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We should be observing the events in the United Kingdom very closely. The web has been inundated with calls from around the Arab world for British Muslims to create more chaos and to work to overthrow the government.
Riots or no riots, there are whole areas of London that the police won't even go into without overwhelming force. Even my editor, Dee, who is a citizen of the UK (South Wales, to be more specific) sometimes refers to London as Londonistan. I can guarantee that slang term didn't come about because a colony of Mennonites moved in.
Britain… whose economy was destroyed by trade unionism and the rise of a social-welfare system where everyone was guaranteed an income whether they worked or not. You can't have a socialist society without the presence of a phenomenon which we have come to recognize as political correctness. In England it reached levels which, viewed from here, appeared to be pure insanity.
While police with full body armor (but no guns) try to contain the riots, children as young as nine loot the shops.
Englishmen, from whom sprang the seeds from which the greatest country in the history of the world was born, are not even permitted to protect their own homes and property from the country's politically protected criminal class. A farmer who did, meaning he took his fowling piece to the foul bird he caught burgling his home, was sentenced to five years imprisonment. Other examples of such political correctness carried out to insane lengths are common throughout old 'Blighty'.
The importation of tens of thousands of unassimilated, mostly uneducated immigrants, many in the country illegally, has Balkanized many of Britain's neighborhoods where they congregate. Radical mosques throughout Britain have been calling for the destruction of Great Britain for many moons. Scared to death of these 'enclaves', the government has gone so far down the paths of self destruction that craven politicians have allowed Islamic Sharia courts to spring up around the country. In plain language, Britain's cowardly political class has given away the country's sovereignty.
Watching the shameful progression of events over in England as they unfold is an eduction and a looking glass into our future. Once the political battle is won here in 2012, much more attention needs to be paid to exposing the dangers posed by the un-American activities of subversive elements in this country.
In the meantime, we have but one task. That's to support as many Constitutional Conservatives as we can in upcoming primary races… and incumbents as well, if they are found to be worthy. As I wrote on July 31, there's a RINO hunt out there. If you're a Republican who finds himself or herself on the receiving end… well, you can't say you didn't know.
Editor's note: The story of Tony Martin, the farmer mentioned by Skip, can be found here:
Semper Vigilans, Semper Fidelis
© Skip MacLure 2011
Yesterday's article was fun. A little lighter than usual. Anytime that I can do that sort of back-and-forth with readers it's bound to be lively. We have a lot of respect for our readers… they're a pretty savvy and well-informed group.
Writing yesterday about this nation in peril had me chewing on that subject on and off all day. Thinking about the dangers this country faces is not an easy task. You have to peel everything back and examine it in a new light… and you have to drop however much of your denial system is still intact.
It didn't matter whether I looked near or far… here at home or around the globe. We are faced with huge challenges. The more scenarios I ran through my mind, the more frightening it became. You see, I know how very little it would take for a world-wide conflagration to break out if any number of these came together.
We are beset with enemies from within as well as from without. It doesn't much matter which way you look, either. Let's pretend for a second that we're only dealing with one set of baddies, instead of a dozen or more. How can we fight an enemy we haven't identified? One of the real and present dangers faced by this country is just that. Our stubborn refusal to come to grips with what things really are and identify them by name… and not by some politically convenient, half-truth catchphrase.
We've watched creeping political correctness gradually changing the language. It's long past time to put a stop to it. Conservatives have to sound off when they see and hear the left pushing its message of lies and deceit. Call them on it first time… and every time.
For far too long the left has managed to control the language of the political debate… not that there's been much debate with this Congress. The left are masters of the non-specific. It's usually a word, or a turn of phrase, that serves to divert conversation and debate away from an objective not their own.
Assigning predominantly Republican cities and states the color red, as opposed to the blue designating the DeMarxist cities and states, was a stunt fostered by the lapdog lame stream media back in the Clinton years. The vast irony, of course, being that red is the traditional color of international communism. But it is a prime example how, by just a slight nudge here and there, the entire discourse and people's perception can be altered.
We've been calling it 'political correctness'. It's a methodology all its own and it just shouts at you from all directions, especially at this time of year. We hear stories of municipalities taking down Christmas trees to salve some sick, secular need to divest society of every trace of Christendom, which of course it is. Annual Christmas parties have become 'holiday parties'. Anything with the taint of Judeo-Christian values must be expunged… anything secularist is to be extolled.
Our children are being indoctrinated in government indoctrination centers. They're not being taught to think… they are being inculcated with a sort of faceless, brainless group think. Changing the language is taking a gay activist and admitted pedophile and canonizing him at the state level by declaring a special day for him. Harvey Milk was certainly no hero to parents out here, and his 'day' is only another way for deviants to get closer to our children.
See what I mean? Change the language and you change the perception of society. At the risk of repeating myself… we have to re-capture the language. We set the agenda and we control it. We need to call the left and their (still) slavishly devoted lame stream media types on every single PC-laced lie. We need to slice and dice.
Forget what they say about you, or me, or anyone else. All that counts now is that we enact the fundamental return to the Constitutional Republic we were founded to be.
© Skip MacLure 2010
We've heard a lot of out and out B.S. about this. Let me put it as plainly and succinctly as I can. No one in a combat line outfit wants to be in a situation where he would have to serve with an openly gay person. You can cut out all the feel-good, touchy-feely crap about gays just wanting to serve their country too. Most gays are attracted to the military because there are a lot of healthy young men and women living in close proximity, in what can only be described as forced intimacy.
We all know there have been gays in the military from day one, but the military strictures against homosexual activity are severe and are there for very good reasons. They prevent, for one thing, the sexual predation of enlisted by higher ranks, from which they would have little or no defense. I have talked to people who have had such experiences. In the military you just don't go around complaining about a higher rank. It has a tendency to make your military career miserable and short.
Opposing Views On 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' - Admiral Michael Mullen and John McCain.
There are conflicting themes here…the one the military and the government want out there and the day-to-day reality of life in the military. When I was in the United States Marine Corps I was in what was then called the Fleet Marine Force. I was in a combat line outfit. You live in a squad bay (barracks) in close proximity with about thirty other men. It's a pretty tight-knit group of guys. There are always rumors too. Many times the 'scuttlebutt' mill would be surprisingly accurate, we would know about an impending operation or movement long before the actual orders would be issued.
