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- ND regulators may raise Otter Tail wind charge
Otter Tail Power Co. wants to increase a special charge to electric customers that helps pay for its wind energy projects.
- Proposal to make union formation easier generates heat
U.S. labor unions have been losing clout for decades. That would change under the proposed Employee Free Choice Act, which would make forming a union easier.
- Civic Center a successful brand here
Having a strong brand helps market a product. In the Bismarck-Mandan "market area," the people who buy tickets to concerts, Broadway shows and, yes, basketball games, as well as drag races and monster truck ...
- Another Failure For North Dakota Economic Development
Nov 12 2008 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php Way back in my early blogging days I did a story about how Kent Conrad, John Hoeven and the Bismarck-Mandan economic development got together and spent ...
- UND's AgCam blasts off aboard Endeavor
If the lens aperture on UNDa s AgCam is as wide as the eyes of those who watched it launch into space Friday night, the images will be spectacular.
- Officials want new name for Bismarck Civic Center
Some tourism officials want to change the name of the Bismarck Civic Center. Bismarck-Mandan Convention and Visitors Bureau officials say the facility should be renamed the Bismarck Convention Center.
- Former Cancer Center exec Fishbein to be extradited
A former executive accused of stealing about $110,000 from the Cancer Center of North Dakota has consented to be extradited from Montana to face a felony theft charge in Grand Forks County.
- ND Petroleum Council educates public
The Bakken formation and the oil industry took center stage at last night's "Let's Talk...Bakken" meeting, held in Killdeer.
- Dodge Center man charged in wife, son's deaths
According to the complaint, the famil9 had returned from an outing on Saturday evening when Bugarin and his wife, Teresa, got into an argumen4 and she told him she was getting a divorce.
- Holiday Showcase kicks off Saturday
Hundreds of people strolled from booth to booth Saturday at the Pride of North Dakota Holiday Showcase in the Alerus Center, most carrying at least one of the red reusable shopping bags provided to event-goers. ...
- Traill County officials ponder next move on jail, courthouse
Now that Traill County voters overwhelmingly have rejected a proposed $7.4 million courthouse addition and jail project - for the second time this year - county officials are left to ponder their next move.
- Obamas relaxing...Pushing for a deal...8yearold charged...
For man9 it'll be the first relaxing momen4 in months. JENIN, West Bank Secretar9 of State Condoleezza Rice is touring the West Bank in an effort to show support for Palestinian Presiden4 Mahmoud Abbas.
- Area's morning voter turnout steady, with few problems
By midmorning today, more than 5,000 votes had been cast in all Grand Forks precincts, said Deana Mayotte, a Grand Forks County election assistant.
- ND Ag Hall of Farm nominations wanted
The selection committee of the North Dakota Agricultural Hall of Fame is asking the public for candidate suggestions for the 2009 inductees - men and women who have made the wheels of agriculture turn.
- Basin Electric, FPL Plan to Double Wind Center
Basin Electric Power Cooperative says it`s joining FPL Energy LLC in plans to double the size of the Wilton Wind Energy Center north of Bismarck.
- Cancer center executive accused of theft
The former chief administrative officer at a cancer center in Grand Forks is accused of stealing about $110,000 from the company.
- Columnist Lloyd Omdahl: O sister! Where art thou?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger diagnosed the California Legislature and found it ailing due to the lack of women.
- Grand Forks Herald Runs More Out-of-State Propaganda Against Mearure 2
Oct 31 2008 12:00AM http://sayanythingblog.com/index.php We should sacrifice so government employees don't have to.
- NDSU names Diversity Center head
Diversity,0060 NDSU names Diversity Center head Eds: APNewsNow. FARGO, N.D. North Dakota State University has named a coordinator for its new Diversity Center.
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How will I be able to find an addiction treatment center in Valley City, North Dakota? Question: My dad's an alcoholic, and we really need to get him treated. He has already consented, we just don't know how we're going to find the right treatment center for him. Any ideas?
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You can peruse through the yellow pages. There will most likely be a list there of addiction treatment centers. The links I've provided below can be helpful for your search too. Just call up the centers and ask. Good luck!
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I want to find a low-cost addiction treatment center in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Help? Question: We're really low on cash at the moment, and I want to get my daughter treated for her alcohol addiction. I know this costs much, so does anybody know of an addiction treatment center that does not charge high rates? Any other suggestions would be highly appreciated.
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You can probably try to get a grant from the government. You can also check out the links I have included below, they might be able to help you out. Just don't lose hope and inquire into as many centers as you can. Good luck to you and your daughter.
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Why is the center of the country colder in the winter Question: Every winter when cold air comes down from canada, it always hits minnesota and north dakota with full force, and even extends down into nothern texas. The eastern half of the country is cold, but nowhere near as cold as the central part of the country. Why does the frigid air always enter in the center of the country and not the eastern part.
