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Is there any significance to this name, which is found on advertisements and promotional materials for many major credit cards and bank cards? It seems strange to me that several companies (Discover, AmEx, and several bank cards) use the same name, (though I suppose it's not too unlike the 555 area code). Was J L Webb anyone important, or is this perhaps some play on words that eludes me at the moment? Tuckerekcut ( talk) 00:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if anyone would know where to go to locate a US Congressional issued report. The name is "U.S.S. Iowa tragedy : an investigative failure : report of the Investigations Subcommittee and Defense Policy Panel of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, March 5, 1990", if that helps. 129.108.97.112 ( talk) 00:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
What is the punishment in Arizona for disturbing the peace? I went to court & could have just paid a fine but the judge said the he would make it easier for me and send me to screenings for anger management & alcohol abuse (I don't drink). Now, I have to go to classes for 12 weeks for one (2 hours each) and for the other one I have 2 days of classes (8 hours each). The screenings cost me $150.00 and the classes will end up costing me $340.00 by the time I'm through. My fine and court cost were only $240.00...together!
I would rather have paid the $240.00 and been done with it then to go through 12 weeks of classes and spend $490.00. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sassysunny ( talk • contribs) 00:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to hear feedback on this because I do not understand how Americans think... I live in the US, and especially in my state, we have a lot of swing voters. In other words, they are republican one election, then republican the next. Are Americans so dumb that they vote based on things other then their beliefs? For example, I just read Obama is trying to get women who supported Hillary to support him. That kinda means that women ONLY wanted Hillary Clinton because she was a female. I know women who told me the only reason they would vote for her was because she was a female. I'm sorry and I don't know if I am allowed to say this, but why are people so stupid?
People want to impeach Bush now, wow what a great idea. Waste more money, it should have happened a long time ago. And you guys really believe he didn't know the planes were gonna hit the WTC? He just let it happen so he can get dumb people to support him for the dumb war we are having. If any of you have taken an American history class, you would have learned that we knew that Pearl Harbor was going to be bombed, the president let it happen so we could join the war. Same thing here, Bush knew we were going to get hit and he let it happen. You can be naive, you can be a fool, or whatever you wish, but he knew it. He just let it happen so he could make himself and his friends richer and steal more money.
I would really like to hear what other people have to say about all this... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.33.31 ( talk) 05:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Where is the Yoga Korunta located? 68.148.164.166 ( talk) 07:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
How tall was the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace in actuality? 71.231.122.22 ( talk) 08:58, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Where might I find a diagram of an economic food (income) chain or web such as would show lenders "feeding" on government through loans required under a deficit policy that would include the government "feeding" on taxpayers and taxpayers "feeding" on customers, etc.? -- Taxa ( talk) 09:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I am in a LLC with someone. They want to run their own business now. This is fine. I want to remain an LLC without them. I also want to retain the name of the company as I did give the company it's name. For the past 5 days I have tried to contact the company who did our paperwork and they have not aswered back. I have also written a letter with this request and the partners wishes, had it notarised, sent it registered with return receipt to that company and the other partner. Where can I find info on how to dismantle this affair? Thank you, Dana —Preceding unsigned comment added by CICity ( talk • contribs) 12:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
1. What do you think the world would be like if 9-11 never happened? 2. Why did the 9-11 hijackers put themselves at risk? 3. Who made up the fact that it was the Jews who did 9-11?
Interactive Fiction Expert/ Talk to me 12:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Quote from article on the Hohenzollerns:
"Frederick entered early into the service of Austria and fought on the side of King Sigismund of Hungary. After he returned he divided the inheritance from his father with his brother John, who received Bayreuth while Frederick kept Ansbach. At first he tried to mediate in the imperial confusion between King Wenceslaus and the party of Rupert of the Palatinate, nevertheless he fought on the side of Rupert in September 1399.
He resumed his rule of Ansbach in 1409 and after heavy feuding entered into the service of King Sigismund. As a representative of Brandenburghe took part on 20 September 1410 in the election of Sigismund as Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt. In gratitude, King Sigismund made him Oberster Hauptmann and Verwalter der Marken (1411). With an iron hand Frederick fought against the rebellious nobility of the March of Brandenburg (in particular, the Quitzow family) and, in the end, restored security. Frederick also became a member of the Parakeet Society and of the League of Constance.
