what’s the name and/ or who sings? but trust me on the sunscreen?

Kurt Vonnegut’s MIT Graduation Speech

Ladies and gentlemen:
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would
be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now:

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you
really looked.

You are not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4:00 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts. Don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.

Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t. Maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t. Maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary.

Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.

Get to know your parents. You never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings. They’re your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on to.

Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.

Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander.

You, too, will get old. And when you do, you’ll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble, and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair or by the time you’re 40 it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

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..But trust me on the sunscreen!

Please translate this song in German.?

Do not be reckless with other peoples hearts. Do not put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Do not waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you are ahead, sometimes you are behind. The race is long, and in the end, it is only with yourself.

Remember compliments you recieve. Forget the insults. If you succed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Do not be guilty if you do not know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know did not know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 years olds I know still do not know.

Get plenty of calsium

Be kind to your knees, you will miss them when they are gone.

Why doesn’t Bono shut up?

He wants us all to forgive 3rd world country’s depts.Here in Canada our pension money is not put in a fund for pensions but goes to the general coffers.We keep hearing how because there are so many people going to retire in the next while from the Babyboomer generation, that there won’t be enough money to cover the pensions.How is this possible when all these people paid in?It is because this is where they take the money for there pet projects like lending money that we have virtually nope hope of recovering.How much money do you suppose Bono has?Do you think he will have to wonder where his next meal is coming from after he is 65 ( which isn’t long)? When I see his bank statement showing zero balance because he has choosen to live in poverty so that the people in the 3rd world can have his money then we can talk.Until then he can shaddup…
hmm..I wonder if the attention he gets sell Cd’s,,naw,,he wouldn’t do that would he,,n0oo0o..not him..

Anyone heard the sunsreen song?

If I could offer you only tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; Oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at the photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked…You’re not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing that everyday that scares you.

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either- your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Do one thing that everyday that scares you.

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either- your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.

Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance… even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
I could post it here but there’s not enough room. Is there a way that I can post it w/o a separate post? It’s a great song (words, actually) and I‘d like to share it….any suggestions? Thanks in advance!
Do one thing that everyday that scares you.

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…whatever you do

Is this good advice from Baz Luhrmann?

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’97
Wear Sunscreen

If I could offer you only one tip for the future,
sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists,
whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience
I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth, oh nevermind,
you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they’ve faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself
and recall in a way you can’t grasp now, how much possibility lay before you
and how fabulous you really looked,
you are not as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future, or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing everyday that scares you

Sing

Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts,
don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss

Don’t waste your time on jealousy, sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind,
the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.

Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults,
if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.

Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch

Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life,
the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22
what they wanted to do with their lives,
some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.

Get plenty of calcium.

Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.

Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t,
Maybe you’ll divorce at 40,
Maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary
What ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either
Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body, use it every way you can, don’t be afraid of it,
or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own

Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.

Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do not read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.

Brother and sister together we’ll make it through
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you’ve been hurtin, but I‘ve been waitin’ to be there for you
And I‘ll be there just helping you out whenever I can

Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.

Be nice to your siblings, they are the best link to your past
and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.

Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get,
the more you need the people you knew when you were young.

Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard,
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.

Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander,
you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young
prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.

Respect your elders.

Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund,
Maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.

Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85.

Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia,
dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off,
painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen

Brother and sister together we’ll make it through
Someday a spirit will take you and guide you there
I know you’ve been hurtin, but I‘ve been waitin’ to be there for you
And I‘ll be there just helping you out whenever I can
Everybody’s free oh yeah
Everybody’s free oh yeah

Why didn’t Libhoo run this on their homepage?

rather than bury it? (note: I am still quite shocked that they even ran the story at all)

FactCheck: The fuller story in Denver By DARLENE SUPERVILLE, Associated Press Writer
Thu Aug 28, 12:10 AM ET

DENVER – Sen. Barack Obama’s formal nomination Wednesday as the Democratic candidate for president brought with it praise for Obama and a barrage of renewed attacks on his Republican opponent, Sen. John McCain. Some were on point, others missed the mark.

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Some examples:

VICE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE SEN. JOE BIDEN of DELAWARE: “Barack Obama will bring down health care costs by $2,500 for the typical family, and, at long last, deliver affordable, accessible health care for all Americans.”

THE FACTS: Obama’s health care plan does not provide for universal health care coverage. He promises to make it affordable and would require children to be covered, but not adults. Estimates of how many would remain without insurance vary. Hillary Rodham Clinton said during the primaries that Obama’s plan would leave 15 million people uninsured.

FORMER PRESIDENT CLINTON: The Bush administration “took us from record surpluses to an exploding national debt; from over 22 million new jobs an increase in working family incomes of $7,500 to a decline of more than $2,000; from almost 8 million Americans moving out of poverty to more than 5 and half million falling into poverty — and million more losing their health insurance.”

