RANT: New education lows

Thursday, December 12, 2013

http://www.lewrockwell.com/2013/12/patrick-j-buchanan/is-the-us-a-90-pound-weakling/

Is the Sun Rising in the East?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
December 7, 2013

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The scores are in from the 2012 Program for International Student Assessment, which, every three years, tests 15-year-olds from the world’s most advanced countries.

For the United States, the report card is dismal. The U.S. ranking has fallen to 17th in reading, 21st in science, and 26th in math.

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Maybe it’s Gooferment and Gooferment Skrules?

How about if “we” do less and put the parents back in charge?

Argh!

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INTERESTING: Clothes Can Be Bad for Your Health

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

http://www.care2.com/greenliving/wardrobe-clothes-deadly-health-unsafe-dangerous.html

7 Ways Your Clothes Can Be Bad for Your Health
Katie Waldeck
December 3, 2013
6:02 pm

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7. Collars & Neckties.

Over 2/3 of men buy shirts that are too small for their necks, and that can surprisingly have serious repercussions for their health. Too-tight collars and ties have actually been linked to cancer. Tight collars can cut off circulation to the brain, and increase pressure in the eyes, one of the most important risk factors for glaucoma.

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Not many collars or ties in my future.

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CLOUD: Understand Yahoo email is down

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Argh!

Yahoo has really fallen on hard times!

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POLITICAL: Cell phone ban

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

CNET December 10, 2013
CNET COMMUNITY
How do you feel about in-flight cell phone calls?

Dear CNET members,

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In October the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) gave the green light to allow the use of electronic devices from takeoff to landing, which allows you to play games, read books, listen to music and videos, and so on. But what it doesn’t allow is voice calls or mobile broadband services. However, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission is considering also lifting this ban — which would mean that at above 10,000 feet, the person next to you could break out his cell phone and start chatting with his buddies about what a great partying week he had.

I don’t know about you, but I’m not too keen on hearing everyone’s conversations throughout my flight. And the great news is a chairman of the House Transportation Committee agrees with me (OK, he’s not exactly agreeing with me, but I share his opinion). As he says, flights are noisy enough without having to listen to a plane full of passengers shouting to be heard on their phones. He has introduced a bill that would prohibit passengers from making in-flight cell phone calls on commercial aviation flights.

So what do you think of all this? Do you support a bill to prohibit cell phone calls in planes? Why or why not? Do you even think the government should be involved in this at all or should it be left to the airlines to decide? If the ban was lifted, what do you imagine would happen? More air rage and scuffles among passengers? Or maybe nothing — people will be respectful and everyone will be able to take advantage of it. Check out this CNET article titled “New House bill seeks to ban in-flight cell phone calls” and share your thoughts!

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Why can’t the airlines decide? I’d much rather have free wifi.

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CLOUD: Verizon changes TOS and cuts you off

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,28858275

Verizon Fiber Optics Forum – Dslrep… 
TODAY

Verizon Discontinuing Personal Web Space

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Anyone else get the email today? No great loss :p —————— IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING YOUR PERSONAL WEB SPACE SERVICE Dear Valued Verizon Customer, At Verizon, we strive to keep you informed of changes that may impact your Verizon online experience. That’s why we wanted to notify you that as of March 15, 2014, the Site Builder tool and the online Personal Web Space pages will be decommissioned. – You will continue to be able to view any web pages you created until September 30, 2014, but will not be able to create new pages, update or make any changes to existing pages after March 15, 2014 – If you currently pay for additional Web Space, this charge will be automatically removed from your account after March 15, 2014 when your online Personal Web Space service is decommissioned – Customers who purchased VerizonYourDomain to establish a personal website/domain are not impacted by this change – If you have previously used the Site Builder tool to create your own web page(s) you may un-publish or delete your content by taking the following steps: – Log into your account at http://verizon.com/myverizon – Navigate to Accounts and Services/My Services/Internet Click – Security & Free Tools/Manage Click – Personal Web Space Click – Actions/Edit My Website Click – Advanced Options icon in the bottom right corner of the screen Under Site Options Select Unpublish/Delete/Copy Site or Download Site Please Note: All Web Space pages will be permanently deleted as of September 30, 2014. While you cannot directly transfer your website to another provider or use any stock images from Site Builder , you may be able to download the images that you originally uploaded by clicking on the “Download Site” link within the Advanced Options setting. If you are looking for an alternative provider to host your domain and website, you may contact Web.com directly at 855-852-5186 for information on their services and pricing. Thank you for your continued use of Verizon services. We appreciate your business and look forward to continuing to serve you. Sincerely, Your Verizon Team

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And why do you believe the ISPs?

