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Trading time ahead for electronic joint ventures

Local electronics firms say the move is inevitable considering that from next year, Vietnam will allow foreign-invested businesses to import products to sell locally.

Until now, only Vietnamese businesses have been authorized to distribute foreign products.

The opening up of the retail and distribution markets, coupled with lower import taxes, may make it more profitable for foreign-invested companies to import goods than to manufacture them locally.

The current taxes on most imported products range from 0 to 5 percent.

In the 1990s, import taxes were about 50 percent.

But not all choose to follow Sony Vietnam�s path.

Samsung Vina�s Vice President Nguyen Van Dao said his company would invest in both manufacturing and trading.

�Products with high local demand will still be produced locally,� he said. more

Building businesses

Like Manalili, Wieneke needs to touch base with clients and partners to keep his businesses going.

And this is where PLDT Landline Plus comes in.

PLDT Landline Plus Prepaid is an affordable, efficient, and time-saving telecommunications service that can provide instant wireless landline access to anyone in the Philippines. Prepaid subscribers may also be reached through portable communication devices, lessening their risks of missing important calls.

Wieneke says he has become "an office" because of PLDT Landline Plus Prepaid.

"My staff can call me from any outlet without incurring any costs, regardless of where I am. The same goes for my clients," adds Wieneke.

PLDT Landline Plus Prepaid service is user-friendly. One simply needs to insert the SIM card to any portable telecommunications device to be connected instantly. more

GIS Planning Inc. Releases ZoomProspector Enterprise: Commerce

ZoomProspector Enterprise: Commerce Edition assists economic development organizations and chambers of commerce to promote local businesses, points of interest, and special events. The growing need to quickly and easily show points of interest on an online map led GIS Planning, Inc. to develop this industry-first product so that economic development organizations, chambers of commerce, utilities, and other public and private businesses and organizations can provide a powerful, dynamic and interactive online solution for people and businesses interested in their communities.

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American Shared Hospital Services Fourth Quarter and ... - Earthtimes

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FedEx Earnings Conference Call (Q3 2010) - YAHOO!

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Universal Power Group Announces Date for Fourth Quarter ... - Forbes

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Voting Question: This project is due at school. I am confused on it. can any one help? I need a service and y?

While attending this class, you also work at DigiFast, a small company that creates and markets video games for educational and entertainment markets. DigiFast recently moved into River View Plaza, a four-story office building in Portland, Oregon. River View Plaza includes a lobby with a security desk and several suites on all four floors. DigiFast occupies a typical suite that includes offices for managers, full-sized cubicles for employee workstations, a conference room, and restrooms. There is a break room with a refrigerator and a microwave, but, unfortunately, the break room is on the first floor, and DigiFast is on the third floor. DigiFast is new and growing fast. The company needs more employees, but the operating budget will not allow for it presently. Meanwhile, the goal is to make the operations efficient while keeping the current employees happy. You think one way to achieve this goal is by attracting outside services to the building. The other businesses in the building are similar in size to DigiFast but focus on markets other than software: a dentist, a young lawyer, and an insurance company. The building also has several spaces not yet rented. At capacity, the building can accommodate approximately 1,300 people. The location of River View Plaza is ideal, and the size of the office is adequate. However, the owners of the building supply space but little else in the way of service. The entrepreneurial spirit in you views this as a golden opportunity to attract a new service for DigiFast and other companies in the building. Your task is to convince your colleagues, manager, the owner of DigiFast, and the building management company your service has great potential and would be useful for your company’s employees and others in the building. A committee of key individuals will make the decision to move forward . . . or not. The committee consists of the following: •Charlotte Alexander, the founder and owner of DigiFast. She has a master’s degree in computer engineering and has spent 20 years working in IT industries. Charlotte is interested in efficiency and company growth. •Mark Jackson, your manager: Mark was recently recruited from a major video marketing company. He has an MBA from a prestigious university and two years’ work experience. Mark cares about the bottom line—he favors creativity as long as profit does not suffer. •Stacie Matthews, computer programmer: Stacie is currently working on her undergraduate degree in computer programming. She has extensive experience in developing video games but wants to finish her education to advance in this industry. Stacie is practical and creative. •Dave Martinez, graphic designer: Dave is a self-taught graphic artist who has won numerous awards for his designs. He is imaginative and innovative. •Steve Taylor, facilities manager: Steve is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day maintenance of the building, as well as renting available space to companies compatible with the businesses in the building. Although he is friendly and easygoing, Steve expects a job to be done right. Task Your task is to choose a service you think would be useful for DigiFast and most employees in the building. Remember: The goal of the service is to increase efficiency of operations and/or keep the current employees happy. As you think about the argument you will ultimately present to the committee, consider the different needs and personalities of the five committee members you have to persuade. All of the committee members have to agree on your service. You also need to anticipate any objections they might have as well as ways you can overcome those objections. more

Voting Question: Business Management questions?

Robert Downs has just completed a Master of Science degree in computer science at Major State University. He now wants to begin a new Internet business selling his services as a Web site maker for companies in his home city, St. Louis. He estimates that, if his business idea is a success, within one year he will be employing at a minimum 10 programmers and two analysts. 1. To make his business successful, Robert will first have to develop what type of plan? A. Tactical B. Specific C. Directional D. Strategic 2. To clarify how the overall goals are to be achieved, Robert will have to develop a A. Tactical plan B. Specific plan C. Directional plan D. Strategic plan 3. To ensure that the organization’s objectives are clearly defined and do not leave room for interpretation, he will have to develop what type of plan? A. Tactical B. Specific C. Directional D. Strategic 4. To provide the programmers and analysts general guidelines about the efficiencies that are desired, he will have to develop what type of plan? A. Tactical B. Specific C. Directional D. Strategic CASE 2—XYZ Planning At organization XYZ, the plans are made at the top, and then those managers meet with their subordinates at the next level and mutually agreed-to goals are established with them. The mid-level managers then meet with their first-level managers and mutually agreed-to goals are established with them. Finally, the first-level managers meet with each of their employees and mutually agreed-to goals are established with them. 5. The planning approach used at the XYZ organization is ____________________. A. Management by Objectives B. Directional planning C. Specific planning D. Traditional planning CASE 3—Dollars to Donuts Ralph Friedgrin is the owner of a chain of five donut shops in Smalltown, MD. Smalltown is located along Interstate 95, about half-way between Lost and Nowhere. 6. Mr. Friedgrin demands that the five store managers during their weekly meeting discuss what the customers in their stores are requesting. Mr. Friedgrim always reads the monthly donut-industry magazine, Holey Mazole. He always attends the Annual National Conference of Donut Makers and updates his managers when he returns. These activities are examples of_________________. A. Competitive intelligence B. Benchmarking C. Environmental scanning D. Global scanning 7. On occasion, Mr. Friedgrin goes to nearby, larger towns such as Lost and Nowhere to visit big chain donut shops. Mr. Friedgrin purchases donuts and chats with these customers about their donut likes and dislikes. He also will “peek” into the kitchen to view the equipment, or when he can, he will watch through the customer observation window to see the whole process. Mr. Friedgrin is performing which planning technique? A. Competitive intelligence B. Environmental scanning C. Benchmarking D. Global scanning 8. Mr. Friedgrin recently went on a well-deserved vacation. While at the beachfront resort, Mr. Friedgrin took many notes regarding the excellent service he received. On the flight home, he reviewed his notes to see what lessons he could apply to his donut shops. When Mr. Friedgrin is out looking at the “best practices” of the other donut stores in these towns, he is performing which of the following? A. Competitive intelligence B. Benchmarking C. Environmental scanning D. Strategic planning CASE 4—SWOT Analysis As a process of self-examination during her senior year of college, Casey decided to develop a SWOT analysis of her prospects relative to getting a job. 9. Casey realizes that she has a personal characteristic that suggests she is not comfortable interacting with strangers. She interprets this as a(n) _________is she is to get a job as a salesperson. A. Alternative B. Strength C. Weakness D. Opportunity 10. Casey majored in marketing and really enjoyed studies in market research. Through research on the Internet and in the university library, she discovers that this industry appears to have significant positive external trends. She interprets this as a (n)______. A. Alternative B. Strength C. Weakness D. Opportunity 11. Casey has been involved in _____________at a personal level A. Opportunity analysis B. Risk avoidance C. Strategic planning D. Stage decision making CASES 5—Un Taco Pequeno Imagine that you are the president of Taco Rocket, a new and successful chain of 100 Mexican fast-food restaurants. The success you have experienced in the last 5 years has you thinking of what to do with the business next. Should you expand the business at the current rate? Open new and different restaurants? What? 2, You decide to concentrate on Taco Rocket’s primary business by only increasing the menu to include new items such as enchiladas and rice bowls. This is an example of what type of growt more

Resolved Question: Do you think the thick headed Obama will finally get the message now that Sen. Evan Bayh has dropped out?

Its very obvious that Obama and his Cabal do NOT listen to the people, his poll numbers are dropping as usual, Obama continues to try to FORCE his agenda on us and FORCING his agenda on his own party even though they have told him numerous times they do NOT want it. "Congress is not operating as it should," Bayh said at a news conference in Indianapolis, adding there's too much partisanship and "the people's business is not getting done." Bayh said he loves public service but does "not love Congress" and is "not motivated by strident partisanship or ideology." http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/15/bayh.retirement/?hpt=T1 The Dems are quitting Obama and his agenda, and they WILL lose their short lived power when November rolls around. more

Resolved Question: HISTORY HELP!!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!?

20.) The first action of the Spanish-American War took place in A.the Philippines B.the Gulf of Mexico C.the harbor at Santiago, Cuba D.Puerto Rico 21.) Among Latin Americans, United States actions related to the Panama Canal created A.hope for a prosperous future B.ill will toward the United States C.calls for Roosevelt's impeachment D.a long-lasting economic crisis 22.) Progressivism was halted by A.the efforts of the NAACP B.World War I C.the repeal of the prohibition amendment D.the victory of the Bull Moose Party 23.) Which belief was held by most Progressives? A.The government should be more accountable to its citizens. B.Housing and healthcare should remain private. C.The government should protect agricultural interests. D.The government should intervene in unfair business practices. 24.) One goal that Progressives did not seek was A.the moral improvement of society B.the reduction of government corruption C.a ban on strikes D.child labor laws 25.) One way reformers hoped to end corruption in government was to A.establish an income tax B.give voters more direct say in lawmaking C.provide more welfare services D.use the army to oust political machines 26.) The platform of the Bull Moose Party supported A.unregulated competition B.the 12-hour work day C.women's suffrage D.a Federal Trade Commission 27.) Under the terms of the Sussex pledge, the German government promised that A. the German navy would not attack any American ships B.German ships would not blockade Britain and France C.German U-boats would warn ships before attacking D.the German army would never invade Russia 28.) The United States decided to enter World War I in response to A.Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare B.France's fall to the Central Powers C.the Czar's growing support in Russia D.a filibuster by United States senators 29.) German submarines aimed to atack ships that were carrying A.weapons to the Allies B.passengers to the United States C.food to the Central Powers D.oil to Mexico 30.) At the Paris Peace Conference, President Wilson's program for peace A.angered the Russians B.met no resistance among the Allies C.was backed only by France D.underwent several changes Im sorry I know youll give comments on "do ur own homework" and stuff but I havent slepet in 3 nights...my dog died..but my dad said I need it done...but Im suprised Im focused enough to even type this....I never do this but Im DESPERATE..please....help...............… more

Resolved Question: Which colleges do you think i will get accepted to? UCLA, UC Berkeley, UC Irvine, Or UC San Diego?

