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My friend recently finished college in the spring with a degree in....drum roll...you'll never guess..."Outdoor Recreation". Seriously, what career does this kind of major provide? It's more of a bad joke than a bad major. Sadly, this is just one of the many majors that will land college grads into crippling debt. I believe colleges have an obligation to discontinue a service that does not benefit the whole of it's students. Lets be honest, no high school graduate goes to college to "enhance their minds and enrich their thinking". We all go to college to get a higher paying career, period. A bachelors degree alone should be sufficient to get a gaduate a de…

I'd appreciate some help here from US or UK folks (especially UK). Is there a name for an exam that a person has to take from some state body to be able to work in a certain profession. I often hear reference in the US to a "bar" in the context of law. The context I need it in is a person passed this test for being a librarian. Is there a name specifically for that?

I have been hounded by a couple of characters who follow me around the net and are quite obnoxious. Some of the PM's and posts they've put on sites I visit are remarkable. It wasn't noticed when they signed up just to taunt me and caused a perfectly good thread to be trashed. It wasn't noticed they signed up on 11-4 of last year and haven't been seen since 11-7. I'd like to start posting here again in a much reduced manner. There are going to be a lot of news stories coming out of Egypt in the near future and I'd like to just interject some facts ands logic in the maelstrom of interpretation. I hope there are no objections.

Encircling the world is a trace; not like dotting a dot more like dotting a circle; you cannot define using only your word, what Earth objective is, only trace the Earth, so the objective is higher than word. Mana The universe is a state of non existecne that is a higher power; traces continue to upgrade until the universe; existent entities, are all that exist, the universe is non-existent.na …

can you give me advice on losing weight please, i am 300 pounds and wanting to lose 80 pounds. how long would such process take.

Let me first say that by best I mean best for health, with no regard at all for body building (weight loss or muscle gain). I'm wondering whether anyone is familiar with any research that could answer the following questions: #1 Which type of exercise is best for health (paying no mind to weight loss or muscle gain)? HIIT, steady cardio or weight lifting? #2 If I am already doing HIIT or steady cardio, is there any additional health benefit to be gleaned adding weight lifting into the mix?

Hi. By ~1960, dad installed a wooden donkey on his VW dash. Collapsed and stood by engine vacuum. Similar to the 'push button' puppets that I can only find; as searches with the 'vacuum' term in english default to 'vacuum cleaner' Looked like the yellow based, without the under button, but a hose to the engine intake instead. Do they exist somewhere now ?

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I am going to go with Mike Tyson. From watching YouTube videos of his deadly knockouts and the way he trained as well as various articles on Google, I am going to say Tyson is the hardest hitter in boxing history and would probably beat Muhammad Ali. Also another question instead of starting another thread, do you think Mike Tyson could knock out a gorilla with his bare hands and hardest hit.

Is ancient Greek history as grand as movies portray to be? The whole warrior culture thing, the Spartans and the Myrmidons from Homers Iliad as well as other stuff I have no idea about. There is a new game that came out called Assassins Creed: Odyssey and it has a lot of this warrior stuff and people wearing warrior clothing and all that stuff, lots of fighting lots of sailing. My question is really, is ancient Greece really "all that"? Also how comes Greeks now days are not not that good at sports if they had such a culture, Polynesians also had a warrior culture in the past and they are some of the most successful sports people.

Hi all. -Please move if there is a proper nutrition/food section- Is the sugar content in food labels a constituent or an added ingredient ? Random example : ----> https://www.motts.com/products/100-juice/motts-100-original-apple-juice If it is 100% juice from crushed apples, and is showing 28 grams of sugar per serving, it is not added sugar as in a soda, but natural sugars in the fruit, figures obtained from chemical analysis. Right ? Now; which is the type of sugar promoting obesity ? Sucrose, dextrose, glucose, fructose, galactose... And which one does not promote obesity ? Do recommendations of eating a number of fruit servings daily (…

Mine is to trust in God and to be good. I know it sounds childish "be good" part but that just means try being good person by following God's and Jesus Christ commands.

