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Axis Bank has come up with a wide and tempting array of offers for its customers. Their entire proposition is that a customer can enjoy every aspect of life with the bank. Literally everything from shopping to dining has its own perks when you're using an Axis Bank credit/debit card. They have packaged this pitch in a brilliant #ExperienceAxis campaign with Deepika Padukone!
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- rickvvAsked on September 09, 2014 at 09:20 AM
I have a purchase order form setup here:
And in two of my items, I can make "Select" the first qty option, but the second two items won't allow that.
I want folks to specifically choose the quantity, instead of defaulting to "1".
Is there something I can do to get this to work?
- JotForm SupportdavidAnswered on September 09, 2014 at 11:09 AM
To have "Select" as the first option for the other fields, simply add it in as an option for the quantity:
When added to the other two fields, your form then looks like this:
If you have any further questions, please let us know and we will be happy to help.
- rickvvAnswered on September 09, 2014 at 03:04 PM
Thanks- I tried that earlier, but the jotform gives me an error that I must use numeric value in that slot just above the "1".
I'll try again, but I think I'm missing something...
- rickvvAnswered on September 09, 2014 at 03:08 PM
Here's what Didn't work:
"place cursor in front of "1", press Enter, go up a line, Enter 'Select'"
(got "numeric value required" using this method)
Here's what Did work:
"Place cursor in front of "1", type the word 'Select', Press Enter" Save.
Funny that one method worked, but the other didn't.
Thanks for getting me thinking!
- JotForm SupportMike_TAnswered on September 09, 2014 at 05:09 PM
Unfortunately, there might be a conflict if someone select a product with the quantity set to 'Selected'.
We would like to recommend you to stick with the numeric quantities (for example add a '0' instead of 'selected'), or try a special pricing option instead:
Thank you.
- rickvvAnswered on September 11, 2014 at 05:16 AMWhen it try this, the jotform goes red and says the entry needs to be numerical entry.
Am I missing something?
Sent from my iPhone...blame Siri for any typos.
- JotForm SupportWelvinAnswered on September 11, 2014 at 09:27 AM
Unfortunately, you cannot add a placeholder text in the quantity property. As advised, add "0" instead of the "Select".
Thank you!

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A 38-year-old man has been arrested after a teenage boy was sexually assaulted in a university toilet in Melbourne.
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Empress Plays The Speculative Frontier @ Little Mountain Studios 08.06.09
Came and went. No sounds were captured but I can report that it was a successful night of both interestingly bizarre and hypnotic film, a remarkable set of surface scraped percussion by Jeffrey Allport and looped, decayed and manipulated record crackle (Hotel California by The Eagles) by yours truly. Thank you Dan Kibke for the photos.
I might be playing the first Pact at the 221a artist run centre on Georgia Street Friday night (Aug 14). I'll post something tomorrow if I decide to submit. The theme is low. If you are an artist you should think about entering something, as work is submitted and prepared for presentation the day prior to the show, so you still have time.
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This Labor Day, Las Vegas union workers, community members and Nevada's elected leaders are proudly marching with Fight for $15 fast-food workers as they go on strike in over 300 cities.
SEIU Nevada, Local 1107 is conducting a Nevada March for Unions today. Jay is proud to support
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yet many people have lost the ability to provide for their families in todays economy due to lower wages. The increase of rent and real-estate in Nevada has increased, yet the wages for those service workers has not. The rich want an tax relief, yet middle american jobs are decreasing. This is why he is marching today for those workers. #craddock4Nevada, #unions #standstrongtogether #Nevada
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Halo 5 reportedly coming to PC
Published: 8th June 2016 | Source: DSO Gaming |
Halo 5 reportedly coming to PC
This post was possible thanks to Dicehunter on the OC3D Forums, who brought this information to our attention.
Reports from industry insiders claim that Halo 5 is its the way to PC and may be announced in a few days time at E3 2016. This rumor comes not long after Microsoft announced that Halo 5's forge editing suite would become available on PC, allowing PC users to build and Play Halo 5 maps and even invite friends to join in some custom multiplayer fun.
This previous announcement meant one thing, that Halo 5's Multiplayer component is playable on PC, making releasing the whole game on PC seem like significantly easier task than it was previously.
The source from NeoGAF, who has previously been the source of several game leaks in the past, said the following.
I have it on good authority from multiple sources that Halo 5 will be coming to PC.
The source later claimed that the game was nowhere near ready for release, stating that he would be "flabbergasted" if Microsoft announced it at E3.
In other Microsoft news, it is also rumored that Sunset Overdrive will also be making its way to PC alongside the yet to be announced Dead Rising 4 game, with both games likely coming as UWP apps that are exclusive to the Microsoft Windows 10 storefront.
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I'm trying to take advantage of the WEP bits in anaconda, but I can't
seem to get it to work.
I have installed FC3t1 on this laptop and managed to get WEP working
with the orinoco-driven PCMCIA wifi card. However, during install
(and if I try a new install) I can't persuade anaconda to use my key.
I choose NFS installation, and type in the ESSID and the encryption
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but it fails to get an IP address when using DHCP immediately after that.
I can see from the AP log that it hasn't been allowed in.
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A poetry and music open mic with an emphasis on sharing new, original, thoughtful work, hosted at the Bean on the 2nd and 4th Tuesday. Performers are given 4 minutes to do their best work. Original material is encouraged.
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Alternatively known as Abavu, River Apavu
The timezone in Akpava is Africa/Kampala
Morning Sunrise at 07:08 and Evening Sunset at 19:07. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 3.0833°, Longitude. 30.9000°
Morning Sunrise at 07:08 and Evening Sunset at 19:07. It's Dark
Rough GPS position Latitude. 3.0833°, Longitude. 30.9000°
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Friday, November 19, 2010
Missplelling, Mispronunciation, etc.