At the Council of Constance (30 April 1415) Sigismund granted Frederick the titles of Margrave and Prince-elector of Brandenburg. On 21 October 1415 the Brandenburg states meeting in a Landtag asked him to rule in Berlin. The king awarded him the formal enfeoffment of the margravate on 18 April 1417. As Frederick did not agree with the forcible action of Sigismund against the Hussites, relations between them cooled."
Question: if it was in 1415 that Frederick was granted the titles of Margrave and Prince-elector of Brandenburg, how was he representing Brandenburg at the election in 1410?
Thanks in advance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.181.127.189 ( talk) 13:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I read somewhere that during his visit to England Desiderius Erasmus remarked about how much the English kiss each other. If I remember correctly he also said something cheeky along the lines of "even men and women kiss to greet each other, something I could definitely get used to!". Does anyone know where I can find this again? Thanks in advance! -- Cameron ( T| C) 14:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
In the Balanced Budget article the variables associate with the equations shown for Balanced Budget Multiplier are not indicated. What article names the variables for these equations? Also the article claims that the government does not add money to the economy under a balanced budget, which is false although the government is no longer a source of income for lenders. -- Taxa ( talk) 16:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
In the spreadsheet below all values were set to one and the formulas were replaced by equation results(top row). Some to the cell values have their signs reversed or may be in the wrong column.
The Labor or Workforce Market values and formulas are unfinished since I did not know if showing labor as both hours and dollars was correct for macroeconomics. Obviously a lot more things can be added like debt and interest on debt for government, corporations, household and foreign entities. -- Taxa ( talk) 05:59, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
=Th+Tc-TRh-TRc-iDg-G | =Ls*W+iSh+TRh-Cx-Th | =Y+TRc-Ld-Tc-Sc | =X-IM-Sf | =Ls+Ld-W | =Sh+Sg+Sc+Sf-I | =I+G+IM+Cx-Y-X | ||||||||||
Agents | Markets | |||||||||||||||
symbol | value | Government | Household | Corporation | Foreign | Labor | Financial | Commodity | ||||||||
surplus/deficit | net savings or deficit | net savings or deficit | import/export | surplus/deficit | capital | goods and services | ||||||||||
incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | |||
Income | ||||||||||||||||
Yield | Y | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Transfer Payments | ||||||||||||||||
Household Transfer Payments | TRh | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Transfer Payments | TRc | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Labor | ||||||||||||||||
Labor Supply (hrs) | Ls | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Labor Demand (hrs) | Ld | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
function of labor quantity supplied ($) | F(Ls) | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
function of labor quantity demanded ($) | F(Ld) | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Wage rate | W | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Taxes | ||||||||||||||||
Household Taxes | Th | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Taxes | Tc | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Savings | ||||||||||||||||
Household Savings | Sh | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Government Savings | Sg | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Savings | Sc | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Foreign Savings | Sf | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
interest on savings | I(S) | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Debts | ||||||||||||||||
interest on debt | i(D) | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Spending | ||||||||||||||||
Government Spending | G | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Investment | I | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Imports | IM | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Exports | X | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Consumption | Cx | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Getting back to the original question it looks like there might be an advantage to the Government having a net surplus rather than a deficit and that there might be a high probability that the argument made in the Balanced budget article would no longer apply under the circumstances of a net surplus. -- Taxa ( talk) 14:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
I live and work in the Holland Marsh and am curious where I can find more information on the referenced Holland Marsh Road Act as referred to in Wikipedia's description of the Holland Marsh. I have "googled" for the said legislation but have come up empty handed. I think it is an important link for Wikipedia to provide, granted that the information is available. If it is not, then this information should be removed from the description so as not to create frustration and confusion. However, I hope you have more on the subject.
Foudn referencec here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Marsh
I hope you can help, we have a stakeholders meeting in the Marsh next week and this woulD be helpful.
