yahoo answer input just 999’s for the last 24 hours. I’ve tried different browser, different ip, with and without google accelerator. Argh!
YAHOO ANSWER: STATUS YA is un-update-able
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
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INTERESTING: Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road
Tuesday, June 19, 2007http://212.77.1.245/news_services/
bulletin/news/20451.php?index=20451
&lang=en#Presentation
“Guidelines for the Pastoral Care of the Road”
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In any case, with the request for motorists to exercise virtue, we have drawn up a special ?decalogue? for them, in analogy with the Lord?s Ten Commandments. These are stated here below, as indications, considering that they may also be formulated differently.
I. You shall not kill.
II. The road shall be for you a means of communion between people and not of mortal harm.
III. Courtesy, uprightness and prudence will help you deal with unforeseen events.
IV. Be charitable and help your neighbour in need, especially victims of accidents.
V. Cars shall not be for you an expression of power and domination, and an occasion of sin.
VI. Charitably convince the young and not so young not to drive when they are not in a fitting condition to do so.
VII. Support the families of accident victims.
VIII. Bring guilty motorists and their victims together, at the appropriate time, so that they can undergo the liberating experience of forgiveness.
IX. On the road, protect the more vulnerable party.
X. Feel responsible towards others.
***End Quote***
Sigh!
The secular progressive media is so busy laughing that can NOT even take time to report what they were. Even on the internet, sites were too busy laughing or deriding it to post the text.
It took a few minutes to find a posting of them.
Driving on the roads, I can see why the Papacy might be concerned.
When one gets direction from a good source (i.e., the learned, the wise, the holy), then only a fool laughs imho.
Being a driver with a heavy foot, I’ll take the admonition to heart for what it is. An inexpensive way for me to be a better person. Note, one doesn’t do this for the Pope, the neighbor, the society in general. No, one does it for oneself. To be the best you that you can be.
And, that’s no joke!
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YAHOO ANSWER: Car loan to credit card
Tuesday, June 19, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index;_ylt=Aqv0jntcHIzyBtM
93NXWwgGTxQt.?qid=20070619133036AAnmjsm
Car loan to credit card
QUESTION
Asked by “tvman”
Doing a balance? How much $ can I save if?
my balance on my car is 2884.58 at 10.16 %. My c.c. is currently 8.99 % variable (washington mytual). What should I do? How much could I save? I am planning on paying 300 mo. until its paid off or for five months, may have extra cash then.
ANSWER
Dear “tvman”:
Well, “save” would not be a word I use when talking about loans! That’s a joke. I’d reserve the word “save” for when you’re collecting the interest. If for no other reason than to keep your thinking straight. :-)
So, to confirm I understand the opportunity, it APPEARS that 0.1016 minus 0.0899 equals 117 basis point for possible savings.
I’d suspect that they tiny “savings”, what really should be called “cost avoidance”, are illusionary.
First, when car loans are give, they often use a method interest calculation called the “Rule of 72”. Without going into too much detail. You pay the interest more in the front of the loan’s term than the end. It’s like a penalty for prepayment. So, moving from the car loan, may not avoid any interest.
Second, the credit card is variable. You didn’t say what the adjustment interval was AND credit cards have a lot of “spring loaded traps” that can send the interest rate into “orbit”.
SO, I’d recommend NOT transferring. Stay with what you know.
If you want something to ACT on, I’d suggest that you find a credit union to do business with. They can help you shift from “borrowing” to “saving”. Credit Unions don’t use the 72 or any other such trickery; most use daily calculations which are most favorable to the borrower. They do low cost banking with education.
Hope this helps. I’m interested how it works out for you. Drop me a note sometime. My blog may have helpful “stuff”.
Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
SOURCE
http://tinyurl.com/3bjcq3
http://www.creditunionsonline.com/…
http://www.aicpa.org/
http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/…
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JOBSEARCH: the networking process
Tuesday, June 19, 2007FROM A SEEKER’S QUESTION
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Welcome. The networking process is whatever you make it. Unlike first grade math, there is NO right answer. There’s NO one way to network. And NO one has the Lone Ranger’s silver bullets, Wonder Woman’s golden rope, or a “get out of unemployment free” card. Each of us probably has their own take on it. I’d call your attention to all the resources here, You have a lot of experienced people here, who can share their take on it.
