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Jul31	Killing, dismembering my sister? Yup, that was me. Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Know More: International Education 2.0, International Education They don't call it cram school for nothing. When Japanese fail their college entrance exams they will sometimes/often spend a year or two or three, depending on mom and dad's budget studying for the exam again for the following year. The idea, of course, is to cram as much into the brain in one year as should have been crammed in during the regular school years plus whatever it might take to pass the test. It can be intense...especially when test times roll Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul31	College Students Take Turns as Toilet Cleaners Bill Belew July 31, 2007 "Look, I'm a brush!""And, I'm a sponge."Everybody should take a turn at cleaning toilets.It happens in the military. It is happening in Shanghaii to college students, who instead of staying home and enjoying a summer break, have taken on an... Continue Reading Posted at 7:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 7 Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Before I knew it, there were teachers’ and PTA meetings being called to discuss what had happened to JJ, and what my role was in the whole affair. My parents, the principal, the superintendent, and all sorts of other... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul30	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 6 Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Suddenly, everybody was chasing me, yelling and screaming. “Belew!! What’d you do that for?” “Belew!! What’s wrong with you?!” I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I didn’t know what it was I had done,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	88-Year Old Earns Eagle Scout Bill Belew July 30, 2007 An 88-year old man finally received the Eagle Scout award that he earned more than 70 years ago.Walter Hart earned 23 of 120 merit badges in 1923. 21 badges are needed to achieve Eagle Scout.However, in between the time he... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Earthquakes Cause Need for Counseling Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Reccently, Niigata prefecture was hit hard by an earthquake.The cities of Kariwa (actually it's a village), where the nuclear power reactors are, and Kashiwazaki were hit the hardest.As a result about 2 percent of school children are now in need... Continue Reading Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul29	Dutch Launch World's Biggest Condom to Teach Youth About STDs Bill Belew July 29, 2007 The things kids will do with condoms...especially when they are too young to use them.The things adults will do with condoms...especially when they are too old to use them.The director of a Dutch health service said "Sometimes when kids play... Continue Reading Posted at 1:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 5 Bill Belew July 29, 2007 Later that same year, Jackie J -- JJ, I called her -- some other kids and I were playing ‘It’ in the parking lot behind the school. “It” is played just like tag. The last person tagged was... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul28	Obesity is Contagious Bill Belew July 28, 2007 It's kind of like catching a cold...pretty easy if someone sneezes on you or shakes your hand after the blow their nose.Obesity has been found to be contagious by a group of researchers at the University of California in San... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Roomster.net - Proof I Was Born Too Soon Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Sponsored ReviewWhy do I always feel like I was born too soon?This feeling is a mystery to me and gives me cause to wonder if other half-centenarians think along the same lines.The last time I felt this way was when... Continue Reading Posted at 6:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Online Business Publications Reaches 10,000,000 Visitors and TheBizOfKnowledge Helped Bill Belew July 28, 2007 TheBizOfKnowledge belongs to the The Know More Media Business Blog Network.Know More Media reached two huge milestones this week -10,000,000 unique visitors50,000 postsAnd, I helped...here at TheBizOfKnowledge and I at my other two blogs, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon.I have written and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to NOT Be Barry Bond's 756th Home Run Ball Bill Belew July 28, 2007 I sometimes wonder what other things I might be doing with my life if I weren't where I am now doing what I am doing now, whatever it might be at the time - serving in the Navy, preaching, teaching,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 4 Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Cleo Junior’s father was a barber on the east side of Cincy. It was Cincy’s bad side was the rumor that went around school. But no one clearly said why. The perpetrator had gone into Cleo Sr.’s barber shop... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul27	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 3 Bill Belew July 27, 2007 “It’s 7:25am and here is some news from Cincinnati’s East Side. Cleopus Jenkins, Sr. was shot to death while working in his shop yesterday evening,” the WKRC radio announcer said. My brothers and sisters and a few classmates... Continue Reading Posted at 12:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul26	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 2 Bill Belew July 26, 2007 The Vietnam conflict was quickly escalating into a war at the time as well. Two years after the assassination, American troops were sent to Vietnam. I vaguely remember seeing this on the news between cartoon watching on Saturday mornings.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul25	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 1 Bill Belew July 25, 2007 “The President’s been killed,” was being whispered from one kid to the next. It was like a game of telephone and I wondered if the news was being exaggerated. It wasn’t. On November 22, 1963, President... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul24	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - selling at 127 books a second Bill Belew July 24, 2007 The seventh book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is setting sales records.Add one bought by my son yesterday. We are driving across country and it may take that long for him to finish it.The book sold 11 million copies... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Daniel Radcliffe, the star who plays Harry Potter, was 11-years old when he began playing the role nearly 7 years ago.Yesterday, he turned 18. He also gained access to nearly $19 million in investment funds, but not all of the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - End Bill Belew July 24, 2007 At Fish’s funeral, Taps was followed by another military tradition – the 21 gun salute. Each firing of a gun was like the pounding of a hammer on a nail that attached a poster inscribed with the word HATE... Continue Reading Posted at 4:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to Take When Your Kid Eats Too Much Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Talk about fun...and stimulating your appetite...My wife and I like to eat at home and then head out for dessert. It's easier on the budget and...well...it's just fun to go out after we've eaten.Looking for a place to get a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Spiderman Got His Name Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Insects, rodents and bugs have dreams, too. In place of their lot in life - to be hated, sent flying by a flick of the finger, or to be fish food, the little critters really want to be loved,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul23	Americans are getting fatter and getting there faster, too Bill Belew July 23, 2007 I am glad this guy didn't come to my house last night before he wrote up his report.He would have seen my son put away a whole bag of Mint Creme Oreo Cookies...the whole bag...and I helped?He is 6' 3"... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Crocodile Hunter Honored with Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Crikey!A new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia will honor the Crocodile Hunter with the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.There will be habitats for "the endangered northern quoll, a carnivorous marsupial, and the speartooth shark as well as an important gallery of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Keep Your Dog Happy and Your Child Safe Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Two dog stories came across my reading this morning...One answers the question - how to keep your children safe from rattlesnakes? The other answers the question - how to keep your dog happy on hot days? We all know that dogs don't... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Feel Good Story - Rattlesnake vs. 1-year old Boy vs. Chihuahua - Who wins? Bill Belew July 23, 2007 A rattlesnake spotted some fresh meat when a 1-year old boy was splashing his hands in a birdbath.The snake lunged for the little tike...but...a five pound (2.3kg) chihuahua named Zoey (like the president's daughter) jumped in the way and took... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 11 Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Prior to this trip to Russia, I had lived in Japan for nearly five years. During my time there, I forced myself to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the express purpose of finding out whether the Japanese still hated... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Water Safety Myths Bill Belew July 23, 2007 My son scared me to death the other day.He's a national caliber swimmer. He was also extremely stupid.He called to let me know he swam across the Ohio River and back. "With a life jacket on?""Nope, without a life jacket."Furious... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul22	Female Kindergarten Teacher Fights Off Man with Screw Loose by Going for 'Private Parts' Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Japan is not the only place going to school can be dangerous.I mean going, walking, making the trip to school, NOT being at school.Getting to kindergarten can be death defying in China also unless Ouyang is your teacher. Getting into... Continue Reading Posted at 3:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	First Time in History for Girl Students to Outnumber Boy Students Bill Belew July 22, 2007 For the first time in history universities and colleges in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have more girls than boys.51.62% of the students in the region's 31 colleges and universities are girls.Even in post grad studies, girls make up 50.97%.Xinjiang... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teachable Opportunities vs. Teachable Moments Bill Belew July 22, 2007 We all know about 'teachable moments' - those times when all the stars line up and your charge is, well, um, charged....ready to be taught.Life is good, or bad....things are going well, or not....but for whatever reason your kid, your... Continue Reading Posted at 2:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 10 Bill Belew July 22, 2007 It was agonizing, it was heart wrenching. It was exhilarating. The hatred I had harbored against these people for 22 years to the month reared its ugly head. My eyes burned holes in the passersby. Everyone on the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Fixes for Kids Who Overheat Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Sweating is a good thing...for kids, too.We all ought to be so busy enjoying life, playing that we just sweat all the bad stuff out.But what happens when the little one starts to overheat?1. Recognize the difference between heat stroke... Continue Reading Posted at 1:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul21	Volume 8 in Harry Potter Series - 10 Things Harry Potter Didn't Know He Could Do Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Harry Potter is so amazing that he can do things even he doesn't know he has the power to do...especially in the business world.What can Harry Potter do? 1. Harry Potter can change the publishing industry. 2. Harry Potter can take over... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graduation Party Includes Trip to Prison Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A group of students at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade were given a trip as part of their farewell party....to a prison.Some 100-plus finance and economics majors, future bankers and security and funds workers, were taken on a half-day... Continue Reading Posted at 1:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Going to School in Japan is Dangerous Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Have I been away too long or is it really more dangerous living in Japan these days...for elementary school kids and kindergartners?A 56-year old man with a 30-year history of mental illness took a knife to a little 11-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - were True! Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Turns out the guy who left the 10 spoilers in my comments was right.10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly HallowsNobody would have known until this morning and many people were able to make their way through the book.At... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PanAsianBiz Nominated for China Blog Award Bill Belew July 21, 2007 I feel pretty stupid writing this....but if I don't, I know what is likely to happen...nothing...so...I ask. Another blog that I write for KnowMoreMedia, PanAsianBiz, has been nominated for best China Blog in three categories.If readers here at TBOK have the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 9 Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A dozen or more stops later, after disembarking, searching and concluding they were the wrong stations, I finally found Mockva. Mockva is the English transliteration of the Russian spelling for the city we Americans call Moscow. It’s not even... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plastic Surgery for a Better Job in China Bill Belew July 21, 2007 There's a billboard at a college in Changsha city that has the ugly intrigued and the very ugly and poor irate.The advertisement is for a plastic surgery center and the pitch is 'look better, get a job.'So far, some 200... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2 Steps to Take When Kids Get Too Much Caffeine Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Chances are if your kid gets too much caffeine, you will be taking more than two steps...running them down and so.It happens.While you gab, s/he slurps away at the soda.I've said this before...don't let the kid EVER like to drink... Continue Reading Posted at 1:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul20	'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Available on eBay for $250 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Scholastic Inc. Rowling's U.S. publishers estimate that "around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies" going on sale early Saturday morning were received prematurely.That means of the 12 million that are going to be scarfed up, about... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - J K Rowling's Spoiler Bill Belew July 20, 2007 J K Rowling is spoiling the ending, the midnight magic, the mood.At her website Rowling wrote "As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of 'Harry... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Hardest Thing to Believe Bill Belew July 20, 2007 What's the most difficult thing you have ever had to believe? Or is it swallow? Your father is not really your father?You won the lottery?You actually passed or failed the class?You really could acomplish your goal if you stayed with... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 8 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 It didn’t take long for me to remember that I really didn’t like sightseeing. I got lost in the Russian Metro, the Moscow subway. At every subway station, the stations were huge; everything is super-sized in Russia. Russia is... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Remedies When a Child Misses a Nap Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Kids get excited, too. Okay, that's an understatement.When things are happening, they don't want to miss out..trips to grandma's, all day with Mickey Mouse or playing at the beach.Problem is ...kids get cranky. We adults do, so why not them.The... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Student Loan Hogs List Published Online Bill Belew July 20, 2007 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Beijing has a list they want to send on to Santa Claus - the 1,200+ students have delayed paying back their student loans for a year or more.The list appeared on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogging Milestones - Reaching 3,000,000 Page Views Bill Belew July 20, 2007 I enjoy reaching milestones. I am not sure why. Maybe it's my way of feeling that I have made measurable progress, have achieved something that I can put a face on...even it's just a number.I have reached a blogging milestone.The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul19	There's Proof Aussie Rubgy Players are the Meanest Dudes Bill Belew July 19, 2007 They don't make 'em any tougher than they do down under.Aussie rugby players are the meanest, toughest, dullest, er, roughest dudes to be found.Ben Czislowski is living proof.The guy, ran, tackled, scrammed, scrummed and did whatever else goes on in... Continue Reading Posted at 1:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Very Good Reason to buy an iPhone - It Disrupts Duke University Wireless Networkd Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Apple Inc.'s new iPhones appear to be jamming the wireless networks at Duke University.A Duke staff geek sad "an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system... Continue Reading Posted at 1:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A Solution to the Lack of Organ Donors Bill Belew July 19, 2007 The UK's chief medical officer has a solution to the lack of organs and organ donors and the British government's Department of Health said his report would be given "careful consideration".The answer - change legislation to an opt-out system.Make people... Continue Reading Posted at 12:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to take for the 4 million who FAILED Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Millions passed and there was happiness and parties and confetti and....and...But there were also about 4 million who failed...the national college entrance exams in China.When that happens, parents, schools, friends, society at large tends to forget about them...withdraw support....let 'em... Continue Reading Posted at 11:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Devil Training" part of Summer Fun Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Parents in China think it might be fun for their kids to take part in 'Devil Training.'Or at least moms and dads will think it worthwhile AFTER/IF their kids make it to completion and the devil is beat out of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Genealogy - How Important is it to Know Your Own? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 When I came back from Japan earlier in this millenium, I spent a long time looking for a job.And as most people know, you cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and over again...there's got to be a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 7 Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Little Rabbit tutored me in the Russian language in my spare time. She also had it in her mind that I should learn something about the Russian heart. To do that she insisted I visit Moscow, the heart... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kids Addicted to Caffeine? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 An assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine says -Kids should have no more than one milligram of caffeine per pound of body weight.If Spike weighs 50lbs, lemme see...50 mg of caffeine are the limit for the day.Good... Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul18	Harry Potter and the Parallel Internet World - Even Fans have Fans Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter....is there anything else going on this week other than 325 million people waiting to pick up their books this Friday night at midnight?Yup...there are other things going on...Emerson Spartz....(Emerson who?) has been making the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Indiana Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip for College Tuition Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Twenty year old Jessica Osborne dropped out of college twice because she didn't have enough money and went to work for Pizza Hut.Doing her job well proved to be the right thing to do when customers started requesting her to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 18, Wisdumb - When Experts are fools and Cops need Catching Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You don't want to be "so learned that you can name a horse in nine languages but buy a cow to ride on" says Ben Franklin. Too often it is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Edit - more spoilers in the Comments... This comment was tucked away under a previous post about P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness and the upcoming release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I thought to post it here for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter's Midnight Madness Arrives Early Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made $33 million at the British box office last weekend ... a new record.It was also the highest ever four-day weekend take for Britain.The only other film to do better in one... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Choice for Summer Reading - Thrillers and Harry Potter Bill Belew July 18, 2007 I suppose the Harry Potter Series falls into the thriller category. It might be pretty intense for many that read it.Not only is JK Rowling's Harry Potter Harry and the Deathly Hallows a must read this Friday night/Saturday morning, it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 6 Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Two years and a lot of red tape later, I stepped off the plane in Khabarovsk, Far East Russia, located on the southern edge of Siberia. Khabarovsk was the second to last stop on the Trans-Siberian railroad from... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul17	80-Year old Roger Williams University Board Chairman Learns N-Word While Listening to Rap Music Bill Belew July 17, 2007 An 80-year old benefactor and long time chairman of the board of the Roger Williams University admitted that he used the N-word during a board meeting. "I apologized for that," he said in an interview on WPRO-AM. "What else can... Continue Reading Posted at 6:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FairUse4M vs Microsoft and Apple Computer's Give up Philosophy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 There is a new version of the FairUse4M program. It can crack Microsoft's digital rights management system for Window's Media and video files.The program was published online late Friday.A director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group said, "We knew at... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lessons Learned from a Tour de France Veteran and Discovery Channel Manager Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Ekimov Viatcheslav (41), the team manager of Discovery Channel, Olympic Gold Medalis and 15-time Tour de France participant is singing the praises of a 29-year old Chinese, Li Fuyu.Li is the first Chinese to rider to sign with a UCI... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Evolution's Energy Saving Technique - Walk on Two Feet? Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Some fool and his gang at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has concluded that humans started walking upright in order to save energy....making humans the original 'green machines.'The researcher and his crew of monkeys analyzed human and chimp biomechanics.Their... Continue Reading Posted at 10:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Half of College Students Feel Unhealthy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 More than half of college students surveyed in eight universities say they feel unhealthy.Less than one in three think they are fit. The reasons they felt so bad:1. poor sleep quality, including insufficient sleep2. lack of exercise80% of students said it... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 5 Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I knew only one word in Russian and I didn’t even know how to say that correctly. I can’t help but want to communicate with peoples of other countries. It is because I have a faith inside me that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Steps to Take if Your Kid, or You are Stung by a Bee Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I don't know if mom and dad knew about these steps or not. I can remember being stung and everyone laughing as I hopped around, flicking and flinging my hands or whichever body part got stung.However, getting stung by a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul16	P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's coming..."Midnight Madness" will be here at one minute past midnight this Friday night - British Summer Time.J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will go on sale this Friday evening. My son who works at Borders tells me some... Continue Reading Posted at 4:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jr. Higher Attacks Teacher and Classmates Bill Belew July 16, 2007 "Look out! She's got a box knife!"A little junior high school girl in Japan apparently decided enough was enough so she attacked a fellow student and her teacher with a box knife.She got the best of the classmate, leaving him... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Barbara Morgan to Lose Confidence in Endeavour Flight? Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's not Barbara Morgan's fault that officials at NASA can't spell.She was a teacher, 22 years ago. Now she's an astronaunt, full-fledged.But, she's got to be thinking about how to get her students - the officials at NASA - to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Utterly Baffled Bill Belew

