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2011-08-06T12:58:00.001-05:00

RT @kugkhs: The Honorable Alexis M. Herman is giving a great commencement speech at KaplanU . http://ping.fm/aLuct

2011-08-06T12:29:00.001-05:00

RT @kugkhs: Dr. Wade Dyke making a great speech at KaplanU Kaplan_Univ @kstudent http://ping.fm/OljVY

2011-08-06T12:01:00.001-05:00

Sitting in front row with @crashsr at KaplanU graduation. Awesome setting and huge auditorium. http://ping.fm/YLJzl

2011-07-04T20:16:00.001-05:00

Watching the symphony play and awaiting the fireworks show @Tuscaloosa_Ampatheater

UFC 113 Results

2010-05-09T04:39:00.001-05:00

Here are the results for UFC 113. This was the fights that were live on PPV May 08, 2010.

Alan Belcher beat Patrick Cote via choke in the second round

Matt Matrione beat Kimbo Slice via TKO, second round

Jeremy Stephens beat Sam Stout by split decision

30-27, 29-28, 28-29 split decision for Stephens.

Josh Koscheck d. Paul Daley via unanimous decision

Daley sucker punched Koscheck after the fight. Bye Paul Daley.

Scores are 30-27, 30-27, 30-27 Koscheck.

Shogun Rua Beat Lyoto Machida via TKO in first round to win the light-heavyweight title

This is deffinatly a lineup I hate I missed. For a more play-by-play of the matches check out Houston Mitchell's article on the latimes.com site.

Link - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2010/05/ufc-113-results-.html

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Week Number 8 of Term Number 5

2010-02-27T02:02:00.000-06:00

Hello All,

I know that I have been slacking when it comes to updating my blogs. I try to make a post at least every week or so, but this sometimes is hard having two children, a job and being a full time college student. I did want to make a quick update to say that my fifth term at Kaplan is going great! I received the notice today that I was accepted in the IS&T Ambassadors and Leaders Program at Kaplan. This is a great group of student and faculty who are serious about learning and helping others and I am thrilled to be surrounded by so many bright and ready to help anyone who is in need.
A friend of mine, who not only is also in the IS&T Ambassadors and Leaders Program, but also in about every other Honor society there is started his first blog on February 20th. He and I had spoke by both LinkedIn and via email sharing ideas as both of us are in web design and development. After me talking so much about my blogs and some of the CMS set-ups I test like Drupal, Joomla and Wordpress he decided that he was going to jump in and make his blog here at Blogger.com. Be sure to check his blog out at http://davidsthoughtsandobservations.blogspot.com . He has been a good influence and helped me to see there is still people who want to excel in life and help others to do the same.
As stated in the title, I am in the 8th week of my fifth term and anyone who is a student at Kaplan knows that the terms are ten weeks. I have to complete a total of 9 terms for my Associates Degree in Information Technology. After I receive my Associates degree I plan to "jump right back in" and start on the path th my bachelors degree. The experience I have had thus far at Kaplan has been much more than just obtaining knowledge but it has helped me to have more self confidence, discipline and drive to complete my goals.
I will try my best to do better at the updates in the future as time permits and thank you to everyone who has helped and encouraged me to do my best. Without the help and support of friends, My wonderful wife and my grandparents I do not think I would have even been able to return to college, much less do as well and learn as much as I have.
If you have any comments, please feel free to place those in the comments section and if you would like to reach me you can do so by the email link at the bottom of the page or by going to my Contact Page and filling out the simple form.
Thank You for taking the time to read my blog and about what is going on in my life,
Scott

Creating Job Security Resource Guide 2010 edition has arrived!

2010-01-06T00:51:00.001-06:00

"For so many, 2009 was a year we're only far too happy to say goodbye to as we welcome 2010. For those still unemployed -- 75% of those who lost jobs in 2009 were men -- the promise of a better job market ahead cannot come soon enough. As the job market recovers in 2010, and it will, the secret to finding the job you want, need, and are qualified for will be finding the resources that connect you to hiring managers in your field. While large job portals have their place, hiring managers can afford to cherry-pick the best and brightest job candidates right now. And to find job seekers with industry experience, they're turning to industry specific job portals rather than to the big boards. Creating Job Security Resource Guide, 2010 edition, includes nearly 130 critical job resources you need to find the job you want this week or this month. To get you started, here a a few of my favorites. More are included in Chapter 6: Advanced Manufacturing - CareerMe.com Biotech/Pharmaceuticals - Biospace.com Educational tutoring - Tutor.com Freelance jobs and temp work - FlexJobs.com (this is an awesome site!) Hospitality - hCareers.com Human Resources - Ajilon.com Marketing / PR - CareerJet.com If you know someone who is looking for a job or a career, there is no better guide than the Creating Job Security Resource Guide, 2010 edition. At just $8.95, it will cost you less than a bistro sandwich for lunch. Thanks to the Mike Siegel Show in Seattle, Wash. for inviting me to guest on the Dec. 23, 2009 show dedicated to the economy and jobs market. To listen to this broadcast, download or save the MP3 at http://www.sendspace.com/file/er8lsh"

