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National ID Cards
Have you heard about the national ID card? While I had heard little about this program I had not given it any real attention until recently while listening to Bill O’Reilly and Lou Dobbs. Both made some great points as to how such a card could increase security and reduce fraud in the United States [...]
Navy SEALs Facing Charges During Objective Amber
I just find it extremely difficult to believe that three Navy SEAL personnel are facing charges for slapping around and punching a terrorist while conducting an operation in Iraq. Now while I do not condone the actions, I tend to believe that these individuals should not face a court martial for those actions. In today’s [...]
Microsoft Certified Professional Training
A Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification would be one area where you can set yourself about your peers as a Microsoft professional. A variety of IT fields may become available as an individual seeks the schooling and training necessary to obtain a MCP certificate. There are a number of different ways that you [...]
Make Money Blogging
Making money while blogging is not as difficult as you may think. I will say that if you have dreams at becoming rich right away you are setting yourself up for a disappointment. If you focus on quality content and communications with your readers as time goes own you may find that you begin to [...]
Use A Teleprompter To Deliver Speeches Like a Pro
To deliver polished speech many people make use of a teleprompter which is a device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual text of a speech or script. Using a teleprompter is similar to the practice of using cue cards. Since the speaker does not need to look down to consult written notes, [...]
Weekly Reading Roundup 12-FEB-2010
Welcome to this weeks roundup! There is so much information out there that I bookmark that I thought I would begin capturing and sharing those articles that I find both beneficial and interesting. If you’re anything like me it is truly beginning to feel like information overload with all the various mediums such as Twitter, [...]
Public Speaking: Part One
Public speaking is a subject that strikes fear into the heart of many people including myself. If you also fall into this category, I am sure you are always looking to those who seem to do well and captivate the audience for tips on helping yourself to a become speaker. There are two individuals who [...]
Double Standards Within The Federal Government
In reality it comes to no surprise that double standards exist within the Federal Government today. It is however disturbing at what level these double standards play out in the grand scheme of things. Remember when Jimmy Carter in 2009 played the race card? Read my previous post titled Jimmy Carter Racism Comment Should Anger [...]
President Obama Addresses The 25-DEC-2009 Terrorist Attack
Today our President addressed the nation on the recent terrorist attack that was attempted on 25 December 2009 by Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Delta Airline Flight 253 bound for Detroit. I for one was not impressed what so ever by his speech which leads me to the question I have. Why are we as a [...]
The Best Career Advice You Ever Received
Update: The giveaway for the ScanDisk 4GB Micro SD HC Card closed on 15-JAN-2010 and U.G. Wilson was the winner!
Over the years I have worked for a number of managers and I have been given some great deal of advice some which I took to heart and some I did not follow up on. I [...]
United States Government Transparency, Collaboration, and Effectiveness
I think it is important to hold our elected leaders to their promises and Barack Obama is no different. Back in early 2009 the Obama administration much like the continue blaming the Bush administration today promised an unprecedented concept of openness when it comes to the Government and its actions. While I believe in concept [...]
Air Travel Becomes Much More Complicated
Last Friday’s terrorism attempt was just another horrible reminder that there are evil people in the world who have nothing better to do other than cause heart ache and destruction. Over the last few months I have done a lot of flying as well as my family has taken a handful of trips and I [...]
Conference Call Services
A conference calling service is a of telephone service used for communication between two or more people. Basically there are two main types of conference:
one person talks and the other people on the call listen only
all people on the call can be heard
Depending on the purpose of using conference calling the service can be configured [...]
How To Put AutoResponders To Work For Your Business
If you run a business to today’s electronic society then chance are you have a sales team or even support teams to handle both new and existing client communications. If you are not employing some type of auto-responder then chances are you are working harder than you should or in a worst case scenario a [...]
Amazon Black Friday Deals
To be honest I have never been the type of individual who desires to head out the day after Thanksgiving and fight the crowds and traffic. If you’re looking for some great deals from Amazon without leaving the comfort of your home then you are in the right place.
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The Best Way to Generate Traffic to Your Site
Online business has made a remarkable headway with the invent of numerous website marketing tools. To make your business in par with your competitors, it is necessary to update your website which calls for the need of search engine optimization. Article writing is the most competent & effectual web promotional tool. Informative & keyword rich [...]
Health Care Reform Passes And You Must Now Speak Out Even Louder
Saturday’s vote on the health care bill disturbs me and while it was a close vote the bill as is stands now did in fact pass and you can view the results yourself here, also I recommend that you read Michelle Malkin’s article titled Health care takeover roll call vote — and what GOP Rep. Joseph [...]
Honoring Those Men And Women In Uniform
I know each and every one of you are aware of the pressing matter in Afghanistan and if you are not then shame on you! The U.S. Military is fighting an ever increasing difficult war and these troops need our support and thoughts now. I realize this is a difficult time for mothers, fathers, brothers, [...]
Department Of Defense Collaborative Community
As a prior DoD contractor I was surprised when I learned of Forge.mil and in a good way. I has been a number of years since I worked at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) as well as a Department of Defense (DoD) contractor for the United States Air Force and I must say times [...]
What Happened To Free Speech
Today I was catching up on the news and I read some disturbing reports about the digital age and how anyone can post a blog entry, send an email, or a text message that others may find objectionable or disagree with and the idea is that the government should step in and come to our [...]
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