THE FACTS: Clinton, helped by a decade-long economic expansion, recorded four straight years of budget surpluses. They ended in 2001, whittled away by a recession that started that year, and the cost of fighting terrorism after 9/11 and President Bush’s tax cuts. Bush has recorded some of the highest deficits in history in dollar terms including a record $413 billion imbalance in 2004.

The Census Bureau reported this week that median household income grew by 1.3 percent last year to $50,233, the third straight annual increase. It still fell short of the previous peak, reached in 2000, when inflation is included. The bureau said the number of families living below the official poverty threshold last year was 12.5 percent, not statistically different from 2006. But the latest report covered 2007 before the current economic slowdown had begun to take its toll.

BIDEN: “Because Barack made that choice, 150,000 more children and parents have health care in Illinois. He fought to make that happen.

THE FACTS: Obama did none of this single-handedly, but as a member of the Illinois Senate. He helped expand an existing children’s health insurance program. He also helped pass legislation to raise the income threshold for eligibility and make the temporary program permanent.

_SEN. JAY ROCKEFELLER of WEST VIRGINIA: “John McCain has served his country with honor. But his refusal to change course even in the face of the failed policies of Bush-Cheney is reckless and will not keep us safe.”

THE FACTS: After the U.S. led the invasion of Iraq in March 2003, McCain initially said he had no doubt U.S. forces would be “welcomed as liberators” in Baghdad. But McCain changed his mind after visiting the Iraqi capital later that year. Back in Washington, he began calling on the Bush administration to send more troops to beat back an insurgency that was responsible for spiraling violence. That put him at odds with the White House, most Republicans and military leaders. McCain’s position jeopardized his presidential campaign, but he put on a brave face, telling audiences he’d “rather lose an election than lose a war.”

In January 2007, Bush announced he was sending 20,000 more troops to Iraq. They have been credited with helping improve security in Iraq.

_FORMER SECRETARY of STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: “Sen. McCain says that American troops should remain in Iraq perhaps as long as they have been stationed in Korea and Japan, as if there were no difference in history, religion or culture between our friends in Asia and those in the Middle East.”

THE FACTS: Democrats have made much of McCain’s “100 years” comment at a town-hall meeting earlier this year in New Hampshire. It was in response to a questioner who had challenged him about President Bush’s view that U.S. troops could be in Iraq for 50 years.

“Maybe a hundred,” McCain said. “We’ve been in South Korea. We’ve been in Japan for 60 years. We’ve been in South Korea for 50 years or so. That’d be fine with me as long as Americans, as long as Americans are not being injured or harmed or wounded or killed. Then it’s fine with me. I hope it would be fine with you if we maintain a presence in a very volatile part of the world where al-Qaida is training, recruiting and equipping and motivating people every single day.”

McCain also has said he envisions victory in Iraq and the return of most U.S. troops by January 2013 — the end of his first term if elected. He also says withdrawal should be based on security conditions in

What is a reasonable fee for 9 years of past due tax returns?

I used a CPA who was sort of a friend when the IRS levied 2 bank accounts and claimed I owed them a bunch.

The CPA, never really discussed his fee, but then I didn’t ask.

This started back in Oct. Since then, he filed all 9 years. Mostly with data he collected from the IRS, stock sales, interest & dividends & backup withholding amounts.

For 07-09, I had maybe 60 stock trades total over 3 years plus interest at various banks. I figured out my cost basis and purchase dates and gave them to him. We did those first as they were easier and the IRS was about to take further action so he said to knock these out right away. He also filed for a due process hearing back in Nov. to keep them from going after my brokerage account which would not have been good.

Years 01-06 were “estimated” and fairly easy for him to prepare. We simply estimated a % of stock sale proceeds probably on the high side to be safe because I didn’t have great records and a lot of day trading type trades for very little profit those years. (And I had multiple brokers, many of which are no longer in business)

Now, everything is up to date, a refund is supposed to be sent next week and he said he is sending a bill. He said it was quite large but fair.

Along the way, he found out that I am financially well off and I found out he isn’t doing as well. That combined with the supposed large bill has me somewhat scared.

Im glad to have this behind me and I appreciate the work he did for me but i really don’t know what a reasonable fee should be or will be.

And I guess because we didn’t really discuss it ahead of time, I fear a “what if” situation.

What if his bill is way higher than I think is reasonable ?

Id hate to end up in court although even that would be nightmarish because we live 700 miles and many states apart.

If I had to guess at how many hours he spent on my case, I would say probably 15-30 over a period of 6 months much of it was spent “waiting” to hear back from the IRS. (They never did get back with us so we filed the estimated returns and they have since accepted them and fixed everything such that the amounts they levied covered my total due and Im getting a refund of the excess)

Appreciate any help/suggestions.

Obviously, we both could have handled it better. At the time, he was focused on helping me it was just never brought up. I guess I just kind of assumed that since we were friends his fee would be reasonable but I really don’t know what “reasonable” or “fair” is for the services provided.

