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POPSWhy Does The Government Keep Protecting People from Their Stupidity These credit rules are just the latest in a long line of our government feeling the need to protect consumers from their own ignorance and stupidity. I'll be the first to admit credit card rules and fees are difficult to understand. But consumers should be smart enough to know this, and not get in situations where they spent more than they can afford on their cards and end up paying these fees. Pay your bills on time and late fees aren't an issue. Don't charge more than you can afford to pay back at the end of the month and finance charges aren't an issue. There's no need for additional government legislation around this. If the gov really wants to spend our taxpayer money wisely, spend it on education programs to teach people how to be smart with their money.
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POPSThe Day the Seas Died But the permafrost melting is probably more dire. All that methane imbedded will be released and accelerate the climate's disruption.
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POPSA super early reading program for parents!! Funetics is an early reading program that parents can use to teach kids how to read through engaging games, activities, songs and fun. The program has been developed by top educators, incorporating research-proven instruction based on phonics teaching theory. Funetics is an essential part of getting ready for kindergarten!
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POPSIrin - Watchers There's some other interesting information on the site; mostly on striges (stregas). At some points the page's information the stregas and the watchers are jumbled together (not well written)
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POPSNFL Player IQ by Position This assessment roughly corresponds to the averages revealed, according to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, by an NFL personnel man in Paul Zimmerman's "The New Thinking man's Guide to Pro Football," which are: Offensive tackles: 26 Centers: 25 Quarterbacks: 24 Guards: 23 Tight Ends: 22 Safeties: 19 Middle linebackers: 19 Cornerbacks: 18 Wide receivers: 17 Fullbacks: 17 Halfbacks: 16 The average scores in other professions look like this: Chemist: 31 Programmer: 29 Newswriter: 26 Sales: 24 Bank teller: 22 Clerical Worker: 21 Security Guard: 17 Warehouse: 15
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POPSBlackbeard (S9 Biography)
The Scourge of the Spanish Main and the last Great Pirate of the Age of Sail (Jean LaFitte was a smuggler) Blackbeard's life is shrouded in myth and legend and facts about him are verd hard to verify 300 years later. Edward Teach or possibly Thatch, was famous for several things that are documented and reek of the strange and as Kenneth Hite says, High Weirdness. He would drink a mixture of gunpowder and rum set aflame... Talk about a Belch you do not want to be around. He tied "slow matches" (used for lighting cannons) into his hair and beard so there would be a wreath of smoke around his head. He shot his best friend and first mate, Israel Hands in the knee, crippling him for life just a day before his death at Okecroake Island off NC. When Israel asked why, Teach said he was saving his life! (Knew about his own death? Planned it himself?) Weirdest Fact: Held Charleston, SC hostage for several weeks until his ransom was paid - a box of Native herbs and Tobacco... See what I
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POPSLatest MidPhase Coupon The latest MidPhase coupon can save you up to $20.85. There isn't any gimmick or trick behind it. Anyone who own a MidPhase coupon can get the discount instantly. Those who really interested in getting one of the latest Midaphase coupon, pls look for yahoo answer. there is much more tips and step by step guidance to teach you how to get the MidPhase coupon.
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POPSWhen can empathy move us to action? And so cognitive empathy alone is not enough. We also need what Ekman calls "emotional empathy"—when you physically feel what other people feel, as though their emotions were contagious. This emotional contagion depends in large part on cells in the brain called mirror neurons, which fire when we sense another's emotional state, creating an echo of that state inside our own minds. Emotional empathy attunes us to another person's inner emotional world, a plus for a wide range of professions, from sales to nursing—not to mention for any parent or lover.
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POPSIs Big Pharma Saving The LIves Of The Poor? I have often commented on the greed of Big Pharma. But, came across this article which tells a story of how a Dr. Curtis, an anthropologist , living in African, wanted to save lives by trying to change habits that induce disease to routines of prevention. As in, washing hands after each toilet use. Easier said than done because an often unconscious pattern of behavior acquired through frequent repetition is what makes you, you. So how can an entity go about changing unconscious unhealthy responses into ones that can save lives? Well, by seeking the help of the very industries that have for years spent billions of cash on manipulating the public and convincing them they cannot live without their products, in other words, changing habits. Makes sense, Big Pharma is good at it and perhaps, indirectly, all they have learned to part us from our $$$ can now be of benefit to those who are dying simply because of bad habits. :lol:
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POPSPill Popping Pets
"One thought had haunted me as I listened to the Bridges’ story: If I were locked inside the bathroom all day, I’d swallow the shampoo, too. Although most animal-behavior problems are believed to have genetic roots, their expressions are typically triggered by the unnatural lives that people force their pets to lead. “A dog that lived on a farm and ran around chasing rabbits all day would be more prone to being stable than a dog living in an apartment in Manhattan,” Dodman says. Undomesticated canids, neither confined nor excessively attached to people, don’t suffer from separation anxiety. Some captive horses endlessly circle their stalls or corrals — a compulsive behavior similar to Max’s tail chasing — but such purposeless repetitions have never been observed in the wild. Dodman’s theory, essentially, is that the causes of mood disorders and obsessions in humans and our pets aren’t so different — faulty genetics, dreary environments. Whether cubicle- or cage-bound, we get too lit
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POPSAnd what values do some of them teach? Let's hear it straight from the mouth of babes: My second year high school daughter told me how their practice teacher asked them after a Math quiz who among them copied the answers from somebody else's paper and who among them allowed others to copy their answers. Quite a number raised their hands. The prcctice teacher took their papers and tore them into pieces. A Values teacher learned that two of her students are not in good terms. She asked them to make up and be friends, OR ELSE, "I will make your grades suffer." In high school, I also remember, on mondays we would have a quiz in religion class, usually 10 numbers. For the 10th number we would be asked, "Did u go to mass?" If answered "No" u get a crossed mark and if u answered "Yes" you get a check mark. Tell me what you think.
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