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Gates to students: Don’t try to be a billionaire, it’s overrated

You know, only a billionaire could say something like being a billionaire is “overrated.” Thanks for the advice Bill, but I think I’d like to give it a try anyway.

I can understand wanting to have millions of dollars, there’s a certain freedom, meaningful freedom, that comes with that. But once you get much beyond that, I have to tell you, it’s the same hamburger.

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How to Run Up a $200,000 Cell Phone Bill

Someone needs to explain to me, in plain English, how anything you can do on a phone would result in you having a $200,000 bill. Think about it, that is more than $4.50 a minute, 24 hours a day for 30 days straight.

This is the $201,000 bill, running 43 pages. When Shamir saw it, he couldn’t believe he had run it up. Celina Aarons: “He spent two weeks in Canada. Shamir had been on vacation in Canada where he didn’t turn his data roaming off. Texting over 2,000 times and using the phone to download videos. Bringing this charge for $1,800. This one for $1,300 this one for $2,500. On and on and on.

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Just don’t play it while you’re driving! Warning over ‘most relaxing song ever created’

It slows your breathing and reduces brain activity to such an extent that Weightless, written by Manchester band Marconi Union, is said to be the ‘most relaxing song ever’.

The eight-minute track is so effective at inducing sleep, motorists have now been warned they should not listen to it whilst driving.
The band worked with sound therapists to get advice on how to make the most effective use of harmonies, rhythms and bass lines. The result on listeners is a slowing of the heart rate, reduced blood pressure and lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol.

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