SMART PHONE CURE!!

If this isn't the truth !!!!!!!!!!!!

SOMEBODY PLEASE FIND A CURE!!!

New Signs

Becareful with GPS and mobile phones

Useful advice perhaps..!!??

- - - WE MUST TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY ! ! !

With all the new electronic technology - this experience gives all of us something to think about. GPS A couple of weeks ago a friend told me that someone she knew had their car broken-into while they were at a Football game. Their car was parked on the green which was adjacent to the football stadium and specially allotted to football fans. Things stolen from the car included: a garage door Remote Control, some money and a GPS which had been prominently mounted on the dashboard. When the victims got home, they found that their house had been ransacked and just about everything worth anything had been stolen. 1. The thieves had used the GPS to guide them to the house.  2. They then used the Garage Remote Control to open the garage door and gain entry to the house.  3. The thieves knew the owners were at the football game, they knew what time the game was scheduled to finish and so they knew how much time they had to clean out the house.  4. It would appear that they had brought a truck to empty the house of its contents. Something to consider if you have a GPS - don't put your home address in it. Put a nearby address (like a store or gas station) so you can still find your way home if you need to, but no one else would know where you live if your GPS were stolen. MOBILE PHONES I never thought of this....... This lady has now changed her habit of how she lists her names on her mobile phone after her handbag was stolen. Her handbag, which contained her cell phone, credit card, wallet... Etc...was stolen. 20 minutes later when she called her husband from a Pay Phone telling him what had happened, he said 'Ireceived your text asking about our Pin Number and I've replied a little while ago.' When they rushed down to the Bank, their money was already withdrawn. The thief had actually used the stolen cell phone to text 'Hubby' in the Contact List and got hold of the Pin Number.. Within 20 minutes he had withdrawn considerable amount of money from their Bank Account. Moral of the lesson: Do not disclose the relationship between you and the people in your Contact List. Avoid using names like Home, Honey, Hubby, Sweetheart, Dad, Mom, etc.... And very importantly, when sensitive info is being asked through texts, CONFIRM by calling back. Also, when you're being text by friends or family to meet them somewhere, be sure to call them back to Confirm that the Message came from them. If you don't reach them, be very careful about going places to meet 'family and friends' who text you. *PLEASE PASS THIS ON * I never thought about the above! As of now, I no longer have 'Home' listed on my cell phone.

Huawei overtakes LG in smartphone market share during Q3 Mobile By Jon Fingas posted Oct 28th, 2013 at 9:39 PM

Huawei overtakes LG in smartphone market share during Q3  Mobile

By Jon Fingas posted Oct 28th, 2013 at 9:39 PM

Need proof that China is a crucial smartphone market? Strategy Analytics is more than happy to oblige. It just posted third quarter global market share estimates showing that Huawei has overtaken LG since the Q2 report, claiming third place with 5.1 percent of sales. This isn't the first time that the Chinese phone maker has reached such lofty heights, but it comes even as LG produced stellar results; Huawei just happened to grow faster. Researchers attributed the rise to strong sales of its higher-end Ascend P6 and the mainstream G610, particularly in Huawei's home country.

Otherwise, it's a familiar story. Samsung is still ruling the roost with 35.2 percent share, while Apple held on to the second-place spot at 13.4 percent. Huawei also isn't guaranteed to maintain its position when LG is likely to get a fourth quarter sales boost from the G2. However, it's evident that smartphone designers shouldn't get too comfy -- it doesn't take much to change the status quo.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/10/28/huawei-overtakes-lg-in-smartphone-market-share-during-q3/

Microsoft Wants Google to Censor…. Microsoft.com

Microsoft Wants Google to Censor…. Microsoft.com

In an attempt to make pirated content harder to find copyright holders ask Google to remove millions of search results every week. While these automated requests are usually legitimate, mistakes happen more often than one might expect. For example, in an embarrassing act of self-censorship Microsoft recently asked Google to censor links to its very own Microsoft.com.

