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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Posted by reinkefj
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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Posted by reinkefj
FWIW, it usually is snappy. Today it feels like it is timing out. Sigh!
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http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/arti
cles/2007/04/26/standing_up_for_fairness_on_business_tax_ref
orm/?rss_id=Boston+Globe+–+Op-ed+columns
Standing up for fairness on business tax reform
By Joan Vennochi, Globe Columnist | April 26, 2007
HOUSE SPEAKER Salvatore DiMasi is at his best when he stands up for fairness.
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When Beacon Hill took up healthcare reform, DiMasi insisted business must share the cost of expanding coverage to the uninsured. He did it, he said, because it wasn’t fair to force taxpayers to cover for employers who refused to cover medical costs for their employees.
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Argh!
Doesn’t the author realize who is using force here? It’s the gooferment. Maybe it’s the writer’s gooferment education kicking in, but first the gooferment causes a problem and then they rush in to “fix” it. And, in the process cause more problems.
:-)
“Benefits” came about as a result of the WW2 Wage and Price controls.
Business don’t “give” benefits, they pay for them. Pay dearly.
Business never “pay for” anything. They are really artificial constructs to pass stuff along. The business passes a cost along to a buyer, a supplier, or an employee. EITHER they earn a profit based on doing this or they go out of business.
So let’s examine “benefits”.
Having had my own business, and probably will again in the future, (after all no one hire OLD people anymore), what an employee earns is only a part of their total compensation. If a business “gives” the employee “benefits”, they could pay them less in salary. Don’t forget the “employer’s share of social security”! That comes out of the employees total comp too. If I’m an employer with something that needs doing, I include the cost of the labor. That cost is loaded with what it costs me; not what they employee’s check says.
Also, since the Taxachusetts mandatory health benefit will be a tax on business, who will pay it? Not who writes the check, but who going to get less? Think of it like a balloon. Hold it tight and push on one side. It expands on the other side. Like conservation of momentum! The business just passes stuff along. So, if the business has to pay more, who is going to pay more or get less? It’s truly a zero sum game.
When business have no way to pass along a cost (i.e., the market won’t pay more for their product, suppliers won’t charge less, or employees won’t work for less), they close up shop. No margin; no mission.
I wonder how the politicians will NEXT fix the “economy” or the “unemployment problem”?
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Posted by reinkefj
Today I was listening to the radio and I heard a NYC radio station advertising OTB. It was touting its bet by phone service with “internet betting coming soon”!
Then I see this!
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Subject: A bill to repeal the online gambling ban
Pressure on Congress works. People all over the Internet, including DC Downsizers, have been pressuring Congress to repeal the ban on transferring money to online gambling sites.
We’re starting to see a response.
Representative Barney Frank, the new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, has pledged to introduce legislation in the next couple of weeks to repeal the ban.
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Argh!
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.dailyblogtips.com/develop-your-im-network/
Develop your IM Network
By Daniel on Web Tools
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Having a network of contacts and friends over Instant Messaging software is essential. Sometimes you might need someone to check a feature on your website, other times you might need a tip to solve a technical problem. In those situations it is always a good idea to have someone that you can chat in real time.
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While he’s referring to techies to look for tech tips, it would seem to me that your virtual search team, psuedo Board of Directors, and key networking contacts might be useful to have racked up ready to go.
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Posted by reinkefj
LUGGABLE’s Windows Networking errors out on permissions. I plugged in the @HOME in the simple network setup. Doesn’t show anything.
Could the problem be that the router has a blank for a domain name?
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http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=55383
Laws for you, not them
Posted: April 26, 2007
Joseph Farah is founder, editor and CEO of WND
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They pass laws with no intention of obeying them themselves. It happens every day in America – in city council chambers, in state legislatures and in the nation’s Capitol.
It’s too bad Corzine got hurt.
But it’s a good illustration of the way arrogant elected officials put themselves above the law.
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I think that the seat belt law should be repealed immediately. As well as speed limit, cell phone, and all the other “laws” (I object to calling what men do a “law”. Gravity, now there’s a law!) that are aimed at “us” and not “them”.
I’d allow in my court as an absolute defense that a diktat from some capitol or another was null and void if (1) the “leaders” didn’t have to obey it; (2) if it wasn’t uniformly enforced and universally enforced; and (3) there has to be a “victim” (i.e., a real flesh and blood person that gets hurt).
Now you know why I won’t be a judge!
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http://www.u3.com/smart/default.aspx
Next generation of USB flash drives: the U3 smart drive
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Meet the next generation of USB flash drives: the U3 smart drive. It’s what’s inside that makes them smart.
* Carry and access your files easily
* Keep your data safe and secure
* Comes with pre-loaded software
* Hundreds of software titles available!
Storage+Software=Smart
Imagine carrying your software on the same flash drive that carries your files. That’s what you can do with a U3 smart drive. You can plug it into any PC and work, play a game, message friends, send email, edit photos and more. A U3 smart drive makes any PC your own PC. And when you unplug it, it leaves no personal data behind.
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Neat idea. No wonder the stores are dumping the old usb drives at fire sale prices. Before this paradigm shift gets out and they are stuck with the unsold and unsellable inventory.
Already inside the U3 paradigm there’s a Vista incompatibility. If you want to “Vista”, then you need version 1.4 or higher. And, yes, there’s no guarantee that you can move from your version to that version. And, you have to get it from your drive manufacturer.
Nice idea BUT doesn’t wow me.
(1) Locks you into the windows genre.
(2) Limited hardware competition (less than 10 vendors)
(3) Limited software selection. Applications developers need to do a rewrite.
No, not for me. Maybe you, but not me.
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Posted by reinkefj
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/22/magazine/22wwlnlede.t.html
?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=3b8480bb7549490b&ex=117
7992000&emc=eta1
You Grow
by Michael Pollan, a contributing writer, is the Knight professor of journalism at the University of California, Berkeley. His most recent book is “The Omnivore’s Dilemma.”
Published: April 22, 2007
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Such changes are radical only by the standards of past farm bills, which have faithfully reflected the priorities of the agribusiness interests that wrote them. One of these years, the eaters of America are going to demand a place at the table, and we will have the political debate over food policy we need and deserve.
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I never did understand why we pay non-farmers to not grow stuff. It just seems counter intuitive. And, like most “price supports”, it’s yet another hidden tax on the poor. Sigh!
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