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<h2>Anyone Interested in Watching Bon Iver Perform As the Sun Rises on a Sunday Morning?</h2>
<p>Picture this&#8230;camping out under the stars under the beautiful Hollywood Forever Cemetary at 12midnight, in the morning Bon Iver performs as the sun rises over the horizon&#8230;sounds intriguing right?  Well, dream on!  Problem is no one can get tickets!  </p>
<p>I was so pissed off that Bon Iver tickets were hard to get for the Sunrise Show at Hollywood Forever Cemetary for Sunday, September 27 and scalpers have upped the value for who should be a low key artist. I mean seriously, who the hell does his managing team think he is, Bob Dylan? Well, fuck that; he&#8217;s not. And thank God for that! Indie/Folk is about enjoying good music in a low pressure atmosphere, but this concert is stirring up unneccessary controversy and&#8230; ticket scalpers! Wake up people! It&#8217;s Bon Iver not the L.A. Kings. Below is a copy of the email I sent to Bon Iver&#8217;s booking agent, please feel free to send him more hate <strong>mail</strong>. adam@billions.com </p>
<p>Adam Voith, </p>
<p>I&#8217;m not sure if you are aware but the tickets for the Bon Iver show at the Hollywood Forever Theatre are being sold by scalpers for $100 and up while I happen to know that the face value is only $25. Tickets that are hard to come by lead to scalping which is counter intuitive to the whole indie/folk genre (low-key, underground, good vibes)! </p>
<p>When asking Hollywood Forever for these tickets, I was told for about two weeks that tickets to this event weren&#8217;t yet available, that I should wait until they become available, and that they would definitely not sell out. I searched several different websites, none of which sold these tickets and a few even stated that Bon Iver was not confirmed for the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. I even emailed the special events department at Hollywood Forever and my inquiry never received a response. When I was finally directed to www.ticketweb.com two weeks after I began searching, the show was already sold out. </p>
<p>Mr. Voith, as the person in charge of booking Bon Iver&#8217;s shows, I am very surprised that an event of this kind was not advertised better or that the tickets were not more accessible. Perhaps my ranting in unimportant to you since the demand for these tickets has increased the popularity of this artist while also boosting his value. But please let me remind you, the whole point of the indie genre is about having an artist who does not attract the trendy crowd who&#8217;s willing to pay $100 or more for a concert that is so maxed out that the music becomes only secondary to the massive event. </p>
<p>Furthermore, tickets that create this kind of demand also go against the Folk culture and I am sure that Bon Iver will loose a few fans if he becomes similar to a mainstream artist. I&#8217;m not sure that he is entirely marketed in this way, but again, I am very surprised that the high demand for these tickets was not predicted. Now scalpers are preventing Bon Iver&#8217;s true fans from enjoying great music while the sun rises on that Sunday morning. </p>
<p>Thanks a lot. Great way to screw us over! </p>
<p>&#8211;<br />
JENNIFER E. HOWARD<br />
Venice, CA</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I COMPLETELY FUCKING AGREE. I&#8217;m so pissed. ERGH. I really really really really want to go to this event and am absolutely in love with bon iver and now I can&#8217;t. I simply don&#8217;t have 100 dollars to freely spend during this kind of economic climate. I REALLY REALLY wanted to go. I&#8217;m so angry right now. Fuck.</p>
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<h2>The add.Given in the net as Googlecashkey.com based on Bombay is true or falls. Are they cheating the Public.?</h2>
<p>The Googlecashkey.com advertised in the net that they are giving chances to earn by working on internet. They showed lot of cheques issued to so many . they asked me to enroll and get a CD from them. After paying Rs.1250. I received the CD. When I installed the CD.Nothing was there except directing me to go to another web site to down load an E.Book. When I clicked the web page nothing I found. No E.Book or No forms I received. When I reported this to them I received an automation reply stating that the E.book once issued cannot be given again. But actually nothing has come in <strong>mail</strong>.I asked them thrice and all the times.I received the same message.If anybody knows about this please send a reply regarding the same.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Dear Mr.Kannuswamy,<br />
The google has adsense and adwords.  You can directly log in and folllow the procedures.  You need not buy any CD or log in to any other site.  I do not wish to comment on the amount spent by you.<br />
If you want to post ads and make money online, you can use google adsense and adwords.  It is slightly difficult and takes some time to settle.  Take care and do not buy anything.<br />
Bye<br />
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<h2>Am I bound to this contract?</h2>
<p>I wanted to use a pet transport service to have our puppy shipped to us as she is not a breed that can fly. When I called this company I was given the price and gave the details of when I wanted her delivered. It was important to have her delivered on that day as I took off work and the girl I spoke to assured me it was possible. I gave her my credit card and was promptly charged. At no time was I told of a contract pr agreement nor was anything emailed or mailed to me. I was not even directed to the website.<br />
After paying I wanted to confirm the time that our dog would be picked up and got in touch with the company (with much difficulty) an was told that there was a window of 2 weeks in which she would be picked up! This was unacceptable to me for obvious reasons and o requested a refund. My grounds are that the company would not be able to provide the service they advertises. After several weeks I received a refund in an amount almost 200 dollars than what I paid! I emailed the owner and was told that there was a 25% cancellation fee.<br />
After investigating the website o found in a small corner the purchase agreement. It does state that there is a cancellation fee.<br />
Am I bound to this purchase agreement given the above?<br />
I didn&#8217;t sign, I wasnt told, and they did not deliver.<br />
Please help!<br />
Could I be released from this if the company misrepresented itself? I paid with the understanding that my dog would be delivered on a certain day.<br />
I understAnd that this company isn&#8217;t making money but consider the following </p>
<p>A) I called to cancel a week later before any plans had been made<br />
B) I paid for one thing and then was told that I wouldn&#8217;t be able to get it</p>
<p>if you bought a toaster bc you wanted to toast bread but then after you found out that it actually is a coffee maker, would you bot return it expecting your money back?</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">The owner has eat the cancellation fees and expenses associated with this type of business.  Which are then transferred to the customer.  25% sounds like a pretty fair price for this fee.  Mainly if the animal has to fly then the airliner needs to be a way to accommodate animal and even more if a natural disaster hits like Irene.  All of this costs money and costs money to book these costs up front.  If the customer decides to cancel there plans.  Why should the business eat these costs when the customer wanted to use this service.  I am sure the only reason they say they give you a two week window.  If just in case something happens like hurricane Irene or terrorist.  Basically the unknown.  Its not a perfect business but they are not making any money off this transaction.  Your giving of the credit card information entered you into the purchase agreement because you want them to provide you with there service.  If someone else used your credit card then that would be fraud.  Yet, you gave it so you are entered into the purchase agreement.  Like I said 25% is a pretty fair price.</p>
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<h2>advice on applying for my dream job. 10 POINTS FOR BEST ADVICE!!!?</h2>
<p>I&#8217;m 22 years old, and about to apply for my absolute dream job, but i have a problem.</p>
<p>I saw the job advertised in a national newspaper (online version), and e-mailed my CV, with a very brief note attached. </p>
<p>However, i have now discovered who the job is for (in the newspaper, it was directed to a job agency who would forward the details on), and went onto their website. On their website, they list a few extra skills that i would need, and i have all those skills, but because they were not mentioned in the newspaper advertisement, i didn&#8217;t put them down in my CV. Also, they said please attach a covering letter about why you want this job etc, but my additional note/covering letter was extremely brief. </p>
<p>I want to send my CV directly to the company, rather than through the newspaper and job agency, because it would be better than the earlier one i sent. However, would sending 2 CV&#8217;s in, one with a better covering letter, mean that they would get annoyed and not consider me. </p>
<p>What would be your advice? Should i leave it as it as, or go ahead and send them my reworked CV.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Send in the corrected one.</p>
<p>The worst that could happen is that it won&#8217;t make a difference.  But I think it&#8217;s more likely to either make a positive difference, or no difference.</p>
<p>So really &#8211; there&#8217;s no reason NOT to&#8230;</p>
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<h2>Did Yahoo send around e-mails confirming lottery winnings on Yahoo Promotional Lottery 2009? See attachment?</h2>
<p>YAHOO PROMOTION LOTTERY  RESULTS  2009       </p>
<p>FROM: THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DIRECTOR,<br />
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,<br />
44 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM.<br />
YAHOO9/315116127/27<br />
BATCH: 15/623/UK.<br />
Registered Lottery No 220949</p>
<p>CONGRATULATIONS</p>
<p>OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION DATE: 18-06-2009</p>
<p>DEAR: ESTEEMED WINNER,</p>
<p>Thanks for your email response. Firstly, the Yahoo! Corporation would like to officially congratulate you for being a winner of our online Financial Promotions Programmes organized by Yahoo! Corporation here in London, United Kingdom. This is to inform you that the promotions verification department have successfully confirmed your winning information to enable us process and remit your winning amount to you and upon confirmation of your details.</p>
<p>Consequentely It is the sole responsibility of your assigned Remittance Director to get you acquainted with the procedural claims formalities and shall also be rendering you every needed assistance and guideline regarding the remittance of your cash prize.</p>
<p>Please note that the Yahoo! Microsoft Executives would like to inform you that the promotions programmes which has been officially tagged &#8216;Thanks To Have Contributed To our Financial Success&#8217; was held to appreciate our numerous Web Customers for their immense contribution to the success of Yahoo! Corporation. The Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online <strong>advertising</strong> industry &#8211; which today stands at more than $40 billion &#8211; is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years. Both Microsoft and Yahoo are strongly motivated to find ways to dethrone Google, the current market leader, and the combined mass of the two companies´ client and consumer bases could generate a viable competitor to Google on both the desktop and the mobile device.It is also important that I inform you that there was no sales of tickets as the draws was conducted by assigning various Individual email addresses to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. Please note that this email addresses is normally supplied to us by free email services providers such as Yahoo, Hotmail, Aol amongst others.  However, we clearly spelt out in our lottery terms and condition various modalities which those who emerged lucky winners are to use in collecting their prize money.</p>
<p>For the remittance process to be carried out, those who reside outside the United Kingdom are to use the services of a courier service company whose duty is to deliver their Parceled Cheques including all officail/Legal Documents to them at their designated address. Please note that for this option, delivery cannot be carried out to P.O. BOXES, and the courier cost is to be paid to the courier company before they will have to commence delivery of your certified winning cheque to your doorstep for cashing.</p>
<p>However, for the Courier delivery option which is for winners who do not reside close to London i.e. United Kingdom, you will be required to contact a courier company who will then ship your cheques or transfer your winning prize to them in their respective countries while they in turn pay the delivery expenses and proceed with the cheque to any bank in their country where the full value to the cheque will be paid to them. Therefore, because you are not residing close to the United Kingdom, we have have forwarded your winning cheque and Certificate of winning to the courier company who will be delivering it safely to you in your country.</p>
<p>In line with this, you are advised to contact the courier company for the cost of delivering your winning cheque of One Million Great British Pounds safely to your designated address in your country for cashing.</p>
<p>Please note: All Further Correspondences should be directed to the email address of the courier company as provided in the contact information stated below:</p>
<p>Please find details of the Courier Service Company below:</p>
<p>CONTACT INFO:<br />
AIR CARGO EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL<br />
PRIMARY BUSINESS ADDRESS: GARRICK HOUSE, 26 &#8211; 27 SOUTHHAMPTON STREET<br />
Email: aircargoexpressintl@live.co.uk<br />
Tel: +447024064787<br />
All Enquiries should be directed to the person of:<br />
MR. CHRISTOPHER BARRETT<br />
Customer Service Officer,<br />
Customer Information and Enquiry Department<br />
Email:aircargoexpressintl@live.co.uk<br />
Tel: +447024064787</p>
<p>Please note that Contact should be established within twenty four hours of receiving this email so that details of the delivery of your cheque will be communicated to you. In establishing contact, the Number:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.should also be included, in your email among with your full names, contact address, <strong>direct</strong> telephone numbers so that your letter can be honoured.</p>
<p>Furthermore, the Number:&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230; is a very important and confidential order number which is to be included in your email to the courier company and carefully noted. Also, I must inform you</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">This is a SCAM. Yahoo does not and never have operated any sort of lottery.   If you click on the below link this site confirms various scams and provides an online form for the reporting of such, with links for your own country.</p>
<p>Http://www.consumerfraudreporting.org/YahooLotteryScam_YahooMail2.php</p>
<p>http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yoo2.phpahoo/&#8230;</p>
<p>Unscrupulous thieves have sent you this email and they are trying to part you from your hard earned cash. They will often ask you to call a premium rate number and keep you holding on whilst you rack up a huge phone bill. They are then paid a large proportion of this phone bill. They may ask you to divulge personal information about yourself or ask for your bank or credit card details. Do not divulge any such information under any circumstances. It is surprising how many innocent victims have been duped by these types of messages. Please remember the thieves who send them are very clever and extremely convincing. I suggest you delete this fake email and send it into cyberspace.<br />
Check out these sites for further information :</p>
<p>http://www.scambusters.com</p>
<p>http://www.hoax-slayer.com/</p>
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<h2>golden compass?</h2>
<p>i just got this, and frankly i&#8217;m a little surprised.</p>
<p>-I just received an e-<strong>mail</strong> warning about an upcoming movie for children in December.  It&#8217;s called &#8220;The Golden Compass&#8221; and stars Nicole Kidman.   I don&#8217;t know if you have heard anything about it.  It will be advertised as a normal children&#8217;s film but in the end it is trying to teach children that there is no God.  It is based off of a trilogy of children&#8217;s books and the author is called Philip Pullman.   They evidently do some strange things in the movie and at the very end a girl and a boy are supposed to be depicting Adam and Eve, and then they kill God.  They are trying to be very mild about it through the movie until the end, so a lot of parents won&#8217;t even know that it&#8217;s coming. Also, it will be promoting his books so you may want to become familiar with the author&#8217;s name and the books that he writes!<br />
I was astonished that someone would make a movie like this and <strong>direct</strong> it towards children!!-</p>
