Friday, May 16, 2014

Is there ANY place that will hire a felon?




Amanda


Me and my husband live in West Palm Beach Florida and we have a 4 month old baby. I'm working but my husband can't find anywhere that will hire him because of something stupid he did when he was around 19 years old... (he stole copper out of a junkyard) Because of that stupid mistake he made as a kid, he now has a felony record and NOBODY will hire him. We've tried so many places and everyone keeps telling him no.... Can somebody please help me? We're trying so hard to get on our feet and we can't because of this... I dont know what were going to do if he can't find a job that will hire him despite his record.
He's 27 now
Sorry, I had the wrong information, he wasn't 19 he was 21, I thought he did it when he was younger. So it actually happened around 6 years ago.



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The following companies will hire felon's. I hope things work out for you soon.

AAMCO Transmissions

Abbott Laboratories

Ace Hardware

Alamo Rent a Car

Alaska Airlines

Alberto-Culver

Allied Van Lines

Allstate Insurance

America West Air

American Airlines

American Express

American Greetings

Anderson Windows

AON Computer

Archer Daniel's

ARCO

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co

AT&T

Atlas Van Lines

Avis Rent-A-Car

Avon Products

Ballyâs

Baskin-Robbins

Baxter International

Best Foods

Best Western

BF Goodrich

Black and Decker

Blue Cross/Blue Shield

Boeing

Bridgestone/Firestone

British Airways

Brunswick Corp

Budget Rent-A-Car

Calvin Klein

Campbell Soups

Canon USA

Career Education Group

Carrier A/C

Casio, Inc.

Caterpillar

CDW Computers

Chase Bank

Chicago Mercantile Exchange

Cintas

Circuit City

Coes-Coin

Coldwell Banker

Compaq Computer

ConAgra Foods

Dairy Queen

DAP Products

Deer & Co

Del Monte Foods

Dell Corporation

Delta Air Lines

Delta Faucets

Dennyâs Inc.

Dole Foods

Dollar Rent A Car

Dominoâs Pizza

Dow Brands

Dunkin Donuts

Dunlop Tires

DuPont Co.

Duracell

Eddie Bauer

Epson

Equity Office Property

Exelon

Exxon

Federal Express

First Health Group

Fortune Brands

Frito-Lay

Fruit of the Loom

Fuji Foto

Galuoub Toys

General Electric

General Growth Properties

General Mills

Georgia-Pacific

GMAC

Hanes Hosiery

Hewitt associates

Hilton Hotels

IBM

Illinois Tool Works

K-Mart

Kraft Foods

L.A. Times

McDonalds

Mobil Oil

Molex

Motorola

Navistar International

New York Times

Newsweek

Niki

Nisource

Nisource

Northern Trust

Old Republic

Packaging Corp of America

PACTIV

Pepsi-Co

Phillip Morris

R.R Donnelley

Rubbermaid Inc.

Sara-Lee

Sears & Roebuck

ServiceMaster

Seven Up, Inc.

Shell Oil

Showtime Networks

Smurfit-Stone Container Corp.

Sony

Southwest Air

Sprint

Target Stores

Telephone & Data Systems

Tellabs

Toys*R*Us

Tribune Co

U.S Cellular

Uneven Investments

United Airlines

Verizon

W.W Grainger

Walgreens

Wal-Mart

Wrigley Co

Yumahn

Zebra Technologies Group

Zenith Electronics

Zerox

What are good stocking stuffer gifts for boys ages 12-14?




Signilda


Not too expensive, please. I can't afford all those electronic gadgets. Thanks


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*They have the "lump o' coal" stocking stuffers at many retailers that have different gifts inside. Personally my oldest son collects cars. So what I bought last year was a pack of two that had the hotwheels inside.
*You can buy those small remote control cars ( I mean matchbox size small). Which seems to be a big hit with kids and parents alike b/c they are cheap and are not too space consuming. They can be found at walmart for about 3 or 4 dollars.
*Pack of Batteries.
*Finger Flashlights.
*One of their favorite cartoons or movies on DVD. I know it sounds expensive but relatively not. Walmart had ones like Spiderman 2 etc for 2.96.
*School Supplies( things you were going to have to buy anyway, its an even better idea if they are into drawing etc.) *You could get pencils, pens, colored pencils, etc.
*A Watch.
*Yo-Yo.
*Want to try something different and unique? How about going to a local museum or novelty store, you could buy some space food/drinks,lunar ice candy and funny gifts like talking pens or whoppie cushions.
*If they have a collection of some sort (rock, stamp, etc.) you could buy them something to add to that collection.
*You can buy those handheld games (starting anywhere from a dollar at dollar stores and walmart and on up. )
*Some cool Spy gagets/gear.
*If they like Harry Potter you could buy them some of those harry potter jelly beans in a bag for a dollar. They have many weird and different ones with burn toast flavor and many more. I bought several b/c they are very neat. They even come in a purple bag that can be reused. They also have choclate covered bugs, and Jelly slugs and range from 1.00-3.00.
*Socks.
*A Hat.
*I got Nextar 512 mb Digital MP3 players for 9.99 a few days ago.(TOYS R US)
*What about bath gift set ( or singles ) Like Axe or Bod. You can get body sprays, colognes, deoderent and body washes.
*Gloves.
*A small box of nascar shaped chocolate cars. (you can get their favorite racer if they are into nascar)
*Do they play a sport or an instrument? (get them something related to that, new knee pads etc.)
*If they already have some electronic gagets how about some accesories for it, like new earphones or skins.
*A book.
*A science experiment book.
*Video Games if they already have a system like psp, xbox, playstation etc. You could get them a new game or any one that you think they would enjoy.
*A new toothbrush.
*How about some nostalgic candy assortments like:
Candy Buttons
Candy Cigarettes
Wax Fangs, Bazooka
Jaw Breakers
Mary Janes
Candy Necklace
Cinnamon Fire-Pix
Atomic Fire Balls
Chick-o-stik
Sugar Daddy
Lemon Heads
Boston Baked Beans
Licorice Pipe
Root Beer Barrels

*Wallets
*Electric Toothbrushes
*Electric Razors (if its that time)
*Their Favorite magazine.
*Their Favorite Candies

I go to our Eveything is a dollar store, where I buy a huge stocking for both of my boys (you see these elsewhere for 15 dollars or more). They stand about 2 and a half to 3 feet tall. Not a bad deal for a dollar,and have good quality, they withhold all I pack in them and hanging up. Good luck and I hope this helps. Happy Holidays !




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Electric Powered Ride-On Cars for toddlers- which to buy? Where to buy?




lysistrata


I want to buy one for my son for christmas. However, I looked at amazon and there are so many different ones. Some are cheap, like $40 while others are $500. I can't figure out what makes one different from another. Which do you recommend? And where are good places to buy them? Thanks so much!


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My hubby wants to buy my daughter one of those, and they are very very pricey.

They have them at Toys R' Us. We were told the the Escalade is very good, that it lasted their kids 3 summers. They also said that the Jeep SUCKS, it only lasted 1 summer.

Hope that helps. :)

just curious...what does everyone believe is the cause for the rising gas prices?




peanut bud


I have my opinions on what are the causes...and i also know what the news says...and websites online.. and all that fun stuff.

i believe it's simply supply and demand. its the best buisness in this country right now...so as a result the producers and raise the prices to whatever they'd like. as a result .. i bought a bike .. best 50 bucks i ever spent. honestly.

so what do you guys think? and have you done anything about it??!



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Well, I live in KS, so how about a nice, horse-drawn covered wagon for truckin' around town?

There have been about as many excuses for high gas prices in the news as there are days in the year.

I was trying to think today about what our country will be like in another 5 years. How our reactions to our mistakes in capitalism will change how we do things....

