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could some one tell me how much 850.00 and 500.00 English pounds in US dollars?
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Use Google for all conversion questions.
Put “500.00 pounds sterling” in the Google search box and it pops back
500.00 British pounds = 992.05 U.S. dollars
AND
850.00 pounds sterling
850.00 British pounds = 1 686.485 U.S. dollars
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It’s fish and fishing. Give some one a fish; Teach someone to fish! Now you can convert anything?
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FROM LINKEDIN_BLOGGERS
Is A Blogger A Journalist, A Citizen, Or Both?
Posted by: “Martin Bosworth”
Tue May 29, 2007 11:40 am (PST)
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Greetings!
For those who don’t know, one of my gigs is writing for
ConsumerAffairs.Com, a fairly popular Web news site that focuses on
consumer issues. One of our reporters, Joseph Enoch, was recently
kicked out of the Senate press gallery on grounds that he wasn’t a
“real” reporter:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2007/05/senate_press03.html
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Restricting access to the People’s Palace is not the purview of a “palace guard”, komisars, or petty dictators. We pay the taxes for it, and imho, we set the rules for it. Bloggers are the people’s journalists! Self-appointed and self-credentialed is fine with me. What is the “U.S. Senate Press Gallery” anyway and why do they have “officials”? I sure hope my taxes aren’t paying for them as well.
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BLOGDESK26.600 was released.
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FROM THE MLPF FORUM
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>It has been brought to my attention, that the moderator of this forum
Guess some one didn’t get the memo that it’s a “moderated” forum. Having had my hand slapped a time or two, here and elsewhere, I don’t understand how it’s “unhealthy”? Guess we’ll never know what was meant. Can I get cancer from falling asleep reading posts? Or printing them out and leaving them on my lap? I know, I know, it’s causes Global Warming. To many moderated electrons causes friction.
Sorry, but it’s frustrating. Like slamming the door out of the room after you lose an argument with your spouse. But that’s redundant. “Argument with spouse” is identical to “losing”. But, you get the idea.
(I have now “slammed” the send button as a point of de-emphasis. You didn’t pay attention. I’ll do it again!)
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AND RECEIVED THIS
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NadineBlogs
29th May 11:25 pm
Hey there Fjohn, I had unsubscribed to MLPF, but was lured back to check the recent posts via web to find the very delightful “Goodbye MLPF” post reminiscent of “Goodbye Cruel World” and had a good laugh at your reply. You’re way too funny for the internet but I missed seeing your posts and thought to stop by and subscribe to your blog to get my fjohn fix ;) Hope all is well! Nadine
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TO WHICH I RESPONDED
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>29th May 11:25 pm
>Hey there Fjohn, I had unsubscribed to MLPF, but
>was lured back to check the recent posts
Typical womanly behavior slam the door on the way out, but has to “peek” to see if it had the desired effect. I thought you might look to see who and what reaction it had.
>find the very delightful “Goodbye MLPF” post
>reminiscent of “Goodbye Cruel World” and had a
>good laugh at your reply.
Now, maybe you’ll make the dramatic re-entrance, announcing “I’m back” because my adoring public needed me.”?
>You’re way too funny for the internet
My wife reminds me “you think you’re so funny?”.
>I missed seeing your posts and thought to stop by
>and subscribe to your blog to get my fjohn fix ;)
Well, you are easily entertained. I don’t cross post everything. Too lazy. But enjoy.
> Hope all is well! Nadine
As you can tell from my blog, I’m pumping out random bursts of energy. Your blog has been strangely silent. New job tough? Growing out of the narcissistic medium? Getting a real life. :-)
l8r,fjohn
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Has HOUSE jumped the shark? (Reference the end of Happy Days when Fonzie ski jumps a shark and after that the ratings tanked.) You only dump the supporting cast when the writers have no more good ideas for them?
If I was a writer, and I’m not. I’d try a metaphor like “House is actually running an honors class in diagnostics. Each year (season) the oldest “graduates” and “newbie” joins. Then the writers have a parade of fresh faces to insult, torture, and write about. It would feel like real life. You could have the good, the bad, and the ugly. It’s be fun!
I found some very Libertarian themes in the show. It’s all about being correct. Political correctness be darned. Girls cause trouble. Stereo typing is a human aptitude. I’ll watch in the reruns for them.
One great line. She slowly wakes up and asks if she’s in Heaven. “No – this is New Jersey.” House replies. I’d have said “Hell”.
You’d think that the show would work in PSAs in the show itself. Take propaganda to a new level. The warning signs for diseases like diabetes and high blood pressure. Admonishments about taking all your antibiotics or staying on your meds. Advice about mental illness and depression. The show COULD be an entertaining source of medical advice as opposed to yet another soap opera.
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http: //reinkefaceslife /2007/05/24/
yahoo-answer-free-advertising-for-my-purse-party-buiness
Yeah! Happy dance time. I just made 400 points. (Heck, Frau and I play in the seaside arcade for the points as a competition and then give the tickets to little kids. It’s about scoring meaningless points and “winning”.)
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FROM WORDPRESSDOTCOM SUPPORT
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Got Drafts? Filter.
Some of us bloggers have a few hundred drafts sitting in our WordPress accounts waiting for the right words or the right time. Hundreds you say? Yup. We’re not naming any names, but you know who you are.
