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May31	May 31, Wisdumb - College Student Buried Alive Bill Belew May 31, 2007 Know More: Wisdumb amputee, carrier, check, college student, golf, lesson, mail, myspace, snake, wal mart Wisdumb ... the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do. You might NOT want to: Bury a co llege student alive. Ignore this sign, um, gentlemen. Ignore the puddle on the floor at Wal-Mart. Make fun of Wal-Mart on your MySpace page. Have your snakes raw even in survival training. Ask this mail carrier to deliver your mail. Park the car in the garage down the steps. Take golf lessons from this dude unless you are a really fast learner. Steal from this amputee. Try to cash the $2.5 million check. Posted at 10:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May31	212 Things You Should Learn Not to Do Bill Belew May 31, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.Here are 212 things you might NOT want to do.NOTE - I learned just today (6/4) (a reader pointed it out), that some of the links to the original... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May30	May 30, Wisdumb - Wendy's Customer Shoots Staff Over Sauce Bill Belew May 30, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to: Hold back the sauce to a Wendy's customer. Call the wrong fire department. Lose on this reality show if you need a kidney. Lose your $1 million golden... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Steps to 100,000 Page Views in One Day on Your Blog Bill Belew May 30, 2007 I can hear some people laughing. They are the ones who get 100+K page views everyday. I don't. I am just a rinky dink blogger writing about non-main stream topics, Japan, the PanAsian region and this blog about the business... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May29	May 29, Wisdumb - Why Pretty Girls Would Kiss a Monkey Bill Belew May 29, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life maybe learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Kiss a monkey...even blindfolded. Listen to your dad. Listen to your dad. (part 2) Ask the girl you just robbed for a date. Let the lion sleep with you tonight. Wait... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Spot a Child Prodigy Bill Belew May 29, 2007 My son plays the piano. He is NOT/was NOT a child prodigy. When I asked one of his teachers how she could determine if a child was gifted or not, she told me she could generally tell by how long... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Kiss a Monkey Bill Belew May 29, 2007 I remember watching the Planet of the Apes some 30+ years ago. At the end of the first movie, the female monkey, er, excuse me, ape, was so happy she wanted to kiss Charleton Heston...but, "I am sorry, I can't.... Continue Reading Posted at 5:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Second Rule Upheld, Revision Proposed Bill Belew May 29, 2007 The length of time that one will allow when dropping something that they plan to eat varies by location.California - 5 seconds.Texas - 10 seconds.Kentucky - no limit.Connecticut College has concluded in a study - ‘Five-Second Rule’ for Dropped Food... Continue Reading Posted at 4:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Riyo Mori's 10 Steps to Becoming Miss Universe Bill Belew May 29, 2007 What little girl doesn't dream of being called the Universe's most beautiful woman...in every aspect?1. Beauty2. Intellect3. Well-mannered4. Cultured20-year old, Riyo Mori, is living that dream...and sharing her secrets to becoming Miss Universe.1. Dream of being Miss Universe - Mori's... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May28	Top 10 Chinese Universities by Quality of Freshmen Bill Belew May 28, 2007 The Chinese are well known for their attention to rankings when it comes to choosing schools, especially the higher education ones.There are rankings according to reputation, deserved or otherwised. Then there are rankings according the quality of the students.Here are... Continue Reading Posted at 4:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 10 Chinese Universities by Reputation Bill Belew May 28, 2007 Rankings By Reputation: 1st : Tsinghua University and Beijing (/Peking) University, both in Beijing, share the 1st place 3rd : Fudan University and Zhejiang University 5th : Nanjing University and China Science and Technology University 7th : Shanghai Jiaotong University 8th... Continue Reading Posted at 1:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Male Teacher Knucklepunches Female Student Bill Belew May 28, 2007 Japan has it, China has it, the US has it...Korea might as well join in the idiocy.I am not sure if this qualifies as cyberbullying...but somebody is getting the best of someone else and it's been recorded and sent around... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cyberbullying in China - Students Record Video While Physically Belittling Teacher Bill Belew May 28, 2007 Cyberbullying? The students are cussing at, knocking the hat off, and taking other actions that are totally belittling their teacher. What's more, someone took a video tape of the affair and posted it on Youtube.How is it that students can... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May27	7 Steps to Fake Your Way into Stanford Bill Belew May 27, 2007 An 18-year old Asian girl posed as a Stanford student, living in the dorm, attending classes, working in labs for almost 9 months before she got caught.Apparently bright, having graduated from one of the better high schools in Fullerton, but... Continue Reading Posted at 8:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Kill A Friend Bill Belew May 27, 2007 I think the girls could have been sisters. My brother and I used to play the same game...climb a tree and jump. Climber higher, jump. Then climb higher until one of us chickens out. The other wins.Now that I think... Continue Reading Posted at 7:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Kill and eat a 1000+lb Pig Bill Belew May 27, 2007 Pig, hog, boar...maybe it was all three in one plus a couple of more.The boar weighed 1050 lbs...maybe 1060. It's head is 4'6" around and its shoulders, more than 6'.From the eyes to the end of the snout...a whisker under... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Torture Techniques Employed by Al-Qaeda (NOT for the Faint of Heart) Bill Belew May 27, 2007 There are generally two ways to learn things.Someone tells you and then you know it.You experience something and then you know it.Here is something I hope I never learn from experience.The Department of Defense released images and cartoons found by... Continue Reading Posted at 4:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Lessons on Adultery Bill Belew May 27, 2007 Adultery is not a pretty word. Think no one you know has ever participated in the action? Think again.Think you are invulnerable? Vulnerable? Wondering if it's worth it?Ten Lessons on Adultery1. An adulterous woman's lips taste like honey and are smoother... Continue Reading Posted at 11:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May26	6 Inactions of a Wise Person Bill Belew May 26, 2007 There are a lot of things a wise person will choose to not do...walk into the street without looking comes to mind and other lessons we learned in kindergarten.But on a different level...what things might a wise person know to... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons - Wisdom Beats Wealth Bill Belew May 26, 2007 Given the choice of being wise or being wealthy, which would you choose?It seems to me that if I were wise, I could determine the right way to accumulate wealth or decide if being wealthy was the right path for... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons to Study Proverbs Bill Belew May 26, 2007 I suppose I am a quote nut, a proverb junkie. I like to hear about what people I respect have learned and try to NOT have to learn the same lessons over again on my own.I determined a long time... Continue Reading Posted at 9:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get a Degree, Lose Several Thousand Dollars Bill Belew May 26, 2007 Thailand's ousted PM and globe-trotting ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, was awarded an honorary degree in science from Moscow's Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy.When he stopped at McDonalds to celebrate, somebody made off with his briefcase containing about $9,200 worth of money and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Ways the Index and Ring Finger Length Can be Used to Predict Academic Performance Bill Belew May 26, 2007 It's going to have to be a might accurate measurement, I think.But...psychologists at the University of Bath in Britain are saying the length of the index and ring fingers can be used to measure how well children will do academically.Calipers... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May25	May 25, Wisdumb - Woman Bites Cop on the Leg! Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Wisbumb - the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Bite the cop in the leg. Forget the back half of your car. Promote peace with flowers in Oregon. Where your movie cop uniform... Continue Reading Posted at 10:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HAL - A "Robot Suit" from Japan Bill Belew May 25, 2007 A professor of engineering at the University of Tsukuba's graduate school is the creator of HAL - Hybrid Assistive Limb - a suit that will give the wearers super human strength. Well, not that much strength but much more than... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 Things You Should NOT Do in Church Bill Belew May 25, 2007 It's a good thing God is the forgiving type.However, one wonders if these, um, infractions are forgivable.1. Forget to give communion to the little guy.2. Pass out at your friend's wedding.3. Pee on the priest.4. Sprinkle holy water in the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Steps to 2,000,000 Page Views Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Yesterday, I celebrated a milestone. My three blogs, this one, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon combined to reach 2,000,000 page views. Yea! Two questions come to mind -1. How did I do it?2. What took me so long? First things first...what I think... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Birthday to TheBizOfKnowledge Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Happy Birthday to TheBizofKnowledge.I begin my second year today writing TheBizOfKnowledge and before doing that I wanted to set aside a post to thank the many visitors (370,000+) who looked at the many pages (540,000+) of the 1470 posts I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Duke Business School Harder on Asian Cheaters Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Asian students who are caught cheating at the Duke University Business School get punished more severely than others.Some 34 students were caught cheating on an exam or other assignment. Nine students were bounced from the school, 15 were suspended for... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Help Wanted - English Teachers Needed Bill Belew May 25, 2007 The National Institute for International Education Development, affiliated with the Education Ministry, operates "English Program In Korea" to recruit, train and managing native English teachers for schools.The hope is to recruit 500 teachers, from the United States, Canada, New Zealand,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fudan University to Send 500 Teachers Overseas to Learn Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Fudan University is one of China's best...has been for 102 years. The school also realizes the benefits of an international perspective for its teachers.Over the next five years, the university will send 100 teachers, aged around 35-years old, overseas for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May24	May 24, Wisdumb - Man Wears Same Pair of Pants to Work Everyday for 2.5 Years Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Wear the same pair of pants to work everyday for 2.5 years. Move the golf cart too far out of the way. Put the baby in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	After Scaling 7 Highest Summits, What's Next? - Stanford University Bill Belew May 24, 2007 An 18-year old girl became the youngest foreign woman to scale Everest and the youngest person to have completed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents. The previous record was held by a 20-year old British climber,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prisons Get More Money than Colleges in California Bill Belew May 24, 2007 This will be the headline in California in about five years.Based on current spending trends, California will be spending more on putting and keeping the bad guys in jail than on educating student in its public institutions.I read once that... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Kinds of Advertisements that are Banned by Google Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Google just added a seventh type of advertisement that it will no longer allow.The first 6 are advertisements for:1. weapons2. prostitution3. drugs4. tobacco5. fake documents6. "miracle cures". ... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why the Arab World Needs More Education and What the Dubai Ruler Hopes to do with His Own $10 billion Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Move over Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. There's another rich dude who wants to make a difference in education...this time in the Arab world.Here's why:1. 18% of youths under 15 in the Arab world are illiterate2. 43% of all women... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	28 Suicide Warning Signs for College Students Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Suicide.org says that suicide is the number two reason why college students die. It ought to be the number nothing reason.College kids should be studying hard and enjoying life, in that order.28 Suicide Warning Signs1. Appearing depressed or sad most... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why UC Students Need More Counseling, Commit Suicide Bill Belew May 24, 2007 The 10 campus University of California public school system is supposed to be one of the best. UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UCLA...and so on.So, why did 45% of UC Berkely students say they had an "emotional problematic... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May23	May 23, Wisdumb - Teen Tasered for Spitting Near Mickey Mouse Bill Belew May 23, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Spit at or near Mickey Mouse. Keep all those newspapers, books, magazines. Keep hitting yourself on the head with that beer bottle. Have friends shoot yourself in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Weight Loss Questions - Answered Bill Belew May 23, 2007 The answers are in...until someone else asks the questions again...or another research institute or university finds a different control group.The 4 questions Should you weigh yourself every day? University of Minnesota says it won't hurt...no link to depression. I think the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Reasons to Stay Home from Your Class Reunion Bill Belew May 23, 2007 Reunions, class, military, family, can be fun. We have a family reunion planned for next month. This year is also the ?5th high school reunion.I won't be at either one. Why don't people go to their reunions?1. They have bad... Continue Reading Posted at 5:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons Why China and Russia are Going to Mars Bill Belew May 23, 2007 The Chinese and Russians are planning a probe of Mars...the launch will be in 2009 and the arrival 10 months later...2010.A Russian rocket will lift a Chinese Probe and a Russian exploration vehicle known as a Phobos-Grunt. Great name! And... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Things to Not Do in a Fountain Bill Belew May 23, 2007 When I was a college kid, and I am hoping the statute of limitations has expired on this, we use to climb up on Cincinnatus at 'Fountain Square' in downtown, you guessed it, Cincinnati.It has been known, not by me,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	100 Dinosaur Footprints within 225 sq ft area discovered Bill Belew May 23, 2007 China has pandas, a wall that can be seen from space, the highest mountain, the oldest everything else and now claim to once having had dinosaurs. One hundred dinosaur footprints were found on a mountainside in Chongqing municipality in southwest... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May22	May 22, Wisdumb - Woman's Head is Cut Off at Meat Processing Factory Bill Belew May 22, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Lose your head at work. Light the firecracker if it does NOT have a fuse. Send your best product to China to be copied. Dump your... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Men Only Gyms - 3 Reasons why they sell, 3 Reasons why they fail Bill Belew May 22, 2007 If places like Curves can attract only women, then why can't men find a place where only they hang out?There are three selling points to men only gyms...1. Fast...nobody sitting around reading newspapers, People, or jabbering about General Hospital.2. No... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Ways to Poke Fun at Your Teacher Bill Belew May 22, 2007 It used to be that students would give a teacher 'ears' the peace sign behind his or her head when she wasn't looking.Or...graffiti on a whiteboard that made a point...or didn't about something regarding the teacher you didn't like.How about... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - by Post Count Bill Belew May 22, 2007 It has been a while since I posted an update of the list.For those who read down far enough...you will see we are 14 people shy of 100 bloggers with 1000 or more posts.Are you one of them?The 100 most... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May21	May 20, Wisdumb - Man marries eight women at the same time and wants more Bill Belew May 21, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Marry seven women too many at the same time and want more. Let these kids play yakuza on you. Listen to this doctor tell you your... Continue Reading Posted at 10:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons for and 3 Ways to Fight Depression for Granny and Gramps Bill Belew May 21, 2007 The University of Pittsburgh is studying how to keep Granny and Gramps out of the dumps, from getting depressed in the first place and what to when the feeling reoccurs.Old people...think retired, get down for different reasons than youngsters.1. Thinking... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks Bill Belew May 21, 2007 I write regularly about wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.These 25 web hoaxes and pranks are the best lessons in life that being learning what NOT to believe.MSN's top 25 hoaxes and pranks...1. The... Continue Reading Posted at 2:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	15 Myths about Eyesight Bill Belew May 21, 2007 I am not a doctor, but I do know my eyes are getting worse...mostly because I am getting older. I wonder what I might have done in the past that caused my eyes to go bad.I came across these 15... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Ways to NOT Lose Weight Bill Belew May 21, 2007 A doctor at a Gastroenterology Clinic in Taiwan is saying that he has debunked yet another quick way to lose weight.A fad diet popularized by a pop singer from Japan, Utada Hikari, involved eating hot chili peppers.1. Chili peppers do... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 20 Star Wars Moments - How to tell you are NOT a man Bill Belew May 21, 2007 My wife and I decided I am not a man. Somehow I started getting the Men's Journal. I think I got it free for using Hotels.com or for having excessive miles on my travel account or something.At any rate, I... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Tips for New Runners Bill Belew May 21, 2007 I have never run a marathon. I have run 100 miles in a day, 100km in under 12 hours but never a full marathon and then stopped. The distance is too short and the runners too fast. Same for distances... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May20	Next - 1 terabit of info per square inch of recording surface Bill Belew May 20, 2007 Toshiba Corp. and Tohoku University have come up with a new basic technology that promises to increase the storage capacity of hard drives by 10X or more....or one terabit of info/sq inch of recording surface.The question is...who needs 1 terabit... Continue Reading Posted at 7:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How many college students can fit in one Sauna? Bill Belew May 20, 2007 A group of students challenged the Guiness Book of World Records with an unusual claim...the biggest group of people from different nationalities taking a sauna in the same place.Whew! That's a good call. If they were all Americans, Germans, or... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May19	May 19, Wisdumb - Donkey and Peacock meat? Tigers and Monkeys? Bill Belew May 19, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Allow your dog to raise tiger triplets.Stop to count your loot before you make a clean getaway. Lose a shoot out to a human sacrificing cult. Let... Continue Reading Posted at 10:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cure for Cancer Rediscovered Bill Belew May 19, 2007 I have a good buddy, MD-type, who tells me that some 75% of his patients come to him because of 'sin' diseases. Eat too much, smoke too much, drink too much, worry too much about the wrong things they do... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Walking School? Bill Belew May 19, 2007 There's an organized "Walking School" in Yichang, Hubei Province that teaches kids how to walk...long distances ... for the purpose of experiencing hardships and building their strong wills.Walking long distances is something I know about...experiencing hardship...developing strong wills....I know about... Continue Reading Posted at 11:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May18	TieCon 2007 - What is America afraid of? Bill Belew May 18, 2007 From TiECon 2007 What's wrong with America? What are Americans afraid of?I learned yesterday... IBM estimates that they have about 53,000 people working in India. As a result...the company thinks it is saving $8 billion each year from this outsourcing activity.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	From TiECon 2007 - What can keep India and China from growing? Bill Belew May 18, 2007 I am hanging out at the TiECon 2007 in Silicon Valley...today May 18th and tomorrow May 19th.More about that here. What I am looking for here are several things....1. Entrepreurship and Venture Capitalist activity, trends, inclinations in Asia.2. # 1 above... Continue Reading Posted at 9:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Land an Airplane on a Recreational Vehicle Bill Belew May 18, 2007 There's a Youtube that shows viewers how to land an airplane on the top of an RV. Slow down, match speeds and so on.My question is, how will they get the airplane back OFF of the RV after the show. ... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May17	May 17, Wisdumb - Forbes Misery Loves Paying Taxes in France, Belgium, China.... Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might not want to:Have to pay taxes in France, Belgium, China, Sweden, Italy....Forget to check the statue of limitations before turning yourself in Read your Bible in public in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virginia Tech Enrollments Ahead of Last Year - Smarter, More Asian Students Coming, too Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Seems more students are eager to try their luck this year. Or it could be the mindset, the safetest airline is the one that just experienced a crash.Virginia Tech has received 5,215 deposits from new incoming freshmen, more than the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	16+ Miles of Files on Nazi Activity to be Made Available to Scholars Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Scholars have long complained about being restricted from accessing the vast repository of material about the 17.5+ million people who passed through concentration camps or were victimized during the Nazi period in Germany.Electronic copies, everything has now been scanned, will... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Copwatch Volunteer/University of Colorado Student Beat Cop in Court Bill Belew May 17, 2007 A University of Colorado at Denver student and local copwatch volunteer videotaped a policeman arresting another individual in a parking lot.The cop asked the student for his ID, which he produced. When the student asked the policeman for a business... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Hard is it to Fire a Tenured Professor? Bill Belew May 17, 2007 University of Colorado ethnic-studies professor has been accused of plagiarizing, fabricating and falsifying material in his research and writing.All of these are good reasons to bounce students out of class.However, enter a lawyer for the accused.Blah...blah...blah...The committee reviewing the misconduct... Continue Reading Posted at 12:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Grammar Mistakes That Make You Appear Stupid Bill Belew May 17, 2007 In a couple of my online college classes this week we are discussing tone in written correspondence.Invariably, the on line school students will point out how important it is to be professional, not use IM chatspeak, spell correctly and use... Continue Reading Posted at 11:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Easy Way to Learn to Speak 7 Languages Bill Belew May 17, 2007 I can speak English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, some German and I can read Greek.But this woman can do one better than me...she speaks seven languages and does it so well and appears to have learned it quite easily.How envious I... Continue Reading Posted at 10:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lose Weight - Work Better - Less Injuries Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy has determined that the more overweight a person is, the more likely they will be injured on the job.7,690 workers were classified into six categories:1. underweight2. normal3.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May16	May 16, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Join the ranks of one in six people worldwide. Listen to mom. Try to catch a falling tree. Believe in Intelligent Design if you want tenure at Iowa... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to lose weight at work Bill Belew May 16, 2007 The Mayo Clinic has designed a 'vertical workstation' - a desk fitted over a standard treadmill.Depending on the size of the person doing the walking while working...someone could lose up to 66lbs in a year if the workstation were used... Continue Reading Posted at 6:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Researcher Tries to Stay Awake for 11+ days Bill Belew May 16, 2007 How many stupid things can you think of that need to be researched?Why your fingernails need cutting today and not yesterday? Did they suddenly grown longer over night?Why some branches in the bush in my front yard will grow six... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Iowa State University Physics/Astronomy Prof Denied Tenure Because of Stance on Intelligent Design Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Nobody will say for sure...of course.An Iowa State University professor was denied tenure. The school says:1. In the past 10 years, 12 people have applied for tenure. The physics prof was one of four who didn't get it.2. The prof was... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	12 Ways to Fight High Blood Pressure Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Sweden's Karolinska University Hospital, London School of Economics, and the State University of New York think the battle against hypertension, high blood pressure is just beginning...or at least shouldn't be let up on.What they want:1. rev up world governments to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Myths About Divorce Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Rutgers University gets credit for coming up with these top ten myths about divorce and supporting them with research.1. Because people learn from their bad experiences, second marriages tend to be more successful than first marriages.2. Living together before marriage... Continue Reading Posted at 11:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Bible Speaks - No More Peer-to-Peer Sharing Bill Belew May 16, 2007 The Chief Information Officer at Ohio University...yup...his last name is Bible...