slowed civilization down, made people lazy, and created generations of slow-witted people, justifying slavery and imperialism” (Robbins, Susanna, pg. 2). When first invented, air conditioning was only used in factories for industrial uses and did nothing to improve the comfort of the poor factory workers. As time went on, advertisement began focusing on middle class citizens and rather than being considered an industrial product, it became a social status shaper. At the time, elite, upper class Americans shunned air conditioning and claimed that they were above admitting any discomfort. That perspective of air conditioning is now gone, and over 75% of American homes have air conditioning. Social rituals to deal with summer weather such as sitting with family on porches, and summer vacations became less common. This impact is negative because families began spending less time with each other. Before air conditioning was used for comfort purposes, it was used mainly in America’s industry. Air conditioning wasn’t limited to only printing plants. Tobacco factories and textile mills also used it to improve their products. It also increased productivity in factories and other work places. Studies showed that a cooler temperature and lower humidity lead to an increase in productivity. In fact, “one 1938 study found a 51% increase in productivity during the summer months”. (The coolest America of the century, pg. 2). Not only did factories gain productivity, but places like movie theaters, restaurants, and stores gained a lot more business because customers came in to escape the heat. This impact on America’s economy is definitely positive. Without all the productivity and business gains, our economy wouldn’t have become as strong as it is now. One of the most noticeable impacts air conditioning has had on America is its culture, or more specifically, its architecture. Older homes had porches and verandas. This was where families gathered on hot evenings to escape the heat. These homes use to have thick walls, eaves, attics, breezeways, and cross ventilation; all different methods used to keep houses cool. Once air conditioning became common in houses, those methods were replaced with centrally cooled suburban houses. This impact is negative because the south lost a lot of its unique architecture. Finally, air conditioning definitely has changed the way Americans live, work, and play. Now enclosed spaces are comfortable enough to work in, maximizing productivity and space. AC is also now used for preservation. It was used while preserving the Sistine Chapel in Rome and to preserve a 500-year-old frozen Incan mummy. Air conditioning also led to the invention of the centrifugal chiller. This invention was used to cool large public areas, and used refrigerant fluid instead of ammonia. Out of all other American innovations, air conditioning might have had the greatest impact, changing American society, culture, as well as its economy. Americans have obviously become too dependent on, as they miss it when its not there. Americans now have become accustomed to being comfortable, so now, instead of going outside to enjoy the outside where they would miss the cool AC air, they would rather stay in the comfort of their air conditioned home. more

Resolved Question: Can anyone help me find what the price of what this financial problem would be?

I need to find the break even charge of this problem. I understand how to do that, my issue is that I cannot figure out what the price to charge will be. If anyone can lead me in the right direction that would be great. A city is trying to decide how much to charge residents for trash collection. They have estimated that 5,000 households and 250 businesses will use their service in the coming year. Average household trash generation is estimated to be 10 kilograms/week. Average business trash generation is estimated to be 200 kilograms/week. The city will collect trash 52 weeks per year. The city has the following annual fixed costs: Maintenance Facility $500,000 Administrative Salaries $300,000 Administrative Supplies $20,000 The only strictly variable cost is the tipping fee charged by the county landfill for trucks unloading waste. It is $2/kilogram of trash The city additioally has costs related to the trash trucks. There are two different types of trucks, one for households and one for businesses. The household trucks can serve a maximum of 1,000 households/week and the business trucks a max of 200/week. Fuel costs for the trucks are estimated to be $2.50/gallon. A household truck is estimated to consume 40,000 gallons of fuel per year and a business truck 20,000. Supplies expense for each truck is estimated at $10,000/ear regardless of the type of truck. Deprecition expense on each household truck is $20,000/year, $30,000/year for each busiess truck. For labor expense, each household truck requires 2 operators and 1 maintenance worker. Each business truck requires 1 operator and 1 maintenance worker. The average salary/worker is $40,000. The city's charge policy is for the charge for each busiess to be twice that of the charge per household. more

Resolved Question: What has this administration done regarding U.S. Aerospace companies closing the doors and moving overseas?

Aerospace is an industry that Americans can be proud of. This year alone it has been announced companies like Honeywell, MOOG, ATK and Boeing have scaled down or even closed to move production overseas. When NAFTA was signed in the mid 90s we were told the high tech jobs would stay in America. We were lead to believe that the overseas countries would produce the cheap stuff (low skill set jobs) and we would produce the high tech stuff. Ultimately we would trade with their country's economy and everyone will benefit. We are not talking about low skill set jobs in Aerospace but high skill set jobs that take years to master. Overseas nations are obtaining these skill sets and their younger generation will be able to start their own Airplane companies and possibly surpass American companies. Obama is a busy man but it concerns me he has not address the fact that businesses are still moving at the rapid rate they were when Bush was president. Why has there not been much effort made by the current administration? Americans believe in working union possibly because they don't trust big corporations to treat people with the rights they believe in. American politicians such as Biden probably feel the same but why do they look the other way when we continue to do trillions of business with countries who do not share the same thoughts towards human rights? Personally I'm disappointed in this administration who promised change. The Democrats have all the power they need and so far they have ignored the companies leaving day by day. more

Resolved Question: Why is socialism seen as being so horrible?

One can look at history and find that for many years the government had a total non intervention policy with companies. We call it the Gilded age. Companies could do as they pleased, workers had no rights to organize for better conditions, and when they attempted to do so, Federal troops were sent in to stop them. They faced truly brutal and in many cases inhumane conditions, rampant child labor, no workers compensation for injury or death, highly unfair wages, highly unsanitary and unsafe workplaces, price gouging, etc. There were huge monopolies that prevented new businesses, highly unethical business practices occurred on a daily basis,great fortunes were built on the backs of thousands of people who worked for slave wages, and the vast majority of the wealth belonged to only a select few, while almost half the nation was in poverty. History shows us what pure unrestrained capitalism leads to, and frankly it is not pretty. Yes the companies of the gilded age brought the United States untold wealth, power, and productivity, but it was at the cost of the quality of life for just about everyone. It was with the populists at the dawn of the 20th century and their socialist ideals that eliminated child labor and put children into schools, made workplaces safe and sanitary, regulated the quality food and drugs so that they were safe to consume. They initiated workman's compensation, created the first labor unions to fight for higher wages. They created government regulation of prices so that companies could not price gouge their customers. They created anti-trust laws so that small business could take root and provide niche services. The government established wilderness preserves, national parks and monuments, national forests, environmental protection regulations that are the sole reason America still has its great forests and wild areas. It was the socialist ideas and government regulation of businesses that essentially saved us from ourselves and our insatiable greed. When government regulations were relaxed in the 1920's we had a short boom followed by the great depression. To get ourselves out of that FDR gave us the New deal with all its social benefits, but it took Hitler threatening to take over the world to get our economy back on track. So, why then, is socialism so horribly feared and despised in America? Our quality of life is largely dependent on the fights for socialist ideals that previous generations fought for. It doesn't make much sense to me, so could someone please explain it to me. more

Resolved Question: Do liberals know what Marxism means?

The average American liberal leads a conservative life...working for their family, investing, climbing the business ladder....but they fall for the "feel good" campaigns of the left. Does the average, grassroots liberal know what Marxism is - that Marx's theory was captialism gives way to socialism, on the way to the promised land of communism - an ideology that historically always has failed within a couple of generations, throwing the society into chaos ? Or do they care as long as they get free stuff that others work for ? more

Resolved Question: If we nationalize health care, shouldn't we do the smae with food?

One of the great scandals of our age is the fact that America spends more on food than any other nation. Many political leaders are now calling for urgent reform to bring spending on food under control. Even worse, while the result of this uncontrolled spending includes the fact that many Americans are overweight, some Americans do not have enough to eat. Leading liberal candidates now point to what they see as the heart of the problem: corporate "greed" in the form of grocery stores and restaurants operating on a for-profit basis. They promise to replace all private grocery stores with a national system of government commissaries, which will allegedly operate far more efficiently without the administrative overhead required to make a profit. As it will take some time to organize the national network of commissaries, initially groceries will be available only at offices of the Department of Motor Vehicles and U.S. Postal Service. These offices apparently have a proven track record of operational efficiency and excellent customer service, and will be a model for the development of a government commissary system. Liberals would achieve further efficiencies, so they claim, by prohibiting all advertising of food and food products. This wasteful expense to provide consumers with unnecessary information has proven to be just a way for food stores and manufacturers to inflate prices and fatten business profits. Consumers will find shopping to be much easier if personal preference is eliminated in favor of whatever foods government makes available. To achieve savings by eliminating the profits of food manufacturers, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will assume ownership of all of these firms, purchase all crops from farmers (until such time as agriculture can be reorganized into government operations) and manufacture an appropriate amount of food. In spite of the efficiencies and cost reductions that government management will achieve, there is some concern that food might not be affordable for everyone. And food is surely a "right," as it is necessary for human survival. Therefore all groceries made available in government commissaries will be free of charge. This will be financed by an increase of 15 percent in income taxes, except for those making over $80,000 a year, whose taxes will be increased by 75 percent. Because the supply of food is not unlimited, a fixed amount of ration coupons will be distributed to insure that each consumer can obtain an equal amount of food. All private restaurants will be closed because of the need to equalize availability of food, and limited cafeterias will be operated in the government commissaries. Liberal political candidates point to the excellent example of school lunch programs as a model, and the proven results demonstrated by several generations of well-nourished, trim and fit students. So far, conservative leaders are at a loss after hearing these proposals. Some of the more courageous conservatives are responding with proposals for Mandatory Food Purchasing. All citizens, including those who go to bed hungry every night, will be required to purchase membership in new Food Management Organizations. Private grocery stores and restaurants would still be permitted but under strict price controls to insure that all consumers can afford their FMO memberships. To further control costs, the purchase of certain cuts of meat and imported gourmet foods could require the FMO's advance approval. Across the political spectrum, there is a developing consensus that the only appropriate response to the fact that some consumers cannot afford groceries is to impose a single, regimented, government-controlled food system on all citizens. Advocates point to public education as an example of how forcing all but the children of the most wealthy citizens into the gray, sterile desert of a poorly performing public education system is the only way to insure that poor children receive any education at all. Rumor has it that the clincher for those proposing socialized grocery plans was stated recently by one of the presidential candidates: "The ideal thing about these proposals is that if we can somehow get this to work for groceries, we can apply it to health care." more

Voting Question: Does former employer have grounds to sue me for opening up a business that competes w/ hers?

