http://south-brunswick.blogspot.com/2007/04/power-glitch-in-kendall-park-again.html
Power glitch in Kendall Park again
We had some off and on power this morning.
Lessons learned:
(1) Inet router and stuff needs ups.
(2) Other upses didn’t work.
(3) No news coverage.
(4) Need account and phone numbers.
(5) Cordless phones won’t work.
(6) Need a plan.
(7) Mark local radio stations on the handheld radio.
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http://www.schoolandstate.org/home.htm
The Alliance for the Separation of School & State
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We believe parents, and not the state, should be in charge of their children’s education. That control may take many forms and levels of involvement, but the state will never be part of the picture.
If this seems like an impossible idea, consider that 8 million children already learn free of state control. We’re not starting from scratch here. The snowball of educational independence is already rolling.
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Sounds like a good idea to me.
It’s not going to happen over night. I took decades to get into this mess. It’ll take decades to get out.
I think that the idea that I wrote up back in the Hands Across New Jersey tax revolt days is still the way to go. That was split the problem into: (1) Separate who does the educating. (2) How much money is stolen to pay for this. People need time to adapt.
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Study claims women paid 20% less than men – I say HOGWASH!
April 25th, 2007 by Chief Executive Restaurant Recruiter
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You see, Larry was discussing a new study that had just come out (and he compared it with an older study) about the disparity in pay between men and women. Of course the study was backed by scientific method and statistical analysis. I’ve always believed the old saying that there are lies, damned lies, then statistics. This report reminded me of that fact.
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Like most “studies”, they are often pushing “an agenda”. And, they get us focusing on the “wrong end” of the proverbial stick.
Specifically, I don’t know if women are discriminated against because of their sex. I have seen lost of situations where that might be true. But for me to deliberate and render a verdict that this is so presumes lots of facts not in evidence. The old Johari window has a lot of quad 4 area.
I like Larry’s argument from economic theory that says if women worked cheaper, why wouldn’t a business hire all women. That nicely disposes of that study.
But, again, that’s presupposes facts I don’t have.
I think the real key is to become a society of small businesses. If you’re your own CEO, it’s hard to claim discrimination held you from the top. You’re the top and the bottom at the same time.
That’s what we need to encourage. We’ll have to change the Gooferment to get it out of the way. Then we will have fulfilled the Jeffersonian ideal of everyman a king.
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http://finance.yahoo.com/expert/article/millionaire/30108
Ten Steps to Cell Phone Security
by David Bach
Posted on Monday, April 23, 2007, 12:00AM
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Americans love their cell phones — most of us can’t live without them. Yet the Better Business Bureau reports that cell phone providers are the No. 1 cause of complaints among consumers. This is mostly due to incorrect billing, confusing fees, unexpected charges, and deceptive contracts. These can certainly add up, but I was shocked to learn that the most significant — even devastating — monetary damage can occur when your cell phone is lost or stolen.
A $26,000 Cell Phone Bill
A recent CBS 5 ConsumerWatch report by Jeanette Pavini profiles the plights of three consumers in California — all of whom had their cell phones stolen and were left stuck with a huge bill for unauthorized charges.
The report told the story of San Francisco resident Wendy Nguyen, who was shocked to receive a bill for $26,000 after her cell phone was unknowingly stolen before she left for an overseas vacation. Cingular held her responsible for charges incurred after the phone was taken, up until the time Wendy discovered the theft and called the carrier.
She was able to prove via airline and passport documents that she was out of the country and couldn’t possibly have made the unauthorized calls from San Francisco during that time, but Cingular still held Wendy accountable for all charges.
Not only that, they advised Wendy that if she couldn’t pay the bill she should consider filing for bankruptcy!
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What a disaster!
If you have a cell phone, then you should read this.
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Posted by reinkefj
About Drupal
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Drupal is a free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website. Tens of thousands of people and organizations have used Drupal to power scores of different web sites, including
* Community web portals
* Discussion sites
* Corporate web sites
* Intranet applications
* Personal web sites or blogs
* Aficionado sites
* E-commerce applications
* Resource directories
* Social Networking sites
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Maybe I’ve outgrown blogging. It doesn’t wow me like it once did. It hasn’t engendered or created the cooperative conversation I was hoping it would.
I know I am disillusioned with websites. They are static snapshots of the past. They don’t integrate of play nice with other uses.
Wikis are a content system of sorts but hmmm they don’t seem to jump up and create conversations.
Perhaps, I need more?
From The Electronic Recruiting News In Email_070427
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It’s like being thirsty in the middle of the ocean for most people. The explosion of sources of information leaves a bewildering set of problems for disciplined professionals. They boil down to “what is the best way to spend my time?” Certainly, reading 500 blogs is not going to make you a successful recruiter. The right five, however, might.
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Where do you spend your time productively?
That’s a tough question. IMHO, we humans don’t even know where we spend our time. Unless you’re a lawyer with a sophisticated time tracking for billing purposes system, no one has accurate data to work from. Most systems I’ve seen and worked with are “time charging” mechanisms. They are really about charging your time to some project or other. The accuracy of that is suspect at best and a joke at worst.
So how do you measure your time spent?
I have a rut of things that I do on a daily basis so I know those. The rest is in the hands of the Universe.
But, it would be nice to know where one is “spending” their minutes (like a cell phone bill) and it would be nice to know the ROI on those minutes.
