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Sunday, April 3, 2011

COMING CHANGES IN OUR LIVES

COMING CHANGES IN OUR LIVES

Whether these changes are good or bad depends in part upon how we adapt to them but, ready or not, here they come!

1. The Post Office. Get ready to imagine a world without the post office. They are so deeply in financial trouble that there is probably no way to sustain it long term. Email, Fed Ex, and UPS have just about wiped out the minimum revenue needed to keep the post office alive. Most of your mail every day is junk mail and bills.

2. The Check. Britain is already laying the groundwork to do away with checks by 2018. It costs the financial system billions of dollars a year to process checks. Plastic cards and online transactions will lead to the eventual demise of the check. This plays right into the death of the post office. If you never paid your bills by mail and never received them by mail, the post office would absolutely go out of business.

3. The Newspaper. The younger generation simply doesn't read the newspaper. They certainly don't subscribe to a daily delivered print edition. That may go the way of the milkman and the laundry man. As for reading the paper online, get ready to pay for it. The rise in mobile Internet devices and e-readers has caused all the newspaper and magazine publishers to form an alliance. They have met with Apple, Amazon, and the major cell phone companies to develop a model for paid subscription services.

4. The Book. You say you will never give up the physical book that you hold in your hand and turn the lit eral pages. I said the same thing about downloading music from iTunes. I wanted my hard copy CD. But I quickly changed my mind when I discovered that I could get albums for half the price without ever leaving home to get the latest music. The same thing will happen with books. You can browse a bookstore online and even read a preview chapter before you buy. And the price is less than half that of a real book. and think of the convenience once you start flicking your fingers on the screen instead of the book, you find that you are lost in the story, can't wait to see what happens next, and you forget that you're holding a gadget instead of a book.

5. The Land Line Telephone. Unless you have a large family and make a lot of local calls, you don't need it anymore. Most people keep it simply because they've always had it. But you are paying double charges for that extra service. All the cell phone companies will let you call customers using the same cell provider for no charge against your minutes.

6. Music. This is one of the saddest parts of the change story. The music industry is dying a slow death. Not just because of illegal downloading. It's the lack of innovative new music being given a chance to get to the people who like to hear it. Greed and corruption is the problem. The record labels and the radio conglomerates simply self-destruction. Over 40% of th e music purchased today is "catalog items," meaning traditional music that the public is familiar with. Older established artists. This is also true on the live concert circuit. To explore this fascinating and disturbing topic further, check out the book Appetite for Self-Destruction by Steve Knopper and the video documentary "Before the Music Dies."

7. Television. Revenues to the networks are down dramatically. Not just because of the economy. People are watching TV and movies streamed from their computers. And they're playing games and doing lots of other things that take up the time that used to be spent watching TV. Prime time shows have degenerated to lower than the lowest common denominator. Cable rates are skyrocketing and commercials run about every 4 minutes and 30 seconds. I say good riddance to most of it It's time for the cable companies to be put out of our misery. Let the people choose what they want to watch online and through Netflix.

8. The "Things" That You Own. Many of the very possessions that we used to own are still in our lives, but we may not actually own them in the future. They may si mply reside in "the cloud." Today your computer has a hard drive and you store your pictures, music, movies, and documents. Your software is on a CD or DVD, and you can always re-install it if need be. But all of that is changing. Apple, Microsoft, and Google are all finishing up their latest "cloud services." That means that when you turn on a computer, the Internet will be built into the operating system.

So, Windows, Google, and the Mac OS will be tied straight into the Internet. If you click an icon, it will open something in the Internet cloud. If you save something, it will be saved to the cloud. And you may pay a monthly subscription fee to the cloud provider. In this virtual world, you can access your music or your books, or your whatever from any laptop or handheld device. That's the good news. But, will you actually own any of this "stuff" or will it all be able to disappear at any moment in a big "poof"? Will most of the things in our lives be disposable and whimsical? It makes you want to run to the closet and pull out that photo album, grab a book from the shelf, or open up a CD case and pull out the insert.

9. Privacy. If there ever was a concept that we can look back on nostalgically, it would be privacy. That's gone. It's been gone for a long time anyway. There are cameras on the street, in most of the buildings, and even built into your computer and cell phone. But you can be sure that 24/7 "They" know who you are and where you are, right down to the GPS coordinates, and the Google Street View. If you buy something, your habit is put into a zillion profiles, and your ads will change to reflect those habits. And "They" will try to get you to buy something else. Again and again. All we will have that can't be changed are memories.

Footnote: There will be more and more people out of work.....post office, newpaper, bank employees, many television professions, printers, music industry, etc, etc, etc.

Bill Gates More Popular Than Einstein?