There were other rumors too. There was always a story or two about one guy or another, but nothing anyone could prove… not often anyway. These people were always looked on with suspicion. The last thing anyone in a line outfit wanted to know was that the guy in the shower next to him was making calves eyes at him. Speaking for myself, the last thing I'd want to be concerned with was that the guy you were with in a fighting hole, depending on for your life for, was more interested in your equipment than the rifle he held to kill the enemy.
We know that the gays and gay advocates are highly placed throughout the government and the Pentagon and that an attitude of political correctness has invaded the highest ranks of our military, fostered in part by our weak and insipid Commander-in-Chief. There is no Constitutional right to service in the military of the United States of America. If there is a right at all, it is of the military services to be very discriminatory, based on the nature of the mission.
We need to let our ultra dense leaders in Washington know that gay advocacy has no place in our military, or in government at all for that matter. It only further serves to weaken and divide us at a time in our history when we need all of our strength. Gays have all the freedom they could want in our society. There is no reason at all for creating a protected class, thereby partitioning them from criticism for a lifestyle most Americans find repugnant.
Round and round she goes and where it stops nobody knows…the BUCK that is. The clown circus is in full bloom, but around the Obama White House that's a 24/7, 365 given. If there's anything we've learned this last year, it's that Barry and crew operate like the proverbial nut cake in-laws…everybody knows they're members of the family but nobody wants to admit it.
Now we have the SECURITY breach of the decade. Well, at least the most visible. Because no matter how two people managed to waltz into the Obama's ultra-glitz state dinner, whether or not they had aid and comfort is a side show, because it's only a symptom of a disease pervading the tapestry of the entire government. It didn't start with the Anointed One but he has certainly taken it to new levels of absurdity. From the utter stupidity of allowing foreign nationals access to our top secret laboratories at Oak Knoll, Sandia and Lawrence Livermore on supposed 'cultural exchange', to little or no supervision of these individuals resulted in the loss of top secret nuclear weapons technology. Billy Jeff and George Bush can be credited with these.
Obama has been instrumental at bringing enemy alien terrorists from the jurisdiction of the military tribunals, to which they had pleaded GUILTY, to the shores of this country so that they can spew their venom upon a world stage and be defended by Marxist ACLU attorneys. Make NO mistake, it's OBAMA and not his stooge Eric Holder.
Our State Department has been so thoroughly penetrated by leftist operatives that it has long ago ceased to serve the best interests of the American people. No President in recent history has been able to make inroads towards cleaning it up. It has been referred to as "Foggy Bottom", but could be more aptly called "Boggy Swamp". It does explain many things about the failure of American foreign policy though. Political Correctness. Another disease affecting the security of America. So insidious as to influence a sitting American President to allow a foreign power (Mexico) to insist on the IMPRISONMENT of Border Patrol agents for pursuing a convicted drug dealer caught in the act of smuggling drugs across our international border. The same political correctness that has perverted the sense of duty of a FOUR STAR general of the US ARMY to the point that when an 'undiscovered' Jihadi killed 13 fellow soldiers, his most cogent comment appeared to be that he hoped it didn't effect the CULTURAL DIVERSITY of the US ARMED FORCES.
At the same time the PC bureaucrats in the FBI rushed to the microphones to state unequivocally that "this was not a terrorist related incident," practically before the bodies had finished hitting the floor. The same PC police that tried to hang the Marines at Haditha are now trying to besmirch the Navy SEALS and destroy three of their numbers careers because a known terrorist murderer came up with a fat lip. It's sad to contemplate that the charges against these men are being pushed forward by people who are not fit to carry their shoe polish.
Barry Hussein's world is populated by people who couldn't pass a security clearance on a bet. SOMEONE is giving these Marxists a pass. Who? Security, or the lack thereof, is a top down issue. Barry hasn't shown that he can run anything, and in point of fact everything he's touched has turned to the aft product of a flatulent bovine. But then his Presidency is sort of looking like a horse's ass so everybody should feel right at home. Now it is left to the American people to clean up the mess and air the place out. It can't come soon enough for most of us.
© Skip MacLure 2009
Any one who has served, or is serving under, the colors of the United States of America and their families must be frothing at the mouth about this one right now. Although it fits right in with Obama's gutless and faithless administration.
The Navy Seals are the creme de la creme of the special forces of this country, along with the less well known Marine Force Recon of which there are only a few platoons in the entire Marine Corps, some very bad dudes…ditto the Army's Delta Force…so secret that families of these people don't even know what they do for a living. The Air Force has its Special Operations Command. All of these people routinely perform missions all over the globe in the international war on terror that many of us would call impossible or suicidal.
Force Recon, for example, operated far behind enemy lines for extended periods back when I was in the Corps. These men don't have the luxury of determining whether their actions meet someone's idea of 'rules of engagement' and shouldn't have to. NONE of our combat personnel should! We lost a SEAL team to such nonsense in Afghanistan when three goat herders chanced upon a SEAL operation. The men had to make the determination of whether or not to kill them. That indecision cost the lives of three of the SEAL team, eight additional SEALs and eight Army special forces troops. Marcus Luttrell was the only survivor and he writes in his book, "LONE SURVIVOR", about the futility of having to second guess the reactions of PC bureaucrats both in and out of the military.
Anyone who has ever had to face that eternal nano-second of when or whether or not to squeeze that trigger knows just what I mean. The POLITICAL CORRECTNESS BRIGADE in our government, and especially the one operating in our military, is a pernicious cancer eating away at the confidence and morale of our fighting men. It's more akin to giving aid and comfort to the enemy than anything else I can equate to.
A Navy Seal team captured Ahmed Hasim Abed, one of the most thoroughly detestable individuals occupying space on this globe. Somehow or another Ahmed got a fat lip instead of the bullet that should have adjudicated his massacre of four Blackhawk security agents. The PC POLICE in the MILITARY, and at the ever dense and un-American State Department from whence many of these ridiculous operational restrictions originate, sent out the word to hang these heroes, or at least hang them out to dry to the ardent applause of our enemies world wide. These men refused to be humiliated at non-judicial punishment, having permanent blots placed on their records, and instead insisted on a hearing at a full Court Martial. Shades of Haditha…the only thing missing here so far is the smarmy and detestable John Murtha.
ENOUGH!! We have to stop this monkey trial. These men should be having decorations hung on them instead of having to fight for their careers. We must stop this pathetic nonsense now! Please take the time to write or email your Representatives and Senators now. Additionally, the addresses of the Secretary of the Navy and the Chief of Naval Operations are below. I'm sorry I don't have an email for them. Perhaps one of you could supply it.
