All categories - 24 February 2007

am i able to do this if she is not my wife. yet we do live together? can i put her on my dental and medical insurance??

2007-02-24 05:25:04 · 9 answers · asked by dgmotley 2 in Insurance

for a 7 footer in the nba, would you rather be

player A
has 3 point shot 45% , can handle the ball, has a 26" vertical, not really good defense, not really a good rebounder, has midrange game, is an average passer, good free thrower, not a shot blocker, has average post up game, more of a halfcourt game

player B
36" vertical, range 0-21 feet, averages 10+ rebounds per game, 30ppg, a good shot blocker, good defense, good freethrower, can handle the ball, average passer, a fast break player, a finisher, likes to dunk

2007-02-24 05:25:03 · 7 answers · asked by rose64190 1 in Basketball

im trying to loose belly flab but i love the extra sugerfree chewing gum i hve at least 20 per day......is it making me fat?

2007-02-24 05:25:03 · 16 answers · asked by jay j 1 in Diet & Fitness

2007-02-24 05:24:58 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Polls & Surveys

I have a 2004 spectra gs and am trying to decide whether to get one to juice a little power it its weak engine. Are they worth it? What are the price ranges? Are they easy to install? At one point in price do they really get fancy?

2007-02-24 05:24:56 · 4 answers · asked by darkpolitika 1 in Maintenance & Repairs

Hi!
I have a 3 month old Lab puppy who sometimes barks alot - even if we have just played or taken her out for a good walk. It's not like we arent doing something about it. Any suggestions on how to stop her from barking without any reason?
Thanks!

PS. I really dont like Anti-Bark collars, so please dont suggest that ^_^

2007-02-24 05:24:52 · 7 answers · asked by Danny Stryder 2 in Dogs

Or is bashing the bishop against your principles?

2007-02-24 05:24:51 · 15 answers · asked by mcfifi 6 in Polls & Surveys

2007-02-24 05:24:48 · 11 answers · asked by Rob L 1 in Law & Ethics

Has Any-One Seen The New Simple Life This Week? ...

I Really Like The Simple Life However I Just Watched The One Where They Are Interns At A Funeral Parlour. I Think It Is Really Disrespectful For Them To Do This.

It Was Funny When They Were Doing It At Offices And At Mechanics But I Think It Is Over The Top ..

Right ... Now I'm Confused?
I Just Watched The End Of The Programme And It Said,
'No Dead Bodies Or Human Remains Have Been Harmed In The Making Of This Video'

How Can This Be True With The Ashes That Nicole Knocked Of The Table And Then Hoovered Up?

Please Help Because Now I'm Just Confused..

2007-02-24 05:24:47 · 3 answers · asked by bessy_1962 2 in Television

2007-02-24 05:24:47 · 4 answers · asked by roadrunner_13 1 in Music & Music Players

I have a few conflicting sources, one saying it came out in 1986 and the other saying it was only just released in 2004.
Bottom line, did this song play on the radio back in the nineties?

2007-02-24 05:24:44 · 3 answers · asked by Yakka 2 in Music

sugar, anyone have a receipe???

2007-02-24 05:24:43 · 1 answers · asked by julianne s 2 in Cooking & Recipes

"She's a carpet fitters daughter and loves her "UNDERFELT"
Have you wrote any songs and what are they called ??

2007-02-24 05:24:41 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Music

Ever have a internet relationship?

2007-02-24 05:24:40 · 13 answers · asked by Mrs.Beckford 5 in Polls & Surveys

2007-02-24 05:24:34 · 4 answers · asked by Baby Doll 3 in Singles & Dating

2007-02-24 05:24:26 · 6 answers · asked by panthrchic 4 in Elections

I am interested in knowing the chemical and/or physical effect of lime on soil. Is it a good idea to use lime in flower/vegetable soil?

