Why I chose these colleges.

While on College Board.com, I found and added these schools to my list:
Asnuntuck Community College
Communtiy College of Beaver County
Quinebaug Valley Communtiy College
Salem Community College
The College of New Jersey
Zane State College
College of Marin: Kentfield

I added each of these colleges to my list mostly because of the characteristics that these colleges share. To search for colleges, I used “find a match” and entered characteristics such as size, setting, academic years, public or private, etc. The exact characteristics I chose for colleges were as following:

• Two-year college – I wasn’t exactly sure what was better for me, but a two-year college sounded better for some reason. As if I would learn enough in two years anyway.
• Public - I feel it’s a more comfortable enviroment not to be in uniform while taking on the stress of work and getting to classes. Private schools also cost more money than public so I feel it would be better.
• Small (about 2,000 students) – I’ve learned over the years that the fewer students in a class, the better chance you have to be able to learn at a personal level and have a student-to-profesor relationship. This can help me learn better and ask for help if I don’t understand something.
• Suburban setting – I was never comfortable in a city-like enviroment and a rural/outdoors-like setting wouldn’t be great for me. I believe a suburban type of setting would be great for me, seeing as I’ve never exactly lived in one, but I’ve always enjoyed it when I would go to one.

The only college I was aware of before searching was The College of New Jersey. My sister went to TCNJ (The College of New Jersey) and while she was scoping it out, the whole family went, including me. I found it to be interesting and a pretty comfortable enviroment.

Two of my selected colleges turned out to be in New Jersey, which is where I currnetly reside; TCNJ and Salem CC. These schools would be wise choices when concerning money, because of the fact that if I go to a college in the state I live in, then I would pay instate tuition,which would be cheeper than outstate tuition.
The other colleges I found are in states that I have been intrigued to go to or at least be suitable for a college life. A few colleges such as Asnuntuck Community College and Quinebaug Valley Communtiy College are in Connecticut and I have been there as a child visiting some relatives and it was a nice area.
College of Marin: Kentfield, on the other hand, is in California. I realize it doesn’t sound very smart or reasonable but experiencing the California life-style would be very interesting.
Communtiy College of Beaver County is in Pennsylvania, and I’ve been going there since I was little because my parents have a house there and living conditions could be arranged in different ways to accomadate certain needs.
 Zane State College is in Ohio and again, I’ve been interested to see what it would be like there.
Although, outstate tuition would cost much more than instate so these other, out of state colleges wouldn’t be my first certain choices. Not just because of cost, but of being closer to home.

Social Media Revolution 1/15/10

I agree that this video was very interesting and statistical about how wireless networks and electronic devices have progress over the many years to practically engulf our lives. On the other hand, I slightly disagree with the statement that “Social Media isn’t a fad, it’s a fundamental shift in the way we communicate.” Although I know this statement is true, I still believe that the Social Media IS a fad. So much of the world has claimed that they “cannot survive” without these programs and online websites of social, international interaction.

By stating my belief I can definitely say that I think the Social Media is indeed a fad, but made users believe that it’s a necessary fundamental of life. Who knows, soon we might not even half to think about anything anymore, or maybe not have to bother getting up to do the simplest of tasks. “Gotta love the Social Media”

Current Event 1/11/10

Frigid Florida copes

Florida hasn’t been as warm as everyone would hope it would be. There wasn’t a scantily clad beautiful person at any of the outside tables at South Beach’s tony Balans restaurant. Everyone was crammed inside to assuage their Saturday nights with pancakes and Cuban coffee, chuckling at the heat lamps that waiters had scrambled to put up outdoors.

“Yeah, the lamps were not so good. So we brought inside all the tables to make sure our customers could manage, I’m from Chile and living here, you know, it’s not supposed to be like this.” said manager Mike Fernandez. Temperatures in Miami barely got into the 40s on Sunday; normally, they’d be in the 70s.

From personal experience, I was recently reunited with a friend who had moved to Florida last year. I asked him why he returned to New Jersey and he replied with this, “Well economically the restaurant business wasn’t great..and it’s actually no warmer than here!”

