Make your business cards online

Your web site can include programs to help you communicate and send newsletters. You can invite old customers to participate in surveys, and have a general message area where they can communicate and help other customers solve their problems.Take your mailing list and send a letter to all past customers informing them of your new web site, and perhaps a free gift just for visiting. This will help migrate them to your web site, and help you to save money on mailing offers. Make sure to include your new URL on all your business cards UK designed online, stationary, products and anything else that leaves your office. With so many marketing channels available you want still want to maintain a focus on just a few so that you do not confuse your customers but give them a choice of how they can buy and contact you.

On your new business cards you will want to have a catchy logo. With the options to make business cards using tools to help create your image you will not only save time, but money. Creating a logo is a good start for any small company or business that is looking to get maximum exposure to their products or services. Just adding your own logo design to a business card and writing down other important information like address, telephone or cell numbers, email address, websites and any other important information that you would like to add. I chose just to create a descriptive message with my business card and just letting people know that blogs can drive traffic to their websites and this will also create better search engine rankings.

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Latest Webhosting News Online

The world of hosting companies is constantly changing. It’s best for webmasters to keep up with the latest webhosting news on the Net. Those website owners with hosting accounts now, will want to make sure their web host is charging the least amount possible; while providing the most services. We all want the most for the least price and you can find this kind of information online, if you know where to look. I always like to keep up-to-date on the top 10 hosting companies. See which ones have the lowest prices and what their customers are saying about them. You can view these hosting reviews online too, if you use the search engines to look for them.

I currently use two hosting companies for my 8 blogs I have online. Blue Host and Go Daddy have treated me well and most of all, they have both kept my blogs up and running. The most important thing a hosting company can do for a customer, is keep their websites up and running. The less downtime, the better it is for the company and the website owner.

What do you believe is an important trait of a good web hosting company? Just about all of the top 10 hosts have cheap prices, so usually a consumer will have to factor in another hosting feature, to determine which hosting site is best for them. Even after you buy a hosting plan, be sure to keep up with the web hosting news online, to insure your website is getting the best hosting plan possible. Have you heard of any news lately on the World Wide Web concerning a website hosting company? Just try to do your research first and you can make your first hosting company; your last web host you ever buy on the Internet. I wish you luck and have fun reviewing the different plans available out there, from the top 10 hosting services found online today.

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Georgia Tech Receivers Own the NFL Playoff Weekend

It all started with Calvin Johnson and his Detroit Lions team. While everyone in a Saints uniform knew who Calvin Johnson was and how good he was, it was still not enough to stop him. His sensational play on Saturday in the NFL earned him a new National Football League record. No other wide receiver in the history of pro football, has caught more yards in their playoff debut, than Mr. Johnson has. He shattered the records and now the new record will be hard to beat. CJ or #21 from Georgia Tech was able to catch 12 passes from quarterback Matthew Stafford from the Georgia Bulldogs college football program and got 211 yards for his efforts. So the new record is 211 yards for any other wide receivers in the NFL, who think they can top it in their NFL debuts. Johnson also managed to score 2 touchdowns on the day, as his young Lions team lost to Drew Brees and the New Orleans Saints in the 2012 NFL Playoffs. Watch out for this team, with their awesome offensive firepower in Stafford and Johnson; while Nick Fairley from Auburn and Ndamukong Suh hold down things on the defensive side. For the upcoming NFL draft, the Lions need to take the best linebacker available in the first round and team him up with Durant, who needs some help.

The spotlight would not lose anything on Sunday, as another Georgia Tech wide receiver made a splash. Okay, it wasn’t just a splash, but it was something that rattled all the way from the cold Colorado Rockies to the hot asphalt on Peachtree Street in Atlanta. As time would expire in regulation for the Denver Broncos and Pittsburgh Steelers, they would need an overtime period to solve this AFC Playoff battle. The Broncos was given the first possession in overtime at the 20 yard line. The snap was made to former Florida Gator QB Tim Tebow and he slung out a pass across the middle, to hit Demaryius Thomas from Georgia Tech in stride. And as they say in showbiz “the rest is history“.

 

 

It was a sight to see, that’s for sure! After catching the pass from Tebow, the former Tech wide receiver would give a brutal stiff arm to a Steelers defender and the race was on. A race that Demaryius Thomas, wide receiver for the Denver Broncos, would win. His first touch in overtime, which resulted in a touchdown, would end the overtime thriller in Denver. Mr. Thomas finished the game with some amazing stats too. It was the kind of stats, which would make Calvin Johnson proud of his former teammate too. While Demaryius only caught 4 passes, he made them all count, cause he finished the NFL playoff game against the Steelers with 204 yards! If you’re keeping score at home for the Georgia Tech wide receivers, that comes out to be 16 catches for 416 yards, with 3 touchdowns. Not a bad day at the office this weekend, for these 2 amazing GT wide receivers.