To this day I cringe when I hear radio announcers, who have a special obligation to pronounce the English language correctly, mispronounce the name of the largest city in Illinois as "chick-AH-go" rather than "shick-AH-go." It seems to me that they nearly all do it. It's as gross an indication of ignorance as inserting an "L" sound in the pronunciation of the city of Palm Springs. Anybody who has been taught correct English pronunciation knows that the first word of that name rhymes with "bomb" and "balm." The existence of the L in words like palm, balm, calm, and psalm is evidence that English spelling is not phonetic. It is indended instead to show the origin or the provenance of the word. These words evolved from words in Latin which contained the L in spelling because in Latin the L was pronounced. In Old French these L sounds changed to "ul" and finally to "-u": pau(l)me, psau(l)me, etc. By the time these words were introduced in Middle English, the language of Chaucer, the l sound was long gone. Subsequent scholars have reintroduced the L in the spelling simply to show that the words have been adopted from Latin. In Chaucer's day, Latin was the language of really well educated people.
When I was still a child, there was a story that involved the pronunciation of the largest city in the State: Detroit. The accent was on the second syllable: "de-TROIT." Only a foreigner, like someone from New York or Omaha would make the mistake of saying "DE-troit." The story involved a girl who crossed the Detroit River into the United States and tried to convince the immigration inspector that she lived in "DE-troit." She was delayed for several hours.
Labels: Chaucer, Chicago, English spelling, etc., French spelling of Michigan, Latin as the language of prestige
Signs of Hope
I've heard some news lately that gives me hope that all is not forever lost and covered in lies. Two authors were interviewed about a book they had recently completed and had published. The book explains the cause of the real estate bubble and how it came to burst and create a world-wide recession. One interesting fact came out. It turns out that 75 percent of the sub-prime mortgage loans were made to persons who already owned the houses they were living in. These people were refinancing to extract some equity from their houses for purchasing new cars, vacation trips, more clothing, etc. Wages were stagnant and spending equity was keeping the economy going.
As long as house prices kept rising, no one saw any problem with these refinanced mortgages. It wasn't important that the borrowers had good incomes. They had been living in the houses and had, on paper, good credit ratings. Banks lent the money and sold the mortgages to other banks who bundled them and sold them all over the world as A-rated bonds. The rating companies, such as Moody's and Standard & Poor, cooperated in assigning the ratings. Since house prices were going to continue going up and up and up the process could be repeated forever and there was no problem.
Except, house prices started to turn down. That was a disaster that no one had expected. Suddenly consumers on stagnant incomes could no longer continue to spend the equity in their houses - they suddenly didn't have any equity - and they cut back on their buying. Suddenly we were in the midst of a recession. We're still in it.
Meanwhile, employers have learned to make do with fewer employees. If you lost your job because of the recession, you are probably not going to get it back when the recession is over. Your job has been permanently replaced by a foreign worker in Asia or by a machine. You're going to have to learn a brand new trade. Because of the recession combined with conservative ideology, the government isn't going to offer any training or education for you to make yourself fit for a new line of work. You are supposed to be self-reliant and retrain yourself by yourself.
Good day and good luck!
Labels: bond rating companies, decline in house prices, housing bubble, stagnant wages
Sunday, November 14, 2010
Small Government
The answer finally hit me. It's an old one. Republicans don't believe in government that provides useful or helpful services for the people. Government should be small and weak. Government shouldn't get in the way of a business making big profits by imposing regulations limiting air pollution, employee safety, working hours, and the like. Government shouldn't do things for the people like providing them a guaranteed retirement pension, guaranteed health care in retirement, protection for their savings accounts in banks, and rescuing people trapped by hurricanes and floods. In fact, it is necessary to show the people that government is really no good at such activities and they shouldn't rely on it. To make sure the public understands this inherent lack of capability previous Republican administrations have deliberately put incompetent people in charge of such departments as the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The result was the housing scandal of the Reagan Administration and the incompetence of FEMA in dealing with the results of the hurricane in New Orleans.
Anyway, when you vote for Republicans these days you are voting for government that doesn't do anything for you.
Labels: FEMA in New Orleans; HUD scandal under Reagan; advocates of small government
Saturday, November 13, 2010
More about Nuclear Reactors
One of the goals in the petition I was writing about was to avoid reprocessing spent fuel elements. I think that expressing such a goal in a petition is pointless. In the United States we do not reprocess spent fuel elements. It is cheaper to mine fresh uranium, enrich it to the desired U-235 content, and make new fuel elements. We have rich deposits of uranium ore. We have no commercial incentive to reprocess spent fuel and so we don't do it.
In France the situation is different. The country derives a large fraction of its electrical power from reactors but has no domestic sources of uranium. All uranium has to be imported. It makes economic sense, therefore, for France to reprocess spent fuel elements and recover the uranium for subsequent use. An added benefit is that the waste or the fission products removed from the uranium in the reprocessing operation is very concentrated and does not create a great storage problem.
Some Americans point out that reprocessing spent nuclear fuel creates quantities of highly concentrated radioactive material. Such material would be a target for thieves who could sell it at a good price to terrorist groups who would use the material in "dirty" bombs. I accept the argument, but I must point out that banks are targets for thieves and robbers who use the money for nefarious purposes. We have learned how to deal with bank robbers. We can learn how to foil radiation thieves and similar criminals. My point is that we don't give up using money because of bank robbers.
Labels: reprocessing spent nuclear fuel
Friday, November 12, 2010
Clean Energy
For one thing, it outweighs the need for a dependable and adequate source of electric power 24 hours a day. It also outweighs the need to get a handle on global warming and air pollution caused by human activity. We have an urgent need to decrease and, if possible, eliminate the use of fossil fuels for producing electric power. I agree with those who urge the development of solar power farms and wind power farms as sources of electric power to replace power plants that use coal, petroleum, or natural gas as fuel. Unfortunately, there are few places where the wind blows all the time and no place where the sun shines all the time. We need other sources of power to fill the gap when wind and sun can't supply our needs.
