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The Aaron Price Fellows Program

Erika — Sat, 08 May 2010 04:53:52 +0100

If you go to Hoover and you are a freshman or if you are going to be going to Hoover soon then there is a program you should take an interest into joining and that is the Aaron Price Fellows. The program was created in 1991 by the Price Family to honor the life and memory of Aaron Price after he passed away in 1989 at the age of 15. The program provides a wide range of activites and allows interaction with people most of us would never likely meet. Schools that parti...

How to avoid procrastination

Erika — Fri, 07 May 2010 04:26:28 +0100

There has been a time in our life that we all procrastinate for one reason or another. Most of us do it for a school homework or for applications and leave everything till the last minute. Have you noticed that when you rush something it does not come out as good as it should? Same thing happens to our work we do not do as good as we should. The reason why many of procrastina...

Sending text without a phone

Erika — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:03:23 +0100

Nowadays there are a lot of people who have a cell phones and they are constantly texting with it. Even though there are a lot of people who have a cell phone there are not many that can afford to have one, but there is no need to feel left out. There are many ways to text to a person just with the help of a computer. There are certain websites t...

Seniorities

Erika — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:39:54 +0100

What is seniorities? Many believe is a lack of motivation of college bound students and other believe it is just laziness. There are about 8 weeks left of schools for many seniors and most of them already want to leave and explore the world, but we can not let this take over us since grades still matter of getting accepted to a college. Since there are many budget cuts colleges are taki...

How to keep glasses from scratching

Erika — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:50:04 +0100

Ever since we are little we are checked to see how well our sight is. Some of us may be blessed with a 20/20 eyesight, but not all of us are that lucky. Some of us have astigmatisms, are near/farsighted, or just need reading glasses as we grow older. Most of these individuals have bought a pair of glasses and they are not cheap. As much as we try to keep them clean and ...

Gmail and its secret functions

Erika — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 02:58:58 +0100

Gmail is just like any email provider, but there are a lot of functions that people have not discovered. There are many great ways to take advantage of the functions gmail provides. So if you have a gmail this might be of your interest. There are many more functions then the ones mentioned here. Just log in to your gmail and go to settings and di...

Teens and driving

Erika — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 03:49:47 +0100

When one hits 16 one can go to the DMV and ask for a drivers permit. Once the exams have been passed a 16 year old can drive with an adult. Now everybody grows up and soon hit 18. At the age of 18, we are considered to be adults by society and by the law as adults. Even though we are considered adults we are not seen as "responsible" adults and statistics have shown we are not. Stat...

How to write professional emails

Erika — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:39:25 +0100

Email is the most common and convenient way to communicate in the business world, to colleagues, employers, employees, professors and others who require formal communication. The smallest mistake can make a negative impression. People are not being careful on how they are formatting their emails before sending it to the recipients. Most emails written in a professional area are written as if they were a casual email to a friend. Most people in the working industry are nice peop...

Filling out scholarship tips

Erika — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:02:19 +0100

Filling out scholarships can be frustrating and confusing. Every scholarship has different requirements and different deadlines, but there are ways such a tedious process much more comfortable.

Read The Applications carefully

Every scholarship is different. There are few applications have the same requirements. One application may ask for 1000 word essay while another one may ask for a 500 word essay. It is important to read and get a full understanding of what is r...

The long road ahead

Erika — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:09:01 +0100

Most high schools in the San Diego area are going to have a group of students graduating around June or July. For many, that day is the happiest day of their life and a big step towards independence. A lot of those students have applied to some type pf university and college, but there are some who have the potentia...

Email Etiquette

Erika — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 06:37:15 +0100

Companies need to implement email etiquette for the following reasons:

Professionalism- Language used in an email makes the company look more professional

Efficacy-Email that go to the point are better then those that are long and are wary

Protection from liability-Emails can be used ...

Steps to enrollment at SDSU

Erika — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 05:31:13 +0100

Its almost March, applications SDSU have been submitted, but seniors still have a couple of things to do:

1. Take ELM/EPT Test

ELM/EPT Test Dates

Online/ In Person Registration Deadline

January 16,2010

Recycling Awareness

Erika — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 07:20:29 +0100

Nowadays everyone has a phone or any piece of technology, but what do people do after they have used up the piece of technology of if something happened to ir that it stopped functioning? Most people throw it in the trash or if they are tech wise they may just reuse some of the parts for something else.There are few individuals who can do this and mos...

Worlds biggest Samsung phone

Erika — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 05:24:41 +0100

Samsung placed a giant model of its previous mobile Samsung Messenger phone in Chicago, US. Samsung placed it at Fidelity Plaza Chicago with cooperation of Cricket. This phone is the biggest mobile phone of the world. It is 11 x 15 feet in size.

It's fully working model of messenger mobile phone and you can send messages, receive calls and could ...

People and courtesy

Erika — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:33:26 +0100

When we are little we are raised to say "thank you" and "please" whenever we need something or are given something. Even as adults we tell our children to say those magic words, but how much of this do we actually follow? Many would say that we do not do this as often as we should. There have been people who are rude most of the time. There are reasons why a person i...

The New iPad

Erika — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 05:48:15 +0100

The iPad, the newest gadgets from Apple has been released on January 27, 2010. Many people have called it a blown up version of the iPod touch and it does look like it. Its characteristic are the same from the touch screen to the center home button, but what is really the difference between the iPod and the iPad?

Many people ...

Installing Flash Player Plugin on Firefox without having Administrator Access or Premissions

Erika — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:58:52 +0100

This seems to work perfectly fine on Firefox 2.0, 3, 3.5, and 3.6

Have you ever had a computer at home where you are not the administrator and downloading software to the computer is not possible. Firefox needs flash plug in to work at is best.

Installing Flash Player the "standard" way by clicking on missing plug ins is not possible to install, but here are is a way to install Flash Playe...

DNA of Music

Erika — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 05:53:39 +0100

When it comes to beats and something good to listen most of us tune into the radio and look for the latest song. We all got a song we like and listen to it as much as possible,but have you ever wondered if the beat to the music is original or if the songs are original as well. Maybe some of you have discovered that certain songs are songs by previous singers sung by new artist with...

People in Pj's

Erika — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 06:59:13 +0100

For school spirit it might be acceptable or even a small child might look cute, but for an every day style it is going overboard. Recently, there has been an increase in people wearing pajamas. Mostly everyone has a pair of pajamas in their drawers and use them every now and then, but what about those people who wear them everyday as normal clothes? They take them out to go shop...

T3Desk for Windows

Erika — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 07:35:41 +0100

For those windows user that want to spice up the way their Windows management, T3 Desk is here to help. With an alt-tab alternative that gives a 3D look and more. T3Desk works for all versions of Windows, but it has been more popular in Vista where it can take advantage of Aero. Once T3Desk is installed then you can use keyboard shortcut to minimize and maximize windows by arranging them in pseudo-3D fashion. There are also tweaks to make windows be angled, animated, arrange level of transpar...