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	Capitalism Magazine: Our Inverted Budget Priorities by Robert W. Tracinski
		The budget's second priority is to improve the government's finances by paying down $2 trillion of debt over the next 10 years.
		Then, as the lowest priority, there is the tax cut.
		By proposing enormous increases in a few programs and accepting, as an unchallenged absolute, the steady increase of most other government programs, it accepts the idea that the individual and his rights are subordinate to the government and its needs.
	www.capmag.com /articlePrint.asp?ID=355 (771 words)

	Old Rooming Policies
		A two digit number which reflects the floor priority of a resident in relation to priority of other residents of that floor who are otherwise at the same priority level.
		The final two digits signify the floor priority of a resident in relation to the priority of the other residents on the same priority level.
		Whenever more than one resident within a given priority level moves, their two digit numbers are set below all other floor residents within that priority level, with relative priorities inverted.
	www.mit.edu /~burton-conner/oldroomingpolicies.html (2203 words)

	ACSH > Health Issues >
		America's health priorities are inverted because the leading cause of death has enough clout to keep the legislative and publicity spotlights off the cigarette — and on the multitude of nonrisks around us.
		We will not be able truly to realign our health priorities until Congress strips the cigarette industry of its privileged legal status and levels the playing field so that the manufacturers of the leading cause of death are forced to scrimmage on the same legal and regulatory turf as the rest of corporate America.
		Fourth, our health priorities are inverted because the practice of preventive medicine and public health has become corrupted by a form of politically correct science that abandons the principles of epidemiology and instead advances ideological agendas and social aims.
	www.acsh.org /healthissues/newsID.689/healthissue_detail.asp (3766 words)

	Articles Library \| Christianity 9 to 5 - Worldclass resources for living your faith at work (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Some people have this priority thing mastered and would be much better candidates to write on this subject than is this author.
		Quantifying the relative priority of our spouses (something that Smalley and Trent call the "honor quotient") and regularly asking our spouse to evaluate it constructively, acts as a check against permitting other things in our life to become more important.
		Once we vow to shift our priorities, we may find that the only way we can be faithful to that vow is to simplify our work lives, to back off some of the projects, to forego the promotion, and indeed to subordinate our career aspirations to family needs.
	www.regent.edu /acad/schbus/maz/9to5/articles2.cfm?article_id=29 (4797 words)

	Emergence Social Priority Baby Onion
		This means one of the most useful things about knowing your social priorities is that you get to see who you are beneath these outer layers.
		Interestingly enough, babies whose Social Priority is "freedom" miss seeing how their demands for the freedom to get whatever they want precariously offsets the freedom of anyone who wants to say, "no." In a way, they value freedom but only for themselves.
		It is possible, and common, for people to have an inverted Social Priority and a normal character type.
	theemergencesite.com /Tech/Social-Priorities-the-Baby-Onion.htm (4250 words)

	PGDC Article - Family Wealth Counseling: How To Motivate Your Wealthy Donors To Take Action (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		However, based on the psychological pyramid of priorities, donors will not meet the charity's needs until they are certain that their needs will continue to be met, and their heir's needs will be met.
		The answer, we believe, is usually yes, because the psychological pyramid of priorities was inverted and violated in the way the charity asked for donations.
		The psychological pyramid of priorities lets people know that with proper planning, they and their heirs can always be financially secure, and still be able to significantly contribute to their community and world.
	www.pgdc.com /usa/item/?itemID=26300 (3070 words)

	The Capital Spectator: INVERTED CURVES AND TORTURED MARKETS
		That is, short rates moved nearer to long rates, with less than 30 basis points separating the current yields on a 10-year Treasury and its 2-year counterpart—that's down from 180 basis points as recently as 12 months previous.
		"Although inverted yield curves do not uniformly forecast economic recessions, every inverted yield curve of the last 40 years has been followed by a profits recession," he explained on July 25 by way of Reuters.
		Sometimes the profits decline occurred in as little as six months after the arrival of an inverted yield curve, although in one case it took as long as two years.
	www.capitalspectator.com /archives/2005/08/inverted_curves.html (1012 words)

	Direction as a Physical Basis
		So a redefinition of physics with priority of emphasis is the science that deals with 1st: matter, 2nd: motion, 3rd: force and 4th: energy.
		The conception of that of a point particle of matter is very hard to comprehend because all matter in the universe seems to require extension (length) in order to make all physical theories consistent with empirical data.
		The first priority of physics is truly the concept of spatial extension.
	www.physicsforums.com /showthread.php?p=119387 (992 words)

	The Chemical Scare: Are Politics Driving the Fear? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		First, a definition of what I see as the prob- lem; second, just a brief attempt at an explanation as to why this is happening; and third, a summary of what the consequences are for the United States if we let this continue.
		First, very simply put - the problem is one of inverted priorities, being pushed to center stage are purely hypothetical concerns crowding out the genuine public health challenges that are around us.
		Again, we are back to priorities, and the false assumption in that document and else- where that all risks are created equal.
	www.heritage.org /Research/SocialSecurity/HL295.cfm (4465 words)

