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Time Management: Stop Procrastinating - Part 3

By mid-term, the school work becomes overwhelming. Each professor thinks that his / her course should be the prime focus of your academic life. You will have fast approaching due dates for assignments and the scheduled tests creep closer and closer. You are stressed - and even with the best intentions, you […]

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Google Privacy Channel

Google now has a privacy channel on YouTube:
link: Google/Privacy/YouTube
This is Google doing its public relations work on YouTube. The main focus is reassuring the public that privacy is not a concern. As you might expect, Google presents its side of the issue in a convincing manner. It remains to be seen […]

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A Roger Maris Quote

“I think the most privacy I had was when the game was going on.”
Roger Maris

Tags: roger maris, quote, privacy

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A Method to Give Medication to the Dog

Some dogs hate to take a pill. You can place the pill far back in the dog’s mouth but, with a ‘dog cough’ and a shake of the head, the pill will fall to the floor. Therefore, with some dogs, it is necessary to be sneaky about this pill-giving.
One way to do this […]

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Fans in Los Angeles Boo Kobe Bryant

No, it was not a Halloween ‘boo’… it was a boo from Lakers fans who have had enough of Kobe Bryant. The boos started at the beginning of the game, when the players were introduced. Has Kobe Bryant ever had such a negative reaction from his home court fans? Probably never.
This […]

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Five Points for FEMA to Consider to Avoid Gross Stupidity

It seems that, in light of the fiasco with the faked news conference, FEMA is examining its procedures with regard to how it deals with the press. In order to save FEMA months of internal review and a huge expenditure of human resources, here are five simple points to implement and to remember:
1. […]

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World Cup: Brazil in 2014

It will be a celebration. Brazil will host the World Cup in 2014:
” State officials draped green and yellow banners and huge soccer jerseys from Rio’s two most prominent mountains Tuesday to celebrate Brazil’s selection as the host of the 2014 World Cup.
Fifty mountain climbers hung a 50-by-50 meter (164-by-164 feet) jersey bearing the […]

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Cleaning Stuffed Animal Toys

The stuffed animal needs a cleaning but you know that the child’s toy will not survive the washing machine. An alternative method of cleaning the stuffed animal toy is with corn starch. Section by section, work the corn starch into the fabric. Wait a few minutes and brush the corn starch out. […]

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Advertising, Kids, and Your Guilt

The drug industry spends millions of dollars on advertising. It justifies that expenditure in that the advertising message is meant to inform and educate. The message also plays upon your feelings of guilt.
There is a stream of advertising that is directed at children, via the parents. The advertising is all pervasive and […]

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Who Guards the General?

Brigadier General Jeffrey Dorko was wounded on Monday in Baghdad. In a news report from Fox News, it seems that Brigadier General Dorko was given protection by private security:
“…Dorko was traveling Monday morning with a private security team belonging to Erinys International when the attack occurred in northern Baghdad.”
link: Brigadier General Wounded in […]