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Sep30
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 Washington City Paper is presenting The 4th annual Crafty Bastards! Arts & Crafts Fair. The GWhatchet is touting it as cheap entertainment for the cash-strapped student. Admission is free and 100 vendors will have their junk on sale 1. the most unique crafts ever created 2. cigar box guitars |
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Sep29
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"I'm so excited about this," said an education professor.Whoopee! There is a pay disparity.What happened was the educator had been working for Adelphi University for 30 years, reached the rank of full professor and learned that she was paid...
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Get your cheap , expensive Hannah Montana tickets at Nassau Coliseum...Go to Ticketmaster...Go to Stubhub or otherwise....Go now!And,why get them now? Why see Hannah Montana now? The sad reason...kids and parents will want to see Disney's Hannah before she does the...
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Sep28
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Tania Head is apparently a cheat, as is 'Captain' Scott Shields.Perhaps the two can form a 9/11 survivors' cheater's network (SCN).One of the commenters to my original post - Tania Head - Teaching the World Liars Can Get Ahead?wrote something...
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has seen a spike in cases of death from the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri.Is Global Warming causing the killer to become more active?The amoeba has killed 23 people in the United States, from...
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When the 87-year old's daughter returned a book her mother had borrowed from the library the attendant said "that'll be 50 cents.""Excuse me, but my mother died. That's why the book is late.""That will be 50 cents."Her mother died of...
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Sep27
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Purdue University conducted a study where 10,000 students and faculty members agreed to receive a text message at 11:25 am and respond as quickly as possible.It took seven minutes to send out 9,979 text messages. Replies came back within one...
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If called upon to do CPR you don't mind massaging his/her heart but don't want to connect lips?No problem says a medical study done in Japan by Kanto branch of the Japan Association for Acute Medicine.A study of 4,068 people...
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Tania Head sold herself as a survivor of 9/11.She lost her fiance when the World Trade Center collapsed...she said.Since the Sept 11th, 2001 terrorist attack she has spoken publicly about:1. what she witnessed - (climbing through carnage and chaos on...
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Sep26
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If kids do all their reading assignments, Pizza Hut will throw a pizza party for them.In China the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Air Force presented a "retired" J-6 jet fighter to a middle schoo.The plane will be used as...
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I used to do this all the time...ask somebody to help me wheel the television into the classroom.If a student was particularly desperate for some brownie points, he could bring the television AND take it back.A little 9-year old boy...
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I am usually a pretty good speller and reader of words that I have never met before.When I was growing up we learned to read and spelly phonetically. My little sister, a few years behind me can't spell worth a...
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It has been ruled that a 60-year old elementary school principal accidentally committed suicide due to his work.When one of his teachers made discriminatory remarks toward the sister of another student, the sister refused to come to school.The girl's sister...
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The University of Hiroshima Institute for Amphibian Biology has created* a frog with a transparent skin.The frog's organs can be seen through its skin.The application is to try to get people to be more transparent.Imagine how smoother relationships would go...or...
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Nike Air Native N7 is discrimination in action...NOT affirmative action.Or is it just good niche marketing?But, then what about us competition dancers with two left feet? Are they going to make something for us, too?Boycott! Nike has come out with a...
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Sep25
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I hope someone writes to me and tells me what I just said that was offensive, because I'll be doggoned if I know.The state of Oregon wouldn't let the Udinks get a fourth license plated for their son because the...
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A marriage expert from the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences says "if two people don't have a similar personality, life style, and values, their marriage won't last - even if they have beauty and money."A Shanghai matchmaking website says true...
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Businessweek, Newsweek, and others put out guides to finding the right college.The National Center for Education Statistics (IES) has a guide, too. The school can be searched:1. by name2. by state3. by distance from a starting point4. by major...
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President Ahmadinejad spoke at Columbia University.After his talk he was asked questions on behalf of the students and faculty.1. Do you or your government seek the destruction of the state of Israel as a Jewish state?2. Why is your government...