I pictured highways full of bicycles. If I didn't have to lug around 2 kids, and my husband didn't have to carry his tools to work, bikes would work for us too. Can't imagine what'll happen in the snow.

I believe that speculation in the futures market is ruining the price of oil/gas. I also believe that the govt has let this happen because it keeps our economy moving.

Funny..I don't know if you are old enough to remember the gas lines in the 70's, but those were a direct result of Pres. Nixon freezing the price of gas (as good old Hillary Clinton planned to do, too). His actions caused terribly long gas lines. It was a real mess. You'd think that present day leaders would be able to look back 30-40 years to learn not to repeat history by making the same mistakes.

I don't know why it is so hard for our government to give huge incentives to auto makers who develop a car that doesn't use gas.

On the other hand....If we found a way to make a car run with wind turbines, the govt would find a way to tax the WIND, and heavily, at that.

Welcome to capitalism.

It would be nice if our government, if they REEEEALLY want to stop global warming and not be dependent on terrorists to survive (they sell us the oil)...then they would give us FREE electric cars.

What bothers me about this whole gas thing, is that many people who don't have much money are the ones who do most of the driving. They have to choose whether to keep their jobs and drive, or to eat 3 meals a day. Wealthy people still drive their humvees and escalades to run errands all day...they use tons of gas.

Soon, I feel that it will come down to the fact that only the wealthy will be on the roads.

The only thing my family has done so far, is to stop driving.
My husband drives his 20mpg car to work and to run errands by himself. I and my daughters and the Chrysler Pacifica stay HOME.

I think I might be more worried than most people about the gas situation. I see that it will turn our middle income family into a LOW income family....within the next year.

My husband has been driving 600 miles a week for his job, and is not reimbursed.

Someone is getting rich from our suffering. If someone wants us to stop being dependent on oil (Bush...our govt), they need to provide CHEAP alternatives immediately.
Otherwise, I fear, there will be rioting soon.

And, yes, every day, there is another excuse for gas prices going up. I am so sick of hearing each and every one.




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Warped tour line up anyone?




HannahTheS


Can anyone provide me with the list of all the bands going to be there? Like the one on warpedtour.com.

I need to print it out. So lists only please. I know where it is. You just can't print it the way it is with my computer.

Please and thanks!
hahahaha no.

the only ones that really matter are

A Day To Remember
The Devil Wears Prada
Bring Me The Horizon

and the 4 bands the won to play. Because im there photographer.



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2 Tone Runts
3OH!3
40 Sons and Daughters
A Cassandra Utterance
A Current Affair
A Cursive Memory
A Day To Remember
A Love Like Pi
A Night Well Spent
A Rocket To The Moon
A Skylit Drive
Adolescents
After Midnight Project
Aiden
Alamance
Alana Grace
Alexisonfire
Alister M
All Time Low
Amely
Amplify This
Anarbor
And Ive Landed
Another Option
Anti-Flag
Attack Attack
Authority Zero
Awkward Silence
Bad Religion
Banderas
Bayside
Big D and the Kids Table
Black Box
Black Saints Cartel
Black Tide
Born To Lose
Bouncing Souls
Breathe Carolina
Breathe Electric
Broadway Calls
brokeNCYDE
Buckeye
Caesura
Call Me Doctor
Call To Attraction
Cash Cash
Channel 3
Cheap Girls
Chelsea Automatic
Chiodos
Chrysalis
Civet
Cobra Starship
Comic Book Heroes
Conditions
Dance Gavin Dance
Dear And The Headlights
Death Punch
Detox Retox
DI
Dirty Heads
Disalto
DJ Paparazzi
DOA
Dont Panic
Down With Webster
Dr Madd Vibe Experiment
Dreams of University
Drop Dead Julio
Duane Peters Gunfight
Dynamite Kegs
Early States
Echo Movement
Emmure
Endless Hallway
Escape The Fate
Every Avenue
Fake Problems
Falling Into Place
Fate Kills the Hero
FEAR
Fiasco
Fishbone
Flipper
Flogging Molly
For Glory and Empire
Forever The Sickest Kids
Foundation
Furthest From The Star
Gallows
Gator Face
Glimpse
Green Means Go
Guttermouth
HDR
He Is Legend
Hello Beautiful
Heroes On Parade
Hit The Lights
Honey Claws
HTM
I Fight Dragons
I Set My Friends On Fire
ice nine kills
In This Moment
IndoSurf
InnerPartySystem
Instrument
Inward Eye
Ionia
Ivoryline
ivy league
Janu and the Whalesharks
Jeffree Star
Jet Lag Gemini
Jezibelle
Just Left
K Sera
Karrigan
Kelsey And The Chaos
KIA Kevin Says Stage
kinch
La Guerrilla
Landmines
Left Alone
Less Than Jake
Letters Make Words
LIGHTS
Longway
Lost Deliveries
Love You Long Time
LoveHateHero
low-fi
Madina Lake
Me Talk Pretty
Meg and Dia
Mercy Mercedes
Middle Finger Salute
Midori Audioclique
Millionaires
Miranda Burning
Missiles And Markers
Mohr Ave
Monty Are I
My Cardboard Spaceship Adventure
Nations Afire
NeverShoutNever
New Medicine
NOFX
Nothing More
Nylon Pink
Ocean Is Theory
On My Honor
One Hot Minute
Orange
Otenki
OUTERNATIONAL
P.O.S.
Passenger Action Rock
Peachcake
PHATHOM
Picture Me Broken
Play The Angel
Plugin Stereo
Postcard
Pull The Pin
Punk Rock Karaoke
PushPushPull
RAE
Random Hero
Red Car Wire
Reflective Insight
Regret Night
Roslyn
Rosy Likes Red
Run Doris Run
Runner Runner
Sams The Hero
Saosin
Sarahs Redemption
Saturday Night Shakedown
Saving Glory
Say Vandelay
Say When
Scary Kids Scaring Kids
Select Start
Senses Fail
Set It Off
Set Phasers To Stun
Settings
Seven Story Fall
Shad
Shooter Jennings
Sight vs. Sound
Silverstein
Sing It Loud
Single File
So Long Davey
Starlit Platoon
Status Green
Staylefish
Streetlight Manifesto
Superman Is Dead
Suprise Suprise
Switchblade Killers
TAT
Tess Dunn
The A.K.A.s
The Adicts
The Architects
The Ataris
The Atlantic Sky
The Blackout
The Days The Nights
The Designer Drugs
The Devil Wears Prada
The Dickies
The Early Strike
The Fast Track
the flatliners
The Good Times
The Heroine
The Hours
The Lives of Famous Men
The Lusitania
The Maine
The Mission Veo
The Ocean Buried
The Pilots
The Reverend Peytons Big Damn Band
The Royalty
The Scenic
The Sequence
The Set
The Silent Years
The Skuids
The Status
The Thrifters
The Truth
The Victory Drive
The White Tie Affair
The Word Alive
Thelonious Monster
There For Tomorrow
Therefore I Am
These Green Eyes
This Providence
Thrice
To Speak Of Wolves
Tolidos
Total Chaos
Trouble Andrew
TSOL
TV/TV
UK Subs
Ultimate Power Duo
Undergone
Underoath
Valencia
Vamps
Vanity Theft
VersaEmerge
Virgin Pancakes
Walk Off The Earth
We Are The Union
We The Kings
Westbound Train
With These Words
YB
You Me At Six
You Me Everyone We Know
Yussef Black
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Zombie At Heart

WHO'S PLAYING AT WARPED TOUR? Do you know?!?




al_mo19942


I neeeed to know. I'm most likely going, but the only bands that I was told that are playing are;
Chiodos, 3oh!3, and escape the fate?
is that even right?
Please tell me who's playing. No links or any garbage. 10 points to the first person who's right!