	Risk Communication In The Context Of Consumer Perceptions Of Risks
		Since citizens’ priorities, expressed to elected officials, can affect both legislative mandates and budgets of food safety agencies, it is quite legitimate to worry that the political process may be mis-allocating limited resources.
		On the other hand, when it comes to food-borne pathogens, fat intake and certain other food-related risks, consumers perceive that they can protect themselves, they feel responsible for their own safety, and therefore are less likely to demand that government protect them.
		If indeed these risk perceptions explain the public’s "concern" with assorted food safety problems, the public’s priorities are actually rather sensible and less likely to mis-allocate resources than we may have perceived them to be.
	www.consumersunion.org /food/riskcomny598.htm (5319 words)

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		The worsening of the highest priority drug-related problems is the paradoxical result of increased enforcement.
		Priorities Are in the Numbers When all is said and done, the Bush administration's drug-fighting priorities show clearly through the budget it proposes each year.
		Inverted priorities lead the administration to quibble with Congress over smaller drug-budget items, such as a $100 million dollar drug treatment program that was not fully funded last year.
	www.textfiles.com /drugs/drreform.txt (8036 words)

	Inversion inverted - 598fa (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Thatthat C to G is an inversion of G to C and visaWhen an interval is inverted the new numericalbecomes a 5th when inverted (5=9-4) So a table of inversions can be drawn up
		Robocop Inversion Theory Robocop is The Terminator inverted, in form, function and purposeevents occur in each film, inverted of course.
		evidence to support this view is the face inversion effect where inverted faces are much harder to recognize than aevidence to support this view is the face inversion effect where inverted faces are much harder to recognize than a
	www.598fa.com /conditioning-low-impact/inversion/inversion-inverted.html (393 words)

	the incremental benefit of taking creatine with carbs against the detriment of evoking insulin's other, less desirable, ...
		But now, to secure their market share of creatine sales, some supplement companies have propagated the idea that creatine doesn't work unless you take it with some special concoction of cheap sugars that they sell.
		to allow creatine-loading to dictate your diet, rather than your diet dictate creatine-loading is a case of inverted priorities.
		Therefore, to allow creatine-loading to dictate your diet, rather than your diet dictate creatine-loading is a case of inverted priorities.
	www.extique.com /askrob/creatine-absorption.htm (516 words)

	Home (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Maritime has embraced intermodalism with innovative ship designs and landbridge partnerships, but the issues of port congestion must be solved.
		The airline and airport industries are particularly suffering from antiquated business models and inverted priorities regarding facility management.
		Other persistent problems (funding instability, project NTP delays, questionable low-bid procurement practices, etc.) provide additional obstacles that professional firms in the transportation industry must understand to be successful.
	www.wswilliams.net /index.htm (249 words)

	The Ayn Rand Institute: Our Inverted Budget Priorities
		There is a lot of talk about smaller government--but there is always some other priority that comes first.
		If politicians decide that they need more funding, or if they decide the government needs to reduce its debts--then individuals must sacrifice their right to keep the wealth they have earned.
		Payments made to Objectivist Conferences or to the Ayn Rand Bookstore do not qualify as tax-deductible contributions to the Ayn Rand Institute.
	www.aynrand.org /site/News2?JServSessionIdr011=ajsy07ehm2.app14b&page=NewsArticle&id=7341&news_iv_ctrl=1085 (794 words)

	Complexity Theory: Actions for a Better World
		Priorities relate to which improvements in our goals are most urgent, illustrated nicely by the story of "Nero fiddling whilst Rome burned".
		Our intuitive grasp of priorities is, in any case, often far more reliable than the simplified analyses often presented by 'think tanks', which at best usually just state the obvious - since they operate by following non-systemic assumptions.
		Often, the actions envisaged will be out of our hands directly as individuals, so one goal here will be to pursuade others to alter their goals in a way compatible with our desired ends, to agree a common aim different than that currently accepted.
	www.calresco.org /action.htm#pro (17740 words)

	priority inversion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The net result is that H ends up waiting for M instead of the other way round - the priorities become inverted.
		A possible cure is to have tasks inherit the maximum priority of any task that is waiting for them.
		In that case L temporarily becomes high priority until H can procede, thus preventing M from running in place of H.
	burks.bton.ac.uk /burks/foldoc/87/92.htm (141 words)

	KVRS - Successful strategies
		No matter how capable and experienced a member was, if he or she were available during a time when the system was short-staffed on ambulances, that member came under intense pressure to spend their entire shift manning another ambulance.
		The new priority scheme was one part strategy for every one part faith.
		KVRS strongly recommends the Inverted Pyramid of Priorities to other volunteer emergency organizations.
	www.kvrs.org /strategies.html (1177 words)

	Childer - Volume 14, Issue 5
		While it is certainly lawful for the Church to set aside a particular day for this kind of celebration, it is not lawful for us to scrupulously observe a day like this while neglecting the Lord's Day, which was given us by God directly.
		Everyone who is zealous for Christmas but dismissive of the Lord's Day is guilty of inverted priorities.
		But the reason many have drifted away from weekly celebration of the Lord's Day is that they have come to believe that sabbatarian observance is a dirge-like activity.
	www.credenda.org /issues/14-5childer.php (776 words)

