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Open Question: How many online retail stores are in the world?

I would really appreciate a link to same estimates or statistics. I am not interested in the actual volume of trade, just the number of stores. I am also interested to get the numbers for the USA or EU. more

Voting Question: Trying tog et a job at 16, CV included?

OK i am looking for a job for the summer holidays and then hopefully after college and at weekends. I am 16 and live in UK. Here is my current CV, i know it is really pathetic ATM so that is why I am here, can anybody help me please? You think someone at game or the applestore would hire me? I have missed out my contact details on Y!A for obvious reasons Profile •16 years old •Looking for summer job and job for afternoons after college and weekends •Willing to work at any role •Willing to learn new roles •National Insurance Number upon request •Preferably something to do with retail or shelf stacking, willing to work at ANY role however •Interested in video games and music and technology in general •Play guitar •Interested in Philosophy and Religion Experience May 2009 -June 2010 Barbers of Edgeley (Garage) I did this for 2 weeks unpaid work experience as part of my schools "work experience" program. work consisted mostly of: •Tidying the garage •Washing cars •Cleaning windows •Helping wherever else needed help such as preparing cars for painting, changing wheels etc 2008 to present •Helping with DIY around the house •Helping with my Dad’s personal Blind fitting business Education St. Anne’s R.C high school/Media College (awaiting GCSE results, SAT’s =English: 5 Math’s: 7 and Science: 6 Awaiting results for GCSE: English, Science, Math’s, ICT, Music, Expressive Arts and Religious Studies. Already have Drama: D and Statistics: B PC SkillsMicrosoft Windows /2000/XP/vista Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher Dreamweaver, Moviemaker etc GCSE + Btec ICT About to attend: Aquinas CollegeAS and A levelPhilosophy, LAW, Government/Politics and either History or Film studies more

Resolved Question: Help with CV please? 16 year old?

Resolved Question: Are there key indicators of a New Depression?

With the mainstream media focusing on the country’s leveling unemployment rate, improving retail sales, and nascent housing recovery, one might think that the US government has successfully navigated the economy through recession and growth has returned. But I will argue that a look under the proverbial hood reveals a very different picture. I believe the data shows that the US economy is badly damaged, and a modern-day depression has begun. In fact, just as World War I was originally called The Great War (and was retroactively renamed after World War II), Peter Schiff has said that one day the world will refer to the 1929-41 era as Great Depression I, and the current period as Great Depression II. For starters, look at unemployment. During Great Depression I, unemployment broke 25%. If government statistics are taken at face value, the current unemployment rate is 9.9%, but a closer look reveals that the broadest measure of unemployment is currently at 20% – and rising. So, today’s numbers are in the same ballpark as the ’30s even though the federal government is using unprecedented measures to keep the economy afloat. Remember, in Great Depression I, FDR never ran a deficit nearly as large as President Obama’s. Moreover, the Federal Reserve of the 1930s still had a gold standard with which to contend, while today’s Fed has increased the monetary base with impunity. Yet even with all that intervention, unemployment figures still indicate that we have entered depression territory. more

Resolved Question: How can i creatively present an assignment?

I'm doing a geography assignment about the factors that influence people to shop where they do, so i want to present all my information within the theme of fashion/retail/shopping. I was thinking of creating a photo book from harvey norman with photos and some statistics and maybe a collage of photos from the media and putting it all in a shopping bag but I was wondering if anyone had any more ideas? more

Resolved Question: Should an agreed upon 3% annual increase on a comm. retail lease agreement be reflected in these terms?

I am in the process of negotiating a lease agreement for a commercial retail location. We have agreed on a 3% annual increase for the rent. Does the statement below reflect this? Is this how they typically write this in lease agreements? (c) The Minimum Rent will be increased, but in no event decreased, on each anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date (each such anniversary, an "Adjustment Date") in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph and with reference to the Consumer Price Index (All Items) for All Urban Consumers for the Los Angeles-Riverside-Anaheim area (1982-1984=100) (the "Index") published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. The Index published for the date which is three (3) calendar months prior to the Adjustment Date (the "Adjustment Index") shall be compared with the Index published for the date which is three (3) calendar months prior to the immediately preceding Adjustment Date, or the Rent Commencement Date, in the case of the first such adjustment hereunder (collectively the "Referenced Index"). If the Adjustment Index is greater than the Reference Index, then the annual Minimum Rent payable from and after the Adjustment Date (until the next adjustment) shall be determined by multiplying the annual Minimum Rent payable for the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period by a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Adjustment Index and the denominator of which shall be the Reference Index. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Minimum Rent shall be increased each year by an amount equal to at least THREE (3%), of the annual Minimum Rent payable during the immediately preceding twelve (12) month period. When the adjusted annual Minimum Rent is determined after each Adjustment Date, Landlord shall give Tenant written notice indicating the amount and method of computation thereof. If at any Adjustment Date the Index shall not exist, then Landlord may substitute any official index published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics or successor or similar agency that is then most nearly equivalent to the Index. more

Resolved Question: Is beezid a scam? Is beezid a scam?