I know the jet stream is the cause of this; i just want to know why the jet stream dips more in the central part of the country and not the eastern part
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Actually, the jet stream is more of a response mechanism than a causal one. The center of the country is more favored for the initial surges of arctic air for a couple of reasons. One, the polar vortex (a large and persistent mid and upper level low pressure area) tends to set up in the vicinity of Hudson Bay in Canada. The counter-clockwise rotation around this low allows for surges of cold arctic air to move southward across central Canada into the center of the U.S. before sliding eastward. There is also a secondary process that tends to pull the cold surface air masses southward initially. The slope of the central U.S. is such that the terrain gets gradually higher as you go west over the plains, before abruptly rising at the Rocky Mountain chain. The surface highs associated with the very cold air rotate clockwise, thus the cold air from them is lifted up along the higher terrain which cools the air even further. This cooling causes the surface high to actually move in the direction of cooling, thus they hang close to the Rocky Mountain chain for a while before finally breaking eastward. This effect also tends to cause the cold outbreaks to drop initially into the central U.S.
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Car Crash in North Dakota? Question: Today i was in a car accident. I had just pulled out of a stop sign and was turning right, headed north bound. A car who was making a left turn (he was going south bound). he turned into my lane and hit my front end, being that my car was only valued at about $3500, the collilsion center deemed it totaled. Is he responsible for paying for this? He admitted fault to the accident. Im questioning because i believe ND is a no-fault state, so whats going to happen?
thanks for the help!
I was turning right after a stop sign, about to head northbound. A car who was traveling southbound was making a left turn and cut it very short, turning into me. Will he end up being fully negligent?
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The term "No-Fault" only pertains to medical bills. That phrase will have NOTHING to do with determining who was at-fault for the accident.
ND has comparative negligence laws that state both parties can be held partially responsible for an accident. Anybody who is 50% or more negligent can not collect anything from the other driver. The amount you can collect will be reduced by the percentage of your negligence.
Your description of the accident facts is a little confusing. If possible can you edit your post to make things a little more clear. Tell us what direction each car was facing and what direction was turning. (Example, I was traveling westbound and was turning right/north on Smith Rd) We also need to know if the other driver had a stop sign.
The fact that he admitted fault does not automatically bind his insurance company to paying your claim. They will do their own investigation and make a decision about the negligence.
Good Luck.
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Thanks for the additional info. Assuming that you remained in your lane at all times and it was a front end to front end impact then I would say he would likely be 100% at-fault, even if he did not have a stop sign. You both had a legal duty to make your turns in a safe manner with regard to ALL other traffic at the intersection. If he went into your lane then he failed in that duty and his company should pay you. If they do not offer you 100% then you can make a claim to your own collision coverage (if you have it) and then your company will fight to get your deductible back.
If they don't offer 100%, you can sue the other driver, (not the insurance company) in small claims court where it shouldn't be too tough to get awarded 100%.
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Is there any issue Obama will not "move to the Center" on? Question: While McCain moved from the Center to the Right, Obama keeps moving to the Center and the Right. Are Liberal and Left Views "Off the Table" in a General U.S. Election?
* Sen. Barack Obama raised the possibility of slowing a promised gradual, 16-month withdrawal from Iraq if he is elected president, saying that Thursday he will consult with military commanders on an upcoming trip to the region and "continue to refine" his proposals.
"My 16-month timeline, if you examine everything I've said, was always premised on making sure our troops were safe," Obama told reporters as his campaign plane landed in North Dakota, a state no Democratic presidential candidate has carried since 1964. "And my guiding approach continues to be that we've got to make sure that our troops are safe, and that Iraq is stable. And I'm going to continue to gather information to find out whether those conditions still hold."
* Now Obama joins Bush in helping government fund faith based programs for the poor.
* His support for a refurbished spy bill that grants retroactive immunity to telephone corporations for collaborating with the White House in the practice of electronic surveillance against American citizens. This violates his earlier pledge to filibuster any surveillance legislation containing such immunity.
* His appointment of the corporate-friendly Wal-Mart apologist and Hamilton Project [2] economist Jason Furman as his economic policy director - something that stands in curious relation to his earlier bashing ("I won't shop there") of Wal-Mart's low-wage practices.
* His emphasis on how he's a supporter of "free trade," something that seems to contradict his campaign-trail criticism of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).
* His "tweaking" of his claim that he would meet with Iran's president (he is adding conditions)
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/02/us/politics/02fisa. html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-obam a28-2008jun28,0,7896641.story
http://www.commondreams.org/arch ive/2008/07/01/10005/
http://www.counterpunch.org/maass0628200 8.html
Dr. Curious...Do believe Obama could say:
"So they go, primarily women and children and the aged. They watch as we poison their water, as we kill a million acres of their crops. They must weep as the bulldozers roar through their areas preparing to destroy the precious trees. They wander into the hospitals with at least twenty casualties from American firepower for one Vietcong-inflicted injury. So far we may have killed a million of them, mostly children. They wander into the towns and see thousands of the children, homeless, without clothes, running in packs on the streets like animals. They see the children degraded by our soldiers as they beg for food. They see the children selling their sisters to our soldiers, soliciting for their mothers."?
