Your Questions About Shingles

T or F? As long as someone can profit from religion, it will always exist in a capitalistic economy.?

Profit includes, economic, political, social, psychological, etc. Ancient history shows that the religious leaders profitted via prestige. Their prestige garnered them stability when they were sorely ignorant of science, etc. Religion provided them with easy answers to unanswerable questions in their era… unanswerable questions that ordinarily would have left them looking impotent as a powerful leader/ruler. The followers gained a feeling of security and structure to some degree, some would suggest that it was a blind security, supported by the blind faith of their religious leader.

The same game is played today, except that some nations have chosen to reward religious leaders by labeling them as non-profit business owners, so they can receive tax exemptions, etc. The followers are able to tithe, which is tax free money that goes directly back to the people of the church in which they invest.

In short, if one were looking for a tax shelter, they’d become religious, and place all of their tithe into a church fund, that is willing to give them material benefits in return, i.e., the use of a church car, buildings to host parties, etc., for special occassions, socials where refreshments are served and the members who attend are hand-picked/selected.

I know this sounds anti-intuitive, but… if someone really wanted to derail religion, they’d push every tom, dick, and harry to throw a shingle out of their door, and claim church status, and increase the tax burden of the nation. If everyone is getting away with stuffing money into tax shelters, etc., then the country would no longer be capable of offering such a benefit.

As long as there are Atheists, etc., who aren’t profiting from such economic tactics, there will always be a pool of citizens that a nation can count on to make up the tax losses – the Atheists etc.

Random Variables?

control of the heat in a chemical blending process at University Products company, Inc., is absolutely essential. too much or too little heat during the process produces polyvinyl isulation material that is either too brittle or flimsy that it can not support the weight of the roofing shingles which are normally laid on top of the insulation. past processes have produced an output with mean compression strenth of 150 psi and a standard deviation of 25 psi. Insulations with compression above 220 psi or below 105 psi is not usable. what portion of a days run of 50 tons of insulation will be usable if the heat control of the proces stays at the same level of effectiveness?

Need steel beam for cieling?

I have a 1 story home, composition shingles, 1/2″ plywood over original horizontal battons. 6″ concrete foundation floor. existing room is 14.5 wide, new room would be 17.5 wide.

I want to remove a load bearing wall. Existing joists are 2x6x15 24″ on center and join over the load bearing wall to be removed (the wall is about 1 ft to the “left ” of center join). The next wall that I can use for support is the other side of the hallway 3 1/2 ft to the “right” of existing wall.

There are only two 2×4’s used as support for the ridge beam in the attic over this area of the house (i think this is inadequate, but its been there for 40 years). Can I use/create a wider beam rather than taller, span tables only show in the order of 2x, not 4x or 6x. and I do not know how this will work. In addition where can I locate different beam manufacutreres (LVL, steel ) what size beam?

I would like to stay under 6″ in height of the new beam so it will still fit in the existing spac

Why does BO claim he wants to boost jobs for us while supporting millions of non-citizens displacing Americans?

The reality of this Administration’s policies is simply that illegal outsiders continue to be valued ahead of citizens of the United States at every opportunity. Decision-making has been designed first and foremost to garner votes from the massive Hispanic bloc, which supports liberal candidates at rates rivaling the African-American voters’ blind support of Democrats for half a century.

In a Labor Day speech intended to show Americans he’s willing to throw additional billions at creating a new round of government jobs to employ a select few of our staggering numbers of Americans without work, the reality of who gets the “shovel-ready” jobs should not be overlooked. In our State, labor-intensive positions have been going to illegals in percentages approaching the eye-opening ratio of minority votes the Democratic Party counts on from a constituency base seeking handouts from left-leaning, socialist believing candidates every election. Since many of the positions are cash paid jobs which will never be taxed, the illegal Mexicans are hardly contributors to the Federal tax base, while they routinely collect food stamps (EBT), housing assistance, and welfare support thanks in large measure to Federal policies for the more than 400,000 anchor babies born annually here in the U.S. in disturbingly disproportionate numbers to our own citizens birthrates.