Watching two guys like this from the same school in the ACC, makes one wonder, if there could be another hot prospect wide receiver from the Yellow Jackets program anytime soon? Well I’m glad you asked! It just so happens there is another great WR, which will make some NFL team real happy. Most NFL scouts may not have this guy on their radar yet, but he is a beast! He stands a solid 6 foot 5 inches tall and his leaping ability makes him seem 11 foot tall and growing. Due to the offensive playbook of Paul Johnson in Atlanta, many don’t get to see this Tech receiver, like they did with Calvin Johnson and Demaryius Thomas. For those who watch the Tech games regularly, they will already know who I am talking about. His name is Stephen Hill and he will make an impact on the next level. His height, hands, and speed all add up to a super playoff wide receiver! His days of playing professional football on Sundays is coming up soon. The NFL scout that gives his employers the best reviews and the most glowing reports on this Hill wide receiver for the Yellow Jackets, will make his bosses real happy come draft day. I would imagine the so called “experts” and those who think the Pac 12 and Big Ten has legit division I ball players, will rank Stephen Hill in the 2nd or 3rd round of the NFL Draft. There will not be 3 college football players in the draft, that will make a bigger splash than Stephen Hill and this guy better go in the top 3 offensive players on draft day. If he slips beyond pick 12 in the first round, then some team is going to be getting a steal! If Hill is available with the Broncos pick, I can’t see them passing on him. They have proven in the past, they like certain colleges and positions. For years, the Denver Broncos have been drafting running backs from the University of Georgia. It all started with Terrell Davis; which some football fans might remember. He set a few records at Mile Hile Stadium, just like Demaryius Thomas will be doing. I hope the Broncos do manage to snag the big guy, so he can team up with Thomas in the thin air and help lead Tim Tebow to a Hall of Fame career.

G.T. Yellow Jackets 3rd Amigo for NFL Stud Wide Receivers

For those talented high school wide receivers right now, who plan to go to a college football team in the 2013 football recruiting class, 2014 football recruiting class, or even the 2015 football recruiting class; you might want to take a hard look at Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Georgia. They have a knack out of making good receivers great. You certainly want to stay away from the West Coast schools. The USC Trojans recruiting problems continue, as many high school athletes feel that the Trojans will be banned for more future bowl games. The USC team in California is NOT the place a high school football player wants to play at anytime soon. We saw this Saturday in the U.S. Army Game of the top high school players in the country. All of those who wanted to play out West or for a Pac 12 school, they chose the California Golden Bears over the USC Trojans. This was an on-going theme, as it happened again and again. Since these Trojan scouts and coaches like Pete Carrol got caught cheating the college system, no real talent has picked this school; which is now on the decline.

Best football schools for NCAA Football’s 2012 Class:

*Georgia Bulldogs

*Clemson Tigers

*Florida State Seminoles

*California Golden Bears

*LSU Tigers

*Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

*Virginia Tech Hokies

*N.C. State Wolfpack

*Nebraska Cornhuskers

*Wisconsin Badgers

*Washington State Cougars

*Washington Huskies

*UCLA Bruins

*Texas Longhorns

*Auburn Tigers

Best NCAA Football Schools for the 2013 Class

*Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets

*Memphis Tigers

*Louisville Cardinals

*Washington State Cougars

*Georgia Bulldogs

*Washington Huskies

*Florida Gators

*Virginia Cavaliers

*North Carolina Tar Heels

*South Carolina Gamecocks

These are the best schools in the country for the next 2 years. All of these NCAA programs have the best coaching, young talent, strength of schedules, and overall chemistry to make strong statements. The top high school players for 2012 football class and the 2013 NCAA football recruiting class, should consider these schools first, when making a decision on their collegiate careers.

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Outdoor Life?

Author: Jonathan Suarez

Having so many great outdoor activities around doesn’t stop my kids from wanting to be inside all day. They love the satellite tv honolulu we get and they also really like video games but I’m always pushing them to get outside and go swimming or boating or something like that. They’re just a sedentary generation, I know that, and I wish that they weren’t because it’s not good for their minds or their little bodies. Sometimes I wonder what would happen to the world’s children if left to their own devices and I’m sorry to say I think they’d all become obese and really just learn no coping skills for the rest of their lives. They like to be spoonfed and I can’t have any of that – I appreciate that they like air conditioning but the need to get it together otherwise they’re all going to grow up with heart problems and they’ll live less years than anyone in my older generation. That’s pretty pathetic if you ask me!