i already got accepted into UCR. i got a 1370 on sat. 700 on the math subject test and 500 on the spanish subject test. i got a 20 composite score on the ACT. i had a good personal statement as well. here is my resume: Leadership Experience •United Student Body Leadership: August 2006- Present USB Vice President USB Renaissance Commissioner USB Student Store Manager USB Community Relations Commissioner Freshmen Class of 2010 Secretary/ Treasurer Homecoming Coronations Coordinator: 2008 •Special Leadership Conferences: 2006-2008 California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA) Conferences California Association of Student Leaders (CASL) Conference •California Scholarship Federation: 2009-Present California Scholarship Federation Club President •Pre-Medicine Society: 2009-Present Pre-Medicine Society Club President •Make-A-Wish Club: 2007- Present Make-A-Wish Club President Make-A-Wish Club Vice President Make-A-Wish Club Junior Officer •National Honor Society: 2009- Present National Honor Society Club Vice President •Spanish Club: 2008-Present Spanish Club Vice President •Future Business Leaders of America: 2008- 2009 FBLA Vice President of Community Relations, Publicity, and Hospitality Academic Accomplishments •Overall GPA: 3.68 •Proposed Graduation: June 2010 •Renaissance Program Honors: Gold and Silver Cards •National Honor Society •Honors classes: English 9 H English 10H IPS H Biology H Chemistry H Algebra 2 H Pre-calculus/ Trigonometry H World Civilizations H Economics H Spanish 3H Special Recognition •Academic Honor Roll: 2006- Present •Hall of Fame: “Most Friendly”: 2004 •Student of the Month: March 2007 •Certificate of Recognition for Outstanding Member of Spanish Club 2007-2008 •Certificate of Attendance for 3rd Youth Enrichment Initiative Conference: June 2006 •Best Sense of Humor in Leadership Class: December 2008 Community Service Activities •Philippine Nurses Association of Southern California (PNASC) Volunteer Operation Free Flu Shot Fundraisers •Rodolfo E. Magsino Medical Clinic Volunteer at Covina and West Covina Clinics 2006- Present Blood Screening Event Volunteer: November 2007 •St. Paul Harvest Festival: September 2005, 2006, and 2007 •Trail Clean-up Volunteer April 2008 •Pumpkin Patch Volunteer October 2007 •Family Fun Day Volunteer March 2009 •Blood Drive May 2009, October 2009 Clubs •Make-A-Wish Club: 2006-Present •Spanish Club: 2007-Present •California Scholarship Federation (CSF): 2007-Present •National Honor Society (NHS): 2009-Present •Pre-Medicine Society: 2009- Present •2010 Class Council: 2008-2009 •Key Club: 2008-2009 •Future Business Leaders of America Club: 2008-2009 •Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD): 2007-Present •Leo’s Club: 2007-2008 •Active Catholics Everywhere Club (ACE): 2006-2008 •St. Paul Teen Council: 2006-2007 •Asian Club: 2006-2008 •Co-exist Club: 2008-2009 hopefully you guys can help me! thank you more

Voting Question: Chances for BU/GWU/Syracuse?

I've applied to all 3. Communications at all three. My grades are as follows: Small school in Las Vegas. white/born in MA, high school in NV. High Honoros Diploma 3.33 UW, 4.15 W Rank Top 10% 8 AP Classes, Rest are ALL Honors entire career. Bad AP Grades 4 3's. Rest twos or ones. SAT: 1750 (590 Writing) ACT: 25 Slight incline in last two years. Extras: Editor on Newspaper. Website deisgner ( all) Intern on Las Vegas Review Journal Newspaper (jr sr) NHS (sr) VP and Sec. of Nevada Junior Classical League (Latin Club) (all) All academic team Captain (all) Statewide Teen Forum school delegate (jr/sr) Boy's State delegate (jr) Business Mgr of Gawad Kalinga Philipino Comm Service Club. (Only registered high school club in USA) Went to philippines as part for a month. Built houses.(sr) JV Baseball (fresh/soph) captain Yearbook Photog. (all) Founder of Student Radio. Broadcasts all major athletic events (jr/sr) Founder of Politics Club (jr/sr) Forensics (Senior yr.) Band (fr) AP Club sec. (jr/sr) Awards: 14 personal local newspaper awards, newspaper entity won 10 (including best in city of LV) (all) 3 Nationally awarded Graphic Design awards at journalism conference (so/jr/sr) Published photog in Schmapp London guide book (jr/sr) Won Best Photograph, class magazine (jr) 3 time student of the month (all) National Latin Honor Society Scholar Award (jr/sr) JV Best Pitcher (so) Comm Service: Local little league 30hrs Relay For Life Region Coordinator (all yrs) Thespians 16hrs (all) Elementary School tutoring 15 hrs (all) Student Service (clean school) 30 hrs (jr/sr) Graphic Design, Ambience Candles 10 hrs (jr/sr) Las Vegas Marathon 20 hrs (all yrs) Blood Donor Work: Intern- LVRJ Intern- The Truman National Security Project (Lobbyist group in DC) (jr/sr) -Social networking, graphic design-designed Pamphlet distributed to candidates at 08 Democratic National Convention Intern- The Work Place (social work in Boston) (jr summer) -graphic design and office work Clark County Elections (so/jr) -computer clerk for 08 elections Desert WIllow Golf Course (sr) -Caddy/Sales Associate UFLAccess.com (sr) -writer, press for local UFL team in Vegas. Hobbies: Graphic Design Radio/Writing Amateur DJ Misc. Essay was published in ehow.com's '10 "Best College Essays" I feel like my grades hurt me badly, but I feel like my ec's are more than above average. more

Resolved Question: List as much word as you possibly can?

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Resolved Question: Help with Histroy please??? 10points!?

1.) Progressivism was halted by the efforts of the NAACP World War I the repeal of the prohibition amendment the victory of the Bull Moose Party 2.) Which belief was held by most Progressives? The government should be more accountable to its citizens. Housing and healthcare should remain private. The government should protect agricultural interests. The government should intervene in unfair business practices. 3.) One goal that Progressives did not seek was the moral improvement of society the reduction of government corruption a ban on strikes child labor laws 4.) One way reformers hoped to end corruption in government was to establish an income tax give voters more direct say in lawmaking provide more welfare services use the army to oust political machines 5.) The platform of the Bull Moose Party supported unregulated competition the 12-hour work day women's suffrage a Federal Trade Commission 6.) Under the terms of the Sussex pledge, the German government promised that the German navy would not attack any American ships German ships would not blockade Britain and France German U-boats would warn ships before attacking the German army would never invade Russia 7.) The United States decided to enter World War I in response to Germany's return to unrestricted submarine warfare France's fall to the Central Powers the Czar's growing support in Russia a filibuster by United States senators 8.) German submarines aimed to atack ships that were carrying weapons to the Allies passengers to the United States food to the Central Powers oil to Mexico 9.) At the Paris Peace Conference, President Wilson's program for peace angered the Russians met no resistance among the Allies was backed only by France underwent several changes 10.) After Wilson presented the treaty to the United States Senate, the Senate ratified it only the "irreconcilables" backed it the Senate rejected it only the "reservationists" backed it more

Voting Question: topic idea for homework?

Hi everybody and thank you for your help, I do not want you to do my homework, I just want you to give me an IDEA OF A TOPIC, not do my homework! =] thank you Scenario While attending this class, you also work at DigiFast, a small company that creates and markets video games for educational and entertainment markets. DigiFast recently moved into River View Plaza, a four-story office building in Portland, Oregon. River View Plaza includes a lobby with a security desk and several suites on all four floors. DigiFast occupies a typical suite that includes offices for managers, full-sized cubicles for employee workstations, a conference room, and restrooms. There is a break room with a refrigerator and a microwave, but, unfortunately, the break room is on the first floor, and DigiFast is on the third floor. DigiFast is new and growing fast. The company needs more employees, but the operating budget will not allow for it presently. Meanwhile, the goal is to make the operations efficient while keeping the current employees happy. You think one way to achieve this goal is by attracting outside services to the building. The other businesses in the building are similar in size to DigiFast but focus on markets other than software: a dentist, a young lawyer, and an insurance company. The building also has several spaces not yet rented. At capacity, the building can accommodate approximately 1,300 people. The location of River View Plaza is ideal, and the size of the office is adequate. However, the owners of the building supply space but little else in the way of service. The entrepreneurial spirit in you views this as a golden opportunity to attract a new service for DigiFast and other companies in the building. Your task is to convince your colleagues, manager, the owner of DigiFast, and the building management company your service has great potential and would be useful for your company’s employees and others in the building. A committee of key individuals will make the decision to move forward . . . or not. The committee consists of the following: Charlotte Alexander, the founder and owner of DigiFast. She has a master’s degree in computer engineering and has spent 20 years working in IT industries. Charlotte is interested in efficiency and company growth. Mark Jackson, your manager: Mark was recently recruited from a major video marketing company. He has an MBA from a prestigious university and two years’ work experience. Mark cares about the bottom line—he favors creativity as long as profit does not suffer. Stacie Matthews, computer programmer: Stacie is currently working on her undergraduate degree in computer programming. She has extensive experience in developing video games but wants to finish her education to advance in this industry. Stacie is practical and creative. Dave Martinez, graphic designer: Dave is a self-taught graphic artist who has won numerous awards for his designs. He is imaginative and innovative. Steve Taylor, facilities manager: Steve is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day maintenance of the building, as well as renting available space to companies compatible with the businesses in the building. Although he is friendly and easygoing, Steve expects a job to be done right. Task Your task is to choose a service you think would be useful for DigiFast and most employees in the building. Remember: The goal of the service is to increase efficiency of operations and/or keep the current employees happy. As you think about the argument you will ultimately present to the committee, consider the different needs and personalities of the five committee members you have to persuade. All of the committee members have to agree on your service. You also need to anticipate any objections they might have as well as ways you can overcome those objections. more

Voting Question: Help choosing a topic?

Resolved Question: Can someone please help me with this? Thank you a lot?

I am a senior getting ready to apply to colleges. Only, I want to apply to colleges to which i have some chance at, so here is my basic resume: GPA: Unweighted 3.97 at International Academy (IB School-Ranked #2 in the country) SAT: 2190 ACT: 34 SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 730, Physics: 710 PSAT: 215 (National Merit Semi-Finalist) High School Tennis Team all four years (Varsity last year) Model United Nations- attended three conferences 100 hours of service to a hospital 100 other hours of community service (library, tutoring, etc.) Chemistry Olympiad Team-11th grade Colleges I am considering: Yale UPenn WashU in StLouis Rice UChicago Duke Colleges I have been admitted to: Michigan State Wayne State Michigan - Ross Business School more

Resolved Question: Ice Cap melting due to icebreaker ships to make way for traffic?

http://kn.theiet.org/magazine/issues/0921/breaking-the-ice-0921.cfm Ice breakers: "Ten nuclear-powered surface ships have been built in Russia, nine of which are icebreakers with the tenth a container ship with icebreaking capabilities. And although the specifications differ from one to another, those in the Arktika class - of which the Victory is the newest member - are fundamentally the same, becoming more efficient, powerful or faster as evolving technology allows for higher performance". Cananda: "Canada announced plans to build up to eight icebreakers and to establish a deep water port in its far north. Douglas Bancroft, director of the Canadian Ice Service, told a conference in Washington this month that Hudson Bay has seen a 50% decrease in ice since 1971" Icebreaker ships crashing through the ice to make way for sea traffic and rich tourists to the North Pole, must be affecting the ice in the North Pole! Global Warming or business as usual? Why doesnt the Copenhagen Conference on Global Warming address this and many other issues ?hmmmm...the real reason of the destruction of the ice cap.And all the Bob Ns think they are so witty and clever. Not! more

Resolved Question: Any advice for me for my college choices?

I am a senior getting ready to apply to colleges. Only, I want to apply to colleges to which i have some chance at, so here is my basic resume: GPA: Unweighted 3.97 at International Academy (IB School-Ranked #2 in the country) SAT: 2190 ACT: 34 SAT II: Math II: 800, Chem: 730, Physics: 710 High School Tennis Team all four years (Varsity last year) Model United Nations- attended three conferences 100 hours of service to a hospital 100 other hours of community service (library, tutoring, etc.) Chemistry Olympiad Team-11th grade Colleges I am considering: Yale UPenn WashU in StLouis Rice UChicago Duke Colleges I have been admitted to: Michigan State Wayne State Michigan - Ross Business School more

Resolved Question: What is "global warming" really about?