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It seems Oklahoma State Football Coach Mike Gundy would like to have Daily Oklahoman Columnist Jenni Carlson square off against his team.Instead....I think he needs to get back in the planning room to consider his game strategy.Rather...he does a pretty...
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Sep24
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While China is happy to have 162,000 students from 185 countries and region foreign students in Britain are in need of being taught how to line up to get on a bus. Lining up, queuing, is seen as a quintessentially British...
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In 2000, there were just 50,000+ students. In 2006, the number reached 162,000.They come from 185 different countries and regions...to study China, says the Ministry of Education.Gosh....and I wonder why/what everyone is studying China/Chinese these days.Beijing has agreements with with...
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Sep23
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There is a barber in Michigan who shares the same name with a known felon who is IN PRISON for armed robbery, among other crimes.The felon is in prison, NOT the barber...but, the barber has been arrested three times because...
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The China Education Expo 2007 will be held on October 20, 21st.So far, some 200 European universities are planning to attend.The China Education Association for International Exchange (CEAIE) says around 600 universities from 36 countries and regions, including more than...
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Marcel Marceau died at the age of 84.Marcel Marceau revived the art of mime and proved that great things can be accomplished with your mouth shut.Marceau was also a Holocaust survivor who had performed around the world.On stage, he played...
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Sep22
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Golf Digest says that the odds of two players in a foursome scoring back-to-back holes-in-one are 17,000,000 to 1.Well....17,000,000 foursomes ago two golfers must have done it. Or maybe it was the first bunch in a group 34 million foursomes...
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One of America's best...a 19-year old MIT sophomore student from Hawaii, showed up at Logan Airport wearing a wired and lit-up circuit board strapped to her chest with a play-doh configuration.The student of electrical engineering and computer science says, "I...
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Here's a recipe for crashing a cop car.One CopThree female college studentsA dose of stupidity. Put the cop and the three college students into a car and have the cop show off.A 38-year old, 6-year veteran cop was charged with reckless...
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A Nebraska Senator Sued God.Good grief!Apparently God has responded to the lawsuit. "This one (filing) miraculously appeared on the counter. It just all of a sudden was here, poof!" said John Friend, clerk of the Douglas County District Court in Omaha....
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Sep21
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My wife finished her job today and her boss refused to give her severance pay and final check. SIGH!!!It's a whole lot less than $2.5 million but it's the same principle.Ohio State University reneged on paying their former basketball coach...
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Harvard University may not be the only storehouse of knowledge among 'America's finest.'Storehouse of knowlege - the freshmen bring so much and the seniors take away so little.I laughed when I read that.Students at America's best schools are graduating with...
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Texas Southern University students have bats in their...well, bats in their dormitory.Some 211 students had to be moved out of TSU's Lanier Hall East and into two hotels because bats were discovered in their dorm.Worse yet, eleven students will receive...
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Sep20
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Prader-Willi Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder that creates an overwhelming desire for food and the inability to feel full after eating.I am pretty sure I have this disease. I can eat forever and I still want more....chocolate chip cookies...
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Forbes 400 are America's richest.It's no mystery that those with the deepest pockets in America come from the 4 best schools:HarvardStandford Princeton YaleI came across a fascinating interactive network map that shows how the richest relate by, degree type, self made/inherited,...
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It seems Andrew Meyer has a history of being confrontational.UF Student, Andrew Meyer, Tasered at John Kerry Forum On Sept 11th, yeah that Sept 11th, he protested with a giant size accusing President Bush of being responsible for the terroist...
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The Stanford University president is asking - is it time to increase the number of undergraduate students at the school?In 1970 the undergraduate population was 6,221.In 1980 - 6,630Last year - 6,689.However, last year, the university received a record number...