Periodically, when I feel I have “lost my way”, I reassess what I am doing. I dump some habits and try to start new ones. I use that aforementioned rut as my friend. Getting in a good rut is productive; a bad one disaster.
It’s a terrible paradigm. But I have no other. Maybe that’s what twitter could be?
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.bullnotbull.com/archive/mandrake.html
American Federal Reserve Token
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AFARTs are brilliant 100% pure, authentically gold-colored zinc & copper clad tokens, engineered by the New American Empire and backed by the full faith and taxing power of inflation. Helicopter drops of the new FARTs are scheduled for neighborhoods soon.
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I think this is a stitch. Remember “helicopter ben” said in his conformation hearing that in a faltering economy he’d drop money by helicopter to keep the economy moving. That’s all the politicians had to hear. That told them that he make sure that they’d have all the money they could possibly spend.
Now where do you think all that “value” is going to come from? Yup, you guessed it. From us. The people. The schmoes. Anyone who has anything dollar denominated. Cash, savings, and such! They get to pay a special “inflation tax”.
Maybe that’s why they are so touchy about NORFED.
The Austrian economists teach us that fiat currency is the originator of the boom bust cycle. Eroding the value of the franc was factor in tumbling the French Kings.
Looking at — the Baby Boomer (losing productivity and putting them on the dole), Social Security Ponzi (decreasing workers will pay higher and higher taxes), unfunded pension plans in federal, state, local, and business (the promised benefits won’t be there), and the expanding Medicare and Drug benefits (that won’t be possible given the financial constriction) — you wonder where it ends.
Toyota displaces GM. College graduates can’t find work. College debt hangs on them.
Where does it end?
N.B. When we laugh at the “sovereigns”, they shrink in stature to be just men. That’s what they are. Fallible men!
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Posted by reinkefj
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070427/D8OP24H80.html
Pricing Software Could Reshape Retail
Apr 27, 12:16 PM (ET)
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN
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A large retail chain had a problem. It sold three similar power drills: one for about $90, a purportedly better one at $120 and a top-tier one at $130. The higher the price, the more the store profited.
But while drill know-it-alls flocked to the $130 model and price-fretters grabbed its $90 cousin, shoppers often ignored the middle one.
So the store sought advice from a new breed of “price-optimization” software from DemandTec Inc. What followed offers us a clue about important shifts that technology is bringing to retail shopping.
After analyzing an array of variables, including sales history and competitors’ prices, the software suggested cutting the middle drill to $110.
That might have made the top drill seem more expensive. But drill aficionados still were fine shelling out $130. Sales of that drill didn’t change. However, now that the $90 version seemed less of a bargain, the store sold 4 percent fewer low-end drills – and 11 percent more of the mid-range model. Profits rose.
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So how do you know when you’re getting hosed? Or, drilled?
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Posted by reinkefj
http://wcbstv.com/local/local_story_117163117.html
Apr 27, 2007 5:07 pm US/Eastern
Porn Star Jameson Shows Up On N.J. School TV
Parents Furious; Private Firm Hired To Find Culprit
Andrew Kirtzman
Reporting
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(CBS) UNION CITY, N.J. Some eyebrows were raised at the Union City Board of Education recently. Officials discovered one or more employees have been watching pornography on school televisions.
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Tax money being well-spent.
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Interviewing, no college degree
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May I suggest that you have good reasons for not having a degree? You just can’t express them.
To get past that hurdle, you need to be ready for the question. Some acceptable answers MIGHT be: money (“my family was dirt poor and they need my help”); unnecessary (“sales doesn’t require a degree because there’s no Bachelor of Sales; should be; so I learned on my own”); or even temperament (“sitting listening to lectures and taking tests is not how to learn; I’ve done this on my own. See here.”)
Just as now there are “extension schools” that give test with credit for life experience, you need to have EVIDENCE that you have the equivalent. Use your references. Have you written a book? Articles? Love letters … … err, no that won’t work unless you Liz barret browning.
In getting a job, you have to engage in a series of conversations that fully explore what is really required, and what is someone’s nice to have. When I interviewed people, I used to take a College Degree as evidence of an ability to stick with a four year project, self-motivate, and convince a variety of people that the candidate knew something. Try the same tactic. Identify what the buyer thinks that a college degree means, and give EVIDENCE that you have that quality.
You do have a BRAG BOOK don’t you? For every claim on your resume, you should have evidence in your “brag book” to support it.
Note that “evidence” does not mean you saying “X” it’s something tangible that proves you have it. Think what do I show Judge Judy. “Dumb is forever”. So, if I put on my resume (heaven forbid! this is an example) that I am a Sudoku player, then I should have a blue ribbon prize for winning my town’s contest. The entry on the resume is a claim. The certificate is EVIDENCE. Me saying it in the interview is merely repeating my claim. How does the interviewer know you are telling the truth?
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UPDATE: On 30 April 07, my answer was designated “best”!
Hey, reinkefj, look what you got!
Congratulations, you’ve got a best answer and 10 extra points!
Your answer to the following question really hit the spot and has been chosen as the best answer:
Interviewing, no college degree…?
Go ahead, do your victory dance. Celebrate a little. Brag a little. Then come back and answer a few more questions!
Thanks for sharing what you know and making someone’s day.
The Yahoo! Answers Team
Note: This is me doing my “best” dance!
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