Current Event

Facebook to lose geography networks, add privacy features.

My current event is on how Facebook will be adding new privacy security features. The users of Facebook will unfortunately lose the ability to join a network of friends who live in the same area; but they will also gain the ability to control who sees every piece of information they post. Meaning, they decide what pictures, videos, or information can be seen on their page by others. Mark Zuckerberg, the Facebook founder, posted a letter on the site saying that Facebook has outgrown the idea of regional, in that area, networks. The positive aspect of this will be the option of deciding which Facebook friends see updates, photos or other posts at the time they’re posted. Zuckerbergin said that  the next couple of weeks, Facebook’s roughly 350 million users will be asked to review and update their privacy settings. A message on the site will explain the changes and take users to the page where they can update their own settings. Many Facebook users appeared positive as thwy posted replies.

Microsoft Office 2007 questions

1. Where is the ribbon located?

The Ribbon is located at the top of the program.

2. What are the three main components that make up the ribbon?

Tabs, Groups, Commands

3. What are the names of all the tabs?

Home, Insert, Page Layout, References, Mailings, Review, View.

4. Where are the group names located?

The groups are located at the bottom of the Ribbon, under the commands.

5. What are the commands?

The commands are tools that you choose that let you do whatever you want to your documents.

6. What is a template?

A template helps organize things and make labels.

7. Why are templates helpful?

Templates are helpful so your documents are more organized and you know where to find what you need to find.

8. What is the good thing about styles in office 2007?

Styles are useful because they let you change the look of the words or documents so they look better and vibrant.

9. What are some of the uses for a table in word?

Tables are useful for graphs or charts for data, statistics, or compare and contrasting.

10. What are graphics?  How can you use them in word?

Graphics are used to make your documents look more attractive. You can use them by highlighting the thing you want to make different and choose a type of graphic to make it, such as, font, color, or size.

11. What is mail merge?  What can you this for?

Mail Merge is when you leave blanks in an document and it inputs names or info into the blanks.

12. What is document security view?

Document security view is when you lock a document so no on else can open them.

13. Why do you think that office has changed so much?

Office has changed a lot because 2007 is more visibly attractive so people are more interested to use it and have a better understanding of how to use it.

14. If you don’t know how something in technology works, what are some ways you can learn?

You could read the manual, take classes on it, or look for a help section in the program to see if that could answer questions you have.

Out of the box brainteasers (E)

One day, as I was walking down the street by my brother’s grammar school, Queen of Peace, for some reason, I saw a very old man walking on the opposite side of the street. He was a humble, content looking man. He was wearing a green, puffy jacket, brown loafers, and cacky pants. His face reminded me of a satisfied camel after drinking gallons of water. I noticed something on his head that stood out to me. He was wearing a St. Mary hat. I go to St. Mary high school in Rutherford and I’d never seen this man before so i was interested, yet confused when i saw him wearing that hat. When I realized how long I’d been staring at him, thinking about these numerous details, I remembered to focus back on the sidewalk i was walking on. As soon as I turned back to forward, the same man that I was examining was directly in front of me!

When my shock settled, which only took about 2 seconds, the old man smiled and gave his hat to me. He then said in a quiet voice, “Use it well.” He then passed me by and slowly walked in the opposite direction. At first I was a bit confused, but i shook it off and continued on to my brother’s school. It was at this time that I remembered I was suppose to walk him home. When I got there my brother was waiting outside the school for me.

It was then I remembered that he decided already that he wanted to go to St. Mary when he goes to high school. I realized that what the old man said made sense, considering my brother was asking for a St. Mary’s hat.

Lesson Plan: Michael Thullner and Joseph Billy III

How to Customize a Header:
Step 1: Go to your web browser and type in http://www.wordpress.com/

Step 2: To start an account, look at the right of the screen and look downward until you see the
orange “Sign up now” button under WordPress’ search bar and “Express yourself. Start a Blog” or,
if you have an account already you can sign in at the top left of the screen by typing in your
“Username” and “Password”.