I worked at a lead generation/business development company for 1 year. After realizing how easy the business was I decided to start my own business along the same lines. Boss is now harassing me and threatening legal actions. Does she have grounds for a law suite. I never signed a no compete clause or a nondisclosure clause. Only thing ever signed was a basic employee handbook that clarified time off, overtime pay, etc and other basic employee regulations. more

Resolved Question: Small Business startup..Best Type of Phone to use?

I am starting a small business. I have everything organized and ready to go. Since the business is just starting I will be the only person working. The company will be in the marketing/lead generation field. Mostly online marketing and online lead generation. I will be working out of my professional home office until I get business rolling. I want to know what is the best type of phone that I should use for my business? Would it be unprofessional to use a cell phone? I have a cell phone , that I have had for years, the area code does not even match the state in which I stay in now. Should I get a separate cell phone for my business? Should I get a separate land line phone? What is the best thing I should use starting up? I need the phone cost to be reasonable yet I would like to be professional. Any other tips you may have on being professional working from home. Also I would like suggestions on something free I could use for online chat. So my potential customers can ask questions via chat! Thanks for your answers in advance more

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Resolved Question: Small Business start up..Best Type of Phone to use?

Resolved Question: Can anyone suggest me a good online service to get small business leads?

Does anybody have experience with online business sales lead generation. I am looking for an online sales lead generation service and sure could use the community's help. more

Resolved Question: Why is my CSS code looking different in 2 different browsers?

I can not seem to make the third column of my page which i did in CSS using smultron and firefox to look the same in safari. I need to align the 3rd column of text with the 2nd column. Here is the CSS style page: * { margin:0; padding:0; } #wrap { font-family: "Arial",Verdana,sans-serif; width: 950px; padding:90px 100px 1480px 100px; margin: 50px 140px; text-align: left; border: 1px solid black } #col1 { padding:10px 30px 0px 0px; margin: 20px auto; width:300px; float:left; } #col2 { padding:0px 30px 300px 0px; margin: -50px auto; width:300px; float:left; } #col3 { padding:35px 30px 260px 0px; margin: -733px -50px 0px 30px; width:300px; float:right; } #image1 { margin: 200px 80px 10px -100px; float: left; } #image2 { clear: both; margin: -565px -50px; float: right; } #header1{ margin: -40px 10px 30px 0px ; color: blue; } h5 { color: blue; } and here is my html: </head> <body> <div id="wrap"> <div id="header1"> <h6>DesignEx</h6> </div> <br /> <div id="header2"> <h4>A Very British View</h4> <br /> <h5>William Yeoward</h5> </div>  <div id= "col1"> <p> At 45 years old William Yeoward is one of London's leading creative forces, with a reputation as a style-maker,retailer, decorator and designer of truly beautiful homewares. The creative drive behind the multi-faceted and highly regarded Yeoward brand, William Yeoward is a man of enviable passion and dedication, integrity and imagination and was a valued guest of designEx ComFIA from 8-11 May this year. </p> <br /> <p>Having studied Art History, Theatre Design and English Literature at one of England's private schools, William embarked almost immediately on a career Ain interior design and retailing. After a brief period training under Tricia Guild and later Nicy Haslam, he opened his first store on King's Road, Chelsea in 1985. Stocked with antiques, objects and pieces that he had designed and commissioned, the business flourished and evolved over a period of nearly 10 years as he continued to add further elements to the range - antiques, lighting, decorative accessories, dinner services and antique crystal pieces. </p> </div>  <div id= "col2"> <p> His subsequent interest in antique crystal inspired William to create, together with Timothy Jenkinds - a third generation crystal maker and distributor - a collection of pieces inspired by 18th and 19th century designs from England and Ireland. Although the collectiion was intended to be an accent to the Yeoward lines, it soon became obvious that William Yeoward Crystal would become a brand in it's own right. Now, William Yeoward Crystal has solid distribution in the USA and the UK and was highly acclaimed by Elle Decor as,The zenith in crystal making. </p> <br /> <p>As the original King's Road shop was turned over exclusively to William Yeoward Crystal, 1997 saw the opening of Yeoward South in London's Battersea- a fabulous warehous space filled with furnitiure, lighting accessories, antiques and quirky pieces. </p> </div>  <div id= "col3"> <p>Over the past two years, William has turned his attention to his latest venture- William Yeoward Fabric and Wallpaper (distributed by Designers Guild).His collection of decorative designs and sumptuous textures are daring and classical, seductive and contemporary, combining wool, silk, a marvellous colour palette and William's innate sense of style bring true innovation to the market. </p> <br /> <p>William possesses a rare combination of prolific creative talent coupled with a natural commerical flair. He is known for his sophistication, elegant, and highly individual style. He is a man who cares very much and strives tirelessly to perfect his trade and then share the rewards of his talents with others. </p> <br /> <p>At designEx COMFIA 2003, William shared with us his views on both interior and product design in London today, based on his experience at the coal face of design. An entertaining, informative and relaxed speaker, he offered a valuable look at British design. </p> </div> <div id="image1"> <ins><img src="images/P2.gif" alt="P2" /></ins> </div> <div id="image2"> <ins><img src="images/Picture-1.gif" alt="Picture-1" /></ins> </div> </div> </body> </html> thanks! more

Voting Question: english assignment dream job?

have to write a 4-6 minute speech about the dream job this is the criteria my dream job is to work in McDonald's 1.job title and detailed description 2.revel ant qualifications 3.places of employment 4.personality and personal skills/abilities required 5.physical skills/abilities required 6.your suitability for the job and an explanation as to why this your dream job My dream job is to own my own franchise at McDonalds Who had dreamt about owning his own business since I was a little kid, first considered the option owning McDonald's franchisee about 8 years ago. My dream slowly became reality when, , i began the process of opening my own store. "I thought it might be an interesting opportunity for me to take that wouldn't be so risky.” i had worked for 3 years with a Fortune 100 company, serving in several management positions in the technical, operations and training aspects of the bottling and canning business. When he started looking into what type of business he'd like to invest in, i looked for one that would allow him to use his past management experience in the food industry and make him a part of what he felt was a winning team.” I’m used to working with a company that's No. 1 in their field, and McDonald's is," . "I wanted to stay No. 1, to be a leader in the industry.” While going through franchise training with McDonald's, i did have some fears about going out on his own, but many of those were quickly dispelled. "When you step out there kind of by yourself, you're a bit hesitant, "I found McDonald's very supportive through the initial start-up, and that took my fear away.” I opened my store in brisbane in January 2008. i want to employ about 41 full- and part-time employees, and works five to six days a week on the day-to-day operations of the store and on different community activities. The hard work and dedication is what i feel makes it possible for anyone to have a successful franchise.” If somebody really wants to be involved in the business on a day-to-day basis, McDonald's is a good opportunity," because this is a lot more work than people think.” i believe it's possible for a regular person to open his or her own McDonald's? "Yes, I do believe a regular person can open a McDonald’s restaurant,” I believe if you want something bad enough, you can make it happen.” McDonald’s is the world's leading food service organization. We generate more than $40 billion in System wide sales. We operate over 30,000 restaurants in more than 100 countries on six continents. We have the benefits that come with scale and a strong financial position. We own one of the world's most recognized and respected brands. We have an unparalleled global infrastructure and competencies in restaurant operations, real estate, retailing, marketing and franchising. We are a leader in the area of social responsibility. We actively share our knowledge and expertise in food safety and are committed to protecting the environment for future generations. Yet, we have not achieved our growth expectations for the past several years. So, our challenge is to leverage our strengths to profitably serve more customers more ways more often. I am suitable for this position in the fast food industry because I demonstrate these important qualities. I believe I have many skills to offer in particular that I am a very honest and reliable individual who is highly motivated and thrives on challenges. This would be an asset as I would be able to deal with fast flowing customers. I consider myself to be a very hard worker who always gives my best and maintains high standard in all situations. I have good sense of humour and can work well in a team environment as well as alone minimal supervision. I can also communicate with other people and can make change correctly and quickly. This would ensure that the customers would be satisfied with services that I offer them. My interpersonal and communication skills enable me to easily establish rapport with a wide range of people from diverse backgrounds and age groups. I have excellent listening skills with the ability to be receptive to the ideas and needs of my employer. I deem myself to be an open and honest individual, who is highly reliable and confident with all tasks I undertake. Therefore I believe I would be an asset to this industry because I have many skills to offer and I enjoy working in this industry as I am motivated and strive to help and learn from others. Even though I have no experience working in the fast food industry, I’m willing to work hard and try to succeed to the best of my ability as I’m progressing throughout my career. My goal is to be manager one day and run my own franchise. more

Resolved Question: I'll be contacting businesses about advertising at my event. What is the best way to do lead generation?

I have heard contacting a business owner through email about the advertising/sponsor opportunity is much more better and could garner a better response if done through email as opposed to cold-calling the business. Thoughts? What would be the best way to approach businesses? I want to have an appointment to see the owners and just trying to figure out the best way to get those appointments. more

Resolved Question: Why is it baby boomers dont accept change in business and production?

I run a family business where we provide products to major customers . It is a factory with machines and production lines. The situation we are dealing with at the moment is a financial one and something we must do for the future of the company. All of our competitors are installing robots on machines thus replacing the human operator with the robot. However this does not mean the human no longer has work but is moved to another production area as that is where the work is. So having said that here is my problem........ The robot picks the part up from the machine and places it on a conveyor belt which leads to an assembly line of workers. The issue is all the younger people have and are adjusting to this change and are performing in a team. They anticipate problems that lie ahead as that is what i have trained them to do. Of all the people that work on this line there is one baby boomer. This older generation person refuses to participate in the team environment and when they do they fight over what jobs need to be done and who should do it. When i take the older generation person off the line and leave the younger ones on there the line runs smoothly and without problems. From what i have seen it is not the jobs that is the problem but rather the baby boomer who is resisting change and resisting the team environment. Thus putting a brake on the project at hand. So my question in all this , is how do you try and convince a stubborn baby boomer that this is the future of the company and the direction it has to go. If they dont listen and continue to create problems how can i deal with it. The situation is this baby boomer is a good worker when they work alone. Once you add another person to her , thats when she starts causing problems. It is not possible for the baby boomer to work alone as it has to be done in the team environment to get the part made. An easy way out is to terminate her employment as she has displayed a pattern of behaviour not suitable to the company policies. I however think this is not how to manage people. Just because a person is who they are and is a good worker alone does not meet my standards on grounds to terminate. Its just trying to get across that robotics and a team environment on the production line is a must. Furthermore on discussion with other managers i have found noone wants her working in their section as they dont want to deal with her problems as she has created a reputation for herself for manipulation. Putting someone out of work is always a last resort as i have always thought management of people is the ideal way to fix a situation. What one person does for a certain teeam leader they may not for another. Its the way life is. Younger generations except change baby boomers are not so quick to do so. Also i have employed this persons husband and children (when they are not at school) and find it as a sign of disrespect for her wrongdoings. I put that aside though as i dont get personal in managment of people.In response to ez. Its a business with 150 employees. Yes I have met more than one baby boomer. Logic will tell you in a group of 150 people there would be more than one baby boomer. It goes without saying. If u need further research i suggest you google baby boomers and resisting change. You will see it is a common problem. I was looking for opinions not insults. Yahoo answers is not a tool to insult people its a tool for questions to be asked and answered. more

Resolved Question: How do I properly handle these Jehova's Witnesses that keep coming to my home? How do you go about religion?