I'll answer my own question, YES! If anyone disagrees and tells you how much they love it, they will probably give you a ton a statistics. I have read several "users" even here on yahoo go on and on about how it isn't a scam. Like this: "Just a moment ago, a 32gb Ipod touch sold for $8.28. That means there was 828 bids, costing customers roughly 70 cents each. The retail value of the ipod touch is $300" Blah Blah Blah it is probably someones job at beezid to sit around and give all this wonderful information out to people on theses sites...this one included. SCAM SCAM SCAM even if people do actually win stuff its still a SCAM SCAM SCAM THEY USE BOTS and HORRIBLE CUSTOMER SERVICE JUST ANOTHER GET RICH QUICK SCHEME BY DROP OUT COLLEGE STUDENTS ALWAYS GO TO Better Business Bureau! Before you buy online. Beezid has a C- VERY BAD more

Resolved Question: Honestly, what do you think my chances are....?

PLEASE READ ALL!! ( : I've recently started to think about the colleges that I want to go to when I graduate from high school. I am currently a high school freshman....Anyway, what do you think my chances are of getting into Harvard, Princeton, Yale, and other Ivy League Colleges (Harvard is my first choice) with these following attributes?: Freshman Year: Honors English I (Current Grade: 91) Humanities (Final Grade: 96) Algebra I (Current Grade: 99) Honors World Cultures (Final Grade: 92) Biology (Final Grade: 85) CP French I (Final Grade: 91) Software Applications (Current Grade: 100) General Phys Ed (Current Grade: 97) Extra Curriculars: Field Hockey (JV) Environmental Club (Vice President) SGA (Student Government Association) Committee Planner Community Service/Out-of-School Activities: Park/Town Clean-Up The SCA (Student Conservation Association) Clean-Up Crew in Philadelphia HFSC (my local rink's figure skating club) Sophomore Year (Classes I will be taking, Considered if I get an "A" in each class) Honors English II Honors Algebra II AP American History I Conceptual Physics French II General Phys Ed Creative Writing Honors Geometry Extra Curriculars (I will be doing these for sure) Field Hockey (V hopefully) Environmental Club (Planning on running for President, if not, just VP) Swimming & Diving Team French Club SGA Track and Field Community Service/Out-of-school activities: Various, including SCA local clean-up crews HFSC Junior Year: Honors English III Honors Pre-Calculus AP American History II General Phys Ed Honors Chemistry Honors French III Honors Physics Publications (writing and publication course), OR Marketing Education I Extra Curriculars: Same As "Sophomore Year" ECs Community Service: Same as above Senior Year: AP Composition (English Course) AP Calculus AP Biology General Phys Ed AP European History Honors French IV AP Statistics Marketing Education II Extra Curriculars: Same as Above Community Service/Out-of-School Activities: Various projects including joining Habitat for Humanity's Global Village Program (helping to bulid homes around the world), Interning with the SCA, and volunteering at a local hospital or senior center. Jobs: Babysitting Retail Job (Probably working in the mall or a local business) Along with all of these things I will be doing, I also plan on learning a second language (Mandarin, German, Spanish...one of those) starting this year, and taking tennis lessons during the summer. Thanks, all of your input and any reccommendations you may have will be extremely helpful! Thanks so much! ( : more

Resolved Question: Multiple Choice Statistics Problem Please Help?

A survey of 144 retail stores revealed that the average price of an electronic device was $375 with a standard error of $20. What is the 99% confidence interval to estimate the price of the electronic device? A. 323.50 to 426.50 B. 328.40 to 421.60 C. 335.00 to 415.00 D. 335.80 to 414.20 I found in my notes that a 99% confidence level has a Z score of 2.575, but i cant figure out how to work this problem. any help would be much appreciated more

Resolved Question: What can i do? employment issue?