There are three sources of supplemental power that I know of: geothermal, hydroelectric, and nuclear. Geothermal power is available in places of present or past volcanic activity, such as Iceland, Hawaii, Yellowstone National Park, and California. The technology of converting heat from the earth to electrical energy is not fully developed. In theory one can bury a heat exchanger in a hot place and convert water to steam and run turbines. The development of materials for heat exchangers and means of placing such large objects deep underground have not advanced very far. More work needs to be done before we can hope to obtain a significant fraction of our power needs from the earth's heat.
Hydroelectric power has been used for a long time. The technology is mature. In addition, most of the available water power is already in use. We can not hope to make a significant addition to our power capability by building more dams with turbines. In fact, there is pressure to destroy some of the dams that we have constructed as a means of restoring runs of migratory fish, especially salmon.
The remaining source is nuclear power. I admit to a bias in favor of nuclear power, having studied nuclear physics in graduate school and having worked for companies involved in designing nuclear power reactors or economical means of concentrating the isotope U-235 in raw uranium. I recognize that a nuclear explosion is a dangerous thing. However, the experience with nuclear power has shown that there are fewer deaths and cases of illnesses per megawatt-year of energy produced by nuclear reactors than by fossil-fuel fired power plants, especially coal plants. In addition to adding to the burden of CO-2 in the atmosphere, coal-fired plants also spew compounds of sulfur, resulting in acid rain in regions down-wind from the plants, and also radioactive elements such as uranium that are present in trace amounts of coal. Before 1950 it was known that a coal plant would emit more radioactive material than a nuclear plant of the same power. Even then nuclear power was touted as "clean" power.
The argument that nuclear power is potentially dangerous has to be taken in context. Hydroelectric power is potentially dangerous. Dams break and drown people. Coal miners die in mine accidents. Geothermal power is obtained from dormant volcanoes which will, some day, become active. Windmills for power generation kill migrating birds. Solar farms have to be located in places where there is strong sunlight every day; most of those places are far from the centers of population where the power is needed. High-voltage transmission lines have to be built to deliver the power. High voltage wires can break and start fires and cause other damage. Nothing is inherently safe. Even abstention from the use of electrical power can cause death due to freezing.
I had an opportunity to sign a petition, but I passed it up.
Labels: anti-nuclear activism, dangers of coal power, Different sources of electrical power, pollution of coal power
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Thoughts about John Boehner as Speaker
If you think only about what he says and about the dangerous situation this country is falling into, you may conclude that he is a complete jackass. There is no way that any party, any administration, is going to save us from ultimate ruin simply by trimming waste and unnecessary programs. The gap between services that the public demands and the revenue available to pay for these services is too great. However, many Republicans, especially those who are political activists and vote in primary elections and raise money for election campaigns actually believe such nonsense. It was the great and revered Saint Ronald Reagan that told them that. In spite of plenty of evidence to the contrary they still believe it.
I think that Mr. Boehner is a reasonable and intelligent man. He must know that he is uttering nonsense. Why? He has a coalition, a political movement to lead. If he is to continue as leader, he mustn't get too far away from the doctrine of his followers. In his present position, or the position to which he aspires, he can not solve the nation's deficit problem. He will need help.
David Stockman, St. Reagan's advisor on the budget, has laid out a program for the solution. First, let the Bush tax cuts expire at the end of December. Let them expire for everyone, including Mr. Obama's beloved middle class. There still won't be enough money to pay all the bills. Make some cuts in entitlements for everyone, even the rich. Defense spending must be cut. It is unrealistic to think that we can be perfectly and completely secure against foreign aggression if only we spend enough on fancy weapons and a great Defense department. We live in a dangerous world and we have to accept some risk. We must reform the practice of medicine so that our health care costs are reduced to a level closer to those of Canada and other developed countries. We must stop coddling the rich by keeping the Reagan tax rates. We should go back to the rates in effect during the Kennedy and Nixon administrations. We should raise the age of retirement from 65 to, say, 68. We should reduce subsidies to farmers. I can go on and on with this list. If there is pain, it must be shared by all, not just the retirees living on their meager Social Security benefit. The rich, the wealthy corporation farmers, the bankers, the security speculators, the military-industrial comples, and all the rest must share in the pain.
Boehner can not accomplish this difficult task. We need to help by insisting on getting wealthy contributors out of the business of financing elections. It will probably take a constitutional amendment to limit the spending by candidates and their supporters to a level that allows their opposing candidates the same access to the public as that provided by their money. Money equals talk and excess money drowns out the opposing opinion.
Labels: defense spending, farm subsidies, John Boehner, public financing of election campaigns, Republican nonsense, Ronald Reagan
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
More about the High Cost of American Medical Care
They're all wrong, of course. According to Dr. Gawande, the cost of good medical care varies greatly within the United States and depends on the model of medical care practiced by the doctors in each community. The cheapest and best is provided by the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Doctors work on salary. Specialists and laboratory services are available for the asking. The patient doesn't pay the doctor but rather the Clinic. An expensive model is one in which doctors operate as intependent businesses and refer their patients to specialists and to laboratories as needed. The patient pays the doctor, or primary care physician. If the doctor refers him or her to a specialist, the patient pays the specialist - usually a big fee. The patient pays for any laboratory work done. The doctor, or primary care physicion, receives a kick-back from the specialist and perhaps from the laboratory. In this model, specialists do not see any patients except those that have been sent or referred by a primary care physician.
When a doctor, whether primary care physician or specialist, operates as an independent business, usually a corporation, he or she has a strong incentive to maximize the income received from the practice. A primary care physician may prescribe unnecessary laboratory tests or specialist referrals and enjoy the extra revenue from these referrals.