(not The Bible...the man's name is Bible) says illegal file sharing on Ohio University's network has ceased.At one point, the Recording Industry Association of America noticed 10-50 illegal file shares... Continue Reading Posted at 11:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May15	May 15, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 15, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Steal a car with OnStar installed. Lose your head to someone who lost theirs. Practice euthanasia on cats...humans are okay. Steal candy from a ....$250K worth!Let you senior... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Happens When People are Too Charitable Bill Belew May 15, 2007 This reminds me of when Moses told the people of Israel to stop bringing gifts to help build the temple.People like to give if they think it is for a worthy cause. People can indeed be charitable.But, what happens when... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why the Department of Defense Should NOT Ban Youtube, MySpace and Other Social Media Sites Bill Belew May 15, 2007 The Department of Defense has blocked access to Youtube, MySpace and other social media sites on all official department computers worldwide.Bad move.Our men and women serving our country should NOT be prevented from viewing such sites...even at work.There are good... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons Why the Department of Defense Should Ban Youtube and MySpace Bill Belew May 15, 2007 The Department of Defense has blocked access to Youtube, MySpace and other social media sites on all official department computers worldwide.Good move.Our men and women serving our country should NOT be allowed to view such sites.There are good reasons:1. If... Continue Reading Posted at 1:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May14	May 14, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 14, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to: Cross Han Solo Find yourself on death row before your paintings go on exhibit. Find Yet Something else to get mad at God about. Try to keep up... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High School Student Becomes Certified Death Investigator Bill Belew May 14, 2007 This sounds like it could be a story line for the television show "CSI."A high school senior, an 18-year old female has become Indiana's youngest certified crime scene investigator and is now working for her father, the county coroner...making him... Continue Reading Posted at 3:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Students Busted for Trying to Kidnap Woman Bill Belew May 14, 2007 The scenario sounds a bit like the Duke lacrosse fiasco. The big difference is that it happened about 11,000 miles away.Three rugby players, one 20-years old and the other two 19-years old tried to force a 20-year old woman into... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Predict Heart Disease in Kids Bill Belew May 14, 2007 Queens Universty in Ontario, Canada thinks cholesterol levels are a window to look at long-term health consequences for kids, who are inactive and fat.U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) says that:1. 17% of U.S. teens are overweight.2. 25%... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	M.I.T. ers Invent Remarkable Drawing Tool Bill Belew May 14, 2007 This invention may be old...but I just saw it today.My son is an artist...totally out there...making me wonder what in the world he is thinking.He's going to get a kick out of this new invention from M.I.T. Kimiko Ryokai and... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why Americans are Divorcing LESS Bill Belew May 14, 2007 Researchers, one a professor from Johns Hopkins, are pointing out that fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced.In the 1960s, the divorce rate began to climb...until the rate peaked in 1981 at 5.3 divorces per 1000 people (most all states... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May13	Fear of Buzzards Cause Cadaver Body Farm to be Put on Hold Bill Belew May 13, 2007 Texas State University was going to bury cadavers in a 17-acre plot of land near the San Marcos Municipal Airport.Was is the operative word. Apparently there is a fear of buzzards interfering with the local aircraft....not eating the cadavers.Buzzard proof... Continue Reading Posted at 2:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May12	Scholars Want Chinese Mother's Day Bill Belew May 12, 2007 So much for keeping up with the Joneses...well at least completely.China recognizes that the second Sunday in May in the Western World is Mother's Day.However, scholars from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Hebei Academy of Social Sciences among... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Career Service for Returning Expatriates Bill Belew May 12, 2007 This may be one way to get people to come home...help them find a job.The Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) has launched an online career service to help returning Chinese from overseas find jobs.It used to be that... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May11	May 11, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 11, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Ask these monks to pray on your behalf. Shop for toys at Tokyo's Ginza. Have your spouse feel it necessary to send you to this class.Let this... Continue Reading Posted at 10:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Losing Weight - Thin on the outside, fat on the inside Bill Belew May 11, 2007 This reminds me of the exchange between two alligators. The first alligator said, "I love to eat humans.""Why's that?""They are soft on the outside but crunchy on the inside."Imperial College, London is saying that "being thin doesn't automatically mean you're... Continue Reading Posted at 12:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oral Sex - What you do NOT want from it Bill Belew May 11, 2007 An oncologist with Johns Hopkins published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday.The gist - "The same virus that causes cervical cancer increases the risk of throat cancer for both men and women engaging in oral sex."I... Continue Reading Posted at 10:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May10	May 10, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Ignore the warning on these toilets. Fight AIDS using these condoms. Let the robbers superglue you naked to an exercise bike. Fall asleep in a dumpster.Be a... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Excuses for Missing Work - The Smart and The Stupid Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Monster.com has these ten excuses for missing work...five are smart and five are not.The smart reasons - 1. I've Earned It: No one can argue with performance. 2. I'm Playing Golf with a Client: First, you've got to have a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Fat Girls" Hide Evidence by Stealing School Newspaper Bill Belew May 10, 2007 The only reason, until the girls say otherwise, that anyone could imagine the seven girls stole 1,000 copies of the Framingham State College newspaper was because they were embarrassed about their bare-bellied picture on the front page.The seven girls wore... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Two Home-Schooled Sisters, 19 and 21, Receive PhDs from NYU Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Two sisters, 19 and 21, received PhDs in economics from New York University yesterday.At 13- and 14-years old the girls graduated from college. Two years later, they received their Master's degrees in international policy studies from Stanford University.Now, 19 and... Continue Reading Posted at 1:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Lessons Tony Blair Learned as Prime Minister of Britain Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Tony Blair announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party and consequently prime minister effective June 27th.From his speech we can glean some of the lessons he learned in office.1. It's much easier to be the prime minister when... Continue Reading Posted at 11:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Susquehanna University Says "What Health Risks?" Bill Belew May 10, 2007 I wrote about it. And...students, alumni, residents jumped on me for doing so.In my defense...I am not an investigative reporter. Just ... hey, look at this kind of guy who asks, "What now?"The Department of Environmental Protection issued a report.In... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don't Ask Indiana University Dental Grad to Check Your Teeth Bill Belew May 10, 2007 "Sorry I cheated on the molar exam."Nope, I cheated on the filling lab test, too."Can't do root canals either. The guy next to me didn't know the answers either."Nearly half of Indiana Universiity School of Dentistry Second Year students were... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 9	May 9, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Break your face when break dancing. Satisfy that sweet tooth with a worm-filled lollipop. (Yuck!)Debate electoral reform with a group of Taiwanese politicians. Complain about complaining?Block that... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cal Fresno Shooting - Why I don't own a PlayStation or a Handgun or play with people who do Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Four young men confronted a 19-year old criminology student (Is that the study of how to shoot people if you don't get your way?) and argued over a PlayStation game console in a dorm at Cal State Fresno.The 19-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 6:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lo-Carb, Hi-protein Diets Lead to Increase in Total Mortality Bill Belew May 9, 2007 The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition has reached the conclusion that "Prolonged consumption of diets low in carbohydrates and high in protein is associated with an increase in total mortality."They studied the eating habits of 22,944 healthy adults in Greece... Continue Reading Posted at 5:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wisdumb's Wisdump - Submit a funny link, video, picture and more Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Have you learned something you should NOT do?Have you read/seen something you do NOT think you want to try?Submit your link here by putting it in the comments below. HTML or just cut and pasting the link are fine. ... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Kids Steal When they Burglarize a Pre-school Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Police caught a pair of kids, 8-years old and 10-years old after they broke into the Day Care Services for Children, Inc on Sunday.Instead of Sunday School...they were pursuing a life of crime.A witness took a photograph of the two... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Eating Soup Helps Weight Loss Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Pennsylvania State University health experts have concluded that a bowl of soup a day could help melt the pounds away.A low-calorie vegetable broth at the start of each meal could help dieters lose weight.By taking in soup first, participants generally... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 8	May 8, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 8, 2007 Wisdumb ...sometimes the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Lose your wallet when kissing the girl unless its here and you have about 60 years. Take medicine that causes you to drop your... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Left Handed Woman Have Shorter Life-Span....maybe Bill Belew May 8, 2007 Dutch researchers are saying that left handed women "have a higher risk of dying, particularly from cancer and cerebrovascular disease - damage to an artery in the brain or an artery that supplies blood to the brain."The researchers followed 12,178... Continue Reading Posted at 7:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why a Burglar Would Steal from an Elementary School Bill Belew May 8, 2007 There was an unemployed man who posed as a construction worker with the motive of stealing from elementary schools throughout Japan.The 59-year old's total take in an estimated 1,000 burglaries - 52 million ($450K).The dude was caught red handed taking... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Happens When Government Officials Molest College Students Bill Belew May 8, 2007 A Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry official sat down next to a 19-year old university student on the JR Saikyo Line at about 10am in the MORNING?!While travelling between Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, the 28-year old knucklehead who was visiting his... Continue Reading Posted at 5:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Two Eggs for Breakfast Increases Weight Loss Bill Belew May 8, 2007 Researchers at Louisiana State University studied the eating habits of overweight and obese women.Those who start their day with two eggs...poached, boiled, scrambled or otherwise lost up to two-thirds more weight than low-fat dieters or carb counters.When a study group... Continue Reading Posted at 4:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	42-year old Female Teacher Caught Writing Love Letters to 12-year old Bill Belew May 8, 2007 What in the world was this bone-headed teacher thinking?And how did she get to be teacher in the first place?And don't the union watchdogs earn their keep by screening and keeping these kinds of bozos out of the classroom?“I want... Continue Reading Posted at 3:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 7	May 7, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 7, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:1. Pay $525,000 for a fixer-upper in San Francisco2. Take a ride on the death defying roller coaster that does NOT defy death. 