What too few Americans recognize is the influence the illegals wield at election time. Estimates of their numbers are sketchy, since they are skilled at securing alternate identities and documents based on deception, but they’re routinely recruited and registered to vote through local Human Services Offices and through local Hispanic organizations intent on extending their collective influence in the community and across the country. For those who understand the problem, illegal Mexicans are believed to vote in numbers reaching eight figures nationally. Here in Colorado, a shift over the past decade toward electing Democrats has corresponded with the increase in Hispanic votes attributable to successful registration drives specifically designed and executed to include Colorado’s illegal Mexican population now considered to exceed a half million. A link to flickr photos shows the ongoing voter registration drive taking place at the Richard T. Castro Human Services Building, whose visitors and Social Services clients appear to exceed 70 percent non-English speaking Latinos. The man the building was named for has been credited with paving the way for Hispanic newcomers to the Denver metro area by way of developing social support networks with exponentially improved funding, jobs availability, and dramatically increasing Latino voter registrations.

Other links will accompany the photo essay support showing evidence of the invasion and liberal shift under way in the Rocky Mountain region’s largest metro area. In the Labor Day set of images, non-English speaking Hispanics were photographed in various labor intensive jobs in a smallish townhome complex. For the roofing project, more than twenty likely illegals replaced shingles three or four buildings at a time during late summer, and the project was necessary because of failed roofing replacement work from MJM Roofing’s illegal crew less than four years ago. The current roofing crew employed by Steve Harmon’s Leak Arrestors was originally supposed to be limited to legal American citizens when he was first brought on to evaluate and assist with repairs from the failed work more than three years ago. Originally, Harmon claimed his crews were entirely made up of legal American citizen workers, and the Leak Arrestors’ laborers I communicated as a member of the Board, at the time, were local Anglos, so the current 20-plus disheveled non-English speaking Hispanics are hardly on roofs because they are the only workers who will do the job.

The pattern of tasks being executed by Hispanic only crews in was evident with more than two dozen non-English speaking Latinos on the property on September 1, 2010 for landscaping and roofing work. During the prior ten days, separate grounds crews were likewise employing illegals who were photographed laying sod. And Latino non-citizen painters incapable of communicating in our language were assigned repair work for hail storm damage which exposed wood siding and splintered window trim to the elements for an extended period. Their less than satisfactory work ultimately provided no repair whatsoever while simply dripping paint over splintered and badly damaged wood, but once again repeated painting windows shut just as the last all Hispanic crew had done in advance of the damage currently being attended to from 2009. Between the various work crews there have been around 40 suspected illegal workers on the complex over little more than a months time.
Because of my feelings about the importance of hiring American citizen workers, several calls have been made to ICE to report the Latino non-citizen crews over the summer. Their response has been underwhelming with only the paint project appearing to be interrupted. My latest call over the 20-plus Hispanic roofers was handled by an ICE representative who could barely speak English herself, and whose heavy Spanish accent and broken words were difficult to understand. She made her personal position clear, all the same, challenging me over making the call where my expressed concern was over the numbers and presence of non-English speaking laborers working on the roofs without a legal basis for being here. The Obama Administration’s transition with regard to immigration policy appears to be nearing completion, where callers in to ICE may be the individuals under suspicion or attack from liberal leadership desperate for whatever marginal support they can find to avoid the embarrassing…
November election losses anticipated nationwide.

The photos and accompanying links are available for support to show what’s taking place around Denver, as well as across the country as the invasion continues unabated under liberal leadership with New World Order aspirations.

How many of you believe removing a substantial number of the 20 to 24 million illegals currently in the country would have a more beneficial effect than one more multi-billion dollar attempt at government stimulus to add jobs to the economy? Or for anyone willing to attempt a cogent argument favoring an additional 50 billion dollar stimulus, take your best shot at explaining how you believe ignoring laws and supporting a group of people in ways our own citizens are not supported is unrelated and potentially ineffective in comparison with turning again to new stimulus dollars in spite of 814 billion having had little effect over the past year.

http://www.cairco.org/articles/art2006sep05a.html
http://www.immigrationcounters.com/
http://www.fairus.org/site/PageServer?pagename=iic_immigrationissuecenters861a
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/fyi—what-we-dont-know-about-mexico/blog-321785/
http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/Dots.html

Pre-calc question. Please help!?

Asphalt shingles do not meet code specifications on a roof that has less than a 4-12 pitch. A 4-12 pitch means there are 4 feet of vertical change in 12 feet of horizontal change. A certain roof has a slope m = 3/8. Could asphalt shingles be used on that roof? Explain or show work to support your answer.

I’m terribly stuck. If you could use an example or just explain what to do, I might be able to get it. Thank you!