Archive for May, 2008
Landscaping Design – The Primary Principles
28 May 2008Principles refer to standards or prescriptions for working with or arranging various elements to produce the intended landscape design. Good landscape design follows a combination of seven principles: unity, balance, proportion, focalization or emphasis, sequence or transition, rhythm, and repetition.
Unity refers to the use of elements to create harmony and consistency with the main theme [...]
What is the PayOption ARM?
28 May 2008Imagine an adjustable rate mortgage that allows you to pick one of four payment options on your monthly mortgage bill. It is an ARM on which the interest rate adjusts monthly and the payment adjusts annually, with borrowers offered options on how large a payment they will make. The options include interest-only, and a “minimum” [...]
Change Begins With Choice
28 May 2008Any day we wish we can discipline ourselves to change it all. Any day we wish; we can open the book that will open our mind to new knowledge. Any day we wish; we can start a new activity. Any day we wish; we can start the process of life change. We can do it [...]
Managing Your Team (Part 1) – Is It Struggling?
28 May 2008I’ve lost count of the workshops in which Communication (internal or external) is the number one issue that groups and teams highlight.
The singular most effective way to deal with team problems is to talk about them.
BUT, how do we talk about them? What do we talk about?
It is not uncommon that teams struggle. [...]
Your Intelligence – IQ, EQ, or SQ?
27 May 2008How often have we heard others talk about how ‘intelligent’ they consider someone to be? Intelligence is a description of how good someone is at mentally doing something. Intelligence involves thought. Intelligence includes the ability to reason, plan, solve problems, think abstractly, comprehend ideas and language and to learn.
Do you consider yourself to be intelligent?
Schools [...]
Football – The San Diego Chargers
27 May 2008The San Diego Chargers are from San Diego, CA and play their football games in the AFC Western Division. Interestingly, the San Diego Chargers actually began as the Los Angeles Chargers in 1960. Here is a brief history of this popular football team.
As one of the original members of the AFL, the Chargers [...]
Fantasy Football Information: Don’t Expect Moss to Have T.O. Type Year with Raiders
27 May 2008Here is some fantasy football information that the fantasy football books and magazines will likely disagree with. If you’re a quality fantasy football competitor, though, you know you have to rely on many sources to get your fantasy football information. Bank on this: Randy Moss will not experience the wild success that Terrell [...]
Alaska’s Alyeska Resort – Family And Ski Vacation Extraordinaire
27 May 2008The “Land of the Midnight Sun” has always been an amazing source
of raw, rugged beauty and many think of Alaska only as a great
summertime vacation destination. On the other hand, if you like
to ski you may want to consider Alaska when planning your next
ski vacation because it has some of the best skiing in the [...]
Reliving The Music Of The Seventies
27 May 2008We all associate songs and music with events in our life. Many songs hold special memories for us. We fondly remember the songs that were playing when we went to our first dance, the songs the school band attempted to play during half time at the high school football games, the songs that [...]
The Biggest Critics of Your Franchise Brand Name
27 May 2008The biggest critics of a franchise brand name come from two groups of people and neither of them are you customers. If our brand is lousy your customers will most likely simply not say anything, after all every day average brand names are a dime a dozen in the market place. No you biggest critics [...]