Family Financial Pain Limits Potential

This is happening across America right now.

It doesn't take a study to know that kids who are brought up in an unstable family-- be that from failed parenting, broken family finances, or something else-- are less likely to achieve and more likely to need support and services.

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Earth Day

Wil Wheaton's post is better than anything I could throw together.

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Borrowing Money and Competition

Interesting.

Borrowed money can help people and organizations achieve their short term goals but doing so surrenders some ability over the long term.

I try to pay cash now so I have more cash later.

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Women's Equal Rights Movement...

...in Afghanistan!

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Obama Hires More MAFIAA Guns

Fifth lawyer on board at DoJ.

I understand lawyers have to do what their clients tell them but. I hope I'd resign before going after someone for sharing files to the tune of 200,000USD.

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I love it when...

...someone proves everyone wrong and does it with class.

It's available in higher res on youtube too.

Heart felt congratulations, Ms. Susan Boyle.

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FB Users Have Lower Grades

"Her study found that Facebook user GPAs were in the 3.0 to 3.5 range on average, compared to 3.5 to 4.0 for non-users. Facebook users also studied anywhere from one to five hours per week, compared to non-users who studied 11 to 15 or more hours per week."

Who knew? Spend more time studying and you get better grades. If only I had known...

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Social Network Scam

First, you friend a ton of people. Then you scrape their profiles and use that information to create a profile in a different service, including their friends. Then you ask those friends for money.

How do you defend against this besides creating a legitimate profile in every single service?

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Obama's DoJ gets it wrong

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Or not.

Because the founding fathers didn't have electronic communication, none of us get private electronic communication? That makes no sense. Someone needs to bring forth a constitutional amendment.

Dear DoJ,

Feel free to listen to my private phone calls after you do your job and prove to a judge it's warranted.

Regards,

Dan

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Integrated Community Services Moves

Something doesn't seem right here. The people who Administer the Housing Choice Voucher (formerly Section 8) program are moving to a suburb? How many Section 8 clients are there in Ashwaubenon? What about that big building they restored downtown. I wonder if the City or GBHA provided money for that. I wonder if we should be asking for any money back?

Part of me is glad that another community is actually going to share the burden of one of the non-profits that serve financially challenged folks. A bigger part of me wonders exactly how much more difficult it will be for said folks to get to the office sign up.

The last annual report on the website is from 2004 and I don't see minutes or financials anywhere. Is this organization OK? If you are reading this and attend the board meetings, please get in touch and fill me in.

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Conficker Detector

Very simple web page that gives you a pretty good idea if you are infected. Wish I thought of it.

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Asthma & Autism caused by flooring?

Maybe. What about the recycled plastics in synthetic carpets? I knew there was a reason granny told me hard wood flooring is the best...

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