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Percentage relative to a workers previous year's salary. Then average across all US workers in a year, then average across years. Please only respond if you have a reliable source.
Thank you.
Quite a lot of novels have been written in the first person. Even more have been written in the third person.
But has anyone ever written a novel in the second person? -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 04:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Has any novel been written in the second person plural. Like this:
“ | It was a dark and lonely night. One of you was at home sitting by the fire, reading a weekly magazine while sipping on hot coca. Meanwhile, the other of you was miles from civilization, caught in... | ” |
;) It would be hard - you couldn't very well give your readers names. Well, I suppose you could. "John, you were sitting by the fire. And Ted - you in the"... Can you imagine a whole novel like that? Dialogue would be like this:
"No way, you can't be serious", you said, Ted. "I am telling you. Look at me", John, you replied. You looked at each other; Ted, you tried to search John's eyes - was he being serious? But you were serious, John, weren't you... :) 188.157.116.32 ( talk) 16:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
If I do a picture search with the keyboards "monkey president", I get pictures of two American and one Iranian president. If I type "posh bitch" I get results pointing at a famous singer. Could be say that here actually Google is insulting? It's the equivalent to answer "your mother", to the question "who is a whore?". -- 12:49, 25 April 2011 80.58.205.34
I'm looking for a copy/title of the piece of Nauru legislation setting out their electoral system. It was apparently determined by their parliament rather than by constitution so this should exist...? ╟─ Treasury Tag► Woolsack─╢ 15:04, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
You hear that the mafia made millions of dollars for the crime families. When one boss dies and another takes over, does the crime families money transfer to the new boss....and if so how does this happen? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.38.46 ( talk) 15:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
While many Russian first names - especially female - are Greek in origin and are attributed to Byzantine influence, there seems to be a strong Roman influence as well: in addition to "Sergei" there is the "Roman-off" dynasty as well as the title Tzar, a form of "Caesar".
Would a maven please point me in the right direction? Thank you, Shir-El too 16:50, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
In the US, in some parts of the country, the car dealer places a permanent version of their logo on the rear of every car they sell. I found an example image here where the logo is at the top of the image.
Do we have an article on these awful things? What are they called? Living on the west coast of the US, I only see these on cars that were purchased elsewhere — west coast car dealers don't do this. I'm wondering why people put up with this; do they get some sort of permanent service discount or something in exchange for this ad? Or does everyone put up with the ad because all dealers do this, and the consumer has no choice in the matter? Where in the US is this a fixture, and why isn't it done on the west coast? Comet Tuttle ( talk) 17:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
In the UK, it's very, very common indeed. Now that I think of it, I rarely see a car without one. ╟─ Treasury Tag► stannary parliament─╢ 19:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
If you have an online broker like e*trade, is it just as easy to buy an option like one of these: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=MSFT For example let's say this one in specific: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT120121C00026000
As it is to buy a stock directly, i.e. "MSFT" http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=msft&ql=1
In other words, would I have to do something special to be able to get access to the former, above and beyond what I have to do to get access to the latter (e.g. through e*trade). Thanks. 188.156.227.96 ( talk) 19:51, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
On the following page are call and put options for May of 2011: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=MSFT&m=2011-05
If I were to buy the first call option listed (strike price 15), which would seem to cost me about $11.20 give or take, then someone is making me the following offer: "If you buy this contract from me, then you (or the holder of the contract at expiration) can get 100 shares of MSFT by paying me 17.50 each for them. I promise to have them for you, whatever the price I need to pay to get them if I don't have them already."
And on the bottom of the page, if I were to buy the first put option listed (strike price again 15), which would seem to cost me $0.01 (one penny) give or take, then someone is making me th following offer: "If you buy this contract from me, then I promise to buy from you (or the holder of the contract at expiration) should you (or that person) so desire, 100 shares of MSFT at $15 each. Naturally you (or that person) would like me to do this if the stock is worth less than than $15, for example $10 dollars. You (or that person) wouldn't ask me to buy them from you cheaper than you can just sell them on the market."