Secretary of the Navy 1000 Navy Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20350-1000
Chief of Naval Operations 2000 Navy Pentagon Washington, D.C. 20350-1000
Our Soldiers, Sailors and Marines are being asked to do an incredibly difficult job under far less than optimal conditions, under a leadership sadly lacking courage or integrity themselves. Please don't let them get away with this immense injustice.
It's a sad, very frightening scenario. Something that has late heroes like George S. Patton and Lewis B. 'Chesty' Puller, leaders who were warriors, rotating at 78 rpm in their graves.
We have a Four Star General of the United States Army more concerned about 'diversity' and political correctness, than in the execution of the world war on terror and combating possible infiltration of our fighting forces by individuals, who may or may not have an affinity for the pernicious evils of militant Islam. It ain't your daddy's Army anymore.
They are making special exemptions to allow people into the military who wouldn't clear receiving barracks ten years ago. We don't have a military COMBAT frame of mind in the high command of the armed forces, we have SOCIAL EXPERIMENTATION on a grand scale. Political correctness of the sort that allowed a Major Malik Nidal Hasan to not only slip through the cracks, but simply ignore glaring warnings. Not just a few, there were many. Where were the people who should have taken note and taken action?
We have PC spin apologists calling it everything but what it was. Stress syndrome! What stress? The guy was an officer in a cush job that was essentially a sinecure when compared to most Army officer assignments. It was a plain murder by a homicidal jihadist who planned exactly what he was going to do. Just because he was not directly linked to one of the known Al Qaeda terror groups makes him no less one of them. His cry of Allahu Akbar as he started his murderous rampage pretty much nails that one down.
The question begs…HOW THE HELL DID THIS GUY PASS BACKGROUND CHECKS? Unless it was because he WAS Muslim and the pressure on Army personnel to treat these people differently. This is the price of POLITICAL CORRECTNESS in the military, or anywhere in our society for that matter. A practical mind would call it just plain damn stupidity.
I've seen some media types wringing their hands and bemoaning that Major Hasan was supposedly 'harassed' by fellow soldiers…the kind of statement that could only have been made by someone who had never been closer to the military than a television. Harassed!? Harassed by whom? The man was an officer. Certainly, no enlisted man would have said anything to him, either directly or in front of another officer. They would have instantly risked being brought up on charges. If someone had something to say about him, it would have been in private and around men of comparable rank. Even saying something in front of a senior non-com would have been to risk a dressing down. Another officer? Maybe one with a half a snoot full at the Officers Club? But such things are ungentlemanly and are generally frowned upon. Maybe another officer in private, calling him on his dangerously un-American views? Perhaps, but it would have to be one of equal or higher rank. Seems that there are a lot of people, in and out of the military, trying to make excuses for Major Hasan's actions. There's a glaring question mark behind that one also.
What about the rest of the Muslims in our military? We have had a Sergeant roll a grenade into a room, killing two officers and wounding fourteen others in Kuwait. He was a Muslim convert. There have been other domestic terror plots against our military, it is to be noted however, not connected to any service personnel.What about the soldiers who have to serve with the Muslim troops? How often do they ask themselves, "Is this dude going to go off one of these days?" AND what is the Army doing about that?
Has anyone gotten around to asking General Casey, while he's busy protecting the Muslim troops in the Army from any 'backlash', what he is doing to protect the rest of the troops from them? Fair or not, they are part of a group of people known to espouse and nurture a virulently violent philosophy that worships death. It seems a little insane not to scrutinize them as well. Political correctness be damned.It appears that it is the only way to ensure we don't have any more Malik Nidal Hasans.
This is the price that has to be paid for POLITICAL CORRECTNESS in our society. What's even more chilling is that it has occurred on a United States Military Reservation on US soil by an OFFICER of the US Army. We are in a world-wide war with the philosophy of a religion which believes that it alone shall rule supreme on earth. That all other faiths, societies and nations must be subsumed by and to it. The peace loving religion of Islam has more escape clauses than a slip and fall attorney on steroids. In short where the 'faith' is concerned anything, literally anything, goes. There are dispensations for any behavior including, but not limited to, giving false witness and lying under oath. Major Nidal Malik Hasan was given the best this country had to offer in terms of education. It allowed him to become a Medical Officer in the Army. He took an oath to follow the lawful orders of superior officers and to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. He had made statements which SHOULD have set off alarms all over a security conscious military. He went on a one man JIHAD/SUICIDE mission in which he killed 13 US citizens and wounded 31 others. This is not the first time a member of the 'religion of peace' has committed a crime against this country in incidents which are usually quickly hushed up or barely reported at all. In the massacre at Fort Hood the cartridge casings hadn't stopped bouncing on the deck before an FBI type was contacting a news service breathlessly pronouncing that "It's not terrorist related". Really? Does anyone remember the one man Jihadi who shot up the EL Al terminal at LAX? Or the DC sniper who was a homegrown Muslim convert? As a matter of FACT since 9/11 there have been THIRTY ONE attacks on US Citizens by Islamo-Fascist terrorists on US soil, domestically grown or otherwise. Meanwhile, US Muslims are quick to start playing the victim card blaming everyone and everything but themselves. There is tremendous danger in not recognizing the danger of a 'religion' for whom lying under oath or otherwise is a legitimate method of advancing a hateful repressing philosophy based on a seventh century mentality and whose aim is first and foremost the destruction of our country and our way of life. Yet our government…ESPECIALLY THIS government, ever mindful of 'Muslim sensitivities', continues down the precarious path of political correctness to the detriment of our society and most particularly our military. Our Military Intelligence and CID (Criminal Investigation Division), that would normally function in high gear in a country at war, has been largely muzzled and ignored in the race to be sensitive and accommodating to cultures other than our own. These people need to be freed to do their jobs. Major Hasan should never have gotten as far as he did…the signs were all there for those who cared to see. There is a culture of political correctness in our military, and most particularly in the Army, which is going to cost more lives unless we stop and take inventory of what and who we face and stop treating this world-wide WAR as though it were a parlor game at a sorority party. Undoubtedly there are many US Muslims who are solid loyal American citizens…undoubtedly there are many who are not and how are we to know the difference?
By Rose Pedenko
My father passed away in December of 2007 at the ripe old age of 104, just two months shy of his 105th birthday. To the last year of his life, he swore thatVick's VapoRub was a cure-all for everything that ailed him. Who am I to argue, after all, he died of old age.
It got me to thinking that the English language was very much like Vick's VapoRub in our family and that it is likely the answer to much of what ailsAmerica today.
A host of problems stem from an inability or lack of will by immigrants to grasp the basics of our national language. "English-Only" legislation is perpetually thwarted by liberals, educators, and politicians to advance their respective misguided agendas—and we see the impact of the dismal results on our children. Bi-lingual education in our schools has been an unmitigated failure. In less than 50 years, it also has become not only absurd but politically incorrect to be an English-Only adherent or proponent.
The English language is the fundamental tool we use to read and thus understand the world around us. It allows us to thrive and succeed in this country -- unhampered by the limitations imposed by tyrannical governments or radical religions on its citizens around the world. In America, thus far, we have been free to choose our own paths to self-actualization.
Before any members of the PC crowd get huffy, my parents were legal non-English speaking immigrants from Mexico. Total immersion into this English speaking culture was a necessity prior to the late 1960s, not an option. There were no crutches to impede our progress like "Press 1 for Spanish." It was a sink or swim assimilation. Becoming an American occurred almost effortlessly, not because we had no other choice, but, more importantly, because we wanted to be Americans.
We spoke Spanish at home to be understood by our parents, and in turn, guided them through the initial language hurdles. It was both a privilege and a test of their own determination to become American citizens, particularly at a time when citizenship classes and exams were not offered in their native language. And I never once heard them complain about an unfair cultural challenge, or that the government should make it easier for them.
Fluency in both cultures became seamless, and apple-pie-laden patriotism was our dessert.
Today, many on the left laugh derisively over that little understood and antiquated fervor to become an integral part of the American fabric which was so inextricably woven into our flag 232 years ago.
I'm not embarrassed nor hindered in this fervor for all things American by the likes of Bill Maher or David Letterman. It is neither pedestrian nor witless to believe in the principles that made this country great.
My parents' children grew up knowing they are honest to goodness red-blooded Americans. There was no "Mexican-American" moniker to identify or categorize us -- we knew who we were and are, and wear it with pride. Our unaccented English paved the way into a society where the only person to blame for holding you back was yourself. You choose success over failure, and it is not guaranteed or handed to you. And that is the precious freedom held most dear by legal immigrants.
This then begs the question, do we, by and large, create the prejudices that feed on themselves as a way to cope -- now that diversity has been shoved down our throats? When we reject what it means to be an American, it creates baggage that should have been left at the border. Today, immigrants have been taught they can have the best of both worlds. They can retain their culture (which is the excess baggage) while taking advantage of U.S.freedoms and benefits without paying for it. What remains are cross-cultural expectations that will never be realized because they no longer fully identify with either country.
So many of the cultural problems we face can be traced to this forced acceptance of diversity, and a lack of language skills which impedes progress. PC guilt, inculcated by do-gooder academics, has led to anger arising from lawbreakers earning rewards they would not otherwise be entitled to. It made this week's Supreme Court reversal of Judge Sonia Sotomayor's prior ruling very sweet indeed.
One language is the glue that produces unity, and unity in a people breeds strength. Right now, unity and strength are sadly lacking in this country. Our political parties are divided and our nation has been rendered weak by appeasement. America is turning into a Tower of Babel by the left's efforts to reach their Utopian ideal.
The day we can all celebrate American holidays and traditions together, and bring those exotic ancestral spices to the table for the purpose of conversation, will be the day divisiveness takes a back seat to what drives this country forward--English.
Happy Independence Day.
Podcast Show Notes
Conservatives and liberals alike go after the late Jesse Helms for political gain.
Why a Democratic-led Congress will most likely be re-elected despite a 9% approval rating and what that shows about the success of purely negative campaigns.
Obama still using seal imagery. Forget about Balancing the Budget under a President Obama, despite a massive tax increase proposal, he doesn't even know if he can reduce the deficit. That's his real change.
Common sense citizens stand up against one a radical school board crusade against JROTC. (Hat Tip: Michelle Malkin.)
Is it getting time to leave Iraq? (Hat Tip: Crunchy Cons.)
An abortion doctor claims to be doing God's work.
Pro-Life members of the NEA ask the national leadership to stop focusing on abortion and other issues not related to education.
Hypocrisy on the march: homosexual dating site discriminates against transsexuals. (Hat Tip: Pam's House Blend.)
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We read so much nonsense about patents these days. Calimaq started a #CopyrightMadness series and a blog so, sometimes, I feel like somebody should start another series: PatentBS. It is self explanatory.
Well, ok let's start with this one from a Wired Opinion by Manny W. Schecter "Chief Patent Counsel, Associate General Counsel, and Managing IP Attorney at IBM – the top annual U.S. patentee for the past 19 years." I won't discuss the argument about how patents supposedly promote innovation, this rebuttal opinion already does it. So let's concentrate on this piece of nonsense:
Eliminating patents for software will not enhance innovation or benefit our economy. Software is also the most easily appropriated type of intellectual property. Ever since U.S. courts made it clear that copyright is unavailable to protect their ideas, developers have sought to protect inventions embodied in their software via patents. Denying patent protection for software will cause these developers to look for other ways to protect their IP investment — resulting in code that is less open, less accessible, and less interoperable.
Such balkanization would discourage many of the collaborative ingredients of the very software ecosystem that has had enormous economic and technological impact.
Copyright can't "protect" (i.e. monopolise) ideas implemented in software. So that's why patents are used. We'll pass on the rhetoric (ideas/inventions as if they're the same thing).
The argument is: if we don't grant patents to protect software developers, they'll seek other means to protect themselves, and that will result in the production of less Free Software (aka open source software). That does not make any sense at all. Phew.
Patents and Free Software are antagonistic. They can't work together, unless the patent owner grant a royalty-free license to anyone using the software covered by the patents, rendering the patent basically useless. So what would happen if we abolish patents? As the argument goes: we would have less Free Software because software developers would seek other ways to protect "their IP investment." Well it's funny, because it's exactly what happens, and it's a good thing.
Software is actually covered by copyright, and developers use copyright licenses to foster their development all the time! And this is exactly what's used in Free Software, for instance with a copyleft license such as the GNU GPL. And that helps produce more Free Software, not less.


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Hey everyone so it's my Birthday. Hooray I'm old... boo.
But on the upside I'm doing a 15% discount at Shark Robot. It's only going to happen today and tomorrow (December 6th-7th) so act fast.
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I'm sure you've seen the multiple posts on here lately of all the cool new stuff we have for sale this year. Well we've added even more cool things since this posts. Such as awesome new Keychains, Belt Buckles, Wallets, Hats, ect. We are literally adding products every single day. It'll take us weeks to get everything up on shark robot.com so check back every so often and you might see new things you like :) But perhaps what would make it easier is to join the email newsletter, twitter, or Facebook. We should announce things on there every so often.


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Intuit GoPayment Brings Payment Processing to Small Businesses
When I think of "Merchant Services" two things usually come to my mind (based on past experience) – high fees and a hassle in collecting payment information. I've heard about Intuit GoPayment before, but I dismissed it as another merchant services account that would just be the same old hassle. However, after talking with the folks at Intuit, I decided to give it a try. I found that it was a great low cost solution for a small business, and I was surprised at how easy it was to use.
Credit card processing can be a major hassle for small businesses. Merchant accounts are expensive – if you have a low volume of transactions the fees become a significant expense. Also, if you are on the go, collecting payments via credit card can be a hassle. Now, with Intuit GoPayment, small businesses have a simple way to accept credit card payments without having a monthly or per transaction flat fee, and you can accept payments from your iPad or phone.
I didn't realize, until I dug in a bit, that
- I can get a no-monthly-charge account via GoPayment. Usually with a merchant account you have three costs: A base monthly fee, a per transaction flat fee and a percentage of each transaction (called a "discount rate"). I always hated that monthly fee, I could go months without taking a credit card payment but I still had to pay that dang fee. With Intuit GoPayment the only fee you have is the discount rate – no monthly fee, no per transaction flat fee. If you process a small number of credit card transactions this makes a significant difference.
- You get a free card swiper that will work on all leading IOS, Android and Blackberry devices. It plugs in to your audio jack. I used this with my iPad 2, and it worked very well (once you adjust the volume setting on the iPad).
- Creating an account, setting it up on my iPad, and processing a payment was extremely easy (although there were a few hitches as I'll explain later).
GoPayment is designed for specific use cases. People who never processed credit cards before, low volume users. Setup is easy and you can start without a big commitment.
Chris Battles, Intuit's head of Product Management in the Payment Solutions Division, said that they are creating "liberating technology so you can do your work wherever you are at. Our mission is to help people get paid. I see the future of payments just like Netflix – you should be able to accept payments from wherever you are".
GoPayment on my iPad 2
At first, my experience in signing up was a bit mixed. I started by downloading the GoPayment app on my iPad 2 and then tried to set up an account. I couldn't get through the signup process. However, when I went to their web site and created an account there, the experience was great. The process was very straight forward, and I received approval of my account within a day. My rate for low volume transactions is 2.7% if I swipe a card. After signing up AND getting approved I was able to set up my account to use my universal Intuit account login, and then I could log in with the iPad app.
You can set up items so that you have standard fees for particular cases, or you can just swipe a card and enter an amount as I'm showing below.
Once you have the amount entered you hand your iPad (or phone) to the customer and they can sign the charge with by using their fingertip.
You will have options to send a receipt to the customer by email or text. That is it! Very, very simple.
You can call up a history of payments, you can add the customer to your contact list (including a photo from your phone or iPad)
You also can log in to your QuickBooks Merchant Services account from your computer to be able to manage you account.
For years I've used PayPal as my payment processor. The main reason that I switched to them was to avoid the monthly fees. Sometimes, though, people don't want to pay via PayPal (I know that they can still pay via credit card, but there is always resistance). In some situations that still is the account I'll use, but it looks like Intuit GoPayment is going to be another tool in my kit.
What is in the future for Intuit GoPayment? Chris Battles gave me some hints, but you'll have to see my article in the Intuit Inner Circle (which might not be published until the last week of June). Note that you have to register with the Inner Circle to see these articles, although it is free.
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Charlie Russell is the founder of CCRSoftware. He's been involved with the small business software industry since the mid 70's, and remembers releasing his first commercial accounting software product when you had a one-floppy disk drive system, loading the program from one floppy and then replacing that with the other floppy to hold the data. He has a special interest in inventory and manufacturing software for small businesses. Charlie is a Certified Advanced QuickBooks ProAdvisor with additional certifications for QuickBooks Online and QuickBooks Enterprise. He also is a Xero Certified Partner. Visit his CCRSoftware web site for information about his QuickBooks add-on products. Charlie can be reached at [email protected] He is also the author of the California Wildflower Hikes blog Connect with Charlie at GoogleComments (17)
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I am really looking forward to learning more about this on the Intuit Inner Circle article as well especially the following: (1) compatibility with the first version of the Ipad and(2) integration with an orders database to automatically send out an email and (3) do you physically have to swipe a card and obtain a signature (I am thinking of phone orders…)
I really like the idea of not having a monthly fee. We too use PayPal and although it works for 99.9% of customers there are some that have had a bad experience with Paypal in the past and are hesitant to use PayPal again.
This application looks like a great addition to many companies toolkits! Thanks for a great article!
I have been using Go Payment ever since they started giving the little swipe away that plugs into your 'compatible phone' (or in your case iPad, Charlie) to new sign-ups for the service; only thing was they had to send me a 2nd one because the first one had an internal bug (typical Intuitite infection) and wouldn't connect thru the 'jack'.
Sure makes it easy to take a CC payment at the time of service.
See Charlie you really did 'want' that 'i (thing)' (aka: iPad) and now you have found a perfect use for it that really helps 'bring in the big bucks'.
Gosh….do you get to swipe "Doug Sleeter's credit-card" every time you write a blog for them……….hahahaha
How would this Gopayment work for orders given/taken on a website?
Kathie – Chris here from the Intuit payments team. With GoPayment, your customers would not be able to submit their payment credentials through a web interface/ check out. We have a few different solutions for our Intuit Websites customers that do have this functionality and are always looking at ways to extend this capabilities further.
If your clients provide you payment credentials for orders either via email or over the phone, you could use the GoPayment service (either on the phone/ tablet or via the web client) to process those "card not present" transactions.
Hope that helps.
We have a limited number of sales as we are just building the website business, so the GoPayment sounded good! Guess we'll look into the merchant service, except that that had two $9.95 fees – the regular "take credit cards" and an additional one for having a website. So the fees are pretty similar to the current provider we are using.
Thanks for posting this. I signed up for it and haven't used it yet because the confirmation email I got was not clear that the phone attachment would work on my phone (mine is not one of the ones listed) though it has an audio jack and is Android based. So now I will send for it the attachment and get started.
Karla – We're constantly updating the list of supported phones. We only list the models we've tested and supported, but with the rapid release and proliferation of different Android devices (each with their own idiosyncrasies) it can sometimes take us a bit of time to update our list. That said, the reader may work with your device already.
Good luck and good processing!
One thing to consider is that usually Intuit charges more to process payments by American Express (3.7% according to the fine print).
So I signed up for Square https://squareup.com/ to have a backup (for those times when the Intuit servers never go down, smile) and to process Amex transactions at a lower rate of 2.75%.
The white 1″x1″ square sized reader also works on both my iPod touch and Android smart phone. And it fits in my pocket.
I have used Go Payment Network since 2008 for my virtual assistance practice but not after today. I ran a card for $720 on Friday. On Saturday I was asked to submit all kinds of documentation proving that I truly had a business and telling me that my weekly credit limit would go from $1250 a week to $500. And anything over the $500 would be held for 30 days. I don't know about you, but I really don't like people making money off my money especially when I run a legit business. Oh and at some point today I was told everything was fine and my credit limit would be increased to $5000 a month. New email just came in saying they had made a mistake and it would be $500 a month. I will be looking for another way to process credit cards for my business.
Monique that's seems strange why wait for a month to get your money. I am thinking to try their card but now i don't.


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pop open, unscrew quarter turn, screw new one in quarter turn, pop shut. duh
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I turned off the water supply to the refrigerator, and I removed all the food, baskets, and shelving from the freezer unit. I removed three screws holding the ice maker, lowered it, and unplugged the wiring harness. The clip holding the wiring harness in the ice maker was not real obvious, but I found it okay. I took the bail and the front cover from the old ice maker and placed them on the new ice maker. Two of the screw holes for the new ice maker were slotted allowing me to start the screws in the side of the freezer prior to installing the new ice maker, and the third screw was no trouble to start. I really did not need the instructions I ordered, but I am cautious toward having everything I need in case something does not go as planned. This was a very easy repair.
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Turn off power first or unplug. Get a light so you can see. Read these directions through one time to reduce the learning curve. Remove ice cube bin. 1/4" nut-driver will do most of the work. Remove flexible water fill tube from back of ice cube maker, move to the side, out of the way. Remove screw from "L" shaped bracket from the bottom of maker, close to the front. Two more 1/4" screws to go. There are (2) screws on the top left that hold the maker to wall. Loosen the front screw, but do not totally remove, unit will lift off of front screw. The back screw had to be completely removed because of a clip that holds the wiring on the back of the maker. The wiring is attached to the back wall in the form of what is called a Molex connector, a white plastic connector. This is probably the hardest part of the job, wiring access. The air deflector blocks any free access, so you have to just grab and depress the prongs to release the Molex from the wall. With wiring disconnected, remove entire assembly. Use a flat-tip screwdriver to pop the white cover off of the front of the maker to use on the new one. Same goes for the wire cube arm that sets out over the ice cube bin, taking the front out first (pulling straightout) then pivot arm 180 degrees and remove from back. Remove wiring harness from front of maker. Re-install on maker, it goes in one direction only, look at the configuration before you pull it out, and put in the same way. Make absolutely sure you re-install it so it clicks in all the way. If not, it won't work. I had to remove the ice maker again because I did not make this connection properly the first time. So I did the whole job twice. You have to put the job back in reverse of the way you took it out. The new one works great. I should have done this about a year ago. The old one had been making a noise and I ignored it.


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Good belay device
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
This belay device has received some great reviews, and it is not a bad device, but i feel other devices on the market like the Petzl Reverso is better. I feel the ATC Guide is not very smooth at feeding rope, it feels like there is more drag on the rope than similar devices. My device is pretty new and probably not broken in yet, but still, the Reverso 4 is much much smoother out of the box. Also the ATC-G is heavier than many other devices, and it is not any cheaper, and I dont feel it outperforms the Reverso in any way. If you absolutely want a BD ATC, then this one is a good device, but you can get better. I would recommend looking at other devices, and the Reverso4 would be my top pick for a belay device with guide mode at the moment.
Hannah Moore
Looks great for a beginner!
- Familiarity: I gave it as a gift but have feedback to share
This ATC guide is part of a beginner climbing set up, and I am looking forward to seeing it in action. With the added grip this ATC should make it easy to belay, even with a newbie in control. It also feels very solid and durable without weighting an extreme amount.
James W.
No complaints
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I've only been climbing for a couple years but this has been a great device to use as a beginner. It is easy to lock and holds my partner with ease. Repelling is no issue either. It does what it is supposed to do.
A solid belay device
The Black Diamond ATC Guide
I love my ATC Guide
- Gender: Male
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This ATC guide is bomber. I've rapped on it and belayed on it and it's got the scratches to show it's being used. Apart from scratches it still functions fine since the scratches are on the outside from me dinging it.
It get's a bit warm when I rap on it (I use high friction mode), but that friction has to dissipate somewhere.
Really I can't give this device anymore praise. It's simple and it works. Exactly what you need when you're brain is worn out after a long climb!!
Will S.
Wife loves it
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
#1 The Ruby color matches her harness
#2 Guide mode is a lifesaver on multi-pitch climbs
#3 It's a long proven design that is super easy to use
You won't go wrong with this belay device.
Clinton Decker
Great belaying in guide-mode
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Belaying from the top, working in guide-mode is incredibly easy. In this configuration it's also a whole lot easier to escape the belay in an emergency scenario (you're technically already out of it).
Quick piece of advice on lowering in guide-mode - the video BD published shows it to be pretty easy to simply pull on the narrow runner and tip the device. I found that not to be the case - jerky and difficult. This technique works much better if you re-direct a longer runner somewhere higher in the anchor, and clip that runner to your belay loop. Use your body weight to steadily tip the device and lower. Would recommend a friction backup on the brake in this setup as well.
The issue is that you are trying to pull up vertically to release the clutching of the rope. This needs an incredible force (actually you have to pull the weight of the climber if you use physics and math !!). For the brake release you need to redirect at 45-60 degrees. This will make life easier.
Horizontal works but I would never attach this to my harness. If I fall I release the brake. Not a good idea.
Clinton Decker
Love to belay from the top in guide-mode
Sam G
Amazing, but heavy
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
This device is awesome. I use it at the gym, the crag, top rope, sport, multipitch, and mixed climbing. It feeds smoothly, grabs the rope when you brake, and the v grooves let you hold a hangdogging climber even when you're pumped. My only complaint is that it is heavier then similar devices, but that is the price you pay for this kind of performance.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
I really like how versatile this is. I'm glad it was my first choice and I've never looked back.
The deep V notches in the brake add a little too much friction on rappels, but they're great for belaying. This isn't really a problem since the manual says you can run your rope out either direction when rapping. I guess it's more of a preference thing. I suppose there's a chance I might run my rope out the high friction side if I weighed more.
I love the extra ring, and am all together stoked on this piece of gear.
Alison Dennis
Award Winning Belay Device
Learn why the ATC Guide won an American Alpine Institute Guides Choice Award.
baker c
Rappelling in Sand Rock, AL
Quality equipment from BD, as always. Peace of mind while using this device.
Grant Burton
Multi-pitch must
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
For all climbers this device is light weight, practical, and with so many uses how could you ever go wrong? I wish I would have bought the guide ATC to start, even though its a little more expensive, just spend the extra money!
Ryan Gibbs
Staple ATC
Versatile, reasonably light. It handles whatever you throw at it. A great step up from the traditional ATC.
Just glance at the reviews.
- Familiarity: I've used it several times
There is a reason the ATC Guide has so many good reviews. Everyone is dumb.... or maybe it is a great piece. I am a begginer so I can not give you all these awesome pics or breakdowns on why this is the best Belay device. What I can tell you is, as a begginer I love it. It's a device I will not grow out of. I like the fact I can Rap/Belay using high or low friction. It gives me the choice when I want a little more control and braking ease.
Matias Francis
No doubt
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
No doubt the most versatile and diverse belay device on the market. I love the auto locking feature when you're belaying from above. Bottom Line: Just buy the damn thing already, I know you've been looking at it for like 8 months now
Versatility as its Best
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Hands down my favorite belay device for multiple applications. From rock to ice, top belay to bottom belay, rappelling, you name it, this beast gets it done.
Geoff Conner
Simple and Versatile
I love this belay device. It runs smooth and catches well, the ability to belay directly off the anchor is ideal and the control offered during rappelling is perfect when having to clean that crooked route or working your way into that slot canyon.
Justin Van Horne
Simple and effective
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
There are no cons to this device. Use it, love it, and move on to something more complex when the time is right. It's a piece of gear you should own no matter what. Single rappel, belay, etc.
J Miles
Guides Really Do Use It
- Familiarity: I've put it through the wringer
Great for belaying two seconds directly off an anchor. Great friction when you want it, but also great control during rappels. Tons of uses. Durable. The standard.


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B&W Zeppelin Air with Apple AirPlay (review)
While the Bowers & Wilkins Zeppelin Air is as pricey as the earlier Zeppelin, Apple AirPlay support and improved sound quality make it a better value. Read more: http://reviews.cnet.com/speakers-speaker-systems/bowers-wilkins-zeppelin-air/4505-6467_7-34532717.html#ixzz1HYj4QFzq
B&W, which is now branding itself by its longer, more formal name, Bowers & Wilkins, is known for its high-end speakers. However, a few years back the company dipped into the more mainstream consumer market with its first iPod speaker system, the $600 Zeppelin, followed by the smaller and more affordable Zeppelin Mini.
Now the company is back with a new version of the Zeppelin called the Zeppelin Air that shares many design traits with the original Zep but offers better sound and one very important new feature: support for Apple's AirPlay. That feature allows you to stream music wirelessly from an iOS handheld (an iPhone, iPod Touch, or iPad) or from a PC or Mac running iTunes to the Zeppelin Air via your home network.
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Articles Archive for March 2010
Get A Job
How do you find a job quickly, in this rotten economy?
Hunt like a Guerrilla.
That was the experience of Mark Thomas, a systems administrator from Mesa, Ariz., who started a new job on March 8, 2010, after a search of only 6 weeks.
According to Thomas, he would have been hired sooner, but "the entire executive team was gone at a conference for a week."
Thomas succeeded after using three unconventional job-search tactics:
1. The Job Shopping List
2. The Guerrilla Resume
3. The Coffee Cup Caper
Read on to learn how he did it …
1. The …
Get A Job
People come to me looking for help with their careers and businesses and I tell them if we are going to partner, they have to adhere to my three "golden rules". Thou shalt not prejudge, compromise or assume.
Now that sounds simple enough, right? But how many times each day do we do that?
Many people prejudged Grace Groner and assumed a few things about her, including the folks at Lake Forest College in Illinois.
Since it's been big news this week, you may have heard how sweet Grace gave the school a …
Become A Better Person
Harry Backwith's Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing was required reading at the system integration firm where I worked. All directors were given a copy and expected to finish them. I wasn't sure what point our CEO was making when he assigned it to us, but I sure did when I was done with it. Selling the Invisible explains the customer's perception when buying something they don't understand. In our firm it meant buying technology they clearly didn't understand.
What is it in your case? About …
Get A Job
I wrote my Think Pocket Resume Mentality for a Better Resume and Pocket Resume: Who Would Have Thought articles about a year ago. Since then I've given several presentations using the material and every time, job hunters tell me,
"I can put this to use. This can make a real difference."
So in this series, I'm writing a multi-step article on how to write yourself a pocket resume and get it trolling the waters (them's saltwater fishing terms for you non-Miami folk) to get you back to work and fast.
Step 1- Taking …
I've written about the benefits networking resumes versus a full page resumes you're used to writing. A networking resume is a card that's easy to hand out at networking events when you are looking to make contact with people that can help you with your job hunt. I've also delivered several presentations on this topic these past months. What I have found is that job hunters always come up to me afterwords thanking me for the information. They see very clearly how they can put a networking resume to …
I've written about the benefits of a business card resume on Career Jockey and have since used the material to give several presentations. Every single time job hunters will come up to me and tell me, "This is valuable information I can can use right away in my job search."
So in this articles, I'm starting multi-part series giving the step-by-step on writing yourself a business card resume that will get you networking like a pro and getting the job hunt results you need.
Step 1- Setting a Clear Goal
Writing a business …
Get A Job
You might think there's never been a worse time to look for work in the traditional job market, with unemployment at 10.4% and no relief in sight.