MLK 1967
Obama is a Corporate-Imperialist Democrat, just like the Clintons. Are you suggesting because I am angry that Obama is changing his positions, after I enthusiastically supported him for months, that all of a sudden I am a Racist?
CIC-Thanks for the updated Political Compass...it's no surprise: Kucinich (2004,2008) and Nader (2000) are the only Presidential Candidates I've actually donated money to.
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Nope.
He's clearly a sell out. To win the primaries he posed as something he isn't. It doesn't surprise me he sells out, I never believed the hype based on his long career of spouting leftist rhetoric but leaving his liberal words at the doors of power.
http://www.beyondchron.org/news/index.php?itemid=5413
We've had words about this in the past. I saw it comming but the speed and ease even amazes me.
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"In embracing the war on terror and the claim that there must be a trade-off between security and democratic rights, Obama is echoing the reactionary arguments of the Bush White House. No section of the Democratic Party is prepared to tell the American people the truth: that the greatest threat to democratic rights comes not from a handful of Al Qaeda terrorists, but from the American state machine itself.
Osama bin Laden cannot overthrow the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and establish a police state in the United States. Only an American president or an American general can do that, at the head of a military-intelligence apparatus that already absorbs more than $700 billion a year, more than the combined armies of every other country in the world"
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/obam-j23.shtml
He's a big liar
"The positions being taken by Obama are not some clever vote-winning ploy. What you see is what you get. He is a thoroughly corrupt and reactionary politician, who has clawed his way up through the political cesspool known as the Chicago Democratic Party machine. He is prepared to do anything to succeed and whatever is required to uphold the interests of the ruling elite that both political parties serve.
For a layer of so-called lefts oriented to the Democratic Party, none of this will make a difference. They will only work harder at trying to convince people that Obama is merely being pressured from the right and can be pushed back by pressure from the left.
This standpoint is most clearly expressed by the Nation magazine, which recently commented on the controversy provoked by Obama’s selection of a right-wing economic advisor.
“Now Obama has stumbled into embarrassing questions about his commitment to that message of change,” it said in a June 19 editorial. “It wouldn’t be the first time a Democratic presidential candidate talked about sweeping change, won over the party faithful and ordinary voters, and then abandoned them to powerful interests. But we believe Obama is better than that...”
The Nation peddles the crassest illusions in Obama and through him, in the Democratic Party and the profit system it defends. But this task becomes more and more difficult as Obama moves sharply to the right, even while the deepening economic and social crisis are creating the conditions for a broad shift to the left among American youth, students and working people."
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/obam-j02.shtm l
The American left just got punked. This guy will be more conservative in the White House than Bill Clinton was
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Av_W_NTPzD5GlxY ra0wh6J0jzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20080410142044AAD7O9t
"Obama’s rapid evolution in the wake of the primaries demonstrates the politics of deception and manipulation of public opinion that his campaign has embodied from the outset. It has never represented an insurgency from below, but rather a bid by elements of the ruling elite to effect certain definite but limited changes in policy, while using Obama to supply a fresh face for American imperialism under conditions in which it is discredited at home and abroad.
The attempt to use the Obama campaign to delude broad layers of the population seeking change enjoys the active and crucial support of most of what passes for the American “left.” They seek to cover up or apologize for the right-wing trajectory of the Democrats. Some put forward the cynical argument that Obama is merely doing what it takes to get elected—the American people, they would argue, are backward and right-wing. Others maintain that he is reacting to pressure from the establishment and must be pushed back on course through pressure from the left.
Typical of this second school is the left liberal journalist Arianna Huffington, who posted on her web site advice to Obama, warning him that “tacking to the center is a losing strategy.”
Instead, she called upon him to “appeal to the 82 million people who did not vote in 2004.” She continued, “Isn’t galvanizing the electorate to demand fundamental change the raison d’être of the Obama campaign in the first place?”
In reality, Obama is now running on his real program, that of a corrupt and reactionary big business politician. He will leave it to figures like Huffington, the Nation, and others on the so-called left to continue promoting illusions in his candidacy, while he makes his pitch to his key constituencies, the financial aristocracy and the forces of the state."
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/obam-j04.shtml
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Need help translating this English to spanish... need human not a program to do this.. thanks? Question: The town of Rugby in the state of North Dakota is the exact geographical center of the North American continent. To the north, the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan border the state. Minnesota is to the east, Montana is to the west, and South Dakota is to the south.
below is what i got when i put it freetranslation.com... is it near or correct what you guys translated for me? thanks...
****El pueblo de Rugby en el estado de Dakota del norte es el centro geográfico exacto del continente norteamericano. Al norte, las provincias canadienses de Manitoba y la frontera de Saskatchewan el estado. Minnesota está al este, Montana está al oeste, y Dakota del sur está a el sur. ***
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La ciudad de Rugby en el estado de North Dakota (Dakota del Norte) està geogràficamente en el centro exacto del continente norteamericano. Al norte, las provincias Canadienses de Manitoba y Saskatchewan colindan con el estado. Minnesota està al este, Montana al oeste y South Dakota (Dakota del Sur) està al sur.
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How Many people want to report illegal immigration violation? Well here's some number's.? Question: How Many people want to report illegal immigration violation? Well here's some number's.?
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I know I am going to get reported for this.
Because I wrote about illegal immigration an plus Im Anti-illegal immigration
YEA I got REPORTED
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I read alot of pesimist answers but as for me we have to report all illegal aliens and if we call and call and call the INS they got to get sick and tired of it and do something.
You got reported, big deal do not let that intimidate what you know in your heart is right.
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Why are hate crimes on a rise? Question: Although "hate-crime" legislation has been championed by minority groups in hopes it would discourage racially motivated crime, a recently released FBI crime report reveals that a higher percentage of blacks than whites are charged with race-biased "hate crimes."
The FBI's "Hate Crime Statistics" for 1999 show that 2,030 whites were arrested that year for "hate crimes" against blacks, compared to 524 blacks who were arrested and charged with a "hate crime" against whites.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, blacks make up 12.8 percent of the population -- or about 35.4 million of the country's 280 million people -- so, given the arrest rate versus population percentage, the data indicates that blacks are one-and-a-half times more likely to be arrested for a "hate crime" than whites.
The Census Bureau's November 2000 statistics listed the nation's white population at 226.8 million, or 82.2 percent of the total.
"In light of this study, it's fair to ask who poses a greater threat to the black community -- racist, violent whites or oblivious black politicians?" said Steve Dasbach, the national director for the Libertarian Party.
"Unfortunately, hate crime laws have boomeranged on blacks," Dasbach said in a recent statement. "African-Americans thought that hate crime legislation would protect them, but instead they're being used as another legal weapon to prosecute them."
Dasbach also said the FBI study indicated that another 87 blacks were arrested for hate crimes against other blacks.
"Hate crimes aren't just for KKK members anymore. They are now being applied even to same-race crimes … apparently giving racist police, prosecutors or judges another weapon to use against African-Americans," Dasbach said.
The bottom line, Dasbach said, is that crimes against a certain protected class of citizens "should not be treated more seriously than crimes against anyone else."
The Libertarian Party has advocated a complete elimination of all "hate crime" laws. "Racist criminals, whether black or white, should be punished for their crimes, but hate crime laws aren't needed to do that," said the party chief.
Officially, Congress has described a "hate crime" as one "in which the defendant intentionally selects a victim, or in the case of a property crime, the property that is the object of the crime, because of the actual or perceived race, color, national origin, ethnicity, gender, disability, or sexual orientation of any person."
The party's position has been echoed by other critics of "hate crimes" laws who say legislation is written in such a way that authorities often have too much arbitrary power to decide whether a crime had a racial undertone.
Many believe that "hate crime" laws, now in 45 states, have hit poor and minority communities the worst.
"It is demonstrable that these laws hit the poor and minorities hardest. It wasn't meant that way, but that's the way it is," said Christopher Plourd -- a criminal defense lawyer who has represented a number of clients charged with "hate crimes" -- in an Oct. 30 interview with columnist Arianna Huffington.
"In the same way that [police] don't go on white college campuses trying to enforce drug laws, but come to the 'hood, they'll use these new hate crime laws against the NAACP's own constituents," Van Jones, director of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, told Huffington.
Ironically, most blacks continue to vote heavily for Democrats who have championed "hate crimes" legislation for years. According to the NAACP, about 88 percent of blacks who voted in last November's elections chose Democratic presidential nominee Al Gore and other Democratic candidates for nationwide and local races.
Prior to the Nov. 7 election, the NAACP launched a $9 million national campaign effort in support of Gore, who had been a vociferous supporter of past "hate crimes" legislation.
Some Republicans have also backed expansion of federal legislation, but last fall GOP leaders killed "hate crimes" language in the Defense Department's appropriations bill out of fear it would have jeopardized the whole measure.
Also, GOP leaders said that while current federal law was sufficient to punish criminals convicted of racially motivated crime, overall, the issue of "hate crimes" legislation seemed contrary to the Constitution's equality provisions.