Earlier this week we reported that Google has already received takedown requests for more than 100 million URLs this year.
While most of the submitted URLs do indeed link to infringing content, not all requests received by Google are correct.
The automated systems used by many of the copyright holders often trigger notices that include links to perfectly legitimate content, and sometimes even their own work. The latter happened in a recent DMCA takedown request sent by LeakID on behalf of Microsoft.
Instead of listing URLs of infringing material, Microsoft asked Google to remove links to their own websites, as can be seen below. The six links point to Microsoft’s store, support pages and product descriptions. A pretty embarrassing mistake to say the least.

Whoops..

Luckily for Microsoft, Google spotted the error, meaning that the pages in question have not been removed from the search results, although it would have been a fitting punishment if Google had decided to comply with the request.
While the above error is rather entertaining, matters gets more serious when copyright holders censor legitimate content produced by others. It’s hard to say how frequently this happens, but just by browsing through the many DMCA notices we have been able to find dozens of examples already.
Just two weeks ago we found that HBO had asked Google to remove a perfectly legal copy of the open source video player VLC, for example. The link in question was clearly submitted in error, but at the time of writing it’s still absent from Google’s search result.
Some individuals respond to these mistakes by blaming the search engine, and taking counter-action. For example, a person who uses the handle “Google dicksuck” decided to respond to the VLC takedown request by asking Google to remove HBO.com.

How about this takedown?

Unfortunately for him or her, Google did not remove the TV-network’s website.
Of course Google can’t really be blamed for responding to takedown requests because they are required to do so by law. Considering the millions of notices submitted to them every week, Google does a pretty good job at filtering out the most obvious mistakes.
The copyright holders on the other hand could take much more care to prevent these errors. Even if it’s just to avoid embarrassing themselves.
Update: A Microsoft spokesperson told TorrentFreak the following in response to our findings.
“We believe strongly in the effectiveness and the need for accuracy in the use of notice and takedown to address online infringement. To explain what happened here, Google’s online form requires identification of both the copyrighted content being infringed and the website address of the infringement.”
“A vendor properly listed those six urls as Microsoft copyrighted content that was being infringed, but then inadvertently copied and pasted those same six urls in the field to identify the locations of infringement. This simple clerical error was identified and corrected right away, and we have taken steps to address the process to avoid it being repeated.”

 http://torrentfreak.com/microsoft-wants-google-to-censor-microsoft-com-130728/

 

Overtime Is Bad for Your Heart

Study shows that working late could literally kill you

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted May 11, 2010 

 

Have you ever joked that the hours at your job will kill you? Stop laughing: you could be right. Those who work 10 or more hours a day are 60% more likely to develop heart-related problems, according to a new study in the European Heart Journal. That correlation held true even after researchers accounted for 21 other risk factors such as smoking, obesity, or high cholesterol.

The study followed 6,014 people over 11 years, LiveScience explains. The researchers note that they haven't proved that work directly causes heart disease, only that there's a correlation. They theorize that stressed workers might suffer from frequent high blood pressure that wouldn't show up on medical check-ups, or that such hard workers might be more likely to work while ill, not get enough sleep, and put other stresses on their bodies.

 http://www.newser.com/story/88424/overtime-is-bad-for-your-heart.html

Comments From Personnel Files

Comments From Personnel Files

“This employee has reached rock bottom and has started to dig”.

“His men would follow him anywhere, but only out of morbid curiosity”.

“When she opens her mouth, it is only to change feet”.

“He would be out of his depth in a parking lot puddle”.

“This employee should go far - and the sooner he starts the better”.

Motivationals...

YOU MUST BE A POLITICIAN

ONE MORNING A BLIND BUNNY WAS HOPPING ALONG & TRIPPED
OVER A LARGE SNAKE & FELL.
"OH...PLEASE EXCUSE ME," SAID THE BUNNY.
"I DIDN'T MEAN TO TRIP OVER YOU BUT I'M BLIND."
"THAT'S PERFECTLY ALRIGHT," REPLIED THE SNAKE.
"IT'S MY FAULT. I DIDN'T MEAN TO TRIP U, BUT I'M BLIND TOO. BY
THE WAY, WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL ARE YOU?"
"I'M BLIND & I HAVEN'T SEEN MYSELF," SAID THE BUNNY.
"MAYBE YOU CAN EXAMINE & FIND OUT."
SO THE SNAKE FELT THE BUNNY ALL OVER, & HE SAID,"WELL,
YOU SOFT & CUDDLY & YOU'VE LONG SILKY EARS & A FLUFFY
TAIL & A CUTE TWITCHY NOSE. YOU MUST BE A BUNNY RABBIT."
THE BUNNY SAID,"I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. BY THE WAY, WHAT
KIND OF ANIMAL ARE YOU?"
THE SNAKE REPLIED THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW EITHER & THE BUNNY
AGREED TO EXAMINE HIM & WHEN THE BUNNY WAS FINISHED, THE
SNAKE ASKED,"WELL, WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL AM I?"
THE BUNNY HAD FELT THE SNAKE ALL OVER & HE REPLIED,
*YOU ARE COLD, YOU ARE SLIPPERY & YOU HAVE NO BALLS.
YOU MUST BE A POLITICIAN."