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3OH!3
A day to remember
a love like pi
a rocket to the moon
a skylit drive
a verse unsung
adolescents
after midnight project
aiden
alamance
alana grace
alexisonfire
alister M
all time low
amely
amplify this
anarbor
another option
anti-flag
attack attack
authority zero
bad religion
bayside
big d and the kids table
black box
black saints cartel
black tide
born to lose
bouncing sounds
breathe carolina
breathe electric
broadway calls
brokeNCYDE
buckeye
call me doctor
cash cash
channel 3
cheap girls
chelsea automatic
chiodos
choke chain
chrysalis
civet
comic book heroes
conditions
dance gavin dance
dear and the headlights
death punch
detox retox
DI
dirty heads
disalto
DOA
dont panic
down with webster
dr madd vibe experiment
dreams of university
duane peters gunfight
early states
echo movement
emmure
escape the fate
every avenue
fake problems
falling into place
FEAR
fishbone
flipper
flogging molly
forever the sickest kids
foundation
gallows
gator face
guttermouth
HDR
he is legend
hello beautiful
hit the lights
honey claws
HTM
i set my friends on fire
ice nine kills
in this moment
innerpartysystem
instrument
inward eye
ionia
ivoryline
ivy league
jeffree star
jet lag gemini
kelsey and the chaos
la guerrilla
landmines
left alone
less than jake
letters make words
LIGHTS
longway
lovehatehero
madina lake
meg and dia
mercy mercedes
middle finger salute
millionaires
missiles and markers
monty are i
my cardboard spaceship adventure
nevershoutnever
NOFX
nothing more
nylon pink
ocean is theory
orange
OUTERNATIONAL
P.O.S.
passenger action rock
peachcake
PHATHOM
play the angel
pull the pin
punk rock karaoke
RAE
red car wire
reflective insight
roslyn
runner runner
saosin
sarahs redemption
saving glory
say vandelay
say when
scary kids scaring kids
senses fail
set phasers to stun
settings shad
shooter jennings
silverstein
sing it loud
single file
status green
staylefish
streetlight manifesto
superman is dead
switchblade killers
TAT
tess dunn
the A.K.A.s
the adicts
the architects
the ataris
the atlantic sky
the blackout
the designer drugs
the devil wears prada
the dickies
the exploited
the flatliners
the good times
the heroine
the lives of famous men
the lusitania
the maine
the ocean buried
the reverend peytons
the royalty
the scenic
the set
the siolent years
the skuids
the status
the truth
the white tie affair
thelonious monster
there for tomorrow
therefore i am
these green eyes
this providence
thrice
to speak of wolves
tolidos
total chaos
TSOL
turpentine brothers
TV/TV
UK subs
ultimate power duo
underoath
valencia
vamps
versaemerge
virgin pancakes
walk off the earth
we are the union
we the kings
westbound train
YB
you me at six
you me everyone we know
yussef black


The bands would not copy and paste from the warped tour site, so i typed them one by one for you, so enjoy !
(:




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Thursday, May 15, 2014

Why not Electric cars today?




H Fear


Ok seriously, the louder the car the better. If you need people to hear you coming, you should not be driving! I don't think they can hear you anyway, what with cell phones and all. So donât go killing any one now! Through out time we fight change, I get that. Pardon the pun; but itâs like telling a guy to put the toilet set down, it is redundant. A thousand years of evolution and we still do not want to save are selves. And what about having to charge it? Gas cars have an alternator, whatâs with that? Or is it that we are money hungry? there is one word to sum that up with Greed. Here is a piece of science for you. What happens when you take one leg off a table? It becomes less stable. Oil Drilling the same thing and we call them earth quakes. I am not a rocket scientist. I look forward to the controversy. Thank You.


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If I am correct, these are your only actual questions:

Why not Electric cars today?
And what about having to charge it? Gas cars have an alternator, whatâs with that?

Everything else seems to be a statement.

The second first: you could not charge an electric car with an alternator due to the law of conservation of energy which says that in a closed system energy tends to be conserved. It is not suddenly created and when energy does work the same energy can't be used to do something else. A moving car has inertia that keeps it moving. Anything you do to tap into that inertia will slow the vehicle. An alternator will slow a vehicle. An electric motor is used to break an electric car and it is known as regenerative braking but you only can get back a portion of what you expended initially.

Electric cars could be available if the gasoline car had not been seen as better over 100 years ago. They could be available if GM had not reclaimed and crushed their vehicles 8 years ago. They may be available tomorrow if more people want them than the people and money interests that don't want them. And they are available today in the form of the Tesla Roadster, the Tango, and many conversion vehicles. The Tesla roadster has achieved a record of 313 miles traveled on a charge. The soon to be released Nissan Leaf will average about 100 miles on a charge. Each could use a genset trailer to travel much further.

Electric Car?




southernbo


Where can you buy an electric car or other extended range vehicle, other than ZAP in california?


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If you want to buy right now, today, your best bet is an electric conversion. Here's a guy who makes new electric cars out of old 1980s car bodies:
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http://grassrootsev.com/convert.htm
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You can also find used electric cars here:
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http://www.austinev.org/evtradinpost/
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Now, those links above will get you into an electric car cheap. Under $5000, if you want to. But if you want newer technology, and a driving range over 100 miles, you'll have to wait a year or two. There are (seriously) at least a dozen electric cars in development right now. Here's a Chinese import EV you can buy next year - it gets 200 miles per charge, and does freeway speeds:
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http://www.milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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And here's an exciting electric car from Mitsubishi, that can charge in 20 minutes:
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http://aftermarket.autoblog.com/2006/10/12/mitsubishi-looks-ahead-with-an-electric-i/
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There's more, too. Keep your eyes open.
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Have you ever had your car broken into?




<3Juicy.Co


Or house?

My Moms business was broken into last night.



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My car was broken into by a couple of kids once. My husband to be and I were one block away from our apartment at church....going through the pre-wedding meetings with the pastor. I left my bosy (ages 10 and 8) at home with the neighbor upstairs checking on them. They were a little nervous so they kept looking out the window....the last time, they saw my dome light on and someone rummaging around in there. They ran upstairs to get the neighbor and by the time the police got there, the heathens were gone. All they took was a bunch of change in the cup holder. Luckily.

My house...I can't prove it, but I think someone was staying in the apartment I shared with my ex-husband during the day when we were at work and the kids were at school. We'd come home to find cigarette butts in the toilet (neither of us smoked and my kids were young...5 and 7. Pop would be missing, crumbs would be on the counter, the shower wall would be wet....and our electric bill went up quite a bit. It was a double..one of those apartments where the garages are in the middle and the apts. are on either side. Our neighbors swore they never saw or heard anything but I knew something was up because I came home once to an unlocked door and the fridge door was wide open. It was enough to convince us to move.


My son had his car broken into. They stole the face plate to his CD player (rendering it useless) and broke the locks on the drivers door and the trunk. My hubby also had his tires slashed....about 20 reports came in that night about tires being slashed.

What are your views on discipline?




Brat


Discipline is a rough subject, because everyone has different views. I am trying to get new ideas for my kids.

I believe every child has a discipline that works for them. I also believe that torture tactics are not discipline but are child abuse. I think that spanking is OK if you have control over yourself and don't take out all your aggression on your child. I also feel that spanking is more to get their attention rather than to hurt them. I am not going to say you are a bad parent if you spank. Again every child has a discipline that works for them.

What do you do for discipline in your house?
F Palmer that is child abuse. You can go to jail for that. I would find a better discipline technique if I were you before you lose your kids.



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1. Don't try to discipline when you are angry. That's when it is time to hand the punishment over to your spouse before you loose your cool (or take your own time out to cool down first). There were may times my wife and I had to tag team to keep our cools. If a child can make you angry they have already won. If you are married, back each other 100% infront of the kids. If you have an issue with your spouse about a punishment go into another room, resolve it between the two of you and if needed let the parent that issued the punishment edit the punishment.

