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May

What is Your Favorite Android App?

Several months ago I finally broke down and purchased a smart phone. I was out of town and my GPS stopped working, and I decided to take the plunge. Instead of buying another Garmin, I would buy a smart phone that included a navigation app.

Even though I am usually an early adopter and pride myself on keeping up with all the new devices on the market, I had never liked the idea that while you can do so many things on a smart phone, typically the phones are so small that you cant really see what you are doing. When the sales person showed me the Samsung Galaxy Note II, I knew that this large mobile phone was perfect for me.

I have been using my Samsung now for approximately 3 months and I absolutely love it. I dont know how I ever got along without it. No, its not a trendy iPhone, but the screen is large enough (5.5) that I can actually read the email in my Inbox. I can follow the directions on my navigation app, read and edit important documents, and I even have enough screen space that I can surf the web and actually SEE what is there.

The Samsung Galaxy Note II is an Android device and so there are multitudes of apps available for use with it. As I mentioned earlier, I love the Navigation app and I use it all the time. The Samsung Speak your destination feature is fantastic, and it allows me to press a button, tell my smartphone where I want to go, and immediately see the route on my screen.

Since I dont have time to explore the many applications that are available for my new phone, I thought it would be fun to put this topic out there so that you, the followers of our blog, could chime in and tell us about your favorite Android apps. Got one that you really like? Let us know. Add your comments below.

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May

UK examining alcohol policy

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — A task force has been appointed to study the alcohol policy at the University of Kentucky.

The Lexington Herald-Leader ( reports President Eli Capilouto made the appointments on Tuesday of 15 university officials and community members.

The panel, called the Work Group on Student Health and Safety, will examine the current ban on alcohol and factors leading to alcohol abuse and ways to prevent it.

Capilouto said last year he was interested in possibly changing the university’s alcohol policy. The comment came after community groups complained that the campus ban led more students to drink in surrounding neighborhoods.

“We realize we’re an institution that is intimately tied to Lexington,” said Robert Mock, UK’s vice president for student affairs. “I think we need to look at some data and research and see what’s done at other institutions to come up with a model that is the best fit for the university and the city of Lexington.”

Mock said recent incidents have led to the review. He noted two high-profile events including alcohol-related problems that led to a temporary ban on some tailgating at UK football games and public celebrations of the 2012 NCAA title by the UK men’s basketball team that led to arrests and property damage.

“It’s no secret that those were not positive things that we would not like to see reoccur,” he said. “We’re going to investigate and see what comes out of the discussion.”

Mock and UK vice president for finance and administration Eric Monday will co-chair the panel, which will also include nine other university employees, two city officials, two officials with Bluegrass Community and Technical College, a neighborhood representative and a student.

“Colleges have a duty and responsibility to translate new knowledge into the creation and implementation of effective best practice policies to facilitate responsible alcohol use and reduce the harmful effects of alcohol misuse,” Capilouto said in a statement. “Universities cannot alone resolve the alcohol problems among students. Comprehensive and coordinated interventions at the individual, campus and community level are the most effective strategies.”

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Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader,

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May

How Long Candida Cleanse

If you have a candida overgrowth problem, it’s not that uncommon. Make sure you identify what you have by going http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/candidiasis-yeast-infection. One solution you can try before going with pharmaceuticals is trying a candida cleanse. Some people call the candida cleanse a Candida Cleanse Diet, not just a candida cleanse, but it’s moreso a diet. You need to change your lifestyle habits when you have a candida problem, so there isn’t really a 15 day, 30, 60 day guaranteed cleanse. It’s more so how bad your symptoms are, how fast your body will fight it, how strict you go on the cleanse, what extra antifungals, and probiotics you are using, how well you are resting, taking care of your health, etc.

When you decide to go on a candida cleanse an improtant thing to remember is which foods you should avoid. There are so many foods, that we think are healthy that easily promote candida. They may be healthy for someone who does not have candida, but for anybody infected, it just causes many problems.