3. Try the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Losing a World Record - OR - Why We Need to Learn to do Simple Math Bill Belew May 7, 2007 The guy doesn't win any points from me for the World Record he was attempting to break in the first place...how many hours can he ride consecutively on a stationary bike? But...apparently the dumbness didn't end there. He recruited record... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How much is your college student kid worth? $2.75 million? Do I hear $3M? Bill Belew May 7, 2007 Johnathan Glenn wrote an essay about how he felt unsafe on campus. The next day he was shot to death in a robbery attempt as he stood outside his dormitory.The robbers got his Tracy McGrady basketball jersey, cell phone and... Continue Reading Posted at 7:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ethanol Corn Developed by Michigan State University Bill Belew May 7, 2007 I was born too early or I am just plain to stupid. If I were a swearing type, I'd swear I remember riding in the back seat of the car when driving through Ohio corn fields, thinking, why don't they... Continue Reading Posted at 1:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Sell Your Wife on the Internet....or Not Bill Belew May 7, 2007 Some knucklehead in Brazil decided to auction off his wife on Mercado Livre, a site partially owned by eBay, Inc.The man:1. listed her physcial qualities2. praised her as a companion3. emphasized her homemaking abilities4. set a price - 100 reals... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Hottest Girl - Blogger Sister Furong Bill Belew May 7, 2007 A Chinese blogger, Sister Furong, gained notoriety by posting suggestive photos of herself on the bulletin boards of Qinghua and Beijing Universities...under the name Frjj.The first go round of photos were mocked by netizens as too pristine.So..she's back with a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 6	6th Grader Kills Mother Ducks and Ducklings with a Pencil - Shrinks to the Rescue Bill Belew May 6, 2007 Shrinks are having a field day with this one and CNN has finally found something to follow up the Virginia Tech massacre with. (I am not making light of the VT massacres - real tragedy.)A sixth grader at a middle... Continue Reading Posted at 6:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dukes of Hazzard Car Goes for $10 million Bill Belew May 6, 2007 Wisdumb - Some people have too much money. Unfortunately it might be one of my neighbors.John Schneider, alias Bo Duke in the TV series Dukes of Hazzard, put up a copy, NOT the original, of the General Lee on eBay.He... Continue Reading Posted at 5:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Scientists Make Big Step Toward Developing Quantum Computer Bill Belew May 6, 2007 Japan's electronics giant NEC Corp has made a key step toward the development of a quantum computer.In a world first, "researchers at NEC and the state-funded Institute of Physical and Chemical Research successfully demonstrated a circuit that can control the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 5	Harvard School - Drinking Coffee Wards Off Type 2 Diabetes...maybe Bill Belew May 5, 2007 Take your pick - hypertension, leukemia, stomach cancer, or possible relief from type 2 diabetes and protection from some types of colon, rectal and liver cancer.Harvard on one side - "Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and... Continue Reading Posted at 7:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Tuition for Future Teachers Bill Belew May 5, 2007 Ten thousand students are eligible for free tuition IF:1. they live in China2. they become teachers3. they return to the country side to teach4. they teach there for three years or more.The average cost for a year's college tuition is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 4	May 4, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 4, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Pay your back taxes in Norway.Ask these people to care for you. (VERY DISTURBING!)Let this flock of vultures (NOT lawyer-type) circle you. Cram 4 years of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	If you can't earn the grades...buy them Bill Belew May 4, 2007 74 students ponied up as much as $600 each to get the grade they wanted in the classes they were taking by asking other students who worked in the registrar's office to change grades on their transcripts.11 of the students... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Cramming 4 years of College into 13 will get for you Bill Belew May 4, 2007 What can a college kid expect to gain from a college education? Especially when he was able to cram 4-years worth of studying into 13 years?How about national media attention?How about a book deal?How about a TV show deal?How about... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When a Teacher Should be Hit on the Head with Drum Mallets Bill Belew May 4, 2007 Question: When should a teacher be hit on the head with a pair of drum mallets?Answer: Right BEFORE he tells his 7-year old student to hit himself as hard as he can on the head.The teacher says he told the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	U.S. Airforce Academy Cheaters Get Disenrolled Bill Belew May 4, 2007 There were 40 freshmen accused of cheating on a weekly knowledge test given to the class of 2010 cadets.29 fessed up, five said, 'Not us' and six were found to have not cheated.Of the five, two were subsequently found guilty.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nevada University Regent Wants to Arm Campus Employees Bill Belew May 4, 2007 It seems a Nevada University has an answer to the Virginia Tech shootings...revert back to the wild wild west.The regent wants to allow campus employees to be deputized and armed and trained to respond with force to future college shootings.What... Continue Reading Posted at 12:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 3	May 3, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 3, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Let your little girl pose naked in a T-back Thong. Leave the dead owner on the couch while you show the place to prospective buyers. Hang out... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IMG Will Acquire Collegiate Licensing Company Bill Belew May 3, 2007 CLC was founded in 1981 and is the oldest and largest collegiate licensing agency in the U.S. currently representing nearly 200 colleges, universities, bowl games, athletic conferences, the Heisman Trophy and the NCAA.Forstmann Little & Co's IMG is the world's... Continue Reading Posted at 7:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Strayer Education Reports Record Revenues, Earnings, Enrollments Bill Belew May 3, 2007 It seems not all of the big players in the fopro industry are hurting.Strayer Education, Inc reported record revenues, record earnings and a record enrollment for the first quarter of 2007.Total enrollments were up 16% and new students were up... Continue Reading Posted at 5:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom Finds Her Little Girl's Coat on eBay For Sale by Her Teacher Bill Belew May 3, 2007 "Mommy, mommy! I didn't lose my coat. Really!""Go to your room. What do you think money grows on trees? No supper for you!"I guess I'll have to buy one for her on eBay. Lord knows I can't keep buying new... Continue Reading Posted at 11:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford University Concludes that Catching a Whiff of Secondhand Smoke Outdoors is also Hazardous Bill Belew May 3, 2007 There's a reason why those things are called cancer sticks, coffin nails or worse. Not a few times in the great outdoors, I have taken in a wisp of air and then coughed only to see some knothead 5-10 feet... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Companies Open Doors to Foreign Exchange Students Bill Belew May 3, 2007 Major Japanese companies, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Fujitsu Ltd, Asahi Kasei, Sumitomo Wiring Systems...are beginning to hire more overseas exchange students studying in Japanese universities, realizing that a culturally diverse work force is one that is better equipped for overseas expansion.Matsushita... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 2	May 2, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life are learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Let neighbors watch you boil those skulls. Hold the police off with poisonous snakes. Stand too close to that thousand year old tree. Slash prices at your local... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford Offers 5 Year and $250K Scholarship to Study Little Known Dialect Bill Belew May 2, 2007 I am sure we'll all be glad when the data base for the Wenzhou dialect is complete. Huh?!Two people for sure will be happy....the professor at Stanford who showed interest in a Wenzhou girl's research, and the young Wenzhou girl... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Spider-Man 3 Takes Aim at Top Ten All-Time USA Box Office Rankings Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Tobey Maguire puts on his Spider-Man 3 garb and partners up with Kirsten Dundst and Sony Pictures to take aim at the top ten in the All-Time USA Box Office rankings. The flick has broken records in every Asia country it... Continue Reading Posted at 11:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pamela Martin and Associates Threatens to Sell list of 10,000 clients Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Pamela Martin and Associates ran for 13 years...then the escort service was indicted on racketeering charges. Authorities seized more than $1.5 million in real estate, stocks and cash.The service employed 132 women, mostly college students who were recruited from the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Student President Arrested for Selling Guns on MySpace Bill Belew May 2, 2007 How in the world did this guy ever get to be student president of anything is beyond me.But, then...some people get to be president and do all sorts of stupid things, don't they?The president of the East Los Angeles College... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to get on the University of Texas Preferred Lender's List Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Borrowing to pay for college is an $85 billion industry.And, where there is that much money, there are a lot of dirt balls.Steak house dinners...after-work happy hours...ice cream carts....goodie buckets with cookies....(putting out the cookies is really hitting low) are... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Prices Jump 75% Bill Belew May 2, 2007 The One Laptop Per Child founders are planning to raise the price of one unit from $100 to $175.Seven nations have expressed interest in buying the the little green-and-white XO computers:1. Uruguay2. Argentina3. Brazil4. Pakistan5. Thailand6. Nigeria7. Libyabut none of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 1	May 1, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 1, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life can be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Lost $2.7 million worth of stuff. Keep that $1.6 million baseball collection too long. Watch Babel in Japan Kiss and Show. Traffic in Human OrgansSpit on the street in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Elephant Dung May be Secret to Biofuel Bill Belew May 1, 2007 The Delft University of Technology and Bird Engineering has learned that elephant dung has a fungus (other things, too) that helps produce a yeast which can efficiently ferment wood sugars and help them break down fibres and wood into biofuel.The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FAMU Loses $2.7 million worth of Stuff Bill Belew May 1, 2007 Golf carts, computers, kitchen equipment and some 987 other items are unaccounted for by the Florida A&M university....all worth about $2.7 million, according to state auditors.Lawn mowers, pop corn poppers, a salad bar and a marquee sign that goes for... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Way to Use Your iPod to Cheat on a Test Bill Belew May 1, 2007 A digital media player, think iPod and Zune, hidden under clothing with nothing but an earbud attached to a wire snaking behind an ear and into a shirt collar make for a great method to....cheat.If students were as creative with... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Professors, PhD Researchers, Military Officers Among Workers for Legal High-end Erotic Fantasy Service Bill Belew May 1, 2007 ABC's Good Morning America is planning to run a story this Friday about Bush's head of the foreign aid programs accepting services from an escort service run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran Pamela Martin and Associates.The good news for... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Friends University Official Busted in Internet Sex Sting Bill Belew May 1, 2007 This is nasty. A Friends University official in Wichita, KS was put on admin leave after being arrested in an Internet sex sting. The PhD holding VP of academic affairs was booked for indecent solicitation. He thought he was going... Continue Reading Posted at 3:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Learning What to and What NOT to Do at Ebaumsworld Bill Belew May 1, 2007 Ebaumsworld is a place I stop by every morning. I laugh, I nod my head, I wonder, I think...really? then, no way!But the links are there to click through and ask yourself "Do you really believe everything you read on... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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May31	May 31, Wisdumb - College Student Buried Alive Bill Belew May 31, 2007 Know More: Wisdumb amputee, carrier, check, college student, golf, lesson, mail, myspace, snake, wal mart Wisdumb ... the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do. You might NOT want to: Bury a co llege student alive. Ignore this sign, um, gentlemen. Ignore the puddle on the floor at Wal-Mart. Make fun of Wal-Mart on your MySpace page. Have your snakes raw even in survival training. Ask this mail carrier to deliver your mail. Park the car in the garage down the steps. Take golf lessons from this dude unless you are a really fast learner. Steal from this amputee. Try to cash the $2.5 million check. Posted at 10:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May31	212 Things You Should Learn Not to Do Bill Belew May 31, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.Here are 212 things you might NOT want to do.NOTE - I learned just today (6/4) (a reader pointed it out), that some of the links to the original... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May30	May 30, Wisdumb - Wendy's Customer Shoots Staff Over Sauce Bill Belew May 30, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to: Hold back the sauce to a Wendy's customer. Call the wrong fire department. Lose on this reality show if you need a kidney. Lose your $1 million golden... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Steps to 100,000 Page Views in One Day on Your Blog Bill Belew May 30, 2007 I can hear some people laughing. They are the ones who get 100+K page views everyday. I don't. I am just a rinky dink blogger writing about non-main stream topics, Japan, the PanAsian region and this blog about the business... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May29	May 29, Wisdumb - Why Pretty Girls Would Kiss a Monkey Bill Belew May 29, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life maybe learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Kiss a monkey...even blindfolded. Listen to your dad. Listen to your dad. (part 2) Ask the girl you just robbed for a date. Let the lion sleep with you tonight. Wait... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Spot a Child Prodigy Bill Belew May 29, 2007 My son plays the piano. He is NOT/was NOT a child prodigy. When I asked one of his teachers how she could determine if a child was gifted or not, she told me she could generally tell by how long... Continue Reading Posted at 6:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Kiss a Monkey Bill Belew May 29, 2007 I remember watching the Planet of the Apes some 30+ years ago. At the end of the first movie, the female monkey, er, excuse me, ape, was so happy she wanted to kiss Charleton Heston...but, "I am sorry, I can't.... Continue Reading Posted at 5:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Second Rule Upheld, Revision Proposed Bill Belew May 29, 2007 The length of time that one will allow when dropping something that they plan to eat varies by location.California - 5 seconds.Texas - 10 seconds.Kentucky - no limit.Connecticut College has concluded in a study - ‘Five-Second Rule’ for Dropped Food... Continue Reading Posted at 4:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Riyo Mori's 10 Steps to Becoming Miss Universe Bill Belew May 29, 2007 What little girl doesn't dream of being called the Universe's most beautiful woman...in every aspect?1. Beauty2. Intellect3. Well-mannered4. Cultured20-year old, Riyo Mori, is living that dream...and sharing her secrets to becoming Miss Universe.1. Dream of being Miss Universe - Mori's... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May28	Top 10 Chinese Universities by Quality of Freshmen Bill Belew May 28, 2007 The Chinese are well known for their attention to rankings when it comes to choosing schools, especially the higher education ones.There are rankings according to reputation, deserved or otherwised. Then there are rankings according the quality of the students.Here are... Continue Reading Posted at 4:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 10 Chinese Universities by Reputation Bill Belew May 28, 2007 Rankings By Reputation: 1st : Tsinghua University and Beijing (/Peking) University, both in Beijing, share the 1st place 3rd : Fudan University and Zhejiang University 5th : Nanjing University and China Science and Technology University 7th : Shanghai Jiaotong University 8th... Continue Reading Posted at 1:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Male Teacher Knucklepunches Female Student Bill Belew May 28, 2007 Japan has it, China has it, the US has it...Korea might as well join in the idiocy.I am not sure if this qualifies as cyberbullying...but somebody is getting the best of someone else and it's been recorded and sent around... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cyberbullying in China - Students Record Video While Physically Belittling Teacher Bill Belew May 28, 2007 Cyberbullying? The students are cussing at, knocking the hat off, and taking other actions that are totally belittling their teacher. What's more, someone took a video tape of the affair and posted it on Youtube.How is it that students can... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May27	7 Steps to Fake Your Way into Stanford Bill Belew May 27, 2007 An 18-year old Asian girl posed as a Stanford student, living in the dorm, attending classes, working in labs for almost 9 months before she got caught.Apparently bright, having graduated from one of the better high schools in Fullerton, but... Continue Reading Posted at 8:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Kill A Friend Bill Belew May 27, 2007 I think the girls could have been sisters. My brother and I used to play the same game...climb a tree and jump. Climber higher, jump. Then climb higher until one of us chickens out. The other wins.Now that I think... Continue Reading Posted at 7:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Kill and eat a 1000+lb Pig Bill Belew May 27, 2007 Pig, hog, boar...maybe it was all three in one plus a couple of more.The boar weighed 1050 lbs...maybe 1060. It's head is 4'6" around and its shoulders, more than 6'.From the eyes to the end of the snout...a whisker under... Continue Reading Posted at 6:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Torture Techniques Employed by Al-Qaeda (NOT for the Faint of Heart) Bill Belew May 27, 2007 There are generally two ways to learn things.Someone tells you and then you know it.You experience something and then you know it.Here is something I hope I never learn from experience.The Department of Defense released images and cartoons found by... Continue Reading Posted at 4:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Lessons on Adultery Bill Belew May 27, 2007 Adultery is not a pretty word. Think no one you know has ever participated in the action? Think again.Think you are invulnerable? Vulnerable? Wondering if it's worth it?Ten Lessons on Adultery1. An adulterous woman's lips taste like honey and are smoother... Continue Reading Posted at 11:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May26	6 Inactions of a Wise Person Bill Belew May 26, 2007 There are a lot of things a wise person will choose to not do...walk into the street without looking comes to mind and other lessons we learned in kindergarten.But on a different level...what things might a wise person know to... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons - Wisdom Beats Wealth Bill Belew May 26, 2007 Given the choice of being wise or being wealthy, which would you choose?It seems to me that if I were wise, I could determine the right way to accumulate wealth or decide if being wealthy was the right path for... Continue Reading Posted at 11:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons to Study Proverbs Bill Belew May 26, 2007 I suppose I am a quote nut, a proverb junkie. I like to hear about what people I respect have learned and try to NOT have to learn the same lessons over again on my own.I determined a long time... Continue Reading Posted at 9:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Get a Degree, Lose Several Thousand Dollars Bill Belew May 26, 2007 Thailand's ousted PM and globe-trotting ex-leader, Thaksin Shinawatra, was awarded an honorary degree in science from Moscow's Plekhanov Russian Economic Academy.When he stopped at McDonalds to celebrate, somebody made off with his briefcase containing about $9,200 worth of money and... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Ways the Index and Ring Finger Length Can be Used to Predict Academic Performance Bill Belew May 26, 2007 It's going to have to be a might accurate measurement, I think.But...psychologists at the University of Bath in Britain are saying the length of the index and ring fingers can be used to measure how well children will do academically.Calipers... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May25	May 25, Wisdumb - Woman Bites Cop on the Leg! Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Wisbumb - the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Bite the cop in the leg. Forget the back half of your car. Promote peace with flowers in Oregon. Where your movie cop uniform... Continue Reading Posted at 10:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	HAL - A "Robot Suit" from Japan Bill Belew May 25, 2007 A professor of engineering at the University of Tsukuba's graduate school is the creator of HAL - Hybrid Assistive Limb - a suit that will give the wearers super human strength. Well, not that much strength but much more than... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9 Things You Should NOT Do in Church Bill Belew May 25, 2007 It's a good thing God is the forgiving type.However, one wonders if these, um, infractions are forgivable.1. Forget to give communion to the little guy.2. Pass out at your friend's wedding.3. Pee on the priest.4. Sprinkle holy water in the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Steps to 2,000,000 Page Views Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Yesterday, I celebrated a milestone. My three blogs, this one, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon combined to reach 2,000,000 page views. Yea! Two questions come to mind -1. How did I do it?2. What took me so long? First things first...what I think... Continue Reading Posted at 8:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Birthday to TheBizOfKnowledge Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Happy Birthday to TheBizofKnowledge.I begin my second year today writing TheBizOfKnowledge and before doing that I wanted to set aside a post to thank the many visitors (370,000+) who looked at the many pages (540,000+) of the 1470 posts I... Continue Reading Posted at 8:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Duke Business School Harder on Asian Cheaters Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Asian students who are caught cheating at the Duke University Business School get punished more severely than others.Some 34 students were caught cheating on an exam or other assignment. Nine students were bounced from the school, 15 were suspended for... Continue Reading Posted at 4:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Help Wanted - English Teachers Needed Bill Belew May 25, 2007 The National Institute for International Education Development, affiliated with the Education Ministry, operates "English Program In Korea" to recruit, train and managing native English teachers for schools.The hope is to recruit 500 teachers, from the United States, Canada, New Zealand,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fudan University to Send 500 Teachers Overseas to Learn Bill Belew May 25, 2007 Fudan University is one of China's best...has been for 102 years. The school also realizes the benefits of an international perspective for its teachers.Over the next five years, the university will send 100 teachers, aged around 35-years old, overseas for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May24	May 24, Wisdumb - Man Wears Same Pair of Pants to Work Everyday for 2.5 Years Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Wear the same pair of pants to work everyday for 2.5 years. Move the golf cart too far out of the way. Put the baby in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	After Scaling 7 Highest Summits, What's Next? - Stanford University Bill Belew May 24, 2007 An 18-year old girl became the youngest foreign woman to scale Everest and the youngest person to have completed the Seven Summits, the highest peaks on all seven continents. The previous record was held by a 20-year old British climber,... Continue Reading Posted at 5:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prisons Get More Money than Colleges in California Bill Belew May 24, 2007 This will be the headline in California in about five years.Based on current spending trends, California will be spending more on putting and keeping the bad guys in jail than on educating student in its public institutions.I read once that... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Kinds of Advertisements that are Banned by Google Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Google just added a seventh type of advertisement that it will no longer allow.The first 6 are advertisements for:1. weapons2. prostitution3. drugs4. tobacco5. fake documents6. "miracle cures". ... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why the Arab World Needs More Education and What the Dubai Ruler Hopes to do with His Own $10 billion Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Move over Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. There's another rich dude who wants to make a difference in education...this time in the Arab world.Here's why:1. 18% of youths under 15 in the Arab world are illiterate2. 43% of all women... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	28 Suicide Warning Signs for College Students Bill Belew May 24, 2007 Suicide.org says that suicide is the number two reason why college students die. It ought to be the number nothing reason.College kids should be studying hard and enjoying life, in that order.28 Suicide Warning Signs1. Appearing depressed or sad most... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why UC Students Need More Counseling, Commit Suicide Bill Belew May 24, 2007 The 10 campus University of California public school system is supposed to be one of the best. UC Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, UC Davis, UCLA...and so on.So, why did 45% of UC Berkely students say they had an "emotional problematic... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May23	May 23, Wisdumb - Teen Tasered for Spitting Near Mickey Mouse Bill Belew May 23, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Spit at or near Mickey Mouse. Keep all those newspapers, books, magazines. Keep hitting yourself on the head with that beer bottle. Have friends shoot yourself in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:46 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Weight Loss Questions - Answered Bill Belew May 23, 2007 The answers are in...until someone else asks the questions again...or another research institute or university finds a different control group.The 4 questions Should you weigh yourself every day? University of Minnesota says it won't hurt...no link to depression. I think the... Continue Reading Posted at 5:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Reasons to Stay Home from Your Class Reunion Bill Belew May 23, 2007 Reunions, class, military, family, can be fun. We have a family reunion planned for next month. This year is also the ?5th high school reunion.I won't be at either one. Why don't people go to their reunions?1. They have bad... Continue Reading Posted at 5:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Reasons Why China and Russia are Going to Mars Bill Belew May 23, 2007 The Chinese and Russians are planning a probe of Mars...the launch will be in 2009 and the arrival 10 months later...2010.A Russian rocket will lift a Chinese Probe and a Russian exploration vehicle known as a Phobos-Grunt. Great name! And... Continue Reading Posted at 2:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Things to Not Do in a Fountain Bill Belew May 23, 2007 When I was a college kid, and I am hoping the statute of limitations has expired on this, we use to climb up on Cincinnatus at 'Fountain Square' in downtown, you guessed it, Cincinnati.It has been known, not by me,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	100 Dinosaur Footprints within 225 sq ft area discovered Bill Belew May 23, 2007 China has pandas, a wall that can be seen from space, the highest mountain, the oldest everything else and now claim to once having had dinosaurs. One hundred dinosaur footprints were found on a mountainside in Chongqing municipality in southwest... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May22	May 22, Wisdumb - Woman's Head is Cut Off at Meat Processing Factory Bill Belew May 22, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Lose your head at work. Light the firecracker if it does NOT have a fuse. Send your best product to China to be copied. Dump your... Continue Reading Posted at 10:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Men Only Gyms - 3 Reasons why they sell, 3 Reasons why they fail Bill Belew May 22, 2007 If places like Curves can attract only women, then why can't men find a place where only they hang out?There are three selling points to men only gyms...1. Fast...nobody sitting around reading newspapers, People, or jabbering about General Hospital.2. No... Continue Reading Posted at 4:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Ways to Poke Fun at Your Teacher Bill Belew May 22, 2007 It used to be that students would give a teacher 'ears' the peace sign behind his or her head when she wasn't looking.Or...graffiti on a whiteboard that made a point...or didn't about something regarding the teacher you didn't like.How about... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The 100 Most Prolific Bloggers - by Post Count Bill Belew May 22, 2007 It has been a while since I posted an update of the list.For those who read down far enough...you will see we are 14 people shy of 100 bloggers with 1000 or more posts.Are you one of them?The 100 most... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May21	May 20, Wisdumb - Man marries eight women at the same time and wants more Bill Belew May 21, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Marry seven women too many at the same time and want more. Let these kids play yakuza on you. Listen to this doctor tell you your... Continue Reading Posted at 10:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons for and 3 Ways to Fight Depression for Granny and Gramps Bill Belew May 21, 2007 The University of Pittsburgh is studying how to keep Granny and Gramps out of the dumps, from getting depressed in the first place and what to when the feeling reoccurs.Old people...think retired, get down for different reasons than youngsters.1. Thinking... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top 25 Web Hoaxes and Pranks Bill Belew May 21, 2007 I write regularly about wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.These 25 web hoaxes and pranks are the best lessons in life that being learning what NOT to believe.MSN's top 25 hoaxes and pranks...1. The... Continue Reading Posted at 2:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	15 Myths about Eyesight Bill Belew May 21, 2007 I am not a doctor, but I do know my eyes are getting worse...mostly because I am getting older. I wonder what I might have done in the past that caused my eyes to go bad.I came across these 15... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Ways to NOT Lose Weight Bill Belew May 21, 2007 A doctor at a Gastroenterology Clinic in Taiwan is saying that he has debunked yet another quick way to lose weight.A fad diet popularized by a pop singer from Japan, Utada Hikari, involved eating hot chili peppers.1. Chili peppers do... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top 20 Star Wars Moments - How to tell you are NOT a man Bill Belew May 21, 2007 My wife and I decided I am not a man. Somehow I started getting the Men's Journal. I think I got it free for using Hotels.com or for having excessive miles on my travel account or something.At any rate, I... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Tips for New Runners Bill Belew May 21, 2007 I have never run a marathon. I have run 100 miles in a day, 100km in under 12 hours but never a full marathon and then stopped. The distance is too short and the runners too fast. Same for distances... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May20	Next - 1 terabit of info per square inch of recording surface Bill Belew May 20, 2007 Toshiba Corp. and Tohoku University have come up with a new basic technology that promises to increase the storage capacity of hard drives by 10X or more....or one terabit of info/sq inch of recording surface.The question is...who needs 1 terabit... Continue Reading Posted at 7:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How many college students can fit in one Sauna? Bill Belew May 20, 2007 A group of students challenged the Guiness Book of World Records with an unusual claim...the biggest group of people from different nationalities taking a sauna in the same place.Whew! That's a good call. If they were all Americans, Germans, or... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May19	May 19, Wisdumb - Donkey and Peacock meat? Tigers and Monkeys? Bill Belew May 19, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Allow your dog to raise tiger triplets.Stop to count your loot before you make a clean getaway. Lose a shoot out to a human sacrificing cult. Let... Continue Reading Posted at 10:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cure for Cancer Rediscovered Bill Belew May 19, 2007 I have a good buddy, MD-type, who tells me that some 75% of his patients come to him because of 'sin' diseases. Eat too much, smoke too much, drink too much, worry too much about the wrong things they do... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Walking School? Bill Belew May 19, 2007 There's an organized "Walking School" in Yichang, Hubei Province that teaches kids how to walk...long distances ... for the purpose of experiencing hardships and building their strong wills.Walking long distances is something I know about...experiencing hardship...developing strong wills....I know about... Continue Reading Posted at 11:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May18	TieCon 2007 - What is America afraid of? Bill Belew May 18, 2007 From TiECon 2007 What's wrong with America? What are Americans afraid of?I learned yesterday... IBM estimates that they have about 53,000 people working in India. As a result...the company thinks it is saving $8 billion each year from this outsourcing activity.... Continue Reading Posted at 9:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	From TiECon 2007 - What can keep India and China from growing? Bill Belew May 18, 2007 I am hanging out at the TiECon 2007 in Silicon Valley...today May 18th and tomorrow May 19th.More about that here. What I am looking for here are several things....1. Entrepreurship and Venture Capitalist activity, trends, inclinations in Asia.2. # 1 above... Continue Reading Posted at 9:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Land an Airplane on a Recreational Vehicle Bill Belew May 18, 2007 There's a Youtube that shows viewers how to land an airplane on the top of an RV. Slow down, match speeds and so on.My question is, how will they get the airplane back OFF of the RV after the show. ... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May17	May 17, Wisdumb - Forbes Misery Loves Paying Taxes in France, Belgium, China.... Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might not want to:Have to pay taxes in France, Belgium, China, Sweden, Italy....Forget to check the statue of limitations before turning yourself in Read your Bible in public in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Virginia Tech Enrollments Ahead of Last Year - Smarter, More Asian Students Coming, too Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Seems more students are eager to try their luck this year. Or it could be the mindset, the safetest airline is the one that just experienced a crash.Virginia Tech has received 5,215 deposits from new incoming freshmen, more than the... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	16+ Miles of Files on Nazi Activity to be Made Available to Scholars Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Scholars have long complained about being restricted from accessing the vast repository of material about the 17.5+ million people who passed through concentration camps or were victimized during the Nazi period in Germany.Electronic copies, everything has now been scanned, will... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Copwatch Volunteer/University of Colorado Student Beat Cop in Court Bill Belew May 17, 2007 A University of Colorado at Denver student and local copwatch volunteer videotaped a policeman arresting another individual in a parking lot.The cop asked the student for his ID, which he produced. When the student asked the policeman for a business... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Hard is it to Fire a Tenured Professor? Bill Belew May 17, 2007 University of Colorado ethnic-studies professor has been accused of plagiarizing, fabricating and falsifying material in his research and writing.All of these are good reasons to bounce students out of class.However, enter a lawyer for the accused.Blah...blah...blah...The committee reviewing the misconduct... Continue Reading Posted at 12:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Grammar Mistakes That Make You Appear Stupid Bill Belew May 17, 2007 In a couple of my online college classes this week we are discussing tone in written correspondence.Invariably, the on line school students will point out how important it is to be professional, not use IM chatspeak, spell correctly and use... Continue Reading Posted at 11:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Easy Way to Learn to Speak 7 Languages Bill Belew May 17, 2007 I can speak English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, some German and I can read Greek.But this woman can do one better than me...she speaks seven languages and does it so well and appears to have learned it quite easily.How envious I... Continue Reading Posted at 10:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lose Weight - Work Better - Less Injuries Bill Belew May 17, 2007 Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for Injury Research and Policy has determined that the more overweight a person is, the more likely they will be injured on the job.7,690 workers were classified into six categories:1. underweight2. normal3.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May16	May 16, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Join the ranks of one in six people worldwide. Listen to mom. Try to catch a falling tree. Believe in Intelligent Design if you want tenure at Iowa... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to lose weight at work Bill Belew May 16, 2007 The Mayo Clinic has designed a 'vertical workstation' - a desk fitted over a standard treadmill.Depending on the size of the person doing the walking while working...someone could lose up to 66lbs in a year if the workstation were used... Continue Reading Posted at 6:06 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Researcher Tries to Stay Awake for 11+ days Bill Belew May 16, 2007 How many stupid things can you think of that need to be researched?Why your fingernails need cutting today and not yesterday? Did they suddenly grown longer over night?Why some branches in the bush in my front yard will grow six... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Iowa State University Physics/Astronomy Prof Denied Tenure Because of Stance on Intelligent Design Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Nobody will say for sure...of course.An Iowa State University professor was denied tenure. The school says:1. In the past 10 years, 12 people have applied for tenure. The physics prof was one of four who didn't get it.2. The prof was... Continue Reading Posted at 1:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	12 Ways to Fight High Blood Pressure Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Sweden's Karolinska University Hospital, London School of Economics, and the State University of New York think the battle against hypertension, high blood pressure is just beginning...or at least shouldn't be let up on.What they want:1. rev up world governments to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Top Ten Myths About Divorce Bill Belew May 16, 2007 Rutgers University gets credit for coming up with these top ten myths about divorce and supporting them with research.1. Because people learn from their bad experiences, second marriages tend to be more successful than first marriages.2. Living together before marriage... Continue Reading Posted at 11:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Bible Speaks - No More Peer-to-Peer Sharing Bill Belew May 16, 2007 The Chief Information Officer at Ohio University...yup...his last name is Bible...