McBookaire: Free iPod Touch

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

http://www.apple-touch.com/free-ipod-touch-with-purchase-of-a-mac-for-college-students-02661.php

Free iPod Touch with Purchase of a Mac for College Students?
Posted on June 2nd, 2008 in iPod Touch

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Every year Apple has made a special back to school program available for students heading back to school. Last year they made the offers only available to college students and this year rumors are circulating that they might include a free 8GB touch with a Mac purchase.

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Screwed again. Missed out on one of whatever it is.

Argh!

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JOBFINDING: Comcast

Monday, June 2, 2008

cmcsa

http://home.comcast.net/~v2y2r0n27rhj6y/Comcast_is_hiring.htm

www.comcast.jobs/reminder

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RANT: Every politician should be forced to show up every day for work until …

Monday, June 2, 2008

http://www.lewrockwell.com/reese/reese460.html

A True Memorial
by Charley Reese

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OK, here is my post-Memorial Day gripe. Memorial Day is not the Fourth of July, Flag Day, Armed Forces Day or Veterans Day. It is a day to remember the war dead. You don’t do that with picnics, brass bands, parades, pompous speeches and hype for the current war. “Memorial” and “celebration” are not synonyms. The day was intended for visiting cemeteries, not beaches or amusement parks.

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I agree. Let’s cut the charade. Turn Memorial Day, Fourth of July, and all the days back into regular days. We don’t need to honor anyone. We’re not serious about it. Why give the gangsters that put us in, and keep us in, these holes a day off.

In fact, I thing that every politician should be forced to show up at their desk every day until we have all our troops back inside the fifty states!

Make that a requirement and they’d all be home by Saturday. Even if you did it on a Friday.

What a joke!

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JOBFINDING: Assistant Sports Information Director Riverdale, New York

Monday, June 2, 2008

http://ncaamarket.ncaa.org/jobdetail.cfm?job=2892583

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Assistant Sports Information Director POSTED: May 16
Salary: Open Location: Riverdale, New York
Employer: Manhattan College Type: Full Time – Experienced
Category: Sports Information Preferred Education: Masters

Description

Manhattan College, an independent Catholic coeducational institution in the Lasallian tradition, located in the Riverdale section of NYC, seeks a full-time Assistant Sports Information Director. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, preparing news releases and feature articles; distributing information to local, state and national media; serving as on-campus host for intercollegiate athletic events and coordinating media coverage for those events; designing, writing and editing game programs, schedule cards, media guides and other promotional publications for athletics; maintaining athletic records and statistical files; maintaining and updating the athletic website; promoting individual athletes for post-season honors; the supervision of graduate assistants and work-study students as well as administrative duties and any additional duties assigned by the sports information director.Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. We are committed to a diverse workforce. An AA/EO Employer M/F/D/V. Please send cover letter, resume, and reference list to: Vicki Cowan, Director of Human Resources, Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY 10471, email: humanresources@manhattan.edu. Application materials will be accepted immediately until the position is filled.

Requirements
A Bachelor’s degree is required, Master’s degree preferred with a minimum of 3-5 years of sports information experience. Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, PageMaker, Quark, Statcrew, and web applications are also required.

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I have no more information. {Sargent Shultz says “I know nuthin, Nuting, Nothing at all”!} I put it all in the post. Writing me for more info is a waste of your time and mine.

If you’re interested, leave a blog comment with your name and email. I’ll either send you the contact info, or forward your info to them. Depending upon what they prefer. Either way, you’ll get something back from me.

Note: Don’t put your email in the comment itself unless you want spam from a trollbot. The comment form allows you to put your name, email, and website address.

You might want to include a link to a http://www.emurse.com/ resume or such similar site. I recommend making oneself easy to be found.

You might want to take time to write a short cover on it. You never know who reads these things. You might find your own lead from it (i.e., someone, looking to hire an X, finds me saying someone is looking for X, and ‘poaches’ all the people who responded.). YMMV

Good luck and good hunting.

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Fifty Eight – Quick Trip for Rx

Monday, June 2, 2008

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962

Chapter Fifty Eight – Quick Trip for Rx

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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RANT: Savage, Christian (MC2007) has an economic plan

Saturday, May 31, 2008

http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=32101821

Savage, Christian (MC2007)

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Thanks, Everyone, for your feedback. I appreciate it greatly. Sorry for “spamming” you all again, but I received A LOT of feedback so I just thought it would be easier to explain my plan in this mass thread.

However, I don’t believe you understand the concept of what my plan would do.

Yes, it would “triple the Capital Gains Tax” but it will REPEAL (outright) the double-taxation of Shareholder DIVIDENDS.

Think about it: if the Gov’t passed such a law, it would be what economists call a “Negative Externality vs. Positive Externality.” The publicly-traded corporations in the Free Market would respond by deciding to distribute a fixed percentage of their corporate profits in order to avoid paying the higher Capital Gains Tax which they only have to pay when stocks are SOLD.

As a result, investor CONFIDENCE & DEMAND for stocks would sound more attractive to the general public who would see an opportunity to receive “dividend checks” tax-free even if the Company’s stock would fall. More stocks the company sells, the more investment capital is
available for business expansion. So, in essence, NOBODY will pay the “tripled Capital Gains Tax.” [ ; ) ]

best,
Christian

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Sigh, ahh to be young and idealistic again.

