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Letter from U.S. Public Health Service Promises $30 to Participate in Study: Scam or Legit?

At the beginning of the year I received a letter from the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) stating it's conducting a national study on health-related issues and my address was randomly selected along with more than 200,000 others. The letter said Research Triangle Institute (RTI) is contracted to conduct the study and a representative will visit me. The letter provided the interviewer's name and stated she'd have an identification badge. All members of my household (me) would be asked a few questions and if qualified, I'd be asked to complete a survey and be compensated $30. With all the scams going around I wasn't sure if this was legit. I Googled the phone number provided (800-848-4079) and found it did belong to Research Triangle Institute. I also found some message boards where users posted they didn't think it sounded legit and kind of scammy. I forgot about it until last night, around 6:30 the doorbell rang. It was the woman mentioned in the le

All Aflutter About Butterflies in Orlando

Today was the BlogOrlando unconference at Rollins College in Winter Park, Fla. (Orlando). I'm extremely excited about the energy I absorbed, ideas generated and information learned and can't wait to go QKG2.0 - it's about time. But a recap of BlogOrlando is for another time (and so is EPCOT's International Food & Wine Festival. Now that I'm thinking, one is due about Gatlinburg, oy!). During lunch, we were on our own and I had intentions of wandering to the Morse Museum but being navigationally challenged, I ended up in the opposite direction of where I was suppose to go. Alas, life's about the journey. I ended up at the Winter Park's Farmers' Market . Sweet fruit, savory quiche and raw mixed nuts ended up on the lunch menu. Yum! The market, which is inside and out, was still hopping at noontime (signs stated it was a morning market). While wandering the market, I found Nature's Way Butterfly Gardens . Entomologist Lorenzo Zayas (picture

Grammy Winner Allee Willis to Wow with "Badeya Baby" Show September 21 & 22, 2012

If you've ever grooved or sang along to Earth, Wind & Fire's hit September then thank Grammy winning songwriter Allee Willis, the Queen of Kitsch. I've introduced you to Allee before and here's more exciting news...

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