If you’re a reader, I am particular fan of Lucht. He has a very stylized view of what networking is. I’ve used it and it worked for me. I’d extract it as: get in front of people face2face, listen to them, give elevator speech, and ask for two names. In his model, one never asks a networking contact for job because it’s embarrassing to both. His key is to keep taking networking meetings to learn “stuff”. In my mind it’s a the other leg of “finding a job” — one leg is getting interviews and the other leg is networking.
My twist is that I like folks to have a Unique Value Equation and a Unique Sales Proposition before going off networking and interviewing. But that what I “teach”. If you read the old posts here, you find out that I’m a “fat old turkey” who’s been in transition more times than I care to count. SO that is my credential for having the temerity to give anyone advice.
Feel free to ask lots of questions, (I did!), visit my “turkey farm” http://tinyurl.com/lxu93, read my blog, or just ignore me. :-) I’m the pushy type with no feelings to hurt. Remember the only “dumb” question is the one you DON’T ask because guaranteed some one else is thinking the exact SAME question but is too … (let’s say) timid … to ask.
Good luck,
fjohn
the big fat old turkey hisself
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LIBERTY: How much of a slave are you?
Monday, June 18, 2007http://www.lewrockwell.com/suprynowicz/suprynowicz67.html
Learning From Henry V
by Vin Suprynowicz
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What do they say about those who wish to trim back the size and intrusiveness of government at least to, say, the levels prevailing under dastardly child-hating conservative John F. Kennedy in 1962? (I might settle for 1911, myself – small schools with mixed-grade classrooms under local control; no income tax; dollar bills still “payable in silver” or in gold; no War on Drugs.) Why, we “hate the teachers!” these zealots insist. We want old people to “starve in the streets!” We’re willing to tolerate “social services ranked at the very bottom, like some Central American hellhole!”
***End Quote***
How can one tell if tax rates reach 90 percent, or 95 percent, or 102 percent?
The gooferment has done an EXCELLENT job of hiding the true level of taxation form us.
Consider all the federal, state, county, town, and heaven knows what other geographical entities that tax you?
Consider property taxes?
Consider the inflation tax on your savings?
Consider the Social Security Insurance tax?
Consider all the taxes on business that are passed along to you hidden from view?
Consider the gasoline tax that gets factored into everything?
Consider the things called “fees” that are unavoidable, or for all intents and purposes unavoidable?
How would you know WHAT you are paying?
Argh!
Time for the pitchforks and torches. Tar ‘n’ feather every taxing politician!
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YAHOO ANSWER: currency at the bank
Monday, June 18, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index;_ylt=AsV6stix_l5FNxAuZyUy1giwxQt.?qid=20070618055340AAPf2HW
currency at the bank
QUESTION
Asked by “walmart3rdshiftnight”
Who work at a suntrust banks!?
How can I get a 100s bills at the bank do I need to give them anything or how get 7 of 20s bills?
I never go to bank so dont no how its work if any female work in a bank and know what people ask for I need know what I need to take with me!!! no one not give me a 100s bills like ATM wont and try my work place and no one can’t unless I have paid walmart to get a 100s bill from them I have to give them 20s to get a 100s is that true??
ANSWER
Dear “walmart3rdshiftnight”:
Well, assuming that this is not a phising attempt to meet “gurls”, or the cute teller a the local Suntrust bank, I can tell you that you need to try a different approach. All you caught is a fat old turkey who thinks every question is worth an answer. And, I get two meaningless points to answer with a possibility of ten for best.
Who works at Suntrust Bank can be answered by shooting over to LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) and running a query. It’s free.
You may have to brake down and go into a bank branch. They are full of nice people who sole job is to make you happy while separating you from your money. Think of it as a strip club without the nakedness or the booze. Seriously, if you have a need to change denominations (5*20=100) (10*10=5*20), most banks will oblige you.
If you are truly a “third shift night worker at wallmart”, then you are getting paid and probably have a paycheck to handle. Take it to your branch bank and, I’ll bet, they can arrange a direct deposit to an account for you. If you’re not into checking accounts, then get a savings account to be your pot of gold.
ATMs don’t usually stock anything but 20’s and 5’s. The Atlantic City casinos have some snazzy ones that will show you on the screen what you put in and give you choices of what you can take out. (No two dollar bills as an output choice!) But the risk there is you may not get out of the casino with your cash.