Sorry! I can NOT buy the ‘solution’. On so many levels, I’d suggest that I think you are SO wrong.

First, your ‘solution’ presumes that it is moral for the gang that calls itself ‘government’ to steal from people engaged in non-aggressive behavior.

Second, you overlook the fact that folks have made decisions based on the current set of rules. And, you’re going to jerk the rug out from their plans. because you think this is ‘better’!

Third, you ignore that no matter how perfect your plan is, someone else is going to write, interpret, implement and enforce it. Your ‘pig’ will go into one side and ‘sausage’ will come out the other end. Any resemblance after the politicians and their lobbyists get finished will be purely coincidental.

Bottom line, look to reduce government, and make us all free.

Eliminate the capital gains tax completely, it is just taxing us on the Fed’s inflation. Eliminate income taxes, not just the dividend taxation, it is immoral.

imho,
fjohn68

p.s., I’m old. You youngsters are in need of another American revolution. You’ve all been brainwashed by ‘education’.

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RANT: Savage, Christian (MC2007) has an economic plan

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TECHNOLOGY: Quoted in [RISKS] Risks Digest 25.17

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Nice to know someone thinks of my opinions and reporting positively. ;-)

http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.17.html

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WRITING: TEOTWAWKI fiction — It happened in Church – Chapter Fifty Seven – Re-everything!

Saturday, May 31, 2008

It happened in Church – October 19, 1962

Chapter Fifty Seven – Re-everything!

It Started In Church – October 19, 1962
http://www.itstartedinchurch.com

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FUN: a faux quote

Friday, May 30, 2008

http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/15146

Come up with a faux quote, win a book!
by David K. Israel – May 28, 2008 – 4:49 AM

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If you missed our interview with David Pratt, author of the new book The Impossible Takes Longer: The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said by Nobel Prize Laureates, go check it out and then come on back because today, we’re giving away a copy to one creative reader. Here’s how to win the book:

Come up with a clever, witty, fake quote and attribute it to a notable person (real, mythological, fictitious, it’s up to you). For instance, what if the great mathematician Archimedes (of “Eureka!” fame), had said this one night after a satisfying meal with his wife:

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MY ENTRY:

“Free the slaves? But only in areas that I have no control over. And, that will make me an icon of freedom. Who’d believe that I freed any slaves at all? No one is that dumb!”

“Honest” Abe Lincoln,
who ‘freed’ the slaves,
to his Press Secretary,
right before he fired him and
threw him in a military prison
got suspicion of terrorism.

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JOBFINDING: Senior Systems Administrator

Friday, May 30, 2008

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:
– Perform as a project technical lead on numerous Information Technology (IT) infrastructure projects leveraging Microsoft technologies

– Identify areas of improvement in the server and client arena and implement enhancements when approved

– Troubleshoot, install, configure and optimize Enterprise server operating systems (NT, 2000 Server, 2000 Advanced Server, 2003 Web, 2003 application and 2003 Enterprise)

– Analyze information and respond with corrective action recommendations for system monitoring technologies

– Develop and maintain programs, scripts, and procedures for the automation of system administration tasks

– Plan, lead, and implement large and small scale projects across the enterprise

– Design, configure and operate Microsoft Active Directory in a large, complex organization

Qualifications:
– Five years of enterprise directory implementation and directory services administration, including Active Directory, as well as three years of Enterprise systems implementation and administration (Active Directory, Exchange, SQL Server)

– Five years of hands-on experience building and maintaining Windows 2000/2003 servers, including five years of IT Infrastructure Project Management experience with a strong understanding of LDAP and Microsoft’s Active Directory

– Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related IT field from an accredited college/university

– Strong understanding of DNS (both Microsoft Active Directory Integrated DNS and BIND implementations) and experience with configuring and troubleshooting Microsoft DNS is required

– Experience configuring and troubleshooting DHCP and WINS, as well as strong experience with LDAP query language and tools (LDP, LDIFDE, CSVDE)

– Proficiency with TCP/IP, NetBios, NTP, SSL, IIS, BMC Patrol, MOM 2005, NetBackup and experience creating Windows 2003 logon scripts (Vbscript) and Desktop Operation Systems (XP, Vista)

– Able to work overtime as needed and serve on-call rotation to meet business needs

– Experience in capacity planning, system monitoring, testing and upgrades, bug

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I have no more information. {Sargent Shultz says “I know nuthin, Nuting, Nothing at all”!} I put it all in the post. Writing me for more info is a waste of your time and mine.

If you’re interested, leave a blog comment with your name and email. I’ll either send you the contact info, or forward your info to them. Depending upon what they prefer. Either way, you’ll get something back from me.

Note: Don’t put your email in the comment itself unless you want spam from a trollbot. The comment form allows you to put your name, email, and website address.

You might want to include a link to a http://www.emurse.com/ resume or such similar site. I recommend making oneself easy to be found.

You might want to take time to write a short cover on it. You never know who reads these things. You might find your own lead from it (i.e., someone, looking to hire an X, finds me saying someone is looking for X, and ‘poaches’ all the people who responded.). YMMV

Good luck and good hunting.

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