<p>your thoughts?<br />
shouldn&#8217;t atheists have the same right to make movies as anyone else?<br />
i&#8217;m definitely going to see it.<br />
i haven&#8217;t read the books yet, so i can&#8217;t say if they go beyond just a good book to an attack.  i plan on reading them as soon as i can.</p>
<p>((ramjet))</p>
<p>*just so everyone knows&#8230;i didn&#8217;t give anyone a thumbs down*</p>
<p>bright blessings</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">It&#8217;s a movie from 3 books. Pure escape fantasy.<br />
If parents are not living up to their responsibilities I&#8217;m sure the children are dealing with larger issues and will survive going to a movie.<br />
Children have good parents (and some have bad parents) &#8211; they all grow up eventually to be productive adults &#8211; due to their own internal drive, and desires/goals. Reality has more danger than a fantasy movie.</p>
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<h2>Help me with my resume PLEASE?</h2>
<p>Reposted due to no answers. I WILL give 10 points for best answer! Please help me, any advice would be helpful!</p>
<p>I have recently revised it. And I am still not getting any calls for an interview. I cannot put it in the correct format here, but I can tell you that is is formatted correctly with things in bold and bullets, the whole 9 yards. Obviously I have removed the identifying information. Please give me any suggestion to make it better. Serious answers only please. </p>
<p>Riverrunsred</p>
<p>Address:<br />
Home Phone:<br />
E-<strong>Mail</strong>: </p>
<p>Objective</p>
<p>To work in a rewarding customer driven environment,<br />
where I can utilize my many years in the customer<br />
service industry. I am interested in building a career at the company I am employed with.</p>
<p>Skills</p>
<p>Customer relations<br />
Sales<br />
Health care<br />
Clerical<br />
General computer and typing<br />
Business management<br />
Employee management<br />
Business operations</p>
<p>Experience</p>
<p>Company,City, MT May 2008 &#8211; September 2008</p>
<p>Paramedic</p>
<p>Assessing and treating both emergent and non emergent patients. Extensive amount of customer relations<br />
and service,including not only patients but family members and hospital staff.<br />
As the Paramedic I assumed the lead role and had the responsibility of managing the scene,<br />
directing my partner as well as other responders and making quick and accurate decisions<br />
for the safety of the patient as well as everyone involved.</p>
<p>Company, City, LA February 2006 &#8211; April 2008</p>
<p>Paramedic</p>
<p>My duties as a Paramedic included: assessing, treating and transporting<br />
both emergency and non emergency patients, completing patient reports,<br />
Customer service, unit and equipment inventory and upkeep, attending<br />
continuing education and various other duties.</p>
<p>Company, City, MT June 2004 &#8211; January 2006</p>
<p>Funeral assistant</p>
<p>Assisted with the planning and implementation of memorial and funeral services.</p>
<p>Company, City, MT October 2000 &#8211; May 2004</p>
<p>Business owner</p>
<p>Managed all aspects of small dance apparel business including daily operations, customer service,<br />
management of employees, ordering and tracking of inventory, business relations, and <strong>advertising</strong>. </p>
<p>Company, City, MT October 1999 &#8211; October 2000</p>
<p>Front desk clerk</p>
<p>Managed front desk/reception area; Performed customer service duties; Handled reservations;<br />
Resolved discrepencies and issues concerning reservations; Ensured lobby was a neat and clean<br />
environment for customers.</p>
<p>Education</p>
<p>College name, LA<br />
Paramedic<br />
I know I need to make a different resume for each position I am applying for, but for reference I am applying for customer service jobs, jobs in healthcare (not Paramedic) , and clerical jobs. I am actually not going for Paramedic jobs right now but I don&#8217;t know how to revise my resume to reflect that as it has been my job for the past several years and I can&#8217;t leave out years worth of job history. Should I maybe put it in the objectives? A lot of the jobs I have been applying for are on craigslist or ones that have their own app. site that only allow you to upload a resume and not a cover letter. On craigslist they don&#8217;t even mention the company names so there is no way to include one or to follow up. I am really stuck!</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I think it sounds pretty good actually. My suggested tweaks are meant to be constructive criticism only.</p>
<p>Objective<br />
&#8220;I am interested in building a career at the company I am employed with.&#8221;<br />
-Sounds too vague&#8230;maybe something like  *Seeking to build long term career with company using my dynamic customer service skills to help grow their business potential.*</p>
<p>Your verb tenses change throughout the resume. All should be either past or present tense. Example: In your Front Desk position you stated you &#8220;managed, performed, and resolved&#8221; but in your Paramedic position you were &#8221; assessing, directing, and resolving&#8221;.</p>
<p>Your past positions are not very centralized. Some employers see this as good (variation of experiences make you more well rounded) where others see this as bad (he/she doesn&#8217;t seem focused, why is he/she jumping around to all this different types of employment?). It&#8217;s best to really play up what all these positions had in common&#8230;the element of customer service. You seem to have grasped that concept and are working with it, but it should have a BIGGER impact. I&#8217;d try to work on that a bit.</p>
<p>Make sure in addition to providing your resume you have a really strong cover letter. It can sometimes make or break your chance of getting a second look for a possible interview.</p>
<p>Make sure you are following up with employers. Be persistent without being a nag. The more times you can get your name into someone&#8217;s ear or across their desk the better chances you&#8217;ll have of getting an interview.</p>
<p>There are so many candidates out there for every open job position these days you have to make sure you are ACTIVELY applying for jobs, not PASSIVELY applying. Meaning it&#8217;s critical that you are making things happen &amp; not relying on them to call you back.</p>
<p>To be honest, I think your resume sounds really good&#8230;just make it a little STRONGER to stand out.</p>
<p>I hope this helps a bit and I wish you tons of luck!</p>
<p>EDIT:: No disrespect to Starfish_5, but a 2-3 page resume is way too long. Don&#8217;t stretch things out to fill up paper. Recruiters want things they can get through fast. They have a million other resumes sitting in a pile they need to go through. Make it short and sweet. A strong, short resume is better than a long winded discertation that they are going to get bored with &amp; toss you to the side. The idea of a resume is a quick summary designed to catch the attention of the reader.</p>
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<h2>i will show you the letter?</h2>
<p>FROM: THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,44 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM.<br />
YAHOO7/315116127/27<br />
BATCH: 15/623/UK. Registered Lottery No ********* CONGRATULATIONS!!! DEAR LUCKY WINNER Thanks for your email response. Firstly, the Yahoo! Corporation would like to officially congratulate you for being a winner of our online Financial Promotions Programmes organized by Yahoo! Corporation here in London, United Kingdom. This is to inform you that the promotions verification department have successfully confirmed your winning information to enable us process and remit your winning amount to you and upon confirmation of your details. Consequentely It is the sole responsibility of your assigned Remittance Director to get you acquainted with the procedural claims formalities and shall also be rendering you every needed assistance and guideline regarding the remittance of your cash prize. Please note that the Yahoo! Executives would like to inform you that the promotions programmes which has been officially tagged &#8216;Thanks To Have Contributed To our Financial Success&#8217; was held to appreciate our numerous Web Customers for their immense contribution to the success of Yahoo! Corporation. The Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online <strong>advertising</strong> industry &#8211; which today stands at more than $40 billion &#8211; is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years. Both Microsoft and Yahoo are strongly motivated to find ways to dethrone Google, the current market leader, and the combined mass of the two companies’ client and consumer bases could generate a viable competitor to Google on both the desktop and the mobile device.<br />
It is also important that I inform you that there was no sales of tickets as the draws was conducted by assigning various Individual email addresses to different ticket numbers for representation and privacy. Please note that this email addresses is normally supplied to us by free email services providers such as Yahoo, Hotmail, Aol amongst others. In line with this, your e-<strong>mail</strong> address attached to ticket number **********-*** with serial number ****-**, batch number ********** which drew lucky numbers **-**-**-**-** which consequently won in the 1st category. However, we clearly spelt out in our lottery terms and condition various modalities which those who emerged lucky winners are to use in collecting their prize money. For the remittance process to be carried out, those who reside outside the United Kingdom are to use the services of a courier service company whose duty is to deliver their Parceled Cheques including all officail/Legal Documents to them at their designated address. Please note that for this option, delivery cannot be carried out to P.O. BOXES, and the courier cost is to be paid to the courier company before they will have to commence delivery of your certified winning cheque to your doorstep for cashing. However, for the Courier delivery option which is for winners who do not reside close to London i.e. United Kingdom, you will be required to contact a courier company who will then ship your cheques or transfer your winning prize to them in their respective countries while they in turn pay the delivery expenses and proceed with the cheque to any bank in their country where the full value to the cheque will be paid to them. Therefore, because you are not residing close to the United Kingdom, we have have forwarded your winning cheque and Certificate of winning to the courier company who will be delivering it safely to you in your country. In line with this, you are advised to contact the courier company for the cost of delivering your winning cheque of One Million Great British Pounds safely to your designated address in your country for cashing. Please note: All Further Correspondences should be directed to the email address of the courier company as provided in the contact information stated below: Please find details of the Courier Service Company below: CONTACT INFO:<br />
QUEST COURIER SERVICES<br />
PRIMARY BUSINESS ADDRESS: GARRICK HOUSE, 26 &#8211; 27 SOUTHHAMPTON STREET<br />
Email: questcourierservices@live.co.uk<br />
Tel:+44-7031937928, +44-7031937881<br />
Fascmile: +44-703-191-9322</p>
<p>All Enquiries should be directed to the person of:<br />
MR. CHRISTOPHER BARRETT<br />
Customer Service Officer,<br />
Customer Information and Enquiry Department<br />
Email: questcourierservices@live.co.uk<br />
Tel:+44-7031937928, +44-7031937881<br />
Fascmile: +44-703-191-9322 Please note that Contact should be established within twenty four hours of receiving this email so that details of the delivery of your cheque will be communicated to you. In establishing contact, the Number: QUEST-*********-UK should also be included, in your email among with your full names, contact address, <strong>direct</strong> telephone numbers so that your letter can be honoured. Furthermore, the Number: QUEST-*********-UK is a very impo</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">SCAM!!!!! SCAM. SCAM!!!!! DON&#8217;T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT!!!!</p>
<p>Put the heading of the letter in any search engine to see why.</p>
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<h2>I&#8217;m pretty sure but can i get a second opinion?</h2>
<p>Okay A while back i went on craigslist and found a job that looked interesting I emailed them to find out more Information and it took 2 or 3 weeks but I finally got a reply. </p>
<p>Dear Applicant,</p>
<p>We wish to inform you that the advertised position is not available<br />
anymore so we have decided to offer you the position that is currently<br />
available and below is the job details for your review.</p>
<p>&#8220;We have a mystery shopping assignment in your area and we would like<br />
you to participate&#8221;Secret Shopper® is accepting applications for<br />
qualified individuals to become mystery shoppers. I hereby inform you<br />
that there is a chance for you to work with us. We are a company that<br />
conduct surveys and evaluate other companies. You get hired to go to<br />
other peoples companies and act like customers in order to know how<br />
the staffs are handling their services in relation to their customers.</p>
<p> This is an excellent opportunity to work with us and still keep your<br />
present job. Once we have a contract to do, you would be directed to<br />
the company or outlet which you are to survey and evaluate. You will<br />
be given the funds you need to do the job (either purchase things or<br />
require services), after which you would write a comment on the staffs<br />
activities and give a detailed<br />
record of your experience.</p>
<p>Example of details you would forward to us are:<br />
1) How long it took you to get services.<br />
2) Smartness of the attendant<br />
3)Customer service professionalism<br />
4)Sometimes you might be required to upset the attendant, to see how<br />
they react to client or customers.</p>
<p>Anyone is qualified to take up this position from any location in the<br />
United states and Canada, because Its a very easy job that is not<br />
expecting too much of such experience. You dont need to travel and You<br />
don&#8217;t have to pay any fee to get started. You will be paid $400.00 for<br />
each company you surveys and evaluate and will be paid the bonus of<br />
$3,000.00 monthly. If you are interested in this job offer, Kindly<br />
email the below email address at: jackcollins102@gmail.com<br />
immediately for more information so as to start immediately.</p>
<p>REQUESTED INFORMATION:<br />
NAME :<br />
MAILING ADDRESS (no P.O.Box please)<br />
CITY :<br />
STATE :<br />
ZIP CODE :<br />
CELL PHONE # :<br />
HOME PHONE # :<br />
SEX :<br />
D.O.B<br />
MARITAL STATUS<br />
CURRENT OCCUPATION :<br />
E-<strong>MAIL</strong> :<br />
WORKING AVAILABILITY:<br />
Days/Hours Available<br />
Monday &#8230;open availability _______ to ______?<br />
Tuesday ______ to .______?<br />
Wednesday _______ to ______?<br />
Thursday _______ to ______?<br />
Friday _______to ______?<br />
Saturday _______ to ______?<br />
Sunday &#8230;..open availability_____ to _____?<br />
Hours Available _______ To ______?<br />
Best time to call ______ to ______</p>
<p>Awaiting your response soon &#8230;.</p>
<p>We look forward working with you.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
kamson john.<br />
Mystery Shopping Consultancy.<br />
Email Address: Kamson.john@gmail.com </p>
<p>It looked pretty formal and I really wanted to learn more about it so I gave them my info.Today i checked my email and i got another email from him.</p>
<p>Hello Applicant,</p>
<p>    Good day, and how are you doing today. moreover i got your reply regarding the application that ur interested in the job offer position for mystery shopper,so now ur application have bean accepted and forwarded to our client regarding the 1st assignment this week,   i will get back to for further instruction on our to carry out the 1st assignment perfectly with out no mistake because our client will be issue a check or money order,well before then i will let you know and tell you what you are to do with the payment, so i just want to inform you and let you know that we have accept your application&#8217;s.<br />
So get back to me as soon as you have receive this email and pls after two days make sure that you are checking your email at<br />
list two times per day in case if i have something important regarding the 1st assignment.<br />
We await your urgent response.<br />
Thank you for your help.<br />
We look forward to working with you.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Kamson John.<br />
Secret Shopper®</p>
<p>A flag stood up that the spelling was very inaccurate on a lot of the words. It was less &#8220;professional&#8221; I started searching for how to tell whether or not it was a scam. I really just can&#8217;t tell. but another red flag is that he didn&#8217;t even give me a site to go to to sign up. I&#8217;m pretty sure it&#8217;s a scam but i want a second opinion.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Go with your first instincts on this one &#8211; &#8220;If it looks like a SCAM then it is&#8221; &#8211;<br />
(and as other answer says far to much money for such a simple job)</p>