Thoughts

i am talking to the WALL

Why are face-to-face meetings critical to build a partner ecosystem? By Marissa KrupaWhy are face-to-face meetings critical to build a partner ecosystem?

Why are face-to-face meetings critical to build a partner ecosystem?

By Marissa Krupa


Let’s face it, in today’s business world, companies can no longer be individual islands unto themselves carving away in a sea of markets. In order to survive, and thrive, in the current global economy, companies must join forces with other vendors to add value to customers throughout the supply chain.
But, how does a company go about building an ecosystem of vendors it can trust and rely on?
One primary way is to meet with representatives of the partner face-to-face. Just last week, Wind River held a series of sales meetings in Europe that  included several hardware and software partners. Consider the benefits from these efforts:
1) Trust is still most often built face-to-face
When it comes to building a partner ecosystem, trust is a key factor for success. Partner organizations are dealing with sensitive issues like passing lead information or customer information back and forth between the field sales forces.
Paramount to building trust within sales organizations of partner companies is to have the field sales reps meet with partner representatives face to face.
2) Clearly communicate the partnership business model
During face-to-face meetings with partners, it’s critical to explain the business model you have with the partner. Whether it’s co-selling, re-selling, or what have you, if your team better understands how they can grow business together with a partner, the more prosperous your partner ecosystem will become.
3) Establish buy-in from sales and marketing management
Understand that sometimes it may require sales and marketing managers to help lead field sales reps to the watering hole to reap the benefits.
During our series of meetings last week, after partners had a chance to present, regional managers made sure to connect several field sales reps with particular partners following the presentations. This kind of direct vouch for the partner’s technology sent a strong message to all the reps. When the managers outline the benefit in joining forces with the partner for joint sales, the reps will soon see the benefits too.
4) Share success stories with co-workers
One of the best ways to build trust amongst sales reps is to highlight a customer success story. We required every partner at our European meetings to highlight a customer story.
This provided two things for our reps to think about: 1) the partner company was able to stand on their own and successfully sell to the same customer, and 2) the Wind River rep who sold to that joint customer now has an edge for future sales by working with the partner.
All it takes is one field sales rep to speak about their success when working jointly with a partner, for others to be encouraged.
5) Building personal relationships can also build intelligence
Gathering intelligence on customers can often be challenging. However, growing personal relationships between your sales team and partner representatives can overcome some of these issues. By creating opportunities for field sales reps to meet partners’ reps face-to-face, tremendous insights about customers can be gained. Simply learning about the organization’s structure and management, or general strategies straight from the source, at a customer location, is invaluable to enhancing the sales effort. It also helps field reps to reach beyond their traditional contacts to gain more new design wins.
Although it can take effort to pull all the appropriately important parties together into one room, the benefits of doing so are tremendous. Just in the two days of partner presentations in last week’s meetings, our field sales teams are already hot on the trail for several new customer opportunities.
Face-to-face meetings help grow the potential for more business and in today’s global economy, it’s worth the effort.
http://blogs.windriver.com/industry_partners/2010/10/why-are-face-to-face-meetings-critical-to-build-a-partner-ecosystem.html

Stock Exchange should crash by June 2012

Stock Exchange should crash by June
               Those into shares should UNLOAD their positions
               before June, the JPM is the starting salvo

The 2 Billion Dollar Loss By JP Morgan Is Just A Preview Of The Coming Collapse Of The Derivatives Market
May 12, 2012
Michael Synder
The Economic Collapse

When news broke of a 2 billion dollar trading loss by JP Morgan, much of the financial world was absolutely stunned.  But the truth is that this is just the beginning.  This is just a very small preview of what is going to happen when we see the collapse of the worldwide derivatives market.  When most Americans think of Wall Street, they think of a bunch of stuffy bankers trading stocks and bonds.  But over
the past couple of decades it has evolved into much more than that.

