TheBizofKnowledge: March 2008 Archives

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Mar27	Earthhour 2008 - Everybody on the Same Page Bill Belew March 27, 2008 Know More: global warming earth hour, global warming I think the whole thing about mankind causing global warming is nonsense. But, getting everyone on the same page - now that is cool, if it can be done. The Aussies have been trying for a couple of years. The next attempt, this coming Saturday, March 29th, 8pm PST. For details go to Earthhour.org. There's a really cool globe to look at, when it is working. Thank goodness, our earth doesn't go on the fritz. At least not yet. Posted at 12:08 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar26	An Athletic Program Needs a College, Not the Other Way Around Bill Belew March 26, 2008 The president of Lake City Community College in FL says, “We can run the college without an athletic program, but we can’t run the athletic program without the college.”He's got that part right.The school was spending $579K on baseball, softball... Continue Reading Posted at 12:13 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar25	How Harry Potter Can Stretch $4.5 billion Bill Belew March 25, 2008 The Harry Potter film franchise has brought in $4.5 billion.Five of the seven books in the series have been set to film. The sixth, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' is due out this November. The seventh is due out in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:29 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar24	RJR vs OSU Bill Belew March 24, 2008 RJ Reynolds (RJR) and Ohio State University (OSU) are going at it.That block O that OSU uses, they say, belongs to them. RJR said they will no longer use the 'O' in ads and will investigate how it got there in... Continue Reading Posted at 12:21 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar23	Take Christ's Resurrection Out of Easter Bill Belew March 23, 2008 A friend sent this bit to me - Keep the Christ in Christmas... [Mark Steyn]...but take His Resurrection out of Easter:"The pastors at this church in Raleigh, North Carolina, were perplexed when they saw the Holy Week Sunday school lessons... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar22	Resurrection Sunday Bill Belew March 22, 2008 The Resurrection of Jesus is a recognized fact of history. Any reasonable person with an open mind can't help but conclude that Jesus, who died on Friday, was dead and buried until Sunday morning, rose again on Sunday morning.Sunday is... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar21	How Black Was Saturday? Bill Belew March 21, 2008 Black Saturday - Jesus was dead and his buddies were running or already in hiding.They were out of there, gone.Jesus, however, was in the tomb.1. it was Joseph of Arimathea's tomb.2. it had a slanted groove in front of it... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar20	10 Things That Were Not Good about Friday Bill Belew March 20, 2008 I can't think of anything good about Good Friday. In the grand scheme of things, the Creator may have felt it necessary to go through with His plan. But, I can't imagine He had hoped that anyone would classify the... Continue Reading Posted at 12:27 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar19	New Mexico State University Faculty Members Claim Sexual/Racial Harassment in Denial of Tenure Bill Belew March 19, 2008 A couple, both faculty members at New Mexico State University, she black and a native of England and he, Hispanic, from Greece are claiming the school has harassed them sexually and racially as well as denied them tenure."Well, you're too... Continue Reading Posted at 12:56 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar18	Winning Doesn't Equal More Giving at University of Washington Bill Belew March 18, 2008 The University of Washington is taking issue with the fact that a successful sports program is good for the school = more money comes in to the coffers via donations from alumni or otherise.In 2000, UW went 11-1 in football.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar17	What comes after that '15 minutes of fame.' Bill Belew March 17, 2008 An Appalachian State University student, trying to get out of paying damages to his apartment door, contrived a story that involved a masked gunman in a Pink Floyd T-shirt running around.The college responded by shutting down the campus.The English major,... Continue Reading Posted at 12:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar16	Anthropologists Agree That Anthropologists Don't Agree on Gay Marriage Bill Belew March 16, 2008 Focus on the family says 'A family is a unit that draws from the two types of humanity, male and female.'Focus on the Family director of global family formation says there's a clear consensus among anthropologists.