A month ago I got a surprise door-bell ring at my house, and I usually don't answer it, unless it's someone I'm expecting, or my housemate decides to get it. In anycase, I opened the door and there was this woman with a girl, and they seemed very well-intentioned, but yet were looking at me like I was the son of Satan. lol. Anyways, they introduced themselves and started going on and I told them that i'm not exactly a novice to religion and am not dark-hearted enough to turn them away. They seemed like nice people and I listened to what they preached. They think we're So near the end times and it's so late, and well, obviously the world has tons of evil in it, and they're doing what they believe they're supposed to do, to get people to turn to God, and not end up being "lost" and fall into the devil's hands, or even if its not that extreme, they don't want others to suffer and lead lives of "sin." So they gave me a bible and some other pamphlets, and I told them that I personally tried dabbling in religion, and do include many of its basic golden rule principles and try to apply it to my life, and I do believe to a degree, but I'm not a fool, and I won't chuck my common sense and realism out the window either, and I also told them that I don't believe that I have to go to their churches or follow specific denominations in order for me to be saved or to have a relationship with God; I told them it was personal between me and God. they seemed to be alright with me and realized that I was "on the right path"but needed help as well. They came back a few more times with different people, and kept giving me new materials, and seemed to after a while get more comfortable with me and considered us to be "family", and what not. My housemate does not like them and my family is largely un-religious, so they wouldn't even bother. However, agree or disagree or even strongly dislike religion, these are people too, human beings, so I treated them as such. I'm NOT going to be mean and nasty and pour my "wrath" over people who are seemingly well intentioned and are giving me bibles. However, I find their showing up at my house every week sometimes twice a week a bit rude and too much, especially when I claim I'd like to take it at my own pace and what not. They claim that's okay to a degree, but "time is running out." Now that I find just to be a bit ridiculous because througout human history there have been people in I'm sure every generation that thought that time is almost running out, and what not, and that we need to act now now now. When times are going tough, people panic more. Our world currently isn't in a great shape and people are panicking. These Jehova's Witnesses definitely seemed to be a bit in that whole "life is tough, life's hard, life's evil, thank GOD for God's Kingtdom coming back soon oh so soon oh so soon," and that's that. they seem more truly terrified and scared of this life/world,...and don't seem to be all that loving....they mean well, but you can clearly see that they're convinced 10 fold of their own beliefs, want others to basically assimilate/conform..and they definitely do not encourage character development, creativity or have vast expertise in a variety of subjects such as mathematics, science, medicine, history , business, etc. They know the bibles inside out and can talk very sharp-tongued and sem to be prepared for spiritual warfare,....but they aren't the most courteous or mentally healthy of folks, in certain ways, and they judge way too much. Everythign that's not perfectly alligned with what they believe in is pretty much Satanic. Now,...after having to personally myself go through a hellish life, as we all do to a degree, meaning life CAN be tough....and I've already put up with other people clamoring how their religion is right, specifically when I was younger, my family had alot of issues with their friends over converting to Islam...and now I get this.... and these religious people seem to be so "NOW" oriented. It does make me very paranoid and scared myself. SO instead of feeling love, or closer to God, I get more scared and think I'm going to go to hell or whatever. I'm NOT denying that there is sin, evil, and good, and I'm not denying them or whatever, but at the same time, i'm entitled to my own life, freedom of mind, and freedom to choose my own life and lead it. If we work hard, and pay for what we own...why should we let other people, even religious people like the Jehova's Witnesses tell us what to do with our time, money and minds? I feel like they're trying to suck me into their world. Also, you can't just trust anyone or think just beacause they hide behind a bible that they're well intentioned. My housemate had one of his family members die because jehova's witnesses were at that hospital or worked there, and denied him a blood transfusion. Others tried to get them to give over ther entire will and life sIt's getting to the point where it's like I can't even concentrate on how to operate machinery, fix up a compjuter or do anything intellectual because these religious folk believe that it's all from satan. They literally just are so VAGUE with their beliefs too. Thteyd have you give up your car, computers, technology, fashionable clothes...hair products, EVERYTHING.. they'd pretty much destroy our society as we know it, and have us all live in these chastised states, and we'd revert back to the "dark ages" if they ahd their way. They believe all this advancement is EVIL and of the devil. now how does someone BEGIN to go about THAT?all in all this is sscaring me. religion, god, satan, this whole new world order stuff...its ALL scary, and i don't know how to go about it anymore. I don't want people telling me...I'm going to go to hell just because I was born, and because I'm the way I am. I'm a unique individual worthy love and having a happy life just like everyone else, and then you get these people to scare you. They mean well, but they scare. And let's not even go into the satanic stuff...that's just downright creepy. what's the BEST thing to do in my shoes? more

Resolved Question: Where am I politically.?

I believe in protectionism I believe in abortion for cases of rape/incest I believe in no death taxes I believe in socialized health care I believe in small business I believe in open borders I believe in the moral nature of man without religion I believe that a two party system is a failure of democracy I believe in scientific research I believe that minimum wage should be tied to inflation I believe that no one should be a billionaire I believe unions have served their purpose and must go I believe in paying higher prices for locally produced goods I don't believe in god I don't believe in small or big government, but i believe in government I don't believe in NAFTA I don't believe in any broadcast media I don't believe that just because your are old that you are wiser then me I don't believe that I know my true convictions I don't believe that an armed populace is moral I believe that global warming is happening *(northwest passage being accessible now) I believe that future generations are going to hate us for burning OIL instead of using it for recyclable plastics I believe in evolution I think communism can never work I like the idea of Anarcho-Capitalism but also feel people will be exploited under that system I believe every has the right to regular health care, and not be bankrupted if they become sick I believe in legalizing, taxing and regulation of soft drugs I believe in 0.00% BAC while driving, and would want this applied to soft drugs when legalized/regulated I belive that any city with a population of over 500,000 should have light rail & bus services 24 hours a day that leads into commercial, downtown, industrial and residential areas I believe that we should should be institutionalizing a percentage of homeless people because of mental issues I oppose the death penalty I don't believe a judge should have a party affiliation at any part during their life I believe that military forces should be used for home defense only and any base that is not on your own territory is tantamount to a deceleration of war I believe in freedom of speech until it comes to calling out race, sexual orientation, religion (or lack of), creed, or sex I believe that culture is fluid but beliefs are like Non-Newtonian Fluids step on someones beliefs hard enough and it'll solidify. I believe everyone should have a trade certificate, a community college degree or a university degreeopen borders as in freedom to travel protectionism as in local goods and yes, I am buying local right now, No wal-marts around here, just their factories. more

Resolved Question: Can someone Edit my essay to where it make sense?

So im having trouble making my paragraphs flow good, and im not such a good writer >.<. Thx for ur time. I believe that men and women are equal in today's society, and to think otherwise is just thinking in the past. Of course we could sit here all day and argue how there are still people who judge by just looking at an applicant's name, or gender, but those are the ones who have bias views. It is human nature to be judgmental, no one can argue that. From the very first site at an object or person, one has already judge them and mentally placed them within a category or stereotype from the knowledge that they already know. Nearly everyone have learned of woman's rights and what they did to get to where they are now. Thinking of other genders one would instantly relate them to where they were and where they are now, only time will changes this. Stereotyping is also a big issue in gender, but it is the individual choice to be part of what the media portrays or against it. Today we find that the newer generation have a different view on gender, and that the only way to truly see our newer generation act like the old is with money. which leads to my thesis. The only "traditional" roles women and men still embrace today are those in which someone is willing to pay for. Gender has played a huge role in history, women have became or could be consider the "minority" of the human race, while men rule. Just like the black slaves, they have gain equality through protest. Mary Wollstonecraft in the 1700's, saw how the women were being treated back then. They were uneducated because they were told they would be better off at home, and were dependent on their spouses. Basically their only place was being a house wife. They weren't even able to vote until the 1920s. After fighting for equal rights, women have gain a different view from men, they have become their equals. The "women" of the past are now being looked down upon by the women of today. They are encourage to be individuals and do more than just becoming a housewife. Today women are individual who now have choices that they didn't have back then. They have choices to become anyone they wish to be, now instead of a battle for equal rights, it is a battle against their past. They try harder to not become the "Woman" that everyone expect them not to be. They don't want to be the stereotype of the past but of the future, and the future stereo type for females are those who don't want to be the "woman" of the past. As Simone De Beauvoir claims, "A person is not born a woman but makes herself a woman." Beauvoir believed that women shouldn't subject to the role that has been given to them by the other gender, and by accepting this role they will sub come to the stereotype of a women. This is also a belief that I agree on being part of a race that has elders and who still believe a woman should be the "traditional Women." It is only in America that women here are considers as friends, or as equals to men. Where as in other countries, woman are very traditional. In Japan, most women are driven to have good jobs and be place around very successful males. When they find their definition of a "man," they then marry him and quit their jobs to become house wives. I only relate this to us is because it is not woman who is burden with how they should be. In today's pop culture, men are viewed as two types, the stupid drop out who settle for a mediocre life, or the successful business man, DR, or Lawyer. For how women are portray in today's pop culture they also have two type, the stupid drop out who settle for a mediocre life, or the successful business man, DR, or Lawyer. There isn't any difference because here in America we have learned to be equal and self motivated. The only difference in gender is that females now have a choice if they want to become a "woman," or a person. While we are constantly reminded that men have had this choice since the beginning. Most generalization of gender comes from an individual, and sadly most individual believe that men and women in today society are unequal. Every individual have a choice of how they want to turn out. They can be pulled in by the media and become mindless followers, or they can become a person who thinks for themselves and live up to their own standard. It is true that most men have not changed very much from what they expect from women, but all those men's are from older generations. Today's generations many men would prefer a strong wielded, independent women that knows where she is going in life. Most movies women are portrayed as victimized and stars in degrading videos but that's only because they put themselves in that position. Movies often like to go into the past and give women roles of how things use to be, that's why we all have views of traditional women because we always reminded of the past. Movies are there for people to judge, only those who comes out thinking that, "th more

Resolved Question: Dealing with Challenges to One's Veracity?

