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January 14, 2009

Easiest Way to find a Job

Filed under: General, Job, News — admin @ 11:19 am

What’s the easiest way to find a job? Well, the first answer that comes to mind is to work for family. Neighbors are another easy way to find a job. Those might be easy finds, but the job itself may not be worth the ease of getting it. Another easy way is to marry someone who can give you a job. Once again that’s easy but it may not turn out to be what you wanted as far as a marriage or a job. Another easy fix is to have a friend recommend you for a job, that’s pretty easy, as well.

But is easy what you’re really looking for, or is it the job itself. I know that someone who is out of work will do almost anything to be counted among the ranks of the working class again. Wondering where you next meal is coming from is a very humbling experience.

The word easy is sometimes deceiving and the word job is equally misunderstood. An easy way to find a job is to do something you love and find a way to make money doing it. That of course is easier said than done. Our education system is set up to find jobs for people that are qualified in certain areas. The requirements for certain jobs automatically delete a great deal of people from applying and being considered for certain employment. Years of schooling and individual experiences lead most of us down a chosen path and we focus on that path to make a living.

Once a path is identified a resume can be put together that describes your abilities to perform a job without stressing out over it. The next step is to find companies that have jobs that fit your path. They may not be looking to hire at the time you need a job, but an easy thing to do would be to send them your resume along with a cover letter stating why you want to work for them. Most human resource people appreciate that kind of assertive action and will respond it some way. That approach sounds pretty easy. For the cost of stamps you can get yourself in front of several companies that are a match for what you want to do.

Finding a job from a newspaper ad or an online website is not really easy. In most cases the information posted is not clear enough to define what it is they want you to do. It may be a job, but once again it may not be easy to jump through the hurdles that appear after you apply. A great deal of time is spent with no return, when all the information is not posted in a clear and precise way.

The internet is filled with ads for people who want you to find an easy way to find a job. The ads claim you can work at home, create your own hours and be your own boss. Once again most of these ads don’t tell the full story and chances are you’ll find yourself in a situation where someone is trying to get you to buy something or invest money in a business that’s an easy moneymaker or that’s what they tell you.

Another easy way to find a job is take anything that comes along no matter what it involves. There are always jobs in the service industries. Car washers, busboys, waiters and waitresses, valet parking attendants and lawn maintenance work, are always in demand. The fact is almost anyone can find a job if they want to work. It’s easy but the job may be far from easy based on your thoughts about it.

Word of mouth and networking when all is said and done is probably the easiest way to find a job. Keeping yourself in front of people in the industry that interests you is very valuable in finding a job. Search firms and headhunters can also be an easy way if you have made contact with them in the past or you take upon yourself to send them your resume. Once they receive it and the interview process begins however, it may not be as easy as you thought.

With all of that being said, the easiest way to find a job is to use an online cv. Believe and imagine your self doing what you want to do. You create what you experience based on what you believe. Your inner senses will guide you in the right direction; allow them to manifest what you want. Your positive thoughts will create positive experiences and positive opportunities start to pop-up from nowhere. Focus on your choices and the probabilities that develop from those choices. You awareness will change and you will experience finding a job the easy way, which is by believing in your self.

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January 7, 2009

A History of Slot Machines

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 2:46 pm

One of the most prominent games in the world, the slot machine has been bringing in loads of revenue for the casinos for decades. Today these games are popular in both the traditional and online casino. The machines have a long history and have been built in many forms.

In 1862 Charles Fey, a man from San Francisco, built the first slot machine. Known as the liberty bell the machine had three spinning reels. Today the small jackpot would be considered pocket change though at the time it was built the fifty cent payout was considered a big win.

Over the years many advances have been made to the slot machine. Today most machines are push button slots rather than having to pull the lever in order to get the reels to move. These digital slots are easier to maintain and calibrate. Another advantage of the digital machines is that they make playing much easier on those trying to win the game.

Online slot machines are becoming increasingly popular and come in many different types. These slot machines have at least five reels that spin quickly and players have multiple lines to play. Rather then just one line like older versions of slots machine the online slot machines often have fifty or more lines to play.

For over a century the slot machine reels have been spinning and thousands of jackpots have been won. No matter what machine you play or how much you win you have Charles Fay to thank for the slot machines.

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December 10, 2008

Valution in the specifics ain’t easy

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 10:59 am

The [public sector] organisation that pays my salary in my day job employs me as an economist. I am the only economist they employ. Indeed, I think I am the first and only economist they have employed.

They do not undertand what economics is all about or what economists do best.  As a result, they frequently ask me to do things for which I am not qualified and/ or which I know very little about and for which I scramble like crazy for information.

Last week we made an offer on a substantial building in town. I was asked to deliver a verdict on its commercial value. I know the processes and the principles, but haven’t valued a building of this size.

Fact is, the nworld is in such turmoil I don;t think I can do it. Working out what’s likely to happen ‘going forward’ hasn’t been this difficult for at least a generation, and probably for much longer.

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November 21, 2008

Good Value Luxury Hotels

Filed under: General, Hotels, Luxury — admin @ 5:04 pm

Luxury hotels are a very enjoyable experience however they can be very expensive. For this reason it can be worthwhile doing some research to find good value luxury hotels. There are some well know good value luxury hotels in Marbella, Tallinn and Riga. These hotels have compromised on the price but not on the quality of stay and service. In the current tough economic climate it has become more important than ever to search for value.