2. Don't give unlimited threats. Our kids knew that they had three warnings. The warnings were explicit "I've told you once", "I've told you twice, if you do that again this will happen", "Third time, punishment immedialy if at all possible". If one of us parents got to the number three the kids knew they were not going to like what happened. Both of the kids knew that up front from the time they were toddlers. This has the added benifit that the warnings and punishment are over before you loose your cool.

3. Be consistant if something is worth punishing for the first time its worth punishment the next 30 times. Then it is easy to as them the question "What happens when you throw you cars at the dog?" and they know "I can't play with the cars for 3 minutes". If they already knew the answer they didn't get three more warnings, only the one for that day. Be ready to go right back a refer to rule #2

4. We tried to make the punishment fit the crime. For example
Too loud in the house = "You can't use inside voice" = Go outside,
Banging a toy on the table/TV/dog = TOY goes into time out until it can play nice,
Screaming/hitting others =Time out 1 minute for each year of age. Any longer than that and they forgot why they were in time out. (Yes, we had to sit in time out with them at times) and it always started over when they left time out early. We didn't use a timer (until they were 7-9 yrs old) to reenforce that we the parents were in control of the situation and had not turned it over to an inatimate object.
Slamming a door in anger ment they were to "little" to have a door and the door to their room was taken off its hinges and they had to dress in the bathroom for a couple of days and for my daughter that ment she couldn't keep her little brother out of her room. (The last time I had to do that to her she was eight and she had a TEMPER at that age)

4 The only sure way they got a spanking was for out and out defiance. (My son earned more of these). He's still stubborn but now there are other things that can be used that have more impact than spanking a 14 yr old (i.e. no electric conviniences -- game system, ipod,cel phone or I can add extra chores (I save a list of those always on hand just in case. These chores are also a good to use in bartering with my kids for extra money/that game they just have to have))

5 Only fight a war with your kids if you have to, but if you do win and win decisively. Most things don't require war and a simple redirection will do.
Kids are to loud time to go outside.
Kids are whining time for a nap.
Kids to sleepy to get up in the morning kids go to bed 30 minutes earlier tonight. Yeah they don't like it and it's an inconvience to stop what you are doing to enfore it, but worth it. But there are times: my daughter decided (age 4) that she was not going to wear a seat belt and could play with the car door so she un-buckled her car seat while I was driving and would not stop. So after Dad spanked her and move her carseat away from the window, I told her that if she ever wanted a war to bring it on because if it was worth it I'd fight the war of the will and would alway win. After that incident any time she decided that she was about ready to push me (or my wife) to the limit. I could ask her if it was really worth going to war to have her way, she would sheepishly say no bite her lip and change her tune. The only reason this works is if you are willing to wage and win the war even if it would embarass you.

All this being said I have to hand it to any single parent that is or has raised a child by themselves. My hat is off to you.




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Wednesday, May 14, 2014

is there small efficient electric car that i can drive in nyc?




wat2be


Basically i want cheap small electric car that goes up to 70mph no need for more charge last one week if i drive 6 miles daily.

it needs to be:
-2 person car, small car.
-can recharge from sun.
-portable battery.
-can parallel park, meaning tires can turn 90 degrees.
-one back camera(optional).
-recharge from brakes, going down etc.
-least max speed 70mph.
-price of <4000.



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I didn't see the rest of it... You've pretty much described the Smart, but in no way is there an EV out there for second hand that costs close to $5,000. The EV market is only 3 years old, most cars at the price you're looking for are almost 10 years old. If you want any sort of electrification, the Prius is the best bet and they are very difficult to find at a bargain nowadays.



It depends what price you're looking for and what you consider cheap. The most popular EV is the Nissan LEAF which starts at $28,880. Always remember that there's a $7,500 federal tax rebate for the public buying or leasing an EV. Pretty much every EV in the US does more than 70mph.

There are two I could think of at the moment. The Smart ForTwo EV. Its MSRP is around $25,000 which excludes the $7,500 rebate and leases are cheap. The Smart is also the only EV to have Flex Leasing as seen in Europe where you can buy the car initially for far less and rent the battery for 3 years as maintenance and so on. Like any Smart, it's great with parking. The problem with this is that it doesn't Rapid Charge in the usual 20 - 30 minutes, so you're left with a 16 amp, 6 hour charge. Another issue is that for the past year only a few hundred have been sold constantly because of high demand in Europe so you could find yourself on a waiting list, though that should change halfway through the year. There are also very few for second hand.

The second is the Mitsubishi i-MiEV. It has 4 seats, it's more practical, bigger and was praised for its Tardis-like spaciousness, but it's still a damn good shorter than a Mini Cooper, so like the Smart parking it would be a nice change. It's also the only car other than the LEAF that uses the CHAdeMO Rapid Charger which is by far the most numerous, it should charge its small battery in less than 20 minutes.

The car used to be laughed at for having a steep $30,000 sticker`with little bells and whistles. Because of that, they didn't make any 2013 models and there are only a few 2012's left on dealer lots, and I really mean a few. There's supposedly less than 20 units in the US with monthly sales limping at less than 5 units compared to hundreds a year a go. The little stock left can be very cheap! There have been some from $15,000 to $10,000 for a car that's 2 years old, but you'll see that a lot of them are dotted around the country and not in your state. But be aware, the old i-MiEV had an optional CHAdeMO plug, so you could get one and be left with a car that can only charge at 16 amps/ 3.3kW which is less than 6 hours from 0%, but with your commute, it would do perfectly.

If you are interested in the i-MiEV, Mitsubishi is reintroducing the 2014 i-MiEV this May. It's price has been reduced from $30,000 to $23,000 and that's excluding the rebate, so it fits in among the most affordable cars in the mid $10,000s. It also got new features like leather wrapped stuff, both front heated seats and more. That car is also expected to have very cheap leases, a lot of people expect between $150 - $99/month leases. It had $99/month and $69/month leases in early 2013 which is the reason why there's so very little left.

So you've got 3 things going for ye;
Lease or buy a Smart ForTwo EV.
Wait for the 2014 i-MiEV until May and then lease or buy it.
Hunt for a second hand i-MiEV online and find it somewhere in Florida, Alabama, Washington or Illinois where it was popular.

If parking is a serious pain for you, I recommend the Smart. If you just can't commit to sacrificing the 3rd and 4th seat, it's the i-MiEV, the latter of which also has more cargo space than a Prius with the rear seats folded.

2014 Mercedes Benz CLA250 or 2014 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV?




John


Hi. I am looking for a car that has around 200 horsepower, good gas mileage, and a good price (I'm not going to spend more than $30,000). I've narrowed my choices down to these two. The CLA has 208 horsepower, most cars reviewers are saying it gives 28 city/36 highway (I couldn't find anything about this on the Benz website), and starts at around $29,900. The Altima gives me 182 horsepower, 27 city/38 highway, and starts at $24,180. So, obviously, the Altima is the better choice when pricing. But the Mercedes gives 208 horsepower, whereas the Altima only gives me 182 (I am NOT going to buy the 3.5 V6 model). What should I do?


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For that kind of money I would look into a pre owned Chevy Volt. An electric car with a build it battery charger. One fellow drove his Volt almost 1,000 miles on 10 gallons of fuel. I do not recommend Mercedes-Benz. They can be full of problems. Mercedes has apparently given up on quality engineering. But for $24K you can get an excellent buy on a Volt. That is what I am buying next year.




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Present for a 6 year old boy?




