There are a variety of problems with social media. Here are seven common mistakes that could really make you look like a rookie that just learned about this Internet thing. Don’t worry if you are making some of these mistakes, you are not alone, and you won’t be the last.
1. Trying to participate in too many tools
In the next two months, the pressure is on like no other time of year -- to entertain, to purchase gifts, to decorate, to contribute to office or community festivities and to travel to Grandma's house (via sleigh or not).
WVSU Extension Service is holding a wreathmaking workshop on December 8 from 10am - 1pm. It will take place in the Wilson Student Union on campus.
Cost for the workshop is $20 and advanced registration is required.
Please call Jaime Rinehart to register at 304-720-1401.
Seinfeld. The show about nothing, or what everyone referred to it as, but one of the most successful shows in the world. After more than a decade of being off the air, people still remember what station it was on, what day of the week it was on, and what time.
Governor Manchin has awarded a $525,000 Economic Stimulus grant to the West Side Main Street program’s streetscape project. The funding will launch a multi-phase initiative with the goal of renovating streetscapes along the program’s Washington Street West corridor.
Residents of Carroll Terrace, on Virginia Street East in Charleston, invite the public to come trick-or-treating at the complex’s community garden! During Charleston’s designated trick-or-treat time – Thursday, October 29, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Cafeteria food is supposed to be healthy -- and cheap. But it's getting harder to be both, unless you get creative.
By now, we all have heard the gloomy statistics: According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the percentage of overweight kids is some 17 percent for those ages 6-19. And research shows even higher rates for African American and Hispanic children. Obesity is considered a national epidemic, and concerned officials have begun to focus their attention on the school lunchroom.
In flu season, what price for prevention? That's a question the Philadelphia Inquirer is asking as religious and medical leaders discuss the ethics of the handshake. While there is medical debate about avoiding the gesture -- some doctors say a ban is only minimally effective, others carry hand sanitizer in bottles with them -- some people fear a moral contagion.
Barack Obama was not only the first Black American to become the president of United States, but also the first social media president. Anyone who has noticed the way he used the web to his advantage would agree with this statement. Is social media so powerful that it can take a person to the winning podium?
by Michael O'Shea
published in Parade magazine: www.parade.com 10/18/2009
Forget the old saying "You are what you eat." These days, the theory is that you are, instead, what your friends eat. New research has looked at the effect that our loved ones' diet and exercise habits have on our own health.
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