But you would be only half right.
While there's never been a worse time for traditional job-search methods, "Guerrilla" job hunters are enjoying consistent success — even in today's awful economy.
Because Guerrillas choose not to participate in the recession.
To illustrate, here's a recent story from our client files: Steve Cobain, from Pittsburgh, Penn.
Cobain was laid off as a financial services executive in December 2008, after …
Get A Job
Toni Bowers' wrote an article on her TechRepublic Career Management blog with the headline "Talking smack about former employers is not advisable." She points to the farewell message sent by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dan Neil announcing his departure from the Los Angeles Times to go work for the Wall Street Journal. It's the kind of note you can get away with if you've won a prize like that. It' probably not the best approach for the rest of us. We just don't have the clout.
Your first …
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Interestingly, with all the publicity about the Healthcare bill, the President has (quietly) retreated on Education Reform. A recent Wall Street Journal OpEd (03/18/10,p A17), stated that Mr. Obama would judge schools not by whether they were meeting reading and math standards, but primarily by a more amorphous standard: whether they are producing "college-ready and career-ready students".
The irony of this retreat is instead of the "No Child Left Behind" goal of students reaching grade level performance, the intent is to make them able to enter the job market. That begs the …
Become A Better Person
I just finished reading a Chris Anderson's "Free: The Future of a Radical Price." He's the editor of Wired Magazine who also wrote "The Long Tail" (which is the shape of an economic demand curve and not related to kangaroos). He proves his free point by making his "Free" book available for free.
I didn't really read it. I listened to a MP3 down loadable copy of it which I got for free on Audible.com. It didn't cost me a single penny and I even got Chris Anderson the …
(This continues where Lesson 4 left off.)
Resources for Snatching the Right Job for You
We've covered a lot together these past few days. I've given you some:
Help setting your expectations
Job hunt methods that work well
Thoughts on taking care of yourself emotionally/spiritually
Advice for finding your next boss
Today I'm pointing you at resources I have found useful (sometimes VERY useful) for fueling your job hunt. I've set up several topics and listed the resources underneath to make them easier to find.
Setting objective and targeting your job search. The key here is …
(This lesson continues where Lesson 3 left off.)
Finding the Hiring Manager That Wants to Meet You Badly
I wrote an article about pocket resumes a while back. I first heard about them on a Linkedin group. It mentioned that a company was offering business card size resumes for use at networking events. "What exactly can you fit on a business card?" I thought. The more and more I thought about it, the more I caught a glimpse of a mentality that if put to use can speed up a …
(This lesson continues where Lesson 2 left off.)
Do NOT Go at It Alone. Get the Help You Need
In the book "What Color Is Your Parachute? 2010: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career-Changers" Richard Nelson Bolles says that a huge percentage of job hunters quit after two months. They just check out and stop looking. Take a look at Parachute chapter 1 for the details and statistics. (You may have noticed I pull a lot of material from this book. As I mentioned in …
(This lesson continues where Lesson 1 left off.)
The Worst Ways to Find Work. The Best Ways to Find Work
So what's the basic information do you need to get you through your job hunt. For this I'm going to start with information from a book every job hunter needs on their bookshelf. Better yet, they need it face up, open on their desk with a whole lot of bookmarks and highlighting showing how hard it's being used.
Talk to anyone with an HR background and they know the book. It's …
Job Loss Sucks! P.S. You'll Do Just Fine
If you're reading this, you're likely an the job hunt. You and your family are worried. You're dealing with difficult emotions – fear, anger and anxiety. It's like your life's on hold.
I know job struggles and job hunts. "Been there done that" as the saying goes. Hellen Keller gave us a quote that describes it perfectly:
When one door of happiness closes, another one opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which is …
Get A Job
Are you wondering if your resume best positions you to land the job of your dreams in a parallel market, new industry or higher level position? One area you want to make sure to check is your key-words.
Resume key-words are simply the words used to describe your hard and soft skills. Many companies today use key-word scanning software to organize and qualify applicant matches with available positions. Even if a company doesn't use key-word scanning software, it's still extremely important to mirror the key-words listed in a position as much …
Become A Better Person
No matter if it's voice mail, email, your Blackberry, a text, your next meeting or perhaps even an letter delivered the old fashioned way – in an envelope with a stamp, every once in a while you have to pull the plug and scream an obscenity ridden with – ENOUGH!
What a concept…… becoming unattainable for some degree of time.
I was looking around a website belonging to Harrison Barnes, the Job Guru, and caught his article "The Importance of Disconnecting from Your Work." That's exactly what he's promoting and …
Get A Job
Spring forward has a positive and hopeful connotation. However, if you are still reading and listening to the economic stories and information, it remains a much-desired illusion.
Take this article on how the very few wealthy are "surviving" the present state of the economy. With one exception, you can easily describe their lifestyles beyond the imagination of the common man.
Yet, the other article that has my attention and gives me angst is the one about the senate passing another bill extending the unemployment benefits, which among other issues, has added …
Get A Job
If you're looking for a job, success may be as close as your kitchen cabinet … or between your ears.
That's according to best-selling author of "Swim With The Sharks" and Twin Cities business leader, Harvey Mackay www.HarveyMackay.com).
In his latest book, "Use Your Head to Get Your Foot in the Door: Job Search Secrets No One Else Will Tell You," Mackay offers practical employment tips from his 45+ years of experience as an executive.
Here are Mackay's answers to common job-search questions. Read them and reap …
Question: How can people handle rejection …
Get A Job
In the current economy, some folks are looking far and wide for jobs, including out of state.
But there are plenty of obstacles to relocating, right?
Not exactly. Most obstacles to a long-distance job search are in your mind, not the employer's.
That's according to David E. Perry, co-author of Guerrilla Marketing for Job Hunters 2.0 (Wiley; 2009).
Perry, a working recruiter with more than 24 years of experience, offers the following tips if you're thinking of relocating to find a job …
"Here's the simple solution: Don't tell employers where you live. Period. The …


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The search giant will lease 1.2 million square feet of office space at Nasa's Ames Research Center in Google's home town of Mountain View, California.
The 40-year lease will include a $3.2m annual payment from Google which will be adjusted according to market rates.
Google Takes R&D Offices at NASA Lab [vnunet.com]
I think we need to send a monthly mail to Larry and Sergey on how to spend uncontrollable money flow :).