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Video conference and the use of robots

The Japanese might be ahead of all the other countries when it comes to the technology of robots. Japan is trying to create robots that will help replace an aging work force in their country. There are so many applications in everyday life where robots and the use of the latest video conference technology can make this interaction more personal. They already have robots in Japan that can make sushi and plant rice. I recently saw a report on hospitals that are using robots in patient treatment scenarios where the patient may be hours from the medical center. Dr.’s can use this technology and along with high end video conference screens that are on the robot and at their office they can do follow ups with patients cutting down on travel and sometimes wait times. This was highlighted when a cardiologist had to do a follow up with a patient that was 8 hours from the hospital. They had a robot with a high end video conference screen as the monitor and along with a local nurse  this cardiology group was able to visit with patients and see exactly what was going on. They could control the movements and the views from their office with a mouse and joystick. This type of solution helps to make medicine more widely available to those who are not located near a major medical center.

Robots  already have jobs on assembly line, they can spoon feed the elderly and don’t be surprised if you see a robot vacuuming your hotel room the next time your in New York. I think robot technology is fascinating and would love to see more of it in the U.S. I’m sure the field will be growing globally over the next century and it looks like Japan will be leading the way. This will create jobs in a high-tech industry working with robots. So for anybody in  college now trying to find a good paying field to go into, be sure to check and see what types of training exist for this advancing field. Let’s just hope our society doesn’t become too dependent on them and when they breakdown, there will be a live person there to step-in and complete the task the robot was assigned to do. I know a few science fiction movies take this scenario overboard and actually have the robots turning on man. It would be a great tool for the police to use in situations where an armed individual is a threat to society and the robot could be used as a weapon for those type of people. I know bomb squads already have robots in place to help them take care of mysterious packages or items that might have a bomb in them. So the future looks bright for robots and it looks like this technology  will be giving us a map to the future and all the ways we can use robots in our daily lives.

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Fashionable Eyeglasses Available Online

Its true, some of the best quality eyeglasses on the Net, can be found on your computer right now. Imagine a place that has no overhead and no middle man either. Taking away these two things, means a consumer could buy a product for a much cheaper price. Not only that, but these same consumers get a product that works really well and it looks good too!

Zenni Optical understands the importance of fashionable eye-wear. They know a lot of people buy glasses today, because of their looks or the way the glasses make the wearer look. They took all of this into consideration, so they could develop some of the most fashionable eye glasses on the Planet. You would have a hard time finding a bigger selection and one that offers so many cool choices, like the folks from Zenni can do.

Other than your glasses looking good, they need to work well too. These are medical glasses or your prescription glasses that the eye doctor wants you to wear. You can submit your medial information, so your glasses will be prescribed for your specific eye troubles.

Keep in mind, the guys from Zenni don’t offer other brands or carry other eyeglasses in their inventory. They only deal with their own personalized brand; which does go by the brand name ZENNI. You can pick out a great pair of glasses, made from high quality materials, and get them for a really low price. Affordable prices alone would get most eyeglass users to come in, but once you see the huge selection of fashionable eye-wear, it is easy to understand why so many like to buy their eyeglasses here. Feel free to visit their website online and look at more of these cool-looking Zenni Glasses.

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NBA Owners Not to Blame in Lockout

Looking at the NBA Lockout right now, it can get a little confusing. Recently I tried to look at what was going on and try to find who the culprit is. It would seem the most common advice people give outside of the NBA Circle, is to split things 50/50 down the line and go play ball. I agreed with that too, until I saw what the owners were actually offering. To put it in simple terms and without going through all the minor technicalities, it breaks down like this. The owners offered the players 51% and were willing to take 49% and the players turned this down.

Let’s face it, the boss, owner, or company always makes more than the employee. Why these NBA players think it should work any different for them, makes them sadly confused and greedy to the core. I don’t think the NBA Owners really wanted to give the players that much of the profits and revenue, but they did offer it. I believe they made the offer, to show us (the public) at who the real villain in this whole process is.

The guys who invested their wealth and fortunes, when basketball wasn’t cool, do deserve the biggest piece of the pie. They were there when others weren’t and some how these rich and spoiled players think they built this empire and dynasty. Wrong!

The owners said their future offers would go lower and I plan to hold them to that. The players in the NBA deserve a 33% cut of the revenues, with a small increase every couple of years, until it reaches 41%. Once the total profits and revenues are paying these players a 41% cut; then the two sides can come back together again. This new proposal would allow the profits to go up a half percent up to 2 percent every two years. For any maximum raises the players take with the full 2%; then they would have to wait an additional year to receive a new pay increase.

2012/2013 – NBA Season – Players 33% vs. Owners 67%

2014/2015 – Would be the first season, the players could vote for a pay increase. They could select 0, half percent, 1 percent, 1.5 percent, or 2 percent increase. (if they choose the max. they would have to wait 3 years for a new vote)

2016/2017 – Would be the next voting session for the players; unless they choose the 2% max. raise; in which they would have to wait until the next season to vote on their revenue shares again.

