whodatdude

Vick is still practicing. Saw him earlier this year and he was good

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Sounds exactly like what happened to the lady's husband. Company probably figured they could get someone to do his job cheaper.

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Yep, he could have been a top 10% performer and those typically come with top 10% wages, benefits, and long-term liabilities. The company was probably just looking for any reason to let him go so they could "restructure" (i.e., eliminate his position) and replace him with more contractors who they don't have to pay FICA or benefits for. 2 new contractors to replace the 1 full-time employee and none of the additional costs. This has been a noted trend, particularly since the pandemic.

Talked down

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BATON ROUGE - The right lane reopened on the Mississippi River Bridge after an incident led to a backup, traffic officials said.

West Baton Rouge deputies said there was a pedestrian that officials flagged as someone who potentially was going to jump from the bridge.

That pedestrian received medical help after conversation.

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TOPS Guide

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That guide is recently out of date. In addition to the awards listed, there is now a new TOPS award: TOPS Excellence

Requires a 3.5 and a 30+ ACT. Covers the average amount of tuition and fees at most schools, with the exception LSU BR whose tuition and fees have maxed out the award at 12K annually.

Fresh market has barrels of fresh roasted beans with a huge variety and some grinders. I usually pick up some Colombian or French roast beans and grind them. At $12 a pound, it’s a bit of a premium, but there is just a quality difference I’ve found with freshly ground beans that I haven’t found with pre-ground.

Kids…

I had to do this recently for our Kitchenaid. Hat to replace the heating element and high-limit thermostat. Relatively cheap and easy to replace if you watch YouTube.

I did cantalopes on a trellis a few years ago. Supported them using an old mask from the dark years and they came out great. Just had to make sure to slightly rotate them around occasionally to keep them from growing lopsided.

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Also, couldn’t the IRS also verify incomes and parent information?

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It’s now automatically pulls tax info from the IRS. With few exceptions, people can’t manually input information anymore.

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Are they not verifying enrollment information before they dole out thousands of dollars in grants? Seems like they could confirm that they name and SSN match up or something along those lines

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A lot of the scammers are using personal information such as SSN and DOB from hacks (looking at you Louisiana DMV), so the information on the FAFSA and admissions applications match.

Where they maybe could try to mitigate this is at the point where money pays out. Institutions have to verify attendance or academic participation for federal money to pay out, but that’s also one of the the points the article mentions (specifically the scammers submitting AI generated coursework). If the school is online or is only relying on a student submitting an assignment online as verification of academic participation rather than taking physical attendance, that’s an assumed risk since you can’t see the student themselves submit it. It’d be much cleaner for community colleges to rely on physical attendance or in-person assignments to reduce this type of thing, since fewer scammers are going to take the time to sit through multiple classes pretending to be someone in order for the money to pay out.