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It’s that time of year again — The Alzheimer’s Association is holding their annual Memory Walk to raise awareness and funds for this crippling disease. The Alzheimer’s Memory Walk is a series of local events, held in over 600 cities nationwide. You can join this great cause by heading up a local team or joining an existing one.
Why give your time to this event? Well if you’re like me, your life has been affected by this disease. Chances are that either a family relative or someone in a close friend’s family you know has been diagnosed or died from Alzheimer’s Disease. Its unfortunately more common than we’d all like. For me its a grandparent who is battling the early onset of this disease now and it really makes you want to give whatever you can to fight it.
Check out the Alzheimer’s Association’s Memory Walk Website and learn more about how you can participate in this year’s event near you. Lead a team — it doesn’t take so much effort. Just get organized and see just how much of a difference you can make. I guaranty it will be something you’ll want to do every year to come!
No seriously. This has been one of those things that hasn’t been talked about at all. When we went to war with Iraq, the politicians were saying that we’d get the war paid for by Iraq oil revenues. The country would “repay” us for getting rid of Saddam Hussein by sharing their oil revenues. Well now, $400 billion later, Iraq is projected to have up to $50 billion in budget surplus this year and all I have to say is “where is out share?“. At least some congressmen are speaking out about this, like Senator Carl Levin:
Have you ever been on one of these New York City tours? Well if you have been to NYC and not taken any of them, then you have missed out! New York is such a vast and historical city that its easy to find the perfect tour to take. I would love to take The Sopranos tour. Isn’t that just plain cool? You get taken around to the filming locations from The Sopranos. A classic! Here’s a list of things to do in New York City.
When I visited New York for summer vacation, I took an unbelievable double decker bus sightseeing tour of the city. Whats cool about that is that you are up high, getting a Birdseye view of the streets as you drive around. Its like something out of a movie. Whether you want to find a great NYC tour or a list of things to do in Las Vegas, Nevada, check out Trusted Tours & Attractions. They have great tour deals in all your favorite American Cities. Whether you are coming from out of town, or just moved to a new city, taking a tour is a great way to take in the sights. Trusted Tours & Attractions has a great collection of online travel guides to help you plan your next vacation.
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Isn’t it funny how neither Obama or McCain is talking about the concept of Gay Marriage? Even when reporters ask them questions, they back down, saying that there are more important things going on right now like wars and the economy. President G.W. Bush, on the other hand, used the subject of Gay Marriage (not the wars) to win re-election in 2004. But this time around, the subject is not “needed” by either party to drum up support. I thought it was a little awkward when a reporter asked Obama “Don’t you think only allowing civil unions and not marriage is sort of like “separate but equal” doctorine?” Yikes! (Obama is for civil unoins but against full fledged marriage).
Ever buy a new piece of tech gadget and the next week, your model becomes obsolete? Yeah, it really stinks. If you are planning to buy an Apple Inc. product like an iPod or iMac, you can avoid this unpleasant occurrence if you do one thing first. Check out the MacRumors Buyer’s Guide and save yourself the pain of buying too soon or too late. For example, if you want to buy an iPhone, the guide says “buy Now” since the product has just been updated. An iPod Classic, on the other hand, is long overdue for an update, so the guide says “Don’t Buy Now”! Thanks MacRumors!
Here’s a suggestion a lot better in the long run that those Tax Stimulus checks most of us have gotten (by the way… they didn’t work that well. GDP only went up 1% from 0.9% to 1.9%). Take $100 billion and invest it in U.S. Infrastructure projects. Why not? China’s doing it. Why not spend $100 billion on roads, bridges, wind farms, off-shore drilling, railroads, and cities. You can’t outsourced THESE jobs and they can pay well. In the end, the money (well, most of it) stays in the U.S. where it is needed most! Just do it!
I tried to go to my site today by typing it into the URL bar and press “CTRL-Enter” to add the “.com”. But somehow the machine I was on took me to the Ask.com results for that keyword. The first 5 results made sense, but then the 6th I had to check out. It was a 5XMom’s posting about me… Looks like she found this nickname I used for her to be amusing. I just only wish she had been cool enough to actually link to my site instead of just writing the URL out.
P.s. Have you seen that my other Chief Prognosticator site is perma-linked to by IZEA’s PayPerPost? Cool.
Entrepreneurship and small business is the American Dream. Hard work, dedication, and ingenuity can help you reach your goals of owning and operating your own business. But there is one thing missing … money! Obtaining the proper funding to start your business (or grow an existing one) is a major hurdle to shoot for the American Dream. Advance Restaurant Financing wants to be your partner in funding your restauranteering dreams. They have a portfolio of provides financial solutions such as lines of credit and business loans to help you create your dreams. The restaurant business is a tough one — you either make it or break it within the first 12 months. Advance Restaurant Financing can help you get past business loans bad credit problems and get the funding you need!
Using phone cards when dialing long distance can be a great way to save money. Instead of signing up with your phone company and getting charges every month, using calling cards can be a better way to control your expenses. You can not only get a lower rate, but you can manage your expenses by budgeting a certain amount of long distance charges a month and sticking to it.
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Computers and simulation programs are becoming more and more powerful. What’s the apex for this field of engineering and computer science? Computers which can model the real world, in real time! Think of it as one step away from The Matrix.
Here’s a great example. Flomerics, a leading computer simulation engineering firm which specializes in fluid flow and heat transfer simulations (some of the hardest stuff around!), recently used their powerful FLOVENT software to model the effects of wingsuits used for base jumping. This sort of software is not just cool but is extremely valuable too. Companies use it to figure out stuff from how to cool computer processors and electronics to how to build better skyscrapers (which are under extreme wind pressure constantly). Amazing!
