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Usually Useful Lists on Yahoo

Monday, March 28th, 2011

The Internet is full of lists of tips for any subject you could think of. My home page is Yahoo.com, so first thing I see are the day’s big news stories, celebrety headlines along with a few sport stories with some filler here and there with interesting tips on a variety of subjects that I check into from time to time.

Today the one that caught my eye was The When-to-Wash-It Handbook, which is now placed some where in the Shopping category with countless other interesting and some times wacky articles that hopefully with enlighten, educate and entertain you. I didn’t necessarily agree with the time frames that they provided the readers as to when to wash some of their clothing items, but for the most part I guess I’m doing correctly, as far as this list goes.

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Ich frage mich, wo er jetzt ist

Friday, February 18th, 2011

Als ich in der High School war, hatte ich ein Junge Freund, dessen Familie war Gastgeber einer Austauschschülerin aus Deutschland. Ich hatte die Gelegenheit, mit ihm befreundet und werden, und er würde mit meinen Freunden gehen und mich zu unseren bevorzugten Aktivitäten. Er erzählte uns, dass er nach Amerika kam, weil er für die Arbeit in einem übersetzungsbüro  wieder in Deutschland interessiert sei, und er wollte seine Englisch-Kenntnisse zu verfeinern.

Er erzählte uns, dass es eine Menge Möglichkeiten für übersetzung englisch deutsch -Jobs wieder in München. Eines der Dinge, die ich genossen, wenn wir hingen zusammen war seine Sammlung von Comic-Bücher, die er mitgebracht hatte, dass in der deutschen suchten. Er würde die übersetzung des Comics geben, und ich fand das wirklich faszinierend. Ich frage mich, ob er jemals landete seinen Traumjob.

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Today’s Students Have The Internet

Friday, January 21st, 2011

Today’s students really have some mighty fine advantages over what we had available to us only a few short decades ago. The computer obviously had made the biggest impact on education since school was invented! I can’t even imagine how my schooling would have went if we had had computers along with Internet access to bring the whole world right to our fingertips, eyes and ears like they have today in most classrooms across the country.

I was looking web surfing for a bit last night and found an interesting site that offers online tutoring for an amazing amount of subjects for today’s students. Tutorvista.com is a good site to check out if you are, or know anyone in the market for this type of assistance. There are Reviews for tutorvista all over the place. You can even find Reviews for tutorvista on Wikipedia! I ran across the Tutorvista Review that got me interested in them was on the consumersearch site, which is a site that I use frequently and I find very useful.

Anyway they have the largest assortment of classes that I could have ever imagined, for just about every subject for every grade level. They provide the student with 24/7 access with a live tutor and even have a free trial offer that you can try out to see if what they have to offer can help you with your personal educational needs.

So if you are interested in finding out more about this subject, you can read a good Tutorvista Review or two, or three, at tutorvistareview.com to start off with.

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Water conservation

Monday, January 3rd, 2011

I can remember when I was in elementary school I was very interested in nature.  I really enjoyed field trips that involved going to things that were related to nature.  I was always fascinated with classes that had to do with conservation.  Our natural resources are so limited, and we are wasting so many of them!  Especially water!  So I’ve become interested in rain harvesting as a way to do my part in water conservation.

What could be easier than setting out several rain barrels around the house and yard?  A few rain water barrels placed around the garden would make it really easy to keep the garden watered without having to drain our well!  And they would make life a lot easier for people who use public water systems when their counties declare water rationing rules! And one water conservation tip from me – don’t run the tap water while you are brushing your teeth! There is no need for all of that water to be going down the drain!

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Anheuser-Busch’s Marketing Strategies

Thursday, November 18th, 2010

Since I have several close friends that are furthering their Education using the Walden University online degree programs I have taken to reading The Chronicle of Higher Education online from time to time. It always has some quality articles that I have found interesting and entertaining as well.

I have been following the story of how as of last year, Anheuser-Busch has started  marketing a line of team-color Bud Light cans that are to appeal to sports fans in select markets. It seems that when the beer’s in your team’s colors that drinking seems safer and that has people up in arms about how that might encourage binge drinking and consumption by minors.

I can see how people (mainly school administrators) would be concerned about this marketing strategy. We have always had a problem with students drinking. Not just college kids, but high schoolers, middle schoolers and even some of the grade school kids are drinking and we all know how bad that can be for all concerned. You would think that companies that are making and selling alcohol would be a bit more cautious with their marketing strategies, I mean I’m sure that they have kids as well and that they should be more concerned with their safety rather than the all mighty dollar that they are always chasing after with little or no concern for what their products can do to people, especially our children.

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