Travis In Austin
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Nice to hear that bhenry is recovering from the flood.
So is that likely to occur again in that area?
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Quote from website below, so next year they will not send you a renewal notice like you got last year because they will not see a current inspection for you, they will send inspection renewal form.
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Registration Renewal Process
Here’s a more detailed overview of how renewing your vehicle’s registration will take place after March 1, 2015.
Before issuing your registration renewal notice, TxDMV will check the state inspection records for your last inspection. If your inspection record cannot be found, is expired or failing, you will not receive a registration renewal notice. Instead, TxDMV will send you an Inspection and Registration Notice informing you that no record could be located. The notice will remind you that an inspection must be completed in order to renew your vehicle registration.
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Based on that I would say you are good.
Congratulations, looks like you found a loophole.
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I agree but since I have been issued a registration sticker that is dated to expire in March 2016 I would only have to re-inspect prior to re-newal in 2016. According to some of the articles I have read the inspection cycle for a lot of folks will indeed be in excess of one year...the first year only (discounting the new vehicle rule with two years registration)In order to make it so people will not be required to have two inspections in one year (to get back in synch) people are allowed to delay their inspection one year in order to get back in synch.
That's not the way I understand it. You still have to have your annual inspection but will not receive a sticker. The information will be sent electronically to Austin so they can verify that you have had an inspection prior to issuing your registration sticker when it's due.
Did they issue you a Feb 2016 sticker or a March 2016 sticker? March right?
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There is a calculator on that twostep site you can use. I entered March 2015 registration and February 2015 inspection sticker and it said you need to have a current inspection, however, I heard they don't start looking at inspection status until March 1st. That is consistent with what USNRET was able to do. I think technically you are supposed to have a current inspection with a March 2015 renewal date, but the system isn't checking yet.
To me it seems like if they were able to check that for people who get stopped, like they can check the insurance status, they would issue a warning ticket.
Of course, like you say, it is going to be a matter of who is stopping you.
If you renew after March 1st, and have an inspection later in the year, September for example, you do not need to have an inspection until the following year. The calculator on the website confirms that, assuming the calculator is correct.
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That law is confusing. They are combining the inspection sticker with the registration sticker, so instead of two it will only be one. But some people's annual inspection date is out of synch with their registration date. In order to make it so people will not be required to have two inspections in one year (to get back in synch) people are allowed to delay their inspection one year in order to get back in synch.
The key date, is if your registration renewal is on or after March of 2015. If you renewed in Jan. or Feb. of this year I believe you need to get synched up this year. Next year 2016 you have to bring in proof of your inspection with you need to have proof of inspection to renew because it is now a condition of registration whereas before it was a separate requirement. In other words, you could get your vehicle registered whether you had your vehicle inspected or not.
This was passed in the last session and became effective 1/01/15.
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What's actually important in any health care system is outcomes. All the talk about basic and deluxe, and wards and private rooms, and such is interesting but not the right measure of a health system. We want to know about outcomes. How healthy are the people in each system?
To end the suspense, the USA is dead last in outcomes among the dozen most prosperous countries. Dead last, no pun.
Here's the list:
1. United Kingdom
2. Switzerland
3. Sweden
4. Australia
5. Germany & Netherlands (tied)
7. New Zealand & Norway (tied)
9. France
10. Canada
11. United States
Oh, what we are #1 at is the cost!
We should start a seperate thread on Quality of Health Care in US so that we might get Larry to chime in. He is one of the most knowledgeable people I know about medicine fron a policy perspective.
I too read the Commonwealth Fund's rankings when they come out and hope for a change (at least I think that is the source of Mark's rankings).
Here is a link to their site, and a breakdown of the factors used in the rankings and where the US is on every factor. We are much better is some factors, and the UK is clearly the model according to them.
http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/fund-reports/2014/jun/mirror-mirror
It is surprising that we are at the forefront of medical research and equipment, yet are so far behind in medical information technology.
Travis
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-in the USA a Doctor earns 20-30 times more than a doctor in the UK -10 times more than in Canada -could you convince the Doctors to accept lower pay to work in a universal public system -
The law of supply and demand would cure that problem if only the AMA were not such an effective lobby. Increasing numbers of physicians equals better consumer prices. It is just that simple. More doctors = lower costs.
The only problem with your Hypothesis is there still exists a shortage....
Roger
Roger,
Read the entire post. The AMA has been successful in restricting the number of physicians by limiting medical school enrollment. They argue tat hospitals can only accommodate so many students, hence the enrollment is artificially limited.