New Socialism Planning Heist In Copenhagen By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Posted 12/10/2009 06:45 PM ET In the 1970s and early '80s, having seized control of the U.N. apparatus (by power of numbers), Third World countries decided to cash in. OPEC was pulling off the greatest wealth transfer from rich to poor in history. Why not them? So in grand U.N. declarations and conferences, they began calling for a "New International Economic Order." The NIEO's essential demand was simple: to transfer fantastic chunks of wealth from the industrialized West to the Third World. On what grounds? In the name of equality — wealth redistribution via global socialism — with a dose of post-colonial reparations thrown in. The idea of essentially taxing hard-working citizens of the democracies to fill the treasuries of Third World kleptocracies went nowhere, thanks mainly to Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher (and the debt crisis of the early '80s). They put a stake through the enterprise. But such dreams never die. The raid on the Western treasuries is on again, but today with a new rationale to fit current ideological fashion. With socialism dead, the gigantic heist is now proposed as a sacred service of the newest religion: environmentalism. One of the major goals of the Copenhagen climate summit is another NIEO shakedown: the transfer of hundreds of billions from the industrial West to the Third World to save the planet by, for example, planting green industries in the tristes tropiques. Politically it's an idea of genius, engaging at once every left-wing erogenous zone: rich man's guilt, post-colonial guilt, environmental guilt. But the idea of shaking down the industrial democracies in the name of the environment thrives not just in the refined internationalist precincts of Copenhagen. It thrives on the national scale too. On the day Copenhagen opened, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency claimed jurisdiction over the regulation of carbon emissions by declaring them an "endangerment" to human health. Since we operate an overwhelmingly carbon-based economy, the EPA will be regulating practically everything. No institution that emits more than 250 tons of CO2 a year will fall outside EPA control. This means over a million building complexes, hospitals, plants, schools, businesses and similar enterprises. (The EPA proposes regulating emissions only above 25,000 tons, but it has no such authority.) Not since the creation of the Internal Revenue Service has a federal agency been given more intrusive power over every aspect of economic life. This naked assertion of vast executive power in the name of the environment is the perfect fulfillment of the prediction of Czech President (and economist) Vaclav Klaus that environmentalism is becoming the new socialism, i.e., the totemic ideal in the name of which government seizes the commanding heights of the economy and society. Socialism having failed so spectacularly, the left was adrift until it struck upon a brilliant gambit: metamorphosis from red to green. The cultural elites went straight from the memorial service for socialism to the altar of the environment. The objective is the same: highly centralized power given to the best and the brightest, the new class of experts, managers and technocrats. This time, however, the alleged justification is not abolishing oppression and inequality but saving the planet. Not everyone is pleased with the coming New Carbon-Free International Order. When the Obama administration signaled (in a gesture to Copenhagen) a U.S. commitment to major cuts in carbon emissions, Democratic Sen. Jim Webb wrote the president protesting that he lacks the authority to do so unilaterally. That requires congressional concurrence by legislation or treaty. With the Senate blocking President Obama's cap-and-trade carbon legislation, the EPA coup d'etat served as the administration's loud response to Webb: The hell we can't. With this EPA "endangerment" finding, we can do as we wish with carbon. Either the Senate passes cap-and-trade, or the EPA will impose even more draconian measures: all cap, no trade. Forget for a moment the economic effects of severe carbon chastity. There's the matter of constitutional decency. If you want to revolutionize society — as will drastic carbon regulation and taxation in an energy economy that is 85% carbon-based — you do it through Congress reflecting popular will. Not by administrative fiat of EPA bureaucrats. Congress should not just resist this executive overreaching, but trump it: Amend existing clean air laws and restore their original intent by excluding CO2 from EPA control and reserving that power for Congress and future legislation. Do it now. Do it soon. Because Big Brother isn't lurking in CIA cloak. He's knocking on your door, smiling under an EPA cap. more

Resolved Question: Do you know of any other programs that help young people with disabilities?

YOUTH ADVOCACY YOUTH LEADERSHIP AND EMPOWERMENT "Nothing About Us, Without Us." These words echo through the mouths of many a disability rights advocate. As the first wave of disability advocates makes various transitions, young people have an opportunity to continue the dialogue for equality and justice and formulate an action plan. The Pacific Rim International Conference on Disabilities Youth Leadership and Empowerment topic area is seeking proposals written and targeted for young people. For more information go to http://www.pacrim.hawaii.edu/submissions/ SUBMISSION DEADLINE: DEC 18, 2009 EMERGING LEADERS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES The Emerging Leaders summer internship program for college students with disabilities offers paid summer internships at many of America's leading corporations. These companies are members of the National Business & Disability Council and are proactive in recruiting qualified people with disabilities. More information can be found on the web site at http://www.emerging-leaders.com APPLICATION DEADLINE: DECEMBER 31, 2009 AAPD SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAMS FOR COLLEGE STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES Each year the American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD) hosts two Summer Internship Programs for College Students with Disabilities in Washington, DC, providing paid travel to and from DC, paid fully-accessible housing and living stipends. AAPD is now accepting applications for the 2010 Summer Internship programs. For more information go to http://www.aapd.com/AAPDInternship/ APPLICATION DEADLINE: JAN 8, 2010 BRAILLE READERS ARE LEADERS ANNUAL CONTEST FOR BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED YOUTH The goal of this contest is to promote the joy of reading for pleasure, to promote pride in Braille as a viable literacy medium equal to print, and to demonstrate the importance of independent reading in the development of Braille literacy skills. Blind/visually impaired Braille reading students who are enrolled in an educational program for students from grades kindergarten through twelfth grade, in the USA and Canada, are eligible to compete in the contest. For more information go to http://www.nfb.org/nfb/Braille_Readers_Are_Leaders_Overview.asp CONTEST DEADLINE: ALL CONTEST MATERIAL MUST BE RECEIVED BY JAN 22, 2010 WHITE HOUSE FELLOWS PROGRAM Founded in 1964, the White House Fellows program is one of America's most prestigious programs for leadership and public service. White House Fellowships offer exceptional young men and women first-hand experience working at the highest levels of the federal government. For more information go to http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/fellows APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEB 1, 2010 BARBARA JORDAN HEALTH POLICY SCHOLARS PROGRAM The Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars Program brings talented college seniors and recent graduates to Washington, D.C., where they are placed in congressional offices and learn about health policy issues, with a focus on issues affecting racial and ethnic minority and under served communities. For more information go to http://www.kff.org/minorityhealth/bjscholars/index.cfm APPLICATION DEADLINE: FEB 8, 2010 INTERNSHIP WITH THE NAT'L ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN WOMEN'S FORUM The National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) is seeking a third or fourth year college student to work part-time (minimum 15 hours per week) during the Spring 2010 semester at our Washington, DC office. Their mission is to build a movement to advance social justice and human rights for API women and girls through policy advocacy, community organizing and public education. For more information send an email to rjfellow@napawf.org APPLICATION DEADLINE: APPLICATIONS REVIEWED ON ROLLING BASISThanks Lilka! Don't mind the thumbs down - they are clueless about what's really important in life. more

Resolved Question: What are my chances to get into an ivy league school (I want my undergraduate major in biology)?

Here are a few quick stats. -2070 SAT -SAT II - Biology E/M - 800/730, Math IIC - 760 -Unweighted GPA for Junior and half of Senior year: 3.78 -Weighted GPA for Junior and half of Senior year: 4.5 (The difference is big because I took like 6 APs) Extracurriculars: - 9 years of violin and member of the state youth orchestra - Ultimate Frisbee (Fall and Spring) - 80 hours of volunteering at Township Red Cross Center - Certified EMT (Emergency Medical Technician). I have to do 24 hours of service in a live ambulance every 4 weeks. - Member of "Future Business Leaders of America" Club (or FBLA) - Nominated representative (of India) for GYLC - Global Youth Leadership Conference, but I didn't get to attend :( My Freshman and Sophomore years were completed with India. My final overall grades were 74% for Freshman year, and 83% for Sophomore year. (In India, a 75% is an A and a 40% is a passing grade. Its not that their expectations are low, but that the material is so god damn hard). My schooling from Pre-K to 8th grade was in America P.S. I wanted to know if an Independent Study Course looks attractive on a college app. During my junior year, I only took 5 classes (2 APs, 2 HNS, and 1 Regular) and 1 Independent Study. My teacher was a good teacher (she graduated from Princeton), and together we researched "The Psychology behind Love and Attraction". (By together I mean, I researched and explained it to her during our little meanings after school. I was wondering if this would look like an example of academic pursuit on my application. P.S.S. My essay is about my experiences in the ambulance as an EMT. Pretty epic incidents I got to witness :D more

Resolved Question: WTF SONY WTF SONY WTF SONY? PAY TO PLAY ONLINE PS3!!!! WHY!?

Like many PS3 owners I suffered a moment of major panic late last week when Sony confirmed at an investor conference they are planning to launch a paid subscription model for the PS3s online services in 2010. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10611339 Such a move would bring see Sony operating a two-tiered online services business model for the PS3 that would most likely operate along similar lines to Microsoft's Xbox Live. Xbox Live offers a premium Gold subscription and free Silver membership which only gives access to basic services. Sony was quick to reassure panicked PS3 owners that they would not have to pay to play, with Sony Computer Entertainment CEO, Kaz Hirai issuing a statement stating that the present level of free online services available in the PS3 would remain. Details around subscription based offerings will be announced in 2010. Sony has already confirmed that premium services will include peripherals, software and some online services. WOW. why. your disappinting ALOT of people, sure the reg service is still here but now your singling out others. much like silver/gold why sony now your online is not as good as live IMO, free was one advantage over LIVE WTF. more

Voting Question: What should I do after MBA Marketing. I love interacting with customers and have a sound personality. Guide me?

My resume stands below: PUNEET SACHDEVA #3086/1, Sector 46-c, Chandigarh. PIN:160047 DOB: 14 December, 1986 (M) +91-9780629052. sachdevapuneet46@yahoo.co.in PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE State Bank of India –Management Trainee: Cash Management Product June 2009 till date Job Profile Marketing of Cash Management Services for Corporate Accounts Group and Mid Corporate Group. Job Role and Responsibilities Actively managing business plans to meet revenue goals/quotas and advance the business interests. Building and monitoring sales pipelines to ensure continuous population and movement of near- and long-term opportunities Developing methods for supporting innovation and change across the organization Approaching problems in a rational manner using sound strategies that ensure comprehensive understanding and effective resolution. ACADEMICS PGDM (Marketing & Finance)Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Delhi2009 90% B.Com.(Hons.)SD College, Chandigarh. Panjab University2007 81.27% HSCPMLSD School, Chandigarh. CBSE2004 88.4% SSCMMHS, Sector 21, Chandigarh. CBSE2002 84.2% PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN •Summer Project at ICICI Bank titled ‘Factors affecting ICICI Bank’s share in SME sector’. •Winter Project: ‘Comparative study of customer perception and expectation of service quality of banks’ - AMFI certification: Advisory module in Mutual Funds ACTIVITIES & ACHIEVEMENTS Positions of Responsibility •Represented college at CII conference and Talk Shows organized by NDTV. •Class Representative at the Post Graduate level. •Head Boy of school in 12th and 7th. •Worked as an active member in the organizing committee for various events held at Asia Pacific Institute of Management. Extra-Curricular Activities •Stood 1st in the Debate competition organized by N.E.N. •Stood 1st in Inter College Debate Competition held at AIM. •Secured 2nd position in Business Plan Contest at ‘UDAAN’ held at JIM, Noida. •Represented Chandigarh at National Level Cricket and State Games Football. •Won many prizes in dance competitions held at school and college level. Co-Curricular •Awarded scholarship by College for securing 8th rank in University. •Gold Medalist in MBA. PERSONAL DESCRIPTION •Strengths: Self belief, persistence, team player, flexible, dedicated, and adaptable. •Hobbies: Football and Cricket •Interests: Singing, dancing and listening to music. •Languages known: English, Hindi, Punjabi, working knowledge of French. more

Resolved Question: OH MY GOD !! Did any one read Palins book. (to many lie to write about)?

here's a few THE FACT IS................. PALIN: Says she made frugality a point when traveling on state business as Alaska governor, asking "only" for reasonably priced rooms and not "often" going for the "high-end, robe-and-slippers" hotels. THE FACTS: Although travel records indicate she usually opted for less-pricey hotels while governor, Palin and daughter Bristol stayed five days and four nights at the $707.29-per-night Essex House luxury hotel (robes and slippers come standard) overlooking New York City's Central Park for a five-hour women's leadership conference in October 2007. With air fare, the cost to Alaska was well over $3,000. Event organizers said Palin asked if she could bring her daughter. The governor billed her state more than $20,000 for her children's travel, including to events where they had not been invited, and in some cases later amended expense reports to specify that they had been on official business. ___ PALIN: Boasts that she ran her campaign for governor on small donations, mostly from first-time givers, and turned back large checks from big donors if her campaign perceived a conflict of interest. THE FACTS: Of the roughly $1.3 million she raised for her primary and general election campaigns for governor, more than half came from people and political action committees giving at least $500, according to an AP analysis of her campaign finance reports. The maximum that individual donors could give was $1,000; $2,000 for a PAC. Of the rest, about $76,000 came from Republican Party committees. She accepted $1,000 each from a state senator and his wife in the weeks after the two Republican lawmakers' offices were raided by the FBI as part of an investigation into a powerful Alaska oilfield services company. After AP reported those donations during the presidential campaign, she said she would give a comparative sum to charity after the general election in 2010, a date set by state election laws. ___ PALIN: Rails against taxpayer-financed bailouts, which she attributes to Obama. She recounts telling daughter Bristol that to succeed in business, "you'll have to be brave enough to fail." THE FACTS: Palin is blurring the lines between Obama's stimulus plan — a $787 billion package of tax cuts, state aid, social programs and government contracts — and the federal bailout that Republican presidential candidate John McCain voted for and President George W. Bush signed. Palin's views on bailouts appeared to evolve as McCain's vice presidential running mate. In September 2008, she said "taxpayers cannot be looked to as the bailout, as the solution, to the problems on Wall Street." A week later, she said "ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy." During the vice presidential debate in October, Palin praised McCain for being "instrumental in bringing folks together" to pass the $700 billion bailout. After that, she said "it is a time of crisis and government did have to step in." This is just a few whoppers she wrote about in her book more

Resolved Question: Is this what The Right wing wants for a leader?

