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Artist & Designer Michele Tremblay Brings Beautiful Art for Mother’s Day to KickStarter!!
Artist and designer Michele Tremblay might not be the household name she should be but wait till you hear her story. It’s amazing. Add to it her incredible artistic talent for creating unusual art and design pieces.. and you might find yourself as enamoured with her work as I am.
Scott Schober, Security Expert, CEO & President, Berkeley Varitronics Talks About Mobile Device Security!
Given that hacking has gotten worse of late and even presidents and those within the national and corporate leadership have been and it’s highly unlikely that security & safety issues for compputers and especially mobile devices will disappear anytime soon. Not only is it prudent to take extra security precautions given the proliferation of mobile devices to the point we give them to kids to play with and we (meaning me) walk around with a bluetooth device stuck in our ears. While hotspots grow to the point that we can carryt around our OWN hotspot devices, we need to “man up” and get smart about what we are doing. Not just kids, but you, me, significant others as well as our parents and grandparents because Kindles and Nooks are vulnerable too!
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The Oscars Red Carpet Means the End of a Marathon– for Celebs & Media!
It’s interesting for those of us who live in So. Calif and choose to cover the red carpet. I started out covering fashion and beauty and ultimately the celebrity obsession focused neatly and quite specifically on the various awards seasons and red carpet events. Even the pre-events are important to a degree based on who you get to see and which ones you are invited to. I culled down what I covered and where I went based on convenience and the welcome that I have been provided. There are events where I am asked to cover– and I walk away with zip– and what I get in return could be a big box of swag sent to me or big box of four tote bags and a beach towel.








Eaten by the Tiger: Surrendering to an Empowered Life, by Emile Allen MD Book Review!
Emile Allen, MD was a surgeon who — while in the midst of a surgery– was electrocuted by a cautery device used to seal off blood vessels. This event nearly cost him his life but also cost him his career as a surgeon as he realized in the recovery process that being a patient was an entirely different perspective for him as well as the damage done to both body, mind and emotional state. As he tried to proceed through his recovery, he endured more damage and distress because he was not getting the care he required; nor was he facing the drastic injury to his body and brain that eventually precluded him from being a surgeon- a loss of identity that left him emotionally debilitated.
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