From the reactions I often receive, I apparently have led a much more interesting life than I personally thought I have; either that, or lots of other people have led very boring lives indeed. Why do I say this? Because so often, during casual/friendly conversation, when I say something about myself or my life in the normal course of the discussion, someone will confront me, as if I am lying about having done this or that. The challenge almost always starts in the same way, with the person saying something like, "Gee, you've lived such an interesting life." Then the person demands that I somehow provide proof of what I just "claimed." For example, due to personal interest, I've done a great many things in my life - as do many, many other people. My family has multiple generations working in the entertainment industry, so I grew up socializing with famous people - as have many, many other people working in the business. Do all of these multiple thousands of people always get asked to "prove it" when they speak casually about their own lives? Are they not supposed to talk about their experiences when everyone else is conversing on topic? Or what? I find this so unpleasant. I have no idea how to respond to such a comment. Not responding generates a feeling of ill-will; but it's difficult to think of what to say that doesn't make the asker look bad. This is becoming such a problem that I'm at the point of deciding to only associate with certain types of people who I'm sure won't find it hard to believe that I might have done a variety of things in my life. But then I will feel like I am being judgmental and avoiding people who might be wonderful friends and associates. So, my question to everyone out there is twofold: 1. How would you respond, in a tactful/tasteful manner, to such inappropriate comments demanding "proof" of casual statements about yourself and your life, made in the normal flow of conservation? and 2. What do you think about people being more circumspect about whom they associate with? Do you think, for example, that people from different subcultures or walks of life can really, truly be sincere friends and associates? Or if one feels that the other is "better" or "richer" or whatever, that will always be in the back of their mind, even if the other one has no such negative conceptions? Is it best not to cross those types of social boundaries in our relationships? Does crossing such boundaries run the risk of feeding negative self-feelings of one of the parties, doing them psychological harm in the process?Thanks everyone for your responses. I feel it worthwhile responding to the comment by Jonas in particular, since his response provides an excellent example of the sort of problem I'm dealing with. Jonas assumes that I am pretentious based upon my question; and associates "pretentious" with education and wealth. Why? Is there not a difference between bragging out of context/to impress, as opposed to responding to matter-of-factly to questions asked by others, such as "so, what did you do today?" Or, "I went to College X; which college did you go to?" There is no pretentiousness involved; that assumption is the crux of my problem. People from different subcultures/social strata appear to have exceptional difficulty interpreting the communications, motivations, and intentions of those from other groups. A type of prejudice exists that interesting, successful people are somehow "bad"-I guess unless it's you who falls into that category? Then it's okay? more

Voting Question: we started cell phone services in India in 1996?

but why are most kids born around or after 1980 particularly obssessed with those silly things...i am 1972 born ..and cant understand the silliness and the craze..i could well do without a cell phone at all at most its used for getting connected to some one when most needed or an emergency..SMSes are great...my average outgoing per month is around 3 to 4 mins ! and incoming isnt much higher either whats with the new gen and the horrible show off..the i phones and the blackberries and the laptops..i have a business with a turnover of abt 12 cr last yr..and abt a crore and a half of profits ..and i have never felt the need for a PC or a 'laptop' at work..my home pc is rarely used for nething apart from entertainment...and i am a technical graduate from a leading college have we ruined our new generation with this scary craze for so called technology? for me this aint technology..i would be impressed with a Rs 20 device instead which can make a poor guys life easier i get scared when i see boys and gurls these days plz share ur thoughts more

Resolved Question: Gay marriage is absolutely no big deal?

no one will get hurt, there'll be no drastic effect to the economy, straights will still be able to get married, heterosexuality will remain the norm for generations to come, and life will go on as normal. but WHY DO PEOPLE STILL OPPOSE GAY MARRIAGE? can't they realize that nothing will change if it's legalized. they just simply have to live and let live. mind their own business and live their own lives. ---- to the "bible/god says its sinful" argument: well, we have freedom of religion in this country. which means people who don't follow your religion shouldn't be forced to follow your religious-based beliefs. who even says christianity is the religion we must follow? buddhism believes that gay marriage is fine. therefore, if you ban gay marriag,e you're infringing upon THEIR freedom of religion. why should YOU care if two random guys 5,000 miles away want to marry anyways? you might think it's sick, but do THEY have any relevancy to YOU? do YOU have any relevancy to THEM? I don't think so. therefore, THEY should be allowed to do what THEY want as long is it doesn't hurt anybody else. why don't YOU just live YOUR own life according to YOUR own beliefs, and leave others the f--- alone? they don't want your religion. they don't want your beliefs. they don't want your morals. if THEY "end up in hell", well then that was THEIR choice, wasn't it? YOU live YOUR wholesome life and hope that YOU "end up in heaven". live and let live. simple as that. to the "marriage is for having kids": well, straight UNMARRIED couples can have kids, can't they? and if marriage were simply for having kids, you should also ban elderly people, infertile couples, and couples-who-simply-don't-want-to-have-ki… from marrying. to the whole "gay marriage will lead to bestiality/incest/etc. argument": well, the age and consent and majority will still apply, so kids won't marry adults till then. and a dog/cat/desk/dildo cannot physically sign a marriage license, can they? and besides, massachusetts and some european countries (all of which have legalized gay marriage) currently have to clamor to legalized bestiality/incest. nor will it happen at all. cut with the dramatic BS! ---- in conclusion, I think that if you oppose gay marriage and homosexuality for any reason, that is PERFECTLY fine. but DO mind YOUR own business, and the gay people will mind THEIRS. live YOUR own life, and gay people will mind THEIRS. you don't bother them, they don't bother you. everyone lives life they want THEY want to. okay? more

Voting Question: Urgent requirement for Business Analyst (Cold calling):?

Urgent requirement for Business Analyst (Cold calling): (1-2 yrs) Apply Now- Kriti@astinsoftech.com Location: Noida Compensation: Fixed Salary + High Incentives Responsibilities: * 1+ years of experience in IT sales * An understanding of the offshore Business, preferably hands on experience in an Indian offshore set up. * Prospect Identification and lead generation ( Cold Calls, E-mail Campaigns) * Previous experience in cold calling * Meet and exceed targets (number of qualified leads). * Sound understanding of Technology. * Strong verbal, written, analytical and interpersonal skills. * For US & UK Market candidate should work in accordingly as per requirement * Knowledge of Sales force. * Good educational qualifications. Thanks Astin Softech Pvt. Ltd. http://www.astinsoftech.com more

Resolved Question: is this another good story about the messiah obama?

My mother came to America from Germany right after World War I and saw all of this happening as a young girl. She told her seven children exactly what you are about to read. -- Lil HYMN TO HITLER Posted by: Lori Kalner on Wednesday, October 01, 2008 In Germany, when Hitler came to power it was a time of terrible financial depression. Money was worth nothing. In Germany, people lost homes and jobs, just like in the American Depression in the 1930s, which we have read about in Thoene's Shiloh books. In those days, in my homeland, Adolph Hitler was elected to power by promising 'Change'. He blamed the 'Zionists' around the world for all our problems. He told everyone it was greedy Zionist Bankers who had caused every problem we had. He promised when he was leader, the greedy Zionist bankers would be punished. The Zionists, he promised, would be wiped off the face of the earth. So Hitler was elected to power by only 1/3 the popular vote. A coalition of other political parties in parliament made him supreme leader. Then, when he was leader, he disgraced and expelled everyone in parliament who did not go along with him. Yes. Change came to my homeland as the new leader promised it would. The teachers in German schools began to teach the children to sing songs in praise of Hitler. This was the beginning of the Hitler Youth movement. It began with praise of the Fuhrer's programs on the lips of innocent children. Hymns in praise of Hitler and his programs were being sung in the schoolrooms and in the playyards. Little girls and boys joined hands and sang these songs as they walked home from school. My brother came home and told Papa what was happening at school. The political hymns of children proclaimed Change was coming to our homeland, and the Fuhrer was a leader we could trust. I will never forget my father's face. Grief and fear. He knew that the best propaganda of the Nazis was being sung on the lips of little children. Soon the children's songs praising the Fuhrer were heard everywhere on the streets and over the radio. "With our Fuhrer to lead us, we can do it! We can change the world!" Soon after that, Papa, a pastor, was turned away from visiting elderly parishioners in hospitals. The people he had come to bring comfort of God's Word, were 'no longer there'. Where had they vanished to while under the nationalized health care system? It became an open secret. The elderly and the sick began to disappear from hospitals feet first, as 'mercy killing' became the policy. Children with disabilities and those who had Down syndrome were euthanized. People whispered, "Maybe it is better for them now. Put them out of misery. They are no longer suffering. And, of course, their death is better for the treasury of our nation. Our taxes no longer must be spent to care for such a burden." And so murder came to be called 'mercy'. The government took over private business. Industry and health care were 'nationalized'. (NAZI means National Socialist Party) The businesses of all 'Zionists' (Jews) were seized. (Perhaps you remember about what happened in Berlin on 'Krystalnacht'.) The world and God's word were turned upside down. Hitler promised the people economic Change? Not change. What began with the propaganda of children singing a catchy tune, ended in the deaths of millions of men, women and children. The reality of what came upon us is so horrible that you in this present generation cannot imagine it. Our suffering was too great to ever tell in a book or show in a black and white newsreel. I trembled last night when I heard the voices of American children raised in song, praising the name of Obama, the charismatic fellow who claims he is the American Messiah. Yet I have heard what this man Obama says about abortion and the 'mercy killing' of tiny babies who are not wanted. There are so few of us left to warn you. I have heard that there are 69 million Catholics in America and 70 million Evangelical Christians. Where are your voices? Where is your outrage? Where is your passion and your vote? Do you vote based on an abortionist's empty promises and economics? Or do you vote according to the Bible? I have experienced the politics of Death in my youth. I see them again now. Christians, unless you stand up now, you will lose your freedom of religion. In America, priests and preachers have already lost their freedom to speak openly from their pulpits of the moral dangers in political candidates. They cannot legally instruct you on which candidate holds fast to the precepts of scripture! American law forbids this freedom of speech to conservative pastors, or they will lose their 'tax exempt' status. And yet I have heard the words of Obama's own pastor Damning America! I have heard the words of Obama damning and mocking all of you in small towns, because you "Cling to your religion." But, I am an old woman and will soon go to be with my Lord. I have no fear for myself, but for aall of you and for your children, I tremble. I tremble at the hymns to a political leaders which your children will sing at school, even though, at that same school a hymn or a prayer to God and to our Lord Jesus is against the law... more

Resolved Question: Why do most democrats believe the fallacious propaganda that Republicans are the rich?