She criticizes President Barack Obama for pushing through a bailout package that actually was achieved by his Republican predecessor George W. Bush — a package she seemed to support at the time. A look at some of her statements in "Going Rogue," obtained by The Associated Press in advance of its release Tuesday: ___ PALIN: Says she made frugality a point when traveling on state business as Alaska governor, asking "only" for reasonably priced rooms and not "often" going for the "high-end, robe-and-slippers" hotels. THE FACTS: Although travel records indicate she usually opted for less-pricey hotels while governor, Palin and daughter Bristol stayed five days and four nights at the $707.29-per-night Essex House luxury hotel (robes and slippers come standard) overlooking New York City's Central Park for a five-hour women's leadership conference in October 2007. With air fare, the cost to Alaska was well over $3,000. Event organizers said Palin asked if she could bring her daughter. The governor billed her state more than $20,000 for her children's travel, including to events where they had not been invited, and in some cases later amended expense reports to specify that they had been on official business. ___ PALIN: Boasts that she ran her campaign for governor on small donations, mostly from first-time givers, and turned back large checks from big donors if her campaign perceived a conflict of interest. THE FACTS: Of the roughly $1.3 million she raised for her primary and general election campaigns for governor, more than half came from people and political action committees giving at least $500, according to an AP analysis of her campaign finance reports. The maximum that individual donors could give was $1,000; $2,000 for a PAC. Of the rest, about $76,000 came from Republican Party committees. She accepted $1,000 each from a state senator and his wife in the weeks after the two Republican lawmakers' offices were raided by the FBI as part of an investigation into a powerful Alaska oilfield services company. After AP reported those donations during the presidential campaign, she said she would give a comparative sum to charity after the general election in 2010, a date set by state election laws. ___ PALIN: Rails against taxpayer-financed bailouts, which she attributes to Obama. She recounts telling daughter Bristol that to succeed in business, "you'll have to be brave enough to fail." THE FACTS: Palin is blurring the lines between Obama's stimulus plan — a $787 billion package of tax cuts, state aid, social programs and government contracts — and the federal bailout that Republican presidential candidate John McCain voted for and President George W. Bush signed. Palin's views on bailouts appeared to evolve as McCain's vice presidential running mate. In September 2008, she said "taxpayers cannot be looked to as the bailout, as the solution, to the problems on Wall Street." A week later, she said "ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy." During the vice presidential debate in October, Palin praised McCain for being "instrumental in bringing folks together" to pass the $700 billion bailout. After that, she said "it is a time of crisis and government did have to step in." ___ PALIN: Says Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession than the one that appears to be ending now, and "showed us how to get out of one. If you want real job growth, cut capital gains taxes and slay the death tax once and for all." THE FACTS: The estate tax, which some call the death tax, was not repealed under Reagan and capital gains taxes are lower now than when Reagan was president. Economists overwhelmingly say the current recession is far worse. The recession Reagan faced lasted for 16 months; this one is in its 23rd month. The recession of the early 1980s did not have a financial meltdown. Unemployment peaked at 10.8 percent, worse than the October 2009 high of 10.2 percent, but the jobless rate is still expected to climb. ___ PALIN: She says her team overseeing the development of a natural gas pipeline set up an open, competitive bidding process that allowed any company to compete for the right to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48. THE FACTS: Palin characterized the pipeline deal the same way before an AP investigation found her team crafted terms that favored only a few independent pipeline companies and ultimately benefited a company with ties to her administration, TransCanada Corp. Despite promises and legal guidance not to talk directly with potential bidders during the process, Palin had meetings or phone calls with nearly every major candidate, including TransCanada. ___ PALIN: Criticizes an aide to her predecessor, Gov. Frank Murkowski, for a conflict of interest because the aide represented the state in negotiations over a gas pipeline and then left to work as a more

Resolved Question: why would S. Palin deceive every body?

Resolved Question: Why doe Sahara Palin lie so much?

Resolved Question: What do you think of Sarah Palin lying repeatedly in her new book?

I have not read the book yet, however AP did some fact checking : PALIN: Says she made frugality a point when traveling on state business as Alaska governor, asking "only" for reasonably priced rooms and not "often" going for the "high-end, robe-and-slippers" hotels. THE FACTS: Although travel records indicate she usually opted for less-pricey hotels while governor, Palin and daughter Bristol stayed five days and four nights at the $707.29-per-night Essex House luxury hotel (robes and slippers come standard) overlooking New York City's Central Park for a five-hour women's leadership conference in October 2007. With air fare, the cost to Alaska was well over $3,000. Event organizers said Palin asked if she could bring her daughter. The governor billed her state more than $20,000 for her children's travel, including to events where they had not been invited, and in some cases later amended expense reports to specify that they had been on official business. PALIN: Boasts that she ran her campaign for governor on small donations, mostly from first-time givers, and turned back large checks from big donors if her campaign perceived a conflict of interest. THE FACTS: Of the roughly $1.3 million she raised for her primary and general election campaigns for governor, more than half came from people and political action committees giving at least $500, according to an AP analysis of her campaign finance reports. The maximum that individual donors could give was $1,000; $2,000 for a PAC. Of the rest, about $76,000 came from Republican Party committees. She accepted $1,000 each from a state senator and his wife and $30 from a state representative in the weeks after the two Republican lawmakers' offices were raided by the FBI as part of an investigation into a powerful Alaska oilfield services company. After AP reported those donations during the presidential campaign, she gave a comparative sum to charity. PALIN: Rails against taxpayer-financed bailouts, which she attributes to Obama. She recounts telling daughter Bristol that to succeed in business, "you'll have to be brave enough to fail." THE FACTS: Palin is blurring the lines between Obama's stimulus plan — a $787 billion package of tax cuts, state aid, social programs and government contracts — and the federal bailout that Republican presidential candidate John McCain voted for and President George W. Bush signed. Palin's views on bailouts appeared to evolve as McCain's vice presidential running mate. In September 2008, she said "taxpayers cannot be looked to as the bailout, as the solution, to the problems on Wall Street." A week later, she said "ultimately what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy." During the vice presidential debate in October, Palin praised McCain for being "instrumental in bringing folks together" to pass the $700 billion bailout. After that, she said "it is a time of crisis and government did have to step in." PALIN: Says Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession than the one that appears to be ending now, and "showed us how to get out of one. If you want real job growth, cut capital gains taxes and slay the death tax once and for all." THE FACTS: The estate tax, which some call the death tax, was not repealed under Reagan and capital gains taxes are lower now than when Reagan was president. Economists overwhelmingly say the current recession is far worse. The recession Reagan faced lasted for 16 months; this one is in its 23rd month. The recession of the early 1980s did not have a financial meltdown. Unemployment peaked at 10.8 percent, worse than the October 2009 high of 10.2 percent, but the jobless rate is still expected to climb. PALIN: She says her team overseeing the development of a natural gas pipeline set up an open, competitive bidding process that allowed any company to compete for the right to build a 1,715-mile pipeline to bring natural gas from Alaska to the Lower 48. THE FACTS: Palin characterized the pipeline deal the same way before an AP investigation found her team crafted terms that favored only a few independent pipeline companies and ultimately benefited a company with ties to her administration, TransCanada Corp. Despite promises and legal guidance not to talk directly with potential bidders during the process, Palin had meetings or phone calls with nearly every major candidate, including TransCanada. PALIN: Criticizes an aide to her predecessor, Gov. Frank Murkowski, for a conflict of interest because the aide represented the state in negotiations over a gas pipeline and then left to work as a handsomely paid lobbyist for ExxonMobil. Palin asserts her administration ended all such arrangements, shoving a wedge in the revolving door between special interests and the state capital. THE FACTS: Palin ignores her own "revolving door" issue in office; the leader of her own pipeline team was a former lobbyisSource : Yahoo News http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091113/ap_on_el_pr/us_palin_book_fact_check more

Resolved Question: Chances at Cal Poly Slo?

All my possible GPA's possible are below. But which one will Cal Poly use exactly for admission? -9+10+11 unweighted GPA: 3.65 -9th+10th+11th capped weighted GPA (with the 8 semester cap on honors/AP's that Poly has) = 3.833 -9th+10th+11th uncapped weighted GPA = 3.913 -10th+11th capped weighted GPA (capped with 8 semester cap on honors/AP's that Poly has): 4.00 -10th+11th fully weighted, uncapped GPA: 4.15 SAT score: 2000 (Math: 720, Critical Reading: 610, Writing: 670) Extracurriculars/awards: Math club, science club, Future Business Leaders of America, Red Cross, Robotic Club, Speech and Debate, French Honor Society, 200 hours at the San jose Tech Museum of Innovation, founder of IQ Tutoring (a tutoring organization that assists students in our local area in particular subjects), STARR tutoring, (07-08, 08-09), San Jose Youth Commission Member (08-09) -Have received various Leadership recognitions and awards for academic excellence: National Society of High School Scholars (nationally recognized), National Student Leadership Conference, LeadAmerica, Congressional Student Leadership Conference, member of National Honor Society, work experience at my Dad's company for an entire summer, earned money, and gave it to charity Awards: awarded 3rd place in State Leadership Conference for Network Design (one of the events) in FBLA, and 6th place in SLC for FBLA and 9th place in the Bay Section Leadership Conference for Technology Concepts, for FBLA...also, awarded Semifinalist trophy in Speech and Debate tournament Leadership: Vice President of National Technical Honor Society, Community Service Coordinator for FBLA So, all in all, by the end of this year, after SAT's etc, I hope to aim for Cal Poly SLO...I'm interested in aerospace/aeronautics, hardware, or electric (just engineering in general) and can anyone tell me my chances of getting in, and how good they are as of now? Please be honest, thank you so much! I hope you all get into your desired colleges as well. P.S. I got National Commended Status for the National Merit Scholarship Program. more

Resolved Question: Is Rupert Murdock the greatest capitalist ever?

