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I was born in Long Beach, California on May 25, 1948. I earned a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and a Classical Studies Minor in 1996. I speak Spanish, French,
Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, German, Chinese, and
Russian. I have 33 units in accounting. I

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Business > Finance & Insurance Accounting for dummies: 1 of 7
Accounting is defined as The skill or practice of maintaining and auditing business accounts. The tools used in accounting include balance sheets, ledgers, and journals. A ledger is a record of business transactions (entries) using debits entries and credit entries. A balance sheet lists the assets and liabilities as o... More..
Sciences > Astronomy Facts about Mars: 4 of 25
The planet Mars was named after the Roman God Mars. Mars is the fourth planet from the sun. Mercury, Venus, and Earth are closer to the Sun than Mars. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are farther from the sun in that order. Two moons (Phobos and Deimos) circle the planet. They were discovered in 1877 by Asaph Hall.... More..
Sports & Recreation > Baseball Players Barry Bonds and Major League baseball's home run record: 11 of 66
Barry Bonds of the San Francisco Giants beat Hank Aaron's major league baseball's home run record Tuesday night August 7, 2007. It was number 756 to beat Hank Aaron's 755 lifetime home runs total. The legendary Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees held the title for many years with 714 home runs. The old movies showing Babe Ruth... More..
Sciences > Mathematics An introduction to prime numbers: 3 of 16

A prime number is any number that cannot be divided by any other number except one and itself. The twenty-five prime numbers below 100 are 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97. The only even prime number is 2 because all other even numbers are divisible by 2. Th... More..
Personal Finance > Personal Finance (Other) Buying E-Gold with a credit or debit card: 1 of 5
E-gold is a money-exchange system that can be used on the internet. It is fully backed by gold. It is free to sign up. Its value increases or decreases the same as gold does. E-gold can be used to buy many different things on the internet. It is possible to earn E-gold at many Paid to Participate, Paid to Read Email, and Paid... More..
Hobbies & Games > Board Games Chess tips: How to set up a chess board: 4 of 18
First, we need to know the size and shape of the board and the names of the pieces. Chess is played on a 8 squares by 8 squares board. Always start the game with a white square on the right-hand side of the player on the White side. The names of the pieces are King, Queen, Bishop, Knight, Rook, and Pawn. There are one King, o... More..
Hobbies & Games > Board Games Chess tips: How to make the most of the king's position: 1 of 4
The king is the most important piece in chess-lose it and the game is over. The loss of the king is called checkmate. This is because checkmate occurs when the king is in check and cannot move out of check. A stalemate is a drawn game. A stalemate occurs when three requirements are met. The first is the king must not be... More..
Sciences > Astronomy Jupiter: largest planet in the solar system: 4 of 14
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. Its diameter of 88,846 miles is larger than Saturn's 74,898 mile diameter. Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sunMercury, Venus, Earth, and Marsare closer to the sun in that order. Farther away are Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto also in that order. Its distance from the... More..
Arts & Humanities > Philosophy (Other) Time travel theory: 7 of 24
Time is measured in seconds, hours, days, months, years, decades, centuries, millenniums, etc. The concept of now is defined using the exact second, hour, day, month, year, etc. that it is now. It is possible to travel into the future, we just don't know how yet. There are many many theories about time travel. The En... More..
Personal Finance > Smart Spending Are savings from coupons worth the trouble of collecting them?: 16 of 51
Yes, savings from coupons are definitely worth the trouble of collecting them. Many, many discount coupons can be found in local and major newspapers. There are also several discount coupons in popular magazines. And the internet is full of discount coupons that can be printed out and taken to the store that offers the d... More..