During October, otherwise known as Emotional Intelligence Month, I pledged to bring to your awareness the numerous, more-obscure-but-still-important holidays and observances that relate to stress management. (You can read more about it h…
Archive | May, 2012
Shrimp with Pasta Recipe
Posted on 31 May 2012.
The mild lemon butter sauce in this shrimp with pasta recipe offers a delightful punch of flavor that pairs beautifully with lemon and butter. Choose a thin pasta for this dish, such as an angel hair or cappellini. It will soak up the sauce nicely and …
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USDA to Help States Stop Food Stamp Fraud
Posted on 31 May 2012.
Sometimes advertising openly on the internet, an increasing number of food stamp recipients have been stealing millions of tax dollars by illegally selling their benefit cards for cash and then asking the government to replace their “lost” cards.
The …
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iPhone Offered on Prepaid Plan With Cricket Communications
Posted on 31 May 2012.
Users who lust for Apple’s iPhone 4 but don’t want to attach themselves to a carrier contract are in luck, as Leap Wireless subsidiary Cricket Communications said it will be the first prepaid carrier in the country to offer the smartphone to its custo…
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iPhone Oddities: 10 Quirky Ways that Apple Builds, Sells Its Iconic Handset
Posted on 31 May 2012.
iPhone Oddities: 10 Quirky Ways that Apple Builds, Sells Its Iconic Handset (
Page 1 of 2 )Apples iPhone is officially the worlds most popular smartphone. Tens of millions of units of the device are sold to customers around the world each quarter …
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Slacker Radio Finds Room in the Roku Box
Posted on 31 May 2012.
Slacker Radio will now be available on ROKU for U.S. and Canadian users, via ROKU’S streaming players for web, smartphones, and iPad. Slacker now features over 500 channels of entertainment including 200 curated music stations, personalized ESPN radio,…
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Free Things to Do in Hamburg
Posted on 31 May 2012.
Hamburg, Germany, isn’t the first city springing to mind when considering Germany travel on a budget — hoity hotels and spendy shopping are Hamburg’s hallmarks, although Hamburg’s justly (in)famous Reeperbahn district’s siren song has long serenaded a…
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Tesla On YouTube
Posted on 31 May 2012.
I found a great video on YouTube (when I’m not here, I’m there lol) about the fascinating inventor, Nikola Tesla. It’s well worth a look see. Nikola Tesla, as you may or may not know, has obtained a cult-like following as the misunderstood inventor who…
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Hotel Burdigala, Named for Roman Province that Is Now Bordeaux
Posted on 31 May 2012.
You know about the great wine in Bordeaux. But there’s a lot more to this proud region of France, which claims a stirring history that goes back millennia.
Roman legions conquered France – Gallia Transalpina or Gaul – in 60BC. One of Gaul’s three pa…
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Stress Soup
Posted on 31 May 2012.
I used to be a huge fan of the show “Talk Soup,” (now simply referred to as “The Soup”), which is a clip show that shares the best cuts of various talk shows from the previous day. Today, I bring you a “soup” of my own, which is a collection of my mos…
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