I am happy to have this behind me and determined to never get behind again.

But, Im a little worried that his and my idea of “fair & reasonable” might be a good ways apart,

Don’t get me wrong, Im not trying to get out of paying him for helping me. But what if his fee is sky high and not what I consider reasonable ?

Thanks
I have a feeling he is looking for well over $10k and maybe over $20k.

How long are employee records kept& what if the place is closed down?

I was applying for a state job, and I was asked to list my ENTIRE employment history. I got my first job as a teenager at 15 back in the 1990s. I can only remember some of the people by first name, no phone numbers or how to locate people who know me. Another job was at a restaurant that was closed down and no longer exists. On my first few jobs, my earnings were reported on my parents’ tax returns.

So how do I handle this? It says I can be denied if there are ‘omissions’. Well the honest to God truth, I have no idea how to find and contact people that far back. How long are records for this kept? All of the employment was in New Jersey.
I‘m supposed to know the last name and the phone number of Gail who worked in the town movie theatre when I was 15? All I know is i ripped tickets, swept the floors and cleaned the bathrooms. I have tried googling but I can’t find anything, and for god’s sakes, I was a boy.

How do I prove my residence if I have no paper copies of ANYTHING?

I lived in MA in 2003. I moved to NY in Jan 04 due to a death in the family. Beginning in Nov 2003, I began to transfer accounts and forward mail, and actually moved in 2004. I filed MA taxes in 2004 and now NY is sending me bills to pay $3000 of taxes, interest and fees for not filing in 2003 in NY.
I stalled them by sending in my tax returns from 03 and 04, but I know they’ll want more proof of my residence. I may not be able to prove residency in MA after Nov 15, 2003, due to not having a signed lease (lived with roommate starting in sept 03 and had no bills except cell phone in my name).
What can I do to prove my residence? I‘ve thought of getting driver license records, but don’t know what my license number was in MA to request it. I thought bank records—but Fleet bank is now Bank of America and I don’t know if they’d keep them this long. All of my paper copies of everything were accidentally shredded….
Help! Thanks for any insight.
Lisa

Why does the US government have to be involved with everything economic?

As you may know, if you leave a bunch of food on the ground in the same spot in a forest every day for a long time, a wild animal will notice the food and come to expect it. When you stop leaving food, the wild animal will go hungry and possibly starve. If enough of the forest’s population expects food in this way, there could be a disaster and mass change in the forest’s ecosystem.

If you hunt a specific species, such as deer, for a long enough time, the remaining deer will learn to recognize and fear you. It might even migrate to a different area and adapt to that environment.

The same thing goes with the economy and American people: if you give out money or food to a population for a few years, the population will expect the money or food. When you go away, the population will not know how to work to feed themselves and eventually go broke and starve.

If the government takes too much money from the rich people, the rich people will learn to fear the government, and might even migrate to another country to permanently become citizens.

Why must the government always give food or money to people who do not earn it. I understand giving money or food away to those who are in more desperate times, but why not keep a record of how much food is given away to individuals for a period of time between months of being employed, and placing a limit on what can be given in those periods in such a way that the American people do not expect their food from the government? Must the government take a bigger percentage of money from the rich? Why not tax the rich as much as the poor so people will actually consider becoming wealthy?

If a dog expects food from you over and over, it trusts you. You can abuse it all you want and it won’t care as long as it gets the food. Can the people of America trust a government that ignores its own constitution?
I am not referring to people as “animals”. I am comparing behaviors.
By “too much from the rich” I mean a bigger portion from the rich than from anyone else. The rich do participate. There is not supposed to be a way to avoid taxes. But as the Declaration of Independence says, all people are created equal. Therefore, the rich must have done something or had something done to them to become rich, and the lower-class must have done something or had something done to them to make them less poor.

HOW LONG DO HOSPITALS KEEP MEDICAL RECORDS?

I HAD A DAUGHTER IN 1990 DO YOU THINK THE HOSPITAL WOULD STILL HAVE ANY INFORMATION PERTAINING TO HER DEATH, SHE WAS BORN AND LIVED FOR TWO WEEKS

how long does facebook keep the record of the IP of a user that has visited his profile today?

I have noticed that facebook knows what is the user’s IP in each visit to each profile, so, how long will facebook keep the record or register of the IP of a user that entered his profile for example today, will facebook keep the record of today’s IP visit durIng one month, one year or what.

How long do I need to keep my unemployment records?

I was on unmeployment in parts of both 2009 and 2010. I have been working since early november 2010. My proof of work searches is clogging up my e-mail box and I would like to get rid of it. How long do I need to hang on to the proof of work search(sending out resumes)?

how long do police stations keep records??

Do you think they would have any information still about a murder or a suicide that happened in 1982?
Would records that I could access still exist?

how long do police stations keep records??

Do you think they would have any information still about a murder or a suicide that happened in 1982?
Would records that I could access still exist?