(not The Bible...the man's name is Bible) says illegal file sharing on Ohio University's network has ceased.At one point, the Recording Industry Association of America noticed 10-50 illegal file shares... Continue Reading Posted at 11:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May15	May 15, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 15, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Steal a car with OnStar installed. Lose your head to someone who lost theirs. Practice euthanasia on cats...humans are okay. Steal candy from a ....$250K worth!Let you senior... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Happens When People are Too Charitable Bill Belew May 15, 2007 This reminds me of when Moses told the people of Israel to stop bringing gifts to help build the temple.People like to give if they think it is for a worthy cause. People can indeed be charitable.But, what happens when... Continue Reading Posted at 3:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why the Department of Defense Should NOT Ban Youtube, MySpace and Other Social Media Sites Bill Belew May 15, 2007 The Department of Defense has blocked access to Youtube, MySpace and other social media sites on all official department computers worldwide.Bad move.Our men and women serving our country should NOT be prevented from viewing such sites...even at work.There are good... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Reasons Why the Department of Defense Should Ban Youtube and MySpace Bill Belew May 15, 2007 The Department of Defense has blocked access to Youtube, MySpace and other social media sites on all official department computers worldwide.Good move.Our men and women serving our country should NOT be allowed to view such sites.There are good reasons:1. If... Continue Reading Posted at 1:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May14	May 14, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 14, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to: Cross Han Solo Find yourself on death row before your paintings go on exhibit. Find Yet Something else to get mad at God about. Try to keep up... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High School Student Becomes Certified Death Investigator Bill Belew May 14, 2007 This sounds like it could be a story line for the television show "CSI."A high school senior, an 18-year old female has become Indiana's youngest certified crime scene investigator and is now working for her father, the county coroner...making him... Continue Reading Posted at 3:55 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Students Busted for Trying to Kidnap Woman Bill Belew May 14, 2007 The scenario sounds a bit like the Duke lacrosse fiasco. The big difference is that it happened about 11,000 miles away.Three rugby players, one 20-years old and the other two 19-years old tried to force a 20-year old woman into... Continue Reading Posted at 2:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Predict Heart Disease in Kids Bill Belew May 14, 2007 Queens Universty in Ontario, Canada thinks cholesterol levels are a window to look at long-term health consequences for kids, who are inactive and fat.U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) says that:1. 17% of U.S. teens are overweight.2. 25%... Continue Reading Posted at 1:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	M.I.T. ers Invent Remarkable Drawing Tool Bill Belew May 14, 2007 This invention may be old...but I just saw it today.My son is an artist...totally out there...making me wonder what in the world he is thinking.He's going to get a kick out of this new invention from M.I.T. Kimiko Ryokai and... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Reasons Why Americans are Divorcing LESS Bill Belew May 14, 2007 Researchers, one a professor from Johns Hopkins, are pointing out that fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced.In the 1960s, the divorce rate began to climb...until the rate peaked in 1981 at 5.3 divorces per 1000 people (most all states... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May13	Fear of Buzzards Cause Cadaver Body Farm to be Put on Hold Bill Belew May 13, 2007 Texas State University was going to bury cadavers in a 17-acre plot of land near the San Marcos Municipal Airport.Was is the operative word. Apparently there is a fear of buzzards interfering with the local aircraft....not eating the cadavers.Buzzard proof... Continue Reading Posted at 2:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May12	Scholars Want Chinese Mother's Day Bill Belew May 12, 2007 So much for keeping up with the Joneses...well at least completely.China recognizes that the second Sunday in May in the Western World is Mother's Day.However, scholars from the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Hebei Academy of Social Sciences among... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Career Service for Returning Expatriates Bill Belew May 12, 2007 This may be one way to get people to come home...help them find a job.The Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange (CSCSE) has launched an online career service to help returning Chinese from overseas find jobs.It used to be that... Continue Reading Posted at 11:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May11	May 11, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 11, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Ask these monks to pray on your behalf. Shop for toys at Tokyo's Ginza. Have your spouse feel it necessary to send you to this class.Let this... Continue Reading Posted at 10:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Losing Weight - Thin on the outside, fat on the inside Bill Belew May 11, 2007 This reminds me of the exchange between two alligators. The first alligator said, "I love to eat humans.""Why's that?""They are soft on the outside but crunchy on the inside."Imperial College, London is saying that "being thin doesn't automatically mean you're... Continue Reading Posted at 12:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Oral Sex - What you do NOT want from it Bill Belew May 11, 2007 An oncologist with Johns Hopkins published a study in the New England Journal of Medicine yesterday.The gist - "The same virus that causes cervical cancer increases the risk of throat cancer for both men and women engaging in oral sex."I... Continue Reading Posted at 10:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May10	May 10, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Ignore the warning on these toilets. Fight AIDS using these condoms. Let the robbers superglue you naked to an exercise bike. Fall asleep in a dumpster.Be a... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Excuses for Missing Work - The Smart and The Stupid Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Monster.com has these ten excuses for missing work...five are smart and five are not.The smart reasons - 1. I've Earned It: No one can argue with performance. 2. I'm Playing Golf with a Client: First, you've got to have a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Fat Girls" Hide Evidence by Stealing School Newspaper Bill Belew May 10, 2007 The only reason, until the girls say otherwise, that anyone could imagine the seven girls stole 1,000 copies of the Framingham State College newspaper was because they were embarrassed about their bare-bellied picture on the front page.The seven girls wore... Continue Reading Posted at 2:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Two Home-Schooled Sisters, 19 and 21, Receive PhDs from NYU Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Two sisters, 19 and 21, received PhDs in economics from New York University yesterday.At 13- and 14-years old the girls graduated from college. Two years later, they received their Master's degrees in international policy studies from Stanford University.Now, 19 and... Continue Reading Posted at 1:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Lessons Tony Blair Learned as Prime Minister of Britain Bill Belew May 10, 2007 Tony Blair announced his resignation as leader of the Labour Party and consequently prime minister effective June 27th.From his speech we can glean some of the lessons he learned in office.1. It's much easier to be the prime minister when... Continue Reading Posted at 11:25 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Susquehanna University Says "What Health Risks?" Bill Belew May 10, 2007 I wrote about it. And...students, alumni, residents jumped on me for doing so.In my defense...I am not an investigative reporter. Just ... hey, look at this kind of guy who asks, "What now?"The Department of Environmental Protection issued a report.In... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Don't Ask Indiana University Dental Grad to Check Your Teeth Bill Belew May 10, 2007 "Sorry I cheated on the molar exam."Nope, I cheated on the filling lab test, too."Can't do root canals either. The guy next to me didn't know the answers either."Nearly half of Indiana Universiity School of Dentistry Second Year students were... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 9	May 9, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Break your face when break dancing. Satisfy that sweet tooth with a worm-filled lollipop. (Yuck!)Debate electoral reform with a group of Taiwanese politicians. Complain about complaining?Block that... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Cal Fresno Shooting - Why I don't own a PlayStation or a Handgun or play with people who do Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Four young men confronted a 19-year old criminology student (Is that the study of how to shoot people if you don't get your way?) and argued over a PlayStation game console in a dorm at Cal State Fresno.The 19-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 6:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lo-Carb, Hi-protein Diets Lead to Increase in Total Mortality Bill Belew May 9, 2007 The European Journal of Clinical Nutrition has reached the conclusion that "Prolonged consumption of diets low in carbohydrates and high in protein is associated with an increase in total mortality."They studied the eating habits of 22,944 healthy adults in Greece... Continue Reading Posted at 5:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Wisdumb's Wisdump - Submit a funny link, video, picture and more Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Have you learned something you should NOT do?Have you read/seen something you do NOT think you want to try?Submit your link here by putting it in the comments below. HTML or just cut and pasting the link are fine. ... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Kids Steal When they Burglarize a Pre-school Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Police caught a pair of kids, 8-years old and 10-years old after they broke into the Day Care Services for Children, Inc on Sunday.Instead of Sunday School...they were pursuing a life of crime.A witness took a photograph of the two... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Eating Soup Helps Weight Loss Bill Belew May 9, 2007 Pennsylvania State University health experts have concluded that a bowl of soup a day could help melt the pounds away.A low-calorie vegetable broth at the start of each meal could help dieters lose weight.By taking in soup first, participants generally... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 8	May 8, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life May Be Learning What NOT to do Bill Belew May 8, 2007 Wisdumb ...sometimes the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Lose your wallet when kissing the girl unless its here and you have about 60 years. Take medicine that causes you to drop your... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Left Handed Woman Have Shorter Life-Span....maybe Bill Belew May 8, 2007 Dutch researchers are saying that left handed women "have a higher risk of dying, particularly from cancer and cerebrovascular disease - damage to an artery in the brain or an artery that supplies blood to the brain."The researchers followed 12,178... Continue Reading Posted at 7:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why a Burglar Would Steal from an Elementary School Bill Belew May 8, 2007 There was an unemployed man who posed as a construction worker with the motive of stealing from elementary schools throughout Japan.The 59-year old's total take in an estimated 1,000 burglaries - 52 million ($450K).The dude was caught red handed taking... Continue Reading Posted at 6:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Happens When Government Officials Molest College Students Bill Belew May 8, 2007 A Land, Infrastructure and Transport Ministry official sat down next to a 19-year old university student on the JR Saikyo Line at about 10am in the MORNING?!While travelling between Ikebukuro and Shinjuku, the 28-year old knucklehead who was visiting his... Continue Reading Posted at 5:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Two Eggs for Breakfast Increases Weight Loss Bill Belew May 8, 2007 Researchers at Louisiana State University studied the eating habits of overweight and obese women.Those who start their day with two eggs...poached, boiled, scrambled or otherwise lost up to two-thirds more weight than low-fat dieters or carb counters.When a study group... Continue Reading Posted at 4:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	42-year old Female Teacher Caught Writing Love Letters to 12-year old Bill Belew May 8, 2007 What in the world was this bone-headed teacher thinking?And how did she get to be teacher in the first place?And don't the union watchdogs earn their keep by screening and keeping these kinds of bozos out of the classroom?