I don't really like using Wikipedia as a source, but in this instance they seemed to have a well up to date matrix of the currently accredited medical and osteopathic schools in the U.S. They also have a list of schools that are awaiting accreditation.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_medical_schools_in_the_United_States
The Liaison Committee on Medical Education is the entity that accredits medical schools, they are funded in part by the AMA. Here is a link to their website http://www.lcme.org/directory.htm There is a separate entity that accredits D.O. schools.
It doesn't look like the number of medical schools are keeping up with with population increases.
When I graduated in 1986 it was a pretty universal notion that the AMA had the largest and most influential lobby in Washington. I think that must have lessened slightly as osteopaths were able to go in and influence state legislatures to allow them to do anything that an M.D. could do, at least in the non-surgical context. My understanding is that they are now pretty much the same, you can go on and do whatever specialized training you want to do with a D.O.
Also in the 1986 time frame, if I recall correctly, there was a major shortage of nurses in the U.S. Hospitals were bringing in nurses from other countries, specifically the Philippines. It does not seem like we do the same with physicians.
What is the situation with nursing schools in the U.S.? It seems like we need to do more to get the number of doctors up. I have a sister in medicine, and a close cousin here in Texas in nursing (NP, Phd RN). My cousin was able to get advanced certifications and degrees with special programs that were sponsored by her hospital where a group of nurses studied together, while continuing to work. The UTMB is in Galveston and they live about 2 hours North of there. It seems like they drove down for one long weekend a month, or twice a month, and every six weeks they went down for a week. She of course did this after her kids were grown.
Texas seems to be embracing the "tiered approach" fully. There are urgent care facilities inside our HEB grocery stores, staffed by an NP. They write scripts and I don't know what else. I don't know whether they have to have a physician as a medical director or not. I heard they were phasing into freestanding clinics that were going to be entirely NPs. I went to one for a really bad cold/flu, and I think she obtained a very detailed history and, what I considered, a through exam.
I think it is entirely a case of supply and demand, and it appears that it is going to take a good long while for there to be the right number of doctors. I think this system of licensing nurses as NPs should be utilized more fully, if it isn't in the process already.
Travis
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I just remembered, Ty Longley, lead gutairist for Great White, died in fire started by pyrotechnics at night club while band was performing, along with 100 fans, at The Station in Rhode Island.
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also bill murray as "todd," and gilda as.....i cant remember her characters name!
"so funny i forgot to laugh," and "noogies!"
Lisa Loooooooooopner
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More cowbell
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Candygram.
What is that, I don't know. What the hell is that.
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That is really cool. Where was that? Did you see her perform a full set or does she do a couple of songs these days?
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Looks like a lot of snow and very cold.
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So did you go check it out? Pick up anything?
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Very well said.
Special interests above "We the people."
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You are confusing what some conservatives want or have done with what conservatism IS.
Roger
When you look at the action, and then you look at the rhetoric, you realize there is a disconnect. It doesn't take too long to discern that the rhetoric exists to get people elected, while the actions(and results) are what the people actually stand for.
For example, conservatism and conservatives say they stand for small government, and lower taxes. When they actually run government, though, it grows by leaps and bounds. Like wise when they say they want to lower taxes, they actually lower taxes that benefit themselves, create more loopholes for the upper tier of taxpayers so they can pay less, and throw out a piece of cake that the relative poor will receive an added benefit of enjoying the trickle down crumbs of what accidentaly falls out of someone's pocket.
What we end up with is larger government, less tax income and larger deficits, people trying to spin what conservatism IS, and more jobs created by expanding WEALTH where folks ask you whether you want your extra value meal supersized. It doesn't compute.
I like this, very well stated. People take positions they think are liberal or conservative, but which are in fact the opposite.
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You are confusing what some conservatives want or have done with what conservatism IS.Joesph McCarthy was a conservative Republican in the 50s. So was Nixon.
On the issue of governmental intrusion, protection from police intervention, what some people call "liberty" was primarily established by what are considered "liberal" courts.
Erosion of those protections are generally considered to be the result of "conservative" court decisions, with the exception of Scalia's decisions relating to the right of confrontation.
As it relates to what police are able to do, or not do, it is primarily derived from conservative court decisions.
The problem with mixing economic conservatism, eliminating welfare state as you refer to it for example, with social/religious conservatism is you cannot be all things to all people. You have to compromise on every issue. "I will support your tax cut and cut welfare, but you have to support my farm subsidy bill. I will cut medicare but you have to support support auto bailout.
It seems everyone is conservative unless it effects their state or district. Then trades are made, which is called politics.
Speaking of television, it revolutionized America, an in, it was a revolution. It has been credited with costing Nixon the election, causing an outrage in the North upon seeing treatment of blacks in the South leading to Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and video from Vietnam every night on TV, the first televised war, cut off support.
An "idealistic state" in the 50s, if you were white and male I guess so. I loved Andy Griffith, all of his shows, including Matlock. But TV isn't reality, it is entertainment which is an escape from reality.