2007-02-24 05:24:26 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Garden & Landscape

Where can I buy Harry Potter books without the cartoony covers that seem to be everywhere? I have the Sorcerer's stone in a small paperback version that has an illustration of a person in a cloak and hood running into the woods. I've found the second Harry Potter with a similarly designed cover but I can't find the others anywhere. Does anyone know where I can find them? I hate the cartoon covers.

2007-02-24 05:24:25 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Books & Authors

What causes inflation?



Inflation seems to be a subject few people understand. The cause of inflation is likely purposely clouded by the people you send to Washington. To understand inflation, we must first review some history.

The USA started printing script, paper money, around the time of the Civil War. The script became promissory notes for an exchange of gold to foreign countries. All U.S. citizens were required to surrender their gold for dollars. All the gold in the USA became the property of the government. An exchange rate of $35 per ounce of gold was established. In international trading, the U.S. dollar became as good as gold.

Even though the U.S. dollar was backed by gold, the British pound sterling was the major currency used in the international commodities market up to World War II. As a result of England's destruction during the war and the decline in value of its currency, the U.S. dollars took hegemony in international trade.

Everything went along smoothly for a few decades in the world. Trading between nations was conducted in U.S. dollars. After all, the dollar was as good as gold. Then came the 1960s.

For the first time in its history, the USA could not switch back to a butter economy after World War II. After every prior conflict the country was involved in, its military industrial machine was dismantled. The cold war prevented that. The country had to adopt a guns and butter economy, a combination never tried before by a non-imperialistic country.

A strain on the U.S. treasury started when the country engage in another war, began an expense space program, and started a costly entitlement program for the poor all at the same time. The cost of maintaining a military to block Soviet expansionism, fight a war in Vietnam, send men to the moon, and pay welfare checks caused the USA to spend much more money than it collected in taxes. The solution was simply to print more money. By the end of the decade, the USA had printed far more money than the gold supply could cover.

Foreign countries were well aware of the fact that the U.S. had print money that wasn't covered by gold. In 1971, France demanded gold in exchange for the U.S. dollars it held in its reserves. This move by France started a run on Fort Knox. President Nixon countered this run by taking the dollar off the gold standard.

Without gold, something had to support the value of the dollar. Thus, the International Currency Exchange was established, where banks began trading currency just like investors traded stock on the stock market. It was the demand for the currency on this market that set the value of the dollar.

Although this solved the problem of the country's gold reserve being depleted, it didn't correct the fact that the USA had printed far more money than its economy and the world's economy needed. Inflation, or devaluation of the dollar, followed this move by Nixon. It took well into the 1980s until the U.S. economy earned the excess money spent by the government during the 1960s.



So. How does the International Currency Market determine the value of the dollar?



When Nixon dropped the gold standard, the USA was the largest producer of goods on the world market. When a foreign country needed to buy U.S. goods it needed U.S. dollars to do so. The need for dollars created a demand for the script. As the USA produced more, more script was needed by foreign countries to buy products. This need of dollars supported the dollar's value.

Nixon realize, however, that it would take several decades for the U.S. economy to earn back the huge government deficits of the 60s. To help shorten that period of time, a deal was struck with OPEC. OPEC agreed to demand U.S. dollars on the international market as payment for its oil. In return, the USA agreed to provide military protection to OPEC nations against any Soviet threat. This trade in oil for dollars became known as petrodollars.

From the mid 1980s through the 1990s, the world went along smoothly once again. The U.S. money supply balanced out with the world's trade, and everything was hunkydory. But then came an event that upset the balance of nature: the start of the European Union.

The establishment of the European Union, and the issuance of its currency, could not have come at a worse time for the USA.

The industrialization of Asian nations, like China, had created a cheap source of consumer goods for the American public. So much so, that it created a trade deficit between the USA and those countries. As a result, the USA had to buy more foreign currency with its dollars to pay for those imports. This lessened the demand for dollars on the exchange.

Meanwhile, the new European Union became a big exporter of goods to the world, which increased the demand for Euors on the exchange and further lessened the demand for dollars. With less countries buying dollars, the value of the dollar declined on the currency exchange, and Americans had to pay more dollars for the goods it import, which meant inflation.