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Princeton University took a stab at grade inflation...and it worked.From 2001-2004 47% of all grades in undrergraduate courses were A's (A+, A, A-).From 2004-2007 the percentage dropped to 40.6%. The goal is 35%.Humanities dropped from 55.5% to 45.9%.Social Sciences -...
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Floyd Landis lost the expensive doping case and his Tour de France doping title.Arbitrators upheld the results of a test that showed the 2006 Tour de France champion has used synthetic testosterone to help fuel his comeback...spectactular as it was.The...
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Thousands of protestors are marching about in the tiny town of Jena, Louisiana.Their purpose: To show indignation over unjust and unequal punishment handed out in two racially charged incidents.Six black teenagers known as the "Jena 6" have been accused of...
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Sep19
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I don't know about you and your blog, or you with your blog, but TheBizOfKnowledge (that's me) is going to BlogWorld.KnowMoreMedia will be attending the Blogworld & New Media Expo in Las Vegas, Nov 8-9, 2007, as a media partner,...
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It might seems that a teacher can't have an opinion any more...just the facts.Why not hire a robot? An Illinois teacher was suspended because he was espousing the virtues of the vegan lifestyle to his middle school students.The school says he...
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I wrote a couple of months ago - 7 Reasons to NOT Be Barry Bond's 756th Home Run Ball.Mark Ecko has added an eigth and a ninth.Mark Ecko bought Barry Bond's 756th Home Run Ball for $752,467. Bidding $756K might...
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There is a teacher in Oregon who has a restraining order against her ex-husband.She's also licensed to carry a concealed weapon.However, the school has a policy that prohibits anyone except a law-enforcement officer from bringing a weapon onto campu.This is...
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Sep18
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Great idea...no longer do the little people have to be fed. No more making lunches.The kids at this primary school in China will run on solar power...well, at least the school will.30 classrooms, accommodating 860 students and teachers will get...
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I've always enjoyed studying other languages, alternate methods of communication.September 19th...is the birthday of one form and a celebration of another.According to Tech-Ex - :-) ...the first ASCII smiley face was sent on Sept. 19th, 1982 by Carnegie Mellon University Professor...
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September 19th is International Talk Like a Pirate Day.Two American friends, John "Ol Chumbucket" Baur and Mark "Capn Slappy" Summers, started the fad in the 90's but it took off when columnist Dave Barry heard about it.So, how does one...
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A University of Florida student, Andrew Meyer, had to be subdued with a taser because he didn't know when to stop talking at a John Kerry forum despite the fact there were 4-5 police officers who could have just dragged...
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A University of Florida student, Andrew Meyer, was tasered during a question and answer session with U.S. Senator John Kerry about the 2004 election.I wonder why... First thing that came to my mind...was the security provided Blackwater USA? The boy, 21, asked...
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Sep17
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A Bloomsburg University student government president apparently thinks it is okay to play by a different set of rules...to have a different set of standards for himself...after all, he's the president. Of course, he is not likely to have ever...
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Okay....I am ignorant. I admit it.I didn't know that Beaner is an old name that is derogatory towards Hispanics.Apparently, the owner of the Beaner Coffee Chain with its 77 franchises didn't know it either.Because of the 'ethnic slur' the coffee...
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Faster than a speeding bullet....stronger than a locomotive....able to leap tall buildings in a single bound...can throw chairs at his students.A teacher in Japan has been honored as 'super teacher'.The 52-year old high school teacher had been reprimanded several times...
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Americans do not have their minds in the gutter, they are in the toilet stall where Senator Larry Craig was arrested in a sex sting.An information specialist at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport says people want to know where the...
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There's a judge in Colorado who has found a way....actually four good ways to prevent people who break noise laws from becoming repeat offenders.The judge says ....'When you have a person playing rap at extreme volumes all over the city,...
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Feel like a taking a test. The University of Phoenix...yeah, those guys has created this Constitutorial. 1. Where can you find the Bill of Rights?2. TheConstitution guarantees the right of?3. The presidential candidate who gets the most _______ in an...