I'm a "true" "conservative", I want small government, I want it out of my life. If someone wants to drink, smoke pot, or whatever else it is nobodys business what they do in their own home, including their bedroom if consenting adults. I dont want government being in the religion business, how I worship and where is none of their business. What happens between a patient and a doctor is nobody's business. If I want a gun in my house that is no one's business either.
Of course, there are other conservatives who tell me they want government just a tiny bit bigger so they can tell doctors what they can and can't do.
Then I have other conservatives telling me they want want government just a tiny bit bigger so they can control what happens in people's bedrooms, in school rooms. I have other conservatives telling me we need to conduct surveillance and collect data on people.
I amswer them all the same, you don't like abortion, it's a moral issue, I don't need to pay government to teach religion or morals. Same sex marriage, mixed race marriage, mixed religion marriage, moral and religious questions, I don't want to pay government to do that.
The freedom "to be let alone" is what I want.
Then again, no man is an island.
Roger
I'm not confused, "conservative" politicians are confused. Read William F. Buckley, the father od modern conservatism is this country, a true conservative. He was a staunch supporter of civil rights, eliminating antisemitism, and advocated for the legalization of all drugs.
Travis
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Did a little more research into the Baltic Dry Index as a predictor of stock market direction. As it turns out there's very little correlation between the Baltic Dry Index and future prospects for stocks, U.S. in particular. It does however have a high correlation to Chinese stocks although this is the only time in history that the Baltic Index has collapsed so much while Chinese stocks have not. Don't know if that's a good or bad sign although it would "usually" be considered a positive. But with only one instance there isn't much of anything to correlate from that.
You stated pretty much what I found. Although it can indicate future demand, there is no way to tell if dips are caused by over supply of shipping vessels. I also saw that China had a lot of impact, both on demand side, and supply side by ship building.
That index is for bulk goods only. There is another ondex for container ships which shows a slow steady climb.
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Joesph McCarthy was a conservative Republican in the 50s. So was Nixon.
On the issue of governmental intrusion, protection from police intervention, what some people call "liberty" was primarily established by what are considered "liberal" courts.
Erosion of those protections are generally considered to be the result of "conservative" court decisions, with the exception of Scalia's decisions relating to the right of confrontation.
As it relates to what police are able to do, or not do, it is primarily derived from conservative court decisions.
The problem with mixing economic conservatism, eliminating welfare state as you refer to it for example, with social/religious conservatism is you cannot be all things to all people. You have to compromise on every issue. "I will support your tax cut and cut welfare, but you have to support my farm subsidy bill. I will cut medicare but you have to support support auto bailout.
It seems everyone is conservative unless it effects their state or district. Then trades are made, which is called politics.
Speaking of television, it revolutionized America, an in, it was a revolution. It has been credited with costing Nixon the election, causing an outrage in the North upon seeing treatment of blacks in the South leading to Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, and video from Vietnam every night on TV, the first televised war, cut off support.
An "idealistic state" in the 50s, if you were white and male I guess so. I loved Andy Griffith, all of his shows, including Matlock. But TV isn't reality, it is entertainment which is an escape from reality.
I'm a "true" "conservative", I want small government, I want it out of my life. If someone wants to drink, smoke pot, or whatever else it is nobodys business what they do in their own home, including their bedroom if consenting adults. I dont want government being in the religion business, how I worship and where is none of their business. What happens between a patient and a doctor is nobody's business. If I want a gun in my house that is no one's business either.
Of course, there are other conservatives who tell me they want government just a tiny bit bigger so they can tell doctors what they can and can't do.
Then I have other conservatives telling me they want want government just a tiny bit bigger so they can control what happens in people's bedrooms, in school rooms. I have other conservatives telling me we need to conduct surveillance and collect data on people.
I amswer them all the same, you don't like abortion, it's a moral issue, I don't need to pay government to teach religion or morals. Same sex marriage, mixed race marriage, mixed religion marriage, moral and religious questions, I don't want to pay government to do that.
The freedom "to be let alone" is what I want.
Then again, no man is an island.
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It's an economic imperative, and that is very American.
Dave
Except GM and Exxon have to be on board, they are not going to look at it and walk away.
The guy with the horse who bought a Model T owned the car.
Safety has NEVER been a primary motivating force in the selection of automobiles. For some it is, and they buy Volvos.
What you are envisioning I am 100% for, and want it now. If I understand, when I need to go to work or the store I get on my phone and punch in where I am, where I am going, and when and when it is time to leave I go outside and an automated vehicle is waiting for me. I hop in, I don't touch a thing and it takes me where I need to go. I assume the rates are at or below what it would cost to own and operate a vehicle. I'm also assuming a family who wants a larger to go on family vacation to Disneyland cross country can order a bigger car and pay higher rates if they choose.