I recently acquired Methylene Chloride ACS Reagent from website removed. I wanted to use it as a solvent for paint, which i did. Maybe it's the inhalation of the product that making my ears and nose irritable. How can get it of this? It's unbearable right now. Please help!

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Let us suppose that Mister B affirms that Mister A lies. What should be done and what should not be done to evaluate B's assertion? I guess the following procedures do not apply: 1. Find Mister A and ask him: do you lie? 2. Find friends of A and with them consult the veracity of A. 3. Consult people who work for A and / or receive money from A. That is, it is not appropriate to consult Mister A, or people linked to A for affection or for money. What should be done? This is the laborious part. The only way is to look for affirmations of A that have been documented, perhaps spanning many years, to contrast them with the facts that A produced linked to those …

Hello forum, I have to make a presentation about royalty payments, more specific regarding trademark royalties or intangibles but any will do. Of course I am doing this on my own but I hit a bit of a rut and wanted to ask if anyone has some inspiration or a helpful diagram/image or a nice explanation. I have seen most youtube videos and some presentations but they are done in a tangible focused manner. Any help is appreciated.

Hey guys. Nice to be back. Well actually I want to become a very popular person in life. Currently I don't have the financial basis and hence I would like to do some part time work which can help me earn bitcoins. Does anyone have such work ? Well other answer may include some other methods for becoming popular and rich. I know it takes hard work so you all can give me suggestions as to where can I chanel like my hard work

I am wondering how many of you who thumbs down my answers wanna sort this outside after a couple beers and see where you end up after.

So apparently there was a huge row regarding the last Star Wars movie (I have not seen it and do not follow social media). Now apparently someone looked into it and found that at least half of the vocal voices against the movie were most likely trolls and quite a few bots. Half of the bots were likely Russian. From the paper itself: Somewhat funny, somewhat sad. The future of discourse in the age of social media continues to be an interesting experiment.

Anyone else find it strange that Godel's wife was apparently a dancer? You'd figure she might have been a fellow academic or some other kind of professional. Mathematicians don't typically marry people from showbusiness. Does anyone know of any online sources that give info on this, seemingly, unlikely pairing?

I masturbate about 3 times a week. Is this healthy or not?

I'm not a scientist yet, but I want to be, so I'm trying to do a cool experiment at home. I want to do a plant grow up inside a box with an artificial light and a solar panel, using the sunlight to turn on a light bulb. But I think this idea has a lot of problems, for example, energetically speaking the artificial light will be weaker than sunlight, so on cloudy days, a plant doesn't will have so much light. If you guys have any suggestions for how I can make this, like the type of plant, of solar panel, of the light bulb, or anything, please tell me your idea. I am in this forum to learn English too, so feel free to correct me.

Hello, i think even if thanks quantum computers human brains were fully understood and proved there is no such thing as free will, people would still believe whatever they want to. 4/10 people believe than world isn't older than 10k years in murica... https://www.livescience.com/46123-many-americans-creationists.html Btw evolution is fact, it is not even theory... Because everything is predetermined, or coinflippy and it is beneficial for us to believe we have free will for our survival and we also think we have free will from experience in everyday life when we are deciding, so it is hard to believe for people it is illusion, they would probably still beli…

Hi guys! I am just curious, can shock absorbers like Bilstein shocks be installed in race cars? Or is it just for 4x4 vehicles?

Hi. Stuck with mental farts on how to make a graphical decision chart, for using thermal switches. Suggestions please ? Perhaps someone lucid has done it ? Attic temperature can vary -20C to +50C along the year. Exterior ambient temperature can vary -20C to +40C along the year. Desired temperature in dwelling 15C to 25C , outside that range, energizing HVAC system is allowed. Bidirectional fans located at boundaries attic/living area ; living area/exterior. Thermometers/thermostats located in the three locations (attic, exterior, living area) to command fans for the correct air flow direction to avoid energizing HVAC. Exampl…