Today, Wall Street is the biggest casino in the entire world.  When the “too big to fail” banks make good bets, they can make a lot of money.  

When they make bad bets, they can lose a lot of money, and
that is exactly what just happened to JP Morgan.  Their Chief
Investment Office made a series of trades which turned out horribly,and it resulted in a loss of over 2 billion dollars over the past 40 days.  But 2 billion dollars is small potatoes compared to the vast size of the global derivatives market.  It has been estimated that the the notional value of all the derivatives in the world is somewhere between 600 trillion dollars and 1.5 quadrillion dollars.Nobody really knows the real amount, but when this derivatives bubble finally bursts there is not going to be nearly enough money on the entire planet to fix things.

Sadly, a lot of mainstream news reports are not even using the word “derivatives” when they discuss what just happened at JP Morgan.  This morning I listened carefully as one reporter described the 2 billion dollar loss as simply a “bad bet”.

And perhaps that is easier for the American people to understand.  JP Morgan made a series of really bad bets and during a conference call last night CEO Jamie Dimon admitted that the strategy was “flawed, complex, poorly reviewed, poorly executed and poorly monitored”.

The funny thing is that JP Morgan is considered to be much more “risk averse” than most other major Wall Street financial institutions are.

So if this kind of stuff is happening at JP Morgan, then what in the world is going on at some of these other places?

That is a really good question.

For those interested in the technical details of the 2 billion dollar loss, an article posted on CNBC described exactly how this loss happened….

The failed hedge likely involved a bet on the flattening of a credit derivative curve, part of the CDX family of investment grade credit indices, said two sources with knowledge of the industry, but not directly involved in the matter. JPMorgan was then caught by sharp moves at the long end of the bet, they said. The CDX index gives traders exposure to credit risk across a range of assets, and gets its value from a basket of individual credit derivatives.

In essence, JP Morgan made a series of bets which turned out very,very badly.  This loss was so huge that it even caused members of Congress to take note.  The following is from a statement that U.S.Senator Carl Levin issued a few hours after this news first broke….

“The enormous loss JPMorgan announced today is just the latest evidence that what banks call ‘hedges’ are often risky bets that so-called ‘too big to fail’ banks have no business making.”

Unfortunately, the losses from this trade may not be over yet.  In fact, if things go very, very badly the losses could end up being much larger as a recent Zero Hedge article detailed….

Simple: because it knew with 100% certainty that if things turn out very, very badly, that the taxpayer, via the Fed, would come to its rescue. Luckily, things turned out only 80% bad. Although it is not over yet: if credit spreads soar, assuming at $200 million DV01, and a 100 bps move, JPM could suffer a $20 billion loss when all is said and done. But hey: at least “net” is not “gross” and we know, just know, that the SEC will get involved and make sure something like this never happens again.

And yes, the SEC has announced an “investigation” into this 2 billion dollar loss.  But we all know that the SEC is basically useless.  In recent years SEC employees have become known more for watching pornography in their Washington D.C. offices than for regulating Wall Street.

But what has become abundantly clear is that Wall Street is completely incapable of policing itself.  This point was underscored in a recent commentary by Henry Blodget of Business Insider….

Wall Street can’t be trusted to manage—or even correctly assess—its own risks.

This is in part because, time and again, Wall Street has demonstrated
that it doesn’t even KNOW what risks it is taking.

In short, Wall Street bankers are just a bunch of kids playing with dynamite.

There are two reasons for this, neither of which boil down to “stupidity.”

The first reason is that the gambling instruments the banks now use are mind-bogglingly complicated. Warren Buffett once described derivatives as “weapons of mass destruction.” And those weapons have gotten a lot more complex in the past few years.