The Rupert Murdoch machine (AKA News Corp.)... Film Twentieth Century Fox Twentieth Century Fox Español Twentieth Century Fox International Twentieth Century Fox Television Fox Searchlight Pictures Fox Studios Australia Fox Studios Baja Fox Studios Los Angeles Fox Television Studios Television Broadcast/Production assets 20th Century Fox Television 20th Television bTV Foxtel Fox Broadcasting Company Fox International Channels Italy Fox Kids (1990-2002) Fox Sports Australia Fox Telecolombia Fox Television Stations Fox Television Studios Imedi TV Latvijas Neatkarīgā Televīzija MyNetworkTV STAR TV TV5 Rīga Cable Assets Big Ten Network (49%) Fox Business Network Fox College Sports Fox Movie Channel Fox News Channel Fox Soccer Channel Fox Sports Enterprises Fox Sports en Español Fox Sports Net FUEL TV FX Networks Fox Reality National Geographic Channel (50%) National Geographic Channel UK (50%) Speed Channel SportSouth LAPTV (Latin America — co-owned with Paramount Pictures/Viacom, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/MGM Holdings and Universal Studios/NBC Universal) Telecine (Brazil — co-owned with Globosat Canais, Paramount Pictures, MGM, Universal Studios and DreamWorks); Direct broadcast satellite Assets BSkyB (39.1%) Sky Deutschland (39.96%) SKY Italia SKY Network Television (43.65%) Tata Sky (20%) Internet Fox Interactive Media AmericanIdol.com AskMen.com Fox.com Foxsports.com GameSpy Hulu.com kSolo IGN Drownedinsound.com MySpace MyNetworktv.com NewRoo.com Strategicdatacorp.com Photobucket.com Rotten Tomatoes Scout.com SpringWidgets WhatIfSports Beliefnet News Digital Media Slingshot Labs Magazines and Inserts InsideOut donna hay News America Marketing SmartSource Newspapers and Information Services United Kingdom News International The Sun News of the World The Times Sunday Times thelondonpaper (a free newspaper) Australasia News Limited The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney) The Australian (national) The Weekend Australian (national) The Advertiser (Adelaide) Sunday Mail (Adelaide) The Sunday Times (Perth) Herald Sun (Melbourne) Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) mX (Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane) The Courier-Mail (Brisbane) The Cairns Post (Cairns, Queensland) Geelong Advertiser Gold Coast Bulletin The Mercury and Sunday Tasmanian (Hobart) Northern Territory News (Darwin) The Sunday Territorian (Darwin) Australian Associated Press (45%) New Zealand Sunday Star-Times Why does this link claim Sunday Star-Times is a Fairfax-owned paper? Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea Post-Courier Fiji The Fiji Times United States New York Post Community Newspaper Group The Brooklyn Paper Courier-Life Publications TimesLedger Newspapers Bronx Times Reporter Inc. International Dow Jones & Company Consumer Media Group The Wall Street Journal - the leading US financial newspaper. Wall Street Journal Europe Wall Street Journal Asia Barron's - weekly financial markets magazine. Marketwatch - Financial news and information website. Far Eastern Economic Review Financial News Enterprise Media Group Dow Jones Newswires - global, real-time news and information provider. Factiva - provides business news and information together with content delivery tools and services. Dow Jones Indexes - stock market indexes and indicators, including the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Dow Jones Financial Information Services — produces databases, electronic media, newsletters, conferences, directories, and other information services on specialised markets and industry sectors. Betten Financial News — leading Dutch language financial and economic news service. Local Media Group Dow Jones Local Media Group (formerly Ottaway Community Newspapers) - 8 daily and 15 weekly regional newspapers. Strategic Alliances STOXX (33%) - joint venture with Deutsche Boerse and SWG Group for the development and distribution of Dow Jones STOXX indices. Vedomosti (33%) - Russia's leading financial newspaper (joint venture with Financial Times and Independent Media). SmartMoney (50%) FiLife.com (50%) Books HarperCollins HarperCollins India (40%) joint venture with India Today Group Zondervan Publishing Youth Specialties — organisation helping youth workers worldwide through training seminars and conventions, resources and the internet. Inspirio — religious gift production. US TV outlets (Direct Ownership in Bold) Alabama Birmingham - WBRC-TV 6 Huntsville - WZDX 54 Mobile - WALA-TV 10 Montgomery - WCOV-TV 20 Ozark (Dothan) - WDFX-TV 34 Alaska Anchorage - KTBY 4 Fairbanks - KFXF 7 Arizona Phoenix - KSAZ-TV 10 Tucson - KMSB-TV 11 Arkansas Fort Smith - KFTA-TV 24 Little Rock - KLRT-TV 16 California Bakersfield - KBFX-CA 58 El Centro - KECY-TV 9 Eureka - KBVU 29 Indio (Palm Springs) - KDFX-CA 33 Los Angeles - KTTV 11 Mon more

Resolved Question: Why are American taxpayers being forced to support Latino separatist group?

In 2006 and again in 2008, the Latino group known as La Raza (The Race) was given $15 million in U.S. federal grants. La Raza also received an additional $4 million in so-called 'earmarks' tucked into the 2005 Housing Bill, which our Congress passed and President Bush signed. Considering the ethnocentric agenda of La Raza, in giving federal funds to this group, the American taxpayer is being forced to support a race-based separatist organization. La Raza openly supports pushing all but Latino Americans out of a portion of the United States (i.e. ethnic cleansing), they call for 'Reconquista' or the re-conquest of the American Southwest by Mexico, and the establishment of 'Atzlan' which is the utopian all-Latino version of the American Southwestern states. La Raza’s motto is “For the Race, everything, outside the Race…Nothing!” Past keynote speakers at the annual National Council of La Raza Conference have included George Bush, Karl Rove, L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, Bill Clinton, John McCain, and Barack Obama. The fact that U.S. Senators and Presidents have addressed the group, is a strong indication that this nation is being subverted at the very highest levels. If La Raza was a white supremacist group with equally deep pockets, the U.S. government would place them on a terrorist watch list, infiltrate them with undercover FBI agents, and subject them to constant harassment by the IRS. Eventually, the group's leaders would be jailed and the group itself would be rendered irrelevant. However, because La Raza is a Latino supremacist group, Congress offers them financial support. One of La Raza's biggest supporters is Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV). In 2001, Reid asked the Senate Appropriations Committee for $5 million to help further their goals. That same year, La Raza gave Sen. Reid their Capital Award for "his commitment to advance legislation priorities of the Latino community." Reid in turn praised La Raza by saying: "La Raza is like the biblical David, fighting all these Goliaths." Taxpayer funds are also funneled to La Raza through the Department of Health and Human Services, the Environmental Protection Agency, and even NASA. Tax dollars are hidden in these government agencies, earmarked to be specifically given away to La Raza. Inside the halls of Congress, the practice is known as discretionary funding...In the real world it is known as money laundering. In 2008, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA) earmarked an additional $20 million for La Raza. He hid the appropriation in the FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeowners Retentions Act of 2008. In 2005, $7.9 million was stolen from the American taxpayers and given out to Latino-only charter schools in the form of U.S. Department of Education grants. La Raza operates 100 such schools across the country. The following is a list of a few of those schools: -La Academia Semillas del Pueblo (Los Angeles) -Atzlan Academy (Tucson, AZ) -Mexicayotl Academy (Nogales, AZ) -The Dolores Huerta Prepatory High School (Pueblo, CO) -Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School (St. Paul, MN) These schools teach Latino culture only, the Spanish language, the re-conquest of the American Southwest, ethnic cleansing and the establishment of the mythical Atzlan, and even Aztec math...Again, all taught on your dime! According to the Capital Research Center, La Raza has assets well in excess of $50 million. This same group reports that La Raza spends about $1 million annually on lobbying and fundraising. Can you imagine the Congress appropriating money to the Ku Klux Klan? While those scenarios both sound absurd, the support that our elected officials are giving to the racist group known as La Raza is no different. One has to wonder, if the KKK offered extremely cheap labor to unscrupulous American businesses and potential votes to equally unscrupulous politicians...Would Congress fund whites-only charter schools? http://www.examiner.com/x-21818-Virginia-Beach-Conservative-Examiner~y2009m10d13-American-taxpayers-being-forced-to-support-Latino-separatist-group more

Resolved Question: Why would supporters of illegls be totally against illegal aliens linked to serious crimes to being deported?

MORRISTOWN -- As Morristown Mayor Donald Cresitello is close to signing off on a federal program that would deputize police officers to work as immigration agents, a statewide organization and immigrant advocacy groups gathered today to urge the mayor against it. The program, which would give police authority to initiate deportation proceedings against illegal aliens linked to serious crimes, was denounced during a press conference held by the New Jersey Immigration Policy Network at the Morristown municipal building. A second is being held at the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office in Freehold this afternoon. "We don’t want a penny of taxpayers' money to be spent on a program that is disgraced," said Shai Goldstein, executive of the faith- and community-based coalition. The group, which comprises business, professional, labor and civil rights organization promoting immigration reform, last week sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano, calling for the elimination of 287(g). Monmouth County and Morristown, along with the Hudson County Department of Corrections, are among 79 departments nationwide that have been accepted into the program, known as 287(g), which was overhauled to allay fears it would be used to target or harass immigrant groups. Civil rights leaders today said the program would invoke racial profiling. "We need fair and humane immigration policies," said Amy Gottlieb, director the Newark-based American Friends Service Committee, an immigrant rights program. Other groups participating today, including the Latino Alliance of New Jersey, Morris County Hispanic-American Chamber of Commerce, New Jersey Catholic Conference, Morristown-based Wind of the Spirit immigration resource center, American Civil Liberties Union, American Jewish Committee, said the program would frighten immigrants from cooperating with police and harm relations with Hispanics. "The mayor has come up with a plan to persecute the Hispanics and Latinos in the community," Rev. Osvaldo Jimenez, of the First Baptist Church of Morristown, said today. But Cresitello said crimes committed by illegal aliens must stop, citing the case of Porfirio Jimenez, an illegal immigrant from Honduras sentenced in February to life in prison for the murder of 10-year-old Walter Contreras Valenzuela on May 20, 2001. http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/10/nj_groups_urge_morristown_mayo.html more

Resolved Question: Is this too good to be true?

I received an email from Career Builder and the person wanted me to respond to a Gmail account. I just replied asking for more info and I received this email. This time it was from a company email address. Does anyone know if this is real or a scam? Thanks in advance! Thank you for your interest in the recently opened position of an account manager with our company. IT Complex Ltd is a young, but already recognized web outsourcing provider in the European IT market. Our head office is located in the suburbs of London (United Kingdom) and we are preparing to open an office in the USA by the end of the year. Despite the fact that we have only recently entered the US market, we have already found our customers here, and now we are searching account managers to provide a vital communication link between our developer teams in Europe and US customers. As an account manager, you will be working from home, as an independent contractor on the 1099. The working hours are 9 AM to 4 PM, Monday through Friday. We expect our account managers to perform the following activities: - Providing our customers with the highest level of customer support service possible; - Responding to customers’ requests and needs in a timely manner; - Developing strong business relationships by demonstrating professional customer communication; - Overseeing and verifying customers’ billing procedures; - Distributing payroll among outsourcing developer teams; - Keeping records on the project developments process, monitoring the progress on it; - Assisting in completing project tasks by gathering the most detailed information from customers. Your typical daily routines will include: - logging into a remote helpdesk (where you will be able to schedule your daily activities, contact other team members, download and share project documentation and other materials); - participating in conference calls with project managers and developers, - checking your mailbox for messages from customers. We offer a fixed monthly salary of $3,500, which is paid in parts, every two weeks. The company also provides a flexible bonus system, which allows you to receive additional bonuses for each new project that you take for support. The bonus amount depends on the total price for the taken project; bonuses are paid instantly. The number of projects that you can take each month depends only on your multitasking and time-management skills. You can find additional information about IT Complex Limited at our corporate website. In order to apply for this position, please download and fill out the application form from the Careers Section of our website, and send it to our hiring managers along with a copy of your most recent resume by email or fax. Please don’t hesitate to email our HR department for questions about this opportunity or reply directly to this message. We will review the submitted information and contact you in 1-2 business days to inform about the status of your application. Selected candidates will be invited for the phone interview.Here is part of the first email. I'm really hoping its not a scam. Please note, that we never request any startup fees or any other payments! The detailed job description will be sent upon request - please reply to this email or forward your questions to Cccccc@gmail.com. We are currently trying to fight against the inrush of unsolicited messages coming into our corporate emails by using this public email for initial communication. Please accept our apologies for the inconvenience. more

Resolved Question: What are my odds of getting into a good university, like Yale?

I am interested in Yale, and I want to know if I stand a chance. GPA: 4.0 (my school doesn't weight) Rank: 1 of 228 Will be Valedictorian. Classes Taken Biology - A Honors Algebra I - A Honors English I - A Honors Geometry - A Honors U.S. History - A Spanish I/II - A AP U.S. History - A Honors English II - A AP Chemistry - A AP Government - A Honors English III - A AP Spanish - A AP English Literature - A AP Biology - A Honors Trigonometry - A Honors Advanced Algebra - A AP Calculus - A (I've pretty much taken all the AP courses available at my school, except the AP English III and AP Art which were added this year and would not fit into my schedule. My school is so shitty that we don't even have an AP Physics (we used to though). I have only taken the AP Gov. and U.S. history exams so far, got college cred. on both. Not sure if that matters when it comes to applying for colleges like Yale. My ACT composite is a 34 English - 33 Reading - 34 Math - 36 Science - 34 I'm taking ACT + Writing in October and I plan on boosting my score to a 35 or 36. My clubs/organizations/awards/activites/etc… are as follow: National Jr. Beta Club - 9th -Top 4 in state convention with the quiz bowl. National Beta Club - 10th Math & Science Club - 11th/12th Academic Team - 9th/10th/11th/12th -Lettered 3 years so far -Team captain 2 years -PAA - 2nd overall in JV and Varsity Mathematics -Student Loan People JV Challenge - 1st place mathematics -Kentucky Academic Association - 3rd and 4th place district math exam. Two time 2nd place regional math exam, and two time state competitor. 2nd place district and regional future problem solving team member and also a state competitor. DECA - 12th FCA - 9th/10th FCCLA - 12th National Honors Society - 11th/12th FBLA - 9th/10th/11th/12th -Held office as my chapter parliamentarian and attended a FLC for parliamentarian training. 1st in Business Math, 1st and 2nd in Business Calculations at regional level. 3rd in Business Math, and 5th in Business Calculations at state level. National Leadership Conference attendee and competitor in Chicago (9th grade). Pep Club - 9th/10th/11th/12th Key Club - 12th Invisible Children Initiative - 10th/11th LEO Club - 10th/11th I have spent numerous hours on projects for all of the above organizations. This year I plan to become an officer in my schools National Honors Society and also donate blood to the Red Cross (I think this counts as community service). I also have done numerous activities for my church. I know I don't really have anything flashy, but is it possible with these credentials and maybe some good essays that I have a fighting chance of making it into Yale or some other Ivy League school? Is it worth my time and money to apply? more

Resolved Question: What are my chances of getting into a GOOD college?

