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Sound advice. Anyone who pays attention to it should prosper.
Cheers, PW.
Is college worth it?
I came across this site that displays education cost and future earnings. Once the graphic loads, one can adjust the values to match the circumstances they're interested in, such as gender, degree, and major.
Take the Plunge
Note: The data is based on "looking back." There's no way of predicting what tomorrow will bring for today's graduates.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. The base line is the lifetime earnings of a High School graduate. For every Post Secondary option, the student finds themselves "underwater" for a few years while the person with just High School is enjoying an income. What is not addressed is the opportunity to lay the foundation of a secure financial future years earlier.
When comparing lifetime earnings, don't overlook investments. These take time, and losing a decade or so at the start can have a major impact on them.
Student debt. . .
Interesting list.
The one item that I disagree with is the recommendation for rubbing alcohol. Everything rubbing alcohol does, drinkable alcohol does too, but won't poison you if it's swallowed accidentally. (Some may even enjoy the experience.)
And if you have these necessities, you'd better be prepared to ward off those who'd like to relieve you of them.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. Don't forget a parrot. You'll need someone to talk to too.
P.P.S. Revisiting the "protection" theme. . .
Get a bunch of "Support Obama" bumper stickers and place them around your property. Anyone seeing them will think there is no possibility of you having made any preparations and that you're more likely to need help than offer any; hence, you'll be left alone.
Imagine the current President answering surprise questions with such clarity.
This site "The Complete Guide to Avoiding and Removing Windows Crapware" has has tackled an challenging topic. Perhaps people here may find it useful.
Link
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Learning how to ADD using the Common Core approach. . .
Spoiler: The answer is 15.
Readable version. . .
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Dispatcher: Phoenix 911 where is your emergency? Hello? 911.
Homeowner: (Garbled). . .please help me. Somebody is trying to get into my house.
Dispatcher: Okay, what are they doing?
Homeowner: They've tried my front door, my front door, and now they're trying to break in my back gate.
Dispatcher: Okay, stay on the line with me, I've already got officers started. Do not hang up. Okay?
Homeowner: (Garbled). . .I have a gun in my hands. I'm terrified.
Dispatcher: Okay. I've already got officers already on the way. I'm going to keep you on the phone until officers get there, okay? Just. . . (Inaudible)
Dispatcher: . . .the back gate now?
Homeowner: I think they're in the back now. (Garbled)
Homeowner: Somebody is in the back on my porch.
Dispatcher: Somebody is on your porch? Homeowner) Please hurry! Please!
Dispatcher: Ma'am, they're coming out there as fast as they can. Can you see anybody? (Garbled)
Dispatcher: I'm not asking you to look but, but did you see anyone? Like, are there any open windows?
Homeowner: No but somebody is banging on my arcadia door.
Dispatcher: Okay. Are you expecting anybody?
Homeowner: No. There's nobody (garbled) outside in my driveway (garbled).
Dispatcher: Like I said, I want to keep you on the phone until officers get there, okay? Do not hang up. I've got a lot of officers. . .(garbled).
Homeowner: They just broke in.
Dispatcher: It just, they, it just broke? Homeowner) Yes. They broke my arcadia door.
Dispatcher: Okay, yes, I've got them coming out there. They're coming out as fast as they can. Have you heard any voices?
Homeowner: No, they're coming in right now.
Dispatcher: Okay. Tell me if you see them. Tell me what they look like, how many of them are armed, whether they're men or women, women. . ..
Homeowner: I just saw one.
Dispatcher: Just saw one? Okay. Did you see a person or a shadow of a person?
Homeowner: I see. . .. Hurry, hurry! They're coming in right now, please, please, please, please!
Dispatcher: Yes. They're coming out as fast as they. I promise you. They're, they're coming out there as fast as they can. I got a lot of officers responding. And, I'm getting, and as everything you're telling me I'm typing in and other dispatchers are g
Homeowner: They're breaking out my window.
Dispatcher: Are you in your bedroom or?
Homeowner: My bathroom. Dispatchers: Yes. They're coming out as fast as they can I've got a lot of officers responding. Is there an alley behind your house?