Thank you kindly,
Sarah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pucksgem ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
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Is there any significance to this name, which is found on advertisements and promotional materials for many major credit cards and bank cards? It seems strange to me that several companies (Discover, AmEx, and several bank cards) use the same name, (though I suppose it's not too unlike the 555 area code). Was J L Webb anyone important, or is this perhaps some play on words that eludes me at the moment? Tuckerekcut ( talk) 00:00, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I was wondering if anyone would know where to go to locate a US Congressional issued report. The name is "U.S.S. Iowa tragedy : an investigative failure : report of the Investigations Subcommittee and Defense Policy Panel of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, second session, March 5, 1990", if that helps. 129.108.97.112 ( talk) 00:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
What is the punishment in Arizona for disturbing the peace? I went to court & could have just paid a fine but the judge said the he would make it easier for me and send me to screenings for anger management & alcohol abuse (I don't drink). Now, I have to go to classes for 12 weeks for one (2 hours each) and for the other one I have 2 days of classes (8 hours each). The screenings cost me $150.00 and the classes will end up costing me $340.00 by the time I'm through. My fine and court cost were only $240.00...together!
I would rather have paid the $240.00 and been done with it then to go through 12 weeks of classes and spend $490.00. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sassysunny ( talk • contribs) 00:49, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I would like to hear feedback on this because I do not understand how Americans think... I live in the US, and especially in my state, we have a lot of swing voters. In other words, they are republican one election, then republican the next. Are Americans so dumb that they vote based on things other then their beliefs? For example, I just read Obama is trying to get women who supported Hillary to support him. That kinda means that women ONLY wanted Hillary Clinton because she was a female. I know women who told me the only reason they would vote for her was because she was a female. I'm sorry and I don't know if I am allowed to say this, but why are people so stupid?
People want to impeach Bush now, wow what a great idea. Waste more money, it should have happened a long time ago. And you guys really believe he didn't know the planes were gonna hit the WTC? He just let it happen so he can get dumb people to support him for the dumb war we are having. If any of you have taken an American history class, you would have learned that we knew that Pearl Harbor was going to be bombed, the president let it happen so we could join the war. Same thing here, Bush knew we were going to get hit and he let it happen. You can be naive, you can be a fool, or whatever you wish, but he knew it. He just let it happen so he could make himself and his friends richer and steal more money.
I would really like to hear what other people have to say about all this... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.82.33.31 ( talk) 05:12, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Where is the Yoga Korunta located? 68.148.164.166 ( talk) 07:56, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
How tall was the Scottish patriot Sir William Wallace in actuality? 71.231.122.22 ( talk) 08:58, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Where might I find a diagram of an economic food (income) chain or web such as would show lenders "feeding" on government through loans required under a deficit policy that would include the government "feeding" on taxpayers and taxpayers "feeding" on customers, etc.? -- Taxa ( talk) 09:57, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I am in a LLC with someone. They want to run their own business now. This is fine. I want to remain an LLC without them. I also want to retain the name of the company as I did give the company it's name. For the past 5 days I have tried to contact the company who did our paperwork and they have not aswered back. I have also written a letter with this request and the partners wishes, had it notarised, sent it registered with return receipt to that company and the other partner. Where can I find info on how to dismantle this affair? Thank you, Dana —Preceding unsigned comment added by CICity ( talk • contribs) 12:14, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
1. What do you think the world would be like if 9-11 never happened? 2. Why did the 9-11 hijackers put themselves at risk? 3. Who made up the fact that it was the Jews who did 9-11?
Interactive Fiction Expert/ Talk to me 12:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
Quote from article on the Hohenzollerns:
"Frederick entered early into the service of Austria and fought on the side of King Sigismund of Hungary. After he returned he divided the inheritance from his father with his brother John, who received Bayreuth while Frederick kept Ansbach. At first he tried to mediate in the imperial confusion between King Wenceslaus and the party of Rupert of the Palatinate, nevertheless he fought on the side of Rupert in September 1399.
He resumed his rule of Ansbach in 1409 and after heavy feuding entered into the service of King Sigismund. As a representative of Brandenburghe took part on 20 September 1410 in the election of Sigismund as Holy Roman Emperor in Frankfurt. In gratitude, King Sigismund made him Oberster Hauptmann and Verwalter der Marken (1411). With an iron hand Frederick fought against the rebellious nobility of the March of Brandenburg (in particular, the Quitzow family) and, in the end, restored security. Frederick also became a member of the Parakeet Society and of the League of Constance.
