Archive for December, 2008

“Back to CYA on a Mission”

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Six former wards came back to the California Youth Authority (CYA) earlier this month. This time they volunteered to return. They were on a mission to deliver a message to the wards at N.A. Chaderjian Youth Correctional Facility, which houses California’s most violent youth offenders ages 18-24. The diverse panel of ex-convicts purposefully […]

The Power of Connections

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

The uniform response when quizzing people on what exactly it is that givers Peter Sutherland the winning edge is that his unique mix of great charm and directness has served him well over the course of his illustrious career. Peter Sutherland was instrumental in negotiating the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, and it has […]

The Father Of Virtual Real Estate Investing Comments On His Industry

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

“Virtual Real Estate Investing” is a relatively new concept. Everything from using the internet as an avenue to make more money in real estate to online games such as SecondLife seem to be included in the popular definition of this term.
To find out the real story, I had a conversation […]

Would you like to get a new boat and postulate 22500 euro

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

A moneylender in Overland Park Kansas or so can have a total completely different actual rate of interest for a 25000 dollar credit loan then a merchant bank in Midwest City Oklahoma and that makes a huge clear difference in your weekly costs. It makes no difference if you live in Lombard Illinois or in […]

Mobile Broad-Band is the key to the Development of Fast Connections

Monday, December 29th, 2008

Mobile broadband has been announced as the latest technology in the broadband world which holds the secret to the development of high speed broadband. Recently, broad-band was available through a basic phone line, Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line connection, that links to your terminal using a modem. WI FI high speed internet is going to be […]

Her Daughter Needs Help

Monday, December 29th, 2008

I was wearing my uniformly cool, if not frosty expression as I caught a glimpse of the woman who had stationed herself outside of the supermarket’s automatic door.
What is it this time? I wondered: Girl Scout cookies? A fundraiser? Or is this just another street person?
Gosh, I was getting so tired of saying yes and […]

Search Wars! - MSN’s Opening Salvo

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

With all the recent publicity given to Google as the Internet’s number one search service, it’s hardly surprising that Microsoft has already started work on re-vamping their MSN search service. Okay, it’s still powered by the Yahoo engine, but according to Microsoft it has been “cleaned up” and the new service mirrors much more […]

My name is Smarty Jones — Embracing God’s Glory

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Our deepest fear us not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond
measure. It is our light, not our darkness, that
most frightens us…..We are born to manifest the
glory of God that is within us….And as we let our
own light shine, we unconsciously give other
people permission to do the same.
Nelson Mandela
Today more […]

World Kindness Day

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Once upon a time, in ancient India, a beggar favored a certain foot of land in a village square. He wanted to be rich, but he only knew dire poverty. One day he died on the spot where he had been begging for decades. The villagers decided to bury him on the spot where he […]

The Benefits Of Owning A Reward Credit Card

Friday, December 26th, 2008

They say that in life, there are just two types of people - vanilla lovers and chocolate addicts. This may be true but do you know that when it comes to credit cards, there are only two primary kinds that you’re going to be acquainted with? The rest are just, shall we say, sub-categories or […]