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Blackwater USA is a private security firm in Iraq that was started by a former Navy SEAL and employs about 1,000 people.The company is one of hundreds of private secruity firms that employ 10's of thousands of security-minded employees.The big...
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Sep16
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The new kid came to school wearing a pink shirt.A group of 6 - 10 older students mocked him, called him a homosexual and threatened to beat him up.The next day, two seniors showed up wearing pink and bought 75...
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An Amorphophallus gigas from Sumatra, Indonesia bloomed for the first time in four years in Tokyo.The plant reaches 3.1 meters and the blooming bud is about 1 meter in length.The flower is the tallest blooming flower in the world and...
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A friend invited me to sit with him in his Finnish sauna.He had it built in his backyard, courtesy of a company (some kind of fruit with a piec missing) he used to work for and something about stock options.Cool...
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Sep15
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Sep14
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The Himalayan Times says that of the 2,323 glacial lakes in Nepal, 20 are threatened by global warming.The other 2,313 are just fine, thank you.According to the United Nations Environment Program, temperatures in the Himalayas have been increasing by about...
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Pitzer College is offering a YouTube class.About 35 students have signed up and meet in a classroom where they:1. View YouTube content2. Post comments3. Post their own videos4. Record and watch the classThe media studies prof said she was 'underwhelmed'...
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O. J. Simpson is a role model for our kids....NOT.O. J. Simpson personifies the ideals of the NFL, NBA, MLB, F1....indeed.Those, um, ideals...how to cheat...get ahead...take the easy route. Yesterday, I wrote NFL, NBA, MLB, F1 ...Teaching Our Kids to Cheat.Today,...
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Google announced it will give $30 million to the first private company to safely land robotic spacecrafts on the moon....if Google can have access to all of the company's research materials and make them searchable... "We're thrilled to be sponsoring...
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Sep13
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China threw in a substitute, Song Xiaoli, and she struck an incredibly long shot in the 88th minute.Consequently, China edged Denmark 3-2 and snatched three points in the FIFA Women's World Cup D Group. China's head coach Marika Domanski-Lyfors said,...
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NFL, NBA, MLB....they are all cheats....and our kids are learning to be just like them.MLB's Barry Bonds broke Hank Aaron's Home Run record....nobody outside of San Francisco cared. Most of the things that happen in San Francisco...nobody outside of the...
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It's obvious to me now that UC Berkeley does NOT have a monopoly on goofy treehuggers and their 'deep and spiritual' antics.On the other side of the world, 20 knuckleheads held a funeral for a tree.They: 1. recited poems 2....
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Sep12
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Nothing comes in a greater abundance to Earth than salt water.An Erie, PA cancer researcher stumbled upon the way to use a radio-frequency generator that he was using for treating cancer.He was trying to desalinate seawater with the radio frequency...
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A report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) is saying biofuels may "offer a cure that is worse than the disease they seek to heal".Pushing for biofuels will disrupt markets without generating environmental benefits, they say.Why -...
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An undergraduate at Peking University is suing Microsoft for infringement of privacy in the process of collecting personal information.The plaintiff is asking - "Microsoft to unveil the information they collected from computers installed with a pirated-version-check application, and make a...
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The Shaw Prize, the Nobel Prize of the East, established by Sir Run Run Shaw in 2002, a Hong Kong billionaire and philanthropist known for his movie kingdom and donations to universities, has selected four academics working in the United...
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An Italian university student, proud that he had a cellphone that could take photos AND that he knew how to use it AND that he could even make a screensaver AND that he had his own marijuana patch...used the camera...
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Tonight...the Jewish day begins at 6pm...is Erev Rosh Hashanah.It is the beginning of the Jewish New Year.A synagogue in Miami put up a prime seat on eBay with bidding starting at $1.8 million. 1. Schmoozing with the rabbi… 2. Family named...