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RANT: Gooferment outrages don’t even register anymore

Monday, December 9, 2013

http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-will-pardon-these-turkeys/2013/11/27/aa718f32-56c8-11e3-8304-caf30787c0a9_story.html

Pardon these turkeys
By George F. Will, Published: November 27

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In Washington, even local government is demented: Its transit authority Metro threatened Henry Docter with “arrest, fines and imprisonment” for the crime of unregulated gardening. Docter had filled 176 empty planters at the Dupont Circle subway stop. Metro was briefly deterred by the public outcry against its threat to punish Docter for his uncompensated act of beautification. But then it had the 1,000 morning glories and other plants ripped out.

Those vigilant about our welfare never sleep; Canadian relief supplies for Oklahoma tornado victims were stopped at the U.S. border until every item could be itemized in alphabetical order and its country of origin noted. You can’t be too careful.

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Argh!

Did anyone hear about these?

Somehow the Press isn’t doing its job.

We should have a daily litany of these stupidities!

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CLOUD: Can’t depend on even for-profit websites

Sunday, December 8, 2013

https://accounts.proflowers.com/ManageReminders.aspx

Their website lost all my reminders. Emailed in; got a non-responsive auto response. Did these guys study the Obamacare website? I really want websites, services, and products that off-load details. Not lose my stuff for me. I can do that on my own. 

Argh!

Guess one needs a paper backup of everything.

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Checking out the competition:

http://www.1800flowers.com

http://www.ftd.com

http://www.teleflora.com

http://www.myflorist.com

http://www.thepottingshedflorist.com/

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INTERESTING: Coke to clean your toilet

Saturday, December 7, 2013

http://www.buzzfeed.com/readcommentbackwards/32-real-life-cheat-codes-that-will-change-your-lif-dmjk

32 Real Life Cheat Codes That Will Change Your Life
Cheat codes aren’t only meant for video games. Here are 32 that can change your real life and make it easier.
posted on September 13, 2013 at 4:39pm EDT
Andrew P.

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Fast toilet cleaning, pour 20oz of coke (or sprite) into your toilet, let sit for 10 minutes, flush. The acid will clean your bowl.

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Yeew, and we drink that stuff?

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TINFOILHAT: Another JFK controversy

Saturday, December 7, 2013

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/Novas_JFK_show_rigged_and_biased_author_says.html

PBS show on JFK assassination ‘rigged’ and ‘biased,’ author says
Peter Mucha, Philly.com
Last updated: Friday, November 15, 2013, 6:42 PM

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But no re-creation was attempted at Dealey Plaza which is open in the direction of the grassy knoll, not surrounded on four sides by buildings. Witness reliability might be tested with firecrackers and billfolds. And if one shot sounds like two, shouldn’t Oswald’s three shots have sounded like six, instead of four?

Further, rough calculations suggest that the two sounds of a single bullet, heard near the spot of the fatal shot, should appear about a quarter-second apart, not nearly three-quarters.

“I think the way we summed it up in the program is fair,” DeNooyer said. “We don’t really reach a conclusion.”

“I got handled by Nova,” Thompson said.

The Californian said his book is complete, except for 100 to 150 pages of endnotes, and it’s not about who’s behind the slaying.

“I have always had zero interest in any kind of conspiracy theories,” he said. “I have always wanted to answer one question: What happened?”

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As if there wasn’t enough doubt, here’s a meld of Oswald and the grassy knoll.

Truth?

A casualty of the propaganda machine designed to opiate of the masses.

If it was coup, then it worked.

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INSPIRATIONAL: Different designs that are uplifting

Friday, December 6, 2013

http://www.inc.com/worlds-coolest-offices/tiny-offices.html?ps01904cubicles

The Coolest Cubicles in the World
BY CAROLYN CUTRONE , CHRISTINE LAGORIO-CHAFKIN AND ERIC MARKOWITZ

Small is beautiful–and efficient. These freestanding pods, domes, and workstations are so artfully designed and ecologically sound that one might wonder: Is this the future of work?

Turns out, the future of the cubicle isn’t very square at all. Some of the coolest small-office spaces in the world–for the workplace or the home–have indoor plexiglass spheres that dampen phone-call noise or outdoor polygons with triangular windows.

Here’s a look at all nine of Inc.’s favorites.

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Some very neat designs. 

Maybe when I get to New Hampshire?

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