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This Is How Rich You Would've Been Had You Invested In Apple Instead of Having a Child

In the off chance you want to know how rich you'd be if you'd invested in Apple instead of raising a child, you can.

WhatIfIBoughtAppleInstead is a website that invites parents to enter their child's birth month, their family income, and whether they paid for their child's college education. The site then calculates how much money they would have made if they had invested all that cash in Apple instead.












"Have you ever wondered how different your financial situation would have been if you'd invested in Apple stock instead of having a child?" the site asks. "Well even if you haven't, now you can find out."

Apple's shares have soared in recent years, due in no small part to the success of the iPod, followed by the iPhone. Apple is now one of the biggest companies in the world in terms of market capitalization, and is currently valued at nearly $600 billion—a far cry from when it was just a startup in a garage.

The calculation by WhatIfIBoughtAppleInstead involves several assumptions. For one, it estimates the monthly cost of raising a child from data obtained from the U.S. Department of Labor. It also estimates the cost of raising a child to 18 based on income level, and adjusts Apple's share price based on stock splits and dividends.

The value of the investment is based on Apple's latest closing price.

There's one major limitation: Apple didn't go public until Dec. 1980, and the calculator, reported on Tuesday by Apple-tracking site 9to5Mac, only extends as far back as 1981. So, if your child was born before 1980, it would be impossible to determine how rich you'd be.

There's also no way to calculate an investment return on any shares sold before the latest trading day.

But if anything is for certain, it's that investing in Apple over the long haul would've been provided huge returns. Sure, Apple had some difficult years in the 1990s, and many people got out of the stock at that point. Also, over the past few years, its share price has fluctuated within a narrow band. But any early investment would've paid off in a big way.

For instance, if parents with nearly $111,000 in gross family income who paid an average of $50,000 annually for four years of private college for a child born in January 1981 had invested in Apple stock, they would now own more than $48 million in Apple shares. That figure drops to $34.3 million for middle-income families that earn between $64,000 and $110,000 in total income.

Santa's Holding A Dying Child Viral Story Is Fake News and Here Is The Proof Internet Presented

One of the mysteries of the internet is that people really enjoy reading and sharing “heartwarming” content about horribly sad things, a genre previously shorthanded as grief porn. The latest entry is a part-time Santa in Tennessee, who claimed to a local newspaper columnist that a very sick little boy recently died in his arms. The story “cannot be verified,” the paper said Wednesday.

Eric Schmitt-Matzen is a mechanical engineer and Santa portrayer, complete with a long and lustrous full-time Santa beard. He told Knoxville News-Sentinel columnist Sam Venable that he was called by a nurse to “a local hospital” several weeks ago to pay a special visit to a terminally ill child. Schmitt-Matzen says he handed the little boy a gift, and that they had a gut-wrenching conversation, just before the boy passed:

“They say I’m gonna die,’ he told me. ‘How can I tell when I get to where I’m going?’

“I said, ‘Can you do me a big favor?’

“He said, ‘Sure!’

“When you get there, you tell ’em you’re Santa’s Number One elf, and I know they’ll let you in.

“He said, ‘They will?’

“I said, ‘Sure!’

“He kinda sat up and gave me a big hug and asked one more question: ‘Santa, can you help me?’

“I wrapped my arms around him. Before I could say anything, he died right there. I let him stay, just kept hugging and holding on to him.

As with any godawful thing that appears superficially moving to the people who didn’t have to witness it, Schmitt-Matzen’s story took off. It was re-told as verifiably true on USA Today, CNN, People, the BBC, the Daily Mail, and the Washington Post, among many, many others.

But on Wednesday, three days after it was published, the News-Sentinel published an update, saying their attempts to verify the story have been “unsuccessful:”

Since publication, the News Sentinel has done additional investigation in an attempt to independently verify Schmitt-Matzen’s account. This has proven unsuccessful. Although facts about his background have checked out, his story of bringing a gift to a dying child remains unverified. The News Sentinel cannot establish that Schmitt-Matzen’s account is inaccurate, but more importantly, ongoing reporting cannot establish that it is accurate.

Snopes has also investigated the story and says they’ve confirmed with two area hospitals that an incident matching that description didn’t happen at their facilities. The Post, whose re-telling of the story was particularly treacly, spoke to East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, who also said it didn’t happen there.

The newspaper is indicating that they’re not done checking out the story yet. Schmitt-Matzen defended it as true to the Washington Post: “If some people want to call me a liar... I can handle that better than I can handle a child in my arms dying,” he said. “It’s sticks and stones.”

Whether it’s true or not, it’s certainly remarkable how many interviews he crammed into three days.

These Signs Shows You Grew Up with a Toxic Parent

We don’t get to choose our parents.

Unfortunately, many of us end up having to deal with parents who — despite their best intentions — do more harm than good to our fragile, developing psyches.