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Sep11
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This kid could get a whole lot more points if he could remember how he ended up upside down in a ditch in his Honda Civic and unable to get out for 8 days and seven nights.The Bowie University student...
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The China Youth Daily conducted a survey on Teacher's Day.76.3% of the respondents said a teacher was the most influential person in their life.91.5% thought it was 'respectable and decent' to be a teacher.91.6% think the most talented people in...
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US Navy ships that have been decommissioned are usually turned into museums or used for training.A community group in Honolulu wants to turn the decommissioned tender Acadia, built in 1981 into a homeless shelter.The ship can sleep 1,500.In Honolulu, land...
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Disney's Vanessa Hudgens, the wholesome star of "High School Musical" apologized for a nude photo of her that was posted on the Web.Apparently...wholesome is not what wholesome used to be.Whole means all....some means, well, I guess some. Thus, Disney allows...
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UC Berkeley will get $113 million (nice round number) from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to create 100 endowed faculty chairs.The hope is to slow/stop the exodus of top professors headed to private and wealthy universities.The Hewlett gift will...
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Sep10
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What do you remember about 9/11? Besides where you were?I was teaching an ESL class in southern Florida. I stepped out of one class, saw there was a fuss, but didn't think it was anything big at the time....then taught...
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I used to be a football fan, a Monday Night Footbal fan. I mean I am from Cincinnati. I ought to be in front of the tube hoping/rooting for the Bengals to beat up on the Cleveland Browns, er, Baltimore...
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America's top teacher, Margaret Spellings, is already dropping her name as a possible candidate in a race to be decided after her boss leaves his job.Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is considering a run for Texas Governor three years from now.Eduwonk ...
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There is a reason why high school students study math.What is 26 x stupid people trying get into the same elevator with two other adults already in it. Answer - disaster asking to happen if there weren't a couple of...
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Alcoholics Anonymous has been ruled unconstitutional by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.If a parole officer orders a parolee to go through rehabilitation at Alcoholics Anonymous or an affiliated program for druggies, the parole officer can...
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It's a huge leap for the communist country...to give awards for homosexuality studies, some may think.Eight final prize winners presented papers on the topic:1. Sociology2. Mass Communications3. Film reviews4. law...
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Britney Spears flopped at the MTV Video Music Awards. I saw Britney Spears sing once BEFORE I knew who she was. It was 7-8 years ago and I had just moved back to the States from Asia.My son and a friend...
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Sep 9
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LSU gained on USC in the national polls, but lost ground with animal rights groups.Lousiana State University wants to get another live tiger mascot.Its previous mascot died earlier this year because of kidney favor...not after being beaten in football game...
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There are two groups of students in China who want to come to the United States to study.1. Very good students who cannot get into a famous Chinese university2. Children of the wealthyIn four years, the number of Chinese taking...
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NASA is saying that the Spacecraft Cassini will pass by Saturn's walnut-shaped moon lapetus on Sept 10, getting within about 1,000 miles.It will be the last time the spacecraft will aim its instruments at the moon.lapetus spun fast, froze young,...
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Here's something EVERY college and university student needs...an alarm clock that sounds off...then rolls away and hides until the user gets up, finds it and turns it off.Gauri Nanda was a student in the United States when she came up...
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Sep 8
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5 Reasons to Subscribe to TheBizOfKnowledge - Vanessa Hudgens is Disney Channel's leading lady...a hearty science and math genius who, it was learned, posed completely naked and then saw the Interent take over from there.The 18-year old star of "High...
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Sep 7
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Stanford University is NOT always the best choice.I mean even you get in, you do NOT have to finish...call it quits after two years.You can be an artist, a musician or try professional sports.The last option is the best, IF,...
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There's an article in WSJ that gives good insight into why men avoid kids.1. An economist in CA accidentally bumps into a kid he raises his arms above his shoulders "I'm sorry!"2. A doctor in TX sees a lost child...
