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    Child's Play 2015 - THREE WEEKS ONLY (ends Jan 4)

    Lego Pirates of the Caribbean - Nintendo 3DS Sold by: FunFactory $9.37 Epic (Blu-ray / DVD + Digital Copy) Colin Farrell Sold by: Amazon.com LLC $6.96 Condition: New LEGO: Marvel Super Heroes - Nintendo Wii U Sold by: Amazon.com LLC $19.99 Condition: New Men in Black 3 Will Smith Sold by...
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    Child's Play 2014 - ninth annual donation drive, with matching $

    Ship To: Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis,IN LEGO Lord of the Rings - Xbox 360 $17.29 Men in Black 3 Will Smith $6.99 Phineas and Ferb - Nintendo DS $9.99 Lullaby Classics 2 Baby Einstein $5.99 LEGO: Marvel - Nintendo Wii U $14.99 LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes - Xbox 360...
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    Anyone who understands electricity can tell me why I'm not dead?

    Probably more of a cost benefit analysis, underground power cables systems are way more expensive then underground communications cables. Also when underground cables fail, it takes a lot longer to fix the issue, so unless you build in more redundancy (again more money) it takes hours longer to...
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    Child's Play 2013 - eigth annual donation drive, with matching $

    RECIPIENT Riley Hospital for Children, Indianapolis, IN Items Ordered Price 1 of: Lullaby Classics [Audio CD] By: Disney Includes: (What's this?) Condition: New Sold by: Amazon.com LLC $5.00 - 1 item(s) Gift options: None Change gift options 1 of: Sonic Classic Collection [Video Game]...
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    Stop trying to make this a thing Comcast.

    The best course of action is if you have tried to get results by talking to Comcast and feel you have been wrong is to go through your utility commission (If you are in a state where Comcast is a regulated monopoly) and file a complaint most allow you to do this online. You usually skip a bunch...
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    Eos 70d

    Yea, I been meaning to do Brown County during the fall, but have never done it. Though my 1st trip will be London/Edinburgh/Isle of Skye coming up in next few weeks. Kinda spured the upgrade.
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    New Adobe Cloud pricing for photographers

    Price is only valid if you own CS3 or higher. I would be all over that deal if it wasn't for that, but I guess my yearly upgrade to the new Lightroom will have to be enough.
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    Eos 70d

    Good Stuff :) Where you going hiking at? (Indy Resident myself)
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    Eos 70d

    I upgraded to a 70D, from a XSI and couldn't be more happy. The ISO performance improvements from that era to now is pretty awesome. Also if you plan on using video a lot its autofocus system over the 60D is also a huge jump.
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    Cal Power Companies Cry Foul

    Oh your building is primary voltage metered... (which is the determining factor here not commercial vs residential since most commercial is still metered on the lower voltage side) so they may have been explaining it correctly for your special case not all...also it may or may not be more...
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    Cal Power Companies Cry Foul

    Um you definitely use the power that you produce if you are demanding it at the time it is produced. Electricity takes the path of less resistance. The thing is most people are producing the most when their demand is lower aka during the day when they aren't home... Therefore you meter "spins...
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    July 5th and Fireworks

    Yep
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    High School Genius Overcomes Poverty, Earns $3 Million in College Scholarships

    Wonder how much of that money is based on the fact he is from a low income family... Harvard for example gives free rides to anyone whose family earns less than 60k. Not disrespecting him for being good enough to make into Harvard, but colleges loves to give money to low income students it's...
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    Earth Hour

    I wonder if this really does more damage then good, since a significant drop in load makes generators scale down for that hour.. Then right after they have to use generators that maybe less efficient to ramp up quickly to pick up the increase in load since everyone probably turns most lights...
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    Small 401k advice

    I would imagine you could put it in a traditional then roll the traditional over to roth?
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    How old are you and how much do you have saved for retirement?

    1.25x 27 year old about, 2/3rds of that is roth 401k Also have a cash balance pension plan that I am vested in...
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    Anyone else see themselves take a sizable pay impact this month?