*All of this would stay intact, until the split reached 41% for the NBA Players; then a new agreement could be brought to the table.

This is the best way to handle these kids, who don’t realize how the other 8 billion people on the Planet have to live. Keep in mind, the players turned down 51%; in which they would be making more than the owners of their respected teams. The owners proved which side was in the wrong, now let’s work on making a new basketball league. I would be happy with star players making 110K per year; while a league minimum would be 61K across the board. Bring back the lower seats in the NBA Arenas to 10 – 12 dollars a seat. Keep this game cheap and where the middle class working families can take 4 to the game and not have to spend over $100 for tickets, food, drinks, and souvenirs.

**Fans Can Help

1. Don’t buy any products, in which the advertiser uses an NBA player to sell their product or service.

***Guys like John Wall, LeBron James, and Blake Griffith would not be on our TV sets making money, if all the fans will ban these products. A full list of the companies we boycott will be coming up.

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BCS Votes the SEC and ACC Out of College Football

While folks in the South have longed gave up on the BCS for any true NCAA justice in college football, we got a new look at their favoritism this past weekend. Why did we see so many teams in the top 10 go down ? And it is the 2nd to the last week in the season? That is easy! All of the favoritism and rich boosters are voting in teams each and every year; which do not belong in the top 10. Funniest one of all, has to be the USC Trojans moving to number 10 in the AP Poll.

Top 5 NCAA Football Teams

1. LSU Tigers – SouthEast Conference

2. Alabama Crimson Tide – SouthEast Conference

3. Arkansas Razorbacks – SouthEast Conference

4. Virginia Tech Hokies – Atlantic Coast Conference

5. Georgia Bulldogs – SouthEast Conference

*The polls should help us reflect the teams who have improved and been winning lately. Like the Georgia Bulldogs winning all their football games; after going 0-2 to start the season against two quality top 25 schools. The Pac 12 college football teams, just don’t play any quality opponents.

First off, in the USC case. You have ESPN announcer Kirk Herbstreet who is not allowed to pick a winning team, in the Gameday TV Shows he does on Saturday mornings. For any game, in which he does the play-by-play for, he is not allowed to pick which team will win. However, he gets up in the 1st quarter of a game that is 14 to 0 in favor of USC and repeats a statement he made on Gameday that morning. He claims the USC Trojans are the most under rated team in the Country! And mis-uses his position, fame, and platform to tell the AP Voters to vote for this under rated team in the AP Polls; since this is the only poll, these cheaters are allowed to be in. After paying Reggie Bush and his family money and they have paid other athletes too. Obviously more will come out, after these guys leave USC.

Even with the USC team up on the number 4 team in the land 38 to 14, they end up only winning by 3 points? First off, we saw Oregon was NOT a top 5 team in no way. Just an average Pac 12 team; that doesn’t play against any competition. When they played the LSU Tigers they got beat and their running back didn’t do nothing. The Oregon RB didn’t produce against a freshmen core of USC linebackers; which makes him more of a joke. Yet, the Gameday crew out voted David Pollack 2 to 1, with Corso and Herbstreet saying Oregon’s RB was better than Trent Richardson, the running back for Alabama. I’m glad David Pollack pointed out, that both running backs played against the LSU team and the one from Alabama ran for 164 yards; while Oregon’s LaMichael James had 18 carries for 54 yards. Trent Richardson beat James by a 3 to 1 margin, against the same tough run defense. Let’s not forget the National Title Game, where LaMichael James ran for only 49 yards then. The Gameday Crew from ESPN wants you to vote this guy for the Heisman Trophy and says he is a better running back than Trent Richardson, who plays against tough teams every Saturday.

Back to Kirk Herbstreet, while he can’t pick the winners for upcoming games he is in, he is allowed to ask the National TV Audience and the AP Voters to “vote up the USC Trojans football team” in the AP Poll. Kirk Herbstreet was doing TV commercials with the old ex-coach from USC Pete Carrol and its clear that USC is his favorite team. If the NCAA allows him to use his platform to get USC votes, I will use my blog platform to show the truth.

Yes, USC has a descent QB there. Keep in mind high school recruits, he will be long gone, if you decide to come to the USC football program. He will be gone and the skill players there now are not that promising. This year’s recruiting class had several players to choose other college teams to go to, since USC could not play in a bowl game. Other violations are pending against the USC football team and they may face more bowl and post-season suspensions. No big time recruits coming out of high school, should NOT be selecting the USC Trojans. Other teams in the country to avoid would probably be the Pac 12 teams, the Big East teams, and Penn State. I support Joe PA at Penn State and he did nothing wrong. However, the young recruits should avoid Penn State, just like they will be avoiding the USC program.