Democrats are the rich, they have much more money and make more money than Republicans on average. It's a fact. Those who talk about rich republicans are regurgitating stereo types that have actually been manufactured by the wealthy billionaire democrat supporters who own almost all media and all of the entertainment industry and use it to brainwash people. Historical Republican policy is good for economic growth, but that isn't good for the ultra rich, almost all of whom are democrats. The ultra rich have much more control when the masses are poor and dependent on the government. The billionaires don't pay much in taxes anyway. Those behind the democrats power wise don't even have to pay. Note that most of Obama's picks for cabinet had tax problems? But no trouble with the IRS over it like we would have? Get a clue from reality. The poor suffer most under democrats, and when Obama is done the poor will have almost zero opportunity in the US, unless they join the Obama mob and do his dirty work. Much like Hitlers special troops did for him in his socialist take over of the country. Look at the black community, as republicans lead by the Republican MLK they had crime rates on par with national averages and single motherhood on par with national averages as well. After MLK was murdered, probably by those who wanted to get paid off by democrats for controlling a voting block like Jessie Jackson does, the black community went strait to hell. Less education and more crime, and opportunities that were presenting were destroyed by counter culture, brain washing the people into hating and resenting in stead of working, and they became a prime voting block of the democrats. Just enough money to keep from starving and initiative destroyed. Generations ruined and gone into corruption and dependence. With only a small % getting out, and those were ridiculed if they did it legitimately through education and or hard work. They were seen and ostracized as traitors to their race and community, in media and entertainment industry which was controlled by wealthy democrats because they know those groups tend to migrate toward the republican party and more important than anything to them was the voting block. Yep elections have consequences, just ask the Germans. I hope we will never know the full meaning of that, but it's looking more and more like we will. Exxon Oil, Rockefeller, Democrat, family still runs it, democrats. Big Banking, Rothschild's, since colonial times in England, Democrat supporters and huge liberals. Who are the richest in congress? Democrats Who run most fortune 500 companies? democrats Who run most of the Hedge Funds? Democrats Who are almost all old money? Democrats Mob Money like Kennedy's? Democrats George Soros, Criminal mastermind, created moveon.org, huge in the criminal Organization ... Democrat Some of the biggest thieves in the banking trouble, huge into Acorn, Sandlers. Able to get a skit lampooning their crimes tossed off of Saturday Night Live ... you think any Republican could do that? And most of the ultra poor who democrats use and try to keep down because they make good voting blocks? Democrats There is much much more Source(s): Most non Union workers and neat 40% of Union workers, Republicans. Most small business owners, republicans. This was until the huge surge in democrats, who are pretty soon going to regret it, in fact they are more and more identifying as independent.Rockefeller, Democrat: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_RockefellerKeith, what you call "common knowledge" is only very successful propaganda. Most of the very richest people in the country support democrats. Most of the very poorest in the country support democrats. It's nothing but a statistical fact. I guess you can't let that stand in the way of "common knowledge". You must be more invested in a side than in reality. If so, why waste your time? Just to support the side? What if it's the wrong side for the good of your country? You know people get stuck in the wrong side over blind loyalty all the time, and it's a bad thing to do. It harms all you care about.Seldon? You don't care about references lol. I'm going to take time to back something up to some KoolAid Drinker who doesn't care about facts anyway? Probably not, they are there if you want to really look, but you really don't, it's obvious.Triviadude ... How to break it down? Blue areas are richer. Most Billionaires are democrats. Maybe in the middle there you have something and of the very richest who support democrats there are not that many votes. Maybe most voters who are seen as well off are republicans, I don't know those statistics. I only know that democrats have more money and more income on AVERAGE. There are a lot of poor democrat voters. Almost all of the media and about all of the entertainment industry is controlled by democrats, that is a fact. Most fortune 500 CEOs are democrats and almost all the rich stock market and trading people in New York are democrats, almost every hedge fund is run by a democrat. Everything I've said is researched out and true however, but some details I could have missed. The democrats do much better for the ultra rich though. High taxes for the semi rich don't really affect them as they find a way around & have friends in high places. It's hard to nail them with anything.Seldon? You don't care about references lol. I'm going to take time to back something up to some KoolAid Drinker who doesn't care about facts anyway? Probably not, they are there if you want to really look, but you really don't, it's obvious. more

Resolved Question: What do you think of Obama when he said....?

Today Obama addressed workers at plants and dealerships who will lose their jobs as part of the restructuring, warning that "more jobs would be lost," and adding they were "making a sacrifice for the next generation." IN OBAMA'S OWN WORDS: "It's a sacrifice you may not have chose to make, but a sacrifice you are nevertheless called to make so that your children and all of our children can grow up in an America that still makes things, that still builds cars, that still strives for a better future,". FULL STORY: http://www.tradingmarkets.com/.site/news/Stock%20News/2354016/ Ok..... Got some question here..... 1. I have no kids. All I have is me. (so I guess I have no future) Ok, Now what? 2. If have to give up everything I have/own to take care of the next person because I can no long take care of myself since the government will take everything I have/had away from me to give to that person, who will take care of me then when I have nothing left to give anymore? 3. I own and operated my own business for over 20 years. And like a lot of people, we've been hit hard during this economic mess. I have taken several personal pay cuts myself and made personal sacrifices in order to keep all my employees working, so that I don't have to get rid of any of them, and they can keep supporting their families. I care about each and every one of them. If the government takes even more away from me & my business, then what's going to happen to my workers & their families??? the biggest question of all.... 4. What has Obama sacrificed lately??? That NY trip must have been fun. I'd like to do that. Seems to me he's doing alright for himself & his family. Why don't he be big man and lead by example??? NOTE: one more thing.... Since people want to assume (That as*-u-me for people who do that) that they know me, when that they don't anything about me. And that some people get mad, when you ask some really tough question, I will say this, that I am very well educated (I have 3 degrees) and I continue to educate myself everyday. I use a wonderful place called the local library (as well as the internet). Some people should give it a try, they may actually learn something. more

Resolved Question: Another reason Kobe is a better person the MJ...?

Kobe took the young players in the league under his wing for the past few years and challenged them to be great. He showed them his passion and what makes him great. He has made Melo, Lj, Wade, OJ, Durant, and all the way down to OJ better players by challenging them. He schooled them 1 on 1 but they all will admit he was the older vet who instilled desire and greatness into them. MJ was ESPNs first poster child, they need money and sold him. Kobe was set up to be the next but that gold digging wh*re ruined his name claiming rape for money. Know they are stuffing LJ down our throats. I am glad i can remember West, Balyor Russell and how Basketball use to be played. It was a sport not all entertainment to make money. Superstar still had to follow rules. they didnt adjust until MJ and big business took over. What happened to tarveling? MJ never did anything like that. He was selffish. He quit when he knew he was not going to be the best in the league. When Ai broke his ankles, and players like Kobe, Vince Tmac were all up and coming Mj jumped ship. He didnt mentor the new generation. He was too high on himself. His time on team USA he had vets like Magic, Bird, ect. When they left and it was MJs time to take the back up roll and become the leagues mentor, he took off because he couldnt stick around to lose. When it got tough and the competition got harder he retired, twice. To play baseball come on everyone knew Hakeem was due to win and MJ left and waited for the Bulls to rebuild. He was a selfish quiter who stole all the credit from his team. They won 57 game the first time he retired, Pippen led them and the bulls were not expecting to replace their scorer. that was his job. MJ never won without Pippen. He waited for Magic and Bird to leave the league then he ran it in a watered down era. he quit when the new talent showed up. He knew he couldnt beat the 00 Lakers or 99 Spurs with Duncan and Robinson ESPN sold Mj they hid all his faults gambling... They made money of him and convinced a whole generation that he was the GOAT. They never taught a whole generation about the real greats like Russell, who in his leter years became a players coach and taught, Wilt, Cousy, Kareem, West, Oscar, Magic, Bird, Dr J... Kobe=clutch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2yzNQWFYko more

Resolved Question: Can u help me with this text?..thank u!?

good morning everybody, i've write this text 4 an english text, can u tell me if it is correct? If there are some grammar mistakes? thank u !..this is the text..( About the prologue of Romeo and Juliet) The play Romeo and Juliet begins with a prologue which explain to the reader the story, and sketch the situation of violent and blood, caused by civil war, in Verona’s street. This hard situation is caused , in is turn, to the hate of 2 families linked by an ancient groudge that spark off war from some century and now “breack scene to new munity”. The real reason of this hate is lost in the past, so this war is only a pretext to justify the (hold -presa-) of power. Obviousely they assert to fight to dignity, but, in Verona, dignity, is -just- only a masck which hide thirst of strenght and power . The 2Families , in this context, aren’t coerent with theyr task, infact the should protect civilies, beacause if you are a point of reference you should be coerent with your social role , instead they didn’t do it, they do the contrary and because of this , theyr responsability is even greater. This concept is well expressed by the metonimia “civil blood makes civil hands unclear”, this metonimie work with images and sounds and trought this Shakespeare conveys us the reality of civil war caused by “dignity” of 2 households. With this one we moreover understand te political concept of Shakespeare, he uses Romeo and Juliet’s story to blame his contemporare society, and besides he is able to convey a political idea through the story of a person, he thinks that the period in which Mountague and Capulet lives (his epoch) is a period caratterized by a situation of violence and innatural actions. In this contest in which older generation is moved only by a thirst of power and by theyr own business, is necessary to restore a balance; and this is a Romeo and Juliet’s duty, that will do it by the truth of theyr feeling. 2 lovers have to wash away the mistakes of theyr families, they have no way out, and they have success; infact with theyr love and paradoxically with they death, that make a chatarsis work, make an end to the hate and to the war between they families, so we shoud say, they make a mend [to?] the ancient leak. In all Shakespeare’s plays we can found a typical element, a tipical “topos”: the reverse of values. Romeo and Juliet love infact, that should be sweet and natural is instead innatural and fatal, that will lead them to deth. All is reverse; war and violent are daily actions,that take place in the daylight, instead love and passion are dangerous and have happen in the night that protect 2lovers and hide them to the maliciuos days! This reversion is well expressed in the balcony scene. In this scene Romeo and Juliet excange each other theyr love, and obviousely all happen during the night. The scene begins with Romeo’s monologues in which him expresses all his love for his Juliet, he don’t know that the girl is on the balcony.He riverse him-self to Juliet by a lenguace of courly love through an allegoric lenguage that derives by classic tradition.This scene underlines the different personality of 2 characters; Romeo infact is more sweet,passionate, and dreamer ! But Juliet sin’t, she infact is more concreet and mature at the contrary of her lover.can you be a little bit precise? it is 4 tomorrow, and i'm italian, thank u! more

Resolved Question: Is natural selection proven wrong-What you think?

