Sorry I can't take you back in time but your "extremely unlikely" happened. Our valedictorian and salutitorian were both starters on the soccer team that was one of the top in the region. Number 3 was 3rd singles on the tennis team that qualified for state in the division for the largest schools. I played soccer and more than half the team routinely made the principal's list (3.75 or higher).
I think you let football players negatively impact your thoughts on the matter. No doubt it's unlikely they would collectively have a high gpa.
In my graduating class (a little over 300 kids), I'd say at least 75% of the top 30 students also played at least one sport. Of course they were sports other than American football.
It is possible to be smart and physically coordinated.
North Korean missiles aren't the most reliable... it was completely plausible for the thing to fail and land in Japan, even if they had intended for it to land in the ocean.
I'm surprised you didn't take your conspiracy theory one step farther and claim it wasn't actually a missile from N. Korea, but one launched from a US submarine in conjunction with the Japanese government to stir up anti N. Korea sentiment.
Back to reality, the whole event didn't take very long. You honestly believe there was enough time for the government to assemble and collude on something such as this?
I've always thought military parades were a very bad idea for that very reason. However a pre-eminent strike that also kills thousands of innocent civilians is not going to win you much support.
Anything that happens, Seoul will be leveled by traditional artillery. The NK leadership must know that any military conflict is a suicide mission and they simply want to inflict as much damage as they can.
The pause button is there however they made it deceptive when an advertisement is playing which causes accidental click through.
Unfortunately most of my favorite past websites now auto play video when clicking on an article. A couple do have the ability to turn the auto play feature off. The ones that do not, I have either stopped going or it's very rare.
The really sad part, quite often the video that auto plays has very little relevance to the actual article.
you think a few thousand factory jobs are going to pay $50k-$70k.. hahahaa
They'll start around $35k and probably top out around $55k. The white collar workers might be in the $50k-$70k range... but that might be a few dozen vs a few thousand people.
A former co-worker did the same with her lactose intolerant son. Started with a tiny bit of milk and gradually worked the amount up. Now her son had no issue... took about a year if I remember correctly.
Higher education isn't for everyone. I wish everyone had to finish school but that's not how it is.
Now we can either accept the fact that as a society we'll have to support certain people who cannot make a living wage or we'll have to ensure anyone who works 30+ hours per week earns a living wage where they reside.
Minimum wage has lagged so far behind inflation and it's no surprise the wealth gap of the country continues to increase.
Well - an employee that leaves on their own free will likely will not be in a foul mood those last two weeks and actually try to pass along some knowledge to those remaining. However there is no law stating you must give a 2 week notice, you can walk out immediately if you desire.
If a company is firing you, there's a security risk to keeping you around.
I tried - I got a standard republican response that Obama's policies stifled innovation and competition and that is the reason the FCC must repeal those rules/laws.
Not surprising I didn't get an answer when I asked why we didn't have innovation or competition under the previous republican administration.
I'm in Ohio - there are easily tens of thousands of jobs always open because they cannot find people to fill the position. All manufacturers have the same issue and it's been going on for the past 5 years.
The issue is they cannot afford to have someone cause an accident while working and being under the influence at the same time. Drug tests are not good enough (while being quick and cheap) to know if the person smoked weed on Saturday night or 30 minutes before their shift began.
The real issue is that people don't want to bust their ass 40+ hours per week for $12/hr because they know it may barely cover the bills... even in an area such as this that has relatively low living expenses. Who really wants to work that much per week and not at least have enough cash to be able to enjoy the weekends?
I'm not really into the selfie movement but I do use my front facing camera at least once a month. When my wife or I is traveling, we use it to video chat. And if our travels have one of us somewhere the time zone difference doesn't allow the evening video call, sending a quick "selfie" with our 4 year old is a good way to send a note of affection.
I read something a day or two ago stating it's point and shoot... the weapon does travel at the speed of light so there's really no reason for anything fancy. Basically, if the target is in the cross hairs when you pull the trigger, you'll hit it.
And in the moment where something happens and "Autopilot" notifies the driver it needs to take over and they swerve into your lane because they had no situational awareness... no, we don't need more of that.
I have driven level 2 cars before, they are great.. but I never let it drive me. In my opinion, they greatly reduce driving fatigue. However until every car on the road is at least level 3 or above, I will keep my hands on the wheel and my eyes on the road... just hope others do the same.
I went to university in the late 90s, early 00s... can't think of one instance in my 7 years (yeah, one major change and two transfers...) where politics was brought up except in the philosophy course I took my very first quarter as a freshman.
Even in my economics courses, it was subject matter covered in the text books.
Are universities more liberal? Absolutely. You have thousands of young people experiencing life and "freedom" for the first time, experimenting with sex, drugs, and alcohol. People grow up conservative because that is what their parents are. Removing that influence, I think most people would be far more liberal.
Amazon is the new Walmart, it's been happening for decades just with a different store name.
At a certain point if all local competition is forced to close and Amazon yanks that carpet out, some local entrepreneur will find a way to purchase goods in bulk and sell them cheaper than Amazon but still at a profit. There will be some growing pains but I think this is a case where competition can never be completely removed and prices will remain reasonable.