"It should not be made a matter of federal law to designate one group of crimes and its victims less important than others," said John Czwartacki, a spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., in an October interview with the Associated Press.
The FBI said there were a total of 7,876 "bias motivation" incidents in 1999. Anti-white incidents accounted for 781 of those, while anti-black incidents numbered 2,958. Anti-Hispanic incidents accounted for 466 of 829 ethnicity/national origin-related incidents.
Of religiously based "bias events," anti-Jewish figures accounted for 1,109 of 1,411 documented incidents. Anti-Protestant incidents numbered 48, and anti-Catholic incidents accounted for 36 of the cases.
Also, the FBI said there were a total of 1,317 "sexual orientation" incidents. Of those, 915 were anti-male homosexual; 187 were anti-female homosexual; 178 were anti-homosexual in general; and 14 were anti-heterosexual. Twenty-three incidents were anti-bisexual in nature.
The bureau also said law enforcement officials recorded 9,301 "crimes against persons" offenses in 1999. California -- the nation's most populous state at over 34 million people -- recorded the most offenses with 2,295, followed by New Jersey (663), New York (602), and Massachusetts and Michigan with 492 each.
Mississippi, North Dakota, and Wyoming led the nation with the least "crimes against persons" incidents, with just 2 each, followed by Alaska and the District of Columbia (6 each), Louisiana (7), Arkansas (9) and South Dakota (14).
Crimes against persons include murder and non-negligent manslaughter (17), forcible rape (6), aggravated assault (1,120), simple assault (1,766) and intimidation crimes (3,268). There were 12 offenses listed as "other."
The FBI's study appeared in the bureau's annual "Uniform Crime Report" and included data from over 12,000 law enforcement agencies around the country.
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how did you forget that the F.B.I. statistics show that for every black killed by a white there are 12 whites killed by blacks, and hardly any of these crimes have been charged as hate crimes against whites??? but every black killed by a white was listed as a hate crime??? some thing stinks
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how to make money at 14? Question: hey im a 14 year old girl and i need some money.i cant babeysit because there are no lil kids near my neiborhood their all teens.and i dont want to shovel snow.i cant do a kissing booth im to ugly for someone to want to kiss me.do those online survey things work.its winter so i cant sell lemmonade.my parents wont give me an allowence.i love in bismarck north dakota do we have a recycling center down here someone help me out pllzz.also i have a freind who makes out with guys for money i wouldnt mind doing that but does that sound like a good idea.
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robbing a bank is the only way.
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how to get in contact with...? Question: ok this is a long story. please help. i met this girl last year, and we became really good friends. then she got sent away for attempted suicide and throwing a spike ball at her brother's face. yes i know it sounds violent. but still. she kept coming back and getting sent away, and then she just never came back. i found out from her brother recently that she is at some weird juvenile center, her phone line doesn't get service anymore, and she will never come back. her brother also says he cant give away their phone number, and her parents dont like me so they wouldnt give it to me if i could ask them straight out. he is my only information source, and not a very good one. does anyone have a list of juvenile detention centers' numbers or email or street address for minnesota and/or north dakota?? please help, i want to talk to her at least once more before she kills herself. and i know shewill since she has to flunk out due to missing so much school and everything else gone wrong.
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I honestly believe you can get onto a talk show with this story if you write them. They'll pay for everything as well, just how they pay the thousands of dollars necessary for paternity tests. It's good juice and drama for ratings on one end, and it's a good way to get the truth for free on the other end. Likewise with this.
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Can someone give me specifics on how to become a truck driver? Question: I'm from North Dakota and interested in becoming a truck driver and am confused on exactly what training I'll need.
There's a local job training center that gives this description of their program:
"This six week, 240 hour program includes classroom and behind-the-wheel training, and is designed to give you a good understanding of the trucking industry. You will start with the basics and move up to the finer points of the trade. The focus of the training is the knowledge needed for CDL Certification."
That costs roughly $4000. Is that a fair price? Will that training be necessary?
Also if that just gives me the knowledge to get my CDL certification, how do I get my actual CDL?
Thank you for any help
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$4,000 is good for a Class A. For a class B it's crazy.
There are some companies out there that will pay for your training but in return you have to agree to work for the for a certain amount of time.
After training you will take a driving/written test. In Indiana it costs $100 & you have to pay each time you re-take it (ex. failing). After you pass your test then you will be issued your CDL.
The training company should be able to answer any questions that you have.
If you do not sign-up with a company that pays for your training, then find a training facility that will guarantee you find a job. They will work with you to locate employers in your area and they will help you get signed on with them.
Another thing, now is not the time to become an Owner-Operator. THe gas prices are too high. So you really need to start out with a fairly stable company that can handle the price of gas & is not looking to go under.
In regards to the above post - If you have a family then don't sign on with JB Hunt or Schneider. They will run you ragged. Your home-time is terrible.