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Kung fu novelist Louis Cha Leung-yung, pen name Jin Young, gave 10 million yuan ($1.3 million) to the Beijing (Peiking) University's Chinese Guoxue Academy.In 1993, he donated one million to establish the academy devoted to the study of traditional Chinese...
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Researchers in the latest issue of the journal 'Science' are saying that toddlers are more sophisticated in their social learning skills than their closest primate relatives.Maybe the primates are the researchers' relatives but they are NOT mine.In physical cognitive skills...
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I am pretty sure that even I could beat Roger Federer at the U.S. Open IF 1. He didn't show up and I won by default 2. He wasn't allowed to use a racquet. 3. He was forced to carry a bowling ball...
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University biologists at the University of Colorado at Boulder tried to save the native greenback cutthroat trout from extinction.Noble indeed...but...The biologists actually saved the wrong fish, a closely related subspecies - the Colorado River cutthroat trout.Bummer!...
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Talk about starting university life with a strike or two against you....1st strike - the students are dirt poor.2nd strike - the poor students from southern China, some 1,300 of them, were given special treatment...a free trip on the train...
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Don't you wonder just a bit what somebody has to say such that they can write 1,000-10,000 posts about it? How deep have they dug? where have they gone with their topic? IMHO, these 100 most prolific bloggers have added...
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Sep 6
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Shaquille O'Neal and Shaunie O'Neal are calling it quits.What's up with that?Married just five years, and FWIW, I think Shaq got the better end of the deal, the couple each brought a child to the marriage and then had four...
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Two Northeastern University freshmen were busted for yelling out a window to a nearby dorm telling the girls - "Hey, we're selling pot over here."Over here was overheard by two police officers.Two plainclothes Boston officers (don't you just hate it...
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Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy wrote 18 letters and sent three pictures to a fan over a 10-year period starting in 1952.A letter is a handwritten correspondence, sometimes typed, that is put in a envelope and mailed, sometimes lost,...
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Researchers at Setsunan University in Osaka have discovered that Japanese women have contaminated breast milk - polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB.Kids, babies canNOT even drink their mother's milk without fear of taking in toxic substances."One of the causes of the human...
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I don't know a lot about a lot...but I know who opera star Luciano Pavarotti is/was.I liken my exposure to this tenor, the greatest of his generation and maybe the greatest ever, to a time when friends sent me to...
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House of Representative Republican, Jack Kingston, either needs to learn to spell or find a good proofreader....or maybe he was just having some, um, fun.Snafu-ed points out - the following story was on his web site until someone showed his...
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Where do retired professors go? And what do they do when they get there?A retired professor in Beijing has created a robot chef that can prepare his favorite foods...and without any complaining.He says, "It would take only a few minutes...
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Don't you wonder just a bit what somebody has to say such that they can write 1,000-10,000 posts about it? How deep have they dug? where have they gone with their topic? IMHO, these 100 most prolific bloggers have added...
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Sep 5
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Okay...I thought these two spoofs were a crack up.And what a role model they had to work from, too.How could they make fun of America's finest?Indeed....
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Most of this has been cut and pasted from College Scholarships.Org It is NOT a sponsored review...it's a good idea and a good challenge. It also makes me wish I were a student again.Three Questions:1. Is your Blog Worthy of a...
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I keep telling myself...she is just a teenager....she is just a teenager....a blonde teenager.Of course, being a blonde has nothing to do with it, but she did nothing to help the cause of blondes everywhere.Is she really the best there...
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Ball State University's most famous alumnus, David Letterman, is coming to visit.The school is naming its new $21-million Communication Media Building in his honor.The Late Show host will take part in the dedication ceremony and the school is expecting some...
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"Eak the Greek" a nail eating, tattoo covered freak side show performer for Coney Island wants to take a step down in the world and become a lawyer. His brother and father are freaks, er, I mean lawyers, so if...
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It's no coincidence that Apple Inc. has come out with a new toy - the iPod Nano with video.The iPod Nano comes with:1. a 2-inch video screen 2. 3 games,3. new user interface (UI) with "Cover Flow" interface technology, kind...
