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Month: March 2009

  • The Value of An Executive MBA Program

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    Another article extolling the virtues of a Rutgers Education!  The article discusses executive MBA programs and lists the schools ranked by 5 year return on investment.  Rutgers comes in as #8.

  • Follow Me on Twitter!

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    You can now follow me on Twitter.  If you aren’t using Twitter yet, certainly give it a try!

  • How To Achieve Happiness

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    In these difficult times, I think its a good idea to revisit the topic of Happiness.  What makes us happy?  What can we do to become happier?  Is it impossible given what is going on these days?  I found this really good article at one of my favorite blogs,  Get Rich Slowly.  Its a simple…

  • The Associate

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    Just finished reading The Associate by John Grisham.  I haven’t read a Grisham book in a long time.  I had moved over to James Patterson – thank to my dad.  But I picked up a copy of the Associate at the local library and read through it very quickly.  The book is about a Yale…

  • Is Prostate Cancer Screening A Good Thing?

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    An article in the New York Times states that a study of 77,000 American men found that those who received annual PSA blood tests for prostate cancer did not have a reduced rate of death.  Combined with a European study, the PSA (prostate-specific antigen) test is now being questioned as an effective test for men. …

  • Happy Birthday Sam!!

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    Today we had a little birthday celebration for our friend Sam. He turns 15 on March 17. Have a wonderful birthday Sam!!

  • Creating a Budget

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    In these crazy financial times, we’ve been reviewing our spending and trying to find good techniques to manage everything.  One topic of interest is budgeting.  There are a number of ways to set a budget of course.  Everyone needs to find a method that works for them. Here are a few articles discussing budgets that…

  • Longest Soccer Goal

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    This is definitely the longest goal I’ver ever seen in a soccer game!

  • Validation

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    Here is a really great video that was featured as part of the Best of YouTube podcast.  Its amazing what a smile and a kind word can do.  Watch it here.

  • New Service to Make Twitter Emails More Useful

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    Tired of getting those less than useful emails from Twitter telling you that you have a new person following you?  There isn’t any additional information.  You have to go to Twitter, check out the person and see if you might be interested in following them.  A new service called Twimailer will change all that.  It…