A team like the Georgia Bulldogs, who was ranked 1 with their recruiting class this year and will be appearing the SEC Title Game this year, makes them a very attractive school to attend. Any football recruits who had planned on going to Penn State or USC, should give the Georgia Bulldogs a look. Other SEC teams and the ACC teams are nice choices too. The current BCS rankings are bogus and we should have the SEC and ACC in firm control at the top, but the bias voters and the money have things messed up right now. The BCS is only a mess, cause they continue to rank less talented teams high up in the polls.

Kirk Herbstreet said “USC is the most under rated team in the country”. While in the ACC, we had a football game between the Virginia Cavaliers (unranked) and 25th rank Florida State Seminoles this past Saturday. Either one of these teams could be playing in the ACC Championship Game, before they met on Saturday. Having one of them unranked and the other at 25, shows what a true under rated team looks like. USC was 18th and had no win against a top 25 opponent. In fact, they moved up in the rankings, after losing a game this year. How many teams move up in the polls after a loss? Zero is the answer! Going back over the last 5+ years, no team in the country has ever moved up after a loss. The USC program has moved up, due to their 3 overtime loss against Stanford. If you think they deserve it, keep in mind, they had that game won in regulation, just like with Oregon. They had both teams beat and allowed both teams to run over them at the end. Not only did USC move up after the loss, but the 6th ranked Stanford team who could not beat a unranked team in regulation and needed 3 overtimes got moved up two spots to number 4 in the country. The Pac 12 operates under a different set of rules. Their teams can both move up in the polls, even when 1 loses or when one looks just average.

BCS is not a mess, the Pac 12 voters and money is where the mess is at now. This week, they spit on Virginia Tech, who could beat all of these teams above them. No way, should these 2 loss teams, be ahead of an ACC Powerhouse with only 1 loss to their record.

Week 12 AP Poll

2. Oklahoma State – Loses to an unranked team

4. Oregon – Loses to over rated 18th USC

5. Oklahoma – Loses to 25 Baylor

8. Stanford – Barely beats unranked California

9. Virginia Tech – Beats a good ACC Tar Heels Team

*Stanford Cardinal moves up 4 spots after winning by 3 points against a weak Pac 12 Bears School

**Virginia Tech moves up 3 spots after winning by 3 points against a better ACC N.C. School

***Right here, the moving up 4 spots and 3 spots, shows that the AP voters like the Pac 12 better, even though the ACC teams are better.

****Why do the AP voters see Stanford above the Oklahoma State team, but don’t give Virginia Tech the same nod? Both teams should be ranked above Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State and Stanford did not play any good teams this year. Andrew Luck struggled against the teams “thought” to be good. NFL Teams should avoid Luck like the plague. He will never be an NFL QB. I know, I am getting laughs now, just like when I said Sanchez from USC would not be the first QB in the NFL Draft and when the QB before him, I said would never have a great NFL career. You know, the one Arizona Cardinals got from USC?

The BCS Poll agrees with me, that the Virginia Tech team is clearly a better football team than the Stanford team. However, they didn’t let Oklahoma slide enough spots, after getting beat by a nobody school late in the year. Let’s face it, the USA Today Poll shows the correct order with V.T. in 4th place.

The 3 SEC schools could not be ranked any other way. And the ACC did deserve the 4th spot in the polls. The bias voters don’t like the Southern Teams or the SEC or ACC football teams, so they teamed up, to make sure the Hokies would not have their correct place in the standings.

Let’s face it. The BCS will work, if you will rank the teams from the South higher in the polls. Against all of the odds and the prerankings; which heavily benefit the Pac 12 teams, the SEC still worked their teams to the very top 3 times! Well done SEC teams and congrats for getting noticed finally! The ACC is 2X better than the Pac 12 teams and this will surface in the near future too. As more football recruits, turn toward the colleges, that can put them on the NFL team’s draft boards.

Mark Sanchez was ESPN”s top QB and top overall player in the NFL Draft two years ago. For the whole season, we had to listen to Lee Corso and Kirk Herbstreet brag about him and this USC team. Once they went to the football camps, we saw a Georgia Bulldog QB, who got the attention of the NFL scouts. It was Matthew Stafford, who is now playing well for the Detroit Lions. The Lions also selected Calvin Johnson from Georgia Tech (ACC School) with the top overall pick. Just this past year, they took Nick Fairley from the Auburn Tigers, who was rated number 1 overall on my draft board. I believe the Lions have got 3 top players in the last 3 NFL drafts and they will continue to do well. It should be fun to watch their young team of South Football Players, play against the defending Super Bowl Champions Green Bay Packers. Maybe Matthew and the Lions are not where Aaron Rodgers and the Packers are at right now, but the Lions are making all the right decisions.

