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<t>Lon;1394821 wrote: There was a good article in the "Economist" magazine about a scholarly ex Pro Football player that went back to Columbia to get and MBA with plans to counsel pro athletes. Those that do this now do not have the pro back round and he feels this will give him an edge. ...

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<t>Accountable;1394894 wrote: I think it's safe to say that if one with less doesn't need it then the one with more doesn't need it , either ... which makes the question irrelevant. The money is property that the first party owns. There is no good reason to take her property.I'd say that's as good o...

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<t>Lon;1394771 wrote: Given the average career span (three to 6 years) of professional baseball and football players and the huge amounts of money earned during these years, and the fact that they do not know how to manage money, is it any surprise that 60 % of them file for bankruptcy in later year...

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<t>spot;1394772 wrote: What dreadful figures. Cricket's the game to choose then - a good cricketer can play at the top of the game in a national side for thirty years, and longer still at the county level. eta: I may be out of date, I'm thinking of cricketers from ...

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<t>Lon;1394631 wrote: Then there is another segment of society who though quite capable of providing for themselves choose not to, and are quite content to let the government provide. This attitude may cause contentment for these individuals, but does little to build or strengthen character and plac...

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<t>SnoozeAgain;1394352 wrote: The women usually had glittery soft porn avatars and called themselves something like "SexyCherie" and advertised themselves as being young, hot and horny.Do parents honestly still name their children "Cherie"? I'd think "Candy" is more popular, at least it's to the poi...

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<t>I made a couple thousand dollars within a 5 day work week off of $30 playing texas holdem. I'd honestly made more after that as well but then decided that my time was more valuable than the 6 hours or so I found myself playing daily. My breaking point was playing for 6 hours being rou...

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<r>Bez;1325073 wrote: 2 years to the games....I'm so excited. We should know the price of tickets for the various events by the end of October. I would REALLY love to go to the Opening Ceremony....something to dream about. I have one gripe though....the only Credit card accept...

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<t>Lon;1394582 wrote: Bottom Line? Without some form of Mandatory Participation System, the needs of ALL citizens (and non citizens) cannot be provided for. AND I HATE WRITING THATWhy do you hate writing that? It's just the way it is, therefore we as a civilization should embrace what we know to be ...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1394519 wrote: A superb result for the US, congratulations. The one I particularly liked, however, was :- France 0 - 1 IcelandIf that surprised you then I'm sure you would have been elated at the Iceland 2-0 France scoreline at halftime...Sadly the French prevailed...

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<r>Equal political voice and democratically responsive government are widely cherished American ideals. Indeed, the United States is vigorously promoting democracy abroad. Yet, what is happening to democracy at home? Our country’s ideals of equal citizenship and responsive government may be under gr...

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Wales square off against Mexico in about 4 1/2 hours.

I want Wales to embarrass them...6-0

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<t>Ouch... USA 5 - 1 Scotland The US team are looking very sharp and threatening, I'm very pleased to have Klinsmann heading the ship... Landon Donovan scored a hat trick and assisted in the fifth goal. I honestly think signing another 4 year contract with the Galax...

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<r>Bryn Mawr;1394419 wrote: You've as much chance of convincing a Rangers fan to cheer on Celtic in the Scottish Cup Final :wah:So, you're saying there is a chance :yh_wink Wow, I didn't realize that Wales was set to play Mexico. Although the match has been postponed until tomorrow at 3:0...

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<t>With increased government spending comes the need to pay for it, and if taxes aren’t going to increase that means deficits. Nearly three-quarters of Americans blame the U.S. budget deficit on spending too much money on federal programs, according to a Gallup poll last year, but when the conversat...

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USA play Scotland today at 8pm EST, or, I believe, 1am Scotland time

England play Norway as well in about 4 hours time...

What about Denmark smashing Brazil 3-0?...Perhaps Brazil have their C team out there...

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<t>Melanyjhz;1394235 wrote: Well I'm not going to take the time to start an herb garden this year (give me a project for next year), but I am going to pot some. I bought a 3 cubic feet (probably 2-2.5 feet diameter) and a 1 cuft (probably 1.5 diameter) that I'm going to use to plant some. Are there ...

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Bryn Mawr;1394185 wrote: But not so good for Spurs?I suppose it is up to us to convince the Spurs that Chelsea's win is good for them in the long run :yh_bigsmi

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oscar;1394100 wrote: I've really given up with this eye ointment ... wonder If the vet will sedate him

My suggestion is to load him up with some Benzodiazepine but it seems you've already had that revelation.

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So Chelsea lifted the European Champions League trophy yesterday...

Very good for English football...

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itunes U can now be used on your computer as opposed to only ipod if anyone is interested. I've had more success finding free language courses here...

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<t>Bruv;1393835 wrote: Are you asking who I think is the most sick, the person that eats another's fat or the person who eats their own ? It has to be the ones that eat somebody elses. I seem to remember Gandhi drank his own urine daily for some presumed benefit, that is nearly...

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<t>Bruv;1393795 wrote: Then they are ALL sick.(If they were told it was cooked in hid bodily fat) If the donor remains alive, is it cannibalism ?Sorry, I should have said that he offered two main courses, one of which consisted of his bodily fat, and the other not, so they had a choice. A...

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<t>Wandrin;1393714 wrote: The fact that employers want a college degree for even secretarial positions shows the need for community college level courses. I would think that any two year college shouldn't be necessary and that they only exist to "augment", as you put it, an already undereducated pop...