Is natural selection proven wrong-What do you think it is claimed NS is wrong for 4 reasons http://gamahucherpress.yellowgum.com/books/philosophy/Natural_selection.pdf There are four points which show natural selection [NS]is invalid or wrong 1)the cambrian explosion as darwin saw invalidates his theory. http://www.genesispark.com/genpark/explo/explo.htm “No real progress has been made by evolutionists since Darwin’s day and "The Cambrian evolutionary explosion is still shrouded in mystery." (Eldredge, N., The Monkey Business, 1982, p. 46.)” 2)NS is invalidated by the fact of speciation as NS only deals with traits already present and cant deal with the generation of new species genetics might be able to account for the generation of new species [ see below where it is shown genetics cannot account for the generation of new species] but NS cant as the generation of new species it not part of its remit 3) NS deals with the transmission of favorable traits and the eradication of unfavorable traits so the fact that unfavorable traits ie the gene for breast cancer are and can be transmitted and become common invalidates NS out right Some argue that harmful genes can be transmitted and become common when accompanied by good genes but this makes natural selection wrong ie ”natural selection, a process that causes helpful traits (those that increase the chance of survival and reproduction) to become more common in a population and causes harmful traits to become more rare”(Ref: Futuyma, Douglas Evolution 2005” seeing bad genes can become common this thus makes natural selection wrong which says bad genes should be come rare or less common 4) genetics cannot account for the generation of new species-ie the cambrian explosion take point 3 NS is ”natural selection, a process that causes helpful traits (those that increase the chance of survival and reproduction) to become more common in a population and causes harmful traits to become more rare”(Ref: Futuyma, Douglas Evolution 2005” note it say harmful traits will become rare but we have the fact of breast cancer where harmfull genes are common thus this makes NS wrong - as the harmful genes should be rare not common note in the quotes below such words as common very common when refering to breast cancer genes note breast cancer kills child bearing age women and note it says "Hereditary breast cancers tend to occur earlier in life" quotes MORE EVIDENCE these genes are harmful as they can lead to the death of the person –even child bearing women http://www.cancerhelp.org.uk/help/default.asp?page=5689 “But it is possible to be born with a gene fault that may cause cancer. This doesn't mean you will definitely get cancer. But it means that you are more likely to develop cancer than the average person” “The first breast cancer gene faults to be found were BRCA1 and BRCA2. These faults don't mean you have cancer, or you definitely will get cancer but women with these genes have a 50 to 80% chance of getting breast cancer in their lifetime. We now know of other genes that significantly increase a woman's risk of breast cancer. They are called TP53 and PTEN. Genetic tests are available to women with a high risk of having changes in their BRCA1, BRCA2, TP53 or PTEN genes. “Researchers have found other common genes that can slightly increase a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. These are called CASP8, FGFR2, TNRCP, MAP3K1 and LSP1. No tests are available to find these genes yet.” “Rare genes that can also increase breast cancer risk slightly include CHEK2, ATM (ataxia telangiectasia mutated), BRIP1 and PALB2. No tests are available for these genes yet” “With particular groups of women, there are very common specific gene faults. Ashkenazi Jewish women tend to have one of 3 very particular gene mutations” http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=breastcancer “Hereditary cancers are those associated with inherited gene mutations. Hereditary breast cancers tend to occur earlier in life than noninherited (sporadic) cases and are more likely to involve both breasts” “BRCA1 and BRCA2 are major genes related to hereditary breast cancer. Women who have inherited certain mutations in these genes have a high risk of developing breast cancer, ovarian cancer, and several other types of cancer during their lifetimes” “Additionally, BRCA1 mutations are associated with an increased risk of pancreatic cancer. Mutations in the BRCA2 gene are associated with an increased chance of developing male breast cancer and cancers of the prostate and pancreas. An aggressive form of skin cancer called melanoma is also more common among people who have BRCA2 mutations.” “Inherited changes in several other genes, including CDH1, PTEN, STK11, and TP53, have been found to increase the risk of developing breast cancer” “Some research suggests that inherited variants of the ATM, BARD1, BRIP1, CHEK2, NBN, more

Resolved Question: what's a good way to generate leads for a Point of Sale business?

I have a small Point of Sale business starting up. We are looking for ways to generate sales leads. We have considered using sites like gumtree.com and other free site to list a commission based opportunity. Is there a lead-generation business out there that we can buy the leads from? more

Resolved Question: Hypothetical Business question: Big money now, or prosperity later?

If you were faced with two options: 1) Making business decisions which would lead to immediate multi-million dollar returns for you and your family right now or 2) Implementing sustainable practices which would benefit the community in which you operate for generations to come... Which would you HONESTLY choose? more

Voting Question: About selling Affordable Websites to Small Businesses, have you ever done it/ do you know anything about it?

A site said the following: We are currently looking for Sales Reps to do Telemarketing and lead Generation. We Pay a High commission Salary for you to call Small Businesses and acquire leads for our company. more

Resolved Question: I feel God is calling me to promote, build & work in Christian Entertainment where do i begin?

I've got a semester of college under my belt and i've spent that last year work trying to figure out what it is im suppose to be doing with my life and God is working wonders in my life and I feel the call help further his kingdom through Christian Entertainment. Im still young but i do know that my generation and the teenagers now, Entertainment and Media play a HUGE role in their lives. I just feel that if we had Christian Entertainment more AVAILABLE especially on TV people would be more inclined to watch due to general interest in it or even due to curiosity. I just need to know what it is i need to go to school for to do such a thing and what needs to happen to become apart of the Christian Entertainment business. I pray that this question gets led to the right hands and that if this is the true call in my life I have faith that everything will fall into place. Thank you so much for anyone who has any advice or answers for me God Bless. Grace & Peace Christine more

Resolved Question: Cost & Management Accounting plzz help?

1. An example of an inventoriable cost would be: a) Shipping fees b) Advertising flyers c) Sales commissions d) Direct materials 2. Direct materials cost is Rs. 80,000. Direct labor cost is Rs. 60,000. Factory overhead is Rs. 90,000. Beginning goods in process were Rs. 15,000. The cost of goods manufactured is Rs. 245,000. What is the cost assigned to the ending goods in process? a) Rs. 45,000 b) Rs. 15,000 c) Rs. 30,000 d) There will be no ending Inventory 3. The FIFO inventory costing method (when using under perpetual inventory system) assumes that the cost of the earliest units purchased is allocated in which of the following ways? a) First to be allocated to the ending inventory b) Last to be allocated to the cost of goods sold c) Last to be allocated to the ending inventory d) First to be allocated to the cost of good sold 4. Heavenly Interiors had beginning merchandise inventory of Rs. 75,000. It made purchases of Rs. 160,000 and recorded sales of Rs. 220,000 during November. Its estimated gross profit on sales was 30%. On November 30, the store was destroyed by fire. What was the value of the merchandise inventory loss? a) Rs. 154,000 b) Rs. 160,000 c) Rs. 235,000 d) Rs. 81,000 5. Inventory control aims at: a) Achieving optimization b) Ensuring against market fluctuations c) Acceptable customer service at low capital investment d) Discounts allowed in bulk purchase 6. Which of the following is a factor that should be taken into account for fixing re-order level? a) Average consumption b) Economic Order Quantity c) Emergency lead time d) Danger level 7. EOQ is a point where: a) Ordering cost is equal to carrying cost b) Ordering cost is higher than carrying cost c) Ordering cost is lesser than the carrying cost d) Total cost should be maximum 8. Grumpy & Dopey Ltd estimated that during the year 75,000 machine hours would be used and it has been using an overhead absorption rate of Rs. 6.40 per machine hour in its machining department. During the year the overhead expenditure amounted to Rs. 472,560 and 72,600 machine hours were used. Which one of the following statements is correct? a) Overhead was under-absorbed by Rs.7,440 b) Overhead was under-absorbed by Rs.7,920 c) Overhead was over-absorbed by Rs.7,440 d) Overhead was over-absorbed by Rs.7,920 9. A business always absorbs its overheads on labor hours. In the 8th period, 18,000 hours were worked, actual overheads were Rs. 279,000 and there was Rs. 36,000 over-absorption. The overhead absorption rate per hours was: a) Rs. 15.50 b) Rs. 17.50 c) Rs. 18.00 d) Rs. 13.50 10. The main purpose of cost accounting is to: a) Maximize profits b) Help in inventory valuation c) Provide information to management for decision making d) Aid in the fixation of selling price 11. In which of the following would there be a difference between financial and managerial accounting? a) Users of the information b) Purpose of the information c) Flexibility of practices d) All of the given options 12. Which of the following is a cost that changes in proportion to changes in volume? a) Fixed cost b) Sunk cost c) Opportunity cost d) None of the given options 13. Cost accounting information can be used for all EXCEPT: a) Budget control and evaluation b) Determining standard costs and variances c) Pricing and inventory valuation decisions d) Analyzing the data 14. Which of the following is not an element of factory overhead? a) Depreciation on the maintenance equipment b) Salary of the plant supervisor c) Property taxes on the plant buildings d) Salary of a marketing manager 15. The main difference between the profit center and investment center is: a) Decision making b) Revenue generation c) Cost incurrence d) All of the given options 16. Opportunity cost is the best example of: a) Sunk Cost b) Standard Cost c) Relevant Cost d) Irrelevant cost 17- If, Sales = Rs. 800,000, Markup = 25% of cost, what would be the value of Gross profit? a) Rs. 200,000 b) Rs. 160,000 c) Rs. 480,000 d) Rs. 640,000 18- Which of the following is correct? a) Opening finished goods units + Units produced – Closing finished goods units = Units sold b) Units Sold = Units produced + Closing finished goods units - Opening finished goods units c) Sales + Average units of finished goods inventory d) None of the given options 19- Loss by fire is an example of: a) Normal Loss b) Abnormal Loss c) Both normal loss and abnormal loss d) Can not be determined 20- In cost Accounting, abnormal loss is charged to: a) Factory overhead control account b) Work in process account c) Income Statement d) All of the given options more

Resolved Question: Im Trying To Add Some More Classic Rock Music To My List For My Ipod?