For you guys in high school right now, look for the ACC and SEC Teams with your choices for a good athletic college. The simple fact is, the NFL has more players from the SEC right now playing for them, than any other division in the NCAA ranks. Also, let’s not forget, since the undefeated Auburn Tigers were not allowed to play in a championship game; when USC and Texas had perfect records too. The only football champions we have seen have been the SEC schools. Just look at the title games, where a team like Ohio State gets to play the best SEC team two years in a row and get beat bad for those 2 straight years. The SEC is not only winning college football titles, but they are blowing out these weak teams from the other football conferences.

Hopefully the NCAA will be handing further punishment down to USC, as they continue to break the rules, with their rich boosters in Southern California. For the Southern High School Football Players in California; just come toward the East and find a team like the Georgia Bulldogs who are young, or an ACC school like Virginia Tech or Georgia Tech. Teams like Auburn, Alabama, Florida, and LSU have great places for you to play against the best of the best and you will be moving on to the next level. If any freshmen in high school, sophmores in high school, or for the current juniors in the high school football programs; if you want to play on Sundays in the NFL, just come join any SEC or ACC school, where the best college football players in the World play!

Funniest joke of the week – USC moves all the way up to the top 10, after winning a football game by 3 points; in which they had a 38 to 14 lead. Final score was 38 to 35 and the losing team missed a 40 yard field goal, or USC would have been in overtime. Only 1 other top 25 team they played against and they lost. You can’t beat one top 25 team in the 2nd to last week of the season and go to number 10 in the land. You must play against better non-divisional opponents, if you want any true credit!

 

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Affordable Diets Harder to Find Now

Wow! Have you guys checked the prices on some of these latest and greatest diet products? For that much money, I sure hope they work. I am someone who is not severely overweight. Just throw me in the crowd that needs to take off 15 or 20 pounds. I am around 190 pounds now and would prefer to be 170′ish. I believe I feel better overall; when I am at a lesser weight. I am thankful, I am not forced to buy these expensive diet pills I see selling on TV and on the Net.

If you’re someone who needs help with taking off weight, I would avoid these higher priced diet supplements. Just because they cost more, does not mean they work better. You can find some products with a good rating and a much cheaper price tag. For instance, a diet supplement called african mango is one that has a high rating. Also, you can buy a diet product like this, without having to take out a loan to buy it. I am still amazed at some of these high online prices for people who need help. It just doesn’t sound right, to charge someone a ton of money, for a product they really need for health related issues. Not everyone on a diet is doing it to “look good“. Some folks have high blood pressure or asking their internal body organs to work overtime. The heart is not the only problem with overweight people. So many other things are affected and cheap help should be made available. Although hard to find, there are some quality products out there, which a dieter can buy at a good price. Hold off on the over-priced diet pills and supplements, until the maker of these products come back to Earth with their prices.

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Furniture to add fun to your house: bar stools

If you have a counter in your home that you do not know what to do with, consider bringing some bar stools to go with it. These are fun seating options for houses that can make any room they are in friendlier and more inviting.

A kitchen is a great example of a place where bar stools can thrive. Simply lining up two to four on the other side of a counter can add sociability to a room that is usually full of pressure. Bring play to work, and vice versa. Serve up some hors ‘devours to your guests as they lounge and keep you company while you prepare a meal.

There are two kinds of bar stools: adjustable or not. Adjustable are able to be raised or lowered and are made out of metal. Non-adjustable are typically, though not always, made out of wood and do not lower or raise. They might swivel, but that is all the movement you will get out of them.

Other things to to consider are if you want backrests or not. Not all bar stools have them, but they can be more relaxing for your guests. Bar stools without them can look sleeker, however. So it is a matter of preference in style.

Also, consider the material on the seat. Do you want a cushion? Again, this can me comfortable, but there are some pretty hot designs that are just a grooved piece of plastic or metal. Again, it is a matter of taste.

A good indicator on what styles to choose comes from taking a look at your house. If it has a modern look, you might want to go with metal, and perhaps a bar stool without a back rest for a hipper feel. If it has a country or traditional quality to it, you might want to skip the adjustable bar stools altogether and go for a pleasant wooden bar stool that matches your decor.

There are all kinds of bar stools sellers online whose websites you can browse for more ideas. Then you can take your search to a local furniture store or order the stools from you own home.

Click here to shop for bar stools.

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The Household

This guest post from Lenny Mcknight

It’s been great trying to divvy up the household chores now that Chris and I are married. We’d been dating for a while and we knew we didn’t want to live together before we got married so this is how we planned it out. Now that we’re hitched I’m moved in and it’s quite an adjustment living together for the first time! I love being part of a couple but having to share a bathroomis a whole different beast – one that I’m not too crazy about. Anyway, I’ve been doing all the bills and calling Reliant Energy and the pest control guys and all that and Chris has actually helped a lot with the manual chores like taking out the trash and doing laundry and stuff. I never would have pegged him as so domestic but I guess he did live by himself for many years which probably helped a lot. I love being married and I’d say our relationship is stronger than ever now that we live together all the time.