At the Council of Constance (30 April 1415) Sigismund granted Frederick the titles of Margrave and Prince-elector of Brandenburg. On 21 October 1415 the Brandenburg states meeting in a Landtag asked him to rule in Berlin. The king awarded him the formal enfeoffment of the margravate on 18 April 1417. As Frederick did not agree with the forcible action of Sigismund against the Hussites, relations between them cooled."
Question: if it was in 1415 that Frederick was granted the titles of Margrave and Prince-elector of Brandenburg, how was he representing Brandenburg at the election in 1410?
Thanks in advance —Preceding unsigned comment added by 79.181.127.189 ( talk) 13:46, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
I read somewhere that during his visit to England Desiderius Erasmus remarked about how much the English kiss each other. If I remember correctly he also said something cheeky along the lines of "even men and women kiss to greet each other, something I could definitely get used to!". Does anyone know where I can find this again? Thanks in advance! -- Cameron ( T| C) 14:03, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
In the Balanced Budget article the variables associate with the equations shown for Balanced Budget Multiplier are not indicated. What article names the variables for these equations? Also the article claims that the government does not add money to the economy under a balanced budget, which is false although the government is no longer a source of income for lenders. -- Taxa ( talk) 16:38, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
In the spreadsheet below all values were set to one and the formulas were replaced by equation results(top row). Some to the cell values have their signs reversed or may be in the wrong column.
The Labor or Workforce Market values and formulas are unfinished since I did not know if showing labor as both hours and dollars was correct for macroeconomics. Obviously a lot more things can be added like debt and interest on debt for government, corporations, household and foreign entities. -- Taxa ( talk) 05:59, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
=Th+Tc-TRh-TRc-iDg-G | =Ls*W+iSh+TRh-Cx-Th | =Y+TRc-Ld-Tc-Sc | =X-IM-Sf | =Ls+Ld-W | =Sh+Sg+Sc+Sf-I | =I+G+IM+Cx-Y-X | ||||||||||
Agents | Markets | |||||||||||||||
symbol | value | Government | Household | Corporation | Foreign | Labor | Financial | Commodity | ||||||||
surplus/deficit | net savings or deficit | net savings or deficit | import/export | surplus/deficit | capital | goods and services | ||||||||||
incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | incoming | outgoing | |||
Income | ||||||||||||||||
Yield | Y | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Transfer Payments | ||||||||||||||||
Household Transfer Payments | TRh | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Transfer Payments | TRc | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Labor | ||||||||||||||||
Labor Supply (hrs) | Ls | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Labor Demand (hrs) | Ld | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
function of labor quantity supplied ($) | F(Ls) | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
function of labor quantity demanded ($) | F(Ld) | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Wage rate | W | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Taxes | ||||||||||||||||
Household Taxes | Th | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Taxes | Tc | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Savings | ||||||||||||||||
Household Savings | Sh | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Government Savings | Sg | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Corporate Savings | Sc | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Foreign Savings | Sf | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
interest on savings | I(S) | 1.00 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Debts | ||||||||||||||||
interest on debt | i(D) | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Spending | ||||||||||||||||
Government Spending | G | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Investment | I | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Imports | IM | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Exports | X | 1.00 | 1 | -1 | ||||||||||||
Consumption | Cx | 1.00 | -1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
Getting back to the original question it looks like there might be an advantage to the Government having a net surplus rather than a deficit and that there might be a high probability that the argument made in the Balanced budget article would no longer apply under the circumstances of a net surplus. -- Taxa ( talk) 14:13, 13 June 2008 (UTC)
Greetings,
I live and work in the Holland Marsh and am curious where I can find more information on the referenced Holland Marsh Road Act as referred to in Wikipedia's description of the Holland Marsh. I have "googled" for the said legislation but have come up empty handed. I think it is an important link for Wikipedia to provide, granted that the information is available. If it is not, then this information should be removed from the description so as not to create frustration and confusion. However, I hope you have more on the subject.
Foudn referencec here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holland_Marsh
I hope you can help, we have a stakeholders meeting in the Marsh next week and this woulD be helpful.
Thank you kindly,
Sarah —Preceding unsigned comment added by Pucksgem ( talk • contribs) 18:05, 11 June 2008 (UTC)