I had a retail job last summer selling youth clothing as a sales associate. This being my first retail job i worked hard, was never late without a good reason, fulfilled any task that my employer gave me and worked my job to the best of my ability and training. I at the time was unaware of how brutal my fellow employees and employer could be to keep their jobs or make themselves look good and it seems i was fired for the better of my employer. The location i worked at had constant problems with theft in the store and i was told during my interview that loss prevention would be a big part of my training(i received none or hardly any at all) aside from that point my employer was anal about keeping the store profit positive and to do this she would haggle the new employees about our selling statistics per week. i can not remember the exact calculation used but it was something like the total cost of clothing sold by me divided by the number of people that entered the store. the BIG problem that i see with this is that the cashier working could easily give this credit to themselves(making their weekly rating better) or any other employee working the floor at that time. In fact sometimes im sure it was so busy that the cashier could not keep track and therefor was forced to assign the credit to someone else. My employer told me that my statistic(only 1 statistic) was not above the requirement and like that i was gone. Being a teenager i found myself powerless to do anything about it. so i accepted it and moved on. a few weeks after i lost my job i was sitting on the bus explaining to a friend why i dont work at this place anymore when he caught me off guard and said his friend that works there (who i worked with at the time) was told something different and this was that i stole $5000 dollars worth of clothing. This seems ridiculous to me since i only worked there for 3 months maybe even less but what surprised me even more was that he had heard of this before i had and clearly this rumor started in the store(probably my manager blabbing her mouth to a veteran employee). Once again i accepted it and moved on untill my sisters ex boyfriend asked me about it. apparently he had heard through his most recent girlfriend. To this day i am still confronted about it and it infuriates me everytime. The 5000$ would make a good reason for my employer to use to save her ass but isnt there some legal work that has to be done before convicting someone of stealing that much? this is not the only problem i have found with my previous employer but i could safely say she has issues with trust, and i am convinced sexism plays a role in her decision making. To top it off her ring of"trusted employees" are not the new hires and so they have a big say(indirectly) in who stays and who goes.she is not cut out for the manager job and she should be removed i feel that others have gone through the same thing as i have in that store location and i would like to do something about it. thank you for reading my summarized story and please let me know what i can do about it if there is anything at all. oh and we were payed hourly, not commission. more

Resolved Question: Statistics Confidence Interval and margin of error question?

The owner of a retail outlet sold and provided service for copying machines. One type of machine, DW 140 model, needed service often. The owner was interested in the mean time required to service this model and decided not to carry the model if the mean repair time appeared to be more than 40 minutes. The repairman provided the 39 times (in minutes) which is listed here: 23 41 47 27 42 47 28 42 48 33 42 49 35 43 50 37 44 51 39 44 52 39 44 53 39 45 53 39 46 56 40 46 57 40 46 61 41 47 62 A. Construct a 95% confidence interval, based on the information. B. With the given information, would the retailer keep this model and why? C. If the retailer wanted the margin of error to be plus or minus 2 minutes, how many observations from the repairman would she need? Use the sample to estimate the population standard deviation. more

Resolved Question: Please I need help with these problem in Statistics...?

I am studying for exam and I found these question somewhere, I just figured out I cant solve some of these problems..Please, If anyone knows how to go about some of these problem, I'll be so happy...Thanks 2. A sample was taken of all first year students who wrote an Economics exam. 45 students were in the sample; 19 failed Problem #3. Construct a 98% confidence interval for the true proportion of students in the whole class who failed Problem #3. 3. A farmer ships out 5000 cartons of eggs every day. Two inspectors independently glance at each carton to see if there are any broken eggs. The probability that an inspector catches a carton with a broken egg is 0.9. What is the probability that a carton with a broken egg will be noticed by at least one inspector? 4. The Parking Lot Manager on campus wants to estimate the proportion of students who drive to campus on motorcycles. He wants the estimate to be accurate to within ±0.03 at a 95% level of confidence. According to research from other universities, the proportion of students who drive to campus on motorcycles is typically about 6%. How many students should he survey to estimate the proportion of students who drive a motorcycle to school? 5. Using the SPSS file “Australian_Wines” to calculate following for the variable “Retail” •Mean •Median •Mode •Standard deviation •3rd quartile •Range •Coefficient of variation In your opinion is the data normally distributed? If the data in the file represents a random sample of wine prices in Australia, determine the 98% confidence interval for the mean price of wine in Australia. 6. The amount of money earned by nuclear operator trainees in a month is normally distributed with a mean of $5000 and a standard deviation of $800 per month. What percentage of the trainees earns more than 4500 per month? What is the probability that a randomly-selected trainee earns between $4500 and $5500 per month? What monthly income cuts off the top 15% of all nuclear operator trainees? 7. If a random sample of 10 nuclear operator trainees (from question 6) are surveyed what is the probability that their mean monthly salary is greater than $5200? 8. The manager of a furniture manufacturing company claims that it takes on average less than 18 minutes to assemble their kitchen tables. To test his claim a sample of 18 assembly times are recorded, and the results shown below. Test the claim at the 0.04 level of significance. 12 15 20 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 18 21 20 19 14 17 19 12 more

Voting Question: I've got this case in statistics which I don't get. Can you help me?

