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Thursday, October 4th, 2007
It seems as though every guy I know covets a high-definition (HD) television system with surround sound. My brother-in-law told me that he watched the first half of a football game at a neighbor's house who had an HD setup. Unfortunately, the quality of the picture was so ...
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Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007
The other day, I ran into a guy I knew from the my days as a Salem Fitness Center member. He is an avid cyclist and I see him spinning down the roads around Salem on a regular basis so naturally we started talking about cycling. I can ...
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Sunday, September 30th, 2007
Kaiser Permanente has teamed up with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to develop "The Incredible Adventures of the Amazing Food Detective", a game designed to teach kids about healthy eating and exercise.
The game uses scavenger hunts to teach kids to read food labels, do experiments to measure sugar in ...
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Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Space, the final frontier - computer disk space that is. My first real computer had a 210 MB (that's megabytes not gigabytes) hard disk drive and I didn't think I would ever fill it up. Today I carry five times that amount of space in my pocket on ...
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Sunday, September 16th, 2007
I can't imagine life without the internet and all of the great tools that are available like e-mail, websites and blogs. However, it is important to keep an eye out for innovative new tools that can improve your workflow so that you can have more time to use the ...
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Thursday, September 13th, 2007
My son is 23 years old and, although I can remember his birth like it happened last night, some of the other events from 1984 are a little bit fuzzy. However, thanks to the annual Beloit College Mindset List, I can pull the events of 1984 back into focus. ...
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Sunday, September 2nd, 2007
I am sure by now that most folks are aware that information about convicted sex offenders are available on the internet. The Virginia State Police maintain Virginia's on-line sex offender registry. However, you may not know that the Department of Justice coordinated the Dru Sjodin National Sex Offender ...
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Thursday, August 30th, 2007
Whether you are taking on a new home improvement project or starting a new career, preparation is the key to success. Preparation is also critical to homeland security and, during a crisis, your personal security. Now the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, in partnership with The Advertising Council, ...
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Wednesday, August 29th, 2007
When I look back on my formal education, including K-12, college and a variety of professional development courses, I can easily identify the one skill that has had the greatest impact on my professional and personal development - reading. I was fortunate to attend school in a consolidated school ...
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Thursday, August 16th, 2007
Like the song says, its funny how time slips away. I can clearly remember discussing whether the National Do Not Call Registry would work a while back. The Registry gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. You simply sign up on-line and most ...
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Tuesday, August 7th, 2007
Face it, cops don't make boat loads of money so it is very important that we learn to manage our money effectively. Unfortunately, most of us can't afford to hire a professional financial planner so a little self-directed learning can make a big difference. UC Irvine has developed ...
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Thursday, July 26th, 2007
If you have been reading The Sisyphus Comments for any length of time, you know that I have used a Mac as my primary computer for several years. I recently purchased a new MacBook so that I could keep pace with my wife and son who have been using ...
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Sunday, July 22nd, 2007
The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Don't you just love all those acronyms? Why can't the feds just make up a name and go with it like ...
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Friday, July 20th, 2007
Most folks will agree that working the street is a young man's game. The physical demands of police work require a sound mind and body if you hope to make it home safely at the end of your shift. Knowing, that we can't work the streets forever, officers ...
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