    Manly correct the way I see it but it's also paid on your 1st earnings up to the max of 113,700. Therefore if you make more then that it's dropped off after you make more... So if you make 227, 400 a year you would pay your total social security taxes in 6 months and not over the entire year...
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    Child's Play - extra Cyber Monday donation matching

    No problem glad to do it ;)
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    Child's Play 2012 - seventh annual donation drive, with matching $

    Shipping Address: Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis,IN Items Ordered Price 1 of: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2 (+ UltraViolet Digital Copy) [DVD] By: Daniel Radcliffe, et al $6.49 2 of: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 1 [DVD] $3.99...
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    Soundgarden: King Animal

    Still isn't the right comparison Imo I don't follow power metal, he has to be known by people that follow rock to be the male equivalent to Mariah Carey... I am sure someone can pull some female signer in a obscure genre that can blow her away but at the end of the day she is still mainly...
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    Soundgarden: King Animal

    Except for the fact I had to Google him to figure out who he was not saying he can't be the better signer but can't say he is the equivalent to our generation male Mariah Carey if he is pretty unknown...
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    Covering your kid till the are 26 (Health Insurance Question)

    I don't believe the law is you must cover them till they are 26,but just that you have the option to keep them on your insurance till then. In my own experience my parents covered me while I was in college and I am extremely grateful that they did it allowed me to concentrate on going to school...
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    Covering your kid till the are 26 (Health Insurance Question)

    I say if they are doing something with their life aka going to school or equivalent, then cover it... It will mean a lot to them and they will try to provide the same for their kids probably....
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    Former employer owes me back pay; company has since been bought & original owner dead

    Earned vacation time gets paid out... Some companies may let you use your vacation time before earned aka they say you have or full 2 weeks at the start of the year but in reality if you leave 6 months into the year you have actually only earned 1 week therefore that is what eligible for...
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    Can someone recommend a hotel for 2 friends who are going to Beijing and Hong Kong?

    I always had good luck with getting a private room in hostels cheaper then a hotel in most cases... Never done it in China though.
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    650 million people in India lose electricity as grid fails...

    Just a fyi those are distribution lines (lower high voltage), and secondary voltages lines and it would take many many failures before any of those would affect the transmission system at the level that this outage would cause.... Most likely they had multiple failures on the bulk transmission...
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    Calling all powering experts

    Permits requirements and costs vary greatly by location so if you aren't by a big city or anything you may do get away without either
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    Cost to get power lines buried in my yard

    You were probably dealing with a higher primary voltage class...He is talking secondary service wires... The higher voltages get very expensive very fast, depending on how much work will need to be done.
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    Cost to get power lines buried in my yard

    The costs associated with burrying the lines are all associated with the company and state regulators etc...So it will varry by state and company...Even within the same company if they are multistate the policies will differ by state... That being said, in my area you may own your own...
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    Federal Job versus Contracting Scenario

    30 years? Depends on how long until you are vested you may not get 100% payout, but if you can get vested you get something! My current job only has a 3 years vesting period for the pension, but it is cash balance with annuity option.
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    Staying an extra year in College to bring up GPA?

    I graduated as a EE with a GPA under 2.5, and didn't have an issue getting the job in 2008, so its not the end of the world. That saying you being in a community college and only having 2 years worth of credit hours (assumption) you can probably raise your GPA by more than what people said if...
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    What % of your salary do you contribute to a 401k?

    6% Pre-Tax 401k 8% Roth 401k Combined: 14% Company Match 6% + Cash Balance Pension Variable Depending on Age+Years of Service
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    International travel, US to Australian, anyone?

    Thanksgiving-Early December in 2009 got a round trip out of Indianapolis for $750
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    Child's Play 2011 - sixth annual donation drive, with matching $

    Shipping Address: Change Shipping Address Riley Hospital for Children Indianapolis,IN (Full address hidden for privacy.) Gift Registry Address Items Ordered Price 1 of: PopCap Arcade Vol 2 [Video Game] $19.99 1 of: Carnival Games [Video Game] $15.85 1 of: Baby Einstein...
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    The world's largest top 10 employers

    Maximo is used by many companies... http://www-01.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/maximo-asset-mgmt/
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    Are there rules to the type of movie you can watch on your ipad on an airplane?

    I remember on a international flight, they had the hangover on the on demand center as well as Californaication...Pretty weird watching that when there was an old lady watching Ben Hur next to me....No small children around though...