“I want... Continue Reading Posted at 3:20 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 7	May 7, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 7, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:1. Pay $525,000 for a fixer-upper in San Francisco2. Take a ride on the death defying roller coaster that does NOT defy death. 3. Try the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Losing a World Record - OR - Why We Need to Learn to do Simple Math Bill Belew May 7, 2007 The guy doesn't win any points from me for the World Record he was attempting to break in the first place...how many hours can he ride consecutively on a stationary bike? But...apparently the dumbness didn't end there. He recruited record... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How much is your college student kid worth? $2.75 million? Do I hear $3M? Bill Belew May 7, 2007 Johnathan Glenn wrote an essay about how he felt unsafe on campus. The next day he was shot to death in a robbery attempt as he stood outside his dormitory.The robbers got his Tracy McGrady basketball jersey, cell phone and... Continue Reading Posted at 7:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ethanol Corn Developed by Michigan State University Bill Belew May 7, 2007 I was born too early or I am just plain to stupid. If I were a swearing type, I'd swear I remember riding in the back seat of the car when driving through Ohio corn fields, thinking, why don't they... Continue Reading Posted at 1:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Sell Your Wife on the Internet....or Not Bill Belew May 7, 2007 Some knucklehead in Brazil decided to auction off his wife on Mercado Livre, a site partially owned by eBay, Inc.The man:1. listed her physcial qualities2. praised her as a companion3. emphasized her homemaking abilities4. set a price - 100 reals... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Hottest Girl - Blogger Sister Furong Bill Belew May 7, 2007 A Chinese blogger, Sister Furong, gained notoriety by posting suggestive photos of herself on the bulletin boards of Qinghua and Beijing Universities...under the name Frjj.The first go round of photos were mocked by netizens as too pristine.So..she's back with a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 6	6th Grader Kills Mother Ducks and Ducklings with a Pencil - Shrinks to the Rescue Bill Belew May 6, 2007 Shrinks are having a field day with this one and CNN has finally found something to follow up the Virginia Tech massacre with. (I am not making light of the VT massacres - real tragedy.)A sixth grader at a middle... Continue Reading Posted at 6:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dukes of Hazzard Car Goes for $10 million Bill Belew May 6, 2007 Wisdumb - Some people have too much money. Unfortunately it might be one of my neighbors.John Schneider, alias Bo Duke in the TV series Dukes of Hazzard, put up a copy, NOT the original, of the General Lee on eBay.He... Continue Reading Posted at 5:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Scientists Make Big Step Toward Developing Quantum Computer Bill Belew May 6, 2007 Japan's electronics giant NEC Corp has made a key step toward the development of a quantum computer.In a world first, "researchers at NEC and the state-funded Institute of Physical and Chemical Research successfully demonstrated a circuit that can control the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:10 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 5	Harvard School - Drinking Coffee Wards Off Type 2 Diabetes...maybe Bill Belew May 5, 2007 Take your pick - hypertension, leukemia, stomach cancer, or possible relief from type 2 diabetes and protection from some types of colon, rectal and liver cancer.Harvard on one side - "Drinking coffee can help ward off type 2 diabetes and... Continue Reading Posted at 7:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Free Tuition for Future Teachers Bill Belew May 5, 2007 Ten thousand students are eligible for free tuition IF:1. they live in China2. they become teachers3. they return to the country side to teach4. they teach there for three years or more.The average cost for a year's college tuition is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 4	May 4, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 4, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Pay your back taxes in Norway.Ask these people to care for you. (VERY DISTURBING!)Let this flock of vultures (NOT lawyer-type) circle you. Cram 4 years of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	If you can't earn the grades...buy them Bill Belew May 4, 2007 74 students ponied up as much as $600 each to get the grade they wanted in the classes they were taking by asking other students who worked in the registrar's office to change grades on their transcripts.11 of the students... Continue Reading Posted at 1:16 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	What Cramming 4 years of College into 13 will get for you Bill Belew May 4, 2007 What can a college kid expect to gain from a college education? Especially when he was able to cram 4-years worth of studying into 13 years?How about national media attention?How about a book deal?How about a TV show deal?How about... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	When a Teacher Should be Hit on the Head with Drum Mallets Bill Belew May 4, 2007 Question: When should a teacher be hit on the head with a pair of drum mallets?Answer: Right BEFORE he tells his 7-year old student to hit himself as hard as he can on the head.The teacher says he told the... Continue Reading Posted at 11:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	U.S. Airforce Academy Cheaters Get Disenrolled Bill Belew May 4, 2007 There were 40 freshmen accused of cheating on a weekly knowledge test given to the class of 2010 cadets.29 fessed up, five said, 'Not us' and six were found to have not cheated.Of the five, two were subsequently found guilty.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nevada University Regent Wants to Arm Campus Employees Bill Belew May 4, 2007 It seems a Nevada University has an answer to the Virginia Tech shootings...revert back to the wild wild west.The regent wants to allow campus employees to be deputized and armed and trained to respond with force to future college shootings.What... Continue Reading Posted at 12:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 3	May 3, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 3, 2007 Wisdumb....the best lessons in life may be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Let your little girl pose naked in a T-back Thong. Leave the dead owner on the couch while you show the place to prospective buyers. Hang out... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	IMG Will Acquire Collegiate Licensing Company Bill Belew May 3, 2007 CLC was founded in 1981 and is the oldest and largest collegiate licensing agency in the U.S. currently representing nearly 200 colleges, universities, bowl games, athletic conferences, the Heisman Trophy and the NCAA.Forstmann Little & Co's IMG is the world's... Continue Reading Posted at 7:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Strayer Education Reports Record Revenues, Earnings, Enrollments Bill Belew May 3, 2007 It seems not all of the big players in the fopro industry are hurting.Strayer Education, Inc reported record revenues, record earnings and a record enrollment for the first quarter of 2007.Total enrollments were up 16% and new students were up... Continue Reading Posted at 5:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom Finds Her Little Girl's Coat on eBay For Sale by Her Teacher Bill Belew May 3, 2007 "Mommy, mommy! I didn't lose my coat. Really!""Go to your room. What do you think money grows on trees? No supper for you!"I guess I'll have to buy one for her on eBay. Lord knows I can't keep buying new... Continue Reading Posted at 11:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford University Concludes that Catching a Whiff of Secondhand Smoke Outdoors is also Hazardous Bill Belew May 3, 2007 There's a reason why those things are called cancer sticks, coffin nails or worse. Not a few times in the great outdoors, I have taken in a wisp of air and then coughed only to see some knothead 5-10 feet... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Companies Open Doors to Foreign Exchange Students Bill Belew May 3, 2007 Major Japanese companies, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Fujitsu Ltd, Asahi Kasei, Sumitomo Wiring Systems...are beginning to hire more overseas exchange students studying in Japanese universities, realizing that a culturally diverse work force is one that is better equipped for overseas expansion.Matsushita... Continue Reading Posted at 12:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 2	May 2, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Wisdumb...sometimes the best lessons in life are learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Let neighbors watch you boil those skulls. Hold the police off with poisonous snakes. Stand too close to that thousand year old tree. Slash prices at your local... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Stanford Offers 5 Year and $250K Scholarship to Study Little Known Dialect Bill Belew May 2, 2007 I am sure we'll all be glad when the data base for the Wenzhou dialect is complete. Huh?!Two people for sure will be happy....the professor at Stanford who showed interest in a Wenzhou girl's research, and the young Wenzhou girl... Continue Reading Posted at 3:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Spider-Man 3 Takes Aim at Top Ten All-Time USA Box Office Rankings Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Tobey Maguire puts on his Spider-Man 3 garb and partners up with Kirsten Dundst and Sony Pictures to take aim at the top ten in the All-Time USA Box Office rankings. The flick has broken records in every Asia country it... Continue Reading Posted at 11:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pamela Martin and Associates Threatens to Sell list of 10,000 clients Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Pamela Martin and Associates ran for 13 years...then the escort service was indicted on racketeering charges. Authorities seized more than $1.5 million in real estate, stocks and cash.The service employed 132 women, mostly college students who were recruited from the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Student President Arrested for Selling Guns on MySpace Bill Belew May 2, 2007 How in the world did this guy ever get to be student president of anything is beyond me.But, then...some people get to be president and do all sorts of stupid things, don't they?The president of the East Los Angeles College... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to get on the University of Texas Preferred Lender's List Bill Belew May 2, 2007 Borrowing to pay for college is an $85 billion industry.And, where there is that much money, there are a lot of dirt balls.Steak house dinners...after-work happy hours...ice cream carts....goodie buckets with cookies....(putting out the cookies is really hitting low) are... Continue Reading Posted at 2:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Prices Jump 75% Bill Belew May 2, 2007 The One Laptop Per Child founders are planning to raise the price of one unit from $100 to $175.Seven nations have expressed interest in buying the the little green-and-white XO computers:1. Uruguay2. Argentina3. Brazil4. Pakistan5. Thailand6. Nigeria7. Libyabut none of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
May 1	May 1, Wisdumb - The Best Lessons in Life Can be Learning What NOT to Do Bill Belew May 1, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life can be learning what NOT to do.You might NOT want to:Lost $2.7 million worth of stuff. Keep that $1.6 million baseball collection too long. Watch Babel in Japan Kiss and Show. Traffic in Human OrgansSpit on the street in... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Elephant Dung May be Secret to Biofuel Bill Belew May 1, 2007 The Delft University of Technology and Bird Engineering has learned that elephant dung has a fungus (other things, too) that helps produce a yeast which can efficiently ferment wood sugars and help them break down fibres and wood into biofuel.The... Continue Reading Posted at 7:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FAMU Loses $2.7 million worth of Stuff Bill Belew May 1, 2007 Golf carts, computers, kitchen equipment and some 987 other items are unaccounted for by the Florida A&M university....all worth about $2.7 million, according to state auditors.Lawn mowers, pop corn poppers, a salad bar and a marquee sign that goes for... Continue Reading Posted at 6:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Best Way to Use Your iPod to Cheat on a Test Bill Belew May 1, 2007 A digital media player, think iPod and Zune, hidden under clothing with nothing but an earbud attached to a wire snaking behind an ear and into a shirt collar make for a great method to....cheat.If students were as creative with... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Professors, PhD Researchers, Military Officers Among Workers for Legal High-end Erotic Fantasy Service Bill Belew May 1, 2007 ABC's Good Morning America is planning to run a story this Friday about Bush's head of the foreign aid programs accepting services from an escort service run by Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who ran Pamela Martin and Associates.The good news for... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Friends University Official Busted in Internet Sex Sting Bill Belew May 1, 2007 This is nasty. A Friends University official in Wichita, KS was put on admin leave after being arrested in an Internet sex sting. The PhD holding VP of academic affairs was booked for indecent solicitation. He thought he was going... Continue Reading Posted at 3:03 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Learning What to and What NOT to Do at Ebaumsworld Bill Belew May 1, 2007 Ebaumsworld is a place I stop by every morning. I laugh, I nod my head, I wonder, I think...really? then, no way!But the links are there to click through and ask yourself "Do you really believe everything you read on... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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