by design | Dec 17, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
Knox County School Superintendent Dr. Jim McIntyre updates Knox County Commission on safety and security in our public school system following last week’s tragedy in CT. He issued the following statement last week: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by design | Dec 17, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
Rather than a clipboard, carbon copy forms and a digital camera, Knox County Codes officials now go to building and codes inspection sites equipped with an iPad loaded with a special app developed by Knox County’s Information Technology Department. The app is being...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by design | Dec 16, 2012 | Does it work?, The Daily Focus
For the past three weeks I have been experimenting with Youtube  hypnosis videos. While my experiments were very unscientific, I did gain a lot of insight into hypnosis and my own mental attitude.  In my experiment, I focused on two issues-  sleep and confidence. To...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by design | Dec 15, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
  Knox County’s Holiday Festival of Lights started to shine brightly tonight at  The Cove at Concord Park with a special kick-off event during which Knox County Commission Chairman Tony Norman flipped the switch to turn on the lights and start the festival....				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by design | Dec 14, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
    Driving down Commerce Street in Nashville earlier this week, I screamed, “turn up the radio”, to my friend as two artists who I profiled in The Focus over a year ago “Megan and Liz” filtered through the radio. Later that day, I...				
					
			
					
				
															
					
					 by design | Dec 13, 2012 | News, The Daily Focus
Knoxville now has an app, thanks in part to Councilman Nick Della Volpe and the fine folks at Visit Knoxville. Della Volpe was taken with the idea after visiting Bardstown, KY. The city has a population of less than 20,000, but still had its own app. Della Volpe...