National Call Center Candice Worthy and Philip Hanson are day shift supervisors at National Call Center’s Austin, Texas facility. National provides contract call center services for a number of companies, including banks and major retail companies. Candice and Philip have both been with the company for slightly over five years, having joined National right after graduating with bachelor degrees form the University of Texas. As they walked down the hall together after the weekly staff meeting, the two friends were discussing the assignment they were just handed by Mark Gonzales, the division manager. The assignment came out of a discussion at the meeting in which one of National’s clients wanted a report describing the calls being handled for them by National. Mark had asked Candice and Philip to describe the data in a file called National Call Center and produce a report that would both graphically and numerically analyze the data. The data are for a sample of 57 calls and for the following variables: Account number Caller Gender Account Holder Gender Past Due Amount Current Account Balance Nature of Call (Billing Question or Other) By the time they reached their office Candice and Philip had outlined some of the key tasks that they needed to do. Required Tasks: 1.Develop bar charts showing the mean and median current account balance by gender of the caller 2.Develop bar charts showing the mean and median current account balance by gender of the Account Holder 3.Construct a scatter diagram showing current balance on the horizontal axis and past due amount on the vertical axis. 4.Computer the key descriptive statistics for the center and for the variation in current account balance broken down by gender of the caller, gender of the account holder, and by the nature of the call 5.Repeat task 4 but compute the statistics for the past due balances 6.Compute the coefficient of variation for current account balances for male and female account holders. 7.Develop frequency and relative frequency distributions for the gender of callers, gender of account holders, and nature of the calls 8.Develop joint frequency and joint relative frequency distributions (crosstabulation) for the account holder gender by whether or not the account has a past due balance. 9.Write a report to National’s client that contains the results for tasks 1-8 along with a discussion of these statistics and graphs. Information (about data) Call Center Demographics Analysis Column AColumn BColumn CColumn DColumn EColumn F Account NumberCaller SexAccount Holder SexPast Due AmountCurrent Amount DueWas this a Billing Question? Unique tracking #1 = Male1 = Male3 = Yes 2 = Female2 = Female4 = No more

Resolved Question: Is this schedule rigorous enough for Harvard?

10th: AP World History English II Pre-AP Chemistry Pre-AP Algebra II Pre-AP Multimedia Dance Art I French II 11th: AP US History Physics Pre-AP English III AP Pre-AP Pre-Calculus Communication Applications/Entrepreneurship French III Pre-AP AP Art History Retailing/Dance III 12: English IV AP AP Government/Macroeconomics AP Chemistry AP Calculus AP Psychology French IV AP AP Statistics (while taking calculus) Intro to International Business and Trade/Business Law (taken at the local community college while a senior for dual credit) more

Voting Question: statistics problem that I cant get?

A local retail company wants to estimate the mean amount spent. Their budget limits the number of surveys to 225. What is their maximum error of the estimated mean amount spent for a 99% level of confidence and an estimated standard deviation of $10.00? This problem is killing me, please help. more

Resolved Question: statistics help please....im a bit confused?

Here is the question...ok so i know the formula to use i just dont know exactly how to use these numbers in the formula... A manufacturer of small appliances employs a market research firm to estimate retail sales of its products. Here are last month's sales of electric can openers from an SRS of 20 stores in the Midwest sales region: 19 19 16 19 25 26 24 63 22 16 13 26 34 10 48 16 20 14 13 24 Find the 95% t confidence interval for the mean. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! more

Resolved Question: Do these numbers lie?

Somebody else posted this earlier this week, iirc. I thought it deserved its own question. BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Resolved Question: Help with economics assignment, Y = C + I + G + X - M. i must show data of a countrys economic performance?

For my economic assignment i need to provide data on the economic perofrmance of a country using this formula. So basically for C, i need to show data between 12-20 years. Same with I, G and X-M. What i want to know is for C would i use retail sales statistics? and for I would i used forgein investments statistics or domestic or add them or what? Also i am having trouble finding stats on all these different aspects of an economy for a single country over a period of at least 12 years, can any point me in the right direction for useful information? thank you. more

Resolved Question: Black people, why is everything about racism?

OMG. This is so risky, my heart is pounding because I can see people flipping out for "generalizing" Let me point out two events with the first event being a particular one and the second one being repeated on a daily basis. EVENT #1 I work retail therefore I encounter myself with bitchy customers on a daily basis. Everyday the security guard escorts someone out of the store who is caught stealing and during the two years I have worked there it has always been a black person, I maybe have seen two or four white people being caught. Now here's the juicy moment. During a very multi-racial group conversation someone was brave enough to point this out and one of the black girls starts freaking out calling her a "racist", this became a big issue, where people started throwing opinions and arguments of all types, including statistics of white crimes and black crimes, secret crimes, conspiracy theories, stupidity. I remained quiet like most of us do to avoid these type of debates. EVENT #2 After noticing my black co-workers always getting offended of people "generalizing" I decided to pay close attention to each and every customer altercation I had and make a mental note of the race just so later on I would know if im over exaggerating or not. So with no lies, on a daily basis I get a black person, mostly a black woman and if the term of black is "generalizing" then let me be a little more specific to point out that its USUALLY Jamaican girls not african girls that always come up to the cash counter and with nothing being said there's already attitude , as hard as I've tried to ignore the issue I notice that something always "upsets" them and they always start screaming and of course accusing one of being a racist even though you might just be following a return-policy per say. Of course I also notice white people, majority of them being white women getting upset but its funny how the patterns are similar within races, like the white women usually takes the issue as "rude" and takes it to management or headoffice, which at the end of the day is also annoying but not as annoying or embarrasing to have someone screaming and insulting you at the top of their lungs in front of a crowd. With all this being said I think, believe and know a lot of the things said by many people are facts and not racial attacks. But why is it that in countries like canada and america black people are always ready to accuse any statement or insinuation as being "racist"? Is it for fun? an Inside black joke? On puropose? Or are they genuinely over sensitive and paranoid of just being black? more