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1992 Concert – One for the Ages

While 1992 seems like yesterday to me now, it really comes into prospective, when I think about what I did that year. In early September, I would take a long trip to our bordering state South Carolina. Unfortunately, I rode in the back of the bed, of a Ford Ranger pick-up truck. It was hot, sunny, and typical September weather for us folks from the South.

Guns N’ Roses & Metallica Concert

Photo Courtesy of Bill English

Yep, it was a truck load of North Georgia boys heading across the state line, for a once in a lifetime event. It featured the greatest band of the 1980′s and really ever, Guns N’ Roses, along with the 2nd best band of that era, Metallica. These two mega-giants in metal would never play on the same stage and especially on the same night, right?

Well it wasn’t common for that time period and even today, we don’t see the “big boys” of courntry, rock, rap, or any other kind of music perform together, cause it cuts them out of money. There is only so much a vendor or concert organizer can charge for a concert. Even when you put two great forces together on stage, for a once in a lifetime thing, the average American is still poor. As you can see, our economy in 1992 wasn’t much better than it is today.

Williams Brice Stadium in South Carolina

Now to understand the full magnitude of this 1992 Concert in South Carolina, you have to go back through the history of entertainment. Sports are common for putting two of the best teams in the league on the same field, court, or ice rink, for one night or one series. A reality show like American Idol or Simon’s new show the X-Factor is known for grouping the best of the best together and putting them on one single stage for just 1 night. When it came to the decade of the 80′s, there were no 2 metal bands in hard rock music, that were bigger than Metallica and GNR period. Imagine if American Idol wanted to create this much excitement and electricity in the air. They would have to take the winners for a 10 year stretch or a decade of Idol Winners and then have a sing-off for 1 night, to compare to the music in Williams – Brice Stadium on September 7th, 1992 (due to a postponed date from the August 2nd ticket date). Even then, you would still fall short of these musical giants; since we have still failed to see or find a band of any kind, better than those rock n’ roll powers; that Guns n’ Roses could conjure up on any given night. More comparisons to this Gamecock Stadium Concert in 92′.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dream Ticket Stubs

*Michael Jackson and Prince

*Rocky Balboa and Mike Tyson

*Eddie Van Halen and Joe Satriani

*Madonna and Lady Gaga

*Marsha Brady and Kelly Bundy

*Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis

*Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron

*Michael Vick and Matt Ryan

*Herschel Walker and Bo Jackson

*Richard Pryor and Eddie Murphy

*Jimmy Johnson and Dale Earnhardt (Sr)

*Kid Rock and Eminem

*Timmothy McVeigh and Osama Bin Laden

*Barrack Obama and Jackie Robinson

*Mount Rushmore and Stone Mountain

*Canton, China and Canton, Georgia

*Cherokee High School and Etowah High School

*Etowah River and Chattahoochee River

*Lake Lanier and Lake Allatoona

*Panama City Beach, Florida and Myrtle Beach, South Carolilna

The greats never really come together as 1. As you can see, it would be interesting to see some things come together. Madonna and Brittany Spears we got to see and history was made. Just this year, it almost repeated with Brittany Spears and Lady Gaga locking lips at the MTV Music Awards, but Brittany pulled away at the last second, leaving Lady Gaga hanging.

Not everyone will get a chance to see the best of the best come together. We will have days where a lot of good talent or good looks, come in focus at the same time, but usually not for very long. The fans who attended this post-poned concert date (actual concert on Sept. 7th; due to Axl’s voice going down), with a 6:30 pm evening start time, to see Faith No More lead off for 2 of the greatest bands ever, was a once in a lifetime event. I was glad I was there to witness this rock history and I am still waiting for 2 powers of this magnitude to come together again, so hopefully I can witness history again.

Metallica’s Setlist @ Williams – Brice, South Carolina 1992

  1. Creeping Death
  2. Harvester of Sorrow
  3. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  4. Sad but True
  5. Wherever I May Roam
  6. “Of Wolf and Man”
  7. For Whom the Bell Tolls
  8. The Unforgiven
  9. “The Shortest Straw”
  10. Fade to Black
  11. Master of Puppets
  12. Seek & Destroy
  13. Whiplash
  14. Nothing Else Matters
  15. Am I Evil?” (originally performed by Diamond Head)
  16. Last Caress” (originally performed by the Misfits)
  17. One
  18. Enter Sandman

 