I am interested in Yale, and I want to know if I stand a chance. GPA: 4.0 (my school doesn't weight) Rank: 1 of 228 Will be Valedictorian. Classes Taken Biology - A Honors Algebra I - A Honors English I - A Honors Geometry - A Honors U.S. History - A Spanish I/II - A AP U.S. History - A Honors English II - A AP Chemistry - A AP Government - A Honors English III - A AP Spanish - A AP English Literature - A AP Biology - A Honors Trigonometry - A Honors Advanced Algebra - A AP Calculus - A (I've pretty much taken all the AP courses available at my school, except the AP English III and AP Art which were added this year and would not fit into my schedule. My school is so shitty that we don't even have an AP Physics (we used to though). I have only taken the AP Gov. and U.S. history exams so far, got college cred. on both. Not sure if that matters when it comes to applying for colleges like Yale. My ACT composite is a 34 English - 33 Reading - 34 Math - 36 Science - 34 I'm taking ACT + Writing in October and I plan on boosting my score to a 35 or 36. My clubs/organizations/awards/activites/etc. are as follow: National Jr. Beta Club - 9th -Top 4 in state convention with the quiz bowl. National Beta Club - 10th Math & Science Club - 11th/12th Academic Team - 9th/10th/11th/12th -Lettered 3 years so far -Team captain 2 years -PAA - 2nd overall in JV and Varsity Mathematics -Student Loan People JV Challenge - 1st place mathematics -Kentucky Academic Association - 3rd and 4th place district math exam. Two time 2nd place regional math exam, and two time state competitor. 2nd place district and regional future problem solving team member and also a state competitor. DECA - 12th FCA - 9th/10th FCCLA - 12th National Honors Society - 11th/12th FBLA - 9th/10th/11th/12th -Held office as my chapter parliamentarian and attended a FLC for parliamentarian training. 1st in Business Math, 1st and 2nd in Business Calculations at regional level. 3rd in Business Math, and 5th in Business Calculations at state level. National Leadership Conference attendee and competitor in Chicago (9th grade). Pep Club - 9th/10th/11th/12th Key Club - 12th Invisible Children Initiative - 10th/11th LEO Club - 10th/11th I have spent numerous hours on projects for all of the above organizations. This year I plan to become an officer in my schools National Honors Society and also donate blood to the Red Cross (I think this counts as community service). I also have done numerous activities for my church. I know I don't really have anything flashy, but is it possible with these credentials and maybe some good essays that I have a fighting chance of making it into Yale or some other Ivy League school? Is it worth my time and money to apply? more

Voting Question: I need help answering these Ap gov. questions...?

ok so here are the questions....please help me 1.) The media play a major role in establishing public agenda by a.) deciding how prominently to cover issue-related news stories b.) publicizing the opinions of various pundits c.) reviewing the accuracy of candidates' campaign advertisements d.) reporting political news from foreign nations e.) making available the complete text of presidential addresses and press releases 2.) The government often finds it difficult to make substantive changes to entitlement programs for which of the following reasons? a.) most such programs were established by constitutional amendment b.) these programs are extremely popular among their numerous beneficiaries c.) such programs are vital to national defense d.) most such programs primarily benefit the wealthy, a powerful political bloc e.) these programs' budgets are determined by non-elected bureaucrats, not by the Congress 3.) All of the following contribute to lower voting rates among Americans in the 18-25 age bracket EXCEPT a.) college attendance in a state other than one's home state b.) frequent relocation of one's primary residence c.) the remoteness of most political issues to the daily lives of young people d.) the fact that the minimum age in some states is 21 e.) military service 4.) Considered as a single group, the Small Business Administration, the Small Business committees in the House and Senate, and small business advocacy groups are one example of a.) an iron triangle b.) a conference committee c.) a regulatory agency d.) dual federalism e.) a third party thanks for your help... more

Resolved Question: I find this frightening. Do you?

National Endowment for the Arts is Trying to Create a Cult of Obama By Matthew Vadum on 9.1.09 @ 6:48PM Yes, we can! With tax dollars! * * * * * Patrick Courrielche reveals at Big Hollywood that he participated in a teleconference call in which the National Endowment for the Arts --the largest funder of the arts in the U.S.-- encouraged artists to create pro-Obama art: I was invited by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to take part in a conference call that invited a group of rising artist and art community luminaries “to help lay a new foundation for growth, focusing on core areas of the recovery agenda - health care, energy and environment, safety and security, education, community renewal.” Now admittedly, I’m a skeptic of BIG government. In my view, power tends to overreach whenever given the opportunity. It’s a law of human nature that has very few exceptions. That said, it felt to me that by providing issues as a cynosure for inspiration to a handpicked arts group - a group that played a key role in the President’s election as mentioned throughout the conference call - the National Endowment for the Arts was steering the art community toward creating art on the very issues that are currently under contentious national debate; those being health care reform and cap-and-trade legislation. Could the National Endowment for the Arts be looking to the art community to create an environment amenable to the administration’s positions? [...] Courrielche writes that Backed by the full weight of President Barack Obama’s call to service and the institutional weight of the NEA, the conference call was billed as an opportunity for those in the art community to inspire service in four key categories, and at the top of the list were “health care” and “energy and environment.” The service was to be attached to the President’s United We Serve campaign, a nationwide federal initiative to make service a way of life for all Americans. It sounded, how should I phrase it…unusual, that the NEA would invite the art community to a meeting to discuss issues currently under vehement national debate. I decided to call in, and what I heard concerned me. The people running the conference call and rallying the group to get active on these issues were Yosi Sergant, the Director of Communications for the National Endowment for the Arts; Buffy Wicks, Deputy Director of the White House Office of Public Engagement; Nell Abernathy, Director of Outreach for United We Serve; Thomas Bates, Vice President of Civic Engagement for Rock the Vote; and Michael Skolnik, Political Director for Russell Simmons. We were encouraged to bring the same sense of enthusiasm to these “focus areas” as we had brought to Obama’s presidential campaign, and we were encouraged to create art and art initiatives that brought awareness to these issues. Throughout the conversation, we were reminded of our ability as artists and art professionals to “shape the lives” of those around us. The now famous Obama “Hope” poster, created by artist Shepard Fairey and promoted by many of those on the phone call, and will.i.am’s “Yes We Can” song and music video were presented as shining examples of our group’s clear role in the election. [...] This is scary stuff. To paraphrase Courrielche from his appearance on the "Glenn Beck Program" today, whenever governments and artists collaborate on art, the results are never good. Here is some Soviet taxpayer-funded art: Here is some German taxpayer-funded art: Courrielche discussed the issue a few days ago on Fox Business: http://spectator.org/blog/2009/09/01/national-endowment-for-the-art more

Resolved Question: No changes to Medicare didn't I hear? Did you see this nuts and bolts discussion of some of the changes?

http://timesbulletin.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=153833&TM=18284.05 "Brent Tow, President/CEO of Community Health Professionals, attended a conference last week for the National Association for Home Care & Hospice (NAHC) and he said paying for a health insurance reform plan the way the U.S. House of Representatives has put forward in their bill would dramatically change how Medicare works. The NAHC reported at the conference that the proposed health care reform bill as currently constituted would expand health coverage to include all Americans at a cost of $1.2 trillion over a ten-year period. Almost half of that plan would be paid for with Medicare cuts. Some of those dollars would come from a freeze on market inflation, a payment adjustment cut for case-mix set at 5.46 percent and all Medicare providers - including home health agencies and hospices - would face what is being called a "productivity adjustment" consisting of a 1 percent reduction in payments every year moving forward. Perhaps most importantly, the home health care payment rates would be re-based in 2011, reassessing the amount of money earned by agencies for every service and the length of time associated with the procedures. Recent history shows this type of change has caused significant problems. Tow pointed out this would be the first time for that type of change since 1997 when the pay per visit moved to a care established payment system. The current type of payment system says that Medicare will pay a set amount of dollars for a certain type of care for a set time period, usually 60 days. At the time the system changed, approximately 4,000 out of 10,000 home care agencies nationwide went out of business because they could not adjust to the different way the service revenue was accrued. "We are saying that if we are going to have these kinds of cuts (to the system), then please phase them in over a period of time, say ten years, rather than have it all come in at once," Tow said. NAHC is afraid that a large number of home health care providers will not be able to adjust again and go out of business at the same time that the largest segment of Baby Boomers is preparing to enter the system and cause what could be termed a demographic meltdown. Even though all segments of health care are being cut - whether that be doctors, nurses, hospitals or nursing homes - the NAHC is afraid the House is cutting home health services disproportionately. The plan calls for a cut of $56.8 billion out of a total $318 billion, a little more than 17 percent, in federal money to the home care services industry. That does not make sense to advocates of the system because of one basic issue: Price. "It is cheaper to take care of people in home care as opposed to an acute care setting," Tow said. "We are offering something that is a cheaper alternative. That is what's so frustrating on this end when you realize the benefits of being able to take care of somebody in their home rather than an acute care setting, it's a lot of savings plus people prefer to be taken care of at home if they are able."Why is the President telling us there will be no changes when local health care agencies are seeing significant changes? more

Resolved Question: I need help with my insecurities because its ruining my marriage and my personal life? Help?

My Wife and I seem to be so different from one another, I always thought we had so much in common and shared so many similarities in things. We have been living with each other for about a year and things are not as good as I thought they were. I feel like there are so many little things going on in this relationship that ends up adding up to something big and it is amazing how my wife could just do certain things without a care in the world. It seems like my wife feels she is still living the single life and not the married life, there is so much she dont tell me, she doesn't talk as much to me as she used to, and I tend to find out things that she is doing or involved in after the fact. I have been home alone since Saturday because she went on a "retreat" to the Hamptons with her mothers organization. A women that sites on the Board for the Organization has a 20 bedroom mansion and that is where they have been for the last few days. She says they have been having meetings, conference calls, group talks about what new things to do with the organization, etc. but in between all of this she is chillen outside in the sun, swimming in a 60 foot in ground pool and having BBQ the whole time there. There is only women there, this is what she tells me, and if I would of went I would of been the only male. The whole time she is there I might of got about 5-6 calls since Saturday, they last for 2 minutes or so and its either when she gets up in the morning, around dinner time and before she goes to bed. The funny thing is she only calls me from the room she is staying in, not when she is outside or anywhere else in the house. So when I mention that to her she talks about not having service in other places of the house. Fine, that part is understandable but what about when your outside chillen in the sun or swimming? and she doesn't say anything. Now this is the first time since we have been together that she has went away for a few days, and it hasnt sit right with me from the beginning. I feel like a nobody right now, she leaves and its like forget about me while your there and have your small mini vacation ( thats what I call it, i dont think she is there for business, not to mention that she doesn't even work for her mothers organization, so it makes no sense why she is there, but when I tell her this it makes sense to her) We canceled our vacation two weeks ago because she lost her job the week before that, so to play it safe we kept that money in the bank and we put our vacation off to another time. So since she has been out of work she hasn't even tried looking for job at all, but she was fast to go away for 4 days on a small mini vacation is what I call it. I mean I am her husband, we are married and its like I am lucky if she sends me a text once or twice in a day, and then one or two calls through out the whole day, when she was at work she would call me more than that or even text me more than that. It just seems like she is being very selfish and it is really hurting me inside, my feelings and emotions are all screwed up. My feelings, my pains, my emotions seem to not mean anything to her at this time. When she does call me i get very anxious, nervous and upset. We will be married for a year next month (September 09) and I know her for 4 yrs and she has never been away like this since the day I met her, now that we are living with each other its not an easy thing for me. To her I am making a big deal out of nothing, because all the other women there are having no issues with there husbands, so she assumes. Maybe its easier for there wives to go away to the hamptons for a so called "retreat" at a 20 bedroom mansion because they have been married for a long time, so they probably look forward to them going away so they could have some time alone. Well I dont look forward to her going away, is this wrong of me? Am I making an issue out of nothing? I think I am really going crazy, i lose control when she tells me "I dont want to talk right now, i will ttyl" when I just got on the phone with her and its the first time we are talking all day long. Its a business "retreat" but yet she takes her bathing suit with her so she can go swimming over there, i wish I can explain what I am feeling because I am literally go crazy because she just brushes it off like nothing and gets mad for me not being so easy about what she is doing. Especially when she didnt even want to talk about what she was doing before she went out there, she didnt even ask what was going to go on the whole time she would be there so when I asked her she didn't have an answer for me, and that pissed me off. Why would someone get involved in something that they dont know nothing about and then tell me its all about the organization her mom runs? Why not tell me that you are going to relax for a few days, swim and bake in the sun? be damn honest with me. Can somebody help me please, I am 27 yrs old, in my first year of marriage more

Resolved Question: How can I overcome my fear, anxiety and insecurities in my marriage? Its ruining my life, I need help?