<p>As you say the giveaway is the spelling and sentence structure &#8211; </p>
<p>What do you think   </p>
<p>&#8220;i will get back to for further instruction on our to carry out the 1st assignment perfectly with out no mistake because our client will be issue a check or money order,well before then i will let you know and tell you what you are to do with the payment, so i just want to inform you and let you know that we have accept your application&#8217;s.&#8221;  </p>
<p>- actually means ?</p>
<p>Guess the next step when </p>
<p> &#8220;our client will be issue a check or money order,well before then i will let you know and tell you what you are to do with the payment&#8221; </p>
<p>Will be to ask you  for bank account details so payment can be made (oops)</p>
<p>Take care</p>
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<h2>Does President Obama practice what he preaches?</h2>
<p>African Kin Seek Obama’s Help &#8211; But President Offers no Special Aid or Access</p>
<p>By Farah Stockman, Globe Staff  |  September 13, 2009</p>
<p>(Photos By Boniface Mwangi for The Boston Globe)<br />
President Obama’s relatives put up a sign showing his lineage in the village of Kobama<br />
which means “land of Obama,’’ where his great-grandfather is buried.</p>
<p>KOGELO, Kenya &#8211; After Barack Obama was elected to the US Senate in 2004, a delegation from the remote African village where his father was raised journeyed to Washington, seeking financial help. But Obama offered them advice, not money.</p>
<p>Now that Obama has moved to the White House, expectations of financial benefit have grown even greater in this tiny hamlet where water is still delivered to thatched huts on the backs of donkeys.</p>
<p>“There are still those who are waiting for him to send millions,’’ said Nicholas Rajula, a Kogelo businessman.</p>
<p>Dreams alone seem to be sustaining those counting on an economic boom in this rural corner of western Kenya, near Lake Victoria, where the American president’s father &#8211; also named Barack Obama &#8211; grew up and where many of his relatives remain.</p>
<p>In Kogelo, the village where Barack Sr. was raised, there is no restaurant or post office to speak of. Two hours from the nearest city, it is not on most maps.</p>
<p>Still, the price of land here has skyrocketed because of rampant speculation about an Obama family museum that the Kenyan Ministry of Tour ism has promised to build. And there have been some modest, but tangible, signs of progress that seem tied to the village’s new notoriety. Within a week of Obama’s election victory last year, the government began to pave the main road to town. It also brought in an electricity and water lines to Obama’s step-grandmother’s compound.</p>
<p>Some relatives have also set up foundations, trying to raise money for development projects using the Obama name. And strangers are suddenly a common sight in the market, attracted by safari companies that advertise heritage tours about the first African-American US president. A tourist hotel is planned.</p>
<p>But what is missing is a <strong>direct</strong> infusion of cash from Obama or the US government, say local residents and members of the extended Obama family, some of whom say they have relayed funding requests through e-mails and letters to Washington. That expectation might come as a surprise in the United States, where such gifts are not an obligation and Obama is not considered a particularly wealthy man. But in Kenya, where politicians are often judged by how much financial help they funnel to family and tribe, the lack of cash donations from the president has caused some consternation.</p>
<p>Rajula, the Kogelo businessman who funded the delegation’s trip to Washington in 2005, said Obama encouraged the group &#8211; which included his own uncle &#8211; to form self-help organizations and apply for funding through official channels, such as USAID.</p>
<p>“There is no money that comes from his pocket,’’ Rajula said.</p>
<p>A White House official said: “The president’s policy of pointing aid requests to official channels is consistent with his message of good governance’’ in Africa.</p>
<p>USAID press officer Harry Edwards said the agency gives no special consideration to Obama’s family members or organizations hailing from his family’s home area.</p>
<p>Still, relatives in Kenya believe that Obama’s presidency will bring development, one way or another, so much so that two villages are competing to claim his ancestral roots: Kogelo, the place his father grew up and is buried, and Kobama, a village about 100 miles away where the president’s great-grandfather settled and where the majority of his estimated three hundred relatives remain. In Kobama, which literally means “land of Obama,’’ family members have fixed up his great-grandfather’s grave, erected a signpost outlining his lineage, and gladly receive a steady stream of curious visitors. Now, they too, are angling to put up a museum near the mud house where President Obama slept when he visited as a young man.</p>
<p>Charles Oluoch, a second cousin of the president who chairs a new family foundation seeking development funds, said Obama’s Harvard-educated father helped the boys of Kobama with jobs and school fees. “Now we expect the president to take over,’’ he said.</p>
<p>But he added that he understands Obama has higher priorities.</p>
<p>“This man is USA material and he has to fulfill all his campaign promises,’’ he said.</p>
<p>“He should feed his family first &#8211; the USA people.’’</p>
<p>Obama was raised by his Kansas-born mother, and only met his Kenyan father once. But he tracked down a sprawling family in Kenya after his father’s 1982 death, while researching his autobiography, Dreams from my Father.</p>
<p>In the book, Obama grappled with the idea of Western guilt, questioning how much he could help the huge extended family he was meeting for the first time.</p>
<p>“Now I had responsibilities,’’ Obama wrote in 1995.</p>
<p>“But what did that mean exactl</p>
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<h2>Is that below mentioned letter authentic ? Please tell me.?</h2>
<p>FROM: THE DESK OF THE CLAIMS DIRECTOR,<br />
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL PROMOTIONS/PRIZE AWARD DEPARTMENT,<br />
44 Moorfields, London EC2Y 9AL UNITED KINGDOM.</p>
<p>OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION DATE: 17-07-2009</p>
<p>Dear Esteemed Winner,</p>
<p>The Yahoo! Corporation hereby officially congratulates you for emerging a winner in the 1st category of the 2009 Yahoo! Financial Web Promotion and this officially states that the Web Promotions department have just concluded a mandatory verification and confirmation of your winning information.  I have therefore been charged with the responsibility of providing you with the much needed assistance as regards the Procedural Claims Formalities. However, the Yahoo! Corporation itself have clearly outlined the procedures and guidelines to regulate the entire remittance process which includes the Legal Privacy Terms and Conditions for Claims. All necessary machineries have therefore been put into place so as to ensure a secured remittance of prizes to Bonafid Winners around the world. </p>
<p>Please note that the Yahoo! Executives would like to inform you that the promotions programmes which has been officially tagged &#8216;Thanks To Have Contributed To our Financial Success&#8217; was held to appreciate our numerous Web Customers for their immense contribution to the success of Yahoo! Corporation.  The Yahoo! Corporation, which has about 75 percent worldwide market share in the online search business and that the online <strong>advertising</strong> industry &#8211; which today stands at more than $40 billion &#8211; is forecast to reach $80 billion in the next three years.  Both Microsoft and Yahoo are strongly motivated to find ways to dethrone Google, the current market leader, and the combined mass of the two companies’ client and consumer bases could generate a viable competitor to Google on both the desktop and the mobile device.</p>
<p>Having emerged a winner in the first category of awardees, this Official Winning Confirmation E-<strong>mail</strong> does certify you a Bonafid Winner in the 2009 Edition of Yahoo! Financial Promotions which was duly sponsored by Yahoo! Corporation. You are at this point advised to strictly adhere to all relevant instruction that shall be provided all through the course of the remittance process. The Yahoo! Corporation in conjunction with the United Kingdom Government have officially signed you a cheque of One Million British Pounds Sterling, this legally states that a Certified Bank Cheque which has been paid out for sum of One Million Pounds has been signed and issued in your Full Names as clearly shown in our Web Data Base which consequently matches with your personal information earlier provided in the Winning Application Form. All Legal/Official Documents which formally certifies you a Bonafid winner have also been signed and issued to a Reputable Courier Delivery Firm here in United Kingdom.<br />
These parceled documents are to be delivered to you under the my personal supervision as your Remittance Director. For the remittance process to be carried out, those who reside outside the United Kingdom are to use the services of a courier service company whose duty is to deliver their Parceled Cheques including all official/Legal Documents to them at their designated address. Please note that for this option, delivery cannot be carried out to P.O. BOXES. Therefore, because you are not residing close to the United Kingdom, we have forwarded your winning cheque and Certificate of winning to the courier company who will be delivering it safely to you in your country.</p>
<p>Please note: All Further Correspondences should be directed to the email address of the courier company which is written among the below details of the courier company: Please find details of the Courier Service Company below:</p>
<p>CONTACT INFO:<br />
 AIR CARGO EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL COURIER SERVICES<br />
PRIMARY BUSINESS ADDRESS: GARRICK HOUS E, 26 &#8211; 27 SOUTHHAMPTON STREET<br />
Email: aircargoexpresscourierservices@upimail.net<br />
aceicourierservices@live.co.uk<br />
Tel:+44-702-406-4787<br />
Fascmile: +44-703-191-9322</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">It sounds like a scam to me. I once got a similar<br />
letter saying I&#8217;d won 4 million euros, but I had to<br />
send them my passport photo first!<br />
Most letters of this ilk are fraudulent.</p>
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<h2>I Need Help with CIVICS TODAY (I will give you the points for the best Answer)?</h2>
<p>1. Which of the following is NOT a factor that influences justices when they decide a Case?</p>
<p>A. legal views<br />
B. Social condition<br />
C. the law<br />
D. <strong>direct</strong> political pressue</p>
<p>2. Which of the following provides an inexpensive and convenient way for citizens to get directyl<br />
directly involved in an election?</p>
<p>A. e-mailing candidates<br />
B. party web sites<br />
C. grassroots Web sites<br />
D. newsgroups</p>
<p>3. Human rights include all of the following rights EXCEPT:</p>
<p>A. safety<br />
B. food<br />
C. wealth<br />
D. shelter</p>
<p>4. What of the following is NOT a power or duty of a state governor?</p>
<p>A. adopt laws<br />
B. appoint officials<br />
C. issue executive orders<br />
D. prepare a budget</p>
<p>5. Which of the following countries ia an example of a present-day totalitarian regime?</p>
<p>A. Mexico<br />
B. Soviet Union<br />
C. Great Britain<br />
D. North Korea</p>
<p>6. _____ can be used to cut the government&#8217;s debts.</p>
<p>A. Surpluses<br />
B. Bonds<br />
C. Taxes<br />
D. Deficits</p>
<p>7. Which of the following terms does NOT describe the United States economy.</p>
<p>A. free enterprise<br />
B. government-run<br />
C. market economy<br />
D. capitalism</p>
<p>8. What was the written plan for government drawn up by the Plymuth colnists?</p>
<p>A. Articles of Confederation<br />
B. magna carta<br />
C. declaration of independence<br />
D. mayflower compact</p>
<p>9. The defendant is formally presented with charges and asked to enter a plea at the:</p>
<p>A. booking<br />
B. arraignment<br />
C. indictment<br />
D. sentencing</p>
<p>10. Workers who cut a company&#8217;s costs by being more efficient are an example of which factor<br />
affecting supply?</p>
<p>A. productivity<br />
B. technology<br />
C. changes in the cost of resource<br />
D. changes in taxes and subsidies</p>
<p>11. In the 1980s, what type of economies became increasngly unattractive?</p>
<p>A. market economies<br />
B. mixed economies<br />
C. command economies<br />
D. traditional economies</p>
<p>12. The U.S. House of Representatives and the terms for debate are controlled by the powerful:</p>
<p>A. rules committee<br />
B. conference committee<br />
C. speaker of the House<br />
D. committee chairperson</p>
<p>13. Which of the following is NOT part of the governmen&#8217;s role in regulating market activities?</p>
<p>A. regulating natural monopolies<br />
B. regulating <strong>advertising</strong> and product lables<br />
C. regulating mergers<br />
D. regulating prouct safety</p>
<p>14. which of the follwing is NOT an example of an item that would have elastic demand?</p>
<p>A. an expensive item<br />
B. an item taht has attractive substitutes<br />
C. an item that can be purchased later<br />
D. an itemthat has few substitutes</p>
<p>15. The U.S. Chamber of Commercere represents which type of interest group</p>
<p>A. special cause interest group<br />
B. ethnic interst group<br />
C. economic interest group<br />
D. public interest group</p>
<p>16. What typ of lawsit cn be filed when a person is accidentally injured or killed?</p>
<p>A. negligence suit<br />
B. equity suit<br />
C. breachof contract suit<br />
D. property dispute</p>
<p>17. Which of the following is NOT a case that usually would be heard in a federal court?</p>
<p>A. a dispute over patent right<br />
B. a dipute over child support<br />
C. a suit involving the U.S. Defense Deparatment<br />
D. a case involving a violation of the freedom of speech</p>
<p>18. When manufactures buy raw materials like steeel, plastic, and glass, they are acting in their<br />
role as.</p>
<p>A. producers<br />
B. consumers<br />
C. charitable organization<br />
D. employes</p>
<p>19. what signals that a price is too high?</p>
<p>A. shorage<br />
B. surplus high demand<br />
C. high demand<br />
D. market supply</p>
<p>20. Which of the following is one way for the FEd to stimulate the economy?</p>
<p>A. contract the money supply<br />
B. sell treasury bills<br />
C. raise the discount rate<br />
D. buy U.S. government bonds</p>
<p>21. Someone who move permenetly to a new country is referred toas a(n)</p>
<p>A. immigrant<br />
B. naturalized citizen<br />
C. citizen<br />
D. alien</p>
<p>22. Which United Nations agency tries to promote a higher standard of living around the world?</p>
<p>A. security council<br />
B. general assembley<br />
C. Economics and Social Council<br />
D. Trusteeship Council</p>
<p>23. Who counts the electoral vote and declares the winner as the next president?</p>
<p>A. The electoral college<br />
B. stae representatives<br />
C. stae governors<br />
D. congress</p>
<p>24. When tow parties cannot agre on the term of a new contact, they might bring in a thired party<br />
who tries to help the3m reach an agreement. This prosess is know as.</p>
<p>A. collective bargaining<br />
B. arbitration<br />
C. negotations<br />
D. mediation</p>
<p>25. Which of the following is NOT an automatic stabilizer for the economy/</p>
<p>A. tax cuts<br />
B. progressive federal income taxes<br />
C. welfare programs<br />
D. unemployment insurance programs</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">1. D<br />
2. A<br />
3. C<br />
4. A<br />
5. D<br />
6. B<br />
7. B although this is an arguable point as of late<br />
8. D<br />
9. B<br />
10. C<br />
11. Really all of these except A became less popular in the 80s, but considering that it was the time of the Cold War and people were extra anti-communism, I would say C because that is government run&#8230;<br />
12. A<br />
13. A<br />
14. D<br />
15. C<br />
16. A<br />
17. B<br />
18. B<br />
19. B surplus<br />
20. D<br />
21. B<br />
22. C<br />
23. D<br />
24. B<br />
25. B</p>
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<h2>Now what is wrong with my resume?</h2>
<p>I have recently revised it. And I am still not getting any calls for an interview. I cannot put it in the correct format here, but I can tell you that is is formatted correctly with things in bold and bullets, the whole 9 yards. Obviously I have removed the identifying information. Please give me any suggestion to make it better. Serious answers only please. </p>
<p>      Riverrunsred</p>
<p>      Address:<br />
      Home Phone:<br />
      E-<strong>Mail</strong>: </p>
<p>      Objective</p>
<p>      To work in a rewarding customer driven environment,<br />
      where I can utilize my many years in the customer<br />
      service industry. I am interested in building a career at the company I am employed with.</p>
<p>      Skills</p>
<p>      Customer relations<br />
      Sales<br />
      Health care<br />
      Clerical<br />
      General computer and typing<br />
      Business management<br />
      Employee management<br />
      Business operations</p>
<p>      Experience</p>
<p>      Company,City, MT May 2008 &#8211; September 2008</p>
<p>      Paramedic</p>