Dr. Gawande has discovered, by comparing Medicare per-patient payments, that the clinical model exemplified by the Mayo Clinic provides good care at substantially less cost than the private physician model. It is clear to me that his results show that all three of the excuses listed above are incorrect. It remains to be seen whether the new health care bill has incentives to persuade medical doctors to adopt the clinical care approach instead of the individual practice approach.
In Canada and England, where there are systems to provide universal health care, one can of course choose to be treated by a private physician, one who is not in the British National Health Service or who receives payment from the Canadian single-payer system. This person can receive the same level of care as his neighbors and have the privilege of paying American prices for the care.
Labels: American medical practice, Clinical practice, Dr. Atul Gawande, Health insurance, Mayo Clinic, New Yorker Magazine, private practice
Thursday, November 04, 2010
Sound-bite Masquerade
Governments should learn to live within their means, just as we do as family members. This expression is used in a discussion of the deficits run year after year by the federal government and many States, particularly California. The speaker means that the solution to the deficit is simple: cut expenses. The speaker never gives a thoughtful list of programs to cut or abolish. He or she may give a list of a few well-publicized examples of waste or fat in government, such as providing free car washes for government employees. It doesn't matter that eliminating the free car washes will reduce the deficit by less than 0.001 percent. That is the only solution offered. A more thoughtful response to the deficit problem is to discuss both ways in which major expenses can be eliminated, such as closing the prisons or the schools, as well as ways in which revenue can be increased. A government is not like a family. A family can lose its home and declare bankruptcy. A government can not go bankrupt. A family can not make modest increases in its income. A government can increase taxes.
Only private businesses can create jobs. To me this is a surprising assertion. The speaker will often in the same conversation comlain about all the public employees and how much government has to pay them. To me these employees have jobs. They perform activities that are generally useful to me as a citizen and resident. Public employees carry the mail. Public employees repair potholes. Public employees teach our children. In California public employees maintain and repair the State's highways and freeways. Governments contract with private firms to build bridges, canals, highways, new educational buildings, new prisons, and the like. To me that activity seems an awful lot like creating and maintaining jobs.
Liberals have no interest in creating wealth. They just want to divide it up. This speaker typically is arguing that we "liberals" want to rely on government too much and have disdain for private business. I can think of many things that governments have done that either created wealth or provided facilities that enabled private businesses to create wealth. After the Civil War the American government provided railroad companies a subsidy just for building railroads. The American government created the Panama Canal. Governments have built highways, bridges, the internet, postal systems, dams, and many other facilities that have enabled others to create wealth. Many of these projects were supported by liberals who were willing to have governments spend money on projects that no private business could undertake. A private business can not fund the building of a bridge unless it is a toll bridge, so that stockholders would have a return on their investment. If a private firm built a toll bridge, it would locate the bridge in a place where there was bound to be heavy traffic. Bridges in remote locations would never be constructed and many rich areas of the country would remain inaccessible. Bridges in such locations have to be built with government funds.
This is the beginning of my list. Dear Readers, you are welcome to add your own favorite sound bites to the list.
Labels: government vs. private business responsibilities
Wednesday, November 03, 2010
More about Democracy, etc.
Except in California, the Republicans won big yesterday. They achieved the largest turn-over in the House since - perhaps during the administration of Franklin Roosevelt. I don't have the statistics handy, but it was larger I believe than the turn-over in 1994. What meaning is there for the present big change in representation in the House?
My first thought is that the result affirms a statement ascribed to Alexander Hamilton. He is quoted to have said something like "the public (people?) is a great beast." The most common element among voters to explain their choices is that they were reacting in anger and by instinct, not by reasoning. I may have a blind spot regarding Conservative thought but it seems to me that in many cases the voters voted against their own best interests. They were angry that the government hasn't done enough to create jobs and end the recession. So, they voted for candidates who promised that they would have the government cut taxes and do less. To me, that is the reaction of an angry wild beast, not a logical thinking human.
A more subtle explanation is that the voting public is frustrated at the failure or refusal of elected officials to make changes in "Washington" and do something effective about unemployment. The frustration is misdirected. Our system of government was designed by the likes of Alexander Hamilton to prevent government from doing anything unusual or out of the ordinary. Certainly Hamilton never imagined that the federal government would ever be involved in trying to create new jobs for unemployed workers. The classic solution for unemployment in his day, and right up to the beginning of the last century, was to encourage an unemployed worker to "go west" and find his fortune. The government facilitated the "go west" solution by dealing with the rather annoying fact that there were already people living on the land that the unemployed worker wanted to claim for his family's farm. These annoying people, even more annoying than some of the wild animals, like wolves and bison, were dealt with sternly by the Army. They were killed off or relocated in areas not desired for agriculture. That's where their descendants are today, on Indian Reservations.
Clearing out the indigenous population was a "Conservative" program to deal with unemployment. It had been used in various places for thousands of years. Our government was designed to favor "Conservative" acts and policies: acts and policies that had been in place since the beginning of history.
The Great Depression of the 1930's was the first big economic downturn since the closing of the frontier some time between 1910 and 1915. My father witnessed that event while homesteading in the State of Washington. After that, the nation could not solve economic hardship by telling the unemployed to "go west." The "west" was the Pacific Ocean, completely unsuitable for farming.
If we were a logical people, we would recognize that "going west" was no longer a useful means of dealing with recessions. We would have developed other alternatives and embraced them. In fact, during the Great Depression of the 1930's we were fortunate to have had a President who recognized the need for other means and who tried a method of having government fund work projects to put unemployed workers to work doing things that were supposed to be useful. Some of the projects were very useful; others were boondoggles. Somehow we recovered from the depression without having a violent revolution. The French in 1789 and the Russians in 1919 were not so fortunate.