The first part of any candida cleanse will be the hardest. You will eat mainly raw salads and steamed vegetables while avoiding starchy vegetables such as corn, potatoes, yams. Some people go on a liquid only diet for the first week, but it’s not required. It’s not just liquid as in water, but vegetables cooked in broth and soups. You can drink the broth with your food instead of just sticking to regular water. Look at http://myyeastinfectiontreatment.org/candida-treatment-and-diet/ for more diet tips.

After the first week, I would consider cleansing which I do not think is necessary, but it does help some people. There are several cleanses you can choose from, some commercial, and some can be home made. Liver flushing, psyllium and bentonite shakes, colonics. One of the great “side effects” of a candida cleanse is the weight loss http://www.livestrong.com/article/292680-candida-cleanse-weight-loss/.

There is no one method cure for candida, and you have to just stick with it. It’s not just a cleanse that you need, but combined with good probiotics, and using antifungals, you can really accomplish a lot.

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Apr

Microsoft Excel 2013: Using Flash Fill

A new feature in Excel 2013 called Flash Fill allows the user to separate or combine data within entire columns based on the pattern that Excel picks up from the other columns. You can also use Flash Fill to change the case of text. As long as Excel can pick up a pattern, it will work to complete the column for you.

Note the first and last name columns below:

Suppose you would like to join these columns so that the full name will appear in a separate column. To make the new column with the full name, insert the cursor in the third column and type the first and last name for Bud Roberts. Press ENTER and begin typing the second name. You will see a transparent menu with a preview of suggested names:

Press ENTER to finish the column. You can also use the Flash Fill command on the DATA tab of the Ribbon. In this example, the First Name and Last Name columns do not have to be adjacent to each other, but the column using the Flash Fill must be next to one of these columns for Excel to recognize the correct pattern. This same technique works when separating text within columns:

The data must be entered consistently; for example, if some first names had a middle initial and some did not, you might get some unexpected results. If you did not want to use the Flash Fill, press the ESC key and keep typing to ignore the transparent drop-down list.

NOTE: Even though the Convert Text to Columns Wizard can still be used to separate text into columns, and the CONCATENATE function can be used to join text, the Flash Fill method is much quicker and avoids placing any formulas within the cells.

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Apr

Gurus Carrying Out Search Engine Optimization To Help Get Your Web-Site To Number One On Google And Yahoo

As experienced and clever as youre, you cant know every thing and when it comes to your success in business and company, you have to work with techniques just like key phrases analysis that will result in major visitors as well as elevated conversion rates for you. You are able to get all these with search engine optimization. The question right now is-do you already know what to do? With search engine optimization education programs, youll get to know that to carry out as you are going to be outfitted with training, classes and courses to be able to help you be profitable on-line. If training, classes and programs arent for you personally then consider outsourcing the work.

Outsourcing consultants for Search engine optimization come in when you dont know the very first thing with regards to optimizing your web site for google rankings. That is where you actually start around the path to success, youll need a company web site. The evaluation is without having a company site, there is nothing to do search engine optimization for and theres no place you will be driving traffic to. Indeed, you need to increase traffic for your bodily shop at the same time but achieving that might require much more energy and more cash based on the pricing of search engine optimization training course.

When you set a website for your brand up, you will have numerous functions for 1 tool. You have a place where people can get info about you and your products and you will also possess a place in which people can browse your products. Theyll additionally possess a way with regard to getting in touch with you. Acquiring a site, you must get in touch with the most effective Seo consultants to equip your web site for google rankings.

The most effective you are able to hope for along with getting the services and packages of the seo experts is the fact that your internet site will probably be positioned in the range one spot of search engines ranking which individuals believe in. You wouldnt be number one for nothing and so they assume that they will also get the most effective services, packages, costs and products clicking around the hyperlink for your website. From that place alone, you will enhance traffic for your internet site significantly. You might not be sure in regards to the high quality of the visitors you receive from a variety of resources just like links but youll be able to be sure about importance if they come from search engines.

The way in which it happens with Search engine optimization is that when people require something, they type up key phrases they think are connected to firms, solutions and websites theyre searching for. The search engine will certainly direct them towards the most likely internet site that theyll get their needs met. With the services of consultants operating in your website for getting towards the high ranks, most, otherwise all the folks coming to your site are those which are searching for the points which you supply. There will likely be really little opportunity that they leave your website empty handed.

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