TheBizofKnowledge: August 2007 Archives

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Aug31	Research Team Develops Hydrogen-Gasoline Fuel System Bill Belew August 31, 2007 Know More: International Education Hrein Energy is a producer and vendor of hydrogen production and storage systems. Yesterday the company announced it had successfully field tested a car powered by a hydrogen-gasoline mixture. Sounds pretty dangerous to me....NO SMOKING signs on the cars, I hope. Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug31	Milestones and Favors at Bill Belew's KnowMoreMedia Blogs Bill Belew August 31, 2007 Toot toot toot!That's me blowing my own horn and I do sincerely beg your forgiveness.Milestones are reached at my blogs because of you, my readers, for whom I am deeply grateful...all 2,000,000+ of you.Thank you, thank you, thank you.August was... Continue Reading Posted at 11:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug30	Senior Suspended for Legendary Prank -Youtube video Bill Belew August 30, 2007 What a dude, indeed?!A senior at a high school in Columbus, OH orchestrated a prank where the cross-town rivals held up black and white cards that they thought would say, "Go Darby!" but instead said, "We Suck".Amazing! A 17-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Colorado Elementary School Bans Kids from Playing Tag on the Playground Bill Belew August 30, 2007 An elementary school in Colorado Springs has banned the game of tag from its hallowed school ground because children complained they were being harassed or chased against their will. "Mommy! Mommy! He called me 'It'." Uh, I think that's the point of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug29	What do 'Dancing with the Stars' Mark Cuban, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Wayne Newton, Scary Spice, Helio Castroneves all have in common? Bill Belew August 29, 2007 What do Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, welterweight boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Las Vegas headliner Wayne Newton have in common?Answer - none of them are in the news for what they are doing for education...despite there being... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Leona Helmsley Leaves $12 million to Trouble Bill Belew August 29, 2007 It doesn't matter that the "Queen of Mean" Leona Helmsley has grandchildren that could use some, a pittance even, of the billions of dollars she leaves behind or that students everywhere would gladly walk her dog, Trouble, if she could... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug28	Phantom Professor Paid Salary for 15 Years Bill Belew August 28, 2007 And we wonder why universities everywhere cannot balance their budgets.A French tax official created a phantom identity and collected a salary for 15 years. "I think that I shall become a university professor," he said while holding his calculator. "Maybe I... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Redneck Lunar Eclipse Watching Bill Belew August 28, 2007 Last night, or early this morning, there was full lunar eclipse.I had seen a solar eclipse before, but not a lunar one.When I read that it was going to be best seen on the west coast, I thought, gee, that's... Continue Reading Posted at 10:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug27	Out-of-body Mystery Unlocked Bill Belew August 27, 2007 Swiss researchers think they have succeeded in mimicking the phenomenon known as out-of-body experience.The researchers think they can explain what is going on scientifcally. Of course, they had to go out-of-body to do it.The journal, Science, has published two findings,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Too Much Tutoring Has Reverse Affect Bill Belew August 27, 2007 A survey by the Shanghai education authority has come up with results that back up what kids have been saying all along.Nearly 2 out of 5 students in middle and high school receive private tutoring or take additional lessons after... Continue Reading Posted at 10:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns - What Should We Tell the Kids? Bill Belew August 27, 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns is the headline.Alberto Gonzales was the first Latino to hold the post of attorney general - "I have lived the American dream," he said. The American dream - to reach the pinnacle your career has to... Continue Reading Posted at 9:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III - Leave God Out of It! Bill Belew August 27, 2007 The post Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III - Christians? Which Bible Are They Reading? has garnered a large discussion. There are the lovers and the pragmatics, the forgivers and the judgers, the understanders and the head-shakers (this one might be... Continue Reading Posted at 7:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug26	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (End) Bill Belew August 26, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures I wasn’t sure if I saw a tear in her eyes because my eyes were moist as well. I realized all too clearly that whores -- this word sounds so dirty --... Continue Reading Posted at 12:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug25	Flugtag - Where are all the University engineering departments? Bill Belew August 25, 2007 I had never heard of Flugtag until today.Flugtag has been around since 1991, and I have had my head buried for most of that time apparently.Flugtag is an event in which competitors attempt to fly in homemade flying machines.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - Does the ranking make a difference to international students? Bill Belew August 25, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Massachusetts State Lottery...NYS Lottery...Where to give my money away? Bill Belew August 25, 2007 Let me see...the Massachusetts State Lottery, the NYS Lottery, the Sunnyvale City Hall Raffle...Where should I throw my money away, er, give my money to?The whole lottery thing came about after I left for Japan some 20+ years ago.Now, they... Continue Reading Posted at 8:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (Part 10) Bill Belew August 25, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Kim’s countenance dropped. I couldn’t read her mind but the dejection in her lovely face and the sudden appearance of uncharacteristic wrinkles in her smooth cheeks as her smile transformed into a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug24	2007 Miss Teen USA - The Best America Has to Offer? California, New York, Texas, Colorado..... Bill Belew August 24, 2007 2007 Miss Teen USA is here.I got to wondering...what is it Donald Trump and his crowd looking for?And, can the winning young lady be considered the best America has to offer - the brightest - the most attractive - the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III - Christians? Which Bible Are They Reading? Bill Belew August 24, 2007 Juanita Bynum Decides to file charges against husband Thomas Weeks III is the headline at the BizOfShowBiz a sister site in the KnowMoreMedia network.I don't Juanita Bynum from Adam or is it Eve or her ex-husband, estranged husband Bishop Thomas... Continue Reading Posted at 6:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Stirs Up Anger Over Bonuses Bill Belew August 24, 2007 The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency helps students in need of loans and such....when they are not helping themselves.One place the PHEAA might find some money is in the bonuses that are paid to their top executives.The PHEAA wracked up... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9-year old Shen Shijun Accepted to Hong Kong Baptist University (pix) Bill Belew August 24, 2007 Shen Shijun, (9) became the youngest university student ever in Hong Kong.The Hong Kong Baptist University enrolled the tike in their mathematics department.Perhaps the only difference between the boy and other students twice is age... Continue Reading Posted at 10:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 7 - What does the future hold for the rankings? Bill Belew August 24, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 9:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	UCLA Report - More Californians Developint Diabetes Bill Belew August 24, 2007 A study coming out of UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research said 1.8 million Californians had diabetes in 2005, up 6.2% from 2001.There were no racial and ethnic boundaries except for blacks who have the highest overall prevalance rates.The worst... Continue Reading Posted at 6:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Reasons White Collar Workers Eat in the University Cafeteria Bill Belew August 24, 2007 White collared workers know a good deal when they see one. They also know when the salary they make isn't going to make it. Oh...and the younger ones remember where they can find a good cheap meal....the university cafeteria.Chinese white-collared... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 9) Bill Belew August 24, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Kim was petite and a bit of pink rouge accented her dimples, the right one just a bit larger than the left. Her eyes were sensuous and her lips inviting. She... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug23	59-year old Michael Flynt Returns to Sul Ross University Football Team Bill Belew August 23, 2007 59-year old Michael Flynt has returned to Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas to finish something he started 37 years ago....play football.'Grandpa' is competing against 100 other college football player wannabes to make the team. The official roster for the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Presidents in China Bill Belew August 23, 2007 The Renmin University of China released a survey of University presidents in the Middle Kingdom.1. Average age - 52.2. 90% male Han Chinese3. 32.2% have studied abroad... Continue Reading Posted at 10:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	TheBizOfKnowledge Welcomes 2,000,000th Unique Visitor to Bill Belew's Blogs Bill Belew August 23, 2007 Please indulge me for a minute as I blow my own horn....toot! toot!I maintain three blogs for the KnowMoreMedia network - this one, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon. At 11:02am PST I welcomed my 2,000,000th unique visitor.Somebody at Easley, Parkhill & Brackendorf, PC... Continue Reading Posted at 9:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - A growing number of universities are distancing themselves from the ranking? Why? Bill Belew August 23, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	World's Largest Cram School Classroom? Bill Belew August 23, 2007 The organizers in Jiangsu province's Nanjing may not even know to call the Guiness World Record people.With everyone and their brother in China, well everywhere for that matter, wanting a spot in the Guiness book, the gathering here might just... Continue Reading Posted at 3:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 8) Bill Belew August 23, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures The sun beat down on me from overhead. The heat and glare were magnified by their reflection off the Sea of Japan. I could almost hear the skin on my arms peeling.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug22	Dubbing Harry Potter Gets Easier Bill Belew August 22, 2007 The Chinese voice of Harry Potter is Wu Lei, a member of the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio.Wu Lei was the voice behind Harry Potter in episode 2-5 and perhaps the two remaining episodes. It gets easier says the Chinese lip-synchronizer.Four... Continue Reading Posted at 3:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Worst Habits on Campus Bill Belew August 22, 2007 Chinese students are voting on the 10 Worst Habits on campus.So far 1. Interrupting others' rest in the dormitory is ahead - 30%2. Spitting on the ground - 15%3. Making out in public - 13%Other bad habits - Taking a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Machine Becomes Real Possibility Bill Belew August 22, 2007 I had a hard time understanding this article. Somebody needs to send me back in time so that I can get a better grasp of science making it possible for me to understand what is going on when I read... Continue Reading Posted at 9:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Missouri-St. Louis PhD Candidate, Roxana Contreras, Detained in Russia Bill Belew August 22, 2007 Roxana Contreras is a physics PhD candidate at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.While visiting friends in Voronezh, Russia after attending a conference related to her studies in synchronization in brain activity in traumatically brain injured patients, she found herself wishing... Continue Reading Posted at 6:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - What about online colleges? Why are they never listed in the ranking? Bill Belew August 22, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 7) Bill Belew August 22, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Two days later during that same port visit in Chinhae I received another invitation to go home with a local. CLOP CLOP CLOP. The noise was quick paced until... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug21	NASA Global Warming Data Wrong Bill Belew August 21, 2007 A blogger found a mistake in NASA data on temperatures between 1999 and 2000. Goddard Institute for Space Studies made changes and sent an email thanking the blogger."The net effect was to reduce the U.S. temperature anomalies for the period... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Al-Qaeda Turns to Youtube to Recruit New Students Bill Belew August 21, 2007 Extremists linked to Al-Qaeda in the Philippines has turned to Youtube, Google's video-sharing website to recruit new students, new followers to join their group.Interested parties are welcome to give cash if they don't want to give their life.The clip was... Continue Reading Posted at 9:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - How does the ranking help schools get better or worse students—help them attract customers? Bill Belew August 21, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 6:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nike Founder Phil Knight Gives University of Oregon $100 Million Bill Belew August 21, 2007 Phil and Penny Knight are now the largest donors in the University of Oregon's history - large as in big givers, not as in physical size. The founder of Nike gave the university $100 million, the largest single gift ever... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 6) Bill Belew August 21, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Their three-year-old put down the 30 centimeter long knife he had been playing with, the same knife my soldier friend had used to cut the cabbage, and took a wad of kimchee... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug20	Online Utica College - No More Excuses Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Sponsored ReviewMy dad was old school, born before the Depression, yanked out of school to help his parents support the rest of the family.He often had crude but very effective ways of getting his point across. One of his famous... Continue Reading Posted at 5:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	J.K. Rowling and Life after Harry Potter Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Is there life after Harry Potter?No...not does Harry Potter have a life? Is there life after Harry Potter for J.K. Rowling?It seems there is.Rowling has been spotted in coffices in Scotland working on a detective novel says a British newspaper via... Continue Reading Posted at 1:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Minority Scores Lag on Teaching Tests Bill Belew August 20, 2007 When Massachusetts first started requiring wannabe teachers to pass writing and reading tests in addition to completing their college classes and internships professors started complaining.In April 1998, 60% of white test takers passed the writing portion compared with just 24%... Continue Reading Posted at 11:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - How do, or should, schools utilize their ranking through marketing, PR, and advertising to strengthen their school’s brand? Bill Belew August 20, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 6:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How NOT to Give Customer Service Bill Belew August 20, 2007 California leads the way....so, they say.California also can show the nation how NOT to do customer service.I wasn't in CA for more than a few minutes when I learned of the standard.New to the 'please pay before filling up' idea...(I'd... Continue Reading Posted at 4:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dental Students are Worst Smokers Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Isn't smoking also supposed to bad for your teeth as well?Somebody should tell that to the 62% of male dental students and 35% of female dental students in Japan who smoke?A Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry research team found that... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (Part 5) Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures On one of my solo treks into Chinhae a Korean solider came up to me seemingly from out of the blue, smiling, and offered to take me home. “Joe, you... Continue Reading Posted at 12:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug19	PhD Students Need Help to become More Marketable Bill Belew August 19, 2007 Japan's education Ministry plans to offer an internship program in 2008 designed to help doctorate students in the science fields gain some practical work experience and product development knowledge, thus making them more desirable to prospective employers.Japan has the status... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	600 Volunteers Strip Naked for Global Warming Bill Belew August 19, 2007 Global warming...global warming...whether you buy it or not, it sure is fun to watch how stupid people can be to promote what they believe about it. (including me, perhaps?)600 volunteers stripped naked to pose for photographer Spencer Tunick on an... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US Navy Pulls Youtube Video of Ronald Reagan CVN 76 Bill Belew August 19, 2007 You can learn too much sometimes...online...via Youtube...thinks the US Navy.A sailor created a four minute video "Women of CVN 76: 'That Don't Impress Me Much'," and posted it on Youtube.CVN 76 is the call sign for the aircraft carrier Ronald... Continue Reading Posted at 7:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - What effect do the rankings have on the business of education? Bill Belew August 19, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 5:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 4) Bill Belew August 19, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures After we docked in Chinhae I called on my faithful pistons to taxi me through the local streets. Chinhae is a southern port city in South Korea, on the south west side... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug18	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - What importance do the rankings have to US higher education? Bill Belew August 18, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	20 Politically Correct Ways to Call Someone Stupid Bill Belew August 18, 2007 One of the hardest transitions I had to make when I returned to the States after spending some 20 years in the Orient, or is it Asia, was trying to catch up on the politically correct way to say or... Continue Reading Posted at 5:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 3) Bill Belew August 18, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures It was early spring during my first tour of duty in 1981 when after finishing naval exercises in the Japan Sea we docked in Chinhae, South Korea. I had ridden a Korean... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug17	9-year old math prodigy applies for university in Hong Kong - March Boedihardjo Bill Belew August 17, 2007 A 9-year old Indonesian Chinese born boy, March Boedihardjo, has applied to enter the Baptist University of Hong Kong.The boy had is application sent to several universities and is awaiting the results of his A-level exams and Advanced Extension Awards... Continue Reading Posted at 4:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers Bill Belew August 17, 2007 US News & World Report has released their 2008 college ranking.For the eighth straight year, the private New Jersey school, Princeton has claimed the top spot.Numbers 2 and 3 are the same as well, Harvard then Yale.The top 25 are... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 2) Bill Belew August 17, 2007 Introduction to - How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures In the early ‘70s, I served as Communications Officer aboard the USS Knox, FF 1052. When our ship docked in foreign ports; Kure, Japan, Onlongapo, PI, Chinhae, Korea and other... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	Barbara Morgan on the Difference between Astronauts and Teachers Bill Belew August 16, 2007 Teacher now astronaunt Barbara Morgan took questions and spoke to a packed Discovery Center in Boise, Idaho where she once taught before joining the astronaut ranks.The children wanted to know how she exercised in space.She responded by lifting two of... Continue Reading Posted at 2:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Universities in China to Get Police Stations Bill Belew August 16, 2007 Universities in America are wondering why it took so long for the Chinese universities to realize the need for police on campus.It's par for the course in the U.S. Just a couple of years ago, my wife couldn't get to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Looking for Right Conditions for Life Bill Belew August 16, 2007 A University of Arizona researcher and lead investigator for one of NASA's seven science instruments aboard Phoenix said it right, "If we do find organic molecules, we won't be able to say that they definitely came from life in the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Report - US Army Suicide Rate Highest in 26 Years Bill Belew August 16, 2007 The US Army has compiled a report as part of a suicide prevention program.One of the findings - the suicide rate is at its highest in a quarter of a century.And, one fourth of the soldiers who took their own... Continue Reading Posted at 6:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Not to Rob a Liquor Store Bill Belew August 16, 2007 A policeman once told me that one of their biggest advantages when chasing robbers and other bad guys was the fact that thugs and other would be criminals are not usually the funniest clowns in the circus...are often a few... Continue Reading Posted at 3:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 1) Bill Belew August 16, 2007 Introduction to - How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures My calloused feet, with their cardboard heels and black, mutilated or missing toenails take me places. I once ran, shuffled, or maybe waddled over narrow paths and through trickling creeks... Continue Reading Posted at 12:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug15	US Military Offers Chance to Dropouts Bill Belew August 15, 2007 The military is having a hard time filling is ranks with the unpopular Iraq War in its fifth year.One solution - offer dropouts training to meet the minimal educational requirements for staying in the National Guard.The Army and Army National... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2 Reasons Why Number of Diabetic Kids Drop in Tokyo Schools Bill Belew August 15, 2007 If America and other western countries can figure out how this happened, it would be great news for the many fat and getting fatter kids in school.Type 2 diabetes is not only inherited but also develops from lifestyle - including... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Universities Avoid Teaching Students about War Crimes Bill Belew August 15, 2007 Japan does not face up to its past very well.Nobody likes to dig up the ugly past about themselves, except for maybe the Germans.Only 20% of Japanese universities' medical facilities teach their charges about war crimes committed by medical workers... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Forbes.com Healthiest Dorm Room Habits - Defeating the Freshman 15 Bill Belew August 15, 2007 Forbes.com thinks that not everyone has to pack on the freshman 15.Freshman 15 is the weight gain of the average freshman away from home for the first time - eating unlimited amounts of soda, sugary cereals, ice cream and the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Back-to-college Spending - $47 billion! Bill Belew August 15, 2007 According to NRF’s 2007 Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch....parents and students, mostly parents, will spend $47.3 billion to send their kids back to school...$956.93 each, up $880.52 from last year.Clothing and accessories - $7.41 billionLaptops, digital cameras,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Bill Belew August 15, 2007 There is a big push for multicultural education these days. I taught a class on it once at a graduate school in upstate New York.Here in California nearly every resume that is completed has a question dealing with the applicant's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug14	High Point Church Refuses Gay Person's Funeral - Counter View Bill Belew August 14, 2007 I am not an investigative reporter. I read the news, make a comment, often with my foot in my mouth or keyboard as the case may be.What I do hope for is discussion and to be more 'knowing' when all... Continue Reading Posted at 10:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Announces Paper Thin Battery Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed an ultra-thin, flexible batter and energy storage device for next-generation electronics and implantable medical equipment.The battery produces electricity like its predecessor, the lithium-ion battery which powers todays gadgets.However, all the components are in a... Continue Reading Posted at 5:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Expensive Kindergarten Promises to Prepare Kids for College by 15-years of age Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The first time around the owner of China's most expensive kindergarten did it illegally."This time," he says, "I got me an official license from the local government."He promises that his kindergarten will:1. be a wonderland creation2. have kids reading by... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ugly American Meets Ugly Chinese Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The rich are different, or maybe not.Their image in China is not good.When asked to pick a word to describe the rich, the average Chinese chose1. luxury (57.1%)2. greedy (52.7%)3. corrupt (45.0%)... Continue Reading Posted at 5:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Save a Life with an Obituary - Nicholas Ryan Dunn Bill Belew August 14, 2007 Nicholas Ryan Dunn was 28-years old. His name in the obituary of the Indianapolis Star brought the average age of the dying yesterday down by about 20 years...maybe more.His father wrote - "Yesterday my son took his own life. He... Continue Reading Posted at 4:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How NOT to Edit Titles to News Stories Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The news headline is accurate, but it definitely ain't mainstream.Robbers Robbed Dogshit Parcel in Front of BankWhile China is working overtime to rid the online world of porn and such, the title of this newstory shows they (the English editors... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 21 Bill Belew August 14, 2007 There are other words that might belong on a sixth grade spelling list – forgiveness, acceptance, tolerance, patience, and compassion, to name a few. Perhaps the turbulent ‘60s with its assassinations, wars and marches for equality would have been... Continue Reading Posted at 12:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug13	College Aged Kid Drives Blind While Friend Coaches Bill Belew August 13, 2007 "A little to the left, a little to the right. Stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight."Perhaps the coaching went something along those lines. A 20-year old dude and his friend went for a drive in the southern city of Tartu... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why We Wish to be Young Again Bill Belew August 13, 2007 It's true...young people bounce back faster than those two-three-four times their age.The young also bounce better. A 17-year old boy in South Carolina reached up to grab a bathing suit that had fluttered down from the 11th floor, five stories up...then... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom and Dad are Right about Escalators Bill Belew August 13, 2007 Mom and Dad are right when they tell you to step high so you don't get your foot caught in the escalator.I didn't believe my parents (I am not sure there even were escalators when I was a kid) and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High School Teacher Loses Job Over Sirius Radio Contest Date Bill Belew August 13, 2007 A disabled high school art teacher had his eyes on a trip to St. Petersburg, FL so he could visit the Salvador Dali Museum NOT on a date he won with a porn star.However, school board in his hometown of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Answers.Com Congratulates TheBizOfKnowlege Bill Belew August 13, 2007 I was pleasantly surprised to receive the following email this morning from Answers.com.Congratulations!! You've earned an Honorable Mention in the very first Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge!! Pat yourself on the back and tell all your friends. Answers.com offered up a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 20 Bill Belew August 13, 2007 Not long after the whole affair had settled down and we went on about our young lives, JJ slipped a note into one of my textbooks, perhaps my spelling book that went something like this: --- Belew, “I was... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug12	UPenn and Temple - Overweight Students 20% More Likely to Stay Home Bill Belew August 12, 2007 A study by University of Pennsylvania and Temple University found that overweight children were 20% more likely to be absent from school than their normal-weight peers.BMI, body mass index, was as significant a factor in determining absenteeism from school as... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Finds Environment Friendly Way to Dye For Bill Belew August 12, 2007 Students in China have found an environment-friendly way to dye for.The group went on a three-week visit to the Zhuang ethnic group to study their living and cultural traditions and to conduct a social-practice program.What they found also was that... Continue Reading Posted at 7:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	40% of China's Best Students Study Abroad Bill Belew August 12, 2007 A survey found that about 40% of China's best exam takers chose overseas universities for their postgraduate studies. Many of them stayed overseas.These students (zhuangyuan) top contestants are the 'examples' for the younger upcoming students.However, despite China's development in recent... Continue Reading Posted at 7:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Gay Person Refused Funeral at High Point Church in Arlington, TX Bill Belew August 12, 2007 Here is something worth knowing...if you were gay and now dead, do not expect your survivors to hold a funeral service at the High Point Church in Arlington, Texas...even if your brother works there. He has little pull.He might get... Continue Reading Posted at 5:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 19 Bill Belew August 12, 2007 On a wall in the hallway just outside of the room we had been meeting in and at the top of the staircase that led outside to the playground was a placard with the words, “Teach a child when... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug11	5 Practical Slideshows from Forbes.com Bill Belew August 11, 2007 Forbes.com knows business, who does it best, how much they make doing it and sometimes how they did it.I came across these slide shows at Forbes that have, oh, about 40-50 lessons that we can learn from those who have... Continue Reading Posted at 1:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 18 Bill Belew August 11, 2007 You’d think Jesus couldn’t do better at calming a storm. I looked up at the picture of him walking on the water. All of them, the parents, teachers, the principal, the superintendent, and even the Reverend looked at me... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug10	High School Teacher Sells Christ-like Sealant Smudge fo $1,525 on eBay. Bill Belew August 10, 2007 A high school teacher who considers herself an active Lutheran sold a smudge of driveway sealant that she said resembled the face of Jesus Christ."There are some people who need this kind of thing to sort of start them on... Continue Reading Posted at 1:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	141 Things You Can Do w/ a Swiss Army Knife and One You Cannot Bill Belew August 10, 2007 The Guiness Book of World Record People have been hanging out in Switzerland at the Wenger Company, maker of the Swiss Army Knife version XXL.The knife was selected as the "Most Multifunctional Penknife."It has 87 tools and 141 functions...none of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fudan University Children's Hospital Gives Child a Chance Bill Belew August 10, 2007 Fudan University Children's Hospital gave a child a chance to live a healthy life with a repaired heart and breastbone.The baby, with a chance of 1 in 200,000 was born with severe damage to the breast bone, diaphragm and abdominal... Continue Reading Posted at 9:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A Rooster that can do Math?! Read?! Bill Belew August 10, 2007 Some lady in China taught her rooster how to do math.The cock can add and subtract as well as count.No one cries foul when the fowl crows to distinguish between Chinese characters either.I don't know whether to marvel at the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Every Inch of Moon Surface to be Mapped Bill Belew August 10, 2007 China is heading to the moon with the aim of mapping every inch of its surface.I don't know the area of the moon, but something tells me that's going to be a very big map.And don't we have one already?Later... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	CollegeHumor.com vs PrincetonReview - Top Beer Drinking Schools Bill Belew August 10, 2007 Princeton Review ranks colleges in all sorts of categories, not the least important of which is Top Ten Beer Drinking Schools The top five are: 5. West Virginia University4. Ohio University - Athens3. University of Texas - Austin2. Washington and... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 17 Bill Belew August 10, 2007 I shifted to my right and looked directly into JJ’s dark brown eyes. I saw my own blue eyes reflecting back at me, as she looked back with a smile that accented her deep dimples. “Jackie,” I said, loud... Continue Reading Posted at 12:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	Gembutsu.com - Getting Things Done More Efficiently Bill Belew August 9, 2007 Sponsored Review It is terribly hard to beat the Japanese when it comes to getting things done efficiently AND done well. And nobody but nobody can beat Toyota Motors at what they do. Just ask GM. Just how do the Japanese... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are You a Good Match for Online Learning Bill Belew August 9, 2007 eLearners offers a test to determine whether or not someone is a good prospect for the online learning format.I got a 94% and immediately went back to find out where I am NOT a match.There are 12 questions - 1.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chang'e I to Purposely Crash into the Moon Bill Belew August 9, 2007 I don't know which research institute came up with this idea...which scientist...which knucklehead...but, ideas on how to dispose of China's circumlunar exploration satellite, Chang'e I, named after the Chinese goddess are being tossed about.The three options thusfar: 1. land it on... Continue Reading Posted at 8:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Forbes.com Holds Class - Presentation Killers Bill Belew August 9, 2007 Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who did, tell us how.Forbes.com has learned some lessons that businessmen and women can benefit from.10 Presentation Killers -1. Showing Your Backside Never turn your back on the audience for more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kyoto University Uses Unsterilized Gauze on 63 Patients Bill Belew August 9, 2007 Japan is clean from the getgo, obsessively clean.It makes the news that Kyoto University used 400+ unsterilized gauze strips on 63 patients all the more bewildering, not to mention the object of lawsuits.The gauze was used to stop bleeding during... Continue Reading Posted at 4:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Record Chasing Career - Matt Murphy & Barry Bonds Bill Belew August 9, 2007 "Mom, I think I'm going to quit college," said Matt putting on his Alex Rodriquez jersey."Oh, dear. Then, what will you do with your life?" asked mom a sigh."I'm gonna chase records. Be famous. Make a million or more.""That's nice,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 16 Bill Belew August 9, 2007 JJ was to my right and I could almost reach out and touch her if I leaned forward and pretended to drop something. But I knew better than to try. Besides, I had nothing to drop. Voices went high... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 8	'Billy's Boot Camp' DVDs top 1 Million in Sales Bill Belew August 8, 2007 The Japanese are nuts sometimes. Okay, people are really nutty sometimes and the Japanese are no exception.For some reason, pretty girls in tights and bathing suits loved to be drilled into the ground until they are all sweaty and slippery.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teacher Offers Hush Money to Elementary Students Bill Belew August 8, 2007 "What'd you learn in school today, Hanako?""Uh, nothing. Why do you ask?""Just curious. How were your classes?""Ahhh, mom. Okay. Okay. I learned what 'hush money' is?""You learned what?!"A teacher at an elementary school in Japan ordered lunches for... Continue Reading Posted at 2:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Ways to Know You Are Ready for an Online Education Bill Belew August 8, 2007 Always wanted to go back to school?What's keeping you?Somebody told you that you couldn't do it back when?What's keeping you from proving them wrong?My dad used to say, "excuses are like rear ends, everyone has one and they all stink."... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apollo Group Inc. Will Acquire Online Advertising Network Aptimus Bill Belew August 8, 2007 Apollo Group, Inc. the leading provider of both online and on-campus education, announced it will acquire online advertising network Aptimus, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $48 million.Plop! $48 million on the table and the Aptimus advertising goes... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apples' iMac, iLife, iWork Updates in Time for School Buying Season Bill Belew August 8, 2007 I am wondering which iMac my son is going to get. Just a couple of days ago, he and I dropped by the Apple Inc. cubby in the basement of the university he attends in the midwest."We'll take that one,"... Continue Reading Posted at 8:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shaolin Boxing Added to Curriculum Bill Belew August 8, 2007 "What's on your schedule today, Wang?""We're learning how to kick the crap out of upper classmen?""Yeah, they didn't get to learn Shaolin boxing when they were in elementary school."A local education bureau in Henan revealed that teaching materials written by... Continue Reading Posted at 6:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Forbes.com 6 Best Tips for Public Speaking Bill Belew August 8, 2007 Forbes.com asked 28 people - politics to religion for their best practices.The tips -1. Be sure you want to make something happen. Call it passion for your idea. I tell my students that the reason most people can't speak in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 15 Bill Belew August 8, 2007 JJ was to my right and I could almost reach out and touch her if I leaned forward and pretended to drop something. But I knew better than to try. Besides, I had nothing to drop. Voices went high... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 7	NCAA College Football - Players Speak Bill Belew August 7, 2007 College football eats up so much of a school athletic budget.Yeah, yeah, it generates income, too...but the average student never sees any of it in a discount for the tuition. A swimmer doesn't get a better pool out of it.Still...college... Continue Reading Posted at 1:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to Attend a Military School for Juveniles Bill Belew August 7, 2007 Everybody sing!Let's forget our spoiled life at home and become more strong minded.The comfortable life is lift behind in school and we start our military life with new dreams and pursuits. I think it can be sung to the tune of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beer Drinkers' Challenge - 1 litre in 4.8 seconds Bill Belew August 7, 2007 College would not be college if there weren't beer drinking contests.Gosh, I participated and won beer drinking contests when I was in high school.Princeton Review even ranks the Top Ten Beer Drinking Schools.And I reckon even adults like to play... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	60 Year Education Revolution Bill Belew August 7, 2007 Sixty years ago there were just 381 schools.Now there are 1,900 middle and primary schools and 36 colleges serving some 24 million people. In the 1950's scholars from Peking and Nankai Universities decided to make Inner Mongolia their mission...more accurately,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Online College Degrees - 1985+ Degrees, 132+ Colleges and Universities Bill Belew August 7, 2007 Question: What kind of degree can be obtained online?Answer: All of them. Arts & HumanitiesHealth & MedicineBusiness & MBAScience & EngineeringComputers & I.T.Social SciencesEducation & TeachingTrades & CareersQuestion: What level of higher education degree can be obtained online?Answer:... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Barbara Morgan, Teacher, Heads to Space on Endeavour Bill Belew August 7, 2007 It is surely true that some of the best things in life are those we wait for and wait and wait....Barbara Morgan has been waiting 22 years to get into space on a space shuttle. Tomorrow, the Endeavour will take the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 14 Bill Belew August 7, 2007 That last big word, discrimination, was on my spelling list. And I didn’t like what was being said about me or my parents. I then lost track of all the other questions and statements. It didn’t matter, for no... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 6	Great-Great-Grandma Gets Masters Degree Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Great-great-grandma Phyllis left school when she was 12 years old to help her mother care for her siblings because her father had left them. 82 years later she received a Masters Degree in Medical Science from University of Adelaide.The Guiness... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tsukuba Professor Arrested for NOT Keeping His Hands to Himself Bill Belew August 6, 2007 I just finished a blog where I wrote that kids are learning things at school, or at least on school grounds that they should NOT be.Well, it seems that professors in Japan are taking lessons off campus that they should... Continue Reading Posted at 3:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Newark School Site of Execution-Style Shooting Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Kids are learning lessons at school that should NOT be taught there.Three friends, 18, 20 and 20 were found shot dead, execution-style, behind an elementary school. A fourth had knife and gun wounds to her head.The four were listening to... Continue Reading Posted at 3:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prestigious Universities Suffer from Rude Tourist Behavior Bill Belew August 6, 2007 China's too best universities - Tsinghua University and Beijing University are suffering from too many groups of tourists.Each day 4,000-10,000 tourists visit the campuses.The tourists sit on landmarks, haul luggage and picnic items into classrooms, talk out loud thus destroying... Continue Reading Posted at 2:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Inventions that Made a Billion Dollars Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Thomas Edison said, "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."To make a billion dollars with your invention, it needs to catch on.Here are 4 people whose ideas caught on...Brad Hughes - Real estate exec thought... Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why You Shouldn't Jump on the Bed - Pillow Flight - 6-year stumbles over pillow and out the window Bill Belew August 6, 2007 There's a reason why mom and dad always said to stop jumping on the bed and it has nothing to do with wearing out mattresses and box springs and such.A 6-year old Chinese girl was doing the trampoline thing with... Continue Reading Posted at 9:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 13 Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Teachers didn’t use that word in our school. Ours was a Christian school and that slip wasn’t permissible. There was a very long pause, long enough for the teacher to realize she had said something wrong and everyone... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 5	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 12 Bill Belew August 5, 2007 “Billy! What were you thinking?” went into one ear. “Uh, I ...” started to reply as I sat up one more time. My feeble reply was interrupted by, “Billy! Why do you hate blacks?” “Uh,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 4	Modern Day Hansel & Gretel Leave 32,000 Coins in its Tracks Bill Belew August 4, 2007 So, what were the drivers of this armored car listening to anyway? An iPod? Or in this case NOT listening to?Some 32,000 ching, ching, chings took place as an armored car spilled out quarters onto the pavement over TWO counties... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Board Cracks Down on Obscene Teachers Bill Belew August 4, 2007 What is it with Japan's teachers and the obscene things they do?Does this happen everywhere and not make it in the news? Or is it just so rare in Japan that when it does happen, it ALWAYS makes the news?It... Continue Reading Posted at 8:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hiroshima Universty Students Drink Toilet Water for 14 Years Bill Belew August 4, 2007 Students at Hiroshima University had another bomb dropped on them this week.The university has learned that due to a plumbing blunder they have been drinking water that was previously meant to move water with other 'bombs' floating in it.Water meant... Continue Reading Posted at 6:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 11 Bill Belew August 4, 2007 The teachers, principal, and others in the room watched the verbal tennis match with interest. JJ’s side forehanded an attack and my father lobbed it back. Her grandparents returned that with a vicious backhand and once again my father... Continue Reading Posted at 12:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 3	iTunes Hits 3 Billion Songs Bill Belew August 3, 2007 Apple Company said its iTunes has sold more than 3 billion songs since its launch four years ago....1 billion of those in the past six months and most of them to college kids?Each of my two sons bought a MacBook... Continue Reading Posted at 12:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Special Therapy - Restaurant Offers Special Room for Throwing Dishes Bill Belew August 3, 2007 Well, after all you can eat your dinner and throw the dishes, too...preferably in that order.A restaurant in China thinks that some people want to throw dishes at their mates.Bad cooking, maybe?For a minimum charge of about $6.60, customers, after... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Man Sentenced to 500 Hours in a Cemetery Bill Belew August 3, 2007 Sometimes judges do things that make sense.Hearing a case about someone suing for $50 million because of lost pants is not one of them.Making me go to court for running a stop sign on my BICYCLE is NOT one of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar - When to Stop Having kids - 17 kids maybe? 90,000 used diapers? Bill Belew August 3, 2007 When is a good time to stop having kids?A couple in Arkansas just had their 17th kid....and they all have names that begin with the letter J. Only Mom, Michelle, is different. Dad is Jim Bob.Joshua, 19; John David, 17;... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Obese Girls Less Likely to Attend College Bill Belew August 3, 2007 A sociology professor at the University of Texas studied the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health before writing a comparison study - "Gender, Obesity, and Education."The study began in 1994 and surveyed nearly 90,000 students from grades 7-12 at 132... Continue Reading Posted at 11:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Dress 145 Monkeys in Black Robes and Have Them Pose for a Picture Bill Belew August 3, 2007 How do you dress 145 monkeys in black robes and get them to stand still, well almost, for a picture?Easy...take away their keys and give them an o "k".In Japan, 145 devotees became Buddhists monks in a ceremony yesterday.The group... Continue Reading Posted at 9:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 10 Bill Belew August 3, 2007 “No, Cleo is one of his best friends. Cleo’s been to our house to spend the night several times,” my mom retorted. “Cleo Jr. used to come to the house even before his father was killed.” I returned... Continue Reading Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 2	78-year old Harry Potter Tired of All the Fuss Bill Belew August 2, 2007 Every time a new Harry Potter book or movie comes out, Harry Potter gets phone calls, interview requests from TV and radio networks and autograph requests.Not THAT Harry Potter, the real Harry Potter, 78-year old Harry Potter who lives in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Admission Letters Come with Ads Attached Bill Belew August 2, 2007 One of China's A-list universities, Nankai Universiity sent admissions letters to new students who succeeded in being accepted."Whoopee! Uh...what's with all these ads?"The admission letters were sent with a VCD advertisement of a mobile phone company and a 10 yuan... Continue Reading Posted at 4:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tsinghua, US University Students Team Up Bill Belew August 2, 2007 Changes take place at the grass roots level.Friendships forged in college last forever and oftentimes the lessons learned outside of the classroom during the college years are the ones that are the most longlasting and valuable.American students are teaming up... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 9 Bill Belew August 2, 2007 My parents asked, “Do you know what’s going on, Billy?” “Nope,” I answered honestly. “They think you hurt JJ on purpose,” Mom said. “They think you hurt her because she is black.” I didn’t understand. ... Continue Reading Posted at 12:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 1	College Students Choose from 237 Reasons Why They Want to Have Sex Bill Belew August 1, 2007 The University of Texas spent five years studying the why behind sex.Why do people want to have sex? Why do college students want to have sex?Before asking 1,549 students to choose, they had to give them all cold showers. The... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mozart Increases Math Scores and Chases Away Gang Members Bill Belew August 1, 2007 Mozart is working his magi several hundreds of years after his death.The Shanghai local government organized a math camp.Two groups of students were challenged to solve geometry problems. One group had a Mozart sonata playing in the background, the other... Continue Reading Posted at 3:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	San Jose State University's 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winner Bill Belew August 1, 2007 I don't know why I didn't know about this contest until after the fact.It's pretty much the story of my life...but.Some dude won $250 for being the worst prose writer in the San Jose State University's 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.The... Continue Reading Posted at 2:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Coffee, Vitamin B6 Help Prevent Intestinal Cancer Bill Belew August 1, 2007 A research team from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, which included members of the National Cancer Center gonducted a major government survey to probe the connection between large intestinal cancer and lifestyle habits.Men who took vitamin B6, and... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High School Girl Runs Concert Ticket Scam Bill Belew August 1, 2007 A kid can't even make pocket money these days, can they?What's wrong with a little entrepreurship, doing business, making a little cash?Plenty - if it's a fraud, a fake, a scam and it's run by a 17-year old high school... Continue Reading Posted at 11:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 8 Bill Belew August 1, 2007 At meetings like this my mom generally made me wear my Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, usually a plaid flannel shirt, corduroys and today, a pair of new black Converse sneakers. A picture of Jesus walking on the water hung over... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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Aug31	Research Team Develops Hydrogen-Gasoline Fuel System Bill Belew August 31, 2007 Know More: International Education Hrein Energy is a producer and vendor of hydrogen production and storage systems. Yesterday the company announced it had successfully field tested a car powered by a hydrogen-gasoline mixture. Sounds pretty dangerous to me....NO SMOKING signs on the cars, I hope. Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug31	Milestones and Favors at Bill Belew's KnowMoreMedia Blogs Bill Belew August 31, 2007 Toot toot toot!That's me blowing my own horn and I do sincerely beg your forgiveness.Milestones are reached at my blogs because of you, my readers, for whom I am deeply grateful...all 2,000,000+ of you.Thank you, thank you, thank you.August was... Continue Reading Posted at 11:33 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug30	Senior Suspended for Legendary Prank -Youtube video Bill Belew August 30, 2007 What a dude, indeed?!A senior at a high school in Columbus, OH orchestrated a prank where the cross-town rivals held up black and white cards that they thought would say, "Go Darby!" but instead said, "We Suck".Amazing! A 17-year old... Continue Reading Posted at 12:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Colorado Elementary School Bans Kids from Playing Tag on the Playground Bill Belew August 30, 2007 An elementary school in Colorado Springs has banned the game of tag from its hallowed school ground because children complained they were being harassed or chased against their will. "Mommy! Mommy! He called me 'It'." Uh, I think that's the point of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug29	What do 'Dancing with the Stars' Mark Cuban, Floyd Mayweather Jr, Wayne Newton, Scary Spice, Helio Castroneves all have in common? Bill Belew August 29, 2007 What do Dallas Mavericks owner, Mark Cuban, welterweight boxing champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Las Vegas headliner Wayne Newton have in common?Answer - none of them are in the news for what they are doing for education...despite there being... Continue Reading Posted at 4:04 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Leona Helmsley Leaves $12 million to Trouble Bill Belew August 29, 2007 It doesn't matter that the "Queen of Mean" Leona Helmsley has grandchildren that could use some, a pittance even, of the billions of dollars she leaves behind or that students everywhere would gladly walk her dog, Trouble, if she could... Continue Reading Posted at 9:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug28	Phantom Professor Paid Salary for 15 Years Bill Belew August 28, 2007 And we wonder why universities everywhere cannot balance their budgets.A French tax official created a phantom identity and collected a salary for 15 years. "I think that I shall become a university professor," he said while holding his calculator. "Maybe I... Continue Reading Posted at 11:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Redneck Lunar Eclipse Watching Bill Belew August 28, 2007 Last night, or early this morning, there was full lunar eclipse.I had seen a solar eclipse before, but not a lunar one.When I read that it was going to be best seen on the west coast, I thought, gee, that's... Continue Reading Posted at 10:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug27	Out-of-body Mystery Unlocked Bill Belew August 27, 2007 Swiss researchers think they have succeeded in mimicking the phenomenon known as out-of-body experience.The researchers think they can explain what is going on scientifcally. Of course, they had to go out-of-body to do it.The journal, Science, has published two findings,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Too Much Tutoring Has Reverse Affect Bill Belew August 27, 2007 A survey by the Shanghai education authority has come up with results that back up what kids have been saying all along.Nearly 2 out of 5 students in middle and high school receive private tutoring or take additional lessons after... Continue Reading Posted at 10:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns - What Should We Tell the Kids? Bill Belew August 27, 2007 Attorney General Alberto Gonzales Resigns is the headline.Alberto Gonzales was the first Latino to hold the post of attorney general - "I have lived the American dream," he said. The American dream - to reach the pinnacle your career has to... Continue Reading Posted at 9:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III - Leave God Out of It! Bill Belew August 27, 2007 The post Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III - Christians? Which Bible Are They Reading? has garnered a large discussion. There are the lovers and the pragmatics, the forgivers and the judgers, the understanders and the head-shakers (this one might be... Continue Reading Posted at 7:57 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug26	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (End) Bill Belew August 26, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures I wasn’t sure if I saw a tear in her eyes because my eyes were moist as well. I realized all too clearly that whores -- this word sounds so dirty --... Continue Reading Posted at 12:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug25	Flugtag - Where are all the University engineering departments? Bill Belew August 25, 2007 I had never heard of Flugtag until today.Flugtag has been around since 1991, and I have had my head buried for most of that time apparently.Flugtag is an event in which competitors attempt to fly in homemade flying machines.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:59 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - Does the ranking make a difference to international students? Bill Belew August 25, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Massachusetts State Lottery...NYS Lottery...Where to give my money away? Bill Belew August 25, 2007 Let me see...the Massachusetts State Lottery, the NYS Lottery, the Sunnyvale City Hall Raffle...Where should I throw my money away, er, give my money to?The whole lottery thing came about after I left for Japan some 20+ years ago.Now, they... Continue Reading Posted at 8:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (Part 10) Bill Belew August 25, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Kim’s countenance dropped. I couldn’t read her mind but the dejection in her lovely face and the sudden appearance of uncharacteristic wrinkles in her smooth cheeks as her smile transformed into a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug24	2007 Miss Teen USA - The Best America Has to Offer? California, New York, Texas, Colorado..... Bill Belew August 24, 2007 2007 Miss Teen USA is here.I got to wondering...what is it Donald Trump and his crowd looking for?And, can the winning young lady be considered the best America has to offer - the brightest - the most attractive - the... Continue Reading Posted at 8:17 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Juanita Bynum - Thomas Weeks III - Christians? Which Bible Are They Reading? Bill Belew August 24, 2007 Juanita Bynum Decides to file charges against husband Thomas Weeks III is the headline at the BizOfShowBiz a sister site in the KnowMoreMedia network.I don't Juanita Bynum from Adam or is it Eve or her ex-husband, estranged husband Bishop Thomas... Continue Reading Posted at 6:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency Stirs Up Anger Over Bonuses Bill Belew August 24, 2007 The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency helps students in need of loans and such....when they are not helping themselves.One place the PHEAA might find some money is in the bonuses that are paid to their top executives.The PHEAA wracked up... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	9-year old Shen Shijun Accepted to Hong Kong Baptist University (pix) Bill Belew August 24, 2007 Shen Shijun, (9) became the youngest university student ever in Hong Kong.The Hong Kong Baptist University enrolled the tike in their mathematics department.Perhaps the only difference between the boy and other students twice is age... Continue Reading Posted at 10:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 7 - What does the future hold for the rankings? Bill Belew August 24, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 9:06 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	UCLA Report - More Californians Developint Diabetes Bill Belew August 24, 2007 A study coming out of UCLA's Center for Health Policy Research said 1.8 million Californians had diabetes in 2005, up 6.2% from 2001.There were no racial and ethnic boundaries except for blacks who have the highest overall prevalance rates.The worst... Continue Reading Posted at 6:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	3 Reasons White Collar Workers Eat in the University Cafeteria Bill Belew August 24, 2007 White collared workers know a good deal when they see one. They also know when the salary they make isn't going to make it. Oh...and the younger ones remember where they can find a good cheap meal....the university cafeteria.Chinese white-collared... Continue Reading Posted at 3:38 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 9) Bill Belew August 24, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Kim was petite and a bit of pink rouge accented her dimples, the right one just a bit larger than the left. Her eyes were sensuous and her lips inviting. She... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug23	59-year old Michael Flynt Returns to Sul Ross University Football Team Bill Belew August 23, 2007 59-year old Michael Flynt has returned to Sul Ross University in Alpine, Texas to finish something he started 37 years ago....play football.'Grandpa' is competing against 100 other college football player wannabes to make the team. The official roster for the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	College Presidents in China Bill Belew August 23, 2007 The Renmin University of China released a survey of University presidents in the Middle Kingdom.1. Average age - 52.2. 90% male Han Chinese3. 32.2% have studied abroad... Continue Reading Posted at 10:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	TheBizOfKnowledge Welcomes 2,000,000th Unique Visitor to Bill Belew's Blogs Bill Belew August 23, 2007 Please indulge me for a minute as I blow my own horn....toot! toot!I maintain three blogs for the KnowMoreMedia network - this one, PanAsianBiz and RisingSunOfNihon. At 11:02am PST I welcomed my 2,000,000th unique visitor.Somebody at Easley, Parkhill & Brackendorf, PC... Continue Reading Posted at 9:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - A growing number of universities are distancing themselves from the ranking? Why? Bill Belew August 23, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 7:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	World's Largest Cram School Classroom? Bill Belew August 23, 2007 The organizers in Jiangsu province's Nanjing may not even know to call the Guiness World Record people.With everyone and their brother in China, well everywhere for that matter, wanting a spot in the Guiness book, the gathering here might just... Continue Reading Posted at 3:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 8) Bill Belew August 23, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures The sun beat down on me from overhead. The heat and glare were magnified by their reflection off the Sea of Japan. I could almost hear the skin on my arms peeling.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug22	Dubbing Harry Potter Gets Easier Bill Belew August 22, 2007 The Chinese voice of Harry Potter is Wu Lei, a member of the Shanghai Film Dubbing Studio.Wu Lei was the voice behind Harry Potter in episode 2-5 and perhaps the two remaining episodes. It gets easier says the Chinese lip-synchronizer.Four... Continue Reading Posted at 3:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Worst Habits on Campus Bill Belew August 22, 2007 Chinese students are voting on the 10 Worst Habits on campus.So far 1. Interrupting others' rest in the dormitory is ahead - 30%2. Spitting on the ground - 15%3. Making out in public - 13%Other bad habits - Taking a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Time Machine Becomes Real Possibility Bill Belew August 22, 2007 I had a hard time understanding this article. Somebody needs to send me back in time so that I can get a better grasp of science making it possible for me to understand what is going on when I read... Continue Reading Posted at 9:04 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University of Missouri-St. Louis PhD Candidate, Roxana Contreras, Detained in Russia Bill Belew August 22, 2007 Roxana Contreras is a physics PhD candidate at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.While visiting friends in Voronezh, Russia after attending a conference related to her studies in synchronization in brain activity in traumatically brain injured patients, she found herself wishing... Continue Reading Posted at 6:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - What about online colleges? Why are they never listed in the ranking? Bill Belew August 22, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network. I'd like to take a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 7) Bill Belew August 22, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Two days later during that same port visit in Chinhae I received another invitation to go home with a local. CLOP CLOP CLOP. The noise was quick paced until... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug21	NASA Global Warming Data Wrong Bill Belew August 21, 2007 A blogger found a mistake in NASA data on temperatures between 1999 and 2000. Goddard Institute for Space Studies made changes and sent an email thanking the blogger."The net effect was to reduce the U.S. temperature anomalies for the period... Continue Reading Posted at 12:51 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Al-Qaeda Turns to Youtube to Recruit New Students Bill Belew August 21, 2007 Extremists linked to Al-Qaeda in the Philippines has turned to Youtube, Google's video-sharing website to recruit new students, new followers to join their group.Interested parties are welcome to give cash if they don't want to give their life.The clip was... Continue Reading Posted at 9:36 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - How does the ranking help schools get better or worse students—help them attract customers? Bill Belew August 21, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 6:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Nike Founder Phil Knight Gives University of Oregon $100 Million Bill Belew August 21, 2007 Phil and Penny Knight are now the largest donors in the University of Oregon's history - large as in big givers, not as in physical size. The founder of Nike gave the university $100 million, the largest single gift ever... Continue Reading Posted at 3:45 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 6) Bill Belew August 21, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Their three-year-old put down the 30 centimeter long knife he had been playing with, the same knife my soldier friend had used to cut the cabbage, and took a wad of kimchee... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug20	Online Utica College - No More Excuses Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Sponsored ReviewMy dad was old school, born before the Depression, yanked out of school to help his parents support the rest of the family.He often had crude but very effective ways of getting his point across. One of his famous... Continue Reading Posted at 5:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	J.K. Rowling and Life after Harry Potter Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Is there life after Harry Potter?No...not does Harry Potter have a life? Is there life after Harry Potter for J.K. Rowling?It seems there is.Rowling has been spotted in coffices in Scotland working on a detective novel says a British newspaper via... Continue Reading Posted at 1:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Minority Scores Lag on Teaching Tests Bill Belew August 20, 2007 When Massachusetts first started requiring wannabe teachers to pass writing and reading tests in addition to completing their college classes and internships professors started complaining.In April 1998, 60% of white test takers passed the writing portion compared with just 24%... Continue Reading Posted at 11:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - How do, or should, schools utilize their ranking through marketing, PR, and advertising to strengthen their school’s brand? Bill Belew August 20, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 6:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How NOT to Give Customer Service Bill Belew August 20, 2007 California leads the way....so, they say.California also can show the nation how NOT to do customer service.I wasn't in CA for more than a few minutes when I learned of the standard.New to the 'please pay before filling up' idea...(I'd... Continue Reading Posted at 4:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Dental Students are Worst Smokers Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Isn't smoking also supposed to bad for your teeth as well?Somebody should tell that to the 62% of male dental students and 35% of female dental students in Japan who smoke?A Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry research team found that... Continue Reading Posted at 2:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (Part 5) Bill Belew August 20, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures On one of my solo treks into Chinhae a Korean solider came up to me seemingly from out of the blue, smiling, and offered to take me home. “Joe, you... Continue Reading Posted at 12:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug19	PhD Students Need Help to become More Marketable Bill Belew August 19, 2007 Japan's education Ministry plans to offer an internship program in 2008 designed to help doctorate students in the science fields gain some practical work experience and product development knowledge, thus making them more desirable to prospective employers.Japan has the status... Continue Reading Posted at 11:50 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	600 Volunteers Strip Naked for Global Warming Bill Belew August 19, 2007 Global warming...global warming...whether you buy it or not, it sure is fun to watch how stupid people can be to promote what they believe about it. (including me, perhaps?)600 volunteers stripped naked to pose for photographer Spencer Tunick on an... Continue Reading Posted at 9:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US Navy Pulls Youtube Video of Ronald Reagan CVN 76 Bill Belew August 19, 2007 You can learn too much sometimes...online...via Youtube...thinks the US Navy.A sailor created a four minute video "Women of CVN 76: 'That Don't Impress Me Much'," and posted it on Youtube.CVN 76 is the call sign for the aircraft carrier Ronald... Continue Reading Posted at 7:31 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - What effect do the rankings have on the business of education? Bill Belew August 19, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 5:59 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 4) Bill Belew August 19, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures After we docked in Chinhae I called on my faithful pistons to taxi me through the local streets. Chinhae is a southern port city in South Korea, on the south west side... Continue Reading Posted at 12:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug18	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - What importance do the rankings have to US higher education? Bill Belew August 18, 2007 In an earlier post - US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers I listed up 8 questions that were passed around to the business writers of the KnowMoreMedia network.I'd like to take a stab... Continue Reading Posted at 10:44 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	20 Politically Correct Ways to Call Someone Stupid Bill Belew August 18, 2007 One of the hardest transitions I had to make when I returned to the States after spending some 20 years in the Orient, or is it Asia, was trying to catch up on the politically correct way to say or... Continue Reading Posted at 5:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 3) Bill Belew August 18, 2007 Intro to How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures It was early spring during my first tour of duty in 1981 when after finishing naval exercises in the Japan Sea we docked in Chinhae, South Korea. I had ridden a Korean... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug17	9-year old math prodigy applies for university in Hong Kong - March Boedihardjo Bill Belew August 17, 2007 A 9-year old Indonesian Chinese born boy, March Boedihardjo, has applied to enter the Baptist University of Hong Kong.The boy had is application sent to several universities and is awaiting the results of his A-level exams and Advanced Extension Awards... Continue Reading Posted at 4:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	US News America's Best Colleges 2008 - 8 Questions in Need of Answers Bill Belew August 17, 2007 US News & World Report has released their 2008 college ranking.For the eighth straight year, the private New Jersey school, Princeton has claimed the top spot.Numbers 2 and 3 are the same as well, Harvard then Yale.The top 25 are... Continue Reading Posted at 10:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 2) Bill Belew August 17, 2007 Introduction to - How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures In the early ‘70s, I served as Communications Officer aboard the USS Knox, FF 1052. When our ship docked in foreign ports; Kure, Japan, Onlongapo, PI, Chinhae, Korea and other... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug16	Barbara Morgan on the Difference between Astronauts and Teachers Bill Belew August 16, 2007 Teacher now astronaunt Barbara Morgan took questions and spoke to a packed Discovery Center in Boise, Idaho where she once taught before joining the astronaut ranks.The children wanted to know how she exercised in space.She responded by lifting two of... Continue Reading Posted at 2:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	10 Universities in China to Get Police Stations Bill Belew August 16, 2007 Universities in America are wondering why it took so long for the Chinese universities to realize the need for police on campus.It's par for the course in the U.S. Just a couple of years ago, my wife couldn't get to... Continue Reading Posted at 12:26 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander Looking for Right Conditions for Life Bill Belew August 16, 2007 A University of Arizona researcher and lead investigator for one of NASA's seven science instruments aboard Phoenix said it right, "If we do find organic molecules, we won't be able to say that they definitely came from life in the... Continue Reading Posted at 9:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Report - US Army Suicide Rate Highest in 26 Years Bill Belew August 16, 2007 The US Army has compiled a report as part of a suicide prevention program.One of the findings - the suicide rate is at its highest in a quarter of a century.And, one fourth of the soldiers who took their own... Continue Reading Posted at 6:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How Not to Rob a Liquor Store Bill Belew August 16, 2007 A policeman once told me that one of their biggest advantages when chasing robbers and other bad guys was the fact that thugs and other would be criminals are not usually the funniest clowns in the circus...are often a few... Continue Reading Posted at 3:34 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures (part 1) Bill Belew August 16, 2007 Introduction to - How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures My calloused feet, with their cardboard heels and black, mutilated or missing toenails take me places. I once ran, shuffled, or maybe waddled over narrow paths and through trickling creeks... Continue Reading Posted at 12:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug15	US Military Offers Chance to Dropouts Bill Belew August 15, 2007 The military is having a hard time filling is ranks with the unpopular Iraq War in its fifth year.One solution - offer dropouts training to meet the minimal educational requirements for staying in the National Guard.The Army and Army National... Continue Reading Posted at 3:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	2 Reasons Why Number of Diabetic Kids Drop in Tokyo Schools Bill Belew August 15, 2007 If America and other western countries can figure out how this happened, it would be great news for the many fat and getting fatter kids in school.Type 2 diabetes is not only inherited but also develops from lifestyle - including... Continue Reading Posted at 12:45 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Japanese Universities Avoid Teaching Students about War Crimes Bill Belew August 15, 2007 Japan does not face up to its past very well.Nobody likes to dig up the ugly past about themselves, except for maybe the Germans.Only 20% of Japanese universities' medical facilities teach their charges about war crimes committed by medical workers... Continue Reading Posted at 9:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Forbes.com Healthiest Dorm Room Habits - Defeating the Freshman 15 Bill Belew August 15, 2007 Forbes.com thinks that not everyone has to pack on the freshman 15.Freshman 15 is the weight gain of the average freshman away from home for the first time - eating unlimited amounts of soda, sugary cereals, ice cream and the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Back-to-college Spending - $47 billion! Bill Belew August 15, 2007 According to NRF’s 2007 Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, conducted by BIGresearch....parents and students, mostly parents, will spend $47.3 billion to send their kids back to school...$956.93 each, up $880.52 from last year.Clothing and accessories - $7.41 billionLaptops, digital cameras,... Continue Reading Posted at 3:51 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Communicate Across Cultures Bill Belew August 15, 2007 There is a big push for multicultural education these days. I taught a class on it once at a graduate school in upstate New York.Here in California nearly every resume that is completed has a question dealing with the applicant's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:53 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug14	High Point Church Refuses Gay Person's Funeral - Counter View Bill Belew August 14, 2007 I am not an investigative reporter. I read the news, make a comment, often with my foot in my mouth or keyboard as the case may be.What I do hope for is discussion and to be more 'knowing' when all... Continue Reading Posted at 10:28 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Announces Paper Thin Battery Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed an ultra-thin, flexible batter and energy storage device for next-generation electronics and implantable medical equipment.The battery produces electricity like its predecessor, the lithium-ion battery which powers todays gadgets.However, all the components are in a... Continue Reading Posted at 5:40 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	China's Most Expensive Kindergarten Promises to Prepare Kids for College by 15-years of age Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The first time around the owner of China's most expensive kindergarten did it illegally."This time," he says, "I got me an official license from the local government."He promises that his kindergarten will:1. be a wonderland creation2. have kids reading by... Continue Reading Posted at 5:31 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Ugly American Meets Ugly Chinese Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The rich are different, or maybe not.Their image in China is not good.When asked to pick a word to describe the rich, the average Chinese chose1. luxury (57.1%)2. greedy (52.7%)3. corrupt (45.0%)... Continue Reading Posted at 5:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Save a Life with an Obituary - Nicholas Ryan Dunn Bill Belew August 14, 2007 Nicholas Ryan Dunn was 28-years old. His name in the obituary of the Indianapolis Star brought the average age of the dying yesterday down by about 20 years...maybe more.His father wrote - "Yesterday my son took his own life. He... Continue Reading Posted at 4:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How NOT to Edit Titles to News Stories Bill Belew August 14, 2007 The news headline is accurate, but it definitely ain't mainstream.Robbers Robbed Dogshit Parcel in Front of BankWhile China is working overtime to rid the online world of porn and such, the title of this newstory shows they (the English editors... Continue Reading Posted at 2:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 21 Bill Belew August 14, 2007 There are other words that might belong on a sixth grade spelling list – forgiveness, acceptance, tolerance, patience, and compassion, to name a few. Perhaps the turbulent ‘60s with its assassinations, wars and marches for equality would have been... Continue Reading Posted at 12:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug13	College Aged Kid Drives Blind While Friend Coaches Bill Belew August 13, 2007 "A little to the left, a little to the right. Stand up, sit down, fight, fight, fight."Perhaps the coaching went something along those lines. A 20-year old dude and his friend went for a drive in the southern city of Tartu... Continue Reading Posted at 1:38 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why We Wish to be Young Again Bill Belew August 13, 2007 It's true...young people bounce back faster than those two-three-four times their age.The young also bounce better. A 17-year old boy in South Carolina reached up to grab a bathing suit that had fluttered down from the 11th floor, five stories up...then... Continue Reading Posted at 11:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mom and Dad are Right about Escalators Bill Belew August 13, 2007 Mom and Dad are right when they tell you to step high so you don't get your foot caught in the escalator.I didn't believe my parents (I am not sure there even were escalators when I was a kid) and... Continue Reading Posted at 9:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High School Teacher Loses Job Over Sirius Radio Contest Date Bill Belew August 13, 2007 A disabled high school art teacher had his eyes on a trip to St. Petersburg, FL so he could visit the Salvador Dali Museum NOT on a date he won with a porn star.However, school board in his hometown of... Continue Reading Posted at 6:01 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Answers.Com Congratulates TheBizOfKnowlege Bill Belew August 13, 2007 I was pleasantly surprised to receive the following email this morning from Answers.com.Congratulations!! You've earned an Honorable Mention in the very first Answers.com Creative Writing Challenge!! Pat yourself on the back and tell all your friends. Answers.com offered up a... Continue Reading Posted at 3:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 20 Bill Belew August 13, 2007 Not long after the whole affair had settled down and we went on about our young lives, JJ slipped a note into one of my textbooks, perhaps my spelling book that went something like this: --- Belew, “I was... Continue Reading Posted at 12:20 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug12	UPenn and Temple - Overweight Students 20% More Likely to Stay Home Bill Belew August 12, 2007 A study by University of Pennsylvania and Temple University found that overweight children were 20% more likely to be absent from school than their normal-weight peers.BMI, body mass index, was as significant a factor in determining absenteeism from school as... Continue Reading Posted at 7:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Finds Environment Friendly Way to Dye For Bill Belew August 12, 2007 Students in China have found an environment-friendly way to dye for.The group went on a three-week visit to the Zhuang ethnic group to study their living and cultural traditions and to conduct a social-practice program.What they found also was that... Continue Reading Posted at 7:29 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	40% of China's Best Students Study Abroad Bill Belew August 12, 2007 A survey found that about 40% of China's best exam takers chose overseas universities for their postgraduate studies. Many of them stayed overseas.These students (zhuangyuan) top contestants are the 'examples' for the younger upcoming students.However, despite China's development in recent... Continue Reading Posted at 7:21 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Gay Person Refused Funeral at High Point Church in Arlington, TX Bill Belew August 12, 2007 Here is something worth knowing...if you were gay and now dead, do not expect your survivors to hold a funeral service at the High Point Church in Arlington, Texas...even if your brother works there. He has little pull.He might get... Continue Reading Posted at 5:39 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 19 Bill Belew August 12, 2007 On a wall in the hallway just outside of the room we had been meeting in and at the top of the staircase that led outside to the playground was a placard with the words, “Teach a child when... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug11	5 Practical Slideshows from Forbes.com Bill Belew August 11, 2007 Forbes.com knows business, who does it best, how much they make doing it and sometimes how they did it.I came across these slide shows at Forbes that have, oh, about 40-50 lessons that we can learn from those who have... Continue Reading Posted at 1:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 18 Bill Belew August 11, 2007 You’d think Jesus couldn’t do better at calming a storm. I looked up at the picture of him walking on the water. All of them, the parents, teachers, the principal, the superintendent, and even the Reverend looked at me... Continue Reading Posted at 12:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug10	High School Teacher Sells Christ-like Sealant Smudge fo $1,525 on eBay. Bill Belew August 10, 2007 A high school teacher who considers herself an active Lutheran sold a smudge of driveway sealant that she said resembled the face of Jesus Christ."There are some people who need this kind of thing to sort of start them on... Continue Reading Posted at 1:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	141 Things You Can Do w/ a Swiss Army Knife and One You Cannot Bill Belew August 10, 2007 The Guiness Book of World Record People have been hanging out in Switzerland at the Wenger Company, maker of the Swiss Army Knife version XXL.The knife was selected as the "Most Multifunctional Penknife."It has 87 tools and 141 functions...none of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Fudan University Children's Hospital Gives Child a Chance Bill Belew August 10, 2007 Fudan University Children's Hospital gave a child a chance to live a healthy life with a repaired heart and breastbone.The baby, with a chance of 1 in 200,000 was born with severe damage to the breast bone, diaphragm and abdominal... Continue Reading Posted at 9:23 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	A Rooster that can do Math?! Read?! Bill Belew August 10, 2007 Some lady in China taught her rooster how to do math.The cock can add and subtract as well as count.No one cries foul when the fowl crows to distinguish between Chinese characters either.I don't know whether to marvel at the... Continue Reading Posted at 7:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Every Inch of Moon Surface to be Mapped Bill Belew August 10, 2007 China is heading to the moon with the aim of mapping every inch of its surface.I don't know the area of the moon, but something tells me that's going to be a very big map.And don't we have one already?Later... Continue Reading Posted at 5:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	CollegeHumor.com vs PrincetonReview - Top Beer Drinking Schools Bill Belew August 10, 2007 Princeton Review ranks colleges in all sorts of categories, not the least important of which is Top Ten Beer Drinking Schools The top five are: 5. West Virginia University4. Ohio University - Athens3. University of Texas - Austin2. Washington and... Continue Reading Posted at 2:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 17 Bill Belew August 10, 2007 I shifted to my right and looked directly into JJ’s dark brown eyes. I saw my own blue eyes reflecting back at me, as she looked back with a smile that accented her deep dimples. “Jackie,” I said, loud... Continue Reading Posted at 12:16 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 9	Gembutsu.com - Getting Things Done More Efficiently Bill Belew August 9, 2007 Sponsored Review It is terribly hard to beat the Japanese when it comes to getting things done efficiently AND done well. And nobody but nobody can beat Toyota Motors at what they do. Just ask GM. Just how do the Japanese... Continue Reading Posted at 7:23 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Are You a Good Match for Online Learning Bill Belew August 9, 2007 eLearners offers a test to determine whether or not someone is a good prospect for the online learning format.I got a 94% and immediately went back to find out where I am NOT a match.There are 12 questions - 1.... Continue Reading Posted at 2:05 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Chang'e I to Purposely Crash into the Moon Bill Belew August 9, 2007 I don't know which research institute came up with this idea...which scientist...which knucklehead...but, ideas on how to dispose of China's circumlunar exploration satellite, Chang'e I, named after the Chinese goddess are being tossed about.The three options thusfar: 1. land it on... Continue Reading Posted at 8:46 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Forbes.com Holds Class - Presentation Killers Bill Belew August 9, 2007 Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach. Those who did, tell us how.Forbes.com has learned some lessons that businessmen and women can benefit from.10 Presentation Killers -1. Showing Your Backside Never turn your back on the audience for more... Continue Reading Posted at 6:28 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Kyoto University Uses Unsterilized Gauze on 63 Patients Bill Belew August 9, 2007 Japan is clean from the getgo, obsessively clean.It makes the news that Kyoto University used 400+ unsterilized gauze strips on 63 patients all the more bewildering, not to mention the object of lawsuits.The gauze was used to stop bleeding during... Continue Reading Posted at 4:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Record Chasing Career - Matt Murphy & Barry Bonds Bill Belew August 9, 2007 "Mom, I think I'm going to quit college," said Matt putting on his Alex Rodriquez jersey."Oh, dear. Then, what will you do with your life?" asked mom a sigh."I'm gonna chase records. Be famous. Make a million or more.""That's nice,... Continue Reading Posted at 2:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 16 Bill Belew August 9, 2007 JJ was to my right and I could almost reach out and touch her if I leaned forward and pretended to drop something. But I knew better than to try. Besides, I had nothing to drop. Voices went high... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 8	'Billy's Boot Camp' DVDs top 1 Million in Sales Bill Belew August 8, 2007 The Japanese are nuts sometimes. Okay, people are really nutty sometimes and the Japanese are no exception.For some reason, pretty girls in tights and bathing suits loved to be drilled into the ground until they are all sweaty and slippery.... Continue Reading Posted at 4:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Teacher Offers Hush Money to Elementary Students Bill Belew August 8, 2007 "What'd you learn in school today, Hanako?""Uh, nothing. Why do you ask?""Just curious. How were your classes?""Ahhh, mom. Okay. Okay. I learned what 'hush money' is?""You learned what?!"A teacher at an elementary school in Japan ordered lunches for... Continue Reading Posted at 2:09 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	8 Ways to Know You Are Ready for an Online Education Bill Belew August 8, 2007 Always wanted to go back to school?What's keeping you?Somebody told you that you couldn't do it back when?What's keeping you from proving them wrong?My dad used to say, "excuses are like rear ends, everyone has one and they all stink."... Continue Reading Posted at 12:00 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apollo Group Inc. Will Acquire Online Advertising Network Aptimus Bill Belew August 8, 2007 Apollo Group, Inc. the leading provider of both online and on-campus education, announced it will acquire online advertising network Aptimus, Inc. in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $48 million.Plop! $48 million on the table and the Aptimus advertising goes... Continue Reading Posted at 10:00 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Apples' iMac, iLife, iWork Updates in Time for School Buying Season Bill Belew August 8, 2007 I am wondering which iMac my son is going to get. Just a couple of days ago, he and I dropped by the Apple Inc. cubby in the basement of the university he attends in the midwest."We'll take that one,"... Continue Reading Posted at 8:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Shaolin Boxing Added to Curriculum Bill Belew August 8, 2007 "What's on your schedule today, Wang?""We're learning how to kick the crap out of upper classmen?""Yeah, they didn't get to learn Shaolin boxing when they were in elementary school."A local education bureau in Henan revealed that teaching materials written by... Continue Reading Posted at 6:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Forbes.com 6 Best Tips for Public Speaking Bill Belew August 8, 2007 Forbes.com asked 28 people - politics to religion for their best practices.The tips -1. Be sure you want to make something happen. Call it passion for your idea. I tell my students that the reason most people can't speak in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:02 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 15 Bill Belew August 8, 2007 JJ was to my right and I could almost reach out and touch her if I leaned forward and pretended to drop something. But I knew better than to try. Besides, I had nothing to drop. Voices went high... Continue Reading Posted at 12:12 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 7	NCAA College Football - Players Speak Bill Belew August 7, 2007 College football eats up so much of a school athletic budget.Yeah, yeah, it generates income, too...but the average student never sees any of it in a discount for the tuition. A swimmer doesn't get a better pool out of it.Still...college... Continue Reading Posted at 1:48 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	7 Reasons to Attend a Military School for Juveniles Bill Belew August 7, 2007 Everybody sing!Let's forget our spoiled life at home and become more strong minded.The comfortable life is lift behind in school and we start our military life with new dreams and pursuits. I think it can be sung to the tune of... Continue Reading Posted at 12:37 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Beer Drinkers' Challenge - 1 litre in 4.8 seconds Bill Belew August 7, 2007 College would not be college if there weren't beer drinking contests.Gosh, I participated and won beer drinking contests when I was in high school.Princeton Review even ranks the Top Ten Beer Drinking Schools.And I reckon even adults like to play... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	60 Year Education Revolution Bill Belew August 7, 2007 Sixty years ago there were just 381 schools.Now there are 1,900 middle and primary schools and 36 colleges serving some 24 million people. In the 1950's scholars from Peking and Nankai Universities decided to make Inner Mongolia their mission...more accurately,... Continue Reading Posted at 10:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Online College Degrees - 1985+ Degrees, 132+ Colleges and Universities Bill Belew August 7, 2007 Question: What kind of degree can be obtained online?Answer: All of them. Arts & HumanitiesHealth & MedicineBusiness & MBAScience & EngineeringComputers & I.T.Social SciencesEducation & TeachingTrades & CareersQuestion: What level of higher education degree can be obtained online?Answer:... Continue Reading Posted at 8:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Barbara Morgan, Teacher, Heads to Space on Endeavour Bill Belew August 7, 2007 It is surely true that some of the best things in life are those we wait for and wait and wait....Barbara Morgan has been waiting 22 years to get into space on a space shuttle. Tomorrow, the Endeavour will take the... Continue Reading Posted at 6:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 14 Bill Belew August 7, 2007 That last big word, discrimination, was on my spelling list. And I didn’t like what was being said about me or my parents. I then lost track of all the other questions and statements. It didn’t matter, for no... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 6	Great-Great-Grandma Gets Masters Degree Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Great-great-grandma Phyllis left school when she was 12 years old to help her mother care for her siblings because her father had left them. 82 years later she received a Masters Degree in Medical Science from University of Adelaide.The Guiness... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tsukuba Professor Arrested for NOT Keeping His Hands to Himself Bill Belew August 6, 2007 I just finished a blog where I wrote that kids are learning things at school, or at least on school grounds that they should NOT be.Well, it seems that professors in Japan are taking lessons off campus that they should... Continue Reading Posted at 3:49 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Newark School Site of Execution-Style Shooting Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Kids are learning lessons at school that should NOT be taught there.Three friends, 18, 20 and 20 were found shot dead, execution-style, behind an elementary school. A fourth had knife and gun wounds to her head.The four were listening to... Continue Reading Posted at 3:42 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Prestigious Universities Suffer from Rude Tourist Behavior Bill Belew August 6, 2007 China's too best universities - Tsinghua University and Beijing University are suffering from too many groups of tourists.Each day 4,000-10,000 tourists visit the campuses.The tourists sit on landmarks, haul luggage and picnic items into classrooms, talk out loud thus destroying... Continue Reading Posted at 2:22 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	4 Inventions that Made a Billion Dollars Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Thomas Edison said, "To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk."To make a billion dollars with your invention, it needs to catch on.Here are 4 people whose ideas caught on...Brad Hughes - Real estate exec thought... Continue Reading Posted at 1:58 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Why You Shouldn't Jump on the Bed - Pillow Flight - 6-year stumbles over pillow and out the window Bill Belew August 6, 2007 There's a reason why mom and dad always said to stop jumping on the bed and it has nothing to do with wearing out mattresses and box springs and such.A 6-year old Chinese girl was doing the trampoline thing with... Continue Reading Posted at 9:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 13 Bill Belew August 6, 2007 Teachers didn’t use that word in our school. Ours was a Christian school and that slip wasn’t permissible. There was a very long pause, long enough for the teacher to realize she had said something wrong and everyone... Continue Reading Posted at 12:11 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 5	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 12 Bill Belew August 5, 2007 “Billy! What were you thinking?” went into one ear. “Uh, I ...” started to reply as I sat up one more time. My feeble reply was interrupted by, “Billy! Why do you hate blacks?” “Uh,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:10 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 4	Modern Day Hansel & Gretel Leave 32,000 Coins in its Tracks Bill Belew August 4, 2007 So, what were the drivers of this armored car listening to anyway? An iPod? Or in this case NOT listening to?Some 32,000 ching, ching, chings took place as an armored car spilled out quarters onto the pavement over TWO counties... Continue Reading Posted at 8:24 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Education Board Cracks Down on Obscene Teachers Bill Belew August 4, 2007 What is it with Japan's teachers and the obscene things they do?Does this happen everywhere and not make it in the news? Or is it just so rare in Japan that when it does happen, it ALWAYS makes the news?It... Continue Reading Posted at 8:14 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Hiroshima Universty Students Drink Toilet Water for 14 Years Bill Belew August 4, 2007 Students at Hiroshima University had another bomb dropped on them this week.The university has learned that due to a plumbing blunder they have been drinking water that was previously meant to move water with other 'bombs' floating in it.Water meant... Continue Reading Posted at 6:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 11 Bill Belew August 4, 2007 The teachers, principal, and others in the room watched the verbal tennis match with interest. JJ’s side forehanded an attack and my father lobbed it back. Her grandparents returned that with a vicious backhand and once again my father... Continue Reading Posted at 12:09 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 3	iTunes Hits 3 Billion Songs Bill Belew August 3, 2007 Apple Company said its iTunes has sold more than 3 billion songs since its launch four years ago....1 billion of those in the past six months and most of them to college kids?Each of my two sons bought a MacBook... Continue Reading Posted at 12:44 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Special Therapy - Restaurant Offers Special Room for Throwing Dishes Bill Belew August 3, 2007 Well, after all you can eat your dinner and throw the dishes, too...preferably in that order.A restaurant in China thinks that some people want to throw dishes at their mates.Bad cooking, maybe?For a minimum charge of about $6.60, customers, after... Continue Reading Posted at 12:32 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Man Sentenced to 500 Hours in a Cemetery Bill Belew August 3, 2007 Sometimes judges do things that make sense.Hearing a case about someone suing for $50 million because of lost pants is not one of them.Making me go to court for running a stop sign on my BICYCLE is NOT one of... Continue Reading Posted at 11:37 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Michelle and Jim Bob Duggar - When to Stop Having kids - 17 kids maybe? 90,000 used diapers? Bill Belew August 3, 2007 When is a good time to stop having kids?A couple in Arkansas just had their 17th kid....and they all have names that begin with the letter J. Only Mom, Michelle, is different. Dad is Jim Bob.Joshua, 19; John David, 17;... Continue Reading Posted at 11:19 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Obese Girls Less Likely to Attend College Bill Belew August 3, 2007 A sociology professor at the University of Texas studied the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health before writing a comparison study - "Gender, Obesity, and Education."The study began in 1994 and surveyed nearly 90,000 students from grades 7-12 at 132... Continue Reading Posted at 11:05 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How to Dress 145 Monkeys in Black Robes and Have Them Pose for a Picture Bill Belew August 3, 2007 How do you dress 145 monkeys in black robes and get them to stand still, well almost, for a picture?Easy...take away their keys and give them an o "k".In Japan, 145 devotees became Buddhists monks in a ceremony yesterday.The group... Continue Reading Posted at 9:15 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 10 Bill Belew August 3, 2007 “No, Cleo is one of his best friends. Cleo’s been to our house to spend the night several times,” my mom retorted. “Cleo Jr. used to come to the house even before his father was killed.” I returned... Continue Reading Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 2	78-year old Harry Potter Tired of All the Fuss Bill Belew August 2, 2007 Every time a new Harry Potter book or movie comes out, Harry Potter gets phone calls, interview requests from TV and radio networks and autograph requests.Not THAT Harry Potter, the real Harry Potter, 78-year old Harry Potter who lives in... Continue Reading Posted at 4:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	University Admission Letters Come with Ads Attached Bill Belew August 2, 2007 One of China's A-list universities, Nankai Universiity sent admissions letters to new students who succeeded in being accepted."Whoopee! Uh...what's with all these ads?"The admission letters were sent with a VCD advertisement of a mobile phone company and a 10 yuan... Continue Reading Posted at 4:08 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Tsinghua, US University Students Team Up Bill Belew August 2, 2007 Changes take place at the grass roots level.Friendships forged in college last forever and oftentimes the lessons learned outside of the classroom during the college years are the ones that are the most longlasting and valuable.American students are teaming up... Continue Reading Posted at 4:01 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 9 Bill Belew August 2, 2007 My parents asked, “Do you know what’s going on, Billy?” “Nope,” I answered honestly. “They think you hurt JJ on purpose,” Mom said. “They think you hurt her because she is black.” I didn’t understand. ... Continue Reading Posted at 12:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Aug 1	College Students Choose from 237 Reasons Why They Want to Have Sex Bill Belew August 1, 2007 The University of Texas spent five years studying the why behind sex.Why do people want to have sex? Why do college students want to have sex?Before asking 1,549 students to choose, they had to give them all cold showers. The... Continue Reading Posted at 3:57 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Mozart Increases Math Scores and Chases Away Gang Members Bill Belew August 1, 2007 Mozart is working his magi several hundreds of years after his death.The Shanghai local government organized a math camp.Two groups of students were challenged to solve geometry problems. One group had a Mozart sonata playing in the background, the other... Continue Reading Posted at 3:47 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	San Jose State University's 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest Winner Bill Belew August 1, 2007 I don't know why I didn't know about this contest until after the fact.It's pretty much the story of my life...but.Some dude won $250 for being the worst prose writer in the San Jose State University's 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.The... Continue Reading Posted at 2:35 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	Coffee, Vitamin B6 Help Prevent Intestinal Cancer Bill Belew August 1, 2007 A research team from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, which included members of the National Cancer Center gonducted a major government survey to probe the connection between large intestinal cancer and lifestyle habits.Men who took vitamin B6, and... Continue Reading Posted at 2:27 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
	High School Girl Runs Concert Ticket Scam Bill Belew August 1, 2007 A kid can't even make pocket money these days, can they?What's wrong with a little entrepreurship, doing business, making a little cash?Plenty - if it's a fraud, a fake, a scam and it's run by a 17-year old high school... Continue Reading Posted at 11:18 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
	How I Learned to Forgive - Part 8 Bill Belew August 1, 2007 At meetings like this my mom generally made me wear my Sunday-go-to-meeting clothes, usually a plaid flannel shirt, corduroys and today, a pair of new black Converse sneakers. A picture of Jesus walking on the water hung over... Continue Reading Posted at 12:43 AM \| Permalink \| Comments

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