Saturday, April 2, 2011

How to Feng Shui Your Cubicle

How to Feng Shui Your Cubicle

By Meredith Simonds

Instructions
things you'll need:
Cleaner and cloths
Mirror
Plants
Something purple
Something black

1
Cleaning crews may come in, but aside from an empty wastebasket, it's usually hard to tell. Bring in your own cloths and cleaning solution--not only for this feng shui project, but also to use on a regular basis to get at the dirt most cleaning crews always seem to miss. Try a natural combination of water, vinegar and tea tree oil.

2
Start clearing and cleaning your cubicle from top to bottom. Empty cabinets and drawers of their contents to clean inside. Clear your desk of everything and wipe it down--keyboard, mouse and monitor included. Just pile everything onto the floor and under your desk until your storage spaces are clean.

3
Avoid the habitual inclination to put everything back where it was. Put some thought into where each item can best be utilized with the least effort on your part.

4
If there's anything in your cubicle that you do not need--old files left by the last employee, a hole punch that you never use, a pen holder that you hate--get rid of it. If it's not something you can simply return to the supply closet, ask your office manager or supervisor what should be done with it.

5
Dig into those files that have been building and bulging for months, maybe even years. Get rid of what you can and straighten the rest.

6
If possible, move your computer so that your back is not to the door, which is bad feng shui. Not only does it force you to work under the constant anticipation of someone surprising you from behind, but you're blocking good ch'i, the very energy that feng shui is intended to help you attract. If the logistics of your cubicle do not allow for you to face the door, hang a mirror on your cubicle wall beside your monitor, positioned in such a way that you can see when people come to your door. This mirror will also attract good ch'i into your cube.

7
If you do not already have a live plant in your cubicle, bring one from home. It will help circulate nourishing ch'i throughout the space. If possible, bring a couple of them and place them on either side of your door to attract good ch'i into your cube.

8
Work is a great place to enhance the wealth area of your life. To enhance the wealth area in your cubicle, place something purple in the far-left corner from the door.

9
Hang some pictures of landscapes on your cubicle walls. It not only creates the illusion of windows, through which ch'i flows, but also creates for you the kind of peaceful environment you need to feel at ease, which is the ultimate intention of feng shui. Bodies of water are especially helpful, as water is associated with the career area of your life. Hang this picture on the wall that your door is on, as this is the career area of your space.

Tips & Warnings
It's tempting to wallpaper cubicles with photographs, cartoons, calendars, clippings and posters. Keep it to a minimum, as it can start to look like one big chaotic mess which, ultimately, you'll start to feel inside.

Afternoon sun coming in from the west can be oppressive. If you're affected by it in your cubicle, and you have a place to do so, hang a crystal ball to turn this negative ch'i into a rainbow of nourishing color

http://www.ehow.com/how_2205323_feng-shui-cubicle.html
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How to Feng Shui a Cubical

by Zari Ballard

1
Clear the clutter. First and foremost, look around your cubical for everything and anything irrelevant and toss it. This would include any old poems or pictures pinned to the partition wall, last month's post-it note reminders, the scribbled-on papers and torn envelopes in the desk tray, pens that do not work, old file folders you'll never use, all broken or forgotten knick-knacks, souvenir coffee cups, brochures you'll never look at, magazines from two months back, anything that has a phone number on it but no name, the bagel you'll never eat and the sweater you'll never wear on the stool you'll never sit on.

2
Create the "power" position. In an office, the perfect feng shui "power" position calls for the worker to be seated at a desk so that he or she faces the door or entrance opening. However, office cubicles are typically are so small that arranging furniture in this position is all but impossible. Sitting with your back to the door can create anxiety and cause the nagging feeling that someone or something may be "sneaking up" on you. If this is the case in your cubical, solve the problem by arranging a mirror somewhere in your space that allows you to view the reflection of the entrance behind you.

3
Decorate "feng shui" style. Now that you've eliminated the clutter in your cubicle and created your "power" position, add cubicle decorations for positive chi. To encourage positive chi, ensure that each and every decoration in your cubicle has harmonious meaning. Framed pictures of serene landscapes or similar artwork will soothe the soul. According to the nine life areas of the Feng Shui Ba-gua octagon, your Career Area is presented by where you sit at your desk or in your cubicle. From this starting point, your Wealth Area would be the far left corner of the top of your desk or workspace. Enhance your Wealth Area by adding even the smallest piece of ribbon or paper in the colors of purple, blue, green, or gold. If you have a beloved object or knick-knack that represents wealth to you, feel free to add it to this very important area.

4
Add green plants and soothing water. If you possibly can, add nine small green plants to your cubicle space. Situate plants so that they sprinkle positive chi throughout your workspace. The color of green is, of course, representative of wealth and will attract abundance and creativity into your cubicle. A soothing water fountain creates active, positive chi and encourages only abundance-building individuals and energy to enter through your cubicle opening.

http://www.ehow.com/how_4460626_feng-shui-cubical.html

Google's April Fool's Day Joke

Google's April Fool's Day Joke: Gmail Motion (VIDEO)

http://googledocs.blogspot.com/2011/04/coming-soon-google-docs-motion-beta.html

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