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An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A…. (substituting grades for dollars – something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled ar

An economics professor at a local college made a statement that he had never failed a single student before, but had recently failed an entire class. That class had insisted that Obama’s socialism worked and that no one would be poor and no one would be rich, a great equalizer. The professor then said, “OK, we will have an experiment in this class on Obama’s plan”. All grades will be averaged and everyone will receive the same grade so no one will fail and no one will receive an A…. (substituting grades for dollars – something closer to home and more readily understood by all). After the first test, the grades were averaged and everyone got a B. The students who studied hard were upset and the students who studied little were happy. As the second test rolled around, the students who studied little had studied even less and the ones who studied hard decided they wanted a free ride too so they studied little.. The second test average was a D! No one was happy. When the 3rd test rolled ar

I started taking Project Management course, and I feel stuck at the formulas for the lack of business background, and instead of running away from it (IT IS SCARY!). I will face it by reading online materials and share it here (with proper citation) and hopefully will get feedback on whether I'm on the right track or not. AccountingCoach costing is an important subtopic of cost accounting. Standard costs are usually associated with a manufacturing company's costs of direct material, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead. Rather than assigning the actual costs of direct material, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead to a product, many manufacturers assign the expected or standard cost. This means that a manufacturer's inventories and cost of goods sold will begin with amounts reflecting the standard costs, not the actual costs, of a product. Manufacturers, of course, still have to pay the actual costs. As a result there are almost always differences between the actua

I just came across Reel Bad Arabs film by Dr. Jack Shaheen who is an Oxford Research Scholar, and the recipient of two Fulbright teaching awards. He holds degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Missouri. He has appeared on national network programs such as CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Nightline, Good Morning America, 48 Hours, and The Today Show. I'm really happy to see someone coming up with the book and film The main question of Dr. Jack in the book and the film is And we never see Palestinians who suffers in refugees camps, who are victimized and are killed, innocent Palestinians. Is there an unwritten code in Hollywood says we cannot and will not humanize Palestinians, and why can't we humanize Palestinians in the same way we humanize Israelis? Isn't the life of the Palestinian child, media wise, hollywood wise, politically wise as important and as human as the life of an Israeli child? and if the

I just came across Reel Bad Arabs film by Dr. Jack Shaheen who is an Oxford Research Scholar, and the recipient of two Fulbright teaching awards. He holds degrees from the Carnegie Institute of Technology, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Missouri. He has appeared on national network programs such as CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio, Nightline, Good Morning America, 48 Hours, and The Today Show. I'm really happy to see someone coming up with the book and film The main question of Dr. Jack in the book and the film is And we never see Palestinians who suffers in refugees camps, who are victimized and are killed, innocent Palestinians. Is there an unwritten code in Hollywood says we cannot and will not humanize Palestinians, and why can't we humanize Palestinians in the same way we humanize Israelis? Isn't the life of the Palestinian child, media wise, hollywood wise, politically wise as important and as human as the life of an Israeli child? and i

Indeed, only in Jordan! Happy new year!  

Indeed, only in Jordan! Happy new year!