Resolved Question: What to do with my life?

I have NO idea what I want to do with my life. I don't know what I'm passionate about. I don't really have any major interests or hobbies or anything. I know I sound really boring, but I'm not! I went to college and earned a B.S. in Deaf Education but I don't think I want to be a teacher. I just took one of those career tests online and it said I should be a: counselor, teacher, strategic planner, editor, journalist, consultant, researcher & developer, or do something with marketing. I think I know all the things I don't want to do like go to school for another extended amount of time, travel, and deal with numbers or statistics all day but I just need some help deciding what it is I want to do. I have a job in retail right now and I like my job but retail just isn't what I wan to do forever. You know? There's got to be something I'm not thinking of but I can't think of what that is! Please help!! I'm kind of having a melt down right now... :\I forgot to mention that I don't want to be an interpreter either. But thank you for the suggestion! more

Resolved Question: why do republicans destroy america?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Resolved Question: Calculating Inflation?

Everyone complains about the high price of gasoline. You may have heard some adults talk about the "good old days" when gasoline sold for about 30 cents a gallon. Those "good old days" were the 1960s and early 1970s. How "good" were they? In real terms, how high is the current price of gasoline? Use the following data from the National Transportation Statistics 2002 report by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to answer these questions. The base year for the CPI is 1983. Recall that in the base year the CPI is 100. Year Retail Price of Gasoline Per Gallon (Current dollars) Consumer Price Index 1960 $0.31 30 1970 $0.36 39 1980 $1.25 82 1990 $1.16 131 2000 $1.51 172 Calculate the real price of gasoline (the price after adjusting for inflation) using the price of gasoline in 1983 dollars. more

Resolved Question: How did republicans totally destroy america in only 6 years of total control?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Resolved Question: How did republicns create so much economic devastation in only 6 years of total control?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Voting Question: Hasn't "Reaganomics" been proven to be "voodoo economics" as George H. Bush called it in 1980?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Resolved Question: How many years will it take to fix the Republican Great Depression?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Resolved Question: Hasn't "Reaganomics" been proved to be "voodoo economics" as George H. Bush called it in 1980?

Republicans keep chanting that "deregulation and a 15% tax rate on stock profits" is the solution to our problems. Yet, reagan TRIPLED OUR DEBT in 8 years and Bush DOUBLED OUR DEBT in 8 years. BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's leadership and policies of deregulation and a 15% tax rate for wealthy people: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't liesorry, it had a huge crash under reagan...black monday 1987. It rose 330% under clinton. more

Resolved Question: Why won't republicans admit they caused a Great Depression and give Obama time to fix the mess?

Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 2010 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 2010 Industrial production up 1% Jan 2010 Retail sales up .5% The numbers don't lie more

Resolved Question: Don't the officals stats prove that republicans destroyed america?

Resolved Question: Haven't Republican economic policies of deregulation and tax cuts for the wealthy been proven a disaster?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 10 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 10 Industrial production up 1% Jan 10 Retail sales up .5% more

Resolved Question: Don't these facts show Obama is doing a good job repairing the republican great depression?

Resolved Question: Isn't Obama doing a great job fixing the Republican great depression? The facts prove it.?

OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 10 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 10 Industrial production up 1% Jan 10 Retail sales up .5% REPUBLICANS HATE THE NON-STOP ECONOMIC NEWS Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) more

Voting Question: How did Republicans do so much destruction in the 14 years they controlled congress?

Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.6 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 779,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 10 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 10 Industrial production up 1% Jan 10 Retail sales up .5% more

Resolved Question: Don't these facts show that republicans destroyed america and obama is fixing it?

Resolved Question: Isn't obama doing a good job fixing the republican total disaster?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH MORE THAN DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.7 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 700,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 10 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 10 Industrial production up 1% Jan 10 Retail sales up .5% more

Resolved Question: Don't the facts show that republicans destroyed america and Obama is doing a great job fixing it?