Step 3: Go to the second tab on the top left of the page called “My Dashboard” which is to the right of
“My Account”

Step 4: At the top left of your screen under (username’s) Blog you will see a tab that says
“Dashboard”  under dashboard you will see “upgrades”, then a tab called “posts”. Then “Media”
keep looking down and you will see “Links”, “Pages”, “Comments”, “Ratings”, “Polls” and then the
ninth tab will be “appearance”.

Step 5: Click the arrow to the right of “appearance” it will open up a number of neat options.

Step 6: Look at the options, you will see “Theme”, “Widgets, “Extras”, “Custom Header” and “Edit CSS”
You will want to click the fourth option, “Custom Header”

Step 7: You can choose many different options to customize your header like “Hide Text”
which will hide your Header’s Text. “Select a Text Color” Which will change the color of
your header. “Use Original Color” which will set your text’s color to default. and “Save Changes”
which will save any and all changes you’ve made to your header. Have fun messing with them.

Step 8: You can also Upload a “New Header Image”. Press the “Browse” button under the
“New Header Image” to choose an image that is saved on your computer.

Step 9: Now you will be asked to select a section of the image to put on your header. Choose
whichever section you find suitable and click “Crop Image” to save it to your account.
Congratulations you have a new header image!!

Step 10: You may restore your header to its default state by selecting “restore header” under
“Select Header Image”

There’s your custom header!!!! Good luck and have fun.

This guide was created using “Notepad” and “WordPress.com” All tab names and headers were found on WordPress. We do not take any credit for tab and header names used above.

10 things that make me laugh…

10 things that make me laugh are:

1. My dog when she gets hyper. When my dog, pumpkin gets hyper she runs around so fast and her face is priceless sometimes.

2. Subtle sarcasm. Sarcasm is hilarious for me, especially when someone else doesn’t understand it.

3. My brother when he gets too into a video game. Sometimes he loves the game too much and freaks out when he “dies”. He even plays for endless hours.

4. The way my dog stops suddenly if you try to take something that she has. If she has a toy or something in her mouth and she’s just chewing on it, if someone trie sto tak eit out of her mouth, she would just stop and stair at you until you go away.

5. People getting scared for no reason. Even when people get scared for normal reasons, it’s funny for me because I don’t get scared often.

6. My mother when she tries to be funny. Sometimes my mom thinks she’s funny and believes she could be a comedian or write a book…I will leave it at that.

7. Awkward flat voices. Voices such as Napoleon Dynamite or Lopez from “Red vs Blue” series really make me laugh because it sounds short and flat like a robot.

8. A sentence with too many adjectives. When there are too many adjectives in one sentence, it gives me a chuckle because that is just unnecessary.

9. Inattentive birds. There’s nothing better than sitting quietly in your house when all of a sudden a bird smacks into your window.

10. Me acting like Napoleon Dynamite. I love it when people ask me to do a Napoleon impression, it even makes me crack just doing it myself.

Current Event

Mt current event is about a new uranium factory in Iran that Javier Solana is talking about.

“Iran says it plans to cooperate fully with the U.N. nuclear agency and will invite representatives of the body to visit its newly revealed uranium enrichment facility”, said Javier Solana, the European Union foreign policy chief.

Solana also confirmed that world powers and Iran will hold another round of talks before the end of the month. He spoke at a news conference Thursday after the Geneva talks.

The meeting occurred on the heels of the recent revelation that Iran was building a second uranium enrichment facility near the city of Qom, a dramatic development that jacked up tension between Iran and international powers.

Iran participated in the talks along with the EU, Germany and the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council: the United States, Britain, France, Russia and China.

Two top officials from the United States and Iran huddled on the margins of the Geneva talks, a meeting one diplomat describes as serious and frank.

Questions

1. Can you do these stretches sitting down or standing up?
2. What posture should you always begin at?
3. Why is breathing helpful?
4. Choose three of these stretches as your favorite.  Why did you select them

1.Both, sitting or standing up.

2.Neutral posture

3.So you can relax properly

4. Shoulder roll, this relaxes my shoulders because they get tense a lot.

hand fans, this helps my fingers typed stronger and faster.

wrist bends, my wrists also get tense a lot, this helps loosen them