<p>      Assessing and treating both emergent and non emergent patients. Extensive amount of customer relations<br />
      and service,including not only patients but family members and hospital staff.<br />
      As the Paramedic I assumed the lead role and had the responsibility of managing the scene,<br />
      directing my partner as well as other responders and making quick and accurate decisions<br />
      for the safety of the patient as well as everyone involved.</p>
<p>      Company, City, LA February 2006 &#8211; April 2008</p>
<p>      Paramedic</p>
<p>      My duties as a Paramedic included: assessing, treating and transporting<br />
      both emergency and non emergency patients, completing patient reports,<br />
      Customer service, unit and equipment inventory and upkeep, attending<br />
      continuing education and various other duties.</p>
<p>      Company, City, MT June 2004 &#8211; January 2006</p>
<p>      Funeral assistant</p>
<p>      Assisted with the planning and implementation of memorial and funeral services.</p>
<p>      Company, City, MT October 2000 &#8211; May 2004</p>
<p>      Business owner</p>
<p>      Managed all aspects of small dance apparel business including daily operations, customer service,<br />
      management of employees, ordering and tracking of inventory, business relations, and <strong>advertising</strong>. </p>
<p>      Company, City, MT October 1999 &#8211; October 2000</p>
<p>      Front desk clerk</p>
<p>      Managed front desk/reception area; Performed customer service duties; Handled reservations;<br />
      Resolved discrepencies and issues concerning reservations; Ensured lobby was a neat and clean<br />
      environment for customers.</p>
<p>      Education</p>
<p>      College name, LA<br />
      Paramedic</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">You have experience and that&#8217;s great.  First, understand that the economy is in a bad state right now, and lots of people are not getting responses.  There are many people, but fewer jobs also.  But, from my perspective, I think you should make sure it&#8217;s a one page resume.  Also, use the proper grammatical format and make sure that you use professional wording.  Don&#8217;t go back past 10 years on your resume (this protects you from age discrimination).  And don&#8217;t be repetitive in your use of your words.  And, there was a book out called &#8220;Resumes that Knock em dead&#8221;.  Check for it at your local library.  It is excellent.  Jobstar.org has great resume templates.  I hope this helps.</p>
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<h2>Sorry if this is a dumb question, but what do I do with a stock certificate?</h2>
<p>Ok, I was recently laid off from my job. As a result I had to close my employee stock option account with the company that was holding the stocks.<br />
I was hoping they would simply <strong>mail</strong> me a check but instead the only option was to get a stock certificate, it&#8217;s in my name along with my minor son as joint tenant.<br />
So, do I just call a broker to sell them? Will there be a problem selling them as my son as joint tenant?<br />
Also anyone have any idea on what the fee might be? This is the only stock that I have ever purchased and it was a <strong>direct</strong> debit from my pay check, and have never had to sell stock, so I am completely clueless as to how to go about it. I&#8217;ve visited a few sites such as Scott Trade, TD Ameritrade, E-Trade and have looked at their fees. I have no idea where this falls, it&#8217;s not an electronic trade, so it won&#8217;t be the advertised $9.99 per trade fee. Then there&#8217;s the commission&#8230;.<br />
So am I looking at $9.99 + whatever fee to handle paper stock (perhaps that would fall under the broker assisted trade? Which was an additional $25) + a % commission on top of that? And how is this calculated? Per share or by value?<br />
So some guidance would be appreciated, some sort of an idea of what fees I might be looking at and any recommendations as to a good broker, I am looking for the lowest fees, this will probably be my only trade.<br />
Lord I feel like an idiot, but this is something I have absolutely no experience in.<br />
Thanks in advance.<br />
Not sure I know what you mean by what kind it is or if it&#8217;s listed. But it&#8217;s NASDAQ Global Select, whatever that means and it&#8217;s common stock if that helps.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">You will need to open a brokerage account with the identical registration to that on the stock certificate (i.e. Your account will need to be registered with your son as a joint tenet.) You can then deposit the stock certificate into the account and then you can make your decisions for trading there. Most firms like the ones you mention charge a flat fee for trading and do not charge a commission fee on top of the trading fee. I don&#8217;t believe it would be considered a broker assisted trade, unless you went into one of there investor centers and asked for one of their brokers to place the trade for you. The deposit of a stock certificate is treated in the same manner as any deposit of funds, and there is no extra fee typically associated with it.</p>
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<h2>Joke : Really dumb memos at work..is this worth a star ?</h2>
<p>In 1998 a business magazine ran a contest asking for Dilbert-like quotes from people who had real-life Dilbert-like managers. Here are some of the winners.</p>
<p>   1. As of tomorrow, employees will only be able to access the building using individual security cards. Pictures will be taken next Wednesday and employees will receive their cards in two weeks.<br />
      (Microsoft Corporation &#8211; this one took first place)</p>
<p>   2. What I need is a list of specific unknown problems we will encounter.<br />
      (Lykes Lines Shipping)</p>
<p>   3. How long is this Beta guy going to keep testing our stuff?<br />
      (Programming intern, Microsoft Development Team)</p>
<p>   4. E-<strong>mail</strong> is not to be used to pass on information or data. It should be used only for company business.<br />
      (Accounting Mgr., Electric Boat Company)</p>
<p>   5. This project is so important that we can&#8217;t let things that are more important interfere with it.<br />
      (<strong>Advertising</strong> /Mktg. Mgr., UPS)</p>
<p>   6. Doing it right is no excuse for not meeting the schedule. No one will believe you solved this problem in one day! We&#8217;ve been working on it for months. Now, go act busy for a few weeks, and I&#8217;ll let you know when it&#8217;s time to tell them.<br />
      (R&amp;D Supervisor, Minnesota Mining &amp; Manufacturing/3M Corp.)</p>
<p>   7. My boss spent the entire weekend retyping a 25-page proposal that only needed corrections. She claims the disk I gave her was damaged and she couldn&#8217;t edit it. The disk I gave her was write-protected.<br />
      (CIO of Dell Computers)</p>
<p>   8. Quote from the boss: &#8220;Teamwork is a lot of people doing what I say.&#8221;<br />
      (Marketing Executive, Citrix Corporation)</p>
<p>   9. My sister passed away and her funeral was scheduled for Monday. When I told my boss, he said she died so that I would have to miss work on the busiest day of the year. He then asked if we could change her burial to Friday. He said, &#8220;That would be better for me.&#8221;<br />
      (Shipping Executive, FTD Florists)</p>
<p>  10. We know that communication is a problem, but the company is not going to discuss it with the employees.<br />
      (AT&amp;T Long Lines Division)</p>
<p>  11. We recently received a memo from senior management saying, &#8220;This is to inform you that a memo will be issued today regarding the subject mentioned above.&#8221;<br />
      (Microsoft Legal Affairs Division)</p>
<p>  12. As director of communications, I was asked to prepare a memo reviewing our company&#8217;s training programs and materials. In the body of the memo one of the sentences mentioned the &#8220;pedagogical approach&#8221; used by one of the training manuals. The day after I routed the memo to the executive committee, I was called into the HR director&#8217;s office and was told that the executive VP wanted me out of the building by lunch. When I asked why, I was told that she wouldn&#8217;t stand for &#8220;perverts&#8221; (pedophiles?) working in her company. He showed me her copy of the memo, with her demand that I be fired, with the word &#8220;pedagogical&#8221; circled in red. The HR Manager was fairly reasonable, and once he looked the word up in his dictionary and made a copy of the definition to send to my boss, he told me not to worry. He would take care of it. Two days later a memo to the entire staff came out, directing us that no words which could not be found in the local Sunday newspaper could be used in company memos. A month later I resigned. In accordance with company policy, I created my resignation letter by pasting words together from the Sunday paper.<br />
      (Taco Bell Corporation)</p>
<p>  13. This gem is the closing paragraph of a nationally circulated memo: &#8220;Lucent Technologies is endeavorily determined to promote constant attention on current procedures of transacting business focusing emphasis on innovative ways to better, if not supercede, the expectations of quality!&#8221;<br />
      (Lucent Technologies &#8211; formerly a division of AT&amp;T)</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">LOL those are so hilarious!<br />
Star for you!<br />
The redundancy was getting repetitive lol</p>
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<h2>Help Me please I am really confused.?</h2>
<p>Lim Clothing Company manufactures its own designed and labeled sports attire and sells its products through catalog sales and retail outlets. While Lim has for years used activity-based costing in its manufacturing activities, it has always used traditional costing in assigning its selling costs to its product lines. Selling costs have traditionally been assigned to Lim&#8217;s product lines at a rate of 70% of <strong>direct</strong> material costs. Its <strong>direct</strong> material costs for the month of March for Lim&#8217;s &#8220;high intensity&#8221; line of attire are $400,000. The company has decided to extend activity-based costing to its selling costs. Data relating to the &#8220;high intensity&#8221; line of products for the month of March are as follows. </p>
<p>Activity Cost PoolCost DriverOverhead RateNumber of Cost Drivers Used<br />
per Activity<br />
Sales commissions Dollar sales $0.05 per dollar sales</p>
<p>$930,000</p>
<p><strong>Advertising</strong>—TV/Radio Minutes $300 per minute250<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>—Newspaper Column inches $10 per column inch2,000<br />
Catalogs Catalogs mailed  $2.50 per catalog60,000<br />
Cost of catalog sales Catalog orders $1 per catalog order9,000<br />
Credit and collection Dollar sales $0.03 per dollar sales930,000 </p>
<p>Compute the selling costs to be assigned to the &#8220;high-intensity&#8221; line of attire for the month of March: (1) using the traditional product costing system (<strong>direct</strong> material cost is the cost driver), and (2) using activity-based costing.</p>
<p>Traditional product costing$<br />
Activity-based costing$</p>
<p>By what amount does the traditional product costing system undercost or overcost the &#8220;high-intensity&#8221; product line?<br />
$  </p>
<p>Classify each of the activities as value-added or non-value-added.</p>
<p>Activity Cost Pool<br />
Sales commissions<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>—TV/Radio<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>—Newspaper<br />
Catalogs<br />
Cost of catalog sales<br />
Credit and collection</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Now it&#8217;s me that&#8217;s confused!<br />
But here goes&#8230;<br />
Credit and collection<br />
Advertising—TV/Radio<br />
Advertising—Newspaper<br />
Catalogs<br />
Sales commissions<br />
Cost of catalog sales<br />
Activity Cost Pool</p>
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<h2>Man Accounting please help!?</h2>
<p>Lim Clothing Company manufactures its own designed and labeled sports attire and sells its products through catalog sales and retail outlets. While Lim has for years used activity-based costing in its manufacturing activities, it has always used traditional costing in assigning its selling costs to its product lines. Selling costs have traditionally been assigned to Lim&#8217;s product lines at a rate of 70% of <strong>direct</strong> material costs. Its <strong>direct</strong> material costs for the month of March for Lim&#8217;s &#8220;high intensity&#8221; line of attire are $400,000. The company has decided to extend activity-based costing to its selling costs. Data relating to the &#8220;high intensity&#8221; line of products for the month of March are as follows.  </p>
<p>Activity Cost Pool Cost Driver Overhead Rate Number of Cost Drivers Used per Activity </p>
<p>Sales commissions   Dollar sales   $0.05 per dollar sales $930,000<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>-TV/Radio   Minutes   $300 per minute 250<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>-Newspaper   Column inches   $10 per column inch 2,000<br />
Catalogs   Catalogs mailed    $2.50 per catalog 60,000<br />
Cost of catalog sales   Catalog orders   $1 per catalog order 9,000<br />
Credit and collection   Dollar sales   $0.03 per dollar sales 930,000   </p>
<p>Compute the selling costs to be assigned to the &#8220;high-intensity&#8221; line of attire for the month of March: (1) using the traditional product costing system (<strong>direct</strong> material cost is the cost driver), and (2) using activity-based costing.<br />
Traditional product costing $<br />
Activity-based costing $</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Yu 3xpekt mii 2 no that dutty tengz.</p>
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<h2>Need help!! rearrange this essay into headings! esay best answer!?</h2>
<p>Advertisement:</p>
<p><strong>Advertising</strong> is a form of communication that companies and brands use to persuade potential customers to buy or consume their products and services. There are several different types of <strong>advertising</strong>, all developed for different purposes.<br />
Covert <strong>advertising</strong>, for instance, is when a product or brand is included in entertainment and media. For example covert <strong>advertising</strong> can be seen in films such as I, Robot, where main character played by Will Smith often refers to his Converse shoes, calling them &#8220;classics,&#8221; because the film is set far in the future. I, Robot and Spaceballs also include futuristic cars with the Audi and Mercedes-Benz logos displayed on the vehicles.</p>
<p>When a company is producing an advertisement they have to consider their target audience. For instance using bright colours and simple language would attract young children. If a company were selling a beauty product, they would typically use models, as customers want to feel and look confident and by using someone attractive to sell the product, a customer would naturally believe that it will make them appear more appealing, therefore the customer makes an impulse purchase. Where the advertisement is situated is also very important, by placing a billboard <strong>advertising</strong> a product aimed at teenagers, by a retirement home would be quite pointless as would be <strong>advertising</strong> Zima frames by a youth club. </p>
<p>A majority of television commercials feature a song or jingle that listeners soon associate to the product. Good examples of this would be Hastings <strong>direct</strong>, Clillit bang and McCain’s. The music that is used is extremely important, and can change the way a customer sees the product. There are also other ways to advertise products other than via television. Companies also use billboards, newspapers, magazines and most recently the internet. Emails in particular are becoming popular amongst companies but can be seen to customers as unwanted and an annoyance, such e-mails are often referred to as ‘spam’ or ‘junk’. </p>
<p>Now i need someone to rearrange this paragraph into idfferent headings, which are:</p>
<p>1. General description<br />
2. Possible Audiences<br />
3. Standard Components [what does it include]<br />
4. Purpose of this document</p>
<p>You dont have to add any thing just rearrange parts to fit the subject headings please, easy best answer thanks!</p>
<p>Omg if nyour not goin to answer the question, dont bother givin me a pathetic lecture on how i should do things myself. In case you havent noticed ive done my homework, hence the essay. Im only askin for someone to rearrange it</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">You&#8217;re not thinking of continuing your education after school are you?</p>
<p>You NEED to learn to do your homework by yourself, you will NEVER succeed if you don&#8217;t persevere. </p>
<p>If you&#8217;re stuck, you need to ask your teacher to go through it with you again until you understand the work.</p>
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<h2>Can someone with experience please help.?</h2>
