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Covcel Review- College Ready Scores!

This past spring, I took the GED course provided by Covcel. The content of the Covcel course is well-structured and includes many online video lessons, practice tests, and quizzes about the covered subject topics.

I took the 6-month Covcel plan and the main feature and biggest help were the video instruction and clear explanations for the addressed problems and topics.

The video lessons and practice tests all of the major fields and topics that are on the GED test. Covcel’s question bank contains some 1000 questions and provides detailed information on all topics addressed in the videos. Everything is explained clearly and this program is really a must-have for GED test-takers.

I was pretty much impressed with the resources I was offered and I never had the idea that I needed additional lessons, more explanation, or more practice questions. I don’t have any experience with other GED prep providers, but I can’t see some other course being more comprehensive or more clear than this Covcel course.

I thought the best part of the Covcel course, and that by far, was the section ‘Test-Taking Strategies.’ (more…)

Wanted: American Innovation, Resolve, & Persistence

The United States faces innumerable challenges. Policy experts could write entire treatises on all of these, but clear solutions may get lost in complicated or trivial details. As the Pareto principle reminds us, 80% of our results can be achieved by focusing 20% of our efforts on the most important activities.

So, what if we concentrated our labors on two pivotal problems that American resolve, innovation, and persistence can, and must, successfully tackle – transportation and energy.

Let’s start with transportation. The US transportation system of highways, bridges, tunnels, and railroads is stressed, strained, and badly in need of repairs and upgrades. 7 of the 10 most congested cities are on the East Coast and West Coast.

In fact, if you travel along the I-5 or I-95 corridors, you probably think that the 3 million large trucks in the US are directly in front of you. You may wonder why we don’t repair and expand the transportation system.

There are many reasons but consider the biggest, money. At least $2.6 trillion is necessary to bring our transportation and infrastructure system up to our expectations for efficiency and safety. Then, along the coast, such as the I-95 corridor on the East Coast, there is precious little land available for expansion and the rest is environmentally sensitive.

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Web Design Jobs

Web design jobs are among the most popular these days and it involves many skills. Web design means designing a website for the purpose of promoting some product or some theme. Web Designing Techniques are really something which one has to take seriously. Most of the people in the world don’t know about the important role web design is playing these days.

Web design is not something that everyone knows computers can do. It is an art and a skill that needs the knowledge of advanced computer engineering and programming language. For that purpose, you need the help of experts who are well trained in web designing.

To become a website designer, you need to have at least a high school. If you don’t have a high school diploma, you can relatively quickly earn a GED diploma. Covcel has really good resources and you can prepare for the GED test in 1-2 months. In the meantime, you can learn more about what it takes to design a website.

So what are the important things that you have to remember while designing a website?

1) Understanding the heartbeat of the people is the most important thing in web design. This is very important because any website is designed keeping in mind the people who visit them regularly. If you are targeting the younger generation people, you have to select the topics which are interesting to them and vice versa.

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Valentino Vineyards – Organic and Tasteful

Most wine connoisseurs will know that vineyards are found in all U.S. states. Yes, even in Alaska there are wineries! So it wouldn’t come as a surprise that you can also find vineyards in the state of Illinois, despite the state’s frigid winters.

It is, however, somewhat more challenging to find a vineyard or a winery in the Chicago area, where practically all land is dedicated to suburban community sports parks or forest preserves. So it is a bit surprising to discover a great winery in Long Grove, Illinois, by the name of Valentino Vineyards.

To reach the 20-acre vineyard, you need to drive through typical suburban Chicago neighborhoods while using 2-lane streets that are full of parked cars. It couldn’t get any more suburbian, so it will definitely come as a surprise that all of a sudden, you’ll find yourself on a small country road that leads you to the relatively small vineyard.

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Culinary Arts Schools in Washington State

Your high school diploma or GED makes you eligible for a college education and many students dream about a career as a chef. Let’s take a closer look at some culinary education institutions in Washington State.

Are you thinking to enroll in a culinary arts school in Washington and explore the world of becoming a chef or a baker? There are great culinary arts schools in Washington and these fine culinary arts schools can make your dreams come true. If you are in Washington State right now, are very interested in culinary arts,

and wants to become a world-class chef someday, then you are in the right place because Washington State is a hotbed for culinary schooling. Start your culinary career now and choose and find the right culinary arts school in Washington for your culinary arts education and training.

The culinary arts schools in Washington educate and train its students on the principles of how to cook and prepare great food. Culinary arts schools in Washington also help students to become very successful in their quest to becoming a chef or baker in the future.

Vocational training schools, technical trade schools, community colleges, and universities in Washington offer comprehensive culinary arts degrees, courses, classes, culinary arts training programs, and culinary arts certifications. Culinary arts schools in Washington also provide excellent education and training that includes lectures, classroom training, classroom demos, field trips, externships, and hands-on training.