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This is a book from a person who I like to think of as a friend and who has done two online seminars for Kaplan University that I have been able to attend named Debra. It is a great resource, I know I read and was able to use many of the tips in the old version so the $8.95 will be well worth it to see what updated information has been added. A great tool for anyone wanting to ensure Job Security in this unsure job market.

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New Hard Drives Ordered

2009-12-30T03:46:00.001-06:00

Finally, I found a place to order my 2 new 500_GB Hard Drives for my laptop. I had just a single 320_GB HD so when I get the two 500_GB drives in and working I wont know how to act. I know It will run my Windows Vista and Linux Mint 8 with no studders or issues and since I put most images and such on my external HD I think 1000_GB will do me just fine until they get some TB HD's that work in a notebook. May even use the 320 from laptop and replace the 250 in netbook but thats a project I will take on later. I am stoked, and it will all be here in time to be up and running for school!! Sorry for the quick little post I am just stoked about that and felt I should share my joy lol. Happy early New Years to ALL!!!

KAPONE

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mobile post stuck in tarffic

2009-09-22T14:20:00.001-05:00

God I hate traffic. Dummies wanna rush up the shoulder like there is somwhere to go. Dont they know if there was idda been gone? Least I got some good tunes on, That 36 Mafia and Good Charloette - My Own Way! This is tye beats!

Posterous Finnaly got customizable themes

2009-09-18T03:26:00.001-05:00

I wanted to make a quick post because when logging into my Posterous Blog I noticed they had finnaly did the one thing that they had been lacking in my opinion, Customizable Themes!!! You can use your own HTML and CSS, Header Images and pretty much make the theme whatever you want, if you know HTML and CSS the sky is the limit now. This is great because not only does it allow me to just write up one blog post and it automatically posts it to all of my other blogs, twitter and even facebook but now I can make it look how I want to. Great job guys, now if you make a Windows Mobile App like you did for the iPhone I will have nothing left to gripe about lol. Well is time for bed now after a hard night of studying and coding was a super nice surprise guys.

K A P 0 N E

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2009-08-19T03:13:00.001-05:00

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Newest Job Security Seminar and other News

2009-08-18T02:02:00.001-05:00

My first term as a student at Kaplan University, I attended a seminar by Debra Yergen. She has a great blog at http://creatingjobsecurity.blogspot.com that I follow religiously with both my blogspot blog, and also just by the RSS feed. She is a great speaker and very motivational, she has a lot of interesting content and you can check out her site.

On a URL shortner note, I noticed in a post on the bit.ly blog that the service tr.im was closing down. This is a sad thing to most of us because even though there are some shorter ones we can use, tr.im was a GREAT name for a URL shortner, and I know that many like myslef loved their interface and tracking system. I think it is sad that a service so well set up and clearly had so much time and effort was considered not to be worth buying by anyone. I am hoping they change their minds, but I am not holding my breath.

In other news, I have not had much time to work on my blog and what little time I have had I have put into the businesses blog that I do work for. I added a lot to it so if you have not been or it has been awhile check it out and make a comment to see the new rettagr. If you have not yet heard of this service it is GREAT, you can check out the companys profile page to get an idea. It shows any of the communities you belog to such as Twitter, FaceBook, YouTube and so many others I just cannot name them all!

O.K. so as a quick wrap up, Thank you to Debra for the great seminar, I always get great information from your seminars and I urge and Kaplan University Students who can attend to attend one, their is another one Monday August 24th at 9:00 p.m. Eastern time. Now is time for me to finish up a couple of things for school and head on to bed so that I can wake up and do this all over again tomorrow!!

