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Thursday, February 19, 2009
911 tape captures chimpanzee owner's horror
911 tape captures chimpanzee owner's horror as 200-pound ape mauls friend
Saturday, December 27, 2008
People Losing Their Homes
During better times, I tried to help several distressed families save their homes from foreclosure. However, due to the collapse of the housing and stock markets, I am now paying a huge price for my generosity that I never expected. It is I who now needs help.
I worked hard all of my life and saved for my retirement. I have always been a very honest and generous person. (Check out some of my articles.) When my financial world was going well, I tried to help several distressed families save their homes from foreclosure. My plan included purchasing their homes and putting them back into the them as renters under the condition that they get their problems under control and buy back the homes from me within a certain period of time.
This plan failed miserably. Some of these people were not able to overcome their problems, which were mostly due to the miserable economy over the past couple of years. They lost their jobs and were not able to find work with suitable earnings to catch up with their rent. To keep from losing these homes, I have had to pay the mortgages, taxes, insurance and maintenance from my resources (savings and credit, including loans and credit cards). I have literally lost many thousands of dollars.
I have borrowed to the point that I can no longer borrow, and have gone through much of my life savings. I am stuck and am financially and emotionally frustrated. I cannot keep up with the mortgage payments and the delinquent taxes. I have fallen behind on everything. It is a constant battle with the banks.
Due to the housing and stock markets crashing, I now owe more on these homes than they are worth. Some need repairs, which I am having trouble making. I would sell these houses if I could, but I am stuck with them and they are ruining my life.
I tried helping people in their time of need, but I am now stuck with more grief than I bargained for. I have sought help but no one can or will help. There is only public help for primary home ownership.
Most of these families are decent and have children and are trying desparately to hang on to their homes. They are afraid they may be on the street eventually. They did no wrong; they are just victims of the failing economy. They need help until they can get back on their feet. Without more resources, I cannot hang on much longer. If you care to help, use the “donate” button at the top. (If you are reading this outside of my blog, please go to http://wdcplace.blogspot.com) I will share any information with you that you require. I would also be willing to set up any terms for reimbursement of your donation if desired when and if things get better.
The attempt to help needy people has gotten me way over my head in debt, and caused me to use up most of my life savings. I could use help. God bless you if you are financially blessed and can find it in your heart to join me to help these families. However, if you cannot afford it, please do not donate.
I worked hard all of my life and saved for my retirement. I have always been a very honest and generous person. (Check out some of my articles.) When my financial world was going well, I tried to help several distressed families save their homes from foreclosure. My plan included purchasing their homes and putting them back into the them as renters under the condition that they get their problems under control and buy back the homes from me within a certain period of time.
This plan failed miserably. Some of these people were not able to overcome their problems, which were mostly due to the miserable economy over the past couple of years. They lost their jobs and were not able to find work with suitable earnings to catch up with their rent. To keep from losing these homes, I have had to pay the mortgages, taxes, insurance and maintenance from my resources (savings and credit, including loans and credit cards). I have literally lost many thousands of dollars.
I have borrowed to the point that I can no longer borrow, and have gone through much of my life savings. I am stuck and am financially and emotionally frustrated. I cannot keep up with the mortgage payments and the delinquent taxes. I have fallen behind on everything. It is a constant battle with the banks.
Due to the housing and stock markets crashing, I now owe more on these homes than they are worth. Some need repairs, which I am having trouble making. I would sell these houses if I could, but I am stuck with them and they are ruining my life.
I tried helping people in their time of need, but I am now stuck with more grief than I bargained for. I have sought help but no one can or will help. There is only public help for primary home ownership.
Most of these families are decent and have children and are trying desparately to hang on to their homes. They are afraid they may be on the street eventually. They did no wrong; they are just victims of the failing economy. They need help until they can get back on their feet. Without more resources, I cannot hang on much longer. If you care to help, use the “donate” button at the top. (If you are reading this outside of my blog, please go to http://wdcplace.blogspot.com) I will share any information with you that you require. I would also be willing to set up any terms for reimbursement of your donation if desired when and if things get better.
The attempt to help needy people has gotten me way over my head in debt, and caused me to use up most of my life savings. I could use help. God bless you if you are financially blessed and can find it in your heart to join me to help these families. However, if you cannot afford it, please do not donate.
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Sunday, November 16, 2008
CREATING USER NAMES
How to Create a Username
from wikiHow - The How to Manual That You Can Edit
The Internet is commonly asking for more and more user names for individual websites. A username is commonly paired with a password, but the username is not private. Sometimes, it can be difficult to find a username that is not taken (especially if you're registering at a popular website) and it can get annoying trying to remember a different username for every website. Here's how to settle on a username that is not likely to be in use already and that you can utilize for all your registration needs.
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The Confusing Usage of the Verbs “Was” and “were"
Many words in the English language are misused today; many giving way to the common usage of them. Is this something we should accept or do we defend the original usage of them?
The original usage of many English words is dwindling today, as the English language is being damaged by many factors, such as the gravitation to, or the acceptance of, common usage, which ignores the correct way to use words. The words: there, their and they're, are often pitifully misused. Phrases that include “went,” such as, “He went missing” are very commonly used today. Does that mean he went someplace to be missing? Did he “went” if he was taken? Phrases that start with “like,” such as, “Like, I saw him, today,” crucify the language.
Other words, such as the verbs, “was” and “were” are also, often misused today. For example, the comment, “If I was grading that, I'd give you a good score.” Are we talking about something that has already occurred or something that may (hypothetically) happen? The common usage of the verb “was” nowadays (used in past and future tenses), makes its usage confusing. I would rather use the verb “were” if I am talking about something that I might do, and “was” for something I have already done. For clarification, if I am talking about something I may do in the future, I may rephrase the comment to: “If I were to grade that, I'd give you a good score.” The justifications for the misuse of these verbs today, are they have changed to a common use and usage of them in informal communications.
