Q&A: What should I do with this stupid parody?
Question by iub fifuulm ppp: What should I do with this stupid parody?
Hi, I’ve written a short 10min parody based on Desperate housewives, brothers and sisters, and NCIS. Its complicated and a little stupid, impossible to film, and it has to develop into something by the end of the school year. WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THIS????? THANKS!!!
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Answer by Mike
If it’s technically impossible to film, or physically impossible to perform, and you actually need to film/perform it at the end of this school year, then your first step is to make it possible to perform. If its designed to be filmed and it involves someone doing something impossible, a bit of green screen is cheap and easy to use; or if it requires funding for what you want to do, then see if you can find ways of doing it on the cheap. It’s a parody like you said, so the quality doesn’t have to be professional film. Also it sounds like you’re a student, so again the quality will not be the most important thing.
I’m not sure whether your asking what next steps to take with the writing or the script as a finished product?
If it’s the former then remember it’s a parody, so scour the tv shows your parodying and read reviews/public opinion to see what opens up as something you can make fun of. If it’s the latter then find a band of friends or people on the school acting scene and rehearse/perform it.
I hope I haven’t missed the point!
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Q&A: Obama orders a massive offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Is the timing of this suspicious?
Question by Culture Warrior: Obama orders a massive offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Is the timing of this suspicious?
While I support the offensive against the Taliban (and wish Obama would attack Iran), I have to question Obama’s timing.
Is launching this offensive during the Winter Olympics designed to distract the public from Obama’s stunning failure to secure the 2016 Olympics for Chicago?
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Answer by Guess Who
I miss George Bush already.
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When it comes to American cars is this lady doing the correct action?
Question by Erudite: When it comes to American cars is this lady doing the correct action?
She drives an American car. Ar a stop light if she sees a driver with a foreign car she holds up a sign that says “Buy American”. She tries to shame the owners of foreign cars.
This is happing in Michigan.
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Answer by Skyhawk
I wonder if she realizes that both Honda and Toyota are now built in the US and Ford and GM car components are now made in Mexico and/or Canada.
I don’t see how buying an inferior product helps anyone.
It doesn’t help the consumer and it doesn’t help the manufacturer. Recalls, lawsuits, and loss of confidence in the inferior product hurts over the long run.
American car companies had a monopoly for over 75 years. They squandered their monopoly by continuing to produce an inferior product. When the Japanese manufacturers started producing a better product, instead of raising quality, they use false patriotism to guilt people into buying junk.
I guess patriotism is a one way street. Americans are obligated to buy American cars, but the manufacturers have no patriotic obligation to produce a quality product.
I’d laugh at that lady because she’s probably on her way to get her transmission fixed for the third time.
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What kind of event can I plan for this situation?
Question by Leo: What kind of event can I plan for this situation?
Our company distributes glass products which are sand-blasted in custom designs. We recently had a sand-blaster who was terrible. We have about 70% of his work that is unsaleable due to underblasting, misblasting, misalignment, and a bunch of other stuff.
Anyway, we are trying to salvage what we can of the product, but most of it is almost embarrassing to sell. Is there some kind of event that we could host or plan that perhaps allow us to get rid of these products at reduced prices?
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Answer by Casey Y
Yeah, you can just sell them at a discounted price.
Personally, I wouldn’t want anything being sold under my name that was substandard.
There wouldn’t be any insurance for this, other than product recall.
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Do you know if this product is on the Mattel Recall list???
Question by bonnie?tokyo?berlin?NYC: Do you know if this product is on the Mattel Recall list???
http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=4241552
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Answer by Safiyya2
I didn’t see that over there, but you can check the Mattel website yourself:
http://service.mattel.com/us/recall.asp
My son’s toys were not on the recall list! Whew.
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has anyone had problems with a trane XD-80 AC unit causing too much condensation. Is this a design flaw?
Question by jamars: has anyone had problems with a trane XD-80 AC unit causing too much condensation. Is this a design flaw?