Guns N’ Roses Setlist @ Williams- Brice, South Carolina 1992

  1. Welcome to the Jungle
  2. Mr. Brownstone
  3. Live and Let Die” (originally performed by Paul McCartney)
  4. “Attitude” (originally performed by the Misfits)
  5. It’s So Easy
  6. “Bad Obsession”
  7. Nightrain
  8. “Double Talkin’ Jive”
  9. Civil War
  10. “Move to the City”
  11. Wild Horses” (originally performed by The Rolling Stones)
  12. Patience
  13. You Could Be Mine
  14. “It’s Alright” (originally performed by Black Sabbath)
  15. November Rain
  16. Sweet Child o’ Mine
  17. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” (originally performed by Bob Dylan)
  18. Paradise City

 

And that was how the night rolled along, after we got to hear Faith No More in South Carolina. There was two other bands that shared time, opening up for these 2 giant rock bands and they were Motorhead and Body Count. I don’t really know who Body Count was then or now, so I am glad they went with a band I did know,  in Faith No More. A little Motorhead would have been fine too. Axl Rose, the lead singer for Guns N’ Roses, actually wanted Nirvana to open up for this concert tour, but Kurt Cobain refused to do it. I guess he thought of it as being disrespectful, but if Cobain would have accepted the offer from Axl Rose, it could have been even more legendary than what it was. Now we will never know, how Kurt Cobain’s future would have went, if he accepts this offer to open up….

 

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Ancient Singing Bowls from Tibet

If you’re looking online for something old to buy; then try to look for Tibetan Singing Bowls on the Internet. Some of these historic bowls are over 200 years old. Do beware of sellers online, who try to date their bowls. Dating these bowls is a tricky business and for the most part, it can’t be done with any accuracy. Some believe these bowls have special powers and used by the Monks in this area of the World. The seven different metals all have unique tones, for which these bowls are made from. In some cases, you can order Crystal Singing Bowls from Tibet. For those who like to collect Gongs, or older antiques from foreign countries, might want to investigate these ancient bowls more. I found very little information about them online, but what little I did find, it was very interesting. I would like to learn more about these singing bowls and perhaps buy one, off the computer.

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Fastest Growing Business in America Today

What is the hottest business to be in today? I was wondering, if a kid was graduating high school soon and wanted to go in the hottest business industry; which job would he or she want to study for in college? Its a difficult task to choose what you want to do with your future. No one wants to enter a new career field that has a lot of dead ends. We all want to be a part of something, which has a long and bright future ahead. The best way to determine how good a job is, would be the money. The amount of money you can make at a particular job, is the whole key to being rich. I think its also the best way to choose a new job. What are college students trying to “get in” or major in the most? I think this would be another factor we could look at, to see which jobs offer the brightest futures, as we go forward from here.

Office jobs are usually a direction most college graduates will go. The trick is trying to pick which office jobs will have the most popularity in the future. Will the office job you choose still be needed 5 years from now? What about 10 or 20 years down the road? These are things we must think about. A high school student today, has a lot of pressure, in choosing which job field is the most desirable. In most cases, students will need to pick a direction, once they enter their college level of studies. It still remains to be seen, which job fields will be the highest paying ones in the future. As of right now, most experts think the energy field or energy sectors of the Stock Market will be the ones making the most money. I think energy is a solid choice with medicine right behind it. There will always be a need for a medical team, to come up with a cure for some germ or bug, that is lethal to humans. After you look past energy and the medical students on campus, not sure which job field will be next on the list. It is possible, our tech jobs will continue to grow at record pace, as long as the money is there to fund these technological advances, we are discovering everyday.

 

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American Hoggers on Prime Time TV

New A&E Television Show

A lot of interesting shows coming on television this Fall. One that has already been on for a few episodes is American Hoggers. This is a pretty wild show and one that is easy to get addicted to. If you love to see dogs chasing wild boars and gang tackling them; while residents from Texas follow closely behind to capture these wild beasts. The state of Texas does have a serious problem with these boars or wild pigs.

Our domesticated pigs can turn wild in as little as 2 to 3 months. If a tame pig escapes the hog pen, it will become wild in a short amount of time. This means its hair will grow longer and the tusks will begin to grow out. These wild pig tusks can get up to 5 inches long. No one is safe around a wild boar, which can run up to speeds of 30 miles per hour. A man has an average speed of around 20 to 25 miles per hour. So as you can see, out running these wild pigs is not an option. This is where the gun-toting folks of American Hoggers come in and try to remove these wild pigs, in areas they are causing problems. The overall population of wild boars in Texas, is in that is out of control. Each week on TV, we watch a Texas family try to round up these wild pigs. Most commonly, they turn the dogs loose on them and its the dogs that locate these wild beasts in Texas. They gang tackle the pig with about 3 to 5 hunting dogs; while the family races in to hog-tie the critter. After the pig has its feet securely tied, they throw it on the truck and take it to a food bank i the Texas area, so they can slaughter the pig and eat it. This is one way to solve the starvation problems in America. What do you think about these wild pigs on television? Have you ever watched this show on A & E TV called American Hoggers?

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