Jen-Jen


My brother's girlfriends's son is turning six on Saturday and (of course) we're invited. Both my mother and I are having a very hard time figuring out a gift for him as he doesn't play video games, breaks most toys within 1 week, or loses interest within 5 minutes. The electric car I bought him for Christmas lasted 2 weeks before he broke it and the batman action figure I gave him last year lasted 1 week. He doesn't have the patience for board games--mom doesn't allow paint, crayons, markers etc because he will color anything and everything he can--including the carpet, drapes, mom's uniform...anything. HELP! His attention span is nil, doesn't watch a lot of tv (lack of interest) etc...I'm stuck!
He doesn't like books, though that's my first inclination as he's REALLY struggling in kindergarten--the pages get ripped out...
Gimme a break, my boy is only three, and isn't at that stage yet!



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haha! sounds like my boy!

but you know what, some kids 'destroy' toys because they get bored of them. i mean, the toy train will go around the track everytime they turn it on. the batman action figure will still be a batman action figure the very next day they bring him out.

so why not get him to 'create' his own toy. get him lego or duplo blocks. those are thick as hell and it will take him a sledge hammer to destroy a piece. and he can make anything and everything out of it. it's like having a new toy everyday.

aside from being bored, he could just have problems with impulse control. i know my son can't seem to control his hands when he gets them into paint. that means he could be highly-excitable and hyperactive. so...get him sports equipment: a baseball, a soccer ball, anything that involves releasing pent-up energy. you might even want to give him an enrollment certificate for kiddie karate.

with all that energy released, you'd be surprised at how suddenly, he can focus better on things soon after. now that's planning long term. isn't that the best gift ever!

much luck! and happy birthday to him!

2 months before new years...?




why


as soon as january hit you saw a lot of questions about mothers day (ok thats a SLIGHT exxageration). Father's day is two days away and I haven't seen much. Do the ladies really know what daddy wants? (i'm skeptical), Do you care? (thats a cynical thought, but the consensus says...)
real talk-i have contributed a great deal of sperm to the condom factory, should send them something?
Sarah-waiting until the last minute make it more meaningful. you know you love that refrigerator dress the hubby got you last year. and remember the iron? Those shirts are still crispy starched aren't they



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I got cards from the kids to give him, a card from me, a couple of nice polo shirts, and new grooming set complete with waterproof electric shaver and trimmer, and both kids made him something.

For mother's day he just asked me what I wanted!!! Can't go wrong that way. I got a nice "himcooked" (lol) steak dinner with a nice glass of wine along with my car detailed by my oldest son (6 almost 7). It was the perfect day!!




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I USE MY ELECTRIC BICYCLE AS MY COMMUTER AND IT JUST BROKE. PLEASE HELP!!!!!?




Jimmy


I use this like it's my car. I just don't want too lose my job. I would so appropriate if you read this for me. And I have a kid :( Anyway I bought this off Amazon. It was $250 it's a 1000w 48v 10-30aph with a lithuim Ion battery that is 48v 15aph. I have driving it for about a month. I have driven it almost everyday. It goes about 22miles if you help it. So I drove it home today. I ran it full throttle. I usually do because I don't have to go super far. Anyway everything was fine worked perfect. I had to go back to work later. I hooked it up to the charger and took a three hour nap. I woke it was charged. I took it outside to go to work. I turned it on. Nothing all it did was jolt. Like a quit surge of energy and then gone. It last a little less then half a second and it's a weak jolt. Also it tries to go backwards too. All the plugs and cables are fine. Used my neighbors multimeter. I was wondering if it is the motor or speed controller. I'm a pretty mechanical included person so any info would be nice thank you for you time.


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At first my best guess was that you may have overstressed the battery and its now paperweight. Measure the voltagetoday and tomorrow and see if it falls dramatically.

However "Also it tries to go backwards too." sounds like it could be the controller.

Can you connect the motor directly to the battery to test both without the controller? Or test the motor by connecting a 12V battery or charger?

If you arent happy doing this a bicycle or appliance repair shop may help

Does anyone know of this book?




Molly-Kinz


I'm going out on a limb here.
In the 5th grade, about 7 years ago, I read a book about a girl who goes to the mall and sees this electric blue vest. She tries it on and time around her stops. She ends up with the vest and every time she puts it on she has a flashback to a time when her mother was alive. Her mom tells her about some kind of alien invasion and she has to stop it. Later, the girl meets other kids with powers and they fight the aliens in the mall. She sends rc cars and robots to annoy the aliens. At the end the kids steal the alien ship and travel forward in time hundreds of years.
On the cover it had the title written in lightning and the girls hands with electricity arcing from hand to hand.
Near the begining of the book, she's with her dad and the car breaks down. Dad goes to a gasstation leaving her in the car. A bunch of punks walk up and start causing problems. Then they all get struck by lightning.



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I think it might have been the 6th book in the Mind Warp Series.
http://www.amazon.com/Aftershock-Mind-Warp-Chris-Archer/dp/0671014870/

(aditional note: I just read the back of the book on amazon's online reader and it fits with your note about lightning hitting a gang of kids chasing her).




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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

A 339hp, 26mpg hybrid-electric vehicle! Or a pure electric sports car! Fashion hype or a view to the future ?




AC


Lexus has recently launched the GS450h. A hybrid electric vehicle that delivers 339bhp, will shoot from 0 to 60 mph in 5 seconds and still achieve 25 city and 28 freeway mpg. Priced at $56,000, its a serious attempt at market. That cannot come with significant investment and a bet from Lexus. Also, a group in nothern California has launched the first ever all electric serious sports car. The Tesla Roadster electrifies from 0 to 60mph in 4 seconds! At $100,000 its is more of a statement to the world and a toy for the rich.

Will it work? Is the future already here? If not, what could cause things not to turn out this way ?



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Practical electric cars are arriving now. We can't wait for the big car companies to build them - they don't want to do it. But there are many small entrepreneurs doing it.
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Why doesn't anybody know these cars exist? Because small companies don't have the ad budgets to get their message out. But if you buy one, and spread the word, more people will buy them - the EVs will get better and better - and the rest will take care of itself. Below are just a few of many exciting electric vehicles we will be seeing.
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Here's one company making an EV that charges in only 10 minutes:
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http://phoenixmotorcars.com
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Here's a Chinese import that gets 200 miles per charge:
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http://milesautomotive.com/products_xs200.html
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Read this page to discover how you can buy an EV conversion for as little as $5000 that does freeway speeds, and saves hundreds in fuel costs every month:
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http://www.squidoo.com/cheap-electric-car
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Here's a very cute little car (this one only does 40mph) that only costs $10,000:
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http://www.zapworld.com/ZAPWorld.aspx?id=188
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Don't believe the disinfo about electric cars polluting. Electric motors are several times more efficient than gas engines. Power plants burn fuel at much higher efficiency than your gas car does. And distributing electricity by wire is far, far more efficient than trucking fuel around the country.
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The efficiency argument is easy to prove by looking at fuel prices. A typical electric car gets about 4 miles per kilowatt-hour. Using off-peak electricity prices, this translates into about a penny per mile in most places. What does gasoline cost? Closer to ten times that amount! The lower price of driving electric is mainly attributable to the higher energy efficiency of those vehicles.
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All these efficiency improvements mean that the EV can travel further on less energy. That means much less pollution per mile, no matter what the power plants burn. Plus, a significant, and growing percentage of electricity is now made from non-polluting sources.
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electric sports car. one that I can aford?




gravyandic


Im VERY interested in an electric sports car. Gas prices are SKYROCKETING and in 3 years its going to be about 7.00$ a gallon. I would like some help finding an AFORDABLE sports car that runs on ONLY electric. I know theres a lot out there, and the most popular one is the tesla roadster, but it runs for around 100k im willing to spend around a max of 60k so if anyone could help me that would be grate. i also dont mind used.


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At the moment the only one available to individuals is the Tesla Roadster, but this will change in approximately 1 year.

