4 Web Sites I Use Most Often

1) Yahoo e-mail

https://www.yahoo.com/

I use this site several times a day to check e-mails.  I also have my school e-mail forwarded to my yahoo e-mail address so I am on here quite a bit.

2) Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/?_rdr

I usually go onto Facebook at least once a day and more so I can keep up with my friends, some of them live far away so it is really nice.  I also go on Facebook to put status updates about my children, my pregnancy, or something about us.

3) Mid Oregon Credit Union

https://www.midoregon.com/

I go onto this website at least once or twice a week.  This is where I have my checking account and I do online banking so this is how I keep track of my balances.

4) Ebay

http://www.ebay.com/

I go on EBay quite often to shop for all sorts of things.  I have found that I can get a lot of things cheaper on eBay and I do not have to leave my home to order items.  I buy cockroaches for my water dragons on here, clothes, baby items, and I have been buying items for the addition we are doing on our house.

3 Powerful PowerPoint Presentations

1) Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn't usually work

http://www.ted.com/playlists/218/get_in_shape_for_real_this_ti

This lady does not use the PowerPoint presentation very much at the beginning of this video, but she uses a little more into her talk.  I think that she did a good job of using enough of the PowerPoint to help people get the most important things she was saying without distracting too much.

2) Asha de vos: Why you should care about whale poo.

http://www.ted.com/talks/asha_de_vos_why_you_should_care_about_whale_poo

This lady had some good pictures to help us see what she was talking about.  The pictures were very clear.  I think she showed just enough pictures to keep everyone interested in her talk.

3) Beverly+Dereck Joubert: Life lessons from big cats

http://www.ted.com/playlists/59/animals_that_amaze

This is an amazing presentation to me anyways.  They had wonderful pictures and some great videos.  They took the pictures themselves.  I really liked this presentation.



3 Tutorials Explaining Excel Financial Functions

1) The Excel Yield Function

http://www.excelfunctions.net/Excel-Yield-Function.html

This web site has some confusing things.  It is probably just because I don't know what most of the things are that they are talking about anyways!  I think that if someone at least knew what the pieces of the formula were then they could easily use the yield function through this tutorial.

2) Calculating Functions Using Excel's PMT Function

http://spreadsheets.about.com/od/excelfunctions/qt/20071020.htm

This web site has very clear step by step directions on how to use the pmt function.  I think that this web site is a good web site for someone trying to learn how to calculate a payment.

3) Microsoft Excel as a Financial Calculator Part 1

http://tvmcalcs.com/calculators/excel_tvm_functions/excel_tvm_functions_page1

This web site goes into very good detail on how to use the financial functions on excel.  The author even says to contact him if you still have more questions.  I think is a very useful web site for learning how to use the different functions.

3 News Articles/Reports Utilizing Data Tables and Charts

1) The New York Times

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/01/25/upshot/shrinking-middle-class.html?_r=0&abt=0002&abg=1

In these charts the news is trying to show what kind of people are in the lower, middle, and upper classes.  I like the dark black lines showing the different age groups and type of education  in the midst of all the households in each particular class section.  The dark black lines help you to see each thing clearly.

2) U.S. News

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/health-wellness/articles/2015/02/04/americans-stress-levels-are-declining?int=98e708

This site uses a line chart to show the stress levels of people from the year 2000-2014.  They show stress levels on people who make less than $50,000 and for people who make $50,000 or more.  I think their chart does show what they are trying to get across. 

3) Channel 4 News

http://www.channel4.com/news/world-cancer-day-good-news-uk-we-will-unite

This site uses a bar graph to show what percentage of men, women, and all adults combined live for 1 year, 5 years, and 10 years after having cancer.  The graph could use a heading to tell what the numbers to the left of the bar graph stand for, but it is a really nice clear graph other than that.