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Why four thousand fewer people show up to see Obama in the same arena as did for Sarah Palin in Wisconsin? Question: “You all know that you hold this election in your hands,” Sen. Russ Feingold, a Democrat who said he worked on ethics legislation with Obama, told a crowd of about 6,000 cheering Obama fans in the arena next to Lambeau Field. “We just barely won this state for Al Gore in 2000 and we just barely won this state for John Kerry in 2004.”
The numbers in Wisconsin and Minnesota are getting close enough that the Obama campaign closed its 11 campaign offices in North Dakota and moved the 50 staffers there to these two states.
Just a week ago, John McCain and his vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin — who can bring out crowds the way Obama can — appeared in this same stadium, Resch Center, to a crowd of 10,000 fans. There were an uncharacteristic amount of empty orange seats for Obama’s rally.
http://www.suntimes.com/news/politics/obama/1178184,obama rally092208.article
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Obama is over saturated. People are getting tired of hearing about him and only him about how great he is and how he's the only solution. All this over hype may lose him this election.
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Have we've fallen short in caring for vets? Question: Sen. Barack Obama said Thursday the country has "often fallen short" of caring for war veterans during the Bush administration.
Calling attention to the "deplorable conditions" at places like Fort Bragg and Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Obama said, "It doesn't have to be this way -- not in this country."
"There are many aspects of the war in Iraq that have gone inalterably wrong, but caring for our veterans is one thing that we can still get right," the Democratic presidential candidate said before a crowd in Fargo, North Dakota.
People shouldn't pretend to be military personnel when they aren't.
~b: ????? I am speechless
Answer:
Maybe ...
Bush ... has done the best that he could while trying to keep the Socialist / Communist / Liberal / Marxist Democrats from running OUR country into the ground !!!
Bush Blamers ... DEMOCRATS CONTROL the CONGRESS .. AND .. THE SENATE ...
Bush did NOTHING without them ... BLAME THEM !!!!
Democrats / Blamers ... TRY to explain this ...
04/13/08 -
President Bush Job Approval
RCP Average
Approve 31.0%
Disapprove 65.5%
Spread -34.5%
Congressional Job Approval (DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED) **********
RCP Average
Approve 22.0%
DISAPPROVE 70.0% **********
Spread -48.0%
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Democrats have to recognize that since the 73rd Congress in 1933, for a MAJORITY of THE LAST 65 YEARS, Democratic Houses of Representatives and Democratic Senates have CONTROLLED the nation and the President.
A TOTAL of 38 Sessions with Democrats in CONTROL for 28 of those!
WE need to inform/TELL our political representatives that WE NEED TO PASS a Constitutional Amendment for the LINE ITEM VETO.
This will keep the SPECIAL INTEREST GARBAGE from being attached to valuable legislation.
If Congress wants to give the president that power, they will have to pass a constitutional amendment, Supreme Justice John Paul Stevens said. "If there is to be a new procedure in which the president will play a different role in determining the text of what may become a law, such change must come not by legislation but through the amendment procedures set forth in Article V of the Constitution," Stevens said, on June 25th, 1998.
IF your special interest is SO valuable, why do you have to HIDE it in valuable legislation?
So, with them REFUSING to PASS the Line Item Veto, in reality, the House and Senate have REALLY been controlling the country!!
AND, with the CURRENT Senate and Congress having the WORST approval rating in HISTORY, hopefully we will see a LOT of changes after the general elections.
A recent Reuters poll is out and Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid have pulled an upset: They have managed to make George Walker Bush twice as popular as CONGRESS.
RECENTLY - - JUST 13% of Likely Voters now say the DEMOCRATICALLY CONTROLLED Congress is doing a good or excellent job. A recent Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey found that 43% give Congress a poor rating.
Those results represent a slight decrease from the previous month, when 15% gave Congress a good or excellent rating.
Democrats generally believe in heavy fines for honest work, while rewarding sloth and indulgence.
Do YOU think that people should be able to do absolutely nothing productive and get government hand-outs for sloth and indulgence - healthcare, tobacco, alcohol, drugs, STDs, etc. ??
Do YOU want to have YOUR MONEY TAKEN from YOU and YOUR FAMILY to FINANCE these people ???
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AND ... Please, research the ...
Global Poverty Act (S.2433) ... it is being sponsored by none other than JUNIOR Senator Barack Obama - - - - who had a total of 143 DAYS of experience as a JUNIOR US Senator and believes that he DESERVES to be THE President of THE United States of America.
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Answer these plz?easy? Question: Part One
1) Which state was one of the original 13 colonies?
A South Carolina
B California
C North Dakota
2) How many states does the US have?
A 49
B 50
C 53
3) Who did the United states buy the state of Alaska from?
A The UK
B Australia
C Russia
4) What three products does the US get from Alaska?