“A family is a unit... Continue Reading Posted at 12:49 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar15	2 Reasons You Can't Trust a Real Estate Agent's Research Bill Belew March 15, 2008 Know anybody who is a real estate agent? It seems that something like one in four homes have a license in CA where I live.Real estate agents - Can't trust the buzzards. Most of what they can do, a somewhat... Continue Reading Posted at 12:58 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar14	College Republicans Call Arts Department Terrorist Safe Haven Bill Belew March 14, 2008 The college republicans are calling the arts department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute "a terrorist safe haven."Turns out one of the students, a 41-year old created a "virtual jihadi." The origin of this student's work is a video game called "Quest... Continue Reading Posted at 12:39 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar13	Ashley Alexandra Dupre and Eliot Spitzer - Lessons Learned Bill Belew March 13, 2008 Eliot Spitzer, governor of New York, was caught screwing around with a call girl, now identified as Ashley Alexandra Dupre. For lots of pix, go to Smoking Gun. Apparently, you can participate in a poll to see where you stand at... Continue Reading Posted at 3:19 PM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar12	What Causes High School Principals to Go Beserk Bill Belew March 12, 2008 High school teachers, principals can go looney sometimes, too.What can cause a principal to go beserk?Students don't study? Teachers don't do their job? Teachers get involved with their students?What about when the principal gets involved? A 50-something geezer (yikes, that's... Continue Reading Posted at 12:47 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar11	How to Get Out of School a Month Early Bill Belew March 11, 2008 Going to the farm will get you out of classes early?Getting drafted?Volunteering maybe?Games will get you out early, too. University students in Beijing are being told they MUST go home a month earlier this summer - to accomodate the Beijing Games... Continue Reading Posted at 12:54 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar10	5 Places You Do Not Want to Park Your Car in China Bill Belew March 10, 2008 Driving is not the same in Asia as it is here in the U.S. where I live.As it turns out, parking is not the same either.How about these 6 places where you might NOT want to leave your car? ... Continue Reading Posted at 12:07 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 9	ACU Freshmen Get iPhone or iPod Touch Bill Belew March 9, 2008 All Abilene Christian University freshmen will be receive an Apple iPhone or Apple iPod touch coming this fall.The devices will be used to:1. receive homework alerts, 2. answer in-class surveys and quizzes, 3. get directions to their professors' offices, 4.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:55 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 8	Security Scares at College and University - Real and Practiced Bill Belew March 8, 2008 Colleges and universities are experiencing security scares, some real and some drummed up.Ferum College in Virginia sent students on spring break three days early because of a n armed man threatening a housekeeper. Read more.The University of Arkansas had a... Continue Reading Posted at 12:42 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 7	Fisk University Bounces Athletics to Balance Budget Bill Belew March 7, 2008 Fisk University shut down its athletic program: men's basketball, women's basketball, men's and women's tennis, cross country, track, softball and volleyball, and baseball.The athletic programs were costing the school $300k a year and were bringing in only $10k a year.Seems... Continue Reading Posted at 12:17 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 6	6 Reasons Japanese Universities Can't Turn Patents into Industrial Might Bill Belew March 6, 2008 Japan's universities and institutions of higher learning filed 9,090 patent applications in Japan in 2006, up 3.7% from 2003. Some 2,872 patents were used, also up, 15.5% during the same time period.Still Japan has problems turning its patents into might.Why?1.... Continue Reading Posted at 12:30 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 5	Bill Belew, Elvis Presley and Google Lies Bill Belew March 5, 2008 You would think that if you did a search on the top search engine in the world, you would get reliable results.That's right. Search Google, get the best and most credible results.That's not right. Plain and simple, Google lies. The... Continue Reading Posted at 6:41 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 4	4 Teams of Scientists Aim to Create Blood, Corneas, Nerves Bill Belew March 4, 2008 Japanese scientists want to develop applications of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in regenerative medicine.The cells are made from human skin cells by a Kyoto University professor and his team. The goal is to start research next year on producing... Continue Reading Posted at 12:52 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 3	20 Steps Closer to Living with Robots in Japan Bill Belew March 3, 2008 Japan is the country that is closest to having live in/work in robots. Imagine a kid who doesn't talk back, a wife who doesn't nag, a husband who doesn't come home soused, a friend who makes sushi, plants rice and... Continue Reading Posted at 5:32 AM \| Permalink \| Comments
Mar 2	5 Reasons Why Harry is a Real Prince Bill Belew March 2, 2008 Prince Charles is my 9th cousin. What that means is nothing. I never get invited to anything, weddings, funerals, dinners with heads of state, tea, a polo match, even to fetch someone's slippers. And, I sure am not related because... Continue Reading Posted at 2:13 PM \| Permalink \| Comments

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