The second reason is that Wall Street’s incentive structure is
fundamentally flawed:Bankers get all of the upside for winning bets, and someone else—the government or shareholders—covers the downside.

The second reason is particularly insidious. The worst thing that can happen to a trader who blows a huge bet and demolishes his firm—literally the worst thing—is that he will get fired. Then he will immediately go get a job at a hedge fund and make more than he was making before he blew up the firm.

We never learned one of the basic lessons that we should have learned from the financial crisis of 2008.

Wall Street bankers take huge risks because the risk/reward ratio is all messed up.

If the bankers make huge bets and they win, then they win big.

If the bankers make huge bets and they lose, then the federal
government uses taxpayer money to clean up the mess.

Under those kind of conditions, why not bet the farm?

Sadly, most Americans do not even know what derivatives are.

Most Americans have no idea that we are rapidly approaching a horrific
derivatives crisis that is going to make 2008 look like a Sunday
picnic.

According to the Comptroller of the Currency, the “too big to fail”
banks have exposure to derivatives that is absolutely mind blowing.
Just check out the following numbers from an official U.S. government
report….

JPMorgan Chase – $70.1 Trillion

Citibank – $52.1 Trillion

Bank of America – $50.1 Trillion

Goldman Sachs – $44.2 Trillion

So a 2 billion dollar loss for JP Morgan is nothing compared to their total exposure of over 70 trillion dollars.

Overall, the 9 largest U.S. banks have a total of more than 200
trillion dollars of exposure to derivatives.  That is approximately 3 times the size of the entire global economy.

It is hard for the average person on the street to begin to comprehend
how immense this derivatives bubble is.

So let’s not make too much out of this 2 billion dollar loss by JP Morgan.

This is just chicken feed.

This is just a preview of coming attractions.

Soon enough the real problems with derivatives will begin, and when that happens it will shake the entire global financial system to the core.

You might also like:
JP Morgan Suffers ‘Massive’ Losses: $4.2 Billion Probable; May Spread to Entire Sector  Corzine Ordered $200M Moved to JP Morgan Days Before MF Global Collapse 

The Crazy Things That One Whistleblower Says Are Happening At JP Morgan Will Blow Your Mind

11 Parts of a Business Card

11 Parts of a Business Card


How many of these elements does your business card design have?

By Jacci Howard Bear, About.com Guide


Most any business card will have at least a name of a person or company but there are other essential and useful elements of a good business card.


1.Name of Individual

Not every type of business card has to have the name of the individual but it's a nice personalized touch. In a large organization it can be beneficial to the recipient to have the name of a specific person to contact. The name of the individual or the name of the business or organization is usually the most prominent text element of a business card.





2.Name of Business or Organization

A business card almost always has a business or organization name on it. The name of the individual or the name of the business or organization is usually the most prominent text element of a business card. An organization with a highly recognizable logo might de-emphasize the business name (size and/or placement) but it is usually an essential piece of information.





3.Address

A physical address or a mailing address or both are typical parts of a business card. If the company does business exclusively online or by mail, a physical address might not be a key element to include. If both a physical and a mailing address are included, it may be desirable to label each one.





4.Phone Number(s)

Multiple numbers are typically listed in order of voice, fax, cell but you can omit any numbers that are not the preferred method of phone contact. Don't forget the area and/or country codes and extension, if required. Using parentheses, hyphens, periods, spaces, or other characters to separate numbers in a phone number are generally a matter of preference and custom but be consistent in whatever method is chosen.





5.Email Address

Including an email address is an important element for Web-based businesses but other businesses or organizations might omit this form of contact unless it is one of their preferred methods of contact.





6.Web Page Address

Web addresses can be listed with or without the http:// preceding the URL. As with email addresses, it is an essential element for Web-based businesses.





7.Job Title of Individual

Not a required element, some entrepreneurs or sole proprietors might include "President" or "CEO" or some other title to give the appearance of a larger organization.





8.Tagline or Description of Business

A tagline or brief description can be useful when the business name is somewhat ambiguous or doesn't clearly convey what the business does. Taglines can also convey benefits and features.





9.Logo

A logo used consistently on business cards and other print / electronic materials helps to establish a company's identity.





10.Graphic Image(s) (including purely decorative elements)

Small companies without a logo may choose to use