Available in California in October 2008, the Aptera typ-1e will cost about $27,000 with a top speed of 95 mph and range of 120 miles per charge.

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

Soon thereafter Aptera will introduce the typ-1h, a plug-in hybrid version of the typ-1e with a 40-60 mile range on purely electrical energy, and a range of over 600 miles total when in electric/gas hybrid mode, for around $30,000. On a 120 mile trip, the typ-1h will get 300 miles per gallon. The shorter the trip, the higher the efficiency.

http://www.aptera.com/details.php

Available in late 2008 or early 2009, the ZAP Alias will cost $30,000, have a top speed of 100 mph, and a range of 100 miles per charge.

http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/zap-alias

Soon thereafter the ZAP-X will be available at a cost of $60,000 with a top speed of 155 mph and a range of 350 miles per charge. This probably fits your criteria the best, as it's the fastest and has the best range for your maximum price.

http://zapworld.com/electric-vehicles/electric-cars/zap-x

Available in late 2008 or early 2009, the Miles Javlon will cost $30,000 with a top speed of 80 mph and a range of 120 miles per charge.

http://www.milesev.com/

Phoenix Motorcars will start selling their SUT to individuals in late 2008 or early 2009. It will cost $45,000 and have a top speed of 100 mph with a range of 100+ miles per charge.

http://phoenixmotorcars.com/




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The Th!nk City Electric Car in 2009. Would You Buy One?

Q. I hear that the Th!nk electric car is coming back for sale in 2009 from Norway. This was the car Ford originally marketed here a few years ago and tanked from little interest.

The original one had:
Range: 50 miles
Top Speed: 56 MPH

This new one has:
Range: 110 miles
Top Speed: 65 MPH
Acceleration: 0-50 MPH in 16.0 sec. Woo Hoo!
Charging Time: 10 Hrs. (220VAC @ 14A) Zzzzzz!
Price: Under $25,000 and you rent the battery.

It looks kinda Smart Carish, but less geeky.

Personally I'm sticking with my Honda Civic EX. It carries 5 and has decent trunk space.

I don't th!nk there is a market here honestly. It might be cool to use if you have huge property to cruise around on.

Who would buy one of these?
Basically the battery lease thing I guess is partly to control where the batteries go when they go bad and when it does go bad they just drop another one in for you I guess is the idea.

In the field of electric cars I've been a fan of Alan Cocconi. That littleTzero prototype he made is awesome and even took out a Corvette! He's the guy who was the technical genius behind the EV1.

http://www.acpropulsion.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_Propulsion

When they get something going that gets close to my Civic and hopefully as reliable then I'll think about it.


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I'd buy one as long as the battery rental wasn't too expensive. $25k is reasonable for an electric car with over 100 mile range and highway speed capability. I rarely drive very far, so the range would be plenty for me. As long as it's got room for my dogs in the back seat!

The 0 to 50 mph time is really weak though. It would be hard to get up to speed on the highway. So I might hold off until there's a better electric car option (for examples, see link below).

Anyone know where I can buy an electric car?




Desertdwel


Gas at Chevron is $4.10. I'm tired of it.


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Unfortunately the only highway capable electric car currently in production is the Tesla Roadster. Another unfortunate thing is all 600 of 2008 units have been sold and many of the 2009 are gone too. Unfortunate number 3 is the price tag is $100,000 and going up due to foreign currency exchange rates.

The next group of electric cars are the Neighborhood Electric Vehicles (NEV) some times called Low speed Electric Vehicles (LEV). They have an upper speed limit of 25 or 35 MPH depending which state they're in. They are available NOW in almost all states. Google names like ZENN, Dynasty IT, Miles Electric, GEM, ZAP. They are available now but have limitations being designed for putting around within 20 miles of home.

There are a couple of highway vehicles coming before 2010. Both ZENN and Miles plan to have regular sedans ready by 2009. Another is Phoenix Motors with their SUT and SUV. Tesla has already started work on their affordable sedan, code name white star, and hopes to have it on the road before 2010.

2010 is going to be a magic year. Chevrolet will have their Volt ready by November with the 2011 model year. It's not much of an EV, only goes 40 miles on electricity then the gas powered range extender kicks in to power the car. At least 3 Japanese companies, Subaru, Mitsubishi, and Nissan will begin importing full Battery Electric Vehicles (BEV) that get at least 80 MPC and more likely 120 MPC.

All I can tell you is, that you'll have to wait. Because in 2003 GM and the other car makers decided to DESTROY all of the EV's they had made in the pursuit of greed. See the film "Who Killed the Electric Car" for all of the idiotic details.




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Monday, May 12, 2014

Do I have to use an approved car/booster seat on Alaska Airlines?




lachburke


I am booked on a flight on Alaska Airlines next year with my 1.5 year old. He is flying on a full fare adult ticket not a discounted infant fare (usually 1/2 price). Both our tickets are points tickets (Perth through to Vancouver on Qantas then Alaska AL). Qantas does not require a booster seat for children in their own seat, even if they are under 2 (ie. infants) so I was not planning on bringing a car seat as I am travelling alone and will have enough to carry as it is. I read on the Alaska AL website that "children travelling on 50% infant ticket seats must use a booster/car seat approved for car and air travel". I'm wondering, given that my son will be travelling on a full fare adult ticket whether he needs the booster seat? What will they do if I don't have one, not let us on the flight? Or, shall I just lie and say he's 2 - or just board the flight with him in his own seat w/out booster and they will assume is is two and not longer an infant and therefore no booster required.


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My 6-year-old has now flown on 242 flights and my 2-year-old on 40 flights. Mostly on Alaska Airlines so I have a bit of experience with this.

As a lap baby (unpaid), you definitely don't need a car seat. Some airlines like Northwest are real pricks about not allowing you to use one even on a flight with lots of empty seats. Whereas Alaska is one of the most baby-friendly airlines we've used and will let you use an empty seat for a car seat even though you paid nothing. I'll reserve a window-aisle combo (leaving an empty middle seat) towards the back of the plane to increase the chance of getting a free empty seat. IF someone does buy the seat between, they ALWAYS want to get out from between mother-child or mother-father passing a baby back and forth.

Without a carseat, you will need to have them in your lap for take-off and landing. They might want you to pick them up during possible turbulance as well. What you propose is no different than the unpaid lap baby who has an empty seat next to them. I can't imagine the flight attendents caring except during take-off and landing and then, (despite the physics involved), Mom's arms suffice. (or a car seat)

But I would reconsider your plan. Again, I've done this A LOT, and we try hard to BRING the car seat, not leave it or check it. Of course the car seat is safest in a crash, but Quantas has never had a crash and Alaska only loses planes about once every 20 years. More importantly, a child can sleep in a car seat much easier because it is sloped and their head is suported on both sides. And your arms will get TIRED of holding him for 18 hours of flight time. And if he gets into a total screaming, kicking fit about being overtired, jet-lagged, etc, you can strap him and pop in a pacificer. For some kids, being secured down helps at times. Sure, it is one more thing to schlepp through the airport, but you could always use a rental cart for $3 or call for one of those electric carts the old folks use. At 1.5 years old, I'd bring a Baby Bjorn front carrier so you can have him on your chest and leave your two hands free. One for the car seat and one to present tickets, passports, etc.

For your carry-on, use a backpack/rucksack. Baby in front, backpack behind, car seat on one arm, one hand free. I've gone through many airports and countries that way. So has my wife. Yeah, it is easier with two adults, but doable as one.

Try hard to save nursing or a bottle for climb-out and, less so, descent. The swallowing helps clear his ear pressure.

Theoretically, they can ask to see a US FAA approval sticker for airplane use on the carseat (they all have it), but any nation's approval ought to fly. And Alaska doesn't check all that often.