A Lumber, boats, gasoline
B Lumber, oil, and crab
C Snow, bears, wolfs
5) Who was the first president of the US?
A Abraham Lincoln
B George Washington
C Lyndon Johnson
6) What is the United States motto?
A We trust the people
B Do your best
C In god we trust
7) What declaration declared America free from Great Britain?
A The Declaration of Independence
B the Declaration of Judgment
C the Doctrine of Free Will
8) How many states are on the same body of land as the United States.
A 50
B 34
C 49
9) What Ocean is at the Western Coast of the US?
A The Atlantic Ocean
B The Pacific Ocean
C The Gulf of Mexico
10) Which country’s does the US border with?
A) Puerto Rico
B) Mexico
C) Mexico and Canada
11) When was the Independence from Great Britain Declared?
A June 3, 1989
B July 4, 1776
C March 23, 1723
12) What is the Capital of the US?
A Washington DC
B New York
C Boston
Part Two
1) When was the first atomic bomb used?
A In the Civil War
B In WWII
C It has never been used before
2) When did the California gold rush start?
A 1978
B 1876
C 1849
3) What were the two sides during the Civil War
A Rednecks and the Patriots
B Poor and Rich
C Rebels and the
4) Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?
A he was one of the presidents of the US
B he did a lot of charity work for the homeless
C he fought segregation and discrimination against Afro-Americans.
5) When did Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his famous speech “I have a Dream”?
A in 1989
B in 1963
C in 1909
6) When was the world trade center hit?
A September 19, 2000
B September 11, 2001
C November 11, 2001
7) Who is vice-president of the US?
A Richard Cheney
B Patrick Dimpsey
C John Roberts
8) When did United States population hit 300,000,000 ?
A in 2007
B in 2006
C this year
9) Which are the 3 most populated city’s in the US?
A New York, Huston, Washington DC
B Washington DC, New York, Los Angeles
C New York, Los Angeles, Chicago
10)What is the second most used language in the US?
A Italian
B French
C Spanish
11) The most popular sport in the US is?
A Baseball
B American football
C Basketball
12) New York is also called…
A The Big Cherry
B The Gold City
C The Big Apple
Answer:
No.
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Airline pilot career??? Question: Ive wanted to become an airline pilot since i was 3. I am 17 now going to start lessons my questions are would it be better to wait and get my flight training while in college ?? what college should i go to (north dakota,ASU,embry riddle??) i want to save money tho and get more flight experience. Or would it be better to go to delta connection acedemy and get training there or gulfstream ,flight safty atp etc.. I am turning 18 in DEC> gradutating high school in 2010.. or would it be best for me now to go to the cessna pilot center and get my private pilots atleast??? well thanks
Answer:
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hockey in america? Question: why is it that hockey's popularity in america is centered around new england and the great lakes...but not the rocky mountains? i can see why it is not popular in the south, but the rocky mountain region in the west is near canada and has the same temperatures as the northeast.
btw...i am basing this statement on the fact that other than colorado, there are no divison 1 college hockey teams west of north dakota
original 6, true
but montana and idaho are near canada but hockey in general (not just nhl) isnt as popular
Answer:
probably a lot of canadians live close to northern states, so they support the hockey there...
and dont forget that the 6 original teams do have a close following... i.e. Detroit
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Spoofs on college names? Question: In each of these examples, the actual name of the college is written first. Then, after each, spoofs are written about each college name.
Auburn University.
Brown University.
Chrome Yellow University.
Neon Pink University.
Northern Illinois University.
Southern Illinois University.
Eastern Illinois University.
Western Illinois University.
Northeastern Illinois University.
Northwestern Illinois University.
Southeastern Illinois University.
Southwestern Illinois University.
North-by-Northwestern Illinois University.
Yale University.
Cole University.
Weiser University.
Kwikset University.
Harvey Mudd College.
Roger Mudd College.
Harcourt Fenton Mudd College.
My Name Is Mudd College.
King's College.
Queen's College.
Jack's College (formerly Knave's College).
Ten's College.
Ace's College.
Texas A&I University.
Texas A&M University.
North Carolina A&T University.
Tennessee C&W University.
Michigan R&B University.
New Jersey M&M University.
San Francisco S&M University.
Governors State University.
Lieutenant-Governors State University.
Secretaries of State State University.
State Comptrollers State University.
University of Tennessee Space Institute.
University of Southwestern Arkansas Cosmic Realms Institute.
Elroy Jetson Space Magic Institute.
Lawrence Livermore National Labs.
Lawrence Berkeley National Labs.
Lawrence Olivier National Labs.
Lawrence of Arabia National Labs.
Lawrence Welk National Labs.
Argonne National Labs.
Kryptonne National Labs.
Xenonne National Labs.
Radonne National Labs.
Concordia University.
Discordia University.
Misericordia University.
