Although no one would characterize me as overweight at first glance, I could still stand to lose 5 to 10 pounds. That doesn't seem like much of a challenge, but I've found that sometimes the fewer pounds I want to shed, the harder it is. I know that's counterintuitive, but that has been my personal...
4/18/2016
Graduate School: the New Prerequisite for Employment?
Several decades ago, when the United States was still largely based on manufacturing, your high school diploma was your ticket to ride. As long as you graduated high school, you would be able to find work that would support your family. As the country evolved into a service based economy, employers...
Buy Gourmet Popcorn for Yourself or as a Gift
A lot of my friends have kids and even though I don't, I'm somehow always invited to birthday parties, confirmations, graduations, and other similar events. As I'm sure you know, only parents, grandparents, and other close relatives find these occasions endearing, so I either send my regrets for not...
Announcing the Google Store for Google Apps and Extensions
It'll be online and open for business any time now, said the Wall Street Journal a while ago. It's the Google store for business apps. App stores are where all the action is these days. Google already has an online store if you haven't noticed; but they don't sell anything high-tech there; they just...
Google Friends: The Unutilized Traffic Powerhouse for Bloggers
Whenever Google Friend Connect comes up in a discussion, it is always as an exclusively tool for use in websites. What most wrongly assume is that Google Friends are not as important to Bloggers. Fact is, the Google Friends widget is as useful, helpful and functionally suited for blogs. From the outset,...
Chrome: The Google Browser that Outdid Firefox
Even for a fiercely competitive market in computer applications, it is a little over the top, the number of major name browsers slugging it out there for the top spot. There are Microsoft Internet Explorer and Apple Safari of course; but there is a bitterly fought outside competition as well. If you...
Good Web Design through Site Navigation and a Custom 404
Good Web Design through Site Navigation and a Custom 404 Error PageA lot can be said on what a good web design should look like. One of the areas that are crucial to such a design is the development of a Web sites navigation map. A navigation map lets your visitors be carried from one page to another...
4/17/2016
Holding On To Good Relationships
Just like marriage, any good relationships in your life are going to take work and attention. There are going to be times when you have argument with friends and family and you are not going to know what to do about the damaged relationship. Even those that you love the most can find ways to hurt you,...
Gonzaga basketball: The perpetual cinderella
The history of the gonzaga basketball goes back many decades, but for most people - even avid fans - they were a total unknown until the 1999 NCAA Tournament. In that particular competition they captivated the country, making it all the way to the Elite Eight and then giving eventual national champions...
Enjoy the Taste of Gloria Jean Coffee at Home
Although I love my daily dose of caffeine, I hate the fact that there's a Starbucks on practically every other block in the downtown area. I'll go there if I have to, but I would prefer to see the city open up to more competition so I can experience a wider variety of gourmet coffees from all over the...
Gift wrapping paper: some tips for personalizing your gifts
Even the most thoughtful present is rarely complete without the appropriate gift wrapping paper. Gift wrapping is that final touch that makes a present look fabulous and well thought out. There's something wonderful about seeing beautifully wrapped presents beneath a Christmas tree. Or about opening...
Tips for Getting Into Law School
Despite all the jokes to the contrary, being a lawyer still carries a great deal of prestige in this country. Not only can you do rewarding work by helping people defend their rights within the justice system, but you can also earn a terrific salary and ensure a comfortable lifestyle for yourself and...
The reality of genetic diseases
OUr genes determine, quite literally, who we are. Everything from our hair and eye color, to our temper, to our hand-eye coordination, to our height and weight and sexual preference is in our genes. Also, you'll find our propensity toward genetic diseases written there as well.It's important to understand...
The Game Boy Advance Console Make it yours
One of the features that will stand out when you look at the new Game Boy Advance hand-held game console is its simplicity. Instead of hitting you with a complexity of numerous buttons, you will only have two buttons on your right, appropriately named buttons a and b. The direction buttons maintain...
Gaining muscle mass without performance enhancing drugs
Roger Clemens. Barry Bonds. Mark McGwire. Sammy Sosa. Shawne Merriman. Floyd Landis. And on and on and on.You recognize these names. These are disgraced professional athletes who cheated, who disrespected their sport and their competition by taking performance enhancing drugs - namely, human growth...