You'll need a car seat to drive with him in Alaska until he is 4 years or 40 pounds. And while airplanes rarely hit moose, cars and taxis do.

Traveling for spring break on the East Coast (March '07), need to know American History places I should visit.




Outdoors,


I would like to make this educational (American History) for my 4 kids as well as fun and still see the "must see" items that we are near; the kids are 16, 13, 9, and 4. We are going to fly from Utah to S. Carolina (we have family in York we need to visit) and travel up the coast in a rental car. We are planning to stop in DC, Philly, and New York but we've never been there and don't know how much time to plan. If it was just me I think I could spend the whole week in DC visiting museums but the kids would get bored with that. I heard a couple of hours in Philly to catch the independance hall and liberty bell and a half day in New York for the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island and then a drive through the city since we are there. Can anyone offer any more suggestions. Is Boston worth going to? Again, I am looking for American History while not boring the kids and any other great site that is close. We only have 5 days. Weather and any "must eat" places recommendations also.


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I will assume that you will be flying into and out of Charlotte I am going to give you some creative routings but promise you that I personally have driven all the roads I'm sending you down
Be aware of the fact that heavy snow falls can and often do occur in the first two or three weeks of march. The reason is that the tropics are warming up and the warm wet low coming up from the tropics collides with a still very cold high pressure canadian air mass and the result is of course snow, wet heavy snow at that. Check the weather and carry warm clothes
Begin your trip at the end , in this case Appomattox Va allow 5 hrs to get there and approx 1.5 hrs there
find US 29 out of Lynchburg and take that north to Charlottesville VA. Thomas Jeffersons house is the general idea and is located about 1.5 hrs from Appomattox . The visit to Monticello is by guided tour only and there is a tendency of the tour operators to rush you through the house so that the next tour can come in . You can however stroll the grounds at your leisure , visit slave row and TJ's grave.There is also the cost of $13.00 to consider [ that price allows them to give a two dollar bill as part of the change- I am serious]
Madison and Monroe lived close to Jefferson and on the other side of the mountain is Stanton Va , Woodrow Wilsons birth place and one of the of the great antebellum towns in America.
I am trying to get you to Frederick MD [ which has cheaper and more avalable hotels] via Skyline Drive /Front Royal/ Harpers Ferry WV
Harpers Ferry is worth the visit and in the area of Harpers Ferry and Frederick MD is bloody Antietam Battlefield
Day 2 will be devoted to Gettysburg and getting to NYC- sort of
It's a little over an hour from Frederick to Gettysburg allow at least 3 hours to tour the battlefield and let your kids climb the rocks at Big and Little Round Tops and Devils Den. Start your trip at the visitors center and take the time to view the electric map
It's 140 miles from Gettysburg to Philly via US 30/ 202/ I-76 and when you get in the area of King of Prussia - 202 and I -76 you will also be very close to Valley Forge just a thought
if you can leave Gettysburg by noon you can actually make beautiful downtown philadelphia in time to take in Independence hall
Check with The National Park Service for what time the attractions on the mall actually close
Day 2 should end with you spending the night within 40 miles of the Staten Island Ferry dock.
but not in Jersey City , Elizabeth or Newark NJ Perth Amboy is sort of OK. Since it's off season something down on the Jersey shore isn't a bad idea like Freehold- Springsteens home town. [This means using I-95 North out of Philly which is just to the east of the mall.]Find a place you like and spend 2 nights
Day 3 is devoted to NYC
Somehow get onto Staten Island and follow signs for the Verrazano bridge
The last exit before the bridge-Bay street- will take you north to the Staten Island ferry dock- The parking lot is one of those self pay types so you may need to get a roll of quarters before you park you car.Yes i did say park your car.
Park the car by the ferry dock and take the free Staten Island Ferry to the lower end of manhattan aka South Ferry- you will spend the rest of your time in manhattan either walking or using subways both of which are faster , safer and cheaper and actually less confusing than than driving. Trust me on this one I'm a native and spent over 20 years driving commercial vehicles in manhattan and surrounding areas.
When you get off the SI Ferry ,the ferry taking you to the Statue of Lliberty and Ellis Island is a couple of hundred yards in front of you and to your left The ferry goes from manhattan to the statue to ellis and then straight back to manhattan. I think that given all the restrictions concerning actually getting into the statue I would simply look at it from the boat and continue on to ellis.
When you get back to manhattan directly across the park from the ferry dock is federal style buildingwhich is located at the foot of Broadway . It is the old US Customs house. Carefully cross the street .When you walk inside to the left and the right are two of the most beautiful spiral staircases you will ever see-[ you have to go through more security to get into the building.]Looking uptown from the stairs of the customs house you will be looking across Bowling Green- yes our founding fathers actually bowled on it and beyond that you will see the famous wall street bull
continuing up broadway a very short way and slightly north of wall st you will come to a red sandstone church -Trinity
if you make a downhill left just before you reach the church proper you wiil see that Alexander Hamilton and Robert Fulton are buried next to each other.If you go back out to wall st and walk past the stock exchange some creative navigation will take you over to Fraunces Tavern of G. Washington fame. Continuing to the East River will take you over to South st. Seaport
If continue up broadway from Trinity around 140 Bwy [ liberty st] you will see a large open space to north and left of where you are standing. Two great buildings and many people once occupied that space. Look back at the blackness of 140 Bwy and then turn your gaze to a spot in the sky above that awful hole that is twice the height of 140 Bwy.
At this point you have some decisions to make about where to spend the rest of the day.
If you take the # 1 train from Chambers st and get off at the christopher St stop , cross 7th ave and go about 100 yds east on Bleeker st you will come to one of the top 5 greatest pizza places in NYC - Johns- they sell only whole pies and give you the option of buying soft drinks by the pitcher. The pies bake in a coal fired brick oven and come out blistering hot bubbling The pizza so good. For the rest of your life pizza will never be the same
Go back to the subway take the 1 to 59th st
change to the local A train uptown and get off at the Museum of Natural History stop
tour the museum until it closes and walk west across 81st [ which is the north side of the museum] 2 blocks to broadway, cross bwy and you will see an orange and white awning in front of you, underneath that awning is one of the greatest food stores in america; Zabars
if you're a foodie at all Zabars is heaven.
It is perfectly acceptable, indeed expected to ask a counterperson for a taste of something prior to buying it
of note almond croissants, smoked fish, bagels, rustic breads , cheeses a great take out counter and jams, coffees and mustards.
buy some things for your DC road trip
upstairs is high quality hard to find and a bit pricey cooking equipment.
dinner is at cafe napoli or pelligrinos in little italy
Take the # 1 train[ 79 th st ] down town
to 42 nd st / Times square change to the # 7 train to grand central and take the# 6 train to canal st & lafayette sts. Walk 1 block east to mulberry st and then north a block or two until you find your restaurant. watch out for imported bottled fizzy waters they tend to be expensive and NYC tap water is excellent and when you are offered a chef's special get the price before ordering it. as a rule NYC portions are large and splitting entrees is OK.
When you are sitting on Mulberry st having dinner think about the pictures you saw in Ellis Island about what mulberry st used to look like.
the 5 points of Gangs of NY fame are located about 1/2 mile south of where you are sitting.
finish dinner do not order dessert .walk around the neighborhood looking at and buying souveniers. walk over to Ferraras and have dessert.
hail a cab going downtown to the ferry and then back to your motel
by now you guys should be wiped out
Day 4 -somewhere in NJ to DC
the trip to DC should take you around 4-5 hrs depending upon weather and traffic you will need a full day and a half to see DC
in addition to the usual DC things a visit to the national cathederal in georgetown can be inspiring [ Woodrow Wilson is the only President buried in DC city limits. His crypt is on the main floor ]
i wish you had the time to go over to hampton roads/ new port news and then drive down cape hatteras past kill devil hills [of the Wright broters first flight fame ]
taking the ferry across haterras inlet and the one from ocracoke to the mainland- really nice drive - on a par with the drive from kanab to torrey in terms of beauty.
be careful and remember cruise control is great for small town driving.
BTW get in touch with the MTA[Metropolitan Transportation Authority ] in NYC for subway maps and same day multi- trip ticket info




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Headed to Australia in about 1.5 years... advice on preparations?