BUSH-REPUBLICANS DESTROYED AMERICA, AND OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING IT Between Jan 20 2001-2009 under Republican's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4.2% to 8.2% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession, but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. All experts state the housing crisis started in 2006 and all subprime loans had already been made under a republican congress and president) SOURCES: BUSH MORE THAN DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4.2% TO 8.2% -----(Feb 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?request_action=wh&graph_name=LN_cpsbref3) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.7 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 700,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 10 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 10 Industrial production up 1% Jan 10 Retail sales up .5% more

Resolved Question: Isn't Obama doing a great job repairing the Republican great depression?

Between Jan 20 2001 and Jan 20 2009 under president bush's policies and leadership: Unemployment doubled from 4% to 8.8% National debt doubled from 5.7 trillion to 10.6 trillion Yearly budget went from a 236 billion surplus to a 1.2 TRILLION deficit (a 1.4 trillion drop) Dow Jones plunged 25% from to 10,587 to 7949 Gasoline tripled from 1.44 to 4.11 per gallon on July 11, 2008 Losing 700,000 jobs monthly Economy in total freefall (Republicans try to confuse people by saying democrats took over in Jan 2007 and started the recession but they can not name one thing democrats did to hurt the economy. By Jan 2007, all subprime loans had already been made) SOURCES: BUSH MORE THAN DOUBLED UNEMPLOYMENT FROM 4% TO 8.8% -----(Jan 2001-2009) (Source: US Dept of Labor - Bureau of Labor Statistics-) (http://data.bls.gov/PDQ/servlet/SurveyOutputServlet?data_tool=latest_numbers&series_id=LASST39000003) BUSH DOUBLED OUR DEBT FROM 5.7 TRILLION TO 10.7 TRILLION (Source: US Treasury Dept - Bureau of Public Debt - http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np) BUSH TURNED A 236 BILLION BUDGET SURPLUS INTO A 1.2 TRILLION DEFICIT (A 1.4 TRILLION DROP) (Source 1: CBO - Congressional Budget Office - Historical Budget data - Shows the 236 billion surplus in 2000) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/historicaltables.pdf) (Source 2: Congressional Budget Office - Annual budget and economic report and testimony before Congress on Jan 8, 2009) (Declares 1.2 trillion deficit for fiscal year 2009 ---2 weeks before obama takes office) (http://cbo.gov/ftpdocs/99xx/doc9958/01-08-Outlook_Testimony.pdf) (Please note: The fiscal year 2009 started Oct 1, 2008 under president bush. At that time, the 2009 deficit was projected at 600 billion. Then the banking crisis occured in Oct 2008 and bush started a 700 billion TARP bailout program which was added to the 600 billion deficit which left obama with a 1.2 Trillion deficit the day he took office according to the CBO) BUSH OVERSAW A DOW JONES THAT PLUNGED 25% OVER 8 YEARS (Source: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=^DJI) GASOLINE TRIPLED UNDER BUSH ENERGY POLICY (Source: US Dept of Energy- Energy Information Administration) (http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=MG_RT_US&f=W) OBAMA IS DOING A GREAT JOB FIXING THE BUSH DEPRESSION The dow jones rose 33% in his first year from 7949 to 10,600 on Jan 20, 2010 The job loss rate plunged 97% from 700,000 jobs lost in Jan 2009 to 20,000 jobs lost in Jan 2010 The GDP rate rose to 5.7% in 4th quarter of 2009 - the highest in 6 years Existing home sales up 27% in 4th quarter of 2009 Jan 10 Home construction up 2.8% (up 23% since april 09 low) Jan 10 Industrial production up 1% Jan 10 Retail sales up .5% more

Resolved Question: statistics question and i need this answer to day if possible?

(b )To test the significance of variation in the retail prices of a commodity in three principal cities, Faisalabad, Sialkot, and Gujranwala; four shops were chosen at random in each city and data is shown in the given table. Do the data indicate that the prices in three cities are significantly different? Complete the ANOVA table and draw your conclusion? Sources of variationd. fSums of SquaresMean squaresF-ratios Between samples225 Within samples86 Total 11136 more

Resolved Question: U.K Medical School GCSE requirements..?

