Is homework a waste of time? Study of 18,000 U.S. students finds ‘no relationship’ between spending time on work at home and better grades

It’s the news they’ve been waiting for…

Next time you hear a child complaining that their science and maths homework is a waste of time, they might have a point.

That’s the conclusion of research carried on schoolchildren to find out what difference extra study at home makes.

Waste of time? A study by the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, found more homework assignments didn’t translate into better grades

It found homework doesn’t necessarily [...]

Is flossing your teeth a waste of time?: Dentists nag us about it. Scientists insist it prevents heart disease. But now an expert says they’ve all got it wrong…

Visits to the dentist are never pleasant. Not only do we have our pearly whites scraped, prodded and drilled, we then have to endure a telling-off for not having flossed.

Dentists insist it will keep our teeth sparkling and free from decay, as well as keeping our gums healthy. Regular flossing has even been said to protect us from heart disease.

Yet, for most of us who try wrestling with the tape, [...]

This is TOO important to ignore! BREAKING: Bilderberg Insider says Ron Paul & Supporters on Kill List

Source: Bilderberg wants Ron Paul dead

 

Bilderberg Elites Want Ron Paul and Followers DEAD

 

You probably are aware that the Bilderberg elites are meeting this weekend. In case you are still wondering who these people are and what they do and why the press doesn’t cover them, there is a plethora of information about them on the web so we won’t waste time explaining here.

If you know who they are, but are still one [...]

At least the U.S. Gov’t has a plan, STEAL IT!

http://foodfreedomgroup.com/2012/04/23/obama-seizes-farmers-money/

“Monsanto’s Food and Drug Administration can’t close down small dairies and private food clubs fast enough, bursting on the scene with guns drawn as if the criminalized right to contract for natural foods we’ve consumed for millennia deserves SWAT attention.

Now, Obama has the Dept. of Justice going after small farmers under the post-911 “Bank Secrecy Act” which makes it a crime to deposit less than $10,000 when you earned more [...]

When Risk Is Disconnected From Consequence, The System Itself Is At Risk

by Charles Hugh Smith from Of Two Minds

When Risk Is Disconnected From Consequence, the System Itself Is at Risk

If we understand risk cannot be eliminated, it can only be transferred, then we will understand why the current financial trickery in Europe and elsewhere is doomed to fail.

The entire global economy’s fundamental financial instability can be traced back to one simple rule of Nature: risk cannot be eliminated, it can only be [...]

Americans are being ‘played’ by politicians…

The Main Street Alliance, an alliance of small businesses: “In survey after survey and interview after interview, Main Street small business owners confirm that what we really need is more customers—more demand—not deregulation. Policies that restore our customer base are what we need now, not policies that shift more risk and more costs onto us from big corporate actors.”

“I’d like to know, how will rolling back financial standards and allowing [...]

17 Facts About The People Who Waste Time On Facebook

by Kamaila Sanders

You already know that Facebook is the most popular social networking site in the U.S.

However, a closer look at how users actually engage with the site has produced some surprising results.

Researchers with the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Projectconducted a national phone survey of Facebook users and just released a report on the findings.

Here are the most interesting results:

20 to 30 percent of very active Facebook users called [...]

Don’t wast a moment if you are a Greek, Dont waste a second if you own a property in Greece, Sell it now, change any cash left into US$ or yen or anything other than euros.

Turn everything you can into cash and change to any currency other than euro. or pound for that matter.

If you have a business  sell as many of your assets as possible, sell the property and leaseback.

Do it at the best price you can get and if you make a loss dont worry about it. But sell everything and hoard the cash in a foreign currency.

Use euros only for the barest [...]

$40 Silver? Not quite. Give it a few hours: it just hit $39.70

by ZH

Then we expect the Hunt High should be taken out shortly thereafter.

And not to be left out of the party, gold just hit another all time record as well. At this point, Bernanke is officially panicking.

 

And a quick update from FMX Connect who were spot on with their $1,550 gold prediction:

Is Gold Going to 1550? An Update from our Analysts (link)

Over the past 4 weeks we [...]

Gold Hitting $1,550 Within 8 Weeks

From FMX Connect:

FmxConnect uses several proprietary indicators to predict volatility trends. One indicator, the TrendVol actually gives directional signals as well.

Simply stated, if this week closes above 1416, there is a high likelihood of a 75 to 175 move higher in gold over the next 2 months. Although if the indicator hits, we’d expect the move to happen in a more compressed time. The [...]