Our archaic system of government did not fit well with President Roosevelt's make-work programs. Later political leaders eschewed the idea of government spending money just to put unemployed people back to work. Recently we have tried giving money (bail-outs) to banks and insurance companies so that they won't go bankrupt and can continue lending money to entrepreneurs who want to start businesses. This approach hasn't worked even as well as Roosevelt's WPA and PWA and other alphabetic programs.
Roosevelt had the advantage that the United States had an excellent credit rating. He was able to fund the various programs by borrowing money. However, the ease of borrowing money led many of his successors to use borrowing in preference to increased taxation to pay for projects that were not aimed at putting unemployed workers in jobs but rather in projects that didn't have a lot of public support. Many of these projects involved wars aimed at establishing and protecting an American commercial empire. As a consequence we are now at a state in which we have a huge national debt and have justifiable doubts that we can raise the money for programs like the WPA and PWA by selling T-bills to China.
By the way, how many of you watched the interview with David Stockman on the "60 Minutes" program on CBS last Sunday? He pointed out that our political leaders of both Parties are unwilling to propose an increase in taxes as part of the solution of the chronic deficit problem. He advocated simply letting the Bush Tax Cuts expire as scheduled on December 31 as a start. All of them, not just those for the people with incomes greater than $250,000 a year.
Labels: Alexander Hamilton, David Stockman, deficit spending, Demand side economics; Franklin Roosevelt; public works projects


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Women get hit with a lot of silly questions and comments men don't have to face. For example, remember when that reporter asked Amal Clooney what she was wearing to court while representing a high-profile case on the freakin' Armenian Genocide? You would NEVER ask a male barrister that question! So why ask Amal?!?
Inspired by that nonsense and a question recently posed by Daily Life columnist Clementine Ford, women have taken to Twitter with the hashtag #QuestionsforMen, flipping some of those questions back to the guys. The results? Well, see for yourself. I mean, yeah, men and women are different ... but are we that different, really?
#questionsformen In a job interview have you ever been asked how you will juggle work and home?— Jane Caro (@JaneCaro) February 3, 2015
Right? When do men EVER get asked that question? Never, that's when.
Here's a fun one that may sting for some of you.
Do you think you've neglected your children by taking that promotion? #QuestionsForMen— feminism & burritos (@nashwakay) February 3, 2015
Dads have to put in a whole lot more time at the office before people start questioning their commitment as parents. They're just providing for their families! But moms with career ambitions are being selfish, obviously.
Have you had your female boss dismiss your plan for delgating work for your paternity leave with "don't worry about it?" #QuestionsForMen— kate bernstein (@kebernstein) February 3, 2015
Psshh, how many men even take more than a few days' paternity leave in the first place?!?
#QuestionsForMen Are you glad you waited until you were established in your career before becoming a father?— Summer Fairey (@juliefairey) February 3, 2015
You know what's funny, though? A lot of men actually DO wait until they're established in their careers before having kids. But you never hear them talk about it publicly. Why not? I'd like to hear more about that.
#QuestionsForMen Have you ever been asked about when you plan on finding a woman and getting married when you're talking about grad school?— Lex (@lexronn) February 3, 2015
I mean, why didn't that happen in college? Okay, it's mostly our 70-plus-year-old relatives who say that. Fair enough.
#QuestionsForMen Do potential investors ask you when you plan to have kids while eyeing your wedding ring?— Stella Garber (@startupstella) February 3, 2015
This is from an entrepreneur. But honestly, women of all walks of life get asked this question all the time. And then when you have one, they want to know when you're having another. Ask five men you know: How many times have you been asked if/when you're having kids?
Do you feel that society wont really view your life as complete until you're a Dad? #questionsformen— Sarah McMullan (@SarahMcMullanNZ) February 3, 2015
Think about your female friends who deliberately chose not to have children. They kind of get treated like weirdos. Not so for men.
#QuestionsForMen Have you ever been told you're not "husband material", because you've dated so many girls?— Ansel SierraFerreira (@AnselSf) February 3, 2015
Nope. Not happening. Oh -- he's just "not ready yet." Sowing his wild oats and all. What do women have? Oh yes, a limited number of eggs.
#QuestionsForMen how do you deal with a lack of unwanted street harassment? Does it hurt your feelings?— abby (@abbymachine) February 3, 2015
Ladies, we need to keep up our end of the street harassment. Men are getting left out!
#QuestionsForMen have you ever been told you can't wear something to the gym because it might provoke impure thoughts?— Francesca LoBianco (@fvlobianco) February 3, 2015
Impure thoughts: Women's responsibility since 20,000 BC.
Will you be taking your wife's name? #QuestionsForMen— Kelley B (@NurseKelleyB) February 3, 2015
Maybe you should? Maybe it should be about who has the cooler-sounding name, instead of who has the penis.
Do you carry you keys between your knuckles when walking home in the dark, as a casual self defence tool? #QuestionsForMen— feminism & burritos (@nashwakay) February 3, 2015
Haw haw! How did they find out about my super-fantastic invincible self-defense trick?
Do women jump into your face calling you fat, ugly, or that you "should get raped" for expressing an opinion online? #questionsformen— CrazySexyEnby (@FedoraHippie) February 3, 2015
Just check out some of the Twitter responses to #QuestionsforMen and you'll see a lot of threatened guys lashing out in crude, sexually explicit, and even violent ways. Way to represent and prove our point!
#QuestionsForMen do you ever have your moods/opinions discredited or labelled as irrational due to presumed hormonal fluctuations?— Kimberly Lachuk (@KdLachuk) February 3, 2015
What do you think -- do you agree that women get asked a lot of silly questions men don't get asked?
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Roses for all of you :)
Thank you to everyone that keep coming visiting this blog :) I'm sorry that my blog is so simple. I'm sorry that my English is just simple and always comes with lots of grammar mistakes. But I believe in what I'm doing and I do what I believe :)
It's quite weird for me to see more and more people interested to come here. I really appreciate it :) I'm using this blog to reflect what I learn in life. So, I am sure that I am very very far away from you guys and I admit that lots of things that I really do not know about the blog world :)
But thank you so much for the supports and encouragements :) For some bloggers that help to promote this blog in their blog like Ben Ashaari, kerabat kenshiro, abhamz, broframestone, cikgu dahlia and many more that talk about this blog, a lot and lot and lot of thank you. :)
I really need to learn much more things about this blogging world. Will appreciate so much if anyone want to help me with that :) But at this point, this is what I have and this is my blog, welcome and enjoy and learn what ever you may learn :) Roses for all of you :)
p/s: Wish me luck for Pattaya, Thailand 2011 :)
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The Premier line is back and completely revamped!
This is the lightest pad that we have seen from CCM - putting it right in line with the competition!
•Litecore Technology has a 20% lighter core than the previous premier with added core strength to help seal the pad to the ice.
•Max Rebound Technology is a new energy transferring foam that will kick your rebounds up another notch ensuring they are not left around the crease for players to grab a hold of.
•Quick Motion Strapping System with two length settings will allow the goalie to dial in the upper calf portion without creating a pressure point to allow for faster drops and a more responsive recovery from the butterfly.
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hey, everyone im duran
For this project I would say I had a hard time on deciding on how I wanted my city to be portrayed throughout this class project. Due to my love for black and white photographs and architecture I thought I should present you with these images.
editing software: lightroom // photoshop
camera : canon t4i 650 // film camera : Olympus OM10
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here my cargocollective site with more images that include color + b&w : NHVSN
I want to thank y'all for viewing these selected images. Please shoot me a comment with any questions? Or on anything you see I can improve on along with different techniques that I could use to help me take better photographs.
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It's that time again!!!! The Fall/Winter consignment sales are just around the corner and will be in full swing by the end of July. Several sales (especially my favorite) still haven't posted dates and/or locations, so I am waiting to post my calendar until I have all the necessary information.
If you plan to consign this season make sure that you are taking the time now to press and hang the clothes and clean the toys you plan to sell. It's easier if you do a little at a time, otherwise you may find yourself up all night the night before drop-off.
If you found a sale (or sales) that you enjoyed shopping at last season, plan to get involved this season either by consigning with them or volunteering to work. Honestly this season, I may not have much to consign. I am however, planning to volunteer again for my favorite sales. Remember, at most sales volunteers shop even earlier than consignors.
While I am compiling my Consignment Sale Calendar, check out my Shopping Tips post from last season.


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Record demand, production and prices were the story for the corn industry in 2007. The success seen raised a lot of questions about corn's impact on consumer prices.
Rick Tolman, CEO of the National Corn Growers Association, says the criticism may be a blessing in disguise giving folks a chance to see the real story and the great success and how exciting things are in agriculture.
"I don't think the people on Wall Street or on the west coast understand how much technology is being applied and how much change there has been in how we grow crops in the last five years," Tolman says. "I think that story is going to come out and we are going to get a wave of recognition and support for agriculture."


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Tuesday, April 17, 2007
We just aren't chicken nugget people
Last night I made a dinner that most wouldn't consider to be so kid-friendly. Mind you, I did make mac n' cheese as a backup, but didn't let the kids know about that. I prefer to let them think they have no options other than eat what I made or go to bed hungry. They have yet to go to bed hungry. However, since Hayden has professed to dislike both asparagus and shrimp, I figured the shrimp and asparagus pasta might be asking too much. As always, he surprised me, tasted everything, and decided he likes shrimp after all. Logan previously demonstrated that shrimp are better than life itself, demanding "mo!" again and again. He is a purist and likes them unadulterated by any type of breading. He will methodically peel off any breading to get to the delicious delicacy within. This has greatly amused my friends on more than one occasion. Obviously, the secret mac n' cheese was not intended for this little guy. In addition to the shrimp and asparagus pasta we also had king crab legs. Mmmm! Both kids gladly tried this new pink and interesting food. Hayden gave it good reviews, gladly having more. Logan demanded we keep it coming without delay. We couldn't crack it fast enough, and didn't even realize we were each giving it to him, still not keeping up. Now, I can see a baby going wild over candy, icecream or even some sweet fruit. I had not anticipated that shellfish would get him going. At one point, Fillip thought he wanted more shrimp and popped a piece into his mouth. It took us a minute to realize that the spontaneous sobs and fat rolling tears were his disappointment that this bite was not crab. Ok, sheesh!!
Toward the end of dinner, Hayden let out a huge belch. Since we have two little boys, it isn't surprising that this induced fits of giggles on both sides of the table. And, whatever one boy thinks is funny will be sure to amuse the other, making their giggles self perpetuating. Fillip and I both sat there trying to keep a straight face and asking Hayden "what do you say?" We are big on please, thank you and excuse me. As we sat there being total hard asses, serious as we could be over this breach in decorum, Logan looks at Hayden with as much attitude as any hormonal adolescent would muster and says " 'scuse you!"
So much for decorum.
5 comments:
- Undomestic said...
I remember telling Cameron one time that he should not burp at the table.
His response, "Can I burp UNDER the table?"
How could I not laugh?
- JY said...
For some reason my hubby and I are hooked on Deadliest Catch on Discovery Channel where they catch King Crab and other high dollar seafood. Is it really that good? We need to try some I guess.
Can I send my boys to the MI school of table manners?
- Ann said...
Gosh - do you feel like feeding me too! Yum.
- mi said...
Yeah, I would totally laugh too. We try to be such "mature" parents, but these kids are too funny for that. Thank goodness for that.
JY- We've watched Deadliest Catch. It really makes you appreciate what we can put on the table without risking our lives! We love shellfish and I highly recommend it. I suspect your boys' have lovely table manners. In fact, I know so. But feel free to bring them on by anyway!