Homeowner: (Whispering) yes.
Dispatcher: You back up to the canal, right?
Homeowner: (Whispering) yes.
Dispatcher: Yes. Okay. You don't need to answer anything. I'm just going to stay on the line with you. Okay? (Garbled screaming. Phone dials. Gunshot.)
Michael Lewis: Ow! (Expletive.) What was that? What was that? What was that? (Expletive) did you do?
Dispatcher: What happened? (Garbled)
Homeowner: Did you think you could beat me half to death? (Garbled)
Michael Lewis: I'm sorry. I'm sorry.
Homeowner: What did you come in my house for? (Garbled)
Homeowner: I shot him.
Dispatcher: You shot him?
Homeowner: Yes.
Michael Lewis: Oh my God!
Dispatcher: Okay! I've got them, I've got everybody coming out for help. Okay?
Homeowner: Please hurry.
Homeowner: Don't get up or I'll shoot your (expletive) again!
Dispatcher: Okay. Where did you shoot him? Ma'am, where did you shoot him at?
Homeowner: In my house. He's in my bathroom.
Dispatcher: No, no, where in his body?
Homeowner: (Garbled). . .hallway.
Dispatcher: Where in his body did you shoot him?
Homeowner: What?
Dispatcher: Where in his body?
Homeowner: He's laying half in the bathroom and half in my hallway. Where is his body?
Dispatcher: No, no, yes, like did you hit. . ..
Homeowner: I don't know.
Dispatcher: Okay. Okay, do you recognize him? Is he somebody. . ..
Homeowner: No. I don't recognize him.
Dispatcher: Okay, so he came into the bathroom where you were?
Homeowner: I'm in the front bathroom. (To Lewis) I said don't move!
Michael Lewis: (Inaudible.)
Dispatcher: What is he saying?
Homeowner: He said he thought the house was abandoned. (To Lewis) Abandoned? (Garbled). . .with the car and locked gates and yes.
Michael Lewis: (Inaudible.)
Homeowner: You bet you're sorry you nasty thing. You tried to get in doors. I heard you out there and. . ..
Michael Lewis: (Inaudible.)
Homeowner: Because why should I unlock the door when you're rattling and beating on everything and trying to climb my fence? (Garbled.)
Dispatcher: Yes there's no need to, the, the officers are going to be there in a few, just about every officer on that side of town is responding out there, okay?
Homeowner: Please get somebody here.
Dispatcher: They're coming out as fast as they can. Are you hurt at all?
Homeowner: I don't know. My face is bleeding from some place, I don't know (garbled). I don't know. He was beating on me.
Dispatcher: He was, who was hitting you?
Homeowner: He was beating on me when he found out I was in here. That's why I dropped the phone and I almost dropped the gun but I ended up shooting.
Dispatcher: Okay.
Dispatcher: I've got them all coming out as fast as they can. They're arriving in the area now, okay?
Homeowner: Yes.
Dispatcher: When, when, when you hear them at the door I'm going to have to, you're going to have to. . ..
Homeowner: I'm not going to walk over the top of this guy.
Dispatcher: No, no. I'm not going to want you to leave the bathroom. I'm going to have them come to you but you're going to have to put down the gun, not near him. . ..
Homeowner: I will.
Dispatcher: Okay. Okay.
Michael Lewis: I'm here!
Dispatcher: I'm going to wait until you see the officers before I disconnect, okay? I'm showing they are there. They should be coming inside.
Homeowner: Okay. Officers: Police Department.
Homeowner: Come on back, I've put the gun down. Officer: (Inaudible.)
Dispatcher: Okay. I'm going to let you go now.
Homeowner: (Garbled) okay.
Dispatcher: All right. Bye bye. -
British Prime Minister Cameron show real leadership. . .
Cameron
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. . .are we in for one hell of a winter?
The North American Natives have an excellent method of predicting how severe the approaching winter will be -- they simply observe the size of their White neighbours' woodpiles.
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Rubber bullets. . .
I'm sure my neighbour was shot in the head by someone using rubber bullets just like those shown because they are partially protruding from his ears. He's currently mowing the lawn and seems totally unaware of his situation.