We used to just list all your drafts in your blog’s Manage -> Posts screen. For some of us, that got really hairy really fast.
Now, your drafts can be displayed in a nice table by going to Manage -> Posts and selecting “Draft” from the “Post Type…” dropdown. If you have lots, they’ll be spread over several pages.
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You mean people actually think about what they post. They just don’t “spit, spray, and pray”? What an odd behavior. Here I thought blogging was just scratching one’s own itch. Or other more disgusting metaphors. Well, if it’s a new feature, I’ll have to try it. Imagine delaying one’s own gratification. What would Walter Winchell say? Not Paul Winchell the fellow behind Jerry Mahoney. Always thought that Mahoney could replace most politicians. But that’s another topic. Off to draft something. I thought you drafted race cars. Or cannon fodder. Oh well.
Note: This was a draft to play with the new capability. I like BLOGDESK for my client software, not the free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom web interface. But one has to try everything.
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Well I let it sit for some time and it didn’t magically improve. In fact, I think I like BLOGDESK and pre-post release time date. Like a magazines embargo. I don’t see much value for me of drafts, I’m spray ‘n’ pray, kvetch ‘n’ post kinda blogger. Hear those finger nails on the chalk board?That’s my kinda sytle. Delaying the screech doesn’t change anything.
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FEEDBACK TO the free, and unequaled, wordpressdotcom
Interesting, I am seeing a slew of spam comments. But the post that they are supposedly commenting to is not showing any bump in traffic. Care to explain to the nut in the peanut gallery how that happens?
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Matt’s response: Spammers don’t visit blogs – they run scripts which do the dirty work – hence no stats.
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Seen all the gooferment commercials about “click it or ticket”/
Seems to be that is a good program for NJ governors and the gooferment in general.
What happened to the concept that “if it is such a good idea, people will do it voluntarily”?
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http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2007/
tle419-20070527-02.html
Liberation
by L. Neil Smith
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I had grown up all my life hearing that the Liberators got duly dropped, some were used, the rest vanishing deep into barns and cellars, hidden from the mostly communist governments that came to replace the Nazis.
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I don’t believe it. I think the whole project became an historical embarrassment for an increasingly anti-gun US government. It couldn’t have made us terribly popular with various totalitarian bosses in east Europe for whom it would have been a constant thorn in their sides.
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When I heard about the liberator story, it was after doing some reading as a youth after watching an Errol Flynn movie about the French Resistance. So I’m not sure what to believe. If Churchill was involved, I bet they were dropped. He didn’t strike me as the type to hold anything back. LNS’ disbelief of “official stories” is absolutely correct. No one in gooferment tells the whole truth; certainly not if a lie would serve the agenda.
So, I’ll suspect that they were dropped, were effective, and suppressed for political reasons.
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My first mortgage?
This is my first time getting a mortgage. I have no clue what to even look for. I know that I need to shop around and get quotes… But I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO LOOK FOR! If anyone else out there has shooped around, can you please let me know exactly what I need to know about getting a mortgage before I call a bunch of places and sound like an idiot…and then they might take advantage of me. Please help.
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First take a deep breath. Then, marshal your resources. Do you have a relative that is financially sophisticated? Use them as your sounding board.
If you haven’t signed for the property yet, or maybe even if you have, find and retain a Real Estate attorney that you can afford. It’s a GIANT mistake to get into a real estate deal without a liar … err, I mean lawyer. Don’t use the seller’s. Don’t use the mortgage company’s. Have your own. When I bought my first house in 1975, that single piece of advice from my Mom saved me about 15k$. My lawyer said “my client isn’t responsible for that” about a dozen times. Without him, I’d have said “yeah whatever”.
Then you need an accountant. Same deal. Cheaper and easier. Have them review whatever you are going to sign up for. Promise you’ll let them do your taxes and I bet they’ll come dirt cheap. Shop around. I SHOULD have done that with my second house and I’d have saved a bunch of bucks.
Then you need a “home inspector”. Licensed, certified, insured, with lots of references. This is no guarantee of being problem free, BUT, when you’re in front of Judge Judy you can saw “I didn’t know about houses so I hired him! Pointing accusingly to the defendant.) It’s all about changing unknown risks into modest upfront costs.
Find or found, the house of your dreams.
Now you are ready to consider mortgages.
You can get them from a bank, brokerage, mortgage broker, credit union, and private lenders. Start with a credit union. (IMHO you’ll we get the most honest deal there.) Find a rich relative with a brokerage account and as if they can get you a deal. (I have a Merrill account and my relative could have gotten a mortgage with them with my “sponsorship” — not cosigning — at an attractive rate. Dumb, but they wanted to do it on their own. I think they made a mistake. But not my problem.)!
Look at the type (Suggest you want fixed), term (15 if you can afford it), points (extra interest cost), fees (Yuck!), and gimmicks (i.e., credit life insurance; buyer protection).
Your lawyer, accountant, and home inspector can tell you if you are getting a “fair deal”. No balloons, teaser aprs, negative amortizations, interest onlys, nothing tricky.
Your family member, or Yahoo answerer, can tell you if you can afford it. No more than 20% of your salary in mortgage payments. OK 25%, but that means no eating out.
Hope this helps, and you’re happy with your new mortgage, let me know how it turns out,
fjohn
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