MadDog


One of the goals I've set for myself is to travel to Australia before I turn 30. Knocking on 28 right now, and so it's time to get everything set in motion.

I'm going to aim for Feb/Mar 2009. I plan to go along the Boomerang Coast... Sydney, Melbourne... may start at Brisbane. I've a few friends there.

Any must-sees along the way? I've never been out-of-country before. Do I need any vaccinations? How long does it take to get the visa cleared, and how much does the visa cost?



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One must see and not too far out of your way is the Great Ocean Road running west of Melbourne. You could probably get a coach trip but it might be good to hire a car in Melbourne and drop it off at say Mt. Gambier, or you could head north from there through the wine growing country of South Australia.

The other thing is that you should spend 2 or 3 days in Canberra. The War Memorial & Museum is only beaten by the Imperial War Museum in London, they say. Also take a look at the Parliament House, built partially underground (!) in 1987 - 88 and open to all comers. Security checks apply but you can take all the photos you want - not while the houses are sitting of course.

An International Drivers Licence could ease the hiring of a car quite a bit. I looked into car hire recently and the larger companies actually did offer the best rates I could find.

We use Mastercard, Visa, American Express, Diners Club cards and a few others and there are plenty of automatic teller machines around the place and most of them are cross - compatible.

There are no endemic diseases here so vaccinations are not really a problem, we might be more worried about things you can bring with you! (Just kidding) A flu shot might be worthwhile.

Visas, well I've never had to get one but I'd allow a good 8 weeks, best to have it stashed rather than get worried whether it was going to arrive in time. A travel agent can advise you, but Australia has several consulates in the USA for instance and you can find them on the net.

If you are coming from the USA, don't bring electrical appliances, Australia uses 240Volts which will burn out US stuff before you can blink. Small dual voltage stuff like electric shavers are OK, but you will need an adapter plug. Your portable battery operated AM/FM radio will work fine. Some chargers for laptops and cell phones will work on 100 to 250 Volts without needing to set a selector switch, look at the charger. Hotels/motels offering internet connection are getting a lot more common even in rural areas but they tend to be at the higher end of the market.

Your cell phone might work if you get an Australian SIM card - check with your supplier. Cell phone coverage is good in the capital cities and larger towns, not so good in the small towns and along highways. Telstra has the best coverage.

Look at this site for electrical and phone information -

http://www.kropla.com/

http://www.accesscomms.com.au/Reference/powerplug.htm

Many Australian hotels/motels have hair dryers hard wired into bathroom walls and some have a 110 volt socket too. You can usually borrow a clothes iron and board from reception for free or a small fee and there is usually a guest laundry with auto washer and a drier.

How can a poor developing country encourage foreign FDI?

Q. So far here is what I got, let's keep this real.

- Cheap labor
- Poor regulations
- Strong intellectual property rights
- Low taxes (<10%)
- off shore banking

What else?


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Investors are interested in locations where:
1. They can feel that the bar of entry to a given industry isn't ridiculously high (e.g. you need to hire 25 lawyers in your company before you can attempt to build and sell an electric car)
-> LOW REGULATIONS
2. They can feel that what they build will be theirs to enjoy (e.g. no government or mafia there saying - we'll take half of what ever you build because we need it the cash to go attend the next G20 photo shoot really it's extremely important I go there with my wife and kids)
-> LOW TAXES
3. The social structure set into place ensures that what has your name on it - remains yours to keep. I.e. the legal infrastructure is set such that nobody can come and easily steal "material stuff" from you.
-> PROPERTY RIGHTS
4. The rules that are set are there to stay and no-one can show up suddenly and decide otherwise or go retroactive and say ooops, know what, effective 5 years ago, every factory built on land XYZ is not allowed to engage in solar panel production
-> THE RULE OF LAW
Besides (if I may):
* The US paid the greatest salaries in the world for two centuries and attracted loads of FDI and the guys invented everything (the guys could say let's go for electricity and boom, there it was, in all houses, sure right now, what next, water, same thing, over night, want a car, sure, what, want to fly, there you go, airplanes, what else, walk on the moon, my of course why not - etc etc)
-> CHEAP LABOR is not a factor usually. Actually the cheaper the labor the lower the skills of the people you higher and the more mistakes and troubles you are likely to have with your problems so it may be counterintuitive but CHEAP LABOR is not in the list.
* Strong intellectual property rights are ALSO not on the list, and are not to be confused with "Property Rights". To this effect I can recommend a very recent video found on YouTube by Kinsella called "How Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism"
-> STRONG IP RIGHTS are not a factor either
and you just need to look at how the world works today, every penny is running towards China today where the guys are allowed to just build and invent and try and test and here's bread, and here's bread with raisins, and here's bread with raisins and chocolate, etc etc - whereas the countries with Microsoft complaining every other day about no this "idea" is mine and no this was my "idea" etc tend to usually trap capital and impose delays on the speed at which a society moves into the future so people need to be quite careful with IP rights. More URLs I can recommend in the below lines.
Hoping this helps & good luck. Read everything you can find on www.mises.org.




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How much does it cost to convert a car to electric?




Moose


I am doing research to find out what it would take to convert a car to electric? Could anyone give me prices on kits. Or links to websites. You can exclude the price of the car, motor, and batteries. I can also build things like the battery box or motor mounts. I am more concerned about the everything else such as the wiring harness, controllers, adapter plates, etc. I have done a good bit of google searching, but not much luck. It is just rather difficult to find a website that is straight forward about pricing.


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It varies according to how much you want to get out of it. If you want Tesla Roadster performance you can expect to spend well over $55,000. Popular cars to convert are the original Volkswagen Beetle, the Chevy S10 pick-up, and Porsche's so there are partial kits and full kits available minus the batteries. One company will sell you a kit for any car that they have an adepter plate for.

Most home conversions can be had for around the $12,000 mark. You can do a budget for less than $6,000 but you may have to sacrifice highway performance. There is a report of a high school kid building an EV for $600 but he used a lot of scrounged and donated parts. There is a gentleman in Canada that claims to have technology to revive dead lead acid batteries (he gets them for free) and he puts them in his EV conversion. The biggest expense in a EV conversion is the batteries.

Moving to from Canada to Chicago, need budget help?




gotaprofqu


I might be moving my wife, toddler twins and new baby to Illinois and I need to know if we can survive on my single income. If anyone living in the general area can help me figure out the range for the following budget items I would be really grateful.

Home insurance (say 200k home)--
Car insurance (newer car and van, good driving record)--
Phone--
Internet--
Cable--
Utilities (electricity, heat and water)--
Cellphone--
Food (eating almost exclusively at home)--
@ tichur: I would be working near palos heights and it seems like houses in green island or alsip fit the 190-210 range



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I'm from Iowa originally and currently live in NY but here's a run down of aproximations:

Home owners insurance: I'd say around $125 per month, probably less- but you can escrow that in with your property taxes...
Car Insurance: between 100-200 depending

Phone, Internet & Cable you should be able to get a package deal for $100 per month- 29.95 per service

Utilities:
Electric: 100-150
Heat: Varies, depends on if you have gas or electric heat
Water: max of 100 per month

Cellphone: our plan is 2 phones, 700 min for $106 per month

Food: with children, I'd say min of $500 a month. My husband and I probably spend about $100 per week and we have no kids.

I'd say you're looking at around $1,125 per month...

Best of Luck, Chicago is a great city!!




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