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		In contrast to the inverted priorities of the Gentiles, we seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness.
		Jesus delivered the daughter of the Syrophoenician woman at a time when the priority of his ministry was to the lost sheep of Israel (Mk.
		The priority established in caring for the immediate household of faith must not be made an excuse for refusing any exercise of the ministry of mercy as part of the missionary task of the church.
	www.pcahistory.org /pca/2-414.doc (7582 words)

	Blogger: Email Post to a Friend
		I’ll point out, politely, that their priorities are inverted.
		But when it comes to our economy – population decline, tepid job growth, no increase in real income levels for over a decade, out-migration of our best and brightest, closure of our major industries, second highest unemployment rate in all of North America – we give government and the media a pass.
		A political insider once told me that economic issues consistently poll fifth or lower as a priority in public opinion polls in New Brunswick.
	www.blogger.com /email-post.g?blogID=8913244&postID=109897818209572299 (741 words)

	FORCES International - Norman Kjono's Corner - Butts To Bullets
		There could be no better example of the twisted priorities and inverted thinking of those who support tobacco control.
		Perhaps such news priorities explain why newspaper and mainstream media market share is rapidly shrinking while alternative news sources enjoy an ever-expanding following.
		The point about twisted priorities is driven home in The Times’ editorial, when it whines about Governor Gregoire proposing that our legislature reinstate in part an estate tax recently overturned by the Washington Supreme Court.
	www.forces.org /writers/kjono/files/gregoire-tax.htm (2257 words)

	Strategic View
		He explained that the first requirement would be that the US would have to treat India as an equal partner in the alliance, not as a junior, although India did recognise the US as possessing superior military capability.
		Next, he explained that the US and India were on mutually inverted pyramids of priorities.
		In March this year, the Bush administration decided that that last factor was becoming so rapidly crucial that there was no more time to lose over inverted priorities.
	www.cdiss.org /Pages/StrategicView.asp (7034 words)

	Hippies All Around Me - The Primary Source Online
		Note that on October 26, when massive rallies were held internationally, Bush again reiterated that America needs no new UN sanction to invade Iraq.
		This is a symptom of the inverted priorities of many Leftists, where wars that serve some national interest are bad, but wars with no interests at stake—like Somalia and Yugoslavia—are good.
		Empirically this argument fails anyway, because if invasion opened up new supplies to world markets, oil companies would be hurt.
	www.tuftsprimarysource.org /issues/21/04/walker.html (751 words)

	Revolution in America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The McCarran-Walter Act of 1952 retained the basic structure of the 1924 measure, while adding important provisions intended to prevent the admission of known subversives to America's shores.
		However, the passage of the Immigration Reform Act of 1965 infused an entirely different set of values and priorities into our basic immigration law.
		Simply put, the effect of the 1965 immigration law was to define American immigration policies by our nation's supposed obligation to the rest of the world, rather than by a sound definition of our own national interest.
	www.stoptheftaa.org /artman/publish/article_34.shtml (3602 words)

	WOMEN IN THE MILITARY NO IT ISN'T GOOD STRATEGY, IT'S SOCIAL ENGINEERING
		If there is a conflict between career opportunities and military necessity, the needs of the military must come first.
		In a 1994 interview, Army Secretary Togo West declared that ``one, everyone in this country is entitled to an opportunity to serve and should be given that opportunity.
		Inverted priorities lead to questionable policy decisions, which uniformed leaders must implement without dissent.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /VA-news/VA-Pilot/issues/1997/vp970518/05160645.htm (919 words)

	LifeWay: Biblical Solutions for Life
		Jesus instead urged his followers to seek first the eternal priorities of the kingdom of God.
		In so doing, they could rest assured that their Heavenly Father was not only aware of their temporal needs, but that he would bountifully supply those needs for his people.
		It is a truth that was ignored, if in fact it was grasped at all, by the people of God to whom the prophet Haggai ministered in the sixth century B.C. Although they verbally might have articulated a belief to the contrary, their actions clearly disclosed their inverted priorities.
	www.lifeway.com /lwc/shopping_samplechapter/0,1744,0805401210,00.html (2118 words)

	OA Online Editorials (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		And the U.S. commercial fishing industry has already gone to great expense and trouble to reduce such instances of “by catch” in a number of fisheries.
		But putting what’s left of the West Coast sword fishing industry out of business in order to spare a relatively small number of turtles is a typical case of inverted priorities.
		What’s particularly frustrating is that the long-lining ban only applies to U.S. boats.
	www.oaoa.com /columns/edit021804.htm (617 words)

	The unemployed loosen the noose, by Catherine Lévy and Christophe Aguiton
		And it has inspired other new organisations determined to agitate for other economic and social priorities.
		Like a choir intoning the popular will, they have articulated and amplified criticisms of the inverted priorities of the European project, with its emphasis on monetary policy over employment.
		In this great concert, there may be a few dissonant voices questioning the process that has begun.
	mondediplo.com /1998/10/11levy (2243 words)

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