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6 Tips for Being Relevant to your Target Group

I hope you all had a wonderful Labor Day Weekend and that you had a chance to think about all your design and business ideas. Here’s my idea: Why not start putting into practice the best marketing ideas that can benefit your design education, your company, your search ranking, and/or your reputation? Let’s check out these 6 tips for being relevant to your Target Group.

It’s vital to refresh your ideas every few months so that you’re not trying to attract publicity and attention with stale, outdated approaches that only serve to date your company. Whether you’re finding better ways to embrace mobile content or experimenting with ad retargeting, your education and perhaps your company as well will prosper by adding in these best marketing practices.

1. Embrace Retargeted Ads

This growing trend is a reminder of just how versatile online advertising can be. Retargeted ads identify people who have come to your website before without taking any definitive action and give them a pitch tailored to second-, third- or even fourth-time visitors. For example, if you sell mosquito repellent, your ad might say, “Don’t get eaten alive this summer—remember this mosquito repellent you looked at last week?” or something along those lines.

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Top Wine Education at Fresno State

Sure, I know it’s a long way from Illinois to California’s Central Valley but for students interested in the wine industry, Fresno State University offers a one-of-a-kind education. Fresno State Winery produces a wide variety of award-winning wines from the most popular and well-known of varietals such as Chardonnay and Cabernet Sauvignon to up-and-coming varieties like Syrah and Viognier, to lesser-known wines that are made in small batches. Here, students get a Top Wine Education at Fresno State.

Fresno State was the first American university that received a license to set up, operate, and exploit a winery within the school’s overall educational programs.

Fresno State University’s Agricultural Foundation if funding and running the winery. The foundation is a recognized auxiliary organization on the school’s campus and it operates and manages also other agricultural enterprises to support the hands-on learning and training experience for the school’s students.

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Valentino Wine and Vineyards – Long Grove, Illinois

Valentino Vineyards and Winery was founded in 1995 and in 2001, the winery opened its doors to the public. It is one of Chicagoland’s Leading Estate Vineyards and Wineries. The winery invites you to stop by to visit their impressive vineyard and sample their interesting wines.

Valentino’s Tasting Room is open from May through December on Fridays from 5 to 7 pm, on Saturdays from 11 am to 5 pm, and on Sundays from Noon to 4 pm. To enjoy a taste of their great wines, you can just walk in during opening hours. There are also Vineyard Tours and Wine Tasting and Appreciation Seminars, but these events are by reservation only.

For groups of 20 or more, Valentino Vineyards and Winery is also available on Mondays through Thursdays but making an appointment is (understandably) required. For reservations, or to purchase some of the estate’s great wines, please call (847) 634-2831.

Valentino Vineyards and Winery is located in Long Grove, Illinois, and run by Vintner and Viticulturist Rudolph (Rudy) DiTomasso and his spouse Vivienne. The address is 5175 Aptakisic Road, Long Grove, IL. 60047.

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Is there a Solution to Wine Bottle Closure?

The cork dilemma all began at the end of the 1990s when the production of wine in the world blossomed in the “New World” countries of the US, Chile, Argentina, and Australia among others.

The demand for natural cork was high and the supply couldn’t meet the demand, likewise, many of the new wineries needed more economical cork solutions to enter into the market at affordable prices, this led to an expanded use of micro-agglomerated corks (natural cork glued together) and technical corks (not 100% natural cork). If you want to learn more about Nomacorc, check out this video:

You all know what happened next, around 10% of all bottles of wine were “corked” or tainted with cork smells. Many solutions have appeared on the market as alternatives to natural cork: screw caps, synthetic corks, Vinolok and Nomacorc.

I had the privilege to meet the Nomacorc team in the annual Enomaq tradeshow in Zaragoza. They presented me with a Sommelier Challenge (kind of like the Pepsi Challenge), a tasting of the same white wine sealed with different models of Nomacorc with different amounts of “Nano-oxynization”.

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Wine and Food Pairing

Trust your mouth. You know what you like; enjoy it

So says Jeffrey Saad, 25-year food industry veteran and restaurateur. I recently returned from a Wine Bloggers Conference where I had the great pleasure of seeing this dynamic personality give a presentation on food and wine pairing. The following video will teach you more about pairing wine and food. Listen to Gerald Morgan Jr, a well-known sommelier at a fine Dallas, Texas, wine shop explain more on the topic:

Now, back to Jeffrey. He asked us who in the audience would pair a Coke with pizza so that he could make a point about why the combination works together. A big laugh came from the crowd when not even one hand went up and he mused, “Wow, you guys really are a bunch of winos!”

Key pointers:

Pair acid with acid, such as salad with vinaigrette paired with Grüner Veltliner.
Pair fat in food with acid in wine, such as goat cheese in buttery phyllo cups with Argentine Torrontes.
Pair protein or animal fat with tannin such as Kobe beef with Cabernet Sauvignon.
Pair sweet with sweet. Sweet food spanks the fruit right out of the wine if the wine isn’t as sweet.
Pair spice with sweetness. Spice does not like tannin; it accentuates it.
Make funky ingredients a part of a dish, not the main flavor.

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