Exactly! We had a new policy put in place around 1 year ago that allows employees to work from home 2 days per month. While that doesn't seem like much, it's very annoying when you need something from that person. There is nothing that can replace face-to-face discussions.
I have worked from home twice, both times because I had someone coming to fix something at my house. While I was able to keep up with my emails much easier, I was unable to push the needle on any projects.
If your job already revolves around being on the phone/computer all day without the need of input for others, working from home makes sense. For anyone else, get thee to the office!
Assuming you had chicken pox as a kid, would this mean you'd be susceptible to it again? Of course that's a pretty good trade-off.. just trying to understand the immune system "reboot".
I sent a letter to my representative yesterday about basically not giving the keys to the hen house to the foxes... I did receive a response within a couple hours and while it may have been a form letter it was at least somewhat on topic. Unfortunately it was partisan drivel.. blaming the far reaching Obama administration for hurting competition and stifling innovation.
I'm not sure if my response will get through but I asked "other than the dial-up era in the late 90s, when have we ever had competition? Right now it's like choosing between a voluntary enema or voluntary colonoscopy."
My rep is a freshman rep and relatively young.. but he's already been assimilated.
In the late 90s I was studying aerospace engineering and we had to take Fortran90. In the lab we had a TA (teaching assistant) doing the lessons. A friend an I used the "net send" command to send random messages that would pop-up on the projector as he was showing his screen. Poor guy had no idea what was happening.
After disrupting the class for most of the 2 hour lab, we decided not to do it again in future classes because we expected the TA to be prepared to figure out who was doing it.
Really? I pay a 1.1% property tax, that money is factored into my mortgage. I didn't purchase a property that would have payments more than I could afford.
I could have been more clear and said most students pay almost nothing for K-12 education. That was in response to the GP talking about students amassing huge debt going to school, which is not the case until post-secondary degrees are sought.
I'm sorry you couldn't comprehend that and that you're some bitter hermit that lashes out at others. So how about you take your right hand, reach around to your bum, and yank that stick out.
K thx bye.
Most people don't pay anything for public K-12 education outside a registration fee and sometimes to play a sport or join a club.
I'm not sure about the idea.. on the fence right now.. I'm 38 and still don't know what I want to do but I did go to university immediately after graduating high school.
This plan will require many more guidance councilors to help kids know the options out there. If it gets more of them into trade schools, that's good. Severe shortage of young machinists right now.
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Sorry I can't take you back in time but your "extremely unlikely" happened. Our valedictorian and salutitorian were both starters on the soccer team that was one of the top in the region. Number 3 was 3rd singles on the tennis team that qualified for state in the division for the largest schools. I played soccer and more than half the team routinely made the principal's list (3.75 or higher).
I think you let football players negatively impact your thoughts on the matter. No doubt it's unlikely they would collectively have a high gpa.
Mine was a standard public school in a town of about 25000.
it's a soft cap but it does exist. Teams can go over but they pay a penalty. NBA is similar.
In my graduating class (a little over 300 kids), I'd say at least 75% of the top 30 students also played at least one sport. Of course they were sports other than American football.
It is possible to be smart and physically coordinated.
North Korean missiles aren't the most reliable... it was completely plausible for the thing to fail and land in Japan, even if they had intended for it to land in the ocean.
I'm surprised you didn't take your conspiracy theory one step farther and claim it wasn't actually a missile from N. Korea, but one launched from a US submarine in conjunction with the Japanese government to stir up anti N. Korea sentiment.
Back to reality, the whole event didn't take very long. You honestly believe there was enough time for the government to assemble and collude on something such as this?
I've always thought military parades were a very bad idea for that very reason. However a pre-eminent strike that also kills thousands of innocent civilians is not going to win you much support.
Anything that happens, Seoul will be leveled by traditional artillery. The NK leadership must know that any military conflict is a suicide mission and they simply want to inflict as much damage as they can.
The pause button is there however they made it deceptive when an advertisement is playing which causes accidental click through.
Unfortunately most of my favorite past websites now auto play video when clicking on an article. A couple do have the ability to turn the auto play feature off. The ones that do not, I have either stopped going or it's very rare.
The really sad part, quite often the video that auto plays has very little relevance to the actual article.
you think a few thousand factory jobs are going to pay $50k-$70k.. hahahaa
They'll start around $35k and probably top out around $55k. The white collar workers might be in the $50k-$70k range... but that might be a few dozen vs a few thousand people.
A former co-worker did the same with her lactose intolerant son. Started with a tiny bit of milk and gradually worked the amount up. Now her son had no issue... took about a year if I remember correctly.
Higher education isn't for everyone. I wish everyone had to finish school but that's not how it is.
Now we can either accept the fact that as a society we'll have to support certain people who cannot make a living wage or we'll have to ensure anyone who works 30+ hours per week earns a living wage where they reside.
Minimum wage has lagged so far behind inflation and it's no surprise the wealth gap of the country continues to increase.
Well - an employee that leaves on their own free will likely will not be in a foul mood those last two weeks and actually try to pass along some knowledge to those remaining. However there is no law stating you must give a 2 week notice, you can walk out immediately if you desire.