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Find me

2009-08-02T02:31:00.001-05:00

Since this is a new Posterous account I fougre I would put in some links to the sites where you can find me to test it out.After I see how the AutoPost function works out I will start using this to get my content around apposed to the Cross-Pollenate through Windows Live Writer. Just Wished It supported Zemanta here.

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post from picasa

2009-07-21T22:28:00.001-05:00

This is a test post from Picasa

Grades are in for my first term and second starting soon

2009-05-07T22:08:00.003-05:00

I am happy to announce that my grades for my first term are in. I recieved a 99 in both classes, 99.40 in my Stratagies class and a 99.70 in my Web Design class. I am thrilled with the outcome and to find out I placed top of my class in web design. There were many talented people in my class and I lead but just under one percent point. I hope to continue working hard, setting reasonable goals and working as hard as I can to obtain those goals.

The upcoming term I am taking a composition class and web design 247. The comp class I am not to thrilled about but plan to do my best in it. The web design class I am ready for as we learned a lot of the basics in 117, and now I wanna know the not so basics. I want to code the code least coded, write the site least written and do the tasks that take a few brain freezes and a walk away and return or two.

I am overall happy with my start at Kaplan, I as many of you that will read this im sure, was very skeptical on hopw much I could possibly learn from an "online University". Is this just a joke or waste of my time I wondered. Well I have learned a good bit and have just a little over 10 weeks under my belt.

On a personal note my baby boy is doing great almost is 5 months old and is very healthy and happy. My wife is doing well aside from the normal blues of mothers whom have to return to work and leave that bundle of joy at home for any amount of time , but she is handling it like a trooper.

Well I have blabbed enough and school starts oficially at 10:59p.m. Central time tommorow night so I should go ahead and get some rest, because if last term is any indicator I will be living on 3 to 6 hours of sleep tops for the next 10 weeks and 10 days off past me by quicker than I can comment.

ShoutBox Added

2009-05-06T00:31:00.003-05:00

I added a ShotBox to the blog, you can view it over in the right column. I do not know how much it will get used, if it does not at all I will take it down. So, if you look over there and do not see it, I removed after it did not get used for a month or so. Just thought it would be a nice little add on and give us students a way to shoot quick messages back and forth. Well it is late so I am calling it a night, hope you all have a wonderful evening and thank you for reading My little Web Blog.

Nice Web Seminar

2009-05-05T00:04:00.004-05:00

I finished a Online Web Seminar earlier called 50 Online Job Sites by Debra Yergen. She is a very smart person and has some very good pointers on how to get out there and get hired in the IT ( Information Technology ) Field. You can check out her blog by clicking here . She and the rest of the speakers at the Kaplan Online Seminars always have such great information to help us along the way. I also got my grade for my first term Web Design class and I ended up with a 99, so I could not be happier. Hey... I know it was Introduction to web design, but you may be surprised to see how many completely bombed in the class, I know that I was. I look toward this new term with excitement and anticipation. I know that this education I am working on will better enable me to give my children the things that they need and some of what they want as well as allow my wife to be the "stay at home mom" she really deserves also. Thank you for taking the time to read my little blog here, if you want to email me you may do so by the link in the footer, or by clicking here.

The End of Term Number 1

2009-05-04T01:57:00.000-05:00

Well all my final projects have been turned in, but the actual end date for my first term at Kaplan Online University will be wednesday! I must admit I was more than a little anxious in the baggining. Being a 30 year old married father if 2 kids , one a 4 month old baby boy I had something to fight for and to inspire me to do better. As of now I have a 99 in both classes, so if the finals go good I should end the term with high A's. I know it will not always be easy but it will always be worth it.

From my Text to Blogger Post

2009-05-04T00:14:00.002-05:00

Quick update from cell, TXT to blog is the greatest now I can blog anytime I want. Now even on the road I will be able to keep an up to date account of my life, studies and everything else that occurs.

SMS Blog Post - BLAH!!!!

2009-04-28T05:58:00.001-05:00

Blah, just finished a paper for class and its almost 4 am. Means I get an hour of sleep...Yea me!!!!!!

test post from mobile web

2009-04-27T01:44:00.000-05:00

This is a test post from my Samsung Epix Smartphone.

Added FeedM8 Link to bottom of the page

2009-04-25T16:33:00.000-05:00

I am adding this to the FeedM8 service to make this blog better accessible to those using mobile devices. I know I would not know what to do without my Samsung Epix Smart phone and I am sure there are many others using other devices that will find this service useful. Look on the footer at the bottom of this page for the link to make your own free account.