My new trane unit is not catching all the condensation it produces. the primary drain is not blocked. My secondary pan is sitting in water all the time. Trane enginers have looked at the problem and even replaced my A coil. Still the same problem. Seems to me trane has a design problem here. Anyone out there with a similar experience or problem with a downflow XD-80?
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Answer by oil field trash
They come from the factory set up for vertical installation but I’m not sure if that is vertical up or vertical down flow.
We have a new variable air handler with coils for a 5 ton Trane heat pump system. It is installed in the horizontal and there was a problem with condensate getting into the enclosure and leaking into the emergency pan.
The contractor replaced the coil and the problem went away. One of the brackets holding the drip pan inside the unit was bent and the drip pan was tilted to one side.
According to someone I know at Trane, they have not really tested their air handlers very well when it comes to condensate blow off from the coils. Keep on Trane’s case. They should make it right and I believe they will if you stay with it.
A person I know at Trane said the number one problem their field service people have to deal with on down flow units is the failure of the installer to properly modify the unit with the baffles needed for that configuration. As the writer below says, information on these should be in the installation manual that came with the unit.
Finally, is it possible that they have switched the two drain connections so that the main drain is draining to the emergency pan and not the sewer or condensate pump? Have you checked these connections against the installation drawings? Also, I assume they have provided a trap in the main drain so air is not being drawn in and keeping the condensate from draining.
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Is this an utterly STUPiD idea?
Question by ? GodsMelody ?: Is this an utterly STUPiD idea?
I wanna do BA Graphics Design in university and then possibly get into Marketing and Design for my MA. Praying one day i’ll become a Creative Director. Is Graphics Design a crappy choice for a degree… I heard it was useless!
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Answer by Damian
no.its whatever you want it to be.
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Q&A: Can someone with legal experience regarding the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act answer this?
Question by : Can someone with legal experience regarding the new Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act answer this?
I am a Work-At-Home-Mom. I make custom baby carriers and sell them. Each of my carriers is one-of-a-kind. I buy my fabric from nationally trusted retailers such as JoAnn Fabrics, etc. I do not buy loads of fabric since I make them on an order-by-order basis (so I can customize for my buyer). How is the CPSIA going to affect me in particular? I am not the one importing the fabric or thread. Shouldn’t my supplies be tested before I buy them? Also, even if they are tested, I usually only buy fabric remnants instead of whole reels. It would be ridiculous for me to ask for certificates for 1 yard of fabric. I feel like this whole thing is going to put me, and a whole bunch of others like me, out of business. How can I possibly afford to have each and every one of my baby carriers tested for lead?
BACKGROUND INFO:
Congress passed a law in August 2008 called the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA). This law came about because of the numerous recalls of children’s toys in the past two years and specifically the issue of lead in the toys. While I applaud the attempt at making children’s products safer, the law as stands, will actually remove many of the products that we have turned to in place of those made in China.
As of February 10th, 2009, ALL children’s products sold in the United States will need to be certified to be lead free and many products will need additional testing. To be certified, the final product sold needs to have each component on it tested for lead. This sounds wonderful when you think of all of the “Made in China” children’s products that are out there and all of the children’s items that are mass produced (mostly imported). HOWEVER, think of the handcrafted items sold within the US. Think of any children’s item that is a ready made item that has been personalized with a child’s name (it would need to be retested because it is the final sold product that needs to be certified). Think of the children’s items that are sold at craft shows, garage sales, ebay, consignment shops and fundraisers. As of February 10th, it will be illegal to sell any children’s products without certification, no matter when it was produced. Collectible vintage toys and trains? A “banned substance”. You will not be able to donate items for charity because they are a “banned substance” since they are not certified. This applies not only to toys, but all products such as books, shoes, clothing, school supplies, sporting equipment, jewelry, etc. that are possibly intended for children 12 and under.
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Answer by Howard L
Legal is nothing for you to be concerned about. The worst thing that could happen is you will be ordered to give refunds to anyone who wants one and you will be ordered to stop selling them.
