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Wednesday May 22, 2013

Educational Stories

  • WHAT PASSWORDS ARE SAFE FROM HACKERS?
    "chief technology officer at WhiteHat Security, an Internet and network security firm, where he is frequently targeted by cybercriminals. Mr. Kocher, a well-known cryptographer, gained notice for clever hacks on security systems. He now runs Cryptography Research, a security firm that specializes in keeping systems hacker-resistant. Here were their tips:
    FORG...

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  • IF YOU DON'T HAVE A BACHELOR'S DEGREE YOU CAN'T GET A JOB RIGHT NOW

    Thursday, February 21, 2013 | An Educational story

    "... employers across the country, only hiring people with a bachelor's degree, even for jobs that do not require college-level skills.
    This prerequisite applies to everyone, including the receptionist, paralegals, administrative assistants and file clerks.   Even the office "runner" — the in-house courier who, for $10 an hour, ferries documents back and forth between the courthou...

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  • MICROWAVEABLE POPCORN CAUSES CANCER don't buy it!!//estonia refugees

    Saturday, March 2, 2013 | An Educational story

    "microwavable popcorn bags are coated with perfluorochemicals, or PFCs, a class of chemicals linked to various cancers and reproductive system damage.   
    Food manufacturers add the obesity-promoting chemicals to bags to make them more greaseproof, even though these chemicals have been linked to thyroid disease and ADHD, among other ills.   
    Once ingested, PFCs rema...

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  • IRS GUIDELINES FOR LATE RETURNS

    Thursday, March 14, 2013 | An Educational story

    If you didn't bother filing a federal tax return for 2009, it might be a good time to rethink your tax strategy.
    The Internal Revenue Service says it has $917 million in unclaimed tax refunds from 2009, and time is running out to claim them.
    The refunds are owed to nearly 1 million people who failed to file returns for 2009. Taxpayers must file their 2009 returns by April 15 to claim their refund...

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  • BUSINESS BRILLIANCE

    Thursday, April 11, 2013 | An Educational story

    "some people have "business brilliance," a distinctive take on getting ahead that is often at odds with the more pervasive mindset.
    If you want to get an edge and separate yourself from the common herd, take some cues from the beliefs and habits of the most successful people, the ultra-wealthy:
    1. An equity position is necessary to get wealthy.
    Ninety percent of the super-successful say this i...

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  • how to become an animal rescue. how i started.

    Sunday, April 14, 2013 | An Educational story

    I run an spca foster program.   i started out the same way everyone does - feeding stray animals.   i have fed strays since i was a little kid.   i used to spend my allowance money on cat food.
    In the 90's i started feeding a small colony of animals, mom and babies in philadelphia where i was attending college.
    this expanded to southern nj by delaware and then to n...

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  • why the english climate (england) is so great!

    Sunday, April 21, 2013 | An Educational story

    despite being in tropical paradise, Bond says he longs for 'the douce weather of England - the soft airs, the heat waves, the cold spells - the only country where you can take a walk every day of the year'."
    It is the English weather, Mount contends, along with its geography and geology, that shape how England is seen and how the English see themselves. It is this questing for the 'essence of En...

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  • what most successful people do at work

    Saturday, May 4, 2013 | An Educational story

    Most successful people tend to have similar habits.
    Laura Vanderkam, author of a new mini e-book, “What the Most Successful People Do at Work.”
    Vanderkam, time logs has provided the fodder for her books, and in her latest examination — of how successful people approach work — she’s come up with seven common habits that people who shine use to accomplish things....

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  • HAPPY GREEK EASTER!!
    PHOTO:  Greek Easter bread
    PHOTO:  Church of St. Minas
    The crowded church is fragrant with the smell of beeswax and incense.
    Lithuanian Easter Eggs
    "I always know when Easter is approaching because the Greece for Visitors mailbox starts filling up with questions like: "When is Greek Easter?" In 2013, it's on May 5th- and here are the dates through 2023&nbs...

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  • PHOTO of dove for PENTECOST - seven weeks (50 days) after easter

    Sunday, May 5, 2013 | An Educational story

    Pentecost Sunday 2013
    Pentecost Sunday, which marks the end of the Easter season in the Christian calendar,
    celebrates the descent of the Holy Spirit on the Apostles.   Pentecost 2013 falls 50 days after Easter 2013.
    Pentecost falls on Sunday, May 19, 2013.
    A dove is perched in a wall outside the Basilica of St. Agnes Outside the Walls, Rome, Italy.   
    The dove is the tr...

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