I Don't Want Anything Later Than The Eighties, And People That Like Classic Rock, If You Have An All Time Favorite Song That I Don't Have Just List It But It Should Be Somewhat Similar To My List: 1.Green Eyed Lady – Sugarloaf 2.The Joker – Steve Miller Band 3.Wish You Were Here – Pink Floyd 4.Bohemian Rhapsody – Queen 5.I’ve Seen All Good People – Yes 6.Jessica – Allman Brothers Band 7.Jack And Diane – John Mellencamp 8.Carry On My Wayward Son – Kansas 9.Joy To The World – Three Dog Night 10.Sweet Jane – The Velvet Underground 11.Like A Rolling Stone – Bob Dylan 12.You Can Call Me Al – Paul Simon 13.Take It On The Run – REO Speedwagon 14.Come On Eileen -Dexy’s Midnight Runners 15.Here Comes The Sun – The Beatles 16.Signs – Manfred Man And The Five Man Electrical Band 17.Drift Away - Dobie Gray 18.Fire And Rain – James Taylor 19.Cat’s In The Cradle – Harry Chapin 20.Brown Eyed Girl – Van Morrison 21.Ripple – The Grateful Dead 22.Roxanne – The Police 23.These Eyes – The Guess Who 24.Breakdown – Tom Petty 25.Suzie Q – CCR 26.Black Water – Doobie Brothers 27.Piano Man – Billy Joel 28.Lonely People – America 29.The Weight – The Band 30.Your Song – Elton John 31.Don’t Fear The Reaper – Blue Oyster Cult 32.November Rain – Guns N’ Roses 33.Mr. Blue Sky – ELO 34.Poison – Alice Cooper 35.Teenage Wasteland – The Who 36.Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton 37.Lola – The Kinks 38.Sister Golden Hair – America 39.Imagine – John Lennon 40.Lady – The Styx 41.Taking Care Of Business – Bachman Turner Overdrive 42.Sympathy For The Devil – The Rolling Stones 43.Desperado – The Eagles 44.Blaze Of Glory – Bon Jovi 45.Evil Woman – ELO 46.A Horse With No Name – America 47.The Final Countdown – Europe 48.Hotel California – The Eagles 49.Blinded By The Light – Manfred Man And The Five Man Electrical Band 50.American Pie – Don McLean 51.Stay – Jackson Browne 52.Give A Little Bit – Supertramp 53.Amie – Pure Prairie League 54.Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf 55.Rocky Mountain Way – Joe Walsh 56.Band On The Run – Paul McCartney And Wings 57.Feel Like Makin Love – Bad Company 58.Cold As Ice – Foreigner 59.Something About You – Boston 60.End Of The Line – Traveling Wilburys 61.Out Of The Blue – Neil Young 62.Wild Horses – The Rolling Stones 63.Gimme Shelter – The Rolling Stones 64.Paint It Black – The Rolling Stones 65.Touch Me – The Doors 66.My Generation – The Who 67.Space Oddity – David Bowie 68.Ziggy Stardust – David Bowie 69.The Sound Of Silence – Simon And Garfunkel 70.Dreamweaver – Gary Wright 71.Rocket Man – Elton John 72.Losing My Religion – REM 73.Wild Thing – The Troggs 74.Somebody To Love – Jefferson Airplane 75.Tears In Heaven – Eric Clapton 76.Crosby, Stills, Nash, And Young – Our House 77.Ohio – Crosby, Stills, Nash And Young 78.Suite : Judy Blue Eyes – Crosby, Stills, And Nash 79.I want to know what love is – foreigner 80.25 Or 6 To 4 – Chicago 81.Love Me Two Times – The Doors 82.Lifes Been Good – Joe Walsh 83.Walk On The Wild Side – Lou Reed 84.My Sweet Lord – George Harrison 85.Cant You See – Marshall Tucker Band 86.The Boys Are Back In Town – Thin Lizzy 87.Stuck In The Middle With You – Steeler’s Wheel 88.Dreamer – Supertramp 89.Funeral For A Friend – Elton John 90.Bennie And The Jets – Elton John 91.Lady – Little River Band 92.Lonesome Loser – Little River Band 93.Some Kind Of Wonderful – Grand Funk Railroad 94.Spill The Wine - Eric Burdon And War 95.Bad Company – Bad Company 96.Captain Jack – Billy Joel 97.Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds 98.The Boys Of Summer – Don Henley 99.No Quarter – Led Zeppelin 100.Are You Gonna Go My Way – Lenny KravitzI Already Have All Those Songs And The Complete Albums You Listed, Im Trying To Make A Best Of List, The Piper Is A Great Album By The Way. more

Resolved Question: The Pirate bay and Warner Bros. coop? Fake or real?

TPB (loves) WB??? http://thepiratebay.org/torrent/4816087/Warner_Bros_Loves_The_Pirate_Bay.pdf http://thepiratebay.org/ what is this about: YOU CAN DOWNLOAD TORRENT OR READ BELOW full statement: PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLISHING Warner Brothers Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire The Pirate Bay, the consumer media company for people to share original copies through a Web experience, for $13.37 billion in a stock-for-stock transaction. Following the acquisition, The Pirate Bay will operate independently to preserve its successful brand and passionate community. The acquisition combines one of the largest and fastest growing online entertainment communities with Warner Bros’s expertise in organizing information and creating new models for advertising on the Internet. The combined companies will focus on providing a better, more comprehensive experience for users interested in downloading, watching and sharing content, and will offer new opportunities for professional content owners to distribute their work to reach a vast new audience. “The The Pirate Bay team has built an exciting and powerful media platform that complements Warner Bros’s mission to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful,” said Jim Kjeyzer, Chief Executive Officer of Warner Bros. “Our companies share similar values; we both always put our users first and are committed to innovating to improve their experience. Together, we are natural partners to offer a compelling media entertainment service to users, content owners and advertisers.” “Our community has played a vital role in changing the way that people consume media, creating a new hip culture. By joining forces with Warner Bros, we can benefit from its global reach and technology leadership to deliver a more comprehensive entertainment experience for our users and to create new opportunities for our partners,” said Anakata, CEO and Co-Founder of The Pirate Bay. “I’m confident that with this partnership we’ll have the flexibility and resources needed to pursue our goal of building the next-generation platform for serving media worldwide.” When the acquisition is complete, The Pirate Bay will retain its distinct brand identity, strengthening and complementing Warner Bros’s own fast-growing video business. The Pirate Bay will continue to be based in Stockholm, Sweden, and all The Pirate Bay employees will remain with the company. With Warner Bros’s technology, advertiser relationships and global reach, The Pirate Bay will continue to build on its success as one of the world’s most popular services for online entertainment. The number of Warner Bros shares to be issued in the transaction will be determined based on the 30-day average closing price two trading days prior to the completion of the acquisition. Both companies have approved the transaction, which is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close in the third quarter of 2009. The company will host a conference and webcast at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time) tomorrow to discuss the acquisition. To access the conference, please email scott.rowe@warnerbros.com A replay of the will be available until midnight Thursday, April 16 at various interwebs internationally. Confirmation code for the replay is 1337101. About Warner Bros Inc. Warner Bros’s innovative movie film technologies connect millions of people around the world with information every day. Founded in 1918 by small time crooks Harry and Albert, Warner Bros today is a top web property in all major global markets. Warner Bros’s targeted film movie program provides businesses of all sizes with measurable results, while enhancing the overall web experience for users. Warner Bros is headquartered in Hollywood with offices throughout the Americas, Europes and Asias. For more information, visit www.WarnerBros.com. About The Pirate Bay Founded in February 2003, The Pirate Bay is a consumer media company for people to share original copies worldwide through a Web experience. The Pirate Bay allows people to easily upload and share torrents on www.ThePirateBay. org and across the Internet through websites, blogs, and e-mail. The Pirate Bay currently delivers more than 1 million torrents every day with 65,000 new torrents uploaded daily and it has quickly become the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment. Real or fake? April fools joke? more

Resolved Question: Was a safety-critical computerization project steered onto the rocks ?

My musing prompted by << Washington: In the past 20 years, the Master of Business Administration (MBA) factories created the conditions that helped land the global economy in the current mess, writes Bloomberg columnist Matthew Lynn. He also suggests that the business schools should be shut down. Business schools legitimized a pseudo-scientific approach, promoted a mechanistic management style and formed a managerial elite more interested in rewards than producing lasting wealth for the economies they operate in. Richard Fuld, who was CEO of Lehman Brothers Holdings at the time of its collapse, has an MBA from New York University. John Thain, the former CEO of Merrill Lynch, is a graduate of Harvard Business School. Christopher Cox, the former chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has an MBA from Harvard University. In Europe, Andy Hornby, CEO of British bank HBOS, is another Harvard Business School product. HBOS had to be bailed out in a merger with Lloyds Banking Group and then both had to be rescued by the U.K. government. Peter Wuffli, who as CEO, presided over the huge losses that took Zurich-based UBS AG to the brink of disaster, studied management at Switzerland's University of St Gallen. If these business leaders were not able to spot the flaws in the businesses they were running, one has to look into the matter of what business and management schools had been teaching them. The schools promoted a quasi-scientific approach to business, sermonizing that everything could be nailed down in a textbook, and encouraged students to believe that running a company could be mastered by anyone. The entire private-equity industry is founded on that principle. And also, all the intellectual tools that led us into the financial meltdown were largely invented within academia. Complex models for pricing risk created the market for the options and derivatives contracts that have caused so much trouble in the past year. But, management in reality is a skill that is acquired through experience, judgment and flair. Billions are about to be wasted relearning a simple fact that should never have been forgotten. The business schools took some mysterious risk and tried to make it as easy to count as peas in a pod. By doing so, they encouraged a whole generation of young men and women to go into investment banking armed with the belief that they had mastered risk. But the truth turned out to be different. The author pins the growth of business schools to the situation where the economy contracts and jobless bankers seek to boost their qualifications. The people who steered the global economy onto the rocks in the past year all benefited from the finest management education that money can buy. However, Lynn admits that it is unfair to assign all blame to business schools. Over the last three decades, taking an MBA has become just another qualification, a hoop to be jumped through on your way to getting a good job on Wall Street, or in London or Zurich's financial centers. >>To Oliver: Thanks for question. Was thinking of a boat project when I posted the question. more

Resolved Question: Do you think the Forbe's richest list is a big cause of the recent economic crisis?

