JURY STILL DEADLOCKED ON WHETHER CONVICTED MURDERER JODI ARIAS SHOULD GET THE DEATH PENALTY, PROMPTING A RETRIAL *

THE JUDGE SCHEDULED THE RETRIAL FOR JULY 18 IN THE SENTENCING PHASE OF THE 32-YR-OLD'S TRIAL *

ARIAS WAS FOUND GUILTY OF FIRST-DEGREE MURDER IN THE 2008 DEATH OF HER EX-BOYFRIEND *

REP JO BONNER (R-AL) IS RESIGNING FROM CONGRESS TO TAKE A JOB WITH THE UNIV OF ALABAMA *

BONNER IS SIX-TERM MEMBER OF THE HOUSE AND A MEMBER OF THE APPROPRIATIONS CMTE *

HE REPRESENTS A SOUTHWESTERN PORTION OF THE STATE THAT INCLUDES MOBILE *

5.7 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE STRIKES NEAR CANYONDAM, CA *

THE AREA IS SURROUNDED BY VAST PARK SPACE, AND THE NEAREST MAJOR CITIES ARE RENO AND CARSON CITY, NV *

THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF INJURIES OR DAMAGE *

BRIDGE COLLAPSE IN NW WASHINGTON SENDS VEHICLES AND PEOPLE INTO THE WATER *

THE FOUR LANE I-5 BRIDGE OVER THE SKAGIT RIVER AT MOUNT VERNON REPORTEDLY CRUMBLED AROUND 7 PM *

WA STATE AUTHORITIES SAY THERE ARE NO FATALITIES *

DEADLY PARKING GARAGE COLLAPSE AT MALL OUTSIDE D.C. *

ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER KILLED, ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED *

THE SURVIVING WORKER WAS TRAPPED FOR NEARLY FOUR HOURS BENEATH A 40-FOOT SECTION OF CONCRETE *

NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE COLLAPSE *

TWO MORE ARRESTS IN CONNECTION WITH HACKING DEATH OF BRITISH SOLDIER *

COUNTERTERRORISM OFFICERS TAKING INTO CUSTODY A MAN AND A WOMAN, BOTH 29-YRS-OLD, ON SUSPICION OF CONSPIRACY TO MURDER *

MEANWHILE, THE TWO MEN WHO WERE SHOT AND ARRESTED AT THE SCENE REMAIN HOSPITALIZED IN STABLE CONDITION *

THEY'RE BELIEVED TO HAVE HACKED A BRITISH SOLDIER TO DEATH ON A SOUTH LONDON STREET WHILE SHOUTING JIHADIST RHETORIC *

THE MURDERED SOLDIER HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS 25-YR-OLD LEE RIGBY *

BRITAIN'S MILITARY SAYS RIGBY WAS A POPULAR DRUMMER AND MACHINE GUNNER, AS WELL AS THE FATHER OF A 2-YR-OLD BOY *

PRES OBAMA TO TOUR JERSEY SHORE WITH GOV CHRIS CHRISTIE (R) NEXT WK *

THE TRIP WILL HIGHLIGHT THE STATE'S ONGOING RECOVERY FROM SUPERSTORM SANDY *

THE FED GOVT HAS SPENT $1.3 BIL TO HELP FAMILIES HIT HARD BY THE STORM *

OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE CORRECT TORNADO DAMAGE ESTIMATE TO 12,000 HOMES *

A POLICE SPOX MISSPOKE THURS WHEN HE SAID 1,200 HOMES WERE HIT BY MONDAY'S STORM *

TOTAL DAMAGE FROM THE MASSIVE TORNADO MAY TOP $2 BIL DOLLARS *

HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES GETTING AN UNPAID DAY OFF FRI *

THE IRS AND EPA ARE AMONG THE AGENCIES SHUTTING THEIR DOORS *

THE FURLOUGHS ARE PART OF AN EFFORT TO MEET SEQUESTER SPENDING CUTS *

POWERFUL 8.2 MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE HITS RUSSIA'S FAR EAST *

THE QUAKE'S EPICENTER WAS LOCATED EAST OF THE RUSSIAN COAST AND NORTH OF JAPAN *

THE SHAKING WAS FELT 4,400 MILES AWAY IN MOSCOW *

THE LAST RECORDED TREMOR IN THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL WAS IN 1977 *

BRITAIN BRACING FOR POSSIBLE COPYCAT TERROR ATTACKS *

SOME 1,200 POLICE HAVE BEEN ADDED TO POTENTIAL TROUBLE SPOTS *

ANALYSTS SAY THERE'S BEEN AN INCREASE IN CHATTER ON EXTREMIST SITES SINCE WEDNESDAY'S BRUTAL KILLING OF A BRITISH SOLDIER *

HOWEVER, A GOVT OFFICIAL SAYS NO SPECIFIC OR CREDIBLE THREATS HAVE BEEN DETECTED *

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What to do about college? cost? alternatives?

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Last night I posted a blogger’s suggestion about what we could do about college, the cost etc. and asked for your opinion.  The blogger sent me another email…so here it is.  Read and post your ideas:

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 Since no one took seriously my home schooling the first 2 years of college idea last night I have another idea that they will also boo. I would welcome a program where corporations, large and small, offer more scholarships for students which pay for their college costs and also guarantee them a full time entry level or above position upon graduation. The larger the corporation, the more they could offer. In exchange, they get a tax deduction for the cost of the educational fees ( plus 10% above the cost) to take off their taxes.

They can offer them in the areas they need employees in. For example: Bayer Chemical could offer 10 scholarships in chemistry. If they have plants in 10 states than one could be offered at any major university within that state. They have a plant in WV so one would go through West Virginia University. One would go through The University of Texas for the Baytown plant and one through the University of South Carolina representing a plant there. That way the scholarships would cover the country.

 

Smaller corporations could offer just one based on what their company needs such as accountants, engineers, pharmacists and so forth. Hospitals could sponsor a scholarship for a nurse or tech position. They could be for jobs that require 4 year, 2 year degrees or law or medical school. The corporation would set up the required grade average and anything else for renewal.( no felony convictions and the like) When contracting a student to a scholarship the student gets a debt free education in a field they are interested in with the promise of a job at the end. The corporation gets to write off the cost plus 10% of the money they invested in the student and has the trained employee they need upon the student’s graduation.

 

Thousands of students would gain educations that are needed in fields where trained employees are needed. It would reduce student loan debt and the corporations would benefit by being able to not only gain a trained employee they need but also will be able to gain an additional 10% tax break on the money they are spending. If they spend $200.000 a year on the program they get to deduct $220,000 per year.

 

It seems simple that if you just apply common sense to problems you can come up with common sense solutions to help ease the problem. You can’t eliminate all problems but it is easier to carry 49 pounds than 50 over a great distance so every little bit helps!

 

 









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