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October 14, 2008

Bail outs, bail outs and even more bail outs. Should we let something fail?

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 9:34 am

Remember when Alan Greenspan was God? We hung on his every word. He got us over several bubble bursts. We loved him. He was the Go To Man to get us out of trouble.

I’ve just heard the Prime Minister of Australia describe the credit freeze as the worst financial crisis of our lifetime. Where’s Alan when you need him?

Actually we’re glad he’s gone. It is notright or appropriate that we keep bailing the water out of the very leaky boat we’re in. Because we do not enable the system to correct itself. We continually postpone the day of reckoning without fixing the system; without getting back to the fundamentals.

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October 1, 2008

A Basic NTP Server

Filed under: General — admin @ 8:12 am

A NTP server is a time server that uses the protocol NTP (Network Time Protocol) to synchronise to a timing source. Other protocols do exist but NTP is by far and large the most widely used.

Like other time servers a NTP server uses a single time reference and synchronises all devices on a network to that time. This time references is normally a UTC source (coordinated universal time).

UTC was developed after the inception of the atomic clock and is based on the time told by these highly accurate chronometers. By synchronising their NTP server to a UTC time source, network administrators can be assured that their network is not only synchronised together but also that it is synchronised to every other network that uses UTC as its timing source.

A NTP server can receive a UTC time source from several locations. The Internet is the most obvious place for a UTC source but Internet based timing references are notoriously inaccurate and the distance from host and client can also further imprecision. Using an Internet source can also have security implications with the NTP security measure, authentication, unavailable across the Internet. Using an Internet source also requires a hole to be left open in a network firewall, which can add further security risks.

A much safer and reliable alternative is to receive a UTC timing reference from the GPS (Global Positioning System) network. Each GPS satellite has an onboard atomic clock which broadcasts timing information. A NTP server fitted with a GPS antenna can receive and utilise this signal. A further method of receiving a UTC timing source is to use a radio referenced NTP server that can receive the long wave time and frequency transmissions broadcast from a few countries’ national physics labs including the USA, UK, Germany and Japan.

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September 29, 2008

TARP’s ‘holding to term’ will please many, but is it just spin?

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 11:13 am

In my day job I work for a public sector organisation with its own, limited, taxing powers. Our finance guys bought quite a few CDOs flogged by Lehman Bros that, as the world now knows, turned out not to be quite such a good investment. Our finance guys were no match for those from Lehman Bros.

We’ve been defending ourselves since the bad news broke on the basis that we have only suffered paper losses and that, as we planned to hold our investment to full term, it was not possible to estimate what our loss might be. There is, of course, a subliminal message that maybe things will recover and we won’t have any losses at all.

This is the straw Mr Paulson is offering and we are clutching at it. TARP - ‘Troubled Asset Relief Program’ -  promises to delay the pain and allow us all to regather during the breathing space. In that way, it is not dissimilar from inflation. After a prolonged period of price rises, even mediocre investments  look like they are in the money.

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September 20, 2008

Cavalry of American taxpayers rides to the rescue

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 12:05 pm

It’s hard to keep a sense of perspective in these seat-of-the-pants times in the global economy.

The Gordon Gekkos of Wall Street finally go so far over the top that the economy stands on the brink of collapse. We - i.e. the government - can let that happen because there will be too much pain for all of us, so it steps in and buys all the rubbish created by the Gordon Gs.

It is in times like these that I’m tempted to reopen my largely unread copy of Das Kapital and see whether Karl (Marx) had the answers after all. He didn’t, of course. But I almost wish he had, because it is ugly what’s going on at the moment.

Maybe we could instead reintroduce medaevial stocks into which we could put the Investment Bank leaders - the (former) Masters of the Universe - and throw rotten tomatoes at them.

But it is not to be. Rather we have an anonymous system in place in which US taxpayers will foot the bill for profligacy and hubris. ‘Twas ever thus.

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September 8, 2008

China macho about US dollar

Filed under: Uncategorized — admin @ 10:31 am

Right now I’m wondering how the Chinese big wigs are feeling about the US bail-out of Fanny Mae and Freddie Mac.

The Chinese have a lot riding on the US economy. More than man others, in fact. It is of course a very significant market for so manyof its exports. As any dedicated shopper knows, it’s hard to find stuff in shops that isn’t made in China.

A dear friend of mine recently visited Shanghai on business to see some well-established suppliers. She thought it would be appropriate and pleasing to take small presents to her contacts. She did not wish to take trashy tourist unmemorabilia. But every prospect she looked at turned out to be ‘made in China’ (as was most of the unmemorabilia too).

Equally, China is heavily invested in formally ’safe’ US government and government-back securities. It’s reckoned there’s upwards of a trillion dollars invested by China in the US.

So a weak dollar is not in their interests. It makes there exports more expensive, and it devaluies their investments and holdings.

The Chinese muct therefor be just as macho about the dollar as the US authorities.

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September 3, 2008

Google Android Downloads Galore

Filed under: Android, Uncategorized — admin @ 5:15 pm

A new website has launched today bringing news and articles on Android Downloads from hundreds of sources. This Google Android website should become one of the largest blogs for the Google Android platform in a few months time.

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