Those of us who desire to influence, or responsible for teaching the proper usage of English words, should be careful not to give in to the popular, common and misuse of these words. Common usage in time can ruin a language and cause confusion.
To use English as correctly as possible, I use a simple rule of thumb: If I am talking in singular person, past tense, about something that has already occurred, I use the verb, “was.” If I am talking about something that may occur in the future, I use the verb, “were.”
Punctuation is also difficult for some writers. This is a subject that I will write more about in future articles, but for now, I will offer a simple, but useful rule of thumb for the usage of the semi-colon. Besides using it to separate lists where more information is provided about a particular item, it is used to join two connecting sentences. An example of the latter is, “The frightened boy jumped; he saw a snake.” If the related sentences could be joined by the conjunctive “and,” then a semi-colon can be used between the sentences.
The original usage of many English words is dwindling today, as the English language is being damaged by many factors, such as the gravitation to, or the acceptance of, common usage, which ignores the correct way to use words. The words: there, their and they're, are often pitifully misused. Phrases that include “went,” such as, “He went missing” are very commonly used today. Does that mean he went someplace to be missing? Did he “went” if he was taken? Phrases that start with “like,” such as, “Like, I saw him, today,” crucify the language.
Other words, such as the verbs, “was” and “were” are also, often misused today. For example, the comment, “If I was grading that, I'd give you a good score.” Are we talking about something that has already occurred or something that may (hypothetically) happen? The common usage of the verb “was” nowadays (used in past and future tenses), makes its usage confusing. I would rather use the verb “were” if I am talking about something that I might do, and “was” for something I have already done. For clarification, if I am talking about something I may do in the future, I may rephrase the comment to: “If I were to grade that, I'd give you a good score.” The justifications for the misuse of these verbs today, are they have changed to a common use and usage of them in informal communications.
Those of us who desire to influence, or responsible for teaching the proper usage of English words, should be careful not to give in to the popular, common and misuse of these words. Common usage in time can ruin a language and cause confusion.
To use English as correctly as possible, I use a simple rule of thumb: If I am talking in singular person, past tense, about something that has already occurred, I use the verb, “was.” If I am talking about something that may occur in the future, I use the verb, “were.”
Punctuation is also difficult for some writers. This is a subject that I will write more about in future articles, but for now, I will offer a simple, but useful rule of thumb for the usage of the semi-colon. Besides using it to separate lists where more information is provided about a particular item, it is used to join two connecting sentences. An example of the latter is, “The frightened boy jumped; he saw a snake.” If the related sentences could be joined by the conjunctive “and,” then a semi-colon can be used between the sentences.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
KIDS ARE NOT BEING TAUGHT TO THINK
We are graduating many idiots from our school systems; the fault falls squarely on the backs of our teachers, and the families who do not demand more from their children and our school systems.
When I read written material on the Web, I can pretty much determine who has been taught/has learned correct English. Generally, the age and level of education of the writers can be determined by how they write.
Our school systems have changed to the point that they are becoming a joke. I have scored many high school tests over the past couple years, of kids who are about to graduate, and it is disheartening to see how uneducated these kids are. Many of them cannot do the simplest of math and have no idea how to write. There are many reasons for this, but I believe the biggest problem is teachers cannot, or not allowed to teach these children properly.
Another big problem that I have noticed is the lack of thinking by these children. They are allowed to use calculators today, much more than the older generation was allowed. They punch in a bunch of numbers, while taking exams, and write down an incorrect result, without even considering/thinking about how wrong it is. For example, let's say the question is (to keep it simple): "Add 120 to 60 and divide the result by .07." They speedily hammer the numbers into their calculators and get a result (let's say 200,490,860), which is blatantly incorrect, but instead of thinking about the result, which is obviously ridiculous, they enter the incorrect answer on their exam.
The lack of thinking is a major problem with kids today. This can be attributed mostly to poor teaching. The grammar and punctuation of these kids (who are about to graduate) is pathetic. Many cannot even put a simple sentence together. We are graduating many idiots from our school systems; the fault falls squarely on the backs of our teachers, and the families who do not demand more from their children and our school systems.
When I read written material on the Web, I can pretty much determine who has been taught/has learned correct English. Generally, the age and level of education of the writers can be determined by how they write.
Our school systems have changed to the point that they are becoming a joke. I have scored many high school tests over the past couple years, of kids who are about to graduate, and it is disheartening to see how uneducated these kids are. Many of them cannot do the simplest of math and have no idea how to write. There are many reasons for this, but I believe the biggest problem is teachers cannot, or not allowed to teach these children properly.
Another big problem that I have noticed is the lack of thinking by these children. They are allowed to use calculators today, much more than the older generation was allowed. They punch in a bunch of numbers, while taking exams, and write down an incorrect result, without even considering/thinking about how wrong it is. For example, let's say the question is (to keep it simple): "Add 120 to 60 and divide the result by .07." They speedily hammer the numbers into their calculators and get a result (let's say 200,490,860), which is blatantly incorrect, but instead of thinking about the result, which is obviously ridiculous, they enter the incorrect answer on their exam.
The lack of thinking is a major problem with kids today. This can be attributed mostly to poor teaching. The grammar and punctuation of these kids (who are about to graduate) is pathetic. Many cannot even put a simple sentence together. We are graduating many idiots from our school systems; the fault falls squarely on the backs of our teachers, and the families who do not demand more from their children and our school systems.
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