I am the New Girl! |
Posted By Jessica J. Goffrey,
Thursday, April 23, 2009
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Hey everyone! My name is Jessica Goffrey and I am a Broward Community College Class of '99 Alumni! This
article is really just to say hi, I wanted the
opportunity to introduce myself and hopefully get to meet some other
Alum's and old friends as well. After graduating from Broward I went
on to becoming a real estate instructor for Real Estate License
Direct. My primary focus is to work with people interested in becoming
real estate agents and help them with everything from passing their real estate exam to finding a real estate school and even start searching through some of the available real estate jobs out there. I am a mother of two, a boy and a girl, I guess that makes me pretty lucky because most parents either have just boys or just girls. I really enjoy the outdoors, though now that I live in Washington, I have very little time to spend outside, that is when it is not raining anyway. Well, I guess that about
covers everything I wanted to say in this article. I welcome all of
you to take a moment and introduce yourselves, I
would love to bump into a few old school mates as well as make some new
friends along the way. p.s. Please feel free to ask me any questions you may have, I wasn't sure what to say I have no doubt that I left out a bunch of important stuff! :)
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THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK |
Posted By Administration,
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
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One day, I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches! The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly.
So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call "The Law of the Garbage Truck."
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you. Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets.
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 17, 2009) |
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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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I'm a Survivor!
According to the American Cancer Society, prostate cancer is the most common cancer, other than skin cancers, in American men. One man out of six will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, but only one man in thirty-five will die of it. More than two million men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer at some point are alive today.
Which one of the following famous people was not treated for prostate cancer?
a. Robert De Niro
b. Arnold Palmer
c. Charles DeGaulle
d. Albert Einstein
e. Rudolph Giuliani
Answer: d
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 16, 2009) |
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Monday, February 16, 2009
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At What Temperature does Blood actually Boil?
Blood is basically a water solution. The salt (NaCl) concentration of blood is .9 percent. This is approximately .154 moles of NaCl per kilogram (liter), or .308 moles of dissolved solute per liter. This should result in a boiling point elevation of no more than .158 degrees centigrade. Although there are other molecules dissolved in blood besides Na+ and Cl- ions, the boiling point isn't going to be noticeably higher than 212 degrees Fahrenheit (at one atmosphere of pressure). So the answer is basically: At the same temperature that water does.
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 12, 2009) |
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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What's the Fastest Growing Hair on Your Body?
Approximate rate of hair growth:
Head hair: .35 mm/day
Facial hair: .30 mm/day
Underarm hair: .30 mm/day
Pubic hair: .20 mm/day
Eyebrows: .16 mm/day
Answer: Head hair is the road runner of all hairs (But just by a hair).
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 11, 2009) |
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
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Foreign Accent Syndrome
Foreign accent syndrome is a rare medical disorder that usually occurs as a side effect of severe brain injury. Patients with a stroke or other head injury are left speaking their own native language with a foreign-sounding accent. One of the first and more widely known cases was reported in 1941, when a Norwegian woman suffered a brain injury after a shrapnel wound during a World War II air raid. She experienced severe language problems but eventually recovered, speaking with a perceived German accent. Unfortunately, adding insult to injury, this did not endear her to her neighbors and she was ostracized by her community.
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 10, 2009) |
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Tuesday, February 10, 2009
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Why Do Hungry Stomachs Growl?
Ever realize that you skipped a meal because it sounds like a grizzly bear was unleashed in your tummy? Those rumbling sounds are caused by muscular activity in the stomach and small intestine as food, gas, and fluids are mixed together and pushed through the intestine. Many people associate these roars with hunger because they are louder and echo more when the intestine is empty, but they are a normal part of digestion. A simple cure for making those lions, tigers, and bears disappear in your stomach? Eat a sandwich.
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 9, 2009) |
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Monday, February 09, 2009
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Feeling a little tickle in your throat? Pray to St. Blaise . . .
Otorhinolaryngology (ENT—Ear, Nose, and Throat) is one of the few medical specialties which has a patron saint. Saint Blaise (b. 317) was a doctor in Sebaste, Armenia. He is believed to have had the ability to protect people against throat infections (mostly, he just had a knack for saving people from choking on fish bones). St. Blaise's feast day is widely celebrated in Europe, and on this date, St. Etheldreda's Church in London holds a "Blessing of the Throats" ceremony in his honor.
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 4, 2009) |
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Wednesday, February 04, 2009
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PICK YOUR POISON
The following are symptoms of exposure to what toxic substance?
• Skin thickening (especially on the palms)
• Excessive salivation
• Darkening of the skin
• Generalized itching
• "Pins and needles" sensation in hands and feet
• Oral inflammation
• Fluid accumulation (resulting in puffiness)
• Excessive tearing
• Diarrhea
• Hair loss
• Garlic breath
• Loss of appetite
Answer: Arsenic. For many years, Napoléon Bonaparte's death in 1821 was attributed to arsenic poisoning. But a 2008 study revealed that Napoléon did not in fact die of arsenic poisoning because the French emperor had high levels of arsenic in his body for most of his life—the poison had most likely seeped into his body from dyes in his clothing. So not only did the French emperor suffer a humiliating defeat at Waterloo, but he probably had foul garlic breath for most of his life.
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 3, 2009) |
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Tuesday, February 03, 2009
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Groundhog Day
Everyone knows that if a groundhog sees its shadow on February 2, there will be six more weeks of winter. But did you know that groundhogs (aka woodchucks) might save you from getting liver cancer? Researchers at Cornell University discovered that a large percentage of wild groundhogs were infected with a virus similar to the human hepatitis B virus, and then subsequently, liver cancer. When immunized against hepatitis B, the groundhogs experienced a sharp decline in liver cancer, leading researchers to discover a link between the two diseases. So if a groundhog predicts six more weeks of winter today, don't be upset with him — be grateful for the buck-toothed burrower's contributions to cancer research!
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Interesting Fact of the Day (February 2, 2009) |
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Monday, February 02, 2009
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The Master of Suspense ... and Urine
A full bladder is roughly the size of a softball, and can hold about 12 to 16 ounces of urine. When your bladder contains about 8 to 10 ounces of urine, you will normally feel the urge to urinate. Apparently, legendary filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock took these statistics into consideration when making movies. "The length of a film should be directly related to the endurance of the human bladder," the director once noted.
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