JayB Posted November 25, 2005 Share Posted November 25, 2005 From the Catalog for Philanthopy: How the Generosity Index works The 2005 Generosity Index (GI), using 2003 IRS data, is located here at our website: www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/cfp/db/generosity.php?year=2005. The word “Index” means “indication,” in accordance with its Latin root; the GI does not measure or compare philanthropic generosity as such, much less moral character of states or their populations. It merely reports IRS numbers, from annual summaries of personal income tax returns — Average Adjusted Gross Income (AAGI in MA: $58,408 in 2003) and Average Itemized Charitable Deductions (AICD in MA: $3,122). We use the IRS numbers not because they are ideal for the purpose, but because they are the only data frequently and freely available that include both income and charitable giving (ICDs capture about 80% of all personal giving). We invoke both giving and income because philanthropic generosity is not how much one gives, but how much one gives in relation to how much one has. The Results: http://www.catalogueforphilanthropy.org/cfp/db/generosity.php?year=2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 "Index" can mean indication, but its primary meaning is "informer". I paid extra to get a minor in Latin and I never get to use it. Splitting hairs in semantics conversations is pretty much it. That's all I have to offer. I'm just not a giver. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 amo amos amat amamus amantus amant Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 perhaps the bo bis bit bunt tense will be more appropriate for me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 amo amos amat amamus amantus amant amo amas amat amamus amatis amant Tuum caput stercorosum est. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Thanks for the correction I was remembering that from my one year of latin at grammer school in England in 1965. It is the only verb I learnt I think I got 37 % on the year. WTF is bo bis bit ? Nils despirundum is one embossed on a tonic water bottle I found in my back yard while digging the foundations for my house. From the gold rush days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr._Natural Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 Nils desperandum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraysovereign Posted November 26, 2005 Share Posted November 26, 2005 I'm nominating this for the all-time Thread Drift award Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 -bo, -bis, bit... are the future-tense active-voice endings for 1st- and 2nd-conjugation verbs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I must have missed that part in class. So would that make it I will love ? etc.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Yes. amabo - I will love amabis - You will love amabit - He/she will love amabimus - We will love amabitis - Yall will love amabunt - They will love The endings are subtle. Change bi to ba, and then it's imperfect tense: was/were loving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshK Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 This may be the new topper for my stupid statistic! What would be particularly interesting is to see numbers breaking down religious vs. secular giving and how the states compare. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TREETOAD Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 nils illegitimus carborundum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Must not let thread get on track. TREETOAD, earlier I said your head was full of shit. Did you know that gladius (sword) was slang for dick? Especially one wielded by a gladiator? You know what the gladius is inserted into for safe-keeping... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 I must have missed that part in class. So would that make it I will love ? etc.. sounds like you got real far along in your studies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaskadskyjKozak Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 This may be the new topper for my stupid statistic! What would be particularly interesting is to see numbers breaking down religious vs. secular giving and how the states compare. ah, yes, giving is only virtuous, generous, and meaningful if the recipient of the donation is "secular". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary_Yngve Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Giving is virtuous, generous, and meaningful if there is no ulterior motive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Like Bill Gates. He doesn't give a shit. He just gives and gives. Who cares where it goes when you have that much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foraker Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 One would note that many at the top of that list are also highest in per-capita use of food stamps. But, hey, I'm not implying anything.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archenemy Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Did you know that gladius (sword) was slang for dick? Especially one wielded by a gladiator? You know what the gladius is inserted into for safe-keeping... Another Gladiator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Like Bill Gates. He doesn't give a shit. He just gives and gives. Who cares where it goes when you have that much. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, that's who. They're a real "loose cannon" of money, eh, genius? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 MENSA application form Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dechristo Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 Giving is virtuous, generous, and meaningful if there is no ulterior motive. which is highly unlikely; there is an ulterior motive in most giving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EWolfe Posted November 27, 2005 Share Posted November 27, 2005 ..or at least a tax credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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