<p>Please help, I am having a hard time gaining full-time employment in the field of customer service. Can I receive some pointers please!! I put xxx&#8217;s for yahoo answers and omitted personal information, it is not apart of original resume. No funny jokes or <strong>advertising</strong>.. Serious inquiries would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>Also, I have already gone to temp agencies and they seem to like my resumes and job experience but most temp agencies don&#8217;t offer REAL..PERMANENT positions.<br />
Thank you in advanced</p>
<p>RESUME:</p>
<p>Objective:<br />
To gain employment in the area of Customer Service, utilizing my outstanding organizational, communication and computer skills.</p>
<p>WORK EXPERIENCE:</p>
<p>Macy&#8217;s Northwest Plaza 6/2009 &#8211; 11/2009<br />
xxxxxx MO, US<br />
Salary: $7.30 USD hourly<br />
Hours per week: 25<br />
Sales Associate<br />
Main Duties are selling of merchandise (POS cash register operations), greeting and assisting customers. Ordering merchandise not carried in stores and soliciting credit. Stocking merchandise, setting displays, merchandise audits weekly.</p>
<p>Department of Social Services 1/2008 &#8211; 4/30/09<br />
xxxxxxxMO, US<br />
Salary: $1832.00 USD Per Month<br />
Hours per week: 40<br />
Office Support Assistant<br />
Main Duties are providing customer service to clients and organization, <strong>mail</strong> sorting and delivery to appropriate Case Workers , Supervisors, and Postal <strong>Mail</strong>. Invoice processing using SAM II ( government ) financial program. maintaining electronic benefits transfer cards and government assistant checks for the blind and/or elderly. Switchboard operator, Time keeping for employees using SAM II application, maintaining budgets for client&#8217;s educational and residential needs also using SAM II. Maintaining employee&#8217;s personnel files as well as files/educational records for clients. Typing in Microsoft Word, Excel, Adobe, Outlook. Preparation of Minutes following staff meetings, Maintaining vehicle expense accounts, Travel expense accounts and preparing Monthly Critical Incident Reports.</p>
<p>Department of Corrections 2/2001-5/2007<br />
xxxxxxMO, US<br />
Salary: $1776.00 USD Per Month<br />
Hours per week: 40<br />
Office Support Assistant<br />
Record and file management for clients within the criminal justice system. <strong>Mail</strong> distribution of court <strong>mail</strong>, inter-office as well as postal, typing case summary, violation and investigation reports as well as monthly expense reports for Probation &amp; Parole Officers. Back up receptionist duties include answering and directing hundreds of calls daily. Greeting/assisting clients visitors. Also perform background record checks using REGIS court management and arrest systems, warrant processing using MULES. Perform data entry and typing using an AS400 system and personal computer utilizing Microsoft word, lotus, excel and operation of general office equipment regularly.</p>
<p>EDUCATION:</p>
<p>xxxCommunity College at Forest Park<br />
xxx MO, US<br />
Some College Coursework Completed &#8211; 12/2006<br />
39.000 Semester Hours total<br />
Major: Information Systems</p>
<p>xxx Community College at Forest Park<br />
xxx, Missouri US<br />
Some College Coursework Completed &#8211; 11/2000<br />
30 Semester Hours total<br />
Major: Psychology</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Don&#8217;t be surprise that you are having trouble finding full time employment.  It took me 7 months to find a full time job.  It is a tough economy out there.  Good Luck.</p>
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<h2>Does anyone know any good UK job sites&#8230;.that aren&#8217;t riddled with recruitment agencies???</h2>
<p>So many job sites have me pulling my hair out because they are dominated by recruitment agencies and &#8216;middle-men&#8217; blocking you a <strong>direct</strong> path to a potential job.</p>
<p>FISH4JOBS is a strong example of this. Recruitment firms advertise posts, but don&#8217;t give you all the details until you ring them up and register with them. Then you find after you register you get junk <strong>mail</strong> from them, and they ring you up 20 times a day offering you jobs that have no correlation to what you told them you want to do.</p>
<p>Does anyone know of any good job sites where these recruitment agencies aren&#8217;t thriving, and you get a more <strong>direct</strong> dialogue with employers? </p>
<p>Agencies are such a pain in the neck!</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">It depends on the job you are looking for but sector1.net is a good site for public sector jobs. It links you straight to the job with salary, location, organisation, etc without having to ring anybody up to find out information. It usually has a link straight to the application form as well.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Besides Traffic Geyser, there is a free service called Tube Mogul. It works in much the same way. Additionally there is a software package I found called Tube Mastery (http://www.websitemarketingskills.com/recommends/TubeMastery) which works really well in terms of how to market on YouTube. The same basic information is true on the other sites, as well. Use your profile page to link to your site and use calls to action to get people to respond. I would just buy that program and familiarize yourself with it.</p>
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<h2>Need correct answer for my test?</h2>
<p>Q 31:<br />
What is “bounce rate” in terms of email marketing?<br />
a.The percentage of emails sent  to a list which are returned as undeliverable<br />
b.The percentage of repeat clients<br />
c.The percentage of people who receive an email and buy the product<br />
d.The percentage of people who click the links in an email</p>
<p>Q 32:<br />
Why have social networkings sites become a popular of internet marketing?<br />
a.They are free and easy to use<br />
b.They guarantee more traffic to your site<br />
c.Ease of use, large number of users, easy to target specific demographic<br />
d.They are a passing trend</p>
<p>Q 33:<br />
What should a company do once it achieves its search engine ranking goals?<br />
a.Stop promoting the site<br />
b.Constantly monitor and improve their site in order to maintain their ranking<br />
c.Revise the site once in awhile<br />
d.Sell <strong>advertising</strong> on their site</p>
<p>Q 34:<br />
How are keywords utilized by search engines?<br />
a.The are all that the search engines uses to rank pages<br />
b.The keywords are a brief description of what topic your site relates to<br />
c.They help the search engine decide how good your sites content as<br />
d.The keywords guarantee positioning</p>
<p>Q 35:<br />
What is an auto-responder?<br />
a.A person who replies to all email for the company<br />
b.An automatic email message sent to someone who takes an action such as submitting a form on a company website<br />
c.A method of direction communication with clients<br />
d.A email relay system</p>
<p>Q 36:<br />
What is a site index?<br />
a.A page which has a linkable outline of all the pages on a website<br />
b.A site with only 1 page<br />
c.A special with special deals for purchasers<br />
d.A special ranking with search engines</p>
<p>Q 37:<br />
What is a secondary reason to actively maintain a company blog, besides giving potential customers something to read?<br />
a.It keeps the marketing staff busy in down times<br />
b.It impression clients<br />
c.A well maintained blog will help increase pages rank with search engines<br />
d.It makes the company seem larger than it is</p>
<p>Q 38:<br />
What is the purpose of a traditional press release?<br />
a.It acts as a <strong>direct</strong> marketing sales tools<br />
b.It can be mailed out to potential clients<br />
c.It announce company information to a widely dispersed group of people<br />
d.It target markets to internet users</p>
<p>Q 39:<br />
What is a “call to action”?<br />
a.Hoping the customers buys your product<br />
b.Recruiting new employees<br />
c.Creating a new ad campaign<br />
d.Using verbs to encourage people to take an action</p>
<p>Q 40:<br />
Why is it important to fine tune the timing of the ad and keywords used?<br />
a.It costs less in later hours<br />
b.To be sure to spend more money on marketing<br />
c.Required by law<br />
d.To carefully target the customer base desired, not wasting impression and clicks</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Hey, I wish that I could get answers to _my_ tests on Yahoo!Answers too.</p>
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<h2>ebay question? should i leave negative feedback? see details?</h2>
<p>2 weeks ago i bought a mac eyeshadow set off ebay. the way the  item was advertised i just presumed that the seller had the item in hand.<br />
after 2 weeks i hadnt heard anything so i mailed the seller to see if the item had been shipped yet.<br />
i got a reply stating that they had refunded my payment as this item was no longer available at mac and they were unable to order it .<br />
now i&#8217;m sorry if i&#8217;m being ignorant here but the reason i ordered if off ebay is cos i knew the item was sold out at mac stores and online. if it hadnt have been then i would have bloomin gone <strong>direct</strong> to mac wouldnt i ??!!!!<br />
surely if someone is <strong>advertising</strong> something that they don&#8217;t actually have they should make this clear ?!<br />
hey what the hell i think i&#8217;ll go on ebay and advertise a piano for sale and then when someone orders it i&#8217;ll think about ordering one in !!!!??<br />
should i leave negative feedback ? or is the seller well within their rights to have done this &#8211; it doesnt seem right to me.<br />
thanks<br />
thanks for all the top notch answers. i&#8217;m not generally such an angry person honest ! i think i&#8217;ll go with what several people have said and just not leave any feedback. they haven&#8217;t left me any feedback yet and i can imagine they&#8217;ll end up leaving me something negative to retaliate so i&#8217;ll end up worse off.<br />
so i&#8217;m off to do some yoga and breathing exercises and rellllaaaaxxx<br />
thanks guys !!!</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I have a business on Ebay and I would never list an item I knew I didn&#8217;t have to sell &#8211; what an absolutely ridiculous thing to do &#8211; thanks for your custom, one problem, I don&#8217;t actually have the item! Never mind, I shall give you a refund.  </p>
<p>To be honest, I would bother with feedback &#8211; whatever you give they will only give you back &#8211; even though you haven&#8217;t done anything wrong!  Don&#8217;t expect someone who is selling something they don&#8217;t have to be reasonable!  </p>
<p>Just leave it &#8211; most of the time Ebay is a great place but as with anything &#8211; there is the odd weirdo.  Clearly, this seller isn&#8217;t in the business of making money &#8211; LOL!</p>
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<h2>stella mccartney sports bra (adidas)?</h2>
<p>I am trying to buy a Stella McCartney  for Adidas Sports bra that is featured on the Adidas Site but I cant by <strong>direct</strong> from Adidas unless I go to a shop and I live about 250 miles from the nearest one. Can anyone help me out here, I have tried a web search but cant find the new one advertised anywhere other than on the Adidas site. I have to get this <strong>mail</strong> order &#8211; please help (ring up Stella for me and ask her to send me one!!!) Thanks anyway</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Try a site called boobydo.com, it sells nothing but sports bras.</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
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<h2>Accounting homework question please help me?</h2>
<p>Lim Clothing Company manufactures its own designed and labeled sports attire and sells its products through catalog sales and retail outlets. While Lim has for years used activity-based costing in its manufacturing activities, it has always used traditional costing in assigning its selling costs to its product lines. Selling costs have traditionally been assigned to Lim&#8217;s product lines at a rate of 70% of <strong>direct</strong> material costs. Its <strong>direct</strong> material costs for the month of March for Lim&#8217;s &#8220;high intensity&#8221; line of attire are $400,000. The company has decided to extend activity-based costing to its selling costs. Data relating to the &#8220;high intensity&#8221; line of products for the month of March are as follows. </p>
<p>Activity Cost PoolCost DriverOverhead RateNumber of Cost Drivers Used<br />
per Activity<br />
Sales commissions Dollar sales $0.05 per dollar sales</p>
<p>$930,000</p>
<p><strong>Advertising</strong>—TV/Radio Minutes $300 per minute250<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>—Newspaper Column inches $10 per column inch2,000<br />
Catalogs Catalogs mailed  $2.50 per catalog60,000<br />
Cost of catalog sales Catalog orders $1 per catalog order9,000<br />
Credit and collection Dollar sales $0.03 per dollar sales930,000 </p>
<p>Compute the selling costs to be assigned to the &#8220;high-intensity&#8221; line of attire for the month of March: (1) using the traditional product costing system (<strong>direct</strong> material cost is the cost driver), and (2) using activity-based costing.</p>
<p>Traditional product costing$<br />
Activity-based costing$</p>
<p>By what amount does the traditional product costing system undercost or overcost the &#8220;high-intensity&#8221; product line?<br />
$  </p>
<p>Classify each of the activities as value-added or non-value-added.</p>
<p>Activity Cost Pool<br />
Sales commissions<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>—TV/Radio<br />
<strong>Advertising</strong>—Newspaper<br />
Catalogs<br />
Cost of catalog sales<br />
Credit and collection</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Hi, at this time I don&#8217;t have time to explain how to compute this problem, but at least here are the answers.</p>
<p>Traditional product costing $ 280000<br />
Activity-based costing $ 328400  </p>
<p>By what amount does the traditional product costing system undercost or overcost the &#8220;high-intensity&#8221; product line?<br />
$ 48400    undercost</p>
<p>Sales commissions                       non-value-added<br />
Advertising—TV/Radio                 non-value-added<br />
Advertising—Newspaper              non-value-added<br />
Catalogs                                          non-value-added<br />
Cost of catalog sales                     non-value-added<br />
Credit and collection                       non-value-added </p>
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<h2>How can i improve my resume?</h2>
<p>Objective:  Seeking a challenging position in the business field with a progressive company that will fully benefit from my background and training for professional growth and advancement. </p>
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? Bilingual English/ Spanish        ? MS Office Word               ? Customer Service       ?Accounts Payable<br />
? File Maintenance                     ? MS Outlook/Excel           ? well organized            ?Financial Statements<br />
? Multi task environment            ? Power Point                   ? typing 45 wpm            ?Time management<br />
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•Purchasing material from slab yards with credit card or check.<br />
•Maintain daily calendar, Schedule work as well as to understand and resolve problems, contacting vendors, <strong>direct</strong> employees to job site and picking up material.<br />
•Make business grow by <strong>advertising</strong> on different websites.<br />
•Made company over $40,000 in sales.<br />
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Enter all Vendor and Utility invoices using Tenant Pro.<br />
•Complete the weekly check run, print checks, and month-end close statements.<br />
•Sort and file check copies along with invoices.<br />
•Match, code, and research past due invoices.<br />
•Communicate professionally with tenants, vendors, visitors enquirers and relevant staff.<br />
•Saved company money by paying utility bills on time.<br />
Customer Service<br />
•Provide Customer Service in person or over phone, and updated client information.<br />
•Scan client documents, file maintenance, receive and review incoming <strong>mail</strong>, and taking messages.<br />
•Type Letters and send out for renewals or cancellations.<br />
•Assist clients in making payments.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Iam a recruiter , i hope this helps (try not exceed more than 2 pages )<br />
Resume Format :<br />
objective:<br />
Summary of employment <img src='http://letswork.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_sad.gif' alt=':(' class='wp-smiley' /> This is only required if you have more than 5 years and worked more than 2 companies )<br />
Skills:<br />
Educational Qualification:<br />
Experience Summary :<br />
Credentials:<br />
Reference:(if required)</p>
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<h2>Does anyone want to edit my resume?</h2>
<p>Xiao Dong</p>
<p>1477 Sherwood Mills Road<br />
Mississauga, Ontario<br />
L5V 1R8<br />
Cell: (647) 328 6613<br />
E-<strong>mail</strong>: xiao_here@hotmail.com<br />
________________________________________________________________________</p>
<p>Employment Objective:</p>
<p>To seek a challenging position in an environment that would enable me to make a significant contribution by utilizing my skills and training. </p>
<p>Skills Inventory:</p>
<p>-Effectively communicates in AutoCad and Solid Edge (in 2 and 3 dimensional environments)<br />
-Supportive and conscientious team member<br />
-Adaptable in multi-disciplinary cognitive and artistic environments<br />
-Efficient in Microsoft Word, Office, Excel and Power Point </p>
<p>Strengths and Achievements: </p>
<p>-Had personal Surrealist Artwork displayed at the Brampton Library, in the Mayfield Newspaper and for Students Against Social Injustice (visual arts political lobbyist group)<br />
-Received 8 years of formal training in Mandarin dialect<br />
-Enrolled in the enhanced program for gifted children in high school<br />
-Practiced Piano at a grade 8 royal conservatory level<br />
-As the Chief Editor of the Art’s section, directed, wrote and did legal research for both the SASI and Mayfield Newspaper (example: protested the privatization of MRI clinics)</p>
<p>Education:</p>
<p>University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario                           September 04, May 07<br />
Majored in Psychology and English</p>
<p>Mayfield Secondary School, Brampton                                    September 01 to July 2004<br />
Received College equivalent Diploma in Visual Arts</p>
<p>Xiao Dong</p>
<p>Professional Experience:</p>
<p>Fulton Engineered Specialties, Brampton, Ontario                June 2007- September 2008<br />
Engineering Assistant / Office Administrator<br />
-Recorded data accurately in both accounts receivable and accounts payable enabling company director to forecast future monetary transactions<br />
-Responsible for the interpretation, revision, completion, and translation of mechanical drawings extracted through various mediums and representations<br />
-Designed cutting, burning and milling programs for machine operators using employment specific software<br />
-Compiled 2-D mathematical design calculations derived from engineering programs </p>
<p>Picture Plus Painting Store, Brampton, Ontario                 September 2004 to June 2007<br />
Retail Assistant<br />
-Responsible for assisting manager in setting up store operations,<br />
-Accountable for organization and arrangement of paintings<br />
-Processed Transactions<br />
-Performed translator functions for customers </p>
<p>Acupuncture Associates of Chesterfield County, Chester, PA    July 2004-August 2004<br />
Clinic Administrator<br />
-Responsible for frontline contact via <strong>direct</strong> and telephone<br />
-Arranged for medical appointments<br />
-Retrieved money for services rendered at private clinic<br />
-Maintained organization and sanitation of facility</p>
<p>Volunteer and Leadership Experiences: </p>
<p>Accessibility Centre at UTM                                                September  2004 &#8211; May 2007<br />
Program Organizer</p>
<p>University of Toronto Student Buddies                               May 2005 – September 2006<br />
Web Page Designer and <strong>Advertising</strong> Director</p>
<p>Ste Louise Brampton Food bank                                          November 2004 – May 2005<br />
Food bank organizer</p>
<p>Zonta &#8211; Feminist Charity Organization                              September 2004 to June 2004<br />
Executive Committee Member</p>
<p>References Available Upon Request</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I don&#8217;t think writing &#8220;responsible for&#8221; or &#8220;accountable for&#8221; is a good idea as it&#8217;s not really a verb.  Try &#8220;Interpreted, revised, completed, and translated mechanical drawings&#8230;&#8221; instead of &#8220;responsible for interpreting&#8230;&#8221; because the former is actually a verb-based list rather than just a list of words.  Do the same for &#8220;accountable for.&#8221;  Same with &#8220;had artwork displayed at&#8230;&#8221;: do &#8220;Displayed Surrealist Artwork at&#8230;&#8221; because displayed is a much stronger verb than had- &#8220;had&#8221; as in &#8220;I had breakfast this morning&#8221;?  No, use displayed.</p>
<p>Also, all that you&#8217;ve done and are currently doing should still be written in past tense- I think you&#8217;ve done that correctly here but just keep that fact in mind.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve never written &#8220;Refrences available upon request&#8221; on any of my resumes thus far and I hear it&#8217;s an outdated thing now, that people don&#8217;t write that at all now because there are now many more people looking for work than jobs available to them, so take that line off completely.  If potential employers need references, they&#8217;ll tell you.</p>
<p>With all dates in the first half, use &#8211; not , or to and for most recent graduation can also just say May 2007 and not have to include Sep 2004 on there- but that&#8217;s up to you.</p>
<p>Also, since your professional section says &#8220;experience,&#8221; use the same word in the volunteer section &#8211; take the &#8220;s&#8221; off of &#8220;experiences&#8221; to keep consistent.</p>
<p>Below is an awesome source (website) on this, I&#8217;ve found it very helpful too.  Also subscribe to emails from them- no spam, just helpful articles and tips!</p>
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<h2>Is 6 weeks acceptable to finally hear back about a job application?</h2>
<p>I just received a reply via snail <strong>mail</strong> about a job I applied to 6 weeks ago!  The answer was they already hired someone, but we will keep your resume on file, blah blah blah.  I have sent out numerous cover letters/resumes to job ads in the local newspaper.  I have also applied to many jobs online either through their <strong>direct</strong> website or through a job match or career center site.  To date, I have only heard from 3 prospective employers. All &#8220;thanks but no thanks&#8221;. These jobs are no longer <strong>advertising</strong> but I have not been called for an interview nor have I received a No answer. How long do I wait to follow up? Or should I assume that no news is bad news and they don&#8217;t want me? I cannot wait that long to hear about a job. I need to know sooner so I can move onto the next one. Is 6 weeks of no response the norm nowadays or is that company just unprofessional for leaving me (and others) hanging?</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Don&#8217;t expect a &#8220;no thanks&#8221; letter or call. It you get one, that&#8217;s a bonus. But it is not the norm.</p>
<p>If you had a bad date, would you call the guy back and say to the guy, &#8220;Well, I won&#8217;t be going out with you again. Thanks though.&#8221;</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t wait for a job. Keep applying. If you accept a job, and then get a better off, you quit the first one and hope the second one really is better.</p>
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<h2>Survey: making money form home?</h2>
<p>Imagine an ideal scenario for you, and then answer each of the following questions. I&#8217;m trying to build something big, so please take these questions seriously.</p>
<p>1. What would you do for a living? (3 words max)<br />
2. How much time would you commit per week?<br />
3. What type of affiliation? (employent, <strong>direct</strong> own biz, mlm own biz, contract)<br />
3. What income structure? (Performance, salary, hourly, residual)<br />
4. How much income/yr?<br />
5. Would you consider an up-front investment? (such as buying materials, or admission fee, etc) If so, how much is optimal?<br />
6. What would be acceptable reasons for investment? (skip if &#8220;no&#8221; for #5) training? support? what type? etc<br />
7. Have you made money online form home before? If so, how (in 3 words max, no urls please.)?<br />
8. What would be the best product to work with in your opinion? physical items, educational materials, marketing/advertisement<br />
9. Would you agree to <strong>mail</strong> or ship products/materials/items?<br />
10. Would you agree to call/receive calls?</p>
<p>Thanks a ton for your time! I really appreciate your input. Be Blessed!<br />
The more answers I get &#8211; the better idea I will have as to what to do. Please refrain from <strong>advertising</strong> here. I really do need the aswers.<br />
A post such as &#8220;we already have everythng come to [website]&#8221; will be reported.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">1. What would you do for a living? (3 words max)<br />
&gt;&gt; Designing hardware</p>
<p>2. How much time would you commit per week?<br />
&gt;&gt; 80 Hrs</p>
<p>3. What type of affiliation?<br />
(employment, direct own biz, mlm own biz, contract)<br />
&gt;&gt; Contract</p>
<p>3. What income structure? (Performance, salary, hourly, residual)<br />
&gt;&gt;Salary with performance bonus</p>
<p>4. How much income/yr?<br />
&gt;&gt; 150,000 Yr</p>
<p>5. Would you consider an up-front investment?<br />
(such as buying materials, or admission fee, etc)<br />
If so, how much is optimal?<br />
&gt;&gt; Difficult to figure for a hypothetical &#8220;opportunity&#8221;</p>
<p>6. What would be acceptable reasons for investment?<br />
(skip if &#8220;no&#8221; for #5) training? Support? What type? Etc<br />
&gt;&gt; considering that I already have the skills, what?</p>
<p>7. Have you made money online form home before?<br />
If so, how (in 3 words max, no urls please.)?<br />
&gt;&gt; NO!  IMPOSSIBLE!</p>
<p>8. What would be the best product to work with in your opinion? Physical items, educational materials, marketing/advertisement<br />
&gt;&gt; REAL product that is HARDWARE, automotive equipment (etc&#8230;)</p>
<p>9. Would you agree to mail or ship products/materials/items?<br />
&gt;&gt; NO!</p>
<p>10. Would you agree to call/receive calls?<br />
&gt;&gt; ONLY FROM CLIENTS!</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />
may I venture a guess as to what you are attempting here&#8230;.<br />
That is you want people to feed you their ideas about what the ideal work-at-home job would be so that you can attempt to either create that job, or at least create the illusion that you have this &#8220;job&#8221; available and get people to jump through hoops in an attempt to achieve this &#8220;Job&#8221;</p>
<p>or?</p>
<p>Whatever &#8230;..</p>
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<h2>I get alot of SPAM text messages from Free-SMS@gizmoSMS.net. How did they get my number? How do I stop them?</h2>
<p>I get about 3 annoying SPAM txts per day to my cell phone <strong>advertising</strong> &#8220;MSN, Y, AIM &amp; MySpace on your phone&#8221; directing me to download at their site http://gizmo5.com.  I have phone service through Verizon Wireless.  Does anyone know how to make them stop without having to block receiving all e-mails to my cell phone through Verizon?</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">You can try texting unsubscribe back to it.</p>
<p>However, there is no way to forcibly stop them from texting.  You cant block texting for specific locations.</p>
<p>The only thing you can do is put a complete texting block on your phone by contacting your provider.</p>
<p>They got your number because at some point you probably got a free ringtone or something off the web. Doing so adds your number to spam lists.</p>
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<h2>The Yahoo &#8220;Spam&#8221; feature is wonderful. How about &#8220;Obscene&#8221; and Illegal&#8221; buttons also?</h2>
<p>Serious talk! On those rare occasions when the Yahoo &#8220;Bulk&#8221; misses an unsolicited e-<strong>mail</strong>, the spam is almost always either illegal or  pornographic or both. How do we get rid of this garbage? And, for the record, I do NOT CARE if their are ADULT pornographic websites. </p>
<p>I just don&#8217;t want this garbage in my Inbox. </p>
<p>Since the Yahoo Spam feature is so excellent (and they are so good at categorizing questions, etc.) how come all the kiddie porn and misleading advetising can&#8217;t be similarly directed to either the Police directly or to the Canadian Competition Bureau Misleading <strong>Advertising</strong> Division?</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">That is a really great idea. I know I get alot of horrible junk e-mails every day. Like you said, most get spammed, but some make it though. I know there is an American e-mail address where you can send junk e-mail. I don&#8217;t know if they actually do anything with it though. The address is spam@uce.gov. There might be something from the Canadian government that&#8217;s along the same lines. I managed to find that they apparently are attempting something do combat it&#8230;mind you that was from 2004. Here&#8217;s the website: http://e-com.ic.gc.ca/epic/internet/inecic-ceac.nsf/en/h_gv00246e.html<br />
Who knows if they&#8217;ll actually succeed in trying to do anything about it though. If you do get e-mails containing kiddie porn, I would send an e-mail to the local police department, just telling them that you recieved this e-mail from such-and-such an address, maybe attach the e-mail. Or even go in person, with the e-mails printed off, or a list of addresses you recieved them from if you can&#8217;t find an address. Good luck combating the never ending spam!</p>
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<h2>Will you shop at Costco for Christmas?</h2>
<p>They wont even say Christmas!<br />
Last week, a customer wrote to Costco and asked this <strong>direct</strong> question – &#8220;Does Costco use the word &#8216;Christmas&#8217; in your store <strong>advertising</strong> or on any signs anywhere in your stores during the Christmas season? That&#8217;s a pretty simple question, yes or no.&#8221;</p>
<p>Kory Rosacrans, staff manager for Costco replied, &#8220;I guess the answer would be No.&#8221;</p>
<p>Rosacrans said, &#8220;Costco does not advertise on television, on radio or in print like other retailers. We only advertise by mailings and e-<strong>mail</strong> messages sent directly to our members who have paid for the privilege of shopping with us.&#8221;</p>
<p>Costco wants you to do your &#8220;Christmas&#8221; shopping with them, while refusing to recognize that Christmas even exists.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">No.</p>
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<h2>How likely is it that I will make it into NYU Tisch?</h2>
<p>This is pretty much my dream college. I&#8217;m a sophomore at a well known arts school. I major in Communications, and my focuses are on Film and Journalism. I&#8217;ve kept a resume of all of my work ever since elementary school. Here&#8217;s an idea of what I&#8217;ve done&#8230;</p>
<p>1998-2004:<br />
Straight A’s K-5<br />
30 hours of community service (cleaning up parks and volunteering at retirement homes)<br />
Reading Rainbow Writing Contest: 2nd Place<br />
Published book<br />
Chorus 4th and 5th grade (performed at Sea World, City Place, Veteran’s Hospital, Publix, and Roger Dean Stadium)<br />
Spotlight on Young Musicians (One of three students chosen from Binks Forest Elementary)<br />
Safety Patrol<br />
Web Design Club<br />
Presidential Award for Physical Fitness</p>
<p>2005:<br />
Acceptance into Bak Middle School of the Arts<br />
Winner of Young Heroes Essay contest<br />
Talent in 2005 Bak MSOA 6th Grade Showcase<br />
Outstanding in Communications<br />
4.0 GPA first and second semester<br />
People To People: Young Student Ambassador in British Columbia and Alberta, Canada for two weeks.</p>
<p>2006:</p>
<p> Member of 2006 Communications Showcase Staff<br />
Directed and Filmed “Spylvan Learning Center”, “Dirty Little Secret”, and “Earthquake”<br />
Directed, managed, advertised, and organized a walkathon for ALS Lou Gehrig’s Disease<br />
(Raised 2,000 dollars that were donated to the local ALS chapter and also auctioned off items including an iPod Nano that was donated by Apple)<br />
Assistant Editor in Chief of Masterpiece Yearbook Volume IX<br />
 JEA <strong>Mail</strong> In Contest: Excellent in Feature Writing for Technology Spread<br />
Outstanding in Communications<br />
4.0 GPA first and second semester</p>
<p>2007:</p>
<p>JEA <strong>Mail</strong> In Contest: Excellent in Photography for Communications Spread<br />
Editor in Chief of Masterpiece Yearbook Volume X at Bak Middle School of the Arts<br />
Producer of 2007 Bak MSOA Communications Showcase<br />
Co-Writer of 2007 Bak MSOA Communications Showcase<br />
Designed graphics for 2007 Bak MSOA Communications Showcase<br />
Advanced Graphics student<br />
Outstanding in Communications<br />
3.8571 GPA first and second semester</p>
<p>2008:</p>
<p>Acceptance into Dreyfoos School of the Arts<br />
Published in The Muse Newsmagazine<br />
Photographed in The Wellington Magazine<br />
Mic Wrangler in 2008 Dreyfoos Communications Showcase<br />
Assistant to Technical Director in 2008 Dreyfoos Communications Showcase<br />
Stage Manager in 2008 Dreyfoos Communications Showcase<br />
Directed, Produced, and Edited “Subterfuge”, the only freshman film played in showcase as well as the annual Dreyfoos Film Festival<br />
Outstanding Achievement in Film and Television Production<br />
30 hours for work with the Laura Brooke Music Foundation (edited a film and taped a benefit concert)<br />
30 department hours for Communications<br />
Rank #34 out of 327, 11th percentile<br />
3.8571 and 4.0 GPA first and second semester; 4.5 HPA<br />
All Honors Classes for 9th grade<br />
Passed the AP Human Geography Course in 9th grade<br />
Internship at International Quiksigns (50 Hours)<br />
Volunteer at Equestrian Trails Elementary Summer Camp (200 Hours)<br />