Jul31	Killing, dismembering my sister? Yup, that was me. Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Know More: International Education 2.0, International Education They don't call it cram school for nothing. When Japanese fail their college entrance exams they will sometimes/often spend a year or two or three, depending on mom and dad's budget studying for the exam again for the following year. The idea, of course, is to cram as much into the brain in one year as should have been crammed in during the regular school years plus whatever it might take to pass the test. It can be intense...especially when test times roll Continue Reading Posted at 8:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul31	College Students Take Turns as Toilet Cleaners Bill Belew July 31, 2007 "Look, I'm a brush!""And, I'm a sponge."Everybody should take a turn at cleaning toilets.It happens in the military. It is happening in Shanghaii to college students, who instead of staying home and enjoying a summer break, have taken on an... Continue Reading Posted at 7:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 7 Bill Belew July 31, 2007 Before I knew it, there were teachers’ and PTA meetings being called to discuss what had happened to JJ, and what my role was in the whole affair. My parents, the principal, the superintendent, and all sorts of other... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul30	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 6 Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Suddenly, everybody was chasing me, yelling and screaming. “Belew!! What’d you do that for?” “Belew!! What’s wrong with you?!” I didn’t know what was wrong with me. I didn’t know what it was I had done,... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	88-Year Old Earns Eagle Scout Bill Belew July 30, 2007 An 88-year old man finally received the Eagle Scout award that he earned more than 70 years ago.Walter Hart earned 23 of 120 merit badges in 1923. 21 badges are needed to achieve Eagle Scout.However, in between the time he... Continue Reading Posted at 10:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Earthquakes Cause Need for Counseling Bill Belew July 30, 2007 Reccently, Niigata prefecture was hit hard by an earthquake.The cities of Kariwa (actually it's a village), where the nuclear power reactors are, and Kashiwazaki were hit the hardest.As a result about 2 percent of school children are now in need... Continue Reading Posted at 10:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul29	Dutch Launch World's Biggest Condom to Teach Youth About STDs Bill Belew July 29, 2007 The things kids will do with condoms...especially when they are too young to use them.The things adults will do with condoms...especially when they are too old to use them.The director of a Dutch health service said "Sometimes when kids play... Continue Reading Posted at 1:12 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 5 Bill Belew July 29, 2007 Later that same year, Jackie J -- JJ, I called her -- some other kids and I were playing ‘It’ in the parking lot behind the school. “It” is played just like tag. The last person tagged was... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul28	Obesity is Contagious Bill Belew July 28, 2007 It's kind of like catching a cold...pretty easy if someone sneezes on you or shakes your hand after the blow their nose.Obesity has been found to be contagious by a group of researchers at the University of California in San... Continue Reading Posted at 9:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Roomster.net - Proof I Was Born Too Soon Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Sponsored ReviewWhy do I always feel like I was born too soon?This feeling is a mystery to me and gives me cause to wonder if other half-centenarians think along the same lines.The last time I felt this way was when... Continue Reading Posted at 6:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Know More Media Online Business Publications Reaches 10,000,000 Visitors and TheBizOfKnowledge Helped Bill Belew July 28, 2007 TheBizOfKnowledge belongs to the The Know More Media Business Blog Network.Know More Media reached two huge milestones this week -10,000,000 unique visitors50,000 postsAnd, I helped...here at TheBizOfKnowledge and I at my other two blogs, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon.I have written and... Continue Reading Posted at 6:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to NOT Be Barry Bond's 756th Home Run Ball Bill Belew July 28, 2007 I sometimes wonder what other things I might be doing with my life if I weren't where I am now doing what I am doing now, whatever it might be at the time - serving in the Navy, preaching, teaching,... Continue Reading Posted at 6:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 4 Bill Belew July 28, 2007 Cleo Junior’s father was a barber on the east side of Cincy. It was Cincy’s bad side was the rumor that went around school. But no one clearly said why. The perpetrator had gone into Cleo Sr.’s barber shop... Continue Reading Posted at 12:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul27	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 3 Bill Belew July 27, 2007 “It’s 7:25am and here is some news from Cincinnati’s East Side. Cleopus Jenkins, Sr. was shot to death while working in his shop yesterday evening,” the WKRC radio announcer said. My brothers and sisters and a few classmates... Continue Reading Posted at 12:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul26	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 2 Bill Belew July 26, 2007 The Vietnam conflict was quickly escalating into a war at the time as well. Two years after the assassination, American troops were sent to Vietnam. I vaguely remember seeing this on the news between cartoon watching on Saturday mornings.... Continue Reading Posted at 1:33 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul25	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 1 Bill Belew July 25, 2007 “The President’s been killed,” was being whispered from one kid to the next. It was like a game of telephone and I wondered if the news was being exaggerated. It wasn’t. On November 22, 1963, President... Continue Reading Posted at 12:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul24	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - selling at 127 books a second Bill Belew July 24, 2007 The seventh book, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," is setting sales records.Add one bought by my son yesterday. We are driving across country and it may take that long for him to finish it.The book sold 11 million copies... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Happy Birthday Daniel Radcliffe Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Daniel Radcliffe, the star who plays Harry Potter, was 11-years old when he began playing the role nearly 7 years ago.Yesterday, he turned 18. He also gained access to nearly $19 million in investment funds, but not all of the... Continue Reading Posted at 10:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - End Bill Belew July 24, 2007 At Fish’s funeral, Taps was followed by another military tradition – the 21 gun salute. Each firing of a gun was like the pounding of a hammer on a nail that attached a poster inscribed with the word HATE... Continue Reading Posted at 4:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to Take When Your Kid Eats Too Much Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Talk about fun...and stimulating your appetite...My wife and I like to eat at home and then head out for dessert. It's easier on the budget and...well...it's just fun to go out after we've eaten.Looking for a place to get a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Spiderman Got His Name Bill Belew July 24, 2007 Insects, rodents and bugs have dreams, too. In place of their lot in life - to be hated, sent flying by a flick of the finger, or to be fish food, the little critters really want to be loved,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul23	Americans are getting fatter and getting there faster, too Bill Belew July 23, 2007 I am glad this guy didn't come to my house last night before he wrote up his report.He would have seen my son put away a whole bag of Mint Creme Oreo Cookies...the whole bag...and I helped?He is 6' 3"... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Crocodile Hunter Honored with Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Crikey!A new wildlife reserve in Outback Australia will honor the Crocodile Hunter with the Steve Irwin Wildlife Reserve.There will be habitats for "the endangered northern quoll, a carnivorous marsupial, and the speartooth shark as well as an important gallery of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Keep Your Dog Happy and Your Child Safe Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Two dog stories came across my reading this morning...One answers the question - how to keep your children safe from rattlesnakes? The other answers the question - how to keep your dog happy on hot days? We all know that dogs don't... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Feel Good Story - Rattlesnake vs. 1-year old Boy vs. Chihuahua - Who wins? Bill Belew July 23, 2007 A rattlesnake spotted some fresh meat when a 1-year old boy was splashing his hands in a birdbath.The snake lunged for the little tike...but...a five pound (2.3kg) chihuahua named Zoey (like the president's daughter) jumped in the way and took... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 11 Bill Belew July 23, 2007 Prior to this trip to Russia, I had lived in Japan for nearly five years. During my time there, I forced myself to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki for the express purpose of finding out whether the Japanese still hated... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Water Safety Myths Bill Belew July 23, 2007 My son scared me to death the other day.He's a national caliber swimmer. He was also extremely stupid.He called to let me know he swam across the Ohio River and back. "With a life jacket on?""Nope, without a life jacket."Furious... Continue Reading Posted at 1:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul22	Female Kindergarten Teacher Fights Off Man with Screw Loose by Going for 'Private Parts' Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Japan is not the only place going to school can be dangerous.I mean going, walking, making the trip to school, NOT being at school.Getting to kindergarten can be death defying in China also unless Ouyang is your teacher. Getting into... Continue Reading Posted at 3:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	First Time in History for Girl Students to Outnumber Boy Students Bill Belew July 22, 2007 For the first time in history universities and colleges in China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region have more girls than boys.51.62% of the students in the region's 31 colleges and universities are girls.Even in post grad studies, girls make up 50.97%.Xinjiang... Continue Reading Posted at 2:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teachable Opportunities vs. Teachable Moments Bill Belew July 22, 2007 We all know about 'teachable moments' - those times when all the stars line up and your charge is, well, um, charged....ready to be taught.Life is good, or bad....things are going well, or not....but for whatever reason your kid, your... Continue Reading Posted at 2:15 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 10 Bill Belew July 22, 2007 It was agonizing, it was heart wrenching. It was exhilarating. The hatred I had harbored against these people for 22 years to the month reared its ugly head. My eyes burned holes in the passersby. Everyone on the... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Fixes for Kids Who Overheat Bill Belew July 22, 2007 Sweating is a good thing...for kids, too.We all ought to be so busy enjoying life, playing that we just sweat all the bad stuff out.But what happens when the little one starts to overheat?1. Recognize the difference between heat stroke... Continue Reading Posted at 1:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul21	Volume 8 in Harry Potter Series - 10 Things Harry Potter Didn't Know He Could Do Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Harry Potter is so amazing that he can do things even he doesn't know he has the power to do...especially in the business world.What can Harry Potter do? 1. Harry Potter can change the publishing industry. 2. Harry Potter can take over... Continue Reading Posted at 3:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Graduation Party Includes Trip to Prison Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A group of students at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade were given a trip as part of their farewell party....to a prison.Some 100-plus finance and economics majors, future bankers and security and funds workers, were taken on a half-day... Continue Reading Posted at 1:41 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Going to School in Japan is Dangerous Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Have I been away too long or is it really more dangerous living in Japan these days...for elementary school kids and kindergartners?A 56-year old man with a 30-year history of mental illness took a knife to a little 11-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows - were True! Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Turns out the guy who left the 10 spoilers in my comments was right.10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly HallowsNobody would have known until this morning and many people were able to make their way through the book.At... Continue Reading Posted at 9:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	PanAsianBiz Nominated for China Blog Award Bill Belew July 21, 2007 I feel pretty stupid writing this....but if I don't, I know what is likely to happen...nothing...so...I ask. Another blog that I write for KnowMoreMedia, PanAsianBiz, has been nominated for best China Blog in three categories.If readers here at TBOK have the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 9 Bill Belew July 21, 2007 A dozen or more stops later, after disembarking, searching and concluding they were the wrong stations, I finally found Mockva. Mockva is the English transliteration of the Russian spelling for the city we Americans call Moscow. It’s not even... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Plastic Surgery for a Better Job in China Bill Belew July 21, 2007 There's a billboard at a college in Changsha city that has the ugly intrigued and the very ugly and poor irate.The advertisement is for a plastic surgery center and the pitch is 'look better, get a job.'So far, some 200... Continue Reading Posted at 3:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2 Steps to Take When Kids Get Too Much Caffeine Bill Belew July 21, 2007 Chances are if your kid gets too much caffeine, you will be taking more than two steps...running them down and so.It happens.While you gab, s/he slurps away at the soda.I've said this before...don't let the kid EVER like to drink... Continue Reading Posted at 1:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul20	'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows' Available on eBay for $250 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Scholastic Inc. Rowling's U.S. publishers estimate that "around one one-hundredth of one percent of the total U.S. copies" going on sale early Saturday morning were received prematurely.That means of the 12 million that are going to be scarfed up, about... Continue Reading Posted at 11:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallow's - J K Rowling's Spoiler Bill Belew July 20, 2007 J K Rowling is spoiling the ending, the midnight magic, the mood.At her website Rowling wrote "As launch night looms, let's all, please, ignore the misinformation popping up on the web and in the press on the plot of 'Harry... Continue Reading Posted at 11:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Hardest Thing to Believe Bill Belew July 20, 2007 What's the most difficult thing you have ever had to believe? Or is it swallow? Your father is not really your father?You won the lottery?You actually passed or failed the class?You really could acomplish your goal if you stayed with... Continue Reading Posted at 8:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 8 Bill Belew July 20, 2007 It didn’t take long for me to remember that I really didn’t like sightseeing. I got lost in the Russian Metro, the Moscow subway. At every subway station, the stations were huge; everything is super-sized in Russia. Russia is... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	6 Remedies When a Child Misses a Nap Bill Belew July 20, 2007 Kids get excited, too. Okay, that's an understatement.When things are happening, they don't want to miss out..trips to grandma's, all day with Mickey Mouse or playing at the beach.Problem is ...kids get cranky. We adults do, so why not them.The... Continue Reading Posted at 1:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Student Loan Hogs List Published Online Bill Belew July 20, 2007 The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) in Beijing has a list they want to send on to Santa Claus - the 1,200+ students have delayed paying back their student loans for a year or more.The list appeared on... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Blogging Milestones - Reaching 3,000,000 Page Views Bill Belew July 20, 2007 I enjoy reaching milestones. I am not sure why. Maybe it's my way of feeling that I have made measurable progress, have achieved something that I can put a face on...even it's just a number.I have reached a blogging milestone.The... Continue Reading Posted at 12:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul19	There's Proof Aussie Rubgy Players are the Meanest Dudes Bill Belew July 19, 2007 They don't make 'em any tougher than they do down under.Aussie rugby players are the meanest, toughest, dullest, er, roughest dudes to be found.Ben Czislowski is living proof.The guy, ran, tackled, scrammed, scrummed and did whatever else goes on in... Continue Reading Posted at 1:50 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	One Very Good Reason to buy an iPhone - It Disrupts Duke University Wireless Networkd Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Apple Inc.'s new iPhones appear to be jamming the wireless networks at Duke University.A Duke staff geek sad "an analysis of traffic found that iPhones flooded parts of the campus' wireless network with access requests, freezing parts of the system... Continue Reading Posted at 1:34 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A Solution to the Lack of Organ Donors Bill Belew July 19, 2007 The UK's chief medical officer has a solution to the lack of organs and organ donors and the British government's Department of Health said his report would be given "careful consideration".The answer - change legislation to an opt-out system.Make people... Continue Reading Posted at 12:25 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Steps to take for the 4 million who FAILED Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Millions passed and there was happiness and parties and confetti and....and...But there were also about 4 million who failed...the national college entrance exams in China.When that happens, parents, schools, friends, society at large tends to forget about them...withdraw support....let 'em... Continue Reading Posted at 11:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	"Devil Training" part of Summer Fun Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Parents in China think it might be fun for their kids to take part in 'Devil Training.'Or at least moms and dads will think it worthwhile AFTER/IF their kids make it to completion and the devil is beat out of... Continue Reading Posted at 10:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Genealogy - How Important is it to Know Your Own? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 When I came back from Japan earlier in this millenium, I spent a long time looking for a job.And as most people know, you cannot keep doing the same thing over and over and over again...there's got to be a... Continue Reading Posted at 8:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 7 Bill Belew July 19, 2007 Little Rabbit tutored me in the Russian language in my spare time. She also had it in her mind that I should learn something about the Russian heart. To do that she insisted I visit Moscow, the heart... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kids Addicted to Caffeine? Bill Belew July 19, 2007 An assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine says -Kids should have no more than one milligram of caffeine per pound of body weight.If Spike weighs 50lbs, lemme see...50 mg of caffeine are the limit for the day.Good... Continue Reading Posted at 1:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul18	Harry Potter and the Parallel Internet World - Even Fans have Fans Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter, Harry Potter, Harry Potter....is there anything else going on this week other than 325 million people waiting to pick up their books this Friday night at midnight?Yup...there are other things going on...Emerson Spartz....(Emerson who?) has been making the... Continue Reading Posted at 1:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Indiana Waitress Gets $10,000 Tip for College Tuition Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Twenty year old Jessica Osborne dropped out of college twice because she didn't have enough money and went to work for Pizza Hut.Doing her job well proved to be the right thing to do when customers started requesting her to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	July 18, Wisdumb - When Experts are fools and Cops need Catching Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Wisdumb...the best lessons in life might be learning what NOT to do.You don't want to be "so learned that you can name a horse in nine languages but buy a cow to ride on" says Ben Franklin. Too often it is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Spoilers - Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Edit - more spoilers in the Comments... This comment was tucked away under a previous post about P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness and the upcoming release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. I thought to post it here for... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Harry Potter's Midnight Madness Arrives Early Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix made $33 million at the British box office last weekend ... a new record.It was also the highest ever four-day weekend take for Britain.The only other film to do better in one... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	The Top Choice for Summer Reading - Thrillers and Harry Potter Bill Belew July 18, 2007 I suppose the Harry Potter Series falls into the thriller category. It might be pretty intense for many that read it.Not only is JK Rowling's Harry Potter Harry and the Deathly Hallows a must read this Friday night/Saturday morning, it... Continue Reading Posted at 9:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 6 Bill Belew July 18, 2007 Two years and a lot of red tape later, I stepped off the plane in Khabarovsk, Far East Russia, located on the southern edge of Siberia. Khabarovsk was the second to last stop on the Trans-Siberian railroad from... Continue Reading Posted at 3:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul17	80-Year old Roger Williams University Board Chairman Learns N-Word While Listening to Rap Music Bill Belew July 17, 2007 An 80-year old benefactor and long time chairman of the board of the Roger Williams University admitted that he used the N-word during a board meeting. "I apologized for that," he said in an interview on WPRO-AM. "What else can... Continue Reading Posted at 6:36 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	FairUse4M vs Microsoft and Apple Computer's Give up Philosophy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 There is a new version of the FairUse4M program. It can crack Microsoft's digital rights management system for Window's Media and video files.The program was published online late Friday.A director in Microsoft's consumer media technology group said, "We knew at... Continue Reading Posted at 11:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Lessons Learned from a Tour de France Veteran and Discovery Channel Manager Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Ekimov Viatcheslav (41), the team manager of Discovery Channel, Olympic Gold Medalis and 15-time Tour de France participant is singing the praises of a 29-year old Chinese, Li Fuyu.Li is the first Chinese to rider to sign with a UCI... Continue Reading Posted at 10:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Evolution's Energy Saving Technique - Walk on Two Feet? Bill Belew July 17, 2007 Some fool and his gang at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri has concluded that humans started walking upright in order to save energy....making humans the original 'green machines.'The researcher and his crew of monkeys analyzed human and chimp biomechanics.Their... Continue Reading Posted at 10:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Half of College Students Feel Unhealthy Bill Belew July 17, 2007 More than half of college students surveyed in eight universities say they feel unhealthy.Less than one in three think they are fit. The reasons they felt so bad:1. poor sleep quality, including insufficient sleep2. lack of exercise80% of students said it... Continue Reading Posted at 10:35 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Hate - Part 5 Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I knew only one word in Russian and I didn’t even know how to say that correctly. I can’t help but want to communicate with peoples of other countries. It is because I have a faith inside me that... Continue Reading Posted at 3:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	5 Steps to Take if Your Kid, or You are Stung by a Bee Bill Belew July 17, 2007 I don't know if mom and dad knew about these steps or not. I can remember being stung and everyone laughing as I hopped around, flicking and flinging my hands or whichever body part got stung.However, getting stung by a... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Jul16	P-Day - Harry Potter and Midnight Madness Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's coming..."Midnight Madness" will be here at one minute past midnight this Friday night - British Summer Time.J.K Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" will go on sale this Friday evening. My son who works at Borders tells me some... Continue Reading Posted at 4:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Jr. Higher Attacks Teacher and Classmates Bill Belew July 16, 2007 "Look out! She's got a box knife!"A little junior high school girl in Japan apparently decided enough was enough so she attacked a fellow student and her teacher with a box knife.She got the best of the classmate, leaving him... Continue Reading Posted at 1:43 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Barbara Morgan to Lose Confidence in Endeavour Flight? Bill Belew July 16, 2007 It's not Barbara Morgan's fault that officials at NASA can't spell.She was a teacher, 22 years ago. Now she's an astronaunt, full-fledged.But, she's got to be thinking about how to get her students - the officials at NASA - to... Continue Reading Posted at 1:14 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
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