Rumor hath it that WalMart wants to go into the banking business. So wait awhile and your question may be answered by them.
I’d suggest finding a credit union or a friendly bank and chatting with them. They won’t bite.
Hope this helps. I’m interested how it works out for you. Drop me a note sometime. My blog may have other helpful “stuff”.
Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
Webform that creates an urgent email => http://2idi.com/contact/=reinkefj
Web page => http://www.reinke.cc/
My blog => http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/
LinkedIn url => http://www.linkedin.com/in/reinkefj
SOURCE
http://tinyurl.com/lxu93
http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/…
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UPDATE: Chosen best by voters. One vote for one answer.
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TECHNOLOGY: WORDPRESSDOTCOM needs a queued draft function
Monday, June 18, 2007Your “drafts” capability got me to thinking, (an always dangerous problem). Since one, I think, always wants to present fresh content to browsers. Perhaps you could make it “easier” to put stuff up on a regular interval. Think of it as a virtual clerk. You could have a category of draft called QUEUED. The parameters might be “over some period of time” (X days, weeks, months) release a QUEUED entry at regular intervals (Every X hours). It could be done manual by setting the time stamps, but that requires the user to do the thinking about it. That seems best left to the software. IMHO, fjohn
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YAHOO ANSWER: dates wrong on application
Monday, June 18, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index;_ylt=AmB_QtVKmNM40ftAe.bGjl7sy6IX?qid=20070617063257AAt702y&show=7
dates wrong on application
QUESTION
Asked by “hcj25”
What do you think ?
i messed up on my application and thought i started a job a couple years prior to what i put.So when she called my reference they said i started in 01 but i still had an excellent reference.I was offered this job pending references as an intake coordinator what do you think will this ruin me?
Additional Details
by the way the lady called me back after the reference and question my dates at that job i told her my dates may have been off but i was basically there about 6 years
ANSWER
Dear “hcj25”:
Well, it could be a big deal or a small deal.
You said “intake coordinator”. Depends upon what you are taking in and for whom. Tomatoes for Gristedes, who cares. Little children for the gooferment, everyone might care.
My first take was “honest mistake” or “deliberate lie”? On a government application or some standard application form that’s been xeroxed a grazillion times?
If it’s a gooferment form, does it say anything down at the bottom where you signed about perjury? Did it have to be notarized? Was it “official” like a permit to “intake children”? Then, I’d suggest that you need a lawyer; not Yahoo Answers. If not, then you might be able to apologize your way out.
Assuming that it is NOT, repeat NOT, about perjury, gooferent forms, or something that can get you in a lot of hot water (and that’s a big deal!), I have some thoughts.
I’d forget about it unless it comes up again. (And resolve in the future to fill out all forms as if they were important. Very important.) If it comes up again, apologize profusely, offer to correct the form, and ask what you can do to compensate for making a mistake.
You might want to have some thoughts, about why you made the mistake, in case things get intense. Treat it as a typo. Think about how rushed you were filling it out. Maybe someone said “don’t worry about the exact dates”. Maybe you were interrupted by the interviewer being ready. Get the incident firmly in your mind now in case it becomes urgent.
Then forget about it.
Hope this helps. I’m interested how it works out for you. Drop me a note sometime. I have jobsearch hints on my blog if you need them.
Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
SOURCE
http://tinyurl.com/lxu93
http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/…
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JOBSEARCH: TECHNOLOGY using the boss’ email
Sunday, June 17, 2007METHODOLOGY ***
STRATEGY ***
TACTICS ***
TECHNOLOGY using the boss’ email
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Date: Sunday August 14, 2005 9AMedst
From: Ebineezer
To: All those Bob Cratchets out there
Subject: Using my email
In my last communication, I addressed the terrible waste of coal. Some drivel about trying to keep warm or something. Coal costs me money.
Anyway, my topic today is “if I’m working, why aren’t you”! No, that was yesterday’s. Wait. Oh yes, today’s is “you’re using my email”.
It has come to my attention that some of you are using my email, or that of your employers, to do non-business messaging. This is terrible, I will have to read every single one of those emails. Now I don’t care if you have a social disease. Well maybe I do. But, I do care that, just like the coal, you are wasting my resources for your petty pleasures. Telling jokes or other frivolous stuff! But worse, some of you are conspiring against me. Talking to people behind my back! Being disloyal and even disrespectful. You’re all against me. Those messages cost me money. I have to have systems big enough to handle all that traffic, back them up and give them to lawyers, who cost me even more money.
At least my backups allow me to go back and PROVE you were stealing from me. I’ll make you PAY for every joke. And your little dog too. (OOps wrong movie!)
Go to yahoo, pay zero, and get a free private email. Pay yahoo a few bucks a year and get a better mail experience. Do something, anything. But get your darned postcards off of my and or your employers mail system. Go to 1and1 http://www.1and1.com/?k_id=9113251 and get your own domain, email, and a website for 36$/year.
Then, when I, or my equivalent in your current employer, fires you, all those nasty little people who have been corresponding with can still email you. At least, I won’t be paying for it. I don’t care about the benefit to you that after I fire you that your communications aren’t disrupted. And don’t you even dare to think about having outsiders communicate with you on your private account about business matters because of the excuse that the inside system is flakey. I know all you just want to do is to stay in touch with my suppliers and customers after I “nuke” you. And don’t you be using that email address when you sign up for software, internet services, or other things I pay for. When I nuke you, I want you to feel the loss.
And those of you plotting with recruiters to find a better job, you’d be better off if I didn’t know about it.
And, those of you with social diseases and or personal problems, you’d be better off dead than have me gossiping about you.
And even if I don’t have time to read your message, what about all those sys admins who I overpay? I know that they are sitting around idly gossiping and reading your email for fun. Where do you think they get the raw material to gossip about FROM?
BOTTOM LINE: Take your email private. At zero or no cost. Even gmail would be better than your employer’s. When writing email, IM, or such, think post cards.
Next week, I’ll shall write you about the phone!
Do it or get fired before you want to quit,
Ebineezer
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YahooAnswers: Status Can’t post to ya
Sunday, June 17, 2007I’ve been trying to post my response to a Yahoo Question, but Yahoo ain’t taking my “call”. Argh! I’ll have to try later. But, I hate to leave tasks undone.
Update: Got it in this evening.
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YahooAnswers: Status “Best by Voters” awarded (#18)
Sunday, June 17, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index?qid=20070611074258AAn8z1U
*** begin quote ***
Asked by “Wendy b”
Interest rates and definitions as a payee, can you give me some basic info ?
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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”.
Only one vote among only one answer.
Ten meaningless points brings me to 613.
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YAHOO ANSWER: Any Good Shepherd grads
Sunday, June 17, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index;_ylt=AtDrAxlzGK0tgsz2rNPTYHPty6IX?qid=20070103115238AAZOvLH&show=7
QUESTION
Asked by “chaquita”
Any Good Shepherd grads?
Did anyone attend Good Shepherd in the Inwood section of Manhattan? I graduated in 87 (attended 79-87). I went to the reunion they had in 2000 at Manhattan College. Great time, although majority of people there were my parents age!
ANSWER
You buzzed? I graduated from GS in 1960, Manhattan Prep 64, and Manhattan College 68. I knew several GS grads thru the MP Yahoo groups and MC alums. Were you looking for someone in particular?
Ferdinand J. Reinke
Kendall Park, NJ 08824
SOURCES
(none)
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UPDATE “Best Answer – Chosen By Voters” Only one answer; only one vote. This was my first “best answer”.
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YahooAnswers: Status “Best by Asker” awarded (#17)
Sunday, June 17, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index?qid=20070614063907AAstsbN
YAHOO ANSWER: Why does it seem every new law seems to be taking away our rights
*** begin quote ***
AmyB askes:
Why does it seem every new law seems to be taking away our rights and freedoms? Is this just in Maryland?
*** end quote ***
Just received word that this was selected “best by asker”.
Mine among 7 answers.
Ten meaningless points brings me to 603.
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YAHOO ANSWER: STATUS getting better organized
Sunday, June 17, 2007OK, now I am really really “maturing” in my approach.
The format (or foolmat) of the postings will always start with “Yahoo Answers”. When I post my answer, all I know is that it’s an answer. It will first be a pending, then either go to “bad” … err “not best” or “best”. Why try to change the title, (I DO like the tile to reflect the category), when it “resolves”. It mucks with how WordPressDotCom assigns a url. So, “YA” for all.
I’ve also updated the categories. I realized there are TWO types of best — by voters (which can be messed with) and by asker. The “by Asker” is the gold standard (can’t be messed with) because that is really who counts here. So I have an updated category hierarchy.
YahooAnswers – top level
— YahooAnswers – Best for “Best in Show” (Those that got the ten meaningless points)
— YahooAnswers – Best by Asker (The most valuable form of “best”)
— YahooAnswers – Best by Voters (A less valuable form of “best”)
— YahooAnswers – Not Best (My clearly misunderstood entries that were not “winners”)
— YahooAnswers – Pending (My excellent entries waiting for their “acclaim”)
— YahooAnswers – Status (For aministrivia like this)
Why?
(1) Clearly, it about answering someone’s question so that they feel they have the best answer.
(2) Even more clearly, I want to communicate such that people immediately see the value.
(3) From pending, you can go and cook the books by voting for my superior whizdumb!
(4) From status, you can see in my mixed up mind.
Lessons learned:
(1) As usual, I’ve jumped into the swamp with out organizing for alligators.
(2) Aiello’s admonition about holes and digging needs amending. Something inclusive of painting and corners.
(3) Why do I make a fool out of myself. No wonder I have no image to be snooty about. One leg at a time, Sweet …
Your thoughts? After all this ego trip is PARTIALLY for you. :-)
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FUN: Small Pieces Loosely Joined
Sunday, June 17, 2007http://smallpieces.com/kids/spljkids01.html
This is a children’s version of David Weinberger’s book
Small Pieces Loosely Joined: A Unified Theory of the Web.
This is suitable for for Luddites and small children.
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YAHOO ANSWERS: contact my fans
Saturday, June 16, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index?qid=20070616105320AA
YD6Pc&r=w&pa=FZptHWf.BGRX3OFMiTZVUaP0dlzX.wv22GGVMZN
YSS3kh7k.6T.Ni7bZliJBN.VUEGj6ndnvYybMnmrY6Q–&paid=answe
red
QUESTION
Asked by sheratonsami
How can I contact my fans?
I participated successfully Q&A, as a result I got amazing fans,and I would like to contact and email them, to build a good friendship with them, but I didn’t know how?
ANSWER
Dear “sheratonsami”:
Well, you didn’t say what the Q&A was about, but if it was about tomorrow’s winning lotto numbers, then I’d be a fan too. Assuming that you have further contact with your old fans, or their contact information, then you might be able to offer them some reasons to be bigger fans. Or, going forward, if you have more Q&As, then you can be ready to build that fan base. I can think of some things that you can offer, that might encourage more and bigger fans. Like, the ability to ask the questions that they forgot or didn’t get to ask. Like, the summary of all the Q’s & A’s that were asked that they missed, didn’t hear, or didn’t comprehend. Like, pointers to examples, further info, or related material.
My idea would be to have business cards that point to your website / blog.
For under a fifty bucks, some effort, some calendar time, imho, you can get better “known”. I’d suggest a blog as the underlying engine for building your fan base and enthusiasm.
(1) Check for an available domain name you like (www dot sheratonsami dot com is available), but don’t buy it yet.
(2) Get a free wordpress blog at www.wordpress.com. Sign up as “sheratonsami”. Or whatever domain name you decide on that is available.
(3) Buy the domain name feature from wordpress for $15 — it includes the registration of the domain name. (How’s that for cheap?)
(4) You now have a web site and a domain name. Use the blog posting part to put fresh content on your blog. Put something meaningful there daily.
(5) Use the pages part to put more static posts like your Q&A summaries, pictures, stories, prices, or event schedules out on your “site”.
(6) Sign up for the free Gmail for Domains and get email via your domain. You can be sheratonsami at sheratonsami dot com.
(7) Sign up (free) at the various blog directories.
(8) Submit to the search engines
(9) Use the search engines to “find” yourself which improves your site in the search engines eyes. :-) [That’s circular reasoning! By telling the search engine to look for me and finding it, it makes me more find-able by regular people.]
All this is about building your “brand” with your fans. On your business card, put your name, web address, and email. So you’ll have a professional website with up to date content for cheap. And, your fans will love it. What fan wouldn’t. And it’s really cheap and easy!
Yell if you want help with it. (I’m free and do this stuff for fun!) And, let me know how you make out if you decide to try it.
Ferdinand J. Reinke
p.s.: You an look at my site http://www.reinkefaceslife.com/… which was done exactly this way.
SOURCES
(none)
COMMENT
I may have not understood the question?
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YahooAnswers – Status: “BEST” awarded
Saturday, June 16, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index?qid=20070609075541AA3ljOd
*** begin quote ***
Ms. “el” asked:
Looking to relocate to a city with a high growth rate and great entry-level jobs. Any suggestions?
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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”.
Two votes among five answers.
Ten meaningless points brings me to 590.
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PRODUCTIVITY: PowerPoint enabling the presenting of dull presentations
Saturday, June 16, 2007http://changethis.com/35.05.Presentation
http://changethis.com/pdf/35.05.Presentation.pdf
Presentation Revolution: Changing the Way the World Does Presentations
By Scott B. Schwertly
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Today we live in a business culture that abuses the art and science of public speaking. We power up our PCs and present dull presentations to audiences who want to be inspired but never get fulfilled. Schwertly believes an effective presentation can change the world.
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Powerpoint in the Pentegon! Bad news. Power point in your pc prevents persuasion.
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JOBSEARCH: TECHNOLOGY a free wiki
Saturday, June 16, 2007METHODOLOGY ***
STRATEGY ***
TACTICS ***
TECHNOLOGY a free wiki
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Dear fellow turkey,
Want to set up a Wiki, but don’t know where to begin? Check out Schtuff, a free wiki service that lets you set up your own collaborative website in just a few steps. Sign up for a free account, define your domain and add your “spaces”, the pages that make up your site’s contents. It’s easy-to-use but if you’ve never used a wiki before and you just want to explore, make sure to read through their copious help documents.
Hat tip to http://www.lifehacker.com/software/wiki/schtuff-free-wiki-127468.php
And if you have no idea what a wiki can be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia
Why you should care?
Free. Casually dropping it in chit chat with hunter, hr, or interviewer makes you look “hipper”, more with it, techie, and thirty punds lighter. Ok I made the last one up. It enables you to assert a value proposition that you might not normally be able to.
YOU SAY:
“I know everything on the net isn’t gold but when I was playing with schtuff, a free wiki, I was able to find a use for my Church to cost effectively produce announcements and have people volunteer for assignments. OK it is not the biggest deal but for a financially strapped organization, it fit the bill. I can remember many times when something like that would have been a cost-effective solution to an immediate problem.”
Now I’m not saying you should LIE. And no one cares if you have seen the inside of a Church since your favorite Aunt died. And no one cares if this wiki thing does anything like you say it did. You sound techie. Certainly more techie than most HR types. And you have told them that you know resources cost money and you’re basically cheap. And, you’ve learned from your past.
And maybe you don’t need to lose 30# like I do. But, take a look at new stuff instead of playing solitaire on your computer when you are down. You are telling anyone who’ll listen how creative you are! So create something.
It doesn’t matter what specifically you do. What matters is you can use it to advance your value proposition.
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YahooAnswers – Status: “BEST” awarded for “future study” answer
Saturday, June 16, 2007http:// answers.yahoo.com/question/
index?qid=20070610031511AA1YprT
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“Celebrity Soup” asked:
What job should I study to do for the future?
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Just received word that this was selected “best by voters”.
One vote among three answers.
Ten meaningless points brings me to 540.
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YahooAnswers – Status: A new category created
Saturday, June 16, 2007OK, now I am “maturing” in my approach. I think Yahoo Answers is “fun”. BUT, no we’re gonna get serious. I’ve created a better “Yahoo Answers” category structure for us.
YahooAnswers – top level
— YahooAnswers – Best for “Best in Show”
— YahooAnswers – Not Best for “non winners”
— YahooAnswers – Pending for pending “judging
— YahooAnswers – Status for aministrivia like this
Why?
(1) Clearly, you might want to see what someone else has thought was a “good answer”.
(2) Even more clearly, you might want to have a good laff at my expense from a bad one. I want to highlight the “bad” ones so I can learn and improve. How can I be a great “coach” if I don’t communicate such that people immediately see the value.
(3) From pending, you might want to go vote for my answers as a “thumbs up” or “best” if they deserve it. (Hint, HINT! hint!!)
(4) From status, you can keep tabs on my little hobby here!
Your thoughts? After all this is PARTIALLY for you. :-)
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INTERESTING: Iran’s key vulnerability is it … is totally dependent on energy revenues
Saturday, June 16, 2007PULLING MONEY CAN BREAK IRAN
By DICK MORRIS
Published on TheHill.com on June 13, 2007.
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United Nations sanctions are important, but these state pension decisions directly impact the 485 companies that Gaffney’s group, www.disinvestterror.org, has found to invest in the four terror-sponsoring nations identified in the Missouri disinvestment program.
Iran’s key vulnerability is its economy, which is totally dependent on energy revenues. Eighty-five percent of government revenues come from the energy sector, and these revenues are expected to drop from $55 billion in 2006 to only $44 billion this year due to a rise in domestic demand for energy and decreasing energy production. By 2014, it is estimated Iran will export no oil at all unless foreign investment comes to the rescue and helps generate additional production. Iranian oil reserves are the second largest in the world, but are of no use to the ayatollahs unless they can get at them. By cutting off foreign investment in the energy sector, these state government s have gone a long way toward destabilizing the Iranian regime.
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I’m no Dick Morris fan. (I suspect any fellow with “interesting” tastes.) But, I like when he exposes the politician’s “clay feet” and he does have a knack for great ideas. Now, we should NOT have gooferment pensions. And, we should MYOB. But, having said that, this idea seems to be like the concept of Marque and Reprisal. We should get the gooferment out of the energy biz and we’ll have cheap energy from a variety of sources. And, the two bit dictators sitting on oil will be back to square one, wondering where the good life went.
It’s the same principle as legalizing drugs. Don’t get me wrong drug addiction is terrible. But the collateral damage from our phony and immoral so-called “war” on drugs is the equivalent of shooting ourselves in the foot. Eliminate the gooferment from drugs, and we will have the Columbian drug lords wondering where the good life went as WalMart takes the price of drugs to 4$ for a thirty day supply. Oh, and don’t worry about an explosion in addiction, because, at the same time, you will have stripped the “koolness” of drugs being “illegal, dangerous, and hip”.
MYOB, put the gooferment back in it’s Constitutional box, and let the people decide where their money should be invested. If the people see an enemy, then they can decide where to invest their money.
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UPDATE: Some how this horse got out of the barn and on the blog missing one key word and most of the last paragraph. Saw it when it echoed back to me this morning. So I fixed it. Hmmm?
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MONEY: the fate as all other un-backed currencies
Saturday, June 16, 2007http://www.survivalblog.com/2007/06/letter_re_request_for_investin.html
Letter Re: Request for Investing Advice from a U.S. Reader
What is your guidance on a safe (conservative) way to invest? What percentage in precious metals? Thanks, – TZK in Central Kentucky
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JWR Replies: I recommend that SurvivalBlog readers should put at least 25% of their portfolios into gold, silver, and barter goods, and roughly 50% into productive farm ground–a retreat to occupy year-round–in a lightly populated region that is well-removed major metropolitan areas.
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I consider any investment denominated in un-backed paper dollars risky, at least in the long term, since the US dollar, as a currency unit is doomed. It faces the same fate as all other un-backed currencies throughout history. In the long run, they will all inevitably revert to their actual value, which if measured either by weight or per square inch is comparable to toilet paper.
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Well, in the long run, we all die too.
One can quibble about the advice. I’m not sure there will be any place to hide in TEOTWAWKI (The End Of The World As We Know It) scenario. But, having said that, one wonders how long the mass global illusion with the Federal Reserve Note aka mislabled the dollar can continue?
Abroad, the Chinese and the OPEC are amassing huge collections of these funny green pieces of paper. Abrogation by the USA gooferment is not unheard of. Think of the French having the gold window closed in their face. At home, look at the mountains of unfunded liabilities the various levels of gooferment have rung up. So gold does appear to be a store of value.
I would respectfully disagree with JWR the greenback isn’t comparable to toilet paper. Toilet papers is useful; greenbacks are a poor substitute.
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RANT: FPOMT (Five Plus Or Minus Two)
Friday, June 15, 2007Based on psychological research that I can’t cite off the top of my head, the human mind has some hard coded programming limitations. If you have a list with less than three items, then the mind tends to dismiss it as “undifferentiated”. If you have list with more than seven items, then the mind tends to dismiss it as “too complex”.
The study came out a study of the Roman Legions which originally was based on ten. Hence the name centurion for a hundred men. Ten cohorts of ten. However, rather quickly, early in Roman history, it got redefined to 8 (a leader and seven soldiers). From that, these smart guys tumble to the hard coded programming in the brain.
After reading that, I began to focus on the rule of thumb “five plus or minus two”. In resume lists, I look for an optimum of five. No fewer than three. No more than seven. Out side of those bounds, the recruiter’s brain glazes over.
So after, I was infected with this meme, I told one turkey to try it. In the alternative form we were trying, the resume only had three sections — objective, selected work accomplishments, and education. It only put down his last three jobs with five bullets each. The resume imho looked “sparse”. We ran two different tests. 80 targets. Testing against his chronological and functional resume that he was using with what we thought was good response rates. The sparse one scored a solid 50% response rate. Far exceeding all my preconceived notions.
After that I was a believer in FPMT!
Note: In morphing this from a turkey’s email, I think that there’s a follow up that says the max size of a business unit should be 150. I’ll have to be on the look out for all that back up material.
After all, no one should believe me, whadda I know, I’m just an ingineer!
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JOBSEARCH: winning the Don Rickles Award for advanced interpersonal skills
Friday, June 15, 2007FROM AN EMAIL WITH ONE OF “MY” TUREYS
(for the education of all those who are complacently “in”)
> I’m sure you’ll correct me if I’m wrong
Got that right! We are making progress.
>You have multiple degrees
Don’t forget the innumerable jobs, firings, and transitions from when comes what DIKW I do have. Expensively acquired.
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>I’m completely unimpressed by external measures of you or any other man. I take my own measure …
You might save yourself some time and expose more opptys if you would …
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>obviously a bright guy who has an extraordinarily high opinion of himself
>and is not the least self-conscious
>about letting others know how very important all that stuff should be TO >THEM.
Actually I am an ITSJ, that you don’t believe in, who’s compensating. ;-)
>tone of your correspondence has changed (for the better)
Sorry about that I’ll have to dial it back up. You need it; not a “reduced wimpy” coaching style.
>you didn’t win the Don Rickles Award for advanced interpersonal skills
> by being a wuss.
No, it was Howard Cossell.
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USP? Target list of ISPs, 2 cover letters, two resumes, and a plan.
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See I am “focused” on getting you employed and out of my turkey farm”. I think slot #5 is going to be filled today by an expat coming back to the US as an “out”. And, I have to push harder to get you employed so I can free up the slot for some one who will appreciate my fine qualities better. I hate to wait list people, but five turkeys at a time is my max. I do have a real job, a hobby, and my own projects.
;-)
There went my lunch half hour!
fjohn
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TECHNOLOGY: Backing up with belt and suspenders
Friday, June 15, 2007FROM MLBLOGGERS FORUM
>I have a feedreader installed on my machine, subscribed to
>my feed as an emergency backup that I control
I guess I am more anal, and afraid of losing my “pearls”; I have three different gmail email accounts set up to receive my feed. (Yeah, I know belt’n’suspenders! But hey, it’s free.) Feedblitz, Feedburner, and RSSFWD. I pop3 those accounts back into my OutLook client and stuff them in their own folder. Blitz and Burner give me a daily summary. And, those daily emails have alerted me in the past to problems; 2 with Burner and 3 with Feedblitz. So not only is it a backup, but it’s a check on what my subscribers are seeing. Both of them. (Just kidding; there’s more than two. Not much more, but who cares I write for my own entertainment.) RSSFWD (i.e., one email per post) seems to come in gobs on no apparent schedule. It’s a backup though. So thus, I have three separate backup spots for my primary blog’s postings. I did this because in my early blogging days, wordpressdotcom burped and I lost some of my finest work. (It had to have been my finest ’cause in my memory it was “fine”. And, it ain’t around to be proven “lame”. I also on a monthly basis do an XML dump from wordpressdotcom. After all it is my finest whines. Hate to admit it but I use BLOGDESK as desktop client to post to wordpressdotcom, so there’s a copy of all my posts is in that as well. My 2006 whinings are available in book form from Lulu. (Hey, it was a personal joke! But made handy gifts to all my relatives and friends. My Mommy loved hers.)
Nope can’t never have tooo many backups,
Now let me print this email, put it in my blog, send it to my three friends, and make a web page out of it.
fjohn
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