Ann- You are welcome over anytime!!
- Jen H. said...
OK, now I'm hungry. I wish Andrew would be more adventurous. I gave him lobster when he was about 18 months, and he loved it. Now? Forget it.


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Kata Juhász biography
Kata Juhász choreographer – dancer
Ice-skated in her childhood and later studied classical ballet and modern dance at Budapest. Appeared on stage in Budapest, dancing in musicals at the same time as graduating as a doctor from Medical University. She studied classical and Graham technique in Columbus, Ohio in 1992. Became familiar with contemporary dance on the Tanzwochen in Vienna and during scholarships in Paris and at the Centre National de la Danse Contemporaine in Angers. In 1998 she participated in Dance Web Scholarship Programme in Vienna.
In 1998, together with its eponym, founded of the Hungarian Pal Frenak Company and she was a dancer of it until 2006. She has been teaching dance anatomy and contemporary dance since 1996 all over Hungary and in several countries: Japan, Germany, France, and Russia. She is a Pilates (BASI) teacher as well. She was touring with her own choreographic works in Skopje, Cairo, Warsaw and Gdansk. She has got the price of Viktor Fülöp from the Hungarian Cultural Ministry in 2008.
Choreographic work
2010 LULU, or the bead student tested (Theatre MU, Budapest)
2009 Forced March (PIM),
2009 Bach in Corpus (Theatre MU, Budapest)
2008 Une Femme (National Dance Theatre, Budapest)
2008 No Entry (Theatre MU, Budapest)
2007 Eine Kleine Bachmusik, Rock'n Roll (Theatre MU, Budapest)
2006 Café de la Danse (different coffee bars of Budapest)
2006 BLITZ (Theatre MU, Budapest)
2005 Gaspard de la nuit (Theatre MU, Budapest)
2004 Vertical Wedding (Millenaris Teatrum, Budapest)
2003 No more (Szkene Theatre, Budapest), EX…IT03 Schloss Broellin (D)
2002 Night and Day (Trafo, Budapest)
2001 I love you so (Merlin Theatre, Budapest)
1999 F.ACT (Trafo, Budapest)
1999 Good Night Mr. Jung (Theatre MU, Budapest)
Performances with other companies
Nigel Charnock: Revolution 2010-2011
Compagnie Pal Frenak Repertory: 2005-06, Csajok 2004, Blue Spring 2003, KaOsz 2002, Lakoma 2001, Sauvageries, Out of the cage, Les Palets, Tricks&Tracks 1999
Phobos dance Company: Alone1996-97
Theatre Víg of Budapest: dancer in musicals 1993-2001
Pedagogy Works
2009-2010 INPUT Education program
2006-2007 Artistic director of the MU Terminal Education Program
2006 Yekaterinburg (Ru) Balett Plus, Guest Choreographer
2005 Workshop in Fratellini Circus Academy (Paris)
2004 -2006 Workshops in National Theaters and Dance Schools in Hungary
2001-2006 Workshops in France
2003 Ex…it! Schloss Broellin, Germany
2000 Workshops in Japan (Kyoto, Sapporo, Obihiro, Kushiro)
1998-1999 Dance Anatomy, Budapest Contemporary Dance Academy
1995-1997 Modern dance in different schools in Budapest


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Monday, December 25, 2017
Margaret More Roper, RIP
Since Giles Heron, one of her father's wards and her sister Cecily's husband, had already been attainted for treason and hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn in 1540, Margaret faced grave danger: she might lose her brother, her husband, and another brother-in-law. William Roper was held in solitary confinement for four months. As John Guy says, "Margaret, who must have been terrified by the swoop, fell mortally ill before the year was out. . . . Carried the short distance to Chelsea Parish Church in a winding sheet through the freezing snow, her body was interred in the family tomb where her father 'did mind to be buried' [according to Margery Hillary, one of Margaret's friends], his skull resting beside her. A candle-lit requiem followed, but must have been the bleakest of occasions." (p. 270)
The Center for Thomas More Studies cites the day of her death as December 25, 1544. When William Roper died in 1578, he was buried in the vault of the Roper Chapel in St. Dunstan's, Canterbury. Thomas Roper arranged to have his mother's remains--and his grandfather's skull--moved to the Roper Chapel.
Her daughter Mary inherited some her skill in translation and worked with Margaret Giggs, another of St. Thomas More's wards, and William Rastell to collect and publish More's works--including that poignant and loving last letter More wrote to Margaret--thus fulfilling her great project in April, 1557.
So on this Christmas Day in 2017, I hope and pray that on Christmas Day in 1544 Thomas More and his dearest Meg met merrily in Heaven. And may we all do so some day.
Merry Christmas!
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Sunday, 18 April 2010
Strange little one
When taking care of our seedlings on the balcony this afternoon (the tomatoes we planted almost two weeks ago were ready to be transplanted into their own little pots), Mart found this little one growing in between two tiles.
It has such a funny and pretty shape, but we have no idea what it could be.
So we put it in its own little pot too, and we'll keep an eye on it to see what it will turn into!
Any ideas anyone?
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Labels: garden
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i have no idea! i've always loved projects like this one though - not knowing what comes up. and planting your own vegetables, such a joy! i feel like trying to plant something in my windowsill now. : )ReplyDelete
I wish I could send you some of our tomato seedlings - we have way too many to grow them all to full plants! And I always find it a bit sad to just toss the other ones away...ReplyDelete
But I doubt they'd survive the trip to Denmark too well...
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Salinas in Monterey County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
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Dedicated by Monterey Viejo No. 1846 E Clampus Vitus
Saturday May 4, 1991
Erected 1991 by E Clampus Vitus, Monterey Viejo Chapter No. 1846.
