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Love him or hate him, he sure hits the nail on the head with this! Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. In the speech he spoke about how “feel-good, politically correct” teachings has created a generation of kids with no actual concept of reality and how this concept will set them up for failure in the real world.
I don’t usually understand much about what Bill Gates says in many of his speeches but this I understand and actually agree with!

Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2 : The world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. (more…)

So plans for a massive expansion of a wind energy programme in the UK are to be unveiled by the Government. It has been reported that the UK Government is planning to expand wind farms around the UK.

This will include the building of new Wind farms which will include 7000 wind turbines both in the countryside and around the coastline of Britain.

Gordon Brown Said:

“By 2020 we will have installed around 14 gigawatts — that is around 3,000 offshore wind turbines, meeting up to 50 percent of our renewable electricity,” he added, stating he wanted Britain to be a leader in “clean energy.”

This then got me thinking…..”I wander how the huge Wind Turbines are actually made?”….Here is where you will find out:

I am on a major diet and getting ready for my holiday to Malaysia in September. But now the weight is finally coming off I seem to have a major dilemma……..A dilemma that I thought I would never ever have! The dilemma is………which bikini do I like the best?

Having already purchased two I thought I would do a little investigating on-line to see If I could find a couple more that I liked, that is when the problems started…..I actually liked a lot more than I really need. So I have put them all together and thought I would look at them again to see if I can get any inspiration or if anyone out there can help me chose. Ideally I only need another three bikinis. But which three should I go for?

Animal or Berrydog

Diesel or Goldigga (more…)

The saying “What You Look At Isn’t Always What You See” is oh so true when it comes to emails and online articles.

Today one of my favourite daily reads, Attuworld, posted a story about a couple who bought a house and some land that had an old barn on it. The story goes that no one had looked in the barn for years and the new owners discovered $35 million worth of classic cars inside (pictured).

A nice story but a little far fetched was my first thought and a quick Google search revealed the story was indeed a hoax. The photographs were real, the accompanying story was just an internet myth that has grown over time with repetition.

The past month has seen a few internet hoaxes gaining momentum and exposure. Take the viral videos of the guy going nuts in a Russian office - fake. Or how about the clips of mobile phones cooking popcorn - fake.

If you ever see a story that doesn’t look quite right or is so over the top it becomes unbelievable then it probably is and a quick online search will usually turn up the truth. Snopes is a great site for quashing email and article myths and hoaxes.

As time goes on, a women and her best friends should grow old together and their relationships grow stronger. A best friend is someone who knows everything about you and is always there when you need them!

The following best friends have stuck together through thick and thin……literally LOL!!!

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I happen to be on the mailing list for HMV so occasionally I receive e-mails from them about offers and new releases etc. Nothing exciting to be talking about……until recently! I received an e-mail which said “Don’t Forget your Dad”.

The e-mail was reminding people that it is Father’s Day on Sunday the 15th of June. Which is all fine except that I lost my Dad to cancer six months ago. Now I know that these e-mails are not personal and there is no way they could know that my Dad has died I just think that there are a thousand ways to say that it is Father’s Day and check out what presents they have in stock.

1: “It’s Father’s Day Sunday, 15th of June, so click here to check out our great range of presents”
2: “We have hundreds of great gifts for Father’s Day” etc etc

I just think that “Don’t Forget your Dad” was a little tactless due to the fact that there are thousands of people like me who have lost their Dad, or who’s parents have separated and are no longer able to see their Dad…..We do not need a reminder not to forget them.

For such a large international company you would think that their PR team could be just a little more tactful and think in future.

Below are actual answer’s which were given on GCSE examination papers collected from last year’s GCSE exam results in Swindon, Wiltshire. They are genuine responses (from 16 year olds)! And we wander why the kids today are so stupid!!

Geography

Q: Name the four seasons.
A: Salt, pepper, mustard and vinegar.

Q: Explain one of the processes by which water can be made safe to drink.
A: Flirtation makes water safe to drink because it removes large pollutant like grit, sand, dead sheep and canoeists.

Q: How is dew formed?
A: The sun shines down on the leaves and makes them perspire.

Q: What causes the tides in the oceans?
A: The tides are a fight between the Earth and the Moon. All water tends to flow towards the moon, because there is no
water on the moon, and Nature abhors a vacuum. I forget where the sun joins in this fight.

Sociology

Q: What guarantees may a mortgage company insist on?
A: If you are buying a house, they will insist you are well endowed.

Q: In a democratic society, how important are elections?
A: Very important. S x can only happen when a male gets an election.

Q: What are steroids?
A: Things for keeping carpets still on the stairs.

Biology

Q: What happens to your body as you age?
A: When you get old, so do your bowels and you get intercontinental.

Q: What happens to a boy when he reaches puberty?
A: He says goodbye to his boyhood and looks forward to his adultery.

Q: Name a major disease associated with cigarettes.
A: Premature death.

Q: What is artificial insemination?
A: When the farmer does it to the cow instead of the bull. (more…)

According to The Star’s Foreign Affairs Reporter, Olivia Ward, here are 10 of the worst countries in the world to be a woman today:

• Afghanistan
The average Afghan girl will live to only 45, More than half of all brides are under 16, one woman dies in childbirth every half hour, 87 per cent of women admit to experiencing domestic violence, more than one million widows are on the streets Afghanistan is the only country in which the female suicide rate is higher than that of males.

• Democratic Republic of Congo
Rapes are so brutal and systematic that UN investigators have called them unprecedented, many victims die; others are infected with HIV and left to look after children alone. Foraging for food and water exposes women to yet more violence. Without money, transport or connections, they have no way of escape. (more…)

It is recommended that we have our eyes tested yearly. Would it really be such a hassle if the eye tests looked like these? The his and her eye test cards would make a visit to the optitions so much more enjoyable.

For Him: The Stripping Nurse:

For Her: The Stripping Beckham: