JOBSEARCH: Everyone is their own jobsearch

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://www.goarticles.com/cgi-bin/showa.cgi?C=1376776

What role do we play in our own job search? by Jason Monastra

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A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse due to loose fiscal policy, which is always followed by a dictatorship. The average age of the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith; From spiritual faith to great courage; From courage to liberty; From liberty to abundance; From abundance to complacency; From complacency to apathy; From apathy to dependence; From dependence back into bondage.

Apathy is defined as a state of indifference, or the suppression of emotions such as concern, excitement, motivation and passion. An apathetic individual has an absence of interest or concern to emotional, social, or physical life. They may also exhibit an insensibility or sluggishness.

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sigh!

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POLITICAL: 110 Years to Pay for Those Denver Solar Panels?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/131747.html

110 Years to Pay for Those Denver Solar Panels?
Ronald Bailey | February 18, 2009, 1:18pm

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   The museum wanted a solar system to support its educational mission and cut energy costs as well as the building’s carbon footprint. But the payout period would have been too long to make it financially feasible.

   “We looked at first installing it ourselves, and without any of the incentive programs, it was a 110-year payout,” said [Dave Noel, vice president of operations and chief technology officer for the museum]. “The [museum’s] board was supportive of the program, but said it had to make sense financially.”

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There are so many many good projects to be done. The national electric grid needs an update. But, that would take time and not give a “sexy” photo op!

We could then ask, as we do with so many gooferment programs, “why is the taxpayer paying for this”?

So to with the Denver museum. If the museum is entertainment, why is the taxpayer subsidizing this?

Argh!

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RANT: Why should anyone care what someone else puts in their body?

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

http://deadspin.com/5155368/the-real-frauds-why-did-a+rods-teammates-even-bother-to-show-up

The Real Frauds: Why Did A-Rod’s Teammates Even Bother To Show Up?

By DAULERIO, 5:15 PM on Tue Feb 17 2009

SI writer Jeff Pearlman offers his thoughts about the A-Rod press conference. Specifically, why are his teammates still supporting him?

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They sat like lemmings, one alongside the other alongside the other, nodding with Alex Rodriguez’s words, showing that-good or bad-he is one of them. That he is a New York Yankee.

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You’re Derek Jeter. You’ve presumably played the game cleanly since making your debut 14 years ago. You’re known as a stand-up guy and a hard-nosed shortstop who believes in the pure goodness of baseball. Why would you support ARod?

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Interesting question?

More importantly: Why should anyone care what someone else puts in their body?

Just don’t expect me to pick up the tab for your choices.

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PRODUCTIVITY: Keep a “day book”. Start now!

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

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As a member of the class of ‘XX, my recollections may be as unreliable as a deposition from Rod Blagojevich, but this is my recollection.

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Most of this I am fairly confident I have right as to the essence.

Where I am fuzzy is how it unraveled. My recollection is that part of the deal with

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Where I am most uncertain is how the deal unraveled.

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What I do recall is that some of us were very suspicious/cynical that shortly afterwards

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Now that I have written this all down, I am beginning to suspect my memory, because in 1970 when this would have unraveled

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Anyway, that’s my story, open to revisions of those with clearer memories.

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Interesting the human mind.
So vivid, yet so frail. Perhaps social networking and blogging will allow people to remember better.
Clearly, I’d urge all young people to start a diary and keep a “day book” to document their progress thru life day by day. Then when they reach the end of life’s road, they wouldn’t be struggling to remember.
I can only imagine all the good ideas, acquaintances, and stuff that are lost forever by a failure to remember.
All very sad!
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TECHNOLOGY: QR codes

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Anyone reading them?

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PRODUCTIVITY: Play the Point, Not the Score

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

http://www.feld.com/wp/archives/2009/02/play-the-point-not-the-score.html

Play the Point, Not the Score

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Brad Gilbert – a great tennis player (and coach) in his own right – was one of the announcers for the finals. He annoyed me at first with his whispery affect until I realized that he was courtside. He completed redeemed himself when he uttered the line of the tournament: “Nadal is so incredible because he plays the point, not the score.”

Ponder that – Play the point, not the score.

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This is such a powerful metaphor for business (and life). Play the point, not the score. Down 4-1? Doesn’t matter – play the point. Just had someone quit on you. Doesn’t matter, play the point. Fell short of plan for the month of January – doesn’t matter – play the point. Just had a big deal go off the rails? Doesn’t matter – play the point.

When you are in the game, play the point. Play every point. Regardless of the score.

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Seems so simple. But, then most great ideas are.

The problem is that we are always in some game or another.

When does one pull out of the game and take stock. Assess where you are in life.

Like the famous Drew Carey quip … in his series Whose Line Is It … “and, the points don’t matter”

Hmmm?

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GUNS: Another victim of a gooferment “order of protection”!

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

http://www.buffalonews.com/437/story/578644.html

The Buffalo News
Muzzammil Hassan, right, founder of Bridges TV, is charged with murder in the beheading of his wife, Aasiya Hassan, left, in Orchard Park.
Updated: 02/13/09 09:54 PM
Prominent Orchard Park man charged with beheading his wife
By Gene Warner News Staff Reporter

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Orchard Park police are investigating a particularly gruesome killing, the beheading of a woman, after her husband — an influential member of the local Muslim community — reported her death to police Thursday. Police identified the victim as Aasiya Z. Hassan, 37. Detectives have charged her husband, Muzzammil Hassan, 44, with second-degree murder.

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“She had an order of protection that had him out of the home as of Friday the 6th [of February],” Benz said.

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I repeat my plea to give these poor women a pistol, some lessons, and deputize them. Pieces of paper and laws don’t protect anyone!

Argh!

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JOBSEARCH: Sometimes you’re just stuck in the mud!

Monday, February 16, 2009

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Sympathetically, especially with us older “turkeys”, geography lashes us to the deck of the Titanic as the band plays sadly “Nearer My God To Thee”. Commitments are the tiny threads that continually add to bind us to our geographic comfort zone. The Youth just out of school don’t even consider it; the Old “turkey” has no choice but to. Old parents, children, and supportive friends are the “ball and chain” of our thinking.

Sad to say, I understand not being able to flit around the countryside, hither and yon, pursung the gold that’s in “them thar hills”. When you have responsibilities, you have to be responsible.

Hopefully, one can blend all the “requirements” and be open to the opportunities that the Universe giving you. It’s always what you need; not necessarily what you want. If you can recognize it. Sometimes it’s a wake up call to face facts. An old stuck-in-the-jobsearch-mud “turkey” is just that. Stuck in the mud. Being sucked down, hardening, and fixating that poor bird to a spot where one has to take what’s offered. Even if it’s just the greeter at WalMart.

Beware callow youth where you take your first job. It just might be that first thread that ties you down. For sixty or seventy years! Be sure you like that dirt under your feet. You my be there a long long time.

signed: the big fat (old) turkey

Respectfully submitted for your consideration,
the big fat old turkey hisself
stuck in the mud in Nu Jerzee

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SERVICE: FREETEXTHOST, a inet scratch pad?

Monday, February 16, 2009

http://freetexthost.com/d46tdyaqri

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The site allows visitors to host text without having to sign up or give any personal information. One possible usage for this is to host code snippets, but it can be used for just about anything really. Options include the ability to enter a password to allow you to edit or delete your text, and the choice to use preformatted text and make links clickable.

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Now what can one use this for?

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LIBERTY: Glenn Beck began calling himself a “libertarian”

Monday, February 16, 2009

http://www.glennbeck.com/

BTW, Glenn recently stopped calling himself a “conservative” and began calling himself a “libertarian”. (Change of network. Change of time slot. Change of label?) As a little Llibertarian, I’ll wait to hear more before I agree with the label. Just like Bob Barr (the recent big L libertarian presidential candidate, it takes more than a miracle on the proverbial road to Damascus to make one a real libertarian. Zero Aggression Principle? MYOB? Make peace; not war. (That’s not pacifism; just don’t start trouble.) Ignore people’s private decisions. Yes, it’s a LONG way from so called “conservatism” to “libertarianism”. Well, we’ll see about Glenn’s relabeling.

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