Marker series. This marker is included in the E Clampus Vitus marker series.
Location. 36° 43.955′ N, 121° 35.84′ W. Marker is in Salinas, California, in Monterey County. Marker is at the Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 690 Old Stage Road, Salinas CA 93908, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Battle of Natividad (approx. 2.8 miles away); Eugene Sherwood (approx. 4 miles away); Salinas Temporary Detention Center (approx. 4.1 miles away); The First and Second Filipino Infantry Regiments U.S. Army (approx. 4.1 miles away); The Oldest Home in Salinas (approx. 4.9 miles away); Historic Harvey House (approx. 4.9 miles away); Southern Pacific Caboose # 726 (approx. 4.9 miles away); Baldwin Locomotive Class S – 10 Engine 1237 (approx. 4.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Salinas.
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Time is flying by and Christmas is upon us! Time for snow and winter fun! Well, not exactly for us here in the south. It was in the 70's yesterday and a snowman would not stand a chance around here. All hope is not lost because with a few supplies from Dollar Tree we can whip up a faux snow globe in no time.
Supplies Needed:
- Figure of your choice (I used the snowman salt and pepper shaker)
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- LED snowflake or snowflake ornament
- Ribbon or other embellishments
Tools used:
- Dremel
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- Take your large clear ornament and the figure you wish to use in your snow globe and determine the size of the opening you will need to insert the figure into the ornament.
- Carefully cut the opening in the ornament using the Dremel tool. Go slow and use light pressure to avoid melting the plastic. I made a mess of the first one I tried, so it does take a little practice to get a nice clean cut. A good hacksaw with a sharp blade would work very well in place of the Dremel tool.
- Place the ornament into a cup to keep it from rolling and being crushed. I used a coffee cup and it was the perfect size. The cup can also be used to hold the ornament once you place the faux snow inside.
- Now take your figure and hot glue it to the center of your snowflake. Since I was using a salt shaker, there were holes in the top of the snowman's hat that I wanted to cover up. I did this by placing a small dollop of hot glue on top and pressing it into the faux snow.
- Once you have the figure glued down fit it into the ornament to check for size. Once that is done, place a bead of hot glue on the snowflake you are using for a base. Carefully place the figure into the ornament taking care to align the seam in the ornament to the sides of the figure.
- Once the glue is dried place base of LED snowflake into the tea light holder and embellish with ribbon or elements of your choice.
There are so many ways to personalize this quick and easy craft! The figure inside the globe doesn't have to be holiday themed. You could use action figures, small cars or trucks, animals whatever you wanted to truly make it one of a kind!
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After enjoying some nice send-off company in the wee hours of the night, I'm packed up and ready to go. See you on the other side of the hemisphere. Goodbye NYC, hello Perú!
this was taken last winter in Mexico. Over my dead body if I carry this much on any backpacking trip..
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Fabrication of Electrospun Polyamide-6/Chitosan Nanofibrous Membrane toward Anionic Dyes Removal
Textile Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Received 28 May 2013; Revised 8 November 2013; Accepted 22 November 2013; Published 16 February 2014
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The essence of civic engagement involves people working together for the good of the community (Checkoway, 2013). As such, the term civic engagement is sometimes used interchangeably with community engagement. Lavitt and Boothe (2015) in discussing the concept of civic engagement indicated that the concepts of community engagement and civic engagement are often used interchangeably. The researchers, however, purported that civic engagement points more to active citizenship and a skill set that is associated with this citizenship such as appreciation of diversity and activity in community civic events. Kauffman (2011) indicated that the concept of civic engagement is elastic in nature with concepts such as social capital, citizenship, community building, and democratic participation being applied. He stated that the present scope of academic involvement in civic engagement activities is as diverse as American education itself.
Poulos, Hamilton, Jovanovic, and Moretto (2015) informed their audience that community engagement and service learning have moved out of the shadows of today's higher education and now are regarded as high impact practices and the basis of civic engagement centers. These authors further argued that for the work of community engagement to be truly effective there needs to be an alignment of community needs and academic practices. This is also the argument made for civic engagement and a point of discussion in this chapter.
Checkoway (2013) purported that the approaches to civic engagement vary and are not limited to the actions of specific age groups or academic levels. Students from elementary school to graduate and professional schools are actively participating in civic engagement activities, often embedded in their academic curriculum. He also indicated that civic engagement might take various forms like developing community based services, contacting public officials on behalf of community needs, or organizing action groups. Civic engagement, however, does not involve just a set of community activities or actions but "competencies conducive to its practice" (Checkoway, 2013 p.9). One such competency is critical thinking. This chapter explores the concept of civic engagement, discusses how it works and how it relates to the civic competency of critical thinking, and then proposes a model for enhancing students' critical thinking through the use of civic engagement.
Checkoway (2013) defined civic engagement as "a process in which people join together and address issues of public concern" (p. 7). He indicated that civic engagement is public work done for public good and not activity performed for its own sake or to promote personal benefit. Ehrlich (2000) further purported that civic engagement involves the work of making a difference in one's community and in the civic lives of people. It involves the development of skills, knowledge, motivation and values that promote such difference. This statement is supported by Checkoway (2013), who posited that civic engagement helps to develop civic competencies that are conducive to its goal; competencies such as critical thinking, effective communication, cultural awareness, and civic values.
In the twenty-first century, there is a broad expansion in the number and types of educational institutions participating in various levels of civic engagement, from community clean-up and hunger-relief activities to broad-based community research projects. It is noted that that there is no single format that depicts civic engagement. Academic institutions' civic engagement activities include service learning, field placement, practicum, internship, experimental learning, community service, and community-based research projects (Kauffman, 2011). Bringle, Hatcher, Jones, and Plater (2006) also pointed to the idea that civic engagement is not contained by geographic boundaries. It may be utilized by any sector of society and in local, national, and international settings.


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