Psychologists and social workers have coined a term for such moms and dads: “toxic parents.” Children of toxic parents can have a hard time growing into independent adults. And it can be difficult for them to develop intimate relationships of their own.

It may take a while for those of us who were raised by toxic parents to figure that out. Most of us develop strong bonds with our parents, regardless of how good they were at raising us, and those bonds can obscure the reality of our relationship with them.

How do you know if you grew up with a toxic parent?

1. It’s hard to share things with your parent because they keep interrupting you.

Does it seem like every time you tell your parent a story, he or she invariably makes it about them?

That could be a sign of a toxic parent, according to Greg Kushnick, a Manhattan-based psychologist who also runs a health and happiness blog called techealthiest.

“If your parent usually struggles to stay quiet when you’re sharing something with him or her, it’s a sign that they can’t recognize your needs,” Kushnick told ATTN:. “Instead, they impose on you what they think you need.”

2. There was a black sheep in the family.

Did one of your parents constantly blame you or another family member for everything that went wrong?

The existence of a black sheep in your family may signify a toxic parent, according to Ruth Spalding, a social worker who runs her own practice, Live Well Counseling, in Traverse City, Michigan.

“When folks start to realize what was happening, they understand that the black sheep was scapegoated for a lot of problems that weren't their fault,” Spalding told ATTN:.

3. Your parent is always pitting you against your significant other.

Have you noticed that your parent has consistently wedged herself into your relationships over the years? Toxic parents are known to form alliances with their offspring, pitting them against their significant others.

“This is referred to as the ‘splitting process,’” Kushnick said. “Your parent uses gossip or whatever means possible to create a rift between you and your spouse or partner.”

4. Your parent shared way too much information with you.

Did your parents often tell you all this crazy stuff growing up? You know, about their jobs, their relationships, their finances — and you were, like, 8 years old?

Paul Coleman, a psychologist based in Wappingers Falls, New York, said that moms and dads who use their children as confidants might be toxic parents.

“We call this child the ‘parentified child,’” Coleman told ATTN:. “It’s a burden, because the child obviously cannot have the wisdom, experience, or perspective to offer advice, and yet may feel responsible for the parent’s happiness.”

5. You have holes in your memory from a young age.

Maybe you have bits and pieces of memories. But, for the most part, does it seem like your childhood was a complete blur?

It could signal you were raised by a toxic parent.

“Growing up in stressful environments can take a toll on your memory,” Spalding said. “While you might have some pretty crystal clear memories of certain events, there are whole years where you remember very little.”

6. Your parent smashed your favorite toys.

Coleman said that if you were the victim of “extreme or cruel punishment” so as to “teach a lesson,” then there is a chance that you might be the child of a toxic parent.

As an example: Did your parents do anything outrageous, like smash your favorite toys, lock you in a closet, or ground you for an extended period of time? That is something a toxic parent might do.

Do you think one of your parents — or both of them — were toxic?

It’s not the end of the world. The first step toward healing is accepting the fact that your parents were unnecessarily hard on you.

Next, you'll want to consider talking to mental health professionals in your area; you can also find a multitude of options via a simple Google search. If you're on the shy side and don't necessarily want to talk to anyone, that's okay, too. Books can also help.

Never forget that you control your own actions, experts advise. Just because your parents were toxic doesn’t mean you have to be, too.

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Pastor of Seraphim and Cherubim Church Arrested for Running Underage Girls Prostitution Cartel in The Church

A 54 year old female pastor by name Idowu Olupinla of the Seraphim and cherubim church has been arrested for running an underage prostitution cartel in her church premises.

The woman pastor, who is also a pastor and founder of Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ijoko-Ota, Ogun State, was paraded by police alongside some of her victims at Eleweran Police Headquarters, Abeokuta.

She was arrested at her church premises on number 52,Okesina Street.

She is an expert in arranging male sex partners for the underage girls of 14 to 16 years said one of the policemen that arrested Her. 

The victims have been taken to hospital for medical checkup. Meanwhile the police are preparing to arraign her in court soon. 

Jared Fogle ,The Former Subway Spokesperson is Suing Child Porn Victim’s Parents

Jared Fogle is planning to sue the parents of one of the young girls he was convicted of abusing.

The disgraced Subway spokesperson filed a motion blaming the child porn victim’s parents for emotional distress which, he claims, caused her to send photos of himself. Fogle says the parents caused her to have depression because they would get drunk and engaged in fights in front of her.

Fogle, who is serving 15 years in a federal prison for conspiracy to receive child pornography and traveling to have sex with a minor, also claims that the parents’ abuse and neglect caused their daughter’s alcohol and substance abuse, self-mutilation, and suicidal ideations.

TMZ reports that he’s using this information to relieve himself from full responsibility for the claims listed in the original lawsuit. However, does he not forget that despite the alleged abuse, it does not take away from the fact that he’s a pedophile.

With his current sentence, Fogle won’t be eligible for parole until 2029.