by Paula Góes Brazil is warming up for local elections later this year, in October, when voters will go to the polls to choose their local government representatives. The Supreme Electoral Court [the TSE, the Portuguese acronym for Tribunal Superior Eleitoral] has just passed the regulations for voting, and again, the opportunity to better discuss […]
EDUCATION IN 2010
FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS · Throughout this scenario, the terms network, Internet, internet-accessible, online, etc. are used interchangeably in describing an environment in which people have access to information stored on computers, without regard to time & place. This access might take place through the Internet or an Intranet or a wireless connection device or the telephone. […]
Reducing Home Mailbox Junk Mail and Mail Scams
Junk mail is the plague of the 21st Century. We get it in our email boxes and also at home, in our snail mail boxes, too. Pizza coupons, dentists advertising lower-cost braces, funerals, magazines, mobile phones, whatever it is, the marketing powers that be seem to think it’s a great idea to bombard us with […]
A Zero Carbon Footprint? What Individuals Can Do To Make It Happen
Living the No Impact lifestyle is impossible; a carbon footprint by definition equals damage to the earth. Yet some people try. This article assesses what individuals are meaningfully doing to contribute to the environment and how corporations are playing into the trend by conducting experience based marketing. There are many crazy shops around, but FLOWmarket beats […]
Say Goodbye to the Traditional Cat Litter Box
Cat owners everywhere can now throw away that old, smelly cat litter box. There are other options now, in hopes of eventually making the cleaning of the cat box a thing of the past. Here are a few options for today’s cat owner, which will help make his or her job much easier. For now, […]
Feisty Kitties Need Love Too – Taming the Domestic Tiger
In every cat lover’s life, there usually is one cat that stands out for being a real handful. We love all our cats just the same, but how do you tame the kitty with a larger-than-life-personality who is Dennis the Menace in feline form? Having a five-year old pile of highly active white fluff named […]