ALUM: It was nothing like Duke or other such incidents. But, it was not to the standards we would hope to have.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

http://www.gojaspers.com/article.cfm?doc_id=6950

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“Manhattan College has canceled its fall women’s lacrosse season and first-ever spring break trip and imposed community service and other responsibilities on all team members in response to a freshmen initiation incident that occurred last October. Those individuals most responsible have graduated in the interim. The College has just completed a thorough investigation, which began immediately upon being notified of the incident last week,” said Brother Thomas Scanlan, president of Manhattan College.

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Can you revoke a diploma?

Where was the coach? Assistants? Faculty advisors? AD? Faculty?

And, where were the young adults who should have known better?


MONEY: You do have Life Insurance? If, and only if, you have some insurable interest/

Thursday, September 14, 2006

http://www.boston.com/business/personalfinance/articles/2006/09/14/insurance_biz_urges_hard_coverage_look?mode=PF

Insurance biz urges hard coverage look
By Eileen Alt Powell, AP Business Writer  |  September 14, 2006

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NEW YORK –Insurance agent Clif Rosenberry knows firsthand what can happen when a family’s breadwinner dies without life insurance: His brother was killed at the age of 39 in a work accident, and he didn’t have his own policy.

“He had a wife, two kids, a brand new house … and not one speck of life insurance,” Rosenberry said. “The family wound up having to sell the house, having to move. It was an absolute mess.”

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This I never understood.

To this day, I don’t understand it.

I remember someone saying “A man, who dies without insurance for his family, doesn’t die; he absconds!”

Now an insurance salesman ranks down there just above politician, lawyer, and used car salesman. With apologies to the used car salesmen. And, it’s akin to going to the dentist. Or, getting a will.

I’m not talking about any kind of insurance — anything other than low cost term life insurance.

Not what you get at work, cause if you lose your job, then you lose the insurance.

I’m talking a minimum of 2M$ of 20 year level premium term life insurance.

No annuities. No whole life. No babies or infants insurance from Gerber pitched by some dumb celebrity. No geriatric insurance to bury you when you die, or to leave 10k for your final expenses, or leave a little something for the kids.

Get it.

Ask at your credit union. If you don’t have a credit union, ask me I think you can join “mine”. It is as exclusive as rain anymore.

Ever heard of SBLIC savings bank life insurance. Cheap. Easy.

Get it! Today! Don’t drive home without getting a binder.

Please!


TECH: Here’s my value proposition in a “nut” shell.

Thursday, September 14, 2006

My seal that expresses my value equation

No, “nut” comments needed! ;-)


TECH: JAJAH … conference calls … free

Thursday, September 14, 2006

http://www.jajah.com/info/rates/

Free in the USA.

I was thinking that you’d be interested for setting up your various familial activities.

Seems like a neat idea and you can’t beat the price.

Free!

Now if just had someone to call. Sigh!


TECH: ROBOFORM gets a big thumbs up from me. Even if it ain’t free!

Thursday, September 14, 2006

http://blogs.pcworld.com/tipsandtweaks/archives/002703.html

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And what’s your favorite utility?

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http://www.roboform.com/

Roboform is a top-rated Password Manager and Web Form Filler that completely automates password entering and form filling:
* Memorizes your passwords and Logs You In automatically.
* Generates random passwords that hackers cannot guess.
* Backs up your passwords, Copies them between computers.
Where does anyone think I dig up all these long random unique character strings for email ids, passwords, and userids? Yup, roboform’s generate!


TECH: LookOut aka Outlook has an annoying behavior as it works. Does PLAXO inherit that?

Thursday, September 14, 2006

I think it is interesting that, unlike any other application that shares my platform, LookOut seizes the focus. It doesn’t minimize while it doing certain stuff, but literally ‘takes over”. When LookOut is doing its work, I like to play a game of Solitaire. (It makes me less crazed while I am waiting. Argh!) Lookout, and to some extent Plaxo, won’t let me. It insists that I watch it “work”. Sometimes it twirls an hourglass for my amusement. But, many times it just sits there “promising” me it’s working. how do I know? Argh! I notice it when PLAXO is running, but the culprit may be LookOut. I can’t wait to get to Linux and dump all this trash. Wonder how much time I’ll save?


JOBSEARCH: BUILDYOURNETWORKS … another LinkedIn augmentation site?

Thursday, September 14, 2006

http://www.buildyournetworks.com/

Value as yet unknown. TBI (To be investigated) WTP (When Time Permits)