It seems to me, that neither for the PUT nor for the CALL option would I need to have any kind of margin or cover or anything of the sort, since I am just buying them from someone else who has to have this. I just don't get where you're coming from, could you explain it to me? Unless everything that you said applied to writing options, rather than what I'm askinga bout! (Which is buying an option someone else already wrote). Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding if you can!
188.156.227.96 (
talk)
21:50, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Does anyone know of any Inuit or Native Alaskan authors or non-fiction books with an Inuit or Native Alaskan as a main or supporting character? I've look at the Inuit authors on wikipedia and they seem to write children's' picture book and non fiction books. Please help! Neptunekh2 ( talk)
I'm looking to make money by selling my body image via webcam, and it looks like there are a couple of options for payment. I could use the infamous Paypal service, which is known for screwing it's customers, but popular due to 'social proof,' or I could use Zombaio, which specifically targets the adult entertainment industry. I've found a couple articles so far depicting, negatively, the Zombaio service, but that could be due to the drastically smaller demographic.
Your opinions and recommendations are very much appreciated. I would like to ask that you cite any information sources you can. Thank you. HitmanNumber86 ( talk) 23:23, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Unindent - PayPal is well known for freezing the accounts of "adult" service providers and holding the funds for up to six months before releasing them. Bear this in mind. Exxolon ( talk) 19:44, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
There are a number of online payment providers - of course, Paypal is probably the most well known. There is also Moneybookers. Some may prefer Western Union (though this would probably not be right for you, considering the business). -- KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 17:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
If you are indeed "selling my body image via webcam" then do not use PayPal. They will shut you down in a hot minute for violating their terms of service (ie. providing adult material). You'd probably be best suited setting up your own business account with a bank to process credit card payments, if you're actually serious about it. — The Hand That Feeds You: Bite 21:34, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
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Percentage relative to a workers previous year's salary. Then average across all US workers in a year, then average across years. Please only respond if you have a reliable source.
Thank you.
Quite a lot of novels have been written in the first person. Even more have been written in the third person.
But has anyone ever written a novel in the second person? -- Jack of Oz [your turn] 04:14, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Has any novel been written in the second person plural. Like this:
“ | It was a dark and lonely night. One of you was at home sitting by the fire, reading a weekly magazine while sipping on hot coca. Meanwhile, the other of you was miles from civilization, caught in... | ” |
;) It would be hard - you couldn't very well give your readers names. Well, I suppose you could. "John, you were sitting by the fire. And Ted - you in the"... Can you imagine a whole novel like that? Dialogue would be like this:
"No way, you can't be serious", you said, Ted. "I am telling you. Look at me", John, you replied. You looked at each other; Ted, you tried to search John's eyes - was he being serious? But you were serious, John, weren't you... :) 188.157.116.32 ( talk) 16:12, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
If I do a picture search with the keyboards "monkey president", I get pictures of two American and one Iranian president. If I type "posh bitch" I get results pointing at a famous singer. Could be say that here actually Google is insulting? It's the equivalent to answer "your mother", to the question "who is a whore?". -- 12:49, 25 April 2011 80.58.205.34
I'm looking for a copy/title of the piece of Nauru legislation setting out their electoral system. It was apparently determined by their parliament rather than by constitution so this should exist...? ╟─ Treasury Tag► Woolsack─╢ 15:04, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
You hear that the mafia made millions of dollars for the crime families. When one boss dies and another takes over, does the crime families money transfer to the new boss....and if so how does this happen? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.7.38.46 ( talk) 15:15, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
While many Russian first names - especially female - are Greek in origin and are attributed to Byzantine influence, there seems to be a strong Roman influence as well: in addition to "Sergei" there is the "Roman-off" dynasty as well as the title Tzar, a form of "Caesar".
Would a maven please point me in the right direction? Thank you, Shir-El too 16:50, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
In the US, in some parts of the country, the car dealer places a permanent version of their logo on the rear of every car they sell. I found an example image here where the logo is at the top of the image.