Produced, Edited, Created Bar Mitzvah video for Brandon Palaccio (5 Hours)<br />
Member of the Arts Section Staff for the Marquee, the Dreyfoos Yearbook publication<br />
All Honors Classes in 10th grade<br />
Took the AP World History Course in 10th grade</p>
<p>Film Credentials:<br />
Took the Intro to Video Production Course in 6th grade<br />
Created a video, “Such Great Heights”<br />
Won an award for Excellence in Communications (Film)<br />
Took the TV Production Course in 7th grade<br />
Director/Camera for the daily announcements show, BAK MSOA Today<br />
Took the Video Editing Course in 7th grade<br />
Directed, Edited, Produced, Shot videos, including “Shpylvan Learning Center”, “Dirty Little Secret Music Video”, and “Earthquake.”<br />
Co-Producer and Co-Director of the 2008 Communications Showcase in 8th grade<br />
Created several videos used in the show, including the intro.<br />
Took the Research I (Film) Course in 9th grade<br />
Directed, Produced, Edited “Subterfuge”, the only Freshman film shown at the Annual Dreyfoos Film Festival as well as the Dreyfoos Communications Showcase<br />
Edited a film and taped the benefit concert for the Laura Brooke Music Foundation<br />
Produced, Edited, Created several Bar Mitzvah videos for Brandon Palaccio, Nicolas Rabinowitz, etc.</p>
<p>And at a glance, here&#8217;s my High School extracurriculars/serivce hours:</p>
<p>30 department hours for Communications (the required is 10)</p>
<p>20 hours for filming the benefit concert and producing/editing a video for the Laura Brooke Music Foundation</p>
<p>200 hours for volunteering at the Equestrian Trails Summer Camp for grades K-6 all summer.</p>
<p>5 hours for volunteering at Wellington Components, Inc. </p>
<p>24 hours for producing/editing several videos for various events/celebrations</p>
<p>Those are my hours so far. </p>
<p>Here are my extracurriculars:</p>
<p>Showcase, Video Editing (for events/celebrations), Volunteer at Summer Camp, Helping the Laura Brooke Music Foundation. </p>
<p>and in the future I will be on the Yearbook staff all three years left of High School.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Tisch is about auditions and portfolios, not laundry lists off activities. We have no way to know. If you&#8217;re talented, you&#8217;ll get in.</p>
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<h2>What&#8217;s the most important quality for a daycare?</h2>
<p>I own my own daycare. For the first time, I have openings (2) and no waiting list. It seems my <strong>advertising</strong> hasn&#8217;t been too effective either. What is the most important thing for you when selecting your daycare, that must be included in the description? This is my ad (minus the contact info, which is actually in the ad):</p>
<p>Most people think that you can only get quality, affordable child care on base at the CDC. That is totally not the case. Family Child Care Providers are usually just as affordable (and in my case more) as the CDC, and offer as much interaction, education, and professionalism as the CDC.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a clean, loving, educational, and professional environment, then Bright Horizon&#8217;s Learning Center is for you.</p>
<p>Two openings for children over the age of 2 will become available December 8, 2008.</p>
<p>The center is open from 0500 to 1900 to accommodate as many military parents as possible, and children are even accepted on the weekends as necessary.</p>
<p>When in my care, your child will participate in Montessori styled activities as a group, be encouraged to self start on an individual basis, eat nutritious food that I provide, nap in a quiet, sanitary environment, and enjoy lots of fresh air during outside play.</p>
<p>My rates are better than the CDC: $100/week, and I participate in the Air Force Subsidy program, which means you may not even pay that much.</p>
<p>I also participate in the USDA food program, which monitors the food I serve to ensure quality nutrition for your child.</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a flexible, fun, loving, learning place to send your child, and need the piece of mind that they are well taken care of, please don&#8217;t hesitate to call or email!</p>
<p>Lyndsey XXX-XXX-XXXX, please leave a message, as I don&#8217;t always answer when I&#8217;m working with the kids.<br />
EMAIL<br />
Please don&#8217;t be discouraged if I don&#8217;t respond immediately, as I&#8217;m working with children. I will respond over the course of the day as time allows.</p>
<p>AF Affiliate #0808<br />
USDA Affiliate<br />
Subsidy Affiliate<br />
CPR and First Aid Certified, I,C, and A</p>
<p>THE REPLY FEATURE ON THIS AD IS NOT ALWAYS FUNCTIONAL. PLEASE RESPOND VIA TELEPHONE OR <strong>DIRECT</strong> EMAIL. THANK YOU.<br />
Contact name<br />
Phone<br />
E-<strong>mail</strong> </p>
<p>Have I done something wrong in this ad?<br />
Sorry, I should have mentioned that I am a center for military only <img src='http://letswork.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_surprised.gif' alt=':o' class='wp-smiley' /> )</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">As a daycare owner myself, I agree your ad is too long and you sound desperate.</p>
<p>Brag about the good things at your daycare without bashing the CDC.</p>
<p>I would suggest just stating your daycare is very affordable and make them call to get the exact price.  Once you get them on the phone, it&#8217;s your job to sell yourself.</p>
<p>Hope this helps.  Good luck.  I have one opening that I&#8217;m hoping to fill with an interview this afternoon!</p>
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<h2>Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do</h2>
<p>I am working as a Buying agent for Appaels. I have sourcing offices in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Jordan and Egypt. I am looking for More buyers or Importers for a tie up for their Lison Office. I have all the facilities in the above mentioned region and I am Presently working for 5 Importers in USA for Wal-Mart, Target, J.C.Pnney, and Kohls orders. I need more <strong>direct</strong> buyers or Importers tie up for woven , knitted, Tailor made garments and Leather Garments from USA and EUROPE. Even good partner ship from USA and EUROPE we are looking. We have 20 years service in Apparel buying Agency service. Pls avidce which we Ican get more buyers from USA and EUROPE. Can I advertise in any New paper and what will be the <strong>advertising</strong> cost.<br />
Pls contact me on my below <strong>mail</strong> ID, if any one interested for partnership or tei up with our company .<br />
<strong>Mail</strong> ID: legi_123g@yahoo.co.in<br />
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legi123g@gmail.com</p>
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<h2>Looking for Flash animators for independent project.?</h2>
<p>I am an upcoming film school student who is looking to strengthen his portfolio.  I am in need for Macromedia Flash animators to help me create a short web series based on A Series of Unfortunate Events: The Bad Beginning.  I would provide scripts and audio samples to help animators with mouthes.  Unfortunately, this is a non-profit project and no cash will be given.  What I will give is <strong>advertising</strong> at the beginning and end of videos for what ever company or website you would like.  I will also give credit at the end of each video.  </p>
<p>The project will be of 13 videos of each 3 &#8211; 7 minutes long.  I will accept animation in swf, mpg, wmv, or other formats as long as you notify me before hand.</p>
<p>Please e-<strong>mail</strong> me at jacobnoah1@yahoo.com if you are interested for the part.  The animation will be of a gothic form.  Please e-<strong>mail</strong> me a sample of your animation, just so I can review it.</p>
<p>If the series is a success, then I may <strong>direct</strong> a second season based on The Reptile Room.</p>
<p>Sincerely,<br />
Jacob</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I would do it but unfortunatly I am still in the process of learning Macromedia Flash.</p>
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<h2>Canadian Coupon or Sample sites for BEAUTY, APPAREL, food?</h2>
<p>Are there any CANADIAN coupon or sample sites that you could <strong>direct</strong> me to? I am mainly interested in beauty and apparel.</p>
<p>I am looking for sites with PRINTABLE coupons or <strong>MAIL</strong>-IN samples/ coupons. Please NO coupon codes for online. </p>
<p>Some sites i have already include: save.ca, smartcanucks, dealcete&#8230;.. etc. </p>
<p>Are there more you can refer me to?</p>
<p>Much appreciated. No rude comments, spam or <strong>advertising</strong> please. Thanks.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">My favorite is http://www.canadianfreestuff.com<br />
They also have a forum http://www.canadianfreestuff.com/forum</p>
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<h2>AIM CHAT ROOM PROBLEM!!help me i&#8217;m desperate!?</h2>
<p>ok when i click on any chat room it sends me to white page sayin this </p>
<p>AIM Chat<br />
Find More Chats Embed Invite Quick Chat<br />
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Hi! MYEMAILADDRESS  <img src='http://letswork.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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    * My Account<br />
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<p>    * Terms of Use<br />
    * Updated Privacy Policy<br />
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<p>idk wat to do&#8230;i need to go to the chat room!nd it doesnt <strong>direct</strong> me to it nd idk wat to do!plz help im desperate!!!:(<br />
PLZ HELP ME IM DESPERATE!</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Try downloading another browser and make it your default browser for a trial run without add-ons and plug-ins<br />
I use firefox as default and have IE and Chrome as standby. If something isnt working for me &#8211; I launch another browser make it default as the first troubleshooting move.<br />
If that works you can uninstall and update the defective browser.</p>
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<h2>Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do</h2>
<p>Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do<br />
Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do<br />
I am working as a Buying agent for Appaels. I have sourcing offices in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Jordan and Egypt. I am looking for More buyers or Importers for a tie up for their Lison Office. I have all the facilities in the above mentioned region and I am Presently working for 5 Importers in USA for Wal-Mart, Target, J.C.Pnney, and Kohls orders. I need more <strong>direct</strong> buyers or Importers tie up for woven , knitted, Tailor made garments and Leather Garments from USA and EUROPE. Even good partner ship from USA and EUROPE we are looking. We have 20 years service in Apparel buying Agency service. Pls avidce which we Ican get more buyers from USA and EUROPE. Can I advertise in any New paper and what will be the <strong>advertising</strong> cost.<br />
Pls contact me on my below <strong>mail</strong> ID, if any one interested for partnership or tei up with our company .<br />
<strong>Mail</strong> ID: legi_123g@yahoo.co.in<br />
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legi123g@gmail.com</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Advertisements in local and international buisness publications as well as the yellow pages,help clients and potential business associate aware of your services.You may email me at garrygeorgemorris@yahoo.com.I live in New York City.Good Luck.Aiden Connaught.</p>
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<h2>Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do</h2>
<p>Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do<br />
Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do<br />
Hi I work as a Buying agents for Apparels. If I need to get more contact from USA about buyers what I hv to do<br />
I am working as a Buying agent for Appaels. I have sourcing offices in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Jordan and Egypt. I am looking for More buyers or Importers for a tie up for their Lison Office. I have all the facilities in the above mentioned region and I am Presently working for 5 Importers in USA for Wal-Mart, Target, J.C.Pnney, and Kohls orders. I need more <strong>direct</strong> buyers or Importers tie up for woven , knitted, Tailor made garments and Leather Garments from USA and EUROPE. Even good partner ship from USA and EUROPE we are looking. We have 20 years service in Apparel buying Agency service. Pls avidce which we Ican get more buyers from USA and EUROPE. Can I advertise in any New paper and what will be the <strong>advertising</strong> cost.<br />
Pls contact me on my below <strong>mail</strong> ID, if any one interested for partnership or tei up with our company .<br />
<strong>Mail</strong> ID: legi_123g@yahoo.co.in<br />
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legi123g@gmail.com</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sandy asks… What are the rules for using a photo of a private home to advertise for a certain product? I own a direct mail company that features printed ads mailed directly to consumers. I have a new client that promotes synthetic, backyard putting greens but does not have any good images to use. Fortunately, [...]]]></description>
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<h2>What are the rules for using a photo of a private home to advertise for a certain product?</h2>
<p>I own a <strong>direct</strong> <strong>mail</strong> company that features printed ads mailed directly to consumers. I have a new client that promotes synthetic, backyard putting greens but does not have any good images to use. Fortunately, I have a great synthetic putting green in my back yard. I have some good photos and I am planning to use those photos to promote my new client&#8217;s business.<br />
Is there any law that would prohibit me from using these images since my client is not the original installer of the product? If the original installer sees the advertisement and recognizes his work, can he sue me or send a cease and disist order?<br />
Just to remind you, I own the home where the putting green exists. The picture of the putting green is from my property.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Generally, not. But what you may want to do is tell him you would like to use it. Even better, work out a deal with him to advertise his product in the process and he might even pitch in on the bill.</p>
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<h2>can a judge order all a persons ssi to pay an old advertising bill 05 bill?</h2>
<p>It&#8217;s a advertisement my son use my name to place a yellow page ad. The ad was not placed in the proper place. And he made less than $500 on the ad .. He Now the swbyellowpages are suing me. He (my son) says he&#8217;ll go to court with me.  But he&#8217;s always really busy, and he don&#8217;t always keep his word. I already told the lawyers for the yellow book that my only income is ssi. They knew that in August.  But they still insist on suing me.  I want to know if i bring proof that my only income is ssi and i have <strong>direct</strong> deposit in bank of america and no other income is in that account. Now or ever. if i will lose in court, and i will because i can&#8217;t afford a lawyer. Can the lawyers for the plaintiff still freeze my account? I don&#8217;t want to have my check mailed to my apt. because i live in a high crime neighborhood. So <strong>direct</strong> deposit is my choice. I need to know what can i do when the attorney&#8217;s freeze my bank account? I know they know they really can&#8217;t take my ssi. But i think they&#8217;ll freeze my account anyhow<br />
it&#8217;s too late to get a attorney. i must go on the 13th of nov.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I&#8217;m not an attorney, so find one in your area.  </p>
<p>I do not believe that your account can be attached, because your SSI check is deposited there.  You can ask the judge to exclude you from the lawsuit, if you did not authorize the purchase.  If you have a claim against the advertiser for improperly placing the ad, then you have an affirmative defense against the bill.</p>
<p>Find a legal aid office in your county and get free help.  If your son was under 18 at the time, they may not be able to sue either of you.</p>
<p>Again, please seek the advice of an attorney.  Nothing contained herein should be considered legal advice.</p>
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<h2>What sort of punishment does this man desirve?</h2>
<p>Man described as a top spammer arrested</p>
<p>By GENE JOHNSON, AP Legal Affairs WriterThu May 31, 8:02 AM ET</p>
<p>A 27-year-old man described as one of the world&#8217;s most prolific spammers was arrested Wednesday, and federal authorities said computer users across the Web could notice a decrease in the amount of junk e-<strong>mail</strong>.</p>
<p>Robert Alan Soloway is accused of using networks of compromised &#8220;zombie&#8221; computers to send out millions upon millions of spam e-mails.</p>
<p>&#8220;He&#8217;s one of the top 10 spammers in the world,&#8221; said Tim Cranton, a Microsoft Corp. lawyer who is senior director of the company&#8217;s Worldwide Internet Safety Programs. &#8220;He&#8217;s a huge problem for our customers. This is a very good day.&#8221;</p>