If a company is firing you, there's a security risk to keeping you around.
I tried - I got a standard republican response that Obama's policies stifled innovation and competition and that is the reason the FCC must repeal those rules/laws.
Not surprising I didn't get an answer when I asked why we didn't have innovation or competition under the previous republican administration.
I'm in Ohio - there are easily tens of thousands of jobs always open because they cannot find people to fill the position. All manufacturers have the same issue and it's been going on for the past 5 years.
The issue is they cannot afford to have someone cause an accident while working and being under the influence at the same time. Drug tests are not good enough (while being quick and cheap) to know if the person smoked weed on Saturday night or 30 minutes before their shift began.
The real issue is that people don't want to bust their ass 40+ hours per week for $12/hr because they know it may barely cover the bills... even in an area such as this that has relatively low living expenses. Who really wants to work that much per week and not at least have enough cash to be able to enjoy the weekends?
I'm not really into the selfie movement but I do use my front facing camera at least once a month. When my wife or I is traveling, we use it to video chat. And if our travels have one of us somewhere the time zone difference doesn't allow the evening video call, sending a quick "selfie" with our 4 year old is a good way to send a note of affection.
Well in a censored one party system, they don't have to worry about losing power. This makes long term projects more easy to push forward.
The politicians in the US want to be re-elected, so they forego long term growth for short term profit.
I read something a day or two ago stating it's point and shoot... the weapon does travel at the speed of light so there's really no reason for anything fancy. Basically, if the target is in the cross hairs when you pull the trigger, you'll hit it.
And in the moment where something happens and "Autopilot" notifies the driver it needs to take over and they swerve into your lane because they had no situational awareness... no, we don't need more of that.
I have driven level 2 cars before, they are great.. but I never let it drive me. In my opinion, they greatly reduce driving fatigue. However until every car on the road is at least level 3 or above, I will keep my hands on the wheel and my eyes on the road... just hope others do the same.
I went to university in the late 90s, early 00s... can't think of one instance in my 7 years (yeah, one major change and two transfers...) where politics was brought up except in the philosophy course I took my very first quarter as a freshman.
Even in my economics courses, it was subject matter covered in the text books.
Are universities more liberal? Absolutely. You have thousands of young people experiencing life and "freedom" for the first time, experimenting with sex, drugs, and alcohol. People grow up conservative because that is what their parents are. Removing that influence, I think most people would be far more liberal.
Amazon is the new Walmart, it's been happening for decades just with a different store name.
At a certain point if all local competition is forced to close and Amazon yanks that carpet out, some local entrepreneur will find a way to purchase goods in bulk and sell them cheaper than Amazon but still at a profit. There will be some growing pains but I think this is a case where competition can never be completely removed and prices will remain reasonable.
Exactly! We had a new policy put in place around 1 year ago that allows employees to work from home 2 days per month. While that doesn't seem like much, it's very annoying when you need something from that person. There is nothing that can replace face-to-face discussions.
I have worked from home twice, both times because I had someone coming to fix something at my house. While I was able to keep up with my emails much easier, I was unable to push the needle on any projects.
If your job already revolves around being on the phone/computer all day without the need of input for others, working from home makes sense. For anyone else, get thee to the office!
Assuming you had chicken pox as a kid, would this mean you'd be susceptible to it again? Of course that's a pretty good trade-off.. just trying to understand the immune system "reboot".
I sent a letter to my representative yesterday about basically not giving the keys to the hen house to the foxes... I did receive a response within a couple hours and while it may have been a form letter it was at least somewhat on topic. Unfortunately it was partisan drivel.. blaming the far reaching Obama administration for hurting competition and stifling innovation.
I'm not sure if my response will get through but I asked "other than the dial-up era in the late 90s, when have we ever had competition? Right now it's like choosing between a voluntary enema or voluntary colonoscopy."
My rep is a freshman rep and relatively young.. but he's already been assimilated.
In the late 90s I was studying aerospace engineering and we had to take Fortran90. In the lab we had a TA (teaching assistant) doing the lessons. A friend an I used the "net send" command to send random messages that would pop-up on the projector as he was showing his screen. Poor guy had no idea what was happening.
After disrupting the class for most of the 2 hour lab, we decided not to do it again in future classes because we expected the TA to be prepared to figure out who was doing it.
Really? I pay a 1.1% property tax, that money is factored into my mortgage. I didn't purchase a property that would have payments more than I could afford.
I could have been more clear and said most students pay almost nothing for K-12 education. That was in response to the GP talking about students amassing huge debt going to school, which is not the case until post-secondary degrees are sought.
I'm sorry you couldn't comprehend that and that you're some bitter hermit that lashes out at others. So how about you take your right hand, reach around to your bum, and yank that stick out.
K thx bye.
Most people don't pay anything for public K-12 education outside a registration fee and sometimes to play a sport or join a club.
I'm not sure about the idea.. on the fence right now.. I'm 38 and still don't know what I want to do but I did go to university immediately after graduating high school.
This plan will require many more guidance councilors to help kids know the options out there. If it gets more of them into trade schools, that's good. Severe shortage of young machinists right now.