Enhancing the simple
Charlie Byrd was initially a plectrum or plectrum-style guitarist, but became interested in classical guitar and fingerstyle guitar in the late 1940s. By 1950 he had taken up classical nylon-string guitar as his instrument of choice. He studied in Washington, DC with regional classical jazz guitarist Bill Harris and later with classical guitar teacher Sophocles Papas. He also studied theory […]
Networking is a skill that requires a lot of time, planning, and organization to be effective. Being efficient also implies managing your contacts correctly. It is important not only to attend events, but also to foster and grow relationships. There are many tools and resources to take advantage of networks and connections. Listed below are some simple tips for engaging […]
As a criminal law follower and writer, this author often reports on bizarre criminal law stories from the state of Florida. These are some of my favorite vintage stories that I would like to share with the wider world. Orange County. Florida: Veterans Day weekend of 2010, the Orange County Sheriff’s Department became a national laughing stock when it was […]
UAE consumers are expected to pay VAT on the purchase of most goods and services. The UAE Minister of State for Financial Affairs has stated that the UAE will implement VAT at a rate of 5% on January 1, 2018. There are some exceptions that will not be taxable, which may include basic food, medicine/care medical, education, etc. . Other […]
I love Mr. Mafioso on AskMen. “Look, college boy,” he writes, “there are certain lessons that all the books in the world couldn’t teach you.” It strikes a chord with me. I came out of college a college girl. It was a college in rural Minnesota, very academic, very intellectual. How academic? How intellectual? More students pass the MedCATS from […]
Playing cards has been a source of entertainment and fun for centuries. For hundreds of years, people have been playing them for fun, gambling with them, and even guessing with them! They are a truly international game and universally known and recognized. With literally hundreds of game variations that can be played and enjoyed by any number of players, from […]
Let’s clear this up. We hire law students fresh out of college to work in state and federal bureaucracy as regulators. To attract this talent, we offer to pay part of the costs of your tuition loan. We deliberately hire these so-called ‘hard workers’ because it’s hard to keep current regulators when big corporations always offer such regulatory employees jobs […]
All the Disney princesses equals quite a few Disney movies. There’s Jasmine from Aladdin, Cinderella from the Well, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty from the movie of the same name, Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Belle from Beauty and the Beast, and even Ariel from The Little Mermaid. The group was recently joined by Princess Fiona from Shrek. […]
Have you ever applied for a job hoping you would have the necessary qualifications but couldn’t get the job? This may be due to one of the following errors: “Read this and pass it on to others” 1. Not specifying the position you want on your resume. Many people apply for jobs using the same raw resume they used to […]
One of my clients bought boat building plans for the “Lively 28” trimaran. He is a novice boat builder, but he is going to work with a friend who has experience building wooden boats. He asked me if he had any thoughts on possibly “revising” the ship plans a bit during the build process. I honestly don’t know much about […]