Should I call 911 on his behalf?
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If you don't like dogs, skip this video. . .
I'm amazed that CBS aired this video. . .
One of the better analysis of the Ferguson story. . .
Hands Up, Don't Loot
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. . .we’ll all be unemployed and bored thanks to robots stealing our jobs. . .
An animated map showing unemployment rate by year and State for 38 years. It's interesting until the mid 2000s. By 2010 and later, it's scary!
Map
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This site contains a collection of scenes of Robin Williams doing some of his finest work. . .
Scenes
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A video showing the spread of culture, worldwide, over a few centuries. . .
I visited this bank a couple of days ago, but I guess I stopped in at the wrong branch. . .
A news story to make us smile. . .
A guy visiting Burger King encounters an annoying brat who wants pie. The guy buys the restaurant's entire stock of 23 pies to make sure the kid doesn't get one.
Buy Pie
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Australia has managed to trim the number of illegals getting into their country to zero. Here's how they did it. . .
Story
With thanks to Excel who brought this story to his Coffee Shop thread.
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A brief video from Tactical Response that outlines risk-reward assessment when dealing with strangers. . .
A heartwarming story about a family who made false claims to Canada's immigration authorities. They have been kicked out -- And been ordered to pay $63,422 to cover Canada's government's expenses. . .
Boot and Bill
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The site doesn't feature clickable links to the songs. You can use the Title and Artist to search for the song on a site where you can hear it. YouTube seems to have most available.
Cheers, PW.
Thank-you for the interesting Mona Lisa story.
When my husband saw the Mona Lisa painting, he was surprised by how small it was -- it's only a couple of feet wide. I guess he had grown accustomed to the "larger than life" portraits of themselves the wealthy of the time usually commissioned.
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Some of us need a site that goes back to the 40's. lol
Here's the one I use. . .
Hits by Decade (1940s)
Don't forget to click on the links that lead to the 100 Greatest Songs by Year.
Songs by Year
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P.S. This site led me to gems like Will Bradley's "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (#132 in 1940.)
I prefer Glenn Miller's rendition.
A music site that presents videos of popular songs from the year you select. Currently, they feature 1960 to 2013.
Nostalgia
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Right Guard review. . .
Detroit police chief gives credit to armed citizens for drop in crime
Detroit— Fed up with crime, some armed Detroiters have developed itchy trigger-fingers — and Police Chief James Craig said lawbreakers are getting the message.
. . .
“Criminals are getting the message that good Detroiters are armed and will use that weapon,” said Craig, who has repeatedly said he believes armed citizens deter crime. “I don’t want to take away from the good work our investigators are doing, but I think part of the drop in crime, and robberies in particular, is because criminals are thinking twice that citizens could be armed.
Story
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I was surprised when I saw this.
It wasn't the question. The dozen years of sex education this kid sat through probably covered every perversion known to mankind, but skipped the basics, so the stupidity of her question seems expected.
What amazed me was that she knew that 18 was twice the value of 9!
Maybe our future is in good hands after all?
Cheers, PW.
An interesting article about downloading software that contains a few useful hints about the right and wrong ways of going at it. . .
Downloading
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What is The United States?
Woman and Gender Studies. . .
I have a friend who earned a B.A. in Woman and Gender Studies. She would've been better off working on her tan. (Cheaper and better looks would've helped her land a job.)
Everyone tried to tell her that when a potential employer sees that major on her resume, they'll they'll throw it into the garbage can so fast they'll risk serious strain injury.
Cheers, PW.
P.S.
P.P.S. In Canada, July 4 usually follows July 3, and it's often followed by July 5. (In Saskatchewan, it starts an hour late because they don't observe Daylight Saving Time.)
Canadians don't normally celebrate the day the U.S. declared independence, but they do commemorate the day Canada became a nation on July 1. It is not uncommon for both countries to be enjoying a long weekend together, since these holidays are separated by only three days.
Warning! Contains language that may offend some people. Other than that, it's spot on, hilariously funny, and sad.
Biopsy
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