It has practically encouraged generations of Americans to get rich at all costs. It has led to a sense of entitlement from many Americans, that they have a right to live like kings. A manager I used to work for probably worked for $35,000 a year at this restaurant. However, because he wanted to impress his wife so much, he started eating out at Outback and Red Lobster every day, buying food for himself and his kids. His finances started getting tight, but he couldn't stop living his lifestyle. He had to sit in the lower level of basketball games all the time. He told me he was underpaid all the time, but he's run his business down so much, stealing and cutting back on labor and supplies to such ridiculous levels. The owner of the business will probably find out soon, but I don't care, I left a long time ago, but as a fellow manager, I had a lot invested in there as a person. I imagine my former manager's story emulates many stories from Wall Street and major corporations. Forbes should do the right thing and let the list fade away. It's inappropriate in these times, and it's arguably even a CAUSE of the problem. What do you think?Typical Americans, can't understand the moral of any story. more

Resolved Question: Did you know that Obama is planning to tax the working class to give to the rich and politically connected?

Barack Obama's Cap and Trade is a Tax on the working class Who Pays for Cap and Trade? Hint: They were promised a tax cut during the Obama campaign. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123655590609066021.html -snip Politicians love cap and trade because they can claim to be taxing "polluters," not workers. Hardly. Once the government creates a scarce new commodity -- in this case the right to emit carbon -- and then mandates that businesses buy it, the costs would inevitably be passed on to all consumers in the form of higher prices. Stating the obvious, Peter Orszag -- now Mr. Obama's budget director -- told Congress last year that "Those price increases are essential to the success of a cap-and-trade program." Hit hardest would be the "95% of working families" Mr. Obama keeps mentioning, usually omitting that his no-new-taxes pledge comes with the caveat "unless you use energy." Putting a price on carbon is regressive by definition because poor and middle-income households spend more of their paychecks on things like gas to drive to work, groceries or home heating. The Congressional Budget Office -- Mr. Orszag's former roost -- estimates that the price hikes from a 15% cut in emissions would cost the average household in the bottom-income quintile about 3.3% of its after-tax income every year. That's about $680, not including the costs of reduced employment and output. The three middle quintiles would see their paychecks cut between $880 and $1,500, or 2.9% to 2.7% of income. The rich would pay 1.7%. Cap and trade is the ideal policy for every Beltway analyst who thinks the tax code is too progressive (all five of them). But the greatest inequities are geographic and would be imposed on the parts of the U.S. that rely most on manufacturing or fossil fuels -- particularly coal, which generates most power in the Midwest, Southern and Plains states. It's no coincidence that the liberals most invested in cap and trade -- Barbara Boxer, Henry Waxman, Ed Markey -- come from California or the Northeast. Coal provides more than half of U.S. electricity, and 25 states get more than 50% of their electricity from conventional coal-fired generation. In Ohio, it totals 86%, according to the Energy Information Administration. Ratepayers in Indiana (94%), Missouri (85%), New Mexico (80%), Pennsylvania (56%), West Virginia (98%) and Wyoming (95%) are going to get soaked. -snip Led by Michigan's Debbie Stabenow, 15 Senate Democrats have already formed a "gang" demanding that "consumers and workers in all regions of the U.S. are protected from undue hardship." In practice, this would mean corporate welfare for carbon-heavy businesses. And of course Congress is its own "stakeholder." An economy-wide tax under the cover of saving the environment is the best political moneymaker since the income tax. Obama officials are already telling the press, sotto voce, that climate revenues might fund universal health care and other new social spending. No doubt they would, and when they did Mr. Obama's cap-and-trade rebates would become even smaller. Cap and trade, in other words, is a scheme to redistribute income and wealth -- but in a very curious way. It takes from the working class and gives to the affluent; takes from Miami, Ohio, and gives to Miami, Florida; and takes from an industrial America that is already struggling and gives to rich Silicon Valley and Wall Street "green tech" investors who know how to leverage the political class."Did you know that Sen. McCain proposed the same plan?" Yes, I am and was fully aware of that "I wonder if the Right would be ranting and raving over it." We would and did. "Rather than overwrought and unsupported claims why don't the Right propose ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS?" We are. You should be dealing with what the article tells you instead of pointing fingers at McCain and Republicans. What McCain once proposed and the Republicans actions are irrelevant. What Obama is doing or planning to do, since he is in the White house right now, is relevant. Try to deal with something thats relevant."You people wanted a free market solution that made the businesses in control. They are." Thats news. Seems that government has its hand in everything now."However, we can avoid this tax by making our carbon footprint smaller - which somehow the questioner didn't take in to account." I didnt take it into account because I dont want to make it smaller. Making it smaller entails changing my behavior and/or the products I buy. I like the freedom of doing as I please without being forced to change via cap and trade taxes. "And, the same people who either pay the "tax" or cut their carbon use, also benefit: cleaner air," Cleaner air isnt going to happen. http://www.businessgreen.com/business-green/news/2213702/europe-cap-trade-scheme-hand http://www.financialpost.com/story.html?id=96dc23c8-33e2-45c4-bf6a-14aba852d764 "slowing of global warming" Global warming is a fraud. We humans do not have any control over it. "lower prices on low-carbon energy" No, HIGHER prices on low carbon energy."And, with a federal mandate existing, capitalists will have the political and economic groundwork to invest in carbon neutral (or better) manufacturing and power generation." They already have the "political and economic groundwork to invest in carbon neutral (or better) manufacturing and power generation". Its called freedom. A government mandate forcing them to do so is costly and disasterous.Still waiting for any Obama liberals to deal with the information contained within the article. ***crickets*** Oh come on, liberals. You all hold yourselves up as the big protecters of the little guy, the poor, the working class. Yet here is a piece of legislation that will cost them big time, Obama will hurt them big time, and you're absolutely silent. ***crickets*** Bueller? Bueller? Bueller? ***crickets*** more

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Resolved Question: why are korean people obsessed about going to church?

I am a 20 year old Korean male who's lived in states for 10 years. I've witnessed that Korean people in both korea and the US are obsessed about church. Your friends all go to church, your parent's friends go to church, and you meet your boyfriends/girlfriends through church and church is like the only social networking tool that exists among Korean society and if you are not in this loop, you are usually isolated. How has this social phenomeonon come about? From different readings here's my opinion but I would love to hear the opinions of others. After the Korean War, South Korea was left to the mercy of the US economically, politically, etc. Before the war, SK was a mix of buddhism, yugyo, .. but never christianity. Kim Gu, the leading political leader who was loved by many, who was presumed to lead Korea after its liberation, wanted the nation to follow traditional Korean religions but then US instead appointed Lee Soong Man, a christian korean-american instead as 1st president. During this reborn process of SK's identity, Koreans accepted Christianity as the religion of the westerners. Basically the US forced it down our throats but we gladly accepted it as well. And since the bible used hangul while buddhism/yugyos that used kanji-mixed extremely difficult writings, it was more colloquial and favorable to the masses. And when major politicians and the rich converted to Christianity and turned the nation's schools, hopsitals into Christianity-based and made other social transformations to accomodate the religion, people naturally followed while other religions failed to keep up. And Korean people's nature fits perfectly with church as well. Korean people can now use church as an excuse to get together, invade each other's business and basically form a group. Although Asian people are usually distance with others except for their familly members, Korean people are unique in that they value Jung - caring deeply about those who are close to them. Thus, while maintaining fairly distant relationships with others, church people can use church as an excuse to form tight brotherhoods, in perfect accordance with their nature. Korean people also live a competitive, a relatively selfish way of thinking. They pray "please let my son go into good college, the best college ever .. maybe better than the one my neighbor's son went to " or "please let my son get a good job as a doctor" ... the Christian God is the perfect solution to praying about all these selfish wants ... replacing the previous superstitious beliefs such as throwing salt and rice everywhere to bring good luck. My problem is with the younger Korean generations. They go to church simply because their parents force them to go at a young age. Religion has to be a personal choice, not some kind of "since I do it, my daughter/son has to do it too" more

Voting Question: Will you review my essay please?

This is for a community college Into Business class. Assignment: Write a discussion paper giving your opinion of how the current economic situation is affecting businesses here in the United States. Also, discuss how you see yourself being affected by the current economic situation. 1 - 2 pages long, double spaced. I know the last paragraph and conclusion are a little weak, any ideas on beefing it up? My Paper (rough draft): The current economic conditions has placed a blanket of fear on the nation. Many people fear the downed financial markets and the number of job losses will lead to another depression. Even though the unemployment rates are rising and the crises in the stock market will make for a difficult year it is still no where near what occurred in the 1930's. This fear of a recession is what aided the current recession. People are afraid of losing their jobs so they begin saving their money, when they decreased their spending it only increased the needed layoff by companies. We caused the recession but we can also fix it. Large business corporations, "big box stores", have always had the advantage over smaller, individually owned businesses. With their outside investors they have a greater number of resources to fall back on when needed. Large businesses single goal is to create a profit, often at the unintentional expense of the economy. Sending jobs overseas the cost of labor is cheaper and there is a greater perceived profit. When jobs are taken from our country it lowers the amount of available jobs, extending the amount of unemployed people. The people are now unable to purchase these corporation's goods leaving the companies with a loss. These losses are what made the need for the government bail-outs in September 2008 so they could continue making their products. The government has to get the money from some where though, mostly from tax payers again leaving people unable or unwilling to do any spending leaving us in a continual cycle. The small business owner without a wealthy investor to finance their business pursuits depend on bank loans to start up. When the mortgage crisis occurred the banks were more selective to whom they would give loans, leaving the small business owners without many options. Small businesses that are already running are having a harder time making a profit. Society is spending less and the small businesses are having trouble staying afloat and many do not make it. Given that in a normal economy only 80% of small businesses succeed past their first year it is even harder in these trying economical times. I am lucky enough to still be a high school student living with my parents. This leaves me with very few financial responsibilities. I am aware that this economy may not change by the time I get out of school, and I want to be as prepared for it as possible. This education will be a very important role in my future. If I want to succeed in the business world, I need to have a solid college education to be capable to cope with anything the economy throws at me. Overall the current economic standing for businesses is not favorable. This is why education is such an important step in life. If the next generations are educated they will be ready to step up and help change the economy for the better. Thank you for any *constructive* critism. more