Resolved Question: Oppose Nationalizing Healthcare and your sick of Congress not hearing us then join us to send the message okay?

IF congress won't listen and insist on bring the Healthcare bill to a vote in the House or the Senate then we will send our message to them by calling in sick. THE GREAT AMERICAN SICKOUT. On the first business day before a floor vote on Healthcare either Senate or House which ever comes first we the American people will send congress a message by calling in sick to work and refuse to buy anything for the day. 1) Call in Sick if you are not in emergency services or other vital service - you still can participate see below 2) If you own a business close for the day 3) DO NOT buy anything on that day. Go to the store the day before or the day after. DO NOT buy online, DO NOT buy or sell anything that day. 4) Stay Home, have a BBQ with friends, go to a free park or any other activity that is FREE. If the congress continues to be deaf to the overwhelming outcry to NO National Healthcare plan then they will get to hear the deafening sound of silence. Not a taxi to catch, nor the roar of construction work. Empty stores, closed stores, business of all kind across the country closed will make the point that we are the people and they work for us and we won't work for them if they insist on saddling us with more debt, rationed care, and neglected dying elderly given a pain pill instead of an operation to save money. So go forth copy this message in whole and post it in message boards no matter the subject, post questions on yahoo and post it in the answers too. Email it too every email address you can and send this plan viral through the internet and set in motion the Great American Sick out. If they don't listen the first time and pass a bill in the House or Senate, then when it comes up for a floor vote in the other part of congress House or Senate then we will have another Great American Sick out the First Business Day before the floor vote and if they still pass the bill then we will have another Great American Sick Out day after day while the House and Senate have their conference to get a unified bill. It can still be killed in either house after the conference committee sends out the unified bill. more

Resolved Question: Is it unconstitutional for the Hilton to throw a conference as follows?

After all, they do want to create Sharia law and end the Constitution. I understand the 1st amendment, but businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone at anytime. http://www.investigativeproject.org/1100/hizb-ut-tahrir-shariah-takes-precedence-over-usI don't think you people understand the question. Hilton had the right to not give them the conference in the first place. Please learn how to comprehend an easy question. more

Resolved Question: I Need Useless Tags for a Video Related to UFOs, anybody have any?

You know what i mean? activism, advertising, alcohol, alternative-news, ancient-history, animals, animation, anime, architecture, arts, astronomy, atheist, bizarre, blogs, books, buddhism, business, cars, cartoons, cats, celebrities, christianity, classic-rock, clothing, comedy-movies, comics, computer-graphics, computer-hardware, computers, cooking, crafts, crime, cyberculture, dogs, drawing, drugs, ecommerce, environment, fashion, fine-arts, firefox, geography, graphic-design, guitar, guns, hacking, health, history, humor, illusions, interior-design, internet, internet-tools, iraq, liberal-politics, liberties, linguistics, linux, literature, mac-os, mathematics, movies, multimedia, music, nature, network-security, news, online-games, open-source, painting, philosophy, photography, physics, poetry, politics, programming, psychology, quizzes, relationships, religion, satire, science, science-fiction, self-improvement, shopping, software, space-exploration, stumblers, stumbleupon, tattoos, travel, tv, video, video-games, web-design, windows, writing, actors, america, apple, art, aviation, blog, blogging, bush, california, car, cartoon, cat, celebrity, charity, children, climate-change, college, comedy, comic, community, dance, death, debate, design, diet, diy, dog, economy, election, elections, energy, entertainment, exercise, facebook, film, finance, flash, flowers, food, football, funny, gadgets, game, games, gaming, global-warming, god, google, graffiti, green, home, humour, illustration, images, internet-marketing, life, living, love, mac, marriage, math, media, medicine, microsoft, money, music-video, obama, oil, online, paintings, pakistan, peace, photo, photos, photoshop, pictures, pirates, president, quotes, recipe, recipes, republican, rock, sculpture, security, social-media, social-networking, society, space, star-wars, tech, technology, television, tips, tools, tutorials, ubuntu, vegan, video, videos, vintage, war, water, web, web-development, weird, wordpress, youtube, sex, sexy, hot, love, porn, president, 2008, 2009, winter, secret, omg, no, way, amplafitesttag, art, arts, bank, barackobama, bi, bisexual, blues, broadway, business, c, canvass, children, classical, college, comedy, community, communityservice, concert, conference, convention, country, county, dance, debatewatchparty, design, development, drive, election, election08, entrepreneur, event, events, fair, family, festival, field, filmfest, florida, football, for, free, fun, fundraising, halloween, haunted, indie, iowavoteearlyforchangeweekofac, jazz, kids, league, live, local, localfieldoffice, london, management, marketing, media, meeting, music, musicals, mybo, national, networking, new, nfl, nyc, obama, of, office, organizing, party, performance, phone, phonebank, pop, pride, prideevent, pridefest, registration, rock, service, show, shows, social, sport, sports, startup, technology, theater, tour, voter, voterregistrationdrive, w, web, western, women, women for obama, workshop, , free, money, cash, movie, download Something like that but maybe related to aliens ufos and space? Thanks I really appreciate the help more

Resolved Question: Who says the press is not on Obama's side?

WASHINGTON – The Washington Post's publisher apologized to readers Sunday for a plan to charge business leaders and lobbyists for intimate dinner discussions with government officials and the newspaper's journalists This is amazing to me. I thought the press was supposed to be the monitors of the government, not being a prostitute to get lobbyist and Obama admin people together. Since when are they willing to sell their services to the highest bidder? And someone sent this out without approval. Give me a break! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090705/ap_on_bi_ge/us_washington_post_conferences more

Voting Question: Can I get into UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD/UC Santa Cruz/UC Irvine/UC Davis, Carnegie, USC, NYU?

I've been stressing out WAY too much about getting into college...especially a good colllege, like the ones listed above in my question...Can anyone please tell me or give me some true insight if I'm legible so far? I'm just having lots of trouble from worrying, since I have so many people depending on me...it's emotionally killing me....any help would be of the greatest, thanks..and just to mention that I've had some family problems in the past, if that matters for anything...but thanks anyways you guys... Sophomore academic weighted GPA: 3.833 Junior academic weighted GPA: 4.428 Overall high school weighted gpa: 4.15 Overall high school unweighted gpa: ~3.70 SAT score: 2000 SAT subject tests: Math II: 670 Chem: 650 Extracurriculars/awards: Math club, science club, Future Business Leaders of America, Red Cross, Robotic Club, Speech and Debate, French Honor Society, 200 hours at the San jose Tech Museum of Innovation, founder of IQ Tutoring (a tutoring organization that assists students in our local area in particular subjects), STARR tutoring, (07-08, 08-09), San Jose Youth Commission Member (08-09) -Have received various Leadership recogncitions and awards for academic excellence: National Society of High School Scholars (nationally recognized), National Student Leadership Conference, LeadAmerica, Congressional Student Leadership Conference, member of National Honor Society, work experience at my Dad's company for an entire summer, earned money, and gave it to charity Awards: awarded 3rd place in State Leadership Conference for Network Design (one of the events) in FBLA, and 6th place in SLC for FBLA and 9th place in the Bay Section Leadership Conference for Technology Concepts, for FBLA...also, awarded Semifinalist trophy in Speech and Debate tournament Leadership: Vice President of National Technical Honor Society, Community Service Coordinator for FBLA So, all in all, by the end of this year, after SAT's etc, I hope to aim for any of the colleges listed above in my question...I'm interested in aerospace/aeronautics, hardware, or electric (just engineering in general) and minor in business etc...can anyone tell me my chances of getting in, and how good they are as of now? I know I have to keep up my GPA, so I'm working my *$*$ off right now..please, someone please give me some input...thanks you very much...also, should I retake any of my SATs? I'm planning to take ACT this September P.S. I'm pretty sure I'm gonna get National Commended Status for the National Merit Scholarship Program, for the PSAT, as my score was 209, and some of my friends said I'll get it for sure... But regardless, it'd be great if you guys could be honest in answering...i'm just so depressed...my school's so frikin competitive... more

Resolved Question: Can I get into UC Berkeley/UCLA/UCSD/UC Santa Cruz/UC Irvine/UC Davis, Carnegie Mellon, USC, NYU?

Resolved Question: Ivy league admission chances?

I'm going into my sophmore year so I won't have a lot of information to work with but I am looking for suggestions and comments :) I'm mostly interested in Yale, UPenn, or Brown. Maybe Cornell..? Also Northwestern, Loyola, Notre Dame My Freshman Year I took: Honors English, Honors Geometry, Honors Spanish III, AP WOrld History, Honors Biology. I got straight A's both semesters, with 2 A+ first semester, and five second semester although one of them was for gym. My GPA is some random decimal above 5.0 I'm involved in my schools debate team, and my partner and I won conference. I also did the freshman soccer B team (not very good) but I don't plan on trying out next year. I have 24 hours of community service so far and just joined a program with the local hospital that will get me 3 hours a week for the next 3 years. I'm just beggining a little project also... I will be selling lemonade in my community and donating it to Room to Read which will provide scholarships for girls in foreign countries; sometime I would also like to go and visit one of these schools. I'm starting out just at parks, but in the future I hope to ask local businesses if I can sell in front of them or at my local pool. I'm interested in particiating in a volunteer abroad program one(or more) summer(s). Next year I plan on joining Student Government and Track (or badminton if i make the team but most likely I wont). I will also be trying out for an after school choir group which I tried out for freshman year, made final cuts and then did not make the final group, although no freshman were accepted. I am also applying to be a junior leader for gym and to be in first class which is a leadership group at my school. I plan to join Mu Alpha Theta Junior Year. Also (obviously) NHS. Currently I am first in my class, although I'm not sure if I'm tied with anyone. Next year I am taking Honors English, Honors Chemistry, AP Microeconomics, AP gov., Honors Spanish IV, Honors Pre Calculus BC Any suggestions as to what I can do to improve? more

Resolved Question: Does this job sound legitimate?? I took out some of the basic information.?