Fussy Babies
Some babies are born with a sweet and calm temperament, and some come into the world roaring and spirited. Your baby has his or her personality in place long before he or she comes into the world. Some babies are easy and they only complain when something is wrong. Others have colic that can go on...
Free Front Yard Landscaping Ideas
I've been trying for about a year now to sell my home, but thanks to the real estate market still being pretty bad, it doesn't look like that's going to happen. So I'm thinking of pulling the property out of the listings, making some improvements, and giving it another go a couple years down the road....
French Food
French food is considered the world's premiere cuisine. Which is something that has always kind of boggled my mind.The reason isn't because I don't like french food - as a matter of fact, I happen to love it. Whether it's fisherman's soup, or escargots, or moulle frittes (mussels and fries), french...
French country decor
There's a sort of style, a glamor, a, as the french say, Je ne sais quoi that Americans frequently associate with France. Though only a small percentage of our country's heritage comes from France, a large portion of our aesthetic values comes from there, and as a result you see a lot of French country...
When Free Games Online Are Better than Buying
Gamers have two options today when it comes to accessing their most beloved games. They can either buy the games, offline or online, or look for free games online. The option of free online games is sometimes regarded as the lesser of the two options, a mistake at the very least. Contrary to the common...
free anti virus programs
The whole thing with the internet is that it's - relatively speaking - free. That is to say, you pay a monthly fee too your internet service provider. And you pay for your computer. But once you're online, access to the content that is produced anywhere in the world doesn't cost you a penny you don't...
Franklin Half Dollars
My seven-year-old son has recently taken an interest in old coins, so I decided to help him get a modest collection going. I figure this would be a great way for us to spend some quality time together, plus I think he might be able to learn a bit about U.S. history as we acquire different coins. For...
The various forms of birth control
I used to read a series of Lord or the Rings type fantasy books, the kind where humans are one of a myraid of races, along with the likes of dwarves, elves, trolls, gnomes and more. In this particular 'world', elves were eternal. That is to say, they didnt' die of natural causes. You could kill an elf...
Forex Education Tips
Forex trading is like trading stocks, except that with forex you play currency rather than stocks. If you are serious about forex trading, then you may require some forex education. Although this is not an exhaustive teaching manual, it can give you a few tips and guidelines as well as things to watch...
Essential Foot Care Products
I know this will probably sound odd, but one of the first things I notice about other people is their feet. Obviously this is easier in summer when everyone is wearing sandals or slides, but you get the idea. I think it's important to take care of your feet, and I just have to wonder about someone who...
The rise of American football betting
I remember back when I was in sixth grade a friend of mine tried to start a rotisserie baseball league. This was about 1988 or so... ancient history when it comes to fantasy sports. And the dawn of time, to boot.I was in, as were a number of our friends, and we all stuck with it for a couple of months...
With Foods with Vitamin D so Easy to Find, do
With Foods with Vitamin D so Easy to Find, do you still Need Supplements? If I just told you that they invented a new kind of treatment that could help strengthen your bones, keep heart disease and kidney disease at bay, and to boot, help with your blood pressure, wouldn't you pay a lot for it? There...
The genesis of folk music and its place in the
The genesis of folk music and its place in the modern dayFolk music escapes precise definition, even among musicologists and anthropologists, yet most people can recognize it when they hear it. This recognition is not surprising. Most people in the world are exposed to folk songs from the moment they...
Flute Lessons
So youve decided to learn how to play an instrument in order to earn some culture cred. Now its a matter of which instrument to learn. You might start by looking at the different classes of instrumentstring, percussion, brass or woodwind. With string youd have your violin, guitar, cello. Percussion...
New tools for Flash Web Designers boost Professionalism
Animation is big, no doubt about that and it will probably continue to gain momentum as internet speeds and more platforms that support animated content continue to be developed. That being said, it can rightly be expected that flash web designers will be with us for a long time to come. In addition,...
Leveraging the Power of Flash Design
Flash web design is a mixture of art, creativity and animation. Advanced flash websites do not come about simply by mixing the above 3 however. A flash design that incorporates the use of interactivity, preloading and external loading of data not only has aesthetic value but at the same a functional...
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