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Nikkism;1393820 wrote: I dont think so...Could you elaborate please...Which post are you basing your opinion?

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<t>Clodhopper;1393762 wrote: Not me. I don't get Abstract art. Just leaves me bemused. For my brother, on the other hand, it's the ONLY art. And this meatball stuff - yik. Hope his guests at least knew before hand or he was forcing cannibalism on the unsuspecting. If they did know - well,...

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Very nice family raj...

I'm skipping the song at the end for the moment as I'm quite a busy man. Hopefully I can get back to it...

Very nice

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Bruv;1393664 wrote: That man is sickI wonder who might say the same about myself considering I wouldn't have paid a $1 for "The Scream"

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1393662 wrote: It's no disgrace being second choice behind Van Der Saar or even David James in his heyday :-)I suppose it says alot about my expectations of Dempsey, his work ethic and skill that he's proven to have has both impressed and surprised me. I expect he'll win a starting spot...

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<r>Clodhopper;1393641 wrote: <E>:)</E> I'd be delighted to be alive to regret it! Er, if you see what I mean.Since watching a film telling the story of theUruguayan rugby team who were involved in the crash of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, which crashed into the Andes mountains on Octob...

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<t>Wandrin;1393647 wrote: That, of course, is the big question. If I was tasked with designing such a system I'd probably start with facial recognition using the computer's camera. But I know of no such system yet. Proctored exams would give some assurance, assuming that the proctors coul...

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<t>I'd watched a documentary last night on diabetes in America. It suggested that the large majority of diabetes is found in the low income populations which shows a high degree of irony in my opinion. The irony being that diabetes is almost entirely avoidable(at least diabetes in the context of lif...

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<t>Bryn Mawr;1393607 wrote: A couple spring to mind :- Brad Freidel for Liverpool and Spurs Tim Howard for Man UYes, you're right, but I recall Tim Howard only making a very limited amount of appearances(45 that I see on wiki) for Man U for his 4 years at the club. I...

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<r>Wandrin;1393610 wrote: One of the local community colleges has online courses for credit. They use timed tests, to prevent cheating. The quizzes are pretty cool, since the student gets instant feedback as to which questions they got wrong and what the correct answers are. I would think...

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<t>gmc;1393395 wrote: Study at the OU - USA Do you not have an equivalent of the open university in the states? I know a few graduates of it - not everybody gets on well at school I know one dyslexic who left school with nothing convinced he was stupid but was diagnosed as an adult .Ok, b...

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<t>There are alot of rumors that Arsenal are wanting to sign Dempsey. I hope he stays but Arsenal would be terrific for both him and perhaps American soccer(I'm not sure of any American that has signed with a bigger club with exception of Onyewu to AC Milan but at least Dempsey has prove...

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Oh, btw, Newcastle beat out Chelsea, Everton, and Liverpool for the Europa League spot. I think that's probably more of a surprise than Man City winning the title.

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Wow, so it was City's year...

Bolton would have stayed up if not for the pk...

Fulham finished 9th and I'm more than satisfied when they stay in the top half, well done Fulham!

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QPR could very well go down

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<t>gmc;1393395 wrote: Study at the OU - USA Do you not have an equivalent of the open university in the states? I know a few graduates of it - not everybody gets on well at school I know one dyslexic who left school with nothing convinced he was stupid but was diagnosed as an adult .My el...

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AnneBoleyn;1393324 wrote: He majored in physics. He teaches this & astronomy, etc. at the college level.That's very cool. Is he receiving his Ph.D anywhere?

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<t>Aura;1393415 wrote: Went to see her and she did start banging on about having the coil and I firmly said no! I asked her about Norethisterone but she said it isn't used a lot. She was a bit reluctant about me going on it. So i said is there a pill similar to Femdene, she said there was. there is ...

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Bryn Mawr;1393316 wrote: Yes :-(Here we go...

Sadly the rest of the league is playing at the same time as Man City and Man U but anyway, this day should be a very interesting one!

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One game left and Man U and Man City are tied at 86 points, but Man City has the advantage by goal difference and the fact they play a much weaker team, at home! With a record of 17 wins, 1 draw, 0 losses at home Man City looks set to lift the trophy!

Anyone puking yet?

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<t>It seems to me that there's alot of interest in online courses, for credit, from many universities. Does anyone think this is a bad idea? Online courses for credit, one might think, would free up time for professors so that they are not being overwhelmed with work(for very...

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Clodhopper;1393283 wrote: I'd burn $74,000,000 without a second thought to give myself the slightest chance of not freezing to death.Do you think you could live with yourself knowing you'd burnt $74,000,000?

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Everyone has the right to spend their money how they please, it's how prices for objects are determined that effectually epitomize society.

I would think there's plenty of people that would attempt to trade it for toilet paper under certain circumstances

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<t>Lon;1393006 wrote: I have lots of pics on this I Pad and though I know how to email them I haven' t figured out how to upload them onto FG. Any techie advice would be welcome.You could perhaps upload them to a site such as photobucket.com from your ipad and then upload them to FG from ...

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<t>Here is a website that lists 10 sites with free courses. I had found it earlier and haven't been able to follow all of the links within it Universities with the Best Free Online Courses Here is a link to free textbooks Flat World Knowledge Catalog | College Textbooks | Read Free Online...

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AnneBoleyn;1393008 wrote: Kev:

Right. My son :-4 graduated MIT in May 2002 & the courses had begun a month before.That's very impressive, MIT is a great university. What does he do?

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