This is the email I received.... Dear Keri My name is James. Today i received your Training Application with pre-interview form and after detailed review your information with your Resume from CareerBuilder, i have processed your application and accept you for our training program. During one week i will be your personal manager in iCommerce training. After the training you will be employed to the company and will work from local office in full-time position or from home in part-time position. With office direction, thats 8 miles close to your house, i will provide you on Frist Training day in second part of the training. My office phone number is +1 (???) ??? ????, i am at office from 9:00 AM till 4:00 PM daily. If am out of office on business conference or lunch, please leave me voice mail and i'll call back you during few hours. It will be more easily to provide you with information about training, our company database and finance system access, if you will setup Google Talk program. If you never used it, that wouldn't be a problem. Go to the http://www.google.com/talk/ and download the program, setup and register a new account. It is free, you dont need to pay for anything. I prefer using the instant messaging service because of the time-sensitive tasks. The e-mail is too slow for our purposes, and the phone conversations and all information about training would cost too much. When you will setup your account, please provide me with your Google E-mail account, i'll add you in my contact list and we can chat for free. INFORMATION ABOUT FIRST TRAINING DAY Because you will work in Customer Service for iCommerce clients, first training day will be in iCommerce services for the Western Union system. During the training you will understand how it all works and how you must assist company clients in Customer Service if they will have a questions during transactions and operations. Tomorrow you will receive money for the training from our company side directly to your bank account. Out of this money you will take payment for your job and benefits (payment for your home internet and cell phone bills). Another money you will use for training transaction in iCommerce to company client. Like this you will understand how our clients processing transactions, how you must to assist them when you will be employed in iCommerce section and also will get valid MTCN number with receipt to access company database with your personal local manager in office location (tomorrow, after first part of the training in iCommerce i will process your information and provide you with any available local managers in your area) Please call me at office (???) ??? ???? and provide me with your checking and routing account numbers, i will process your information. Also setup Google talk account and provide it to me in email, i'll add you in my contact list and will inform you by it about our training process, company database access, amount that company sent you for the training and other information. I will wait for your information today during the day. Our First Training Day we be held like in instructions: --------------- - You will receive and withdraw money from company side for the training in iCommerce section - We will done our training in iCommerce section for the Western Union to understand how you must assist company clients during all operations and you will get valid MTCN number and receipt - I'll process your information and provide you with any available local managers in your area - You will meet face to face with your local manager for the second part of the training in iCommerce section and will use MTCN number to access our Financial operations control system. You will get company manager ID card and your dental and medical coverage card. Please take with you your photo 3x4 (like on passport), your local manager will need it for your Manager ID card. --------------- Yours respectfully, James, Company Personal Manager, International Finance Corporation Should I continue with this company?? This is the company website: http://www.ifc.org/ more

Resolved Question: Could you check my English C.V.?

Hello I'm from Seoul,S.Korea. Please help me my English C.V.(even tiny thing) If you need Korean homework I can help you. Thank you very much. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ C.V.(coppied from word file) ■ OBJECTIVE: - Accountancy  EDUCATION: • 03/1997~02/1999: Sehwa High school, Seoul, Korea • 03/2001~08/2008: Hong IK University, Seoul, Korea - Bachelor degree, Major: Business Administration  ■ WORK & ABROAD EXPERIENCE : • 01/2009~06/2009: Limerick College of Business Studies, Limerick, Ireland - ACCA(Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) course • 12/2008~12/2008: Dalian, China - ACCA F3 exam • 04/2006~03/2007: English in Dublin, Dublin, Ireland - General English course • 01/2007~02/2007: DDM company, Dublin, Ireland. - Work experience office job • 10/2006~10/2006: Autumn Soul conference, Belfast, U.K. - Leading Irish teenagers in DCM church • 02/2004~08/2005: Prizetech, Seoul, Korea - Substitution of military service - Programming(computer language : Visual basic) • 08/2005~04/2006 ICANMANAGEMENT, Seoul, Korea - Substitution of military service - Programming(computer language : Visual basic) • 07/2003~08/2003: Whistler, Canada (Vancouver) - Summer snowboard trip • 07/2001~08/2001: Baptist Woodberry Down Church, London, UK - Missionary work, Campaign volunteer  ■ SKILLS: - Computer Skills: Adobe Photoshop, Proficient with Windows 95/98/ME/XP, Internet Explorer, MS Office (Word, Excel, Power point, Access), Visual Basic - Language Skills: English: Advanced (TOEIC:905, TOEFL PBT 577) - Sports: Snowboarding - 2002 win a prize in Korean university snowboard union - 2005 sponsored by K2 snowboard - Outstanding mental arithmetic ability and abacus calculation skill ■ CERTIFICATES: - Internet Information Searcher - Information & Telecommunication Human Resources Development Center of Korea (IHD) - Engineer Information Processing - Information & Telecommunication Human Resources Development Center of Korea (IHD) - Driver’s License - Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency - ACCA(Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, UK) F1, F2, F3, F6 ■ REFERENCES: Supplied on request. cover letter-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear sir/madam I am writing with regard to the position of Accountancy. I would like to be considered for the position. I believe I can fill the role and contribute to your organisation efficiently and effectively, because I majored in Business Administration in University and I have a strong desire to develop a career in accountancy. As an economic leader in Northeast Asia Korean government set up plan in March 2007, all listed firms in Korea will be subject to IFRS reporting beginning in 2011. I have been studying ACCA which is based on IFRS and taking exams from last year in China and Ireland. I am confident that, with my study and experience in ACCA, I would be an asset to your company. I have good communication skills in English which I have learned from living in Europe and Canada. Although it was not a brilliant job it is time when I was working in smallest branch in a train station as a cashier and coffee maker in coffee shop(Butlers Chocolate Café) which have 12 branches in Dublin, Ireland. The chief executive officer of train station praised my smile for the customers when the manager from head quarter visited the station to check the café. I like contacting with foreign people because it gives me new exciting experience and creative feeling. In 2001 London, as a volunteer for short term Christianity summer mission I could have experiences, door to door, book table in the street, giving flyers. In 2006 Dublin, I have leaded Irish teenagers to the Methodist conference(Autumn Soul), U.K. for 4 days. It was good chance to know teenagers and to get together with ambitious young people. I also have some sales experience importing snowboarding accessories from the U.S. and Hong Kong, and selling them in my country when I was a student. I had to pay much customs to Korean post but it was new experiences too. I very much appreciate your time and consideration and I would welcome the opportunity to discuss this with you further. I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely xxx -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thank you very much!! more

Resolved Question: CEO Paul Wood Bio and Employment history?

A. Paul Wood President/CEO Georgia EMC Paul Wood serves as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Georgia Electric Membership Corporation (Georgia EMC). Georgia EMC represents Georgia's 42 Electric Membership Corporations (EMCs), Oglethorpe Power Corporation, Georgia Transmission Corporation and Georgia System Operations Corporation, providing service to 4.5 million residents and businesses in Georgia. Prior to Wood becoming President/CEO of Georgia EMC in September 1997, he served from 1983 to 1997 as Executive Director of the Association of Louisiana Electric Cooperatives, Inc. He began his rural electric career in 1965 at East Central Oklahoma Electric Cooperative, Inc. and in 1977 was appointed General Manager of Dixie EMC, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During his 44-year rural electric career, Wood has served as President of the Rural Electric Statewide Managers' Association (RESMA); as a member of the NRECA Management Advisory Committee; NRECA Procedures Committee; the NRECA Unity Task Force, the NRECA Health Care Task Force and the Touchstone Energy board of directors. Wood received a Bachelor of Science degree in marketing from Northwestern Louisiana State University. Wood currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Department of Economic Development and the Georgia Chamber of Commerce. He has been elected the Chairman of the Georgia Corporation for Economic Development, Inc. He also serves on the 4-H Foundation Board of Trustees and is a member of the FDR Warm Springs Memorial Advisory Committee and the KidsPeace Board of Associates. In 2004, he served as Co-Chairman of the Governor¡¦s Conference on Tourism and in 2007 he was appointed by Governor Perdue to Chair the Commission for a New Georgia¡¦s Service Delivery Task Force. Wood is a member of St. Jude's Episcopal Church, Marietta, Georgia. He has participated in numerous mission trips to Honduras and currently serves as a member of the Finance Committee. Wood served as a Captain in the U.S. Army Special Forces (Airborne) and the Louisiana National Guard. Wood lives in Atlanta, Georgia. more

Resolved Question: Hellllppppp on History Study Please!!!!!! 12 Questions so I can ace that test :)?

1. Why is it difficult to interpret recent history and current events? (Points: 1) Too many people use the same data. It is hard to gain historical perspective on the recent past. There is too much data available. There is not enough clear data. 2. What first transformed the Internet into an information superhighway? (Points: 1) ARPANET Google the World Wide Web Yahoo 3. Which was not a change in American business practices during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? (Points: 1) outsourcing services overseas obtaining credit from banks globalization offshoring production of goods 4. Where have the largest number of immigrants to the United States come from since 1990? (Points: 1) Asia Europe Africa Latin America and Northern America 5. In the election of 1992, economic issues caused an incumbent president to lose to a relatively unknown governor. What was the outcome of that election? (Points: 1) George H.W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton lost to George H.W. Bush. Al Gore lost to George W. Bush. George H.W. Bush lost to Ross Perot. 6. What was not part of Clinton's domestic agenda? (Points: 1) health care for all the Family and Medical Leave Act allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military appointing significant numbers of women to key positions 7. What treaty was designed to support economic growth for the United States and its neighbors? (Points: 1) NAFTA North American Free Trade Agreement NATO North Atlantic Treaty Organization IMF International Monetary Fund Treaty of Paris of 1991 8. What conflict had developed between President Clinton and congressional Republicans by 1994? (Points: 1) Clinton had cut taxes for the poorest Americans. The Republicans wanted more cuts in social spending. Clinton had balanced the federal budget through spending cuts. The Republicans wanted welfare reform that Clinton did not support. 9. What agreement had a goal of reducing international greenhouse gas emissions? (Points: 1) the Clean Air Act the Global Warming Initiative the Gore Protocol the Kyoto Protocol 10. What decision did the United States make about the Kyoto Protocol? (Points: 1) The treaty should be signed by all other nations first. The U.S. delegation signed it, but it was never submitted to the Senate for approval. The U.S. delegation walked out of the conference in protest. The U.S. Senate approved the protocol with a nearly unanimous vote. 11. Which of the following was not one of the cultural issues debated widely during the 1990s? (Points: 1) gun control abortion gay and lesbian rights African American rights 12. Which modern president was impeached by the House of Representatives but not removed from office by the Senate? (Points: 1) Bill Clinton George H.W. Bush George W. Bush Ronald Reagan more

Resolved Question: Need history help please??????????

What first transformed the Internet into an information superhighway? (Points: 1) ARPANET Google the World Wide Web Yahoo 3. Which was not a change in American business practices during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries? (Points: 1) outsourcing services overseas obtaining credit from banks globalization offshoring production of goods 4. Where have the largest number of immigrants to the United States come from since 1990? (Points: 1) Asia Europe Africa Latin America and Northern America 5. In the election of 1992, an incumbent president lost to a former Rhodes Scholar, largely because of economic issues. What was the outcome of that election? (Points: 1) George H.W. Bush lost to Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton lost to George H.W. Bush. Al Gore lost to George W. Bush. George H.W. Bush lost to Ross Perot. 6. What was not part of Clinton's domestic agenda? (Points: 1) health care for all the Family and Medical Leave Act allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly in the military appointing significant numbers of women to key positions 7. What was an argument in favor of NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement? (Points: 1) It would support economic growth throughout North America. It would send some American jobs to Mexico where labor was cheaper. It would apply stricter controls and limits to trade. It would raise money through additional tariffs and taxes. 8. What conflict had developed between President Clinton and congressional Republicans by 1994? (Points: 1) Clinton had cut taxes for the poorest Americans. The Republicans wanted more cuts in social spending. Clinton had balanced the federal budget through spending cuts. The Republicans wanted welfare reform that Clinton did not support. 10. What decision did the United States make about the Kyoto Protocol? (Points: 1) The treaty should be signed by all other nations first. The U.S. delegation signed it, but it was never submitted to the Senate for approval. The U.S. delegation walked out of the conference in protest. The U.S. Senate approved the protocol with a nearly unanimous votes. more

Resolved Question: What's the target market for an air charter business?

Are most of the people who use jet charter services big, rich company CEOs that go to conferences, or famous celebrities going to concerts, or sports teams traveling to games? I was looking into the air charter business but I can't exactly identify what type of people are targeted. Also, would it be reasonable for a "normal" person (in my opinion, one that makes less than 6 figures) to charter a jet? more

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Resolved Question: Chances of getting into UT Mccombs Business School?

I'm a junior in high school in austin GPA: 5.07 Class Rank: 35 out of 560ish (probably around 29 after this semester) ACT: 31 composite (32 combined english/writing) SAT: took it sophomore year, currently waiting for May scores should be between 1900-2100 Misc.: 4 year letterer in Golf, multiple awards for leader of the team etc... Off and on participation in catholic youth group Have had a job at a golf course for a year...not going to lose it Attended the National Youth Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C. Letter of rec. from a UT alumni (dont know who the others are going to be yet) Participation in the First Tee which teaches young children (aimed at underpriveledged) to play golf Member of NHS More potential community service projects this summer and other activities...I'm not sure yetoh yeah and i have 3 school records on the golf team as well as 3 Academic All-District for golf awards more