<p>A federal grand jury last week returned a 35-count indictment against Soloway charging him with <strong>mail</strong> fraud, wire fraud, e-<strong>mail</strong> fraud, aggravated identity theft and money laundering.</p>
<p>Soloway pleaded not guilty Wednesday afternoon to all charges after a judge determined that — even with four bank accounts seized by the government — he was sufficiently well off to pay for his own lawyer.</p>
<p>He has been living in a ritzy apartment and drives an expensive Mercedes convertible, said prosecutor Kathryn Warma. Prosecutors are seeking to have him forfeit $773,000 they say he made from his business, Newport Internet Marketing Corp.</p>
<p>A public defender who represented him for Wednesday&#8217;s hearing declined to comment.</p>
<p>Prosecutors say Soloway used computers infected with malicious code to send out millions of junk e-mails since 2003. The computers are called &#8220;zombies&#8221; because owners typically have no idea their machines have been infected.</p>
<p>He continued his activities even after Microsoft won a $7 million civil judgment against him in 2005 and the operator of a small Internet service provider in Oklahoma won a $10 million judgment, prosecutors said.</p>
<p>U.S. Attorney Jeff Sullivan said Wednesday that the case is the first in the country in which federal prosecutors have used identity theft statutes to prosecute a spammer for taking over someone else&#8217;s Internet domain name. Soloway could face decades in prison, though prosecutors said they have not calculated what guideline sentencing range he might face.</p>
<p>The investigation began when the authorities began receiving hundreds of complaints about Soloway, who had been featured on a list of known spammers kept by The Spamhaus Project, an international anti-spam organization.</p>
<p>The Santa Barbara County, Calif., Department of Social Services said it was spending $1,000 a week to fight the spam it was receiving, and other businesses and individuals complained of having their reputations damaged when it appeared spam was originating from their computers.</p>
<p>&#8220;This is not just a nuisance. This is way beyond a nuisance,&#8221; Warma said.</p>
<p>Soloway used the networks of compromised computers to send out unsolicited bulk e-mails urging people to use his Internet marketing company to advertise their products, authorities said.</p>
<p>People who clicked on a link in the e-<strong>mail</strong> were directed to his Web site. There, Soloway advertised his ability to send out as many as 20 million e-<strong>mail</strong> advertisements over 15 days for $495, the indictment said.</p>
<p>The Spamhaus Project rejoiced at his arrest.</p>
<p>&#8220;Soloway has been a long-term nuisance on the Internet — both in terms of the spam he sent, and the people he duped to use his spam service,&#8221; organizers wrote on Spamhaus.org.</p>
<p>Soloway remained in federal detention pending a hearing Monday.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">He should be forced to read&#8230;aloud&#8230;all the Q&amp;A in Y!A Politics.</p>
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<h2>I need to direct an alert to Google. What&#8217;s the best way?</h2>
<p>I find it incredible that Google is allowing their trademark, copywrite, etc reputation to be tied to emails <strong>advertising</strong> &#8220;Google Business&#8221; that is so misleading as to have a nauseating stench to it. It doesn&#8217;t have anything to do with Google!!<br />
I was suckered with a jump from $1.95 and a CD to be mailed to me (It&#8217;s actually a download misrepresented) to $29.95/month and a 1 time fee of $99 being billed to my credit card before I was able to catch what was happening. These fees are Hidden in 2 pt type called Terms of Service. Beware!<br />
Google, How can you allow such trifle to debase you? Please respond. I am furious over this and you should be too!</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">You may be a victim of fraud and that may not be Google who sent you that. Google does have business solutions but that recurring fee sounds suspicious. Check the exact address of the web site and be sure it&#8217;s Google. Ask your local fraud resources, see what they can do. You can contact Google at their headquarters. And be sure to read the terms of service in the future.</p>
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<h2>How can kids pay without direct contact?</h2>
<p>Okay so basically, I&#8217;m 16, and I have a guy in a high-school willing to advertise a business in which I can &#8220;help&#8221; people with papers and homework.  Now the main problem is collection of payment.  I don&#8217;t want my inside guy to collect anything at risk of him getting in trouble.  I would like to avoid and personal contact if possible.  Is there any relatively easy way for them to send payment?  In an unrelated note, I know what I&#8217;m doing is immoral, wrong, bad, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dishonest, shameless, sinful, unchaste, unclean, unethical, and unprincipled.  If you feel the need to voice your opinion about how bad I am, I will be sure to <strong>mail</strong> it directly to the white house.  If you give me a real answer you get 5 points <img src='http://letswork.us/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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<h2>Is this a real company Direct Results of Atlanta, Inc ?</h2>
<p>I saw this a couple of days ago. I just applied for this job in July 2008 and I got the same response. Is this job legitor is this just another marketing, door-to-door scam. READ BELOW.</p>
<p>I applied for a position that I saw on CareerBuilder, and this is the company hosting it. They advertised for positions at a new local warehouse that is opening: &#8220;Local distribution company expanding into new markets for 2007, has entry level positions that must be filled IMMEDIATELY!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>I got this reply back by e-<strong>mail</strong>:</p>
<p>Congratulations,</p>
<p>We&#8217;d like to thank you for taking your time to apply for a position <strong>Direct</strong> Results, Inc. We understand how competitive the Atlanta job market currently is and your interest in our company is appreciated. To date, we have received several resumes for the positions available. After careful review of your resume, we would like to congratulate you, for you have been selected for a preliminary interview.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">They are one of those silly marketing places. </p>
<p>I would call it a &#8216;scam&#8217; because it&#8217;s more like a run-around. It is for sure a Marketing place of some type, but sorry&#8230;I can&#8217;t give any more info on it. I skipped over that every time. They are &#8220;always hiring&#8221; on career websites, of course. Probably because they can&#8217;t find enough suckers to push their schemes.</p>
<p>That &#8220;congratulations&#8221; e-mail reply sounds extremely tacky and generic. Everyone likely gets that automatically sent to them. Notice how it doesn&#8217;t even fill in your name as in &#8220;Dear &#8221;   But rather, uses a generic &#8220;Congratulations&#8221; as a greeting&#8230;with no name to address you. Scammers use this same tactic when trying to pretend to be a bank, Ebay, Paypal, etc.  Whereas a real company would incorporate your name and address you directly. Scammers pretending to be legit businesses don&#8217;t necessarily know the names of people that have bank accounts, etc. &#8230;so that&#8217;s why they do it. They don&#8217;t list names&#8230;just a general greeting. This tells you it&#8217;s not that &#8216;serious&#8217; of a reply &#8211; probably thousands of people got that stupid reply. </p>
<p>Don&#8217;t bother with them&#8230;they seem very scam-like. I can&#8217;t even begin to tell you how many times I have come across them (I live in Atlanta) while job searching. Skip right over them&#8230;even a Retail job is better than something like that. Even if they are real, you can count on having a ton of pressure on you to do their &#8216;marketing.&#8217;  Likely telemarketing&#8230;you do all the work while the CEO of the company gets paid for it. There usually aren&#8217;t that many &#8216;employees&#8217; with the company, either&#8230;very few. Which is why it&#8217;s different than other jobs.</p>
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<h2>Is there any place where a general contractor can buy building supplies, appliances, etc. for wholesale?</h2>
<p>Either nationally (<strong>mail</strong> order) or locally (in the VA or DC area).</p>
<p>Something like that <strong>Direct</strong> Buy that they advertise on TV, though I&#8217;m looking for a legit business, not a scam.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">You want to know where contractors buy their stuff? (If you were one, you would know already, unless you just started)</p>
<p>Contractors buy from wholesalers or the company that makes the stuff.  You want to buy appliances like stoves and refrigerators?  Go to the website of the big makers like Whirlpool and find out where the nearest wholesalers are if you can&#8217;t find them in the Yellow pages.  If you are building a house, for instance, go talk to the boss on the house being built down the street, &#8220;Hey, where do you get your best deal on &#8212;?&#8221;  They&#8217;ll talk.  They may also tell you who gave them their worst deal just to play with you, but even there ask one of the other customers &#8220;Where do you get your best deal on &#8212;&#8212;&#8211;?&#8221;  </p>
<p>Then there are the trade and industry publications and websites.  First you find the place that makes the stuff you want, then you find from them who sells it nearby (and if there is more than one start asking both for prices, availability, delivery, etc. Because some may have it and others don&#8217;t&#8211;I saw one sell stuff that the other had, tacked on a little extra, then went to the other to buy it)</p>
<p>It doesn&#8217;t take much looking to find them unless you are asking for something really special and unique.  As for non-commercial, your private use, DirectBuy is about as good as it will get.  You can contact me for some specific ideas if you are really in business and it isn&#8217;t coming together.</p>
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<h2>How many credit card offers do you get in the mail every week?</h2>
<p>I get a minimum of six per week from the major credit companies.  If I&#8217;m not mistaken, the entire reason for commercials is to convince us that we NEED a product.  Consider the massive, overwhelming <strong>advertising</strong> campaign which is directed at convincing us that we DESERVE more and that we CAN have more by paying on credit.  Think about it.  Who is to blame?  The people who fall for the <strong>advertising</strong> and marketing propaganda or the credit card PUSHERS?<br />
I do throw them all away.  I&#8217;d say the fault lies with the companies that approve questionable applications.  I mean really.  Use some common sense here.  Blaming the recipients of &#8220;Pre Approved&#8221; credit offers is nothing more than a handy decoy for the real problem which is a combination of excessive <strong>advertising</strong> and predatory lending policies.</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">I get plenty.  I always thought the reason was that I don&#8217;t have any credit cards.  I don&#8217;t use them, and I advise others not to.  There are several reasons for this.</p>
<p>1.  Using a credit card (or even a debit card) opens you up to identity theft.  I use cash for my transactions.  Everybody takes cash.  I prefer cash.  There is no question of identity theft.<br />
2.  Credit cards add about 3% to the cost of the items you purchase with them.  That&#8217;s right, the credit card companies charge the merchants about 3% on each credit card purchase.  That&#8217;s why I try to shop where credit cards are no accepted, or where you get a discount for using cash (many gas station are doing this).<br />
3.  Cash is anonymous.  When I make a purchase, it&#8217;s nobody&#8217;s business but mine.  I don&#8217;t need a third party.  In the vast majority of cases, the other person in the transaction doesn&#8217;t know who I am.  And that&#8217;s the way I like it.<br />
4.  I don&#8217;t like paper work.  I think it is an imposition to fill our paperwork to purchase a firearm, or an automobile.  I am certainly not going to do it to purchase groceries, or a pair of shoes.</p>
<p>Incidentally, when I receive credit card solicitations, I take everything the sent me, including the outside envelope, and stuff it in the postage-paid return envelope, and send it back to them.  This gives me the satisfaction of getting rid of some of my junk mail, and making them pay for it.  </p>
<p>I consider credit card companies, legal loan sharks.  They charge people usurious interest.  People who can handle money don&#8217;t need credit cards.  And people who can&#8217;t handle money, can&#8217;t afford them.  My philosophy has always been, if I don&#8217;t have the money to purchase something, I can&#8217;t afford it (with the exception of a mortgage).  I have never had money problems.  I have always save a good portion of my income, rather than to go into debt.</p>
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<h2>Enfamil users &#8212; will you consider switching?</h2>
<p>&#8220;Mead Johnson, Maker of Enfamil, Loses Multi-Million Dollar False <strong>Advertising</strong> Case Against Store-Brand Infant Formulas</p>
<p>&#8230;The nutritional supplements under examination in the case are two fats, DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) and ARA (arachidonic acid), which Mead Johnson calls “LIPIL®” solely for marketing purposes and touts as promoting infant brain and eye development. PBM’s claim focused on Mead Johnson’s <strong>direct</strong> mailing to more than 1.6 million parents of an alarming blurry picture of a child’s cartoon duck next to a clear picture of the same image which suggested that anything other than the Enfamil LIPIL® blend of ingredients is inferior and will result in poor eye and brain development. Other parts of the false <strong>advertising</strong> campaign consist of statements that only Enfamil LIPIL has been proven to confer visual and mental benefits on infants, and store-brand formulas are a “cut-back in nutrition” compared to Enfamil. </p>
<p>PBM successfully argued that these advertisements were false and misleading especially since PBM store- brand infant formulas have the same nutrients at the same levels as Enfamil. PBM infant formulas are formulated to contain DHA and ARA, and are sourced from the same supplier in amounts which equal or exceed the DHA and ARA in Mead Johnson’s Enfamil LIPIL®. </p>
<p>This decision marks the third time PBM Products has sued Mead Johnson for false <strong>advertising</strong> claims. On the prior occasions Mead Johnson admitted that it made false claims about PBM’s products&#8230;&#8221;</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Our pediatrician said from the beginning that formula is so highly regulated that basically, it&#8217;s illegal for one kind to be inferior or superior to the other.</p>
<p>She also made what I consider to be a very good point.  The most common issues with formula feeding are overfeeding and contamination from using formula that&#8217;s been sitting around.  She didn&#8217;t have a study that proved this, but she felt from her experience that both of these problems were at least aggravated by the high cost of formula &#8211; the temptation to either force the baby to finish the bottle instead of throwing it away led to over-feeding and the temptation to re-use bottles that had been sitting around leading to infants consuming formula that had gone off.</p>
<p>Formula isn&#8217;t perfect, but we were happier with the Target brand ($11 a can compared to $24 for name brands in our area&#8230;)</p>
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<h2>Is it better to sell cars for a small or large car / auto dealer?</h2>
<p>I started two weeks ago in auto sales for a small down dealership (town with about a population of 5000). I am 55 and this is my first time selling cars. We started with a major sale with a huge <strong>direct</strong> <strong>mail</strong> out and help from an outside company. I did very good. I sold 4 cars in my first week during this sale. Now the sale is over there is absolutely no traffic. I am close to a metro area where the Big Dealerships are always adertising for help. The dealer where I am has a $800 pack, no salary just a $1500 draw at the first of the month. The Big Dealerships in the metro advertise a huge $75K +SALARY + COMISSION first year potential. Some say &#8220;No Pack&#8221;  I don&#8217;t have to at least make $45,000, but I am scared to death that  having next to no traffic means very little sales. I was told that this place averaged 10 cars a month, and I would be the only sales person. I am confident in my sales ability if I just have some people to work with. Any advise??</p>
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<p class="dtm-content">Oh, seeling cars is tough right now at probably either dealerships. Belive it or not ten cars per month is more rthan the average car slaesman is selling nationwide, the average is likek six or seven,</p>
<p>all goes down to how your boss is i&#8217;d say.</p>
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