Do we have an article on these awful things? What are they called? Living on the west coast of the US, I only see these on cars that were purchased elsewhere — west coast car dealers don't do this. I'm wondering why people put up with this; do they get some sort of permanent service discount or something in exchange for this ad? Or does everyone put up with the ad because all dealers do this, and the consumer has no choice in the matter? Where in the US is this a fixture, and why isn't it done on the west coast? Comet Tuttle ( talk) 17:01, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
In the UK, it's very, very common indeed. Now that I think of it, I rarely see a car without one. ╟─ Treasury Tag► stannary parliament─╢ 19:36, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
If you have an online broker like e*trade, is it just as easy to buy an option like one of these: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=MSFT For example let's say this one in specific: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=MSFT120121C00026000
As it is to buy a stock directly, i.e. "MSFT" http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=msft&ql=1
In other words, would I have to do something special to be able to get access to the former, above and beyond what I have to do to get access to the latter (e.g. through e*trade). Thanks. 188.156.227.96 ( talk) 19:51, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
On the following page are call and put options for May of 2011: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/op?s=MSFT&m=2011-05
If I were to buy the first call option listed (strike price 15), which would seem to cost me about $11.20 give or take, then someone is making me the following offer: "If you buy this contract from me, then you (or the holder of the contract at expiration) can get 100 shares of MSFT by paying me 17.50 each for them. I promise to have them for you, whatever the price I need to pay to get them if I don't have them already."
And on the bottom of the page, if I were to buy the first put option listed (strike price again 15), which would seem to cost me $0.01 (one penny) give or take, then someone is making me th following offer: "If you buy this contract from me, then I promise to buy from you (or the holder of the contract at expiration) should you (or that person) so desire, 100 shares of MSFT at $15 each. Naturally you (or that person) would like me to do this if the stock is worth less than than $15, for example $10 dollars. You (or that person) wouldn't ask me to buy them from you cheaper than you can just sell them on the market."
It seems to me, that neither for the PUT nor for the CALL option would I need to have any kind of margin or cover or anything of the sort, since I am just buying them from someone else who has to have this. I just don't get where you're coming from, could you explain it to me? Unless everything that you said applied to writing options, rather than what I'm askinga bout! (Which is buying an option someone else already wrote). Thanks for clearing up my misunderstanding if you can!
188.156.227.96 (
talk)
21:50, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Hi! Does anyone know of any Inuit or Native Alaskan authors or non-fiction books with an Inuit or Native Alaskan as a main or supporting character? I've look at the Inuit authors on wikipedia and they seem to write children's' picture book and non fiction books. Please help! Neptunekh2 ( talk)
I'm looking to make money by selling my body image via webcam, and it looks like there are a couple of options for payment. I could use the infamous Paypal service, which is known for screwing it's customers, but popular due to 'social proof,' or I could use Zombaio, which specifically targets the adult entertainment industry. I've found a couple articles so far depicting, negatively, the Zombaio service, but that could be due to the drastically smaller demographic.
Your opinions and recommendations are very much appreciated. I would like to ask that you cite any information sources you can. Thank you. HitmanNumber86 ( talk) 23:23, 25 April 2011 (UTC)
Unindent - PayPal is well known for freezing the accounts of "adult" service providers and holding the funds for up to six months before releasing them. Bear this in mind. Exxolon ( talk) 19:44, 26 April 2011 (UTC)
There are a number of online payment providers - of course, Paypal is probably the most well known. There is also Moneybookers. Some may prefer Western Union (though this would probably not be right for you, considering the business). -- KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 17:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)
If you are indeed "selling my body image via webcam" then do not use PayPal. They will shut you down in a hot minute for violating their terms of service (ie. providing adult material). You'd probably be best suited setting up your own business account with a bank to process credit card payments, if you're actually serious about it. — The Hand That Feeds You: Bite 21:34, 27 April 2011 (UTC)