This isn't the end of the story, however. Our government is still in the habit of spending money it doesn't yet have. Government spending is based on projected tax revenue. And, tax revenue is based on personal income. The old formula for calculating projected tax revenue doesn't fit the inflation cycle the country is facing today.

In the inflationary times of the 1970s the USA was able to produce more products to sell in the international market place. This increased production created more jobs and more personal income.

This is not the case today. Although America's big business is selling more on the international market, the labor for that production is coming from outside the USA. Because of foreign labor, personal income is not increasing as it did in the 1970s. This is creating shortfalls in tax revenue, which again has the government spending more money than it is taking in, and has it printing money with no value to cover its expenses, as it did in the 1960s. This adds to inflation pressure.

Many foreign countries are viewing this as the same problem that prompted France to demand gold for its dollar reserves, which puts value of the $27 trillion US dollars in the currency exchange at even further risk.

Unless the trade deficit is brought under control we are going to continue in this cycle of inflation, which will lead to further deficits in government spending and more inflation yet again.

2007-02-24 05:24:22 · 6 answers · asked by .... . .-.. .-.. --- 4 in Politics

My friend, mother of 2(boy 3yrs & girl 8yrs), just got into a new relationship with a guy, father of 2 ( girls 3 & 4 yrs) His kids live with his ex, but he DID have visitation. Recently a situation arose, where the 8yrs apparently touched the 4yrs girl in her private area according 2 the mother of the 4yrs girl. Then she denied the father visits. When confronted the 8 yr old denied it, but after being pressured she confessed. But now the mother of the 4yrs girl says that the 4yrs girl says she DID NOT touch her, but tried. My friend now wants me 2 talk 2 her 8y/o cuz she normally talks 2 me about stuff that bothers her easier than her mom. The story doesn't add up. If the 4y/o is changing the story, it would mean, the 8y/o lied. ( Which I think she was in the first place when she confessed.) I don't think she touched the girl, or even tried. I think that the mother put her girl up 2 it cuz her and the guy had a bad break up & wants 2 ruin his new relationship! How do we find truth?

2007-02-24 05:24:18 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Parenting

2007-02-24 05:24:15 · 9 answers · asked by Rob L 1 in History

2007-02-24 05:24:11 · 2 answers · asked by Bruce F 1 in United States

When Bush was not able to catch Osama (person responsible for 9/11) for 6 years still.

http://www.buzzflash.com/perspectives/Clinton_and_Terrorism.html

2007-02-24 05:24:10 · 10 answers · asked by Sean 4 in Politics

I thought the basic requirement of a restaurant was cutlery..........

2007-02-24 05:24:09 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Society & Culture

Just resnetly retired from the military.Working fulltime but not making ends meet....Have credit card debts, car payments... starting to fall behind and want to prevent it from becoming worse......

2007-02-24 05:24:08 · 2 answers · asked by juicefsga 1 in Financial Aid

If God does exist, I've always concieved God as being above such desires. What would such a being have to gain from our love and worship? But I know that many do believe that God desires their worship and love, and I would just like to know why they believe that.

2007-02-24 05:24:05 · 25 answers · asked by Subconsciousless 7 in Religion & Spirituality

this was a miraclel worker. I feel like i can still function but can let the irritating things roll right off me. Should i see a Dr about getting this prescribed or how do go about getting this. do i tell the dr that i took a pill like that before....would it be somethinhg that i have to take daily? Please help....i had taken like a 5 mg pill and i had forgotten that i took it and then i was suddenly like ....i feel so muchbetter for some reason...then like 5 min later i rememberd i took the med.....advice? discuss.

2007-02-24 05:23:51 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Health

my in-law went to the doctor and found she has a cyst in her breast when they did a byopsy they found 4 malignant turmors now they want to give her kemo in a pill and radiation will she able to survive this or at least live a long time?

2007-02-24 05:23:49 · 5 answers · asked by mishoney 4 in Cancer