University of Wisconsin - Madison.
University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee.
University of Wisconsin - River Falls.
University of Wisconsin - Stout.
University of Wisconsin - Porter.
University of Wisconsin - Malt Liquor.
University of Wisconsin - Night Train.
University of Wisconsin - Everclear.
Purdue University.
Louis Rich University.
Hormel University.
Oscar Mayer University.
Drexel University.
Ethan Allen University.
Seidel University.
La-Z-Boy University.
George Washington University.
James Madison University.
Chester A. Arthur University.
Millard Fillmore University.
Spiro T. Agnew University.
J. Danforth Quayle University.
McMaster University.
McSlave University.
McTop University.
McBottom University.
Wright State University.
Wrong State University.
Altered State University.
UnState University.
Out of State University.
McGill University.
McScale University.
McFin University.
McTail University.
McOperculum University.
McNeese State University.
McNeffew State University.
McAuntt State University.
McUnccle State University.
Seton Hall University.
Seton Vestibule University.
Seton Bathroom University.
Seton Bedroom University.
Sam Houston State University.
Sam Walton State University.
Sam I Am State University.
Son of Sam State University.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.
Colorado School of Mines.
Wyoming School of Ditches.
Montana School of Holes in the Ground.
BU.
BYU.
NYU.
BYOB.
Clemson University.
Jebson University.
Abnerson University.
DaisyMaeson University.
Clarkson University.
Loisson University.
Jimmyson University.
Stephen F. Austin State University.
Steve Austin State University.
Bionic Woman State University.
Tufts University.
Locks University.
Bald Spot University.
Tulane University.
Forlane University.
Atelane University.
Baruch College.
The Weizmann Institute.
Hofstra University.
Brandeis University.
Carasso University.
Emory University.
Nail Clippor University.
Polish Removor University.
Fordham University.
Chryslerporkshoulder University.
Generalmotorspigsfeet University.
Universite' de Montre'al.
Universite' Laval.
Universite' Trudeau.
Universite' Mulroney.
University of Central Florida.
University of EPCOT Center.
University of Disney World.
Bowie State University.
Butcher State University.
Ginsu State University.
Swiss Army State University.
Angelo State University.
Giuseppe State University.
Mario State University.
Cosa Nostra State University.
Mitsubishi Information Technology Labs.
NEC Research Institute.
Florida Atlantic University.
Florida Pacific University.
Florida Indian University.
Florida Arctic University.
Carnegie Mellon University.
Carnegie Cucummber University.
Carnegie Zucchinni University.
College of William and Mary.
College of Bonnie and Clyde.
College of George and Gracie.
College of Frankie and Johnny.
College of Jimmy and Rosalyn.
College of Ronnie and Nancy.
College of Andy and Fergie.
Cornell University.
Wheatell University.
Barleyell University.
Buckwheatell University.
Dartmouth University.
Dartnostril University.
Dartrectum University.
Duke University.
Viscount University.
Baronet University.
Knight University.
Commoner University.
Ferris State University.
Roller Coaster State University.
Florida International University.
Florida National University.
Florida State University.
Florida County University.
Florida Local University.
Florida Neighborhood University.
Florida Backyard University.
Florida Garage University.
Grand Valley State University.
Small Valley State University.
Piffling Little Valley State University.
Large Flood Plain State University.
Hunter College.
Fisherman College.
Camper College.
Backpacker College.
Lehigh University.
Lelow University.
Leinbetween University.
Colgate University.
Crest University.
Gleem University.
Close-Up University.
Pearl Drops Tooth Polish University.
Nova University.
Duster University.
Pinto University.
Super Beetle University.
Old Dominion University.
New Dominion University.
Dominions, Principalities, and Powers University.
Mark-Jason Dominionus University.
IBM T. J. Watson Research Center.
IBM T. J. Hooker Research Center.
IBM J. T. Kirk Research Center.
Southern Methodist University.
Southern Baptist University.
Primitive Baptist University.
Holy Roller University.
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Daisy-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Delphinium-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Chrysanthemum-Hulman Institute of Technology.
Our Lady of the Angels College.
Our Lady of the Elms College.
Our Lady of the Night College.
Prentiss Normal and Industrial Institute.
Prentiss Abnormal and Industrial Institute.
Prentiss Abnormal and Interior Decoration Institute.
Grinnell College.
Smilell College.
Smirkell College.
Dalhousie University.
Sandboxie University.
Playgroundequipmentie University.
Simon Fraser University.
Simon Magus University.
Simon Templar University.
Simon Legree University.
Illinois Benedictine College.
Illinois Dominican College.
Illinois Trappist College.
Illinois Carthusian College.
Illinois Benedictine College.
Illinois Benedictine and Brandy College.
Illinois Drambuie College.
Illinois Grand Marnier College.
Answer:
Wow excellent.
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