College Degrees, not worth what they used to be

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Marilee Jones, a prominent crusader against the
pressure on students to build their resumes for elite colleges,
resigned Thursday as dean of admissions at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology after acknowledging she had misrepresented her own
academic credentials.

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Guess I’m Going Golfing…

“Women – or men, for that matter – who are not golfing are choosing to
neglect one of the most powerful business and career-development tools
there is,” declares Hilary Bruggen.

Link

Strech Limo Mini Cooper

Take a Mini Cooper and stretch it out to about double its size, put a
hot tub in the back and you have yourself the Mini XXL, a six-wheel,
four-door six-seat stretch limousine with all the benefits of a regular
stretch limousine but with that superior fuel economy and handling
that’s so in demand with the limo-riding public.

Link with pics

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Some people are crazy

A San Francisco woman who allegedly walked away from her baby boy after
giving birth to him on a street corner was arrested on suspicion of
child endangerment and neglect, police said.

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Onward Bound

I seem to finally be over the bout with strep throat, but the amount of work that piled up over the last few days is pretty big.

Also this is the last week of college for me, so I have tons of homework and finals to take.

Bottom line, posting may be light this week…

Relatives Explained

Ever wonder what “2nd cousin twice removed” means?

Now you do

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Happy Birthday to Tandra

It was actually last Thursday, but I got strep throat last week and then went camping this weekend so have been offline for a few days…

Small Claims Court Info

In case you ever find yourself in need of small claims court (I currently do not), here is the information regarding limits, brochures, and court links:

Small
Claims Court Information and Links

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US Blackberry Servers down

I woke up this morning and checked my blackberry, which I do every morning, to see if any emergencies had sprung up overnight.

To my amazement I found only 4 new messages since I had went to sleep. Usually there are about 50-100.

So I got up and instead of heading for the shower, I booted up my laptop, expecting my mail servers were down, work’s mail servers were down, or various alerting servers were down that I have configured.

Turns out all was well online, and my blackberry was refusing to sync up how it should. Well it turns out it is not just me but almost everyone in the US.

Hopefully it is back soon. Amazing how I rely on that little device…

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Life Lessons

Lesson 1: Naked Wife

A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there stands Bob, the next door neighbor. Before she says a word, Bob says, “I’ll give you $800 to drop that towel.” After thinking for a moment, the woman drops her towel and stands naked in front of Bob.

After a few seconds, Bob hands her $800 dollars and leaves. The woman wraps back up in the towel and goes back upstairs. When she gets to the bathroom, her husband asks,…

“Who was that?” “It was Bob the next door neighbor,” she replies. “Great!” the husband says, “Did he say anything about the $800 he owes me?”

Moral of the story:
If you share critical information pertaining to credit and risk with your shareholders in time, you may be in a position to prevent avoidable exposure.

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