I want it now, and I want will all electric cars for local, and hybrids for long distance.
Of course what this is clearly nationalization of ground transportation. That's socialism Dave, and for some reason we have never been able to get on board with that outside of war time. Even then, they wouldn't let em takes over the steel plants.
The only thing I am aware of in this country is the post office (it is in the Constitution so it is pretty much requured), and Amtrak.
Or do we adopt a national protocol and let private sector compete against each other to drive down rates. Of course if Google car is patented they have monopoly for next 15 years.
A car I didn't need to operate, no steering wheel, no brakes, just an emergency button, I want now, today. A statewide or national mandate they be used is a long time in the making.
A model where you no longer have a car, where the government or utility owns the vehicle, is going to be a pretty tough sell. I think you can get us city dwellers on board easy enough, but try to sell that in Tyler, TX, or Billings, Montana, or rural America and you are going to have a tough sell. They still ride horses there.
A model you suggest would have an added benefit of having a significant reduction in crime. Anyone using a vehicle in crime would be traceable. In order to have any chance of commiting a crime it would have to be done on foot. Biometrics could be required to utilize the vehicles. If someone with a warrant gets in one the doors lock and fugitive is driven to jail.
The government would also know who is going where at all times. Who is working, when, where. Where you shop, where you eat. It wouldn't bother me, I'm not a criminal and I could care less if anyone else knows when or where I go.
I hope they sell America on it quick, I have a feeling there are a few minor issues to get sorted out aside from the technology.
Travis
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The old latency vs the new. I had stuttering big time on playback on my old Pentium D build so I built a new PC.
What are we looking at here? Is this a scan of a hard drive? If so what program does this?
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You should be a conservative or a Republican because it is the Left that is primarily responsible for ALL of the F'd up changes!I am old enough to remember a different time. While the Andy Griffith Show, Leave it to Beaver, Father Knows Best, etc., portrayed idealized views of American life, the important point is that they portrayed a view of America that was characterized by a high moral standard, traditional family values, and something for which to aspire, even if romanticized. What do we have today? Breaking Bad, Cops, and too any shows I was embarrassed to watch with my teenager. Movie producers covet an "R" rating as they know without it attendance will suffer.
Shooting unarmed civilians, school shootings, children calling Family Services when they are disciplined, government blaming teachers for children who have no parental supervision or guidance to do homework, read, or engage in anything that does not involve mass carnage on a computer screen, are all part of the same macro issue. There is no moral compass that we can agree upon. Most anything is ok.
We have come a long way in terms of basic issues of equality, but we have lost SO much in terms of basic standards of decency, responsibility and common morality. I am not a conservative, nor even a Republican, but I do miss the world of my childhood.
Roger
Fact checK.
Primarily vs all, which is it, primarily or all?
"ALL the changes." Which changes?
As far as police shootongs, one only need to look who wrote Graham v. Conner.
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Curious myself I went to Snopes and could not find a mention of yoga mats/Subway. Have a link Travis? New or used matsSome things are presented here which I wasn't aware of. Interesting that McDonalds is following the same line of "reasoning" as Monsanto that it's fine for Americans to be poisoned, but not fine for the citizens of other countries. I'd love to see the non-US based bank accounts of those who make the laws here.........
Maynard
I am afraid to read that article, just like I am afraid to watch "Fast Food Wars" based on what I have heard it uncovered. Subway being made out of yoga mat material. I thought no way, that has got to be a hoax. My quick go to source for an instant BS test is SNOPES. Comes back true. I heard that someone had asked Subway what their bread was made out of, got the stall, sent it to a lab on their own.
Several years ago I was reading the the label on a loaf of bread, and I am going down the list, whole wheat flower . . . and then saw "sawdust." I couldn't believe it, had to check it three times. Not particlized cellulose or some other watered down version, just "sawdust."
I was a fast food fiend for years and years, I just almost completely avoid it now, (well, I am assuming that Franklin BBQ is not considered fast food) but you have to be just as careful with processed foods at the grocery story.
I stand corrected, I was in a bar one day having cocktails when yogamat popped up in conversation and someone also mentioned that "antifreeze" was in Fireball Whiskey. I SNOPESed the antifreeze claim and at the same time someone read the from the Subway site that they acknowledged using a particular chemical which was, safe, nontoxic, and approved by the FDA and then someone said that it got started with a petition on the internet and the ingredient was originally listed by Subway but was discovered by private testing. I think I confused the fact that SNOPES confirmed that propelyne glycol was in Fireball at a level that resulted in a ban in a country with the conversation about the yoga mat controversy.
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Doc, how would you cross the 1802 over?