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Mother Teresa is being remembered today...the 10th anniversay of her death.(Gee, has it been 10 years already?)Mother House, the headquarters for the Missionaries of Charity that Mother Teresa founded in 1950 is the location of a mass held by Archbishop...
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9-year old Shen Shijun was accepted to Hong Kong Baptist University.Now, that the boy is there, also known as March Boedihardjo, he says his classes are too easy.When asked by reporters, the little fellow said about his first day of...
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Don't you wonder just a bit what somebody has to say such that they can write 1,000-10,000 posts about it? How deep have they dug? where have they gone with their topic? IMHO, these 100 most prolific bloggers have added...
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Sep 4
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Nebraska Cornhusker Football Coach, Bill Callhan, was given a new five-year contract at $1.75/million year.The contract makes him the fourth highest paid coach in just the Big 12!The others are: Oklahoma's Bob Stoops ($3.45 million),...
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The Michigan Wolverines were ranked number 5 before last weekend. Appalachian State visited the Wolverine's Big House and knocked them out of the top 5, the top 10, the top 20, the rankings altogether.Never before had a team tumbled so...
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The expression - preaching to the choir - doesn't quite fit. But, is Creighton University only interested in speakers that the choir will listen to?Creighton University's Prez and a group of Creighton faculty leaders met to rescind the invitation they...
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Research by Beijing Normal University and two other research institutions has discovered how attitudes in China toward marriage are changing.The best age for a man to get married - 31. A year ago - 23-26.The best ager for a woman...
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The Guangdong Provincial Sexology Association released a report saying that even though most college students are open and tolerant toward premarital sex...it's not for them.Leaving us to wonder...who do they think it is for?More than half, 57.6% of Chinese students...
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Don't you wonder just a bit what somebody has to say such that they can write 1,000-10,000 posts about it? How deep have they dug? where have they gone with their topic? IMHO, these 100 most prolific bloggers have added...
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Sep 3
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"Yakuza Moon" is Shoko Tendo's memoirs.Tendo was born into the family of a wealthy yakuza boss.The book gives her first-person account of the yakuza society, including drugs, sex, and guns in Japan's very 'peaceful' society.At school she was known as...
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Don't you wonder just a bit what somebody has to say such that they can write 1,000-10,000 posts about it? How deep have they dug? where have they gone with their topic? IMHO, these 100 most prolific bloggers have added...
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Sep 2
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I have been wanting to introduce the Top 100 Profilic Bloggers here at TBOK. I started a couple of times but got sidetracked. The idea started here and so far around 90 bloggers have claimed to have written at least...
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While Shaolin Monks are fighting Ninja Warriors with Words China wants everyone to know that there are more than 10,000 Buddhist temples, 34 Buddhist Colleges and 200,000+ monks and nuns who don't care which one of the two fighting groups...
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In the United States there are Friday night football games, Friday and Saturday night basketball games, Saturday afternoon baseball games, tennis matches, track and field contest and ...well, no fashion shows that I know of.In Japan...there is a national baseball...
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A 14-year old boy was suspended for three days because he drew a stick figure pointing a gun on an index card with the word "eek" in a bubble above his head.The parents decided the boy was the target and...
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College is back in session and the new football season got underway this past weekend.While Cal Berkeley was putting up fences to keep fans from interacting with tree sitters, Northwestern University had to put out more porta-potties so their fans...
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Members of the California Live Oak Foundation moved into a group of trees on Dec. 2nd.UC Berkeley, reaping the benefits of the counter-culture mindset it helped create in the 60s, got permission to fence the knuckleheads in.A judge has ruled...
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Sep 1
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I have been wanting to introduce the Top 100 Profilic Bloggers here at TBOK. I started a couple of times but got sidetracked. The idea started here and so far around 90 bloggers have claimed to have written at least...
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