What you need to worry about is product liability. If a child is injured and you don’t have product liability insurance they will take every last dollar you have now and get every dollar you will ever earn. You might be able to sue the suppliers of your materials but the legal bills will ruin you.
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Q&A: What is missing from this Conservative bias “News”report?
Question by jl_jack09: What is missing from this Conservative bias “News”report?
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON – The earliest official report of a New Orleans levee breach came at 8:30 a.m., hours after Hurricane Katrina roared ashore. Word of the possible breach surfaced at the White House less than three hours later, at 11:13 a.m.
In all, 28 federal, state and local agencies reported levee failures on Aug. 29, according to a time line of e-mails, situation updates and weather reports that Senate Democrats say raise questions about whether the government moved quickly enough to rescue storm victims from massive flooding.
The documents were released in advance of a Senate hearing Friday at which Michael Brown, the former head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency was set to testify.
Brown is widely considered the public face of the government’s sluggish response to Katrina. But he signaled earlier this week that he was prepared to discuss his storm communications with Bu$h and other top White House officials — a possible signal that his testimony would assign blame elsewhere.
The White House has barred some top advisers and staffers from answering Senate investigators’ questions about the administration’s response, saying that certain discussions and documents must remain confidential. But Brown, who quit FEMA shortly after the storm and left the federal payroll Nov. 2, is no longer covered by that confidentiality protection.
White House spokesman Trent Duffy said the president and his top aides were fully aware of the massive flooding — and less concerned whether it was caused by levee breaches, over toppings or failed pumps, all three of which were being reported at the time.
“We knew there was flooding and that’s why the No. 1 effort in those early hours was on search and rescue, and saving life and limb,” Duffy said.
Shortly after the disaster, Bush said, “I don’t think anybody anticipated the breach of the levees.” He later said his comment was meant to suggest that there had been a false sense of relief that the levees had held when the storm passed, only to break a few hours later.
The Bush administration has said it knew definitively early Tuesday, Aug. 30, the day after the storm, that the levees had been breached, based on an Army Corps of Engineers assessment.
Democrats said the documents showed there was little excuse for the tardy federal response.
“The first communication came at 8:30 a.m.,” said Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn., top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. “So it is inexplicable to me how those responsible for the federal response could have woken up Tuesday morning unaware of this obviously catastrophic situation.”
The first internal White House communication about levee failures came at 11:13 a.m. on Aug. 29 in a “Katrina Spot Report” by the White House Homeland Security Council.
“Flooding is significant throughout the region and a levee in New Orleans has reportedly been breached sending 6-8 feet of water throughout the 9th ward area of the city,” the internal report said.
Hint, just listened to a town meeting on radio, there they said “the Government does not have the legal power to order a mandatory evacuation” I clearly read on “miserable failure” site that FEMA has the power to take all assets and enter your home. They also can arrest you on the spot, No charge, no lawyer. Where is the truth?
Another hint, there are 1,242 letters written to the Federals, some are about the poor condition of the levees. According to Michael Brown. All long before Katrina.
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Answer by fungusbrains1
I am not going to play this game with you. The peole were told to get the he** out of New Orleans, buses lined up to pick them up, and people were refusing to go. The national news showed people dancing in the street of the French Quarter while the storm was making landfall. They were told days in advance that the storm would be devistating, and people wouldn’t listen. I live near Lafayette, and I had plans to make my family safe in case the storm turned our way.
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Q&A: Help! How to deal with this catholicism class “Intelligent Design” nonsense?
Question by : Help! How to deal with this catholicism class “Intelligent Design” nonsense?
So our last catholicism class was about the watchmaker argument. Well it’s really a stupid theory and simply doesn’t make any sense. The theory is that –The complex inner workings of a watch necessitate an intelligent designer and that simply shaking(evolution) is not enough. She even told us to try fixing an old watch by shaking it, according to her if evolution is correct it should work. The problem is we need to prepare a report on this, i know this theory is nonsense, so what should i do?
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Answer by ?
That is a JW argument. Tell them that
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