I am currently 15, living in the U.K and I aspire to become a Doctor/Surgeon in later life, despite this however my GCSE grades are of a disappointing standard (See below). Maths - A English Language - B P.E - B* Statistics - B* French - B** Music - C* History - D* * = taken 1 year early ** = taken 2 years early I am still awaiting Science exams (Biology, Chemistry, Physics [predicted A's]), and other subjects (IT, Btec Retail, Food Technology, English Lit). I have recently qualified for college and am taking Biology, Chemistry, Physics (AS) and Maths; and I am just curious as to whether, when combined with good AS/A level results and good work experience (My Father is a paramedic for Middlesex Ambulance, and I have 2 local hospitals and several care-homes near me) could be enough to qualify for any Medical School, as, when looking online some people seem to believe you must have A*'s/A's at GCSE to even stand a chance (although some believe that GCSE results are not particularly important at this stage, by contrast) . Would my early entries be taken into any consideration? It is only recently I have set my goal to become a Doctor and therefore my attitude towards my education has changed, and I expect this to reflect in my A levels, I wonder whether this would be seen as positive (that, recently, I have shown my desire to earn a place at a Medical School), or negative that my grades were so low? My e-mail address is: billy-ford@hotmail.com - I am open to casual discussion regarding my topic, if you are a doctor, in medical school, college or in similar circumstances to myself help will be very helpful and greatly appreciated Sorry for the long question and thank you for your help. more

Resolved Question: Funny numbers, anyone see the news from the BLS?

"The unemployment rate fell from 10.0 to 9.7 percent in January, and nonfarm payroll employment was essentially unchanged (-20,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Employment fell in construction and in transportation and warehousing, while temporary help services and retail trade added jobs." http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm Bureau of Labor Statistics "Employment fell in construction and in transportation and warehousing, while temporary help services and retail trade added jobs." The stimulus didn't put money into temporary help services and retail trade jobs. It was mainly on infrastructure (construction, transportation, i.e) and special interest groups. Don't believe me? Read the stimulus bill. http://readthestimulus.org/hr1_text.pdf The Stimulus Package 2009 (PDF) http://www.readthestimulus.org/ Read the stimulus.org Stimulus FACTS Why do you think we've lost construction jobs, warehouse jobs, and transportation jobs - while gaining jobs the stimulus didn't aim for?How is $600 million dollars, which will be used to buy federal employees hybrid cars, going to help the economy!? How is $2 billion dollars towards the new FutureGen near-zero emission power plant in Mattoon going to help our economy!? How is $1.6 million for Detroit teams going to help our economy!? more

Resolved Question: Year 9 Options - Immediate Response = 1000 Ponts!?

What options do i pick if i want to be an ICT teacher below is a list of the optonal courses of whch i can choose: Accounting Additional Applied Science Additional Science Applied Art and Design Double Award Applied Business Applied French Art and Design Art ELQ ASDAN Bronze Biology Btec First Certificate In Hospitality Building Services Business & Communications Business Administration and Retail Certificate in Motor Vehicle Studies Chemistry Child Development Drama DT Graphical & Material Studies (Wood) ELQ DT Graphics DT Resistant Materials DT Textiles Electronics French Geography Hairdressing Health and Social Care History History ELQ Home Economics Food IT ELQ IT Short Course IT Systems Support & PC Maintenance Italian Key Skills in Application of Number Key Skills in Communication Key Skills in Ict Key Skills in Improving Own Learning and Performance Key Skills in Problem Solving Key Skills in Working With Others Life Skills Mathematics ELQ Media Studies Music PE (Boys) PE (Girls) PE ELQ Performing Engineering Operations Physics Public Services Religious Studies Science ELQ Spanish Sport Statistics Welsh more

Resolved Question: need help with an inflation problem?

Everyone complains about the high price of gasoline. You may have heard some adults talk about the "good old days" when gasoline sold for about 30 cents a gallon. Those "good old days" were the 1960s and early 1970s. How "good" were they? In real terms, how high is the current price of gasoline? Use the following data from the National Transportation Statistics 2002 report by the Bureau of Transportation Statistics to answer these questions. The base year for the CPI is 1983. Recall that in the base year the CPI is 100. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Year Retail Price of Gasoline Per Gallon (Current dollars) Consumer Price Index -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1960 $0.31 30 1970 $0.36 39 1980 $1.25 82 1990 $1.16 131 2000 $1.51 172 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4.1. What was the price of a gallon of gasoline in 1960 in 1983 dollars? i have no clue how to do this please help more

Resolved Question: What do you think about this?

Ok I work in retail and am sick to death of customers coming in being extremely rude to me and treating me like a subhuman because I'm behind the counter. I've been verbally abused, threatened etc, and I can't take it anymore. I consider myself to be a nice person and don't deserve to be treated this way by the general public. It doesn't help when you have shows like "a current affair" and "60 minutes" (I'm aussie) telling people that all shops are trying to rip them off or treat them badly. I have studied business and am aware of "how to treat customers" and all of the tactics and statistics behind customer service. I am considering writing a book or even a pamphlet on "how to talk to a shop assistant," and include things like, "if your nice, you actually have more of a chance of getting your way then if your rude," etc... just tips on helping people be better customers. Obviously I don't want people to be pushed over by companies, I definatly believe in standing up for your rights, I just really want people to be aware of what people are thinking when they are serving them, and how to get a better result. What do you think?rao are you telling me to shut up lol. Cos thats rude!! more

Voting Question: Has the world become less male dominated, or just more feminine.?

Women account for 50% of the work force, in some countries women outnumber men threefold. Advertisments, and consumers in retail are predominately geared to attract women. Aside from statistics, gay, transgendered, bi-sexual men/women, and men on the down low, are rising in numbers every day. I know I'm opening up a powder keg, here, but, what is your opinion? more

Resolved Question: can u give me these following census statistics of the city of livonia, michigan. (send the link too please!)?

total population. number of restaurants. number of retail stores and total sales per househould. average family size per household. average income. estimated ge of the population. average education level. best answer goes to the first person to give these all to me with the website to prove it. more

Resolved Question: Should we commend Obama for yet another of his "historic" accomplishments?

THE EMPLOYMENT SITUATION -- OCTOBER 2009 The unemployment rate rose from 9.8 to 10.2 percent in October, and nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline (-190,000), the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses over the month were in con- struction, manufacturing, and retail trade. Household Survey Data In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million. The unemployment rate rose by 0.4 percentage point to 10.2 percent, the highest rate since April 1983. Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has risen by 8.2 million, and the unemployment rate has grown by 5.3 percentage points. (See table A-1.) Among the major worker groups, the unemployment rates for adult men (10.7 per- cent) and whites (9.5 percent) rose in October. The jobless rates for adult women (8.1 percent), teenagers (27.6 percent), blacks (15.7 percent), and Hispanics (13.1 percent) were little changed over the month. The unemployment rate for Asians was 7.5 percent, not seasonally adjusted. (See tables A-1, A-2, and A-3.) http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm The highest rate since April 1983, hows that "hope and change" thing working out for the 15.7 MILLION unemployed under the Marxist in charge. more

Resolved Question: What are better qualifications for applying for a 'top 5' uk university ?

A* in the following subjects : History, Geography, P.E, R.E, P.H.S.E, Maths A in the following subjects : Statistics, English Lit, English Lang, Science, Science (double science award), psychology Or Btec First Diploma/ NVQ Level 2 in retail A* in the following subjects: History, R.e A in the following subjects: Maths, English Lit, Science, P.H.S.E B in the following subjects: English Lang, Geography, Statistics, Psychology, Science Please help, no one seems to fully understand the answer to this question! :) more

Resolved Question: What should I do? I am at a crossroads in my life and I need some advice and direction?

Here's my deal. I am 29. I am currently staying at a transitional living (homeless shelter) in Los Angeles, CA. My assets are as follows: I have a degree (B.S. Mass Communication - Film and Broadcasting), I have five years retail management experience, I have never been fired, nor imprisoned. My deficits are as follows: I am homeless, I do not have a drivers' license. Basically I'm not sure what my marketable skills are in this economy, I need a job, badly. I recently tried phone sales, but my sales statistics weren't really up to par. I turn to the almighty Yahooniverse, guide me wise people. more

Resolved Question: How is that "hope and change" doing for the 15.1 million unemployed?

Nonfarm payroll employment continued to decline in September (-263,000), and the unemployment rate (9.8 percent) continued to trend up, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The largest job losses were in construction, manufacturing, retail trade, and government. Household Survey Data Since the start of the recession in December 2007, the number of unemployed persons has increased by 7.6 million to 15.1 million, and the unemployment rate has doubled to 9.8 percent. (See table A-1.) http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm Yes another 'historic' accomplishment of the great Obama, he has managed to DOUBLE the unemployment, what a guy.And, I hate to break this one to you, do you remember who was in charge when the recession started? Yes you can admit that the Democrats were in charge of the Congress since 2006 thanks for admitting that more

Resolved Question: Which one of these economic statistics does Biden consider a great Obama economic success?

Federal Deficit surges to ALL TIME HIGH of 1.45 TRILLION http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091016/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_deficit_danger Unemployment at 9.8% http://finance.yahoo.com/news/US-Sept-nonfarm-payrolls-rb-589941939.html?x=0&.v Obama promises 600,000 summer jobs, LOSES 576,000 instead http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090820/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/us_economy 8.89 MILLION Americans unemployed for 27 weeks straight; largest number in 61 years http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.nr0.htm Dollar value slides, Yen and Euro now preferred reserve currency for banks http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=CNG.ff41282c008d4c070bbcfcf1ad946201.311&show_article=1 95 Banks failed under Obama DESPITE his TARP plan: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090925/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bank_closures Retail sales continue to drop: http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Retail-sales-unexpectedly-dip-apf-2840598402.html?x=0 Food Stamp rolls up 28% in 2009 http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE5825OT20090903?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews&rpc=22&sp=true Foreclosure rates increase regardless of Obama plan http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091015/ap_on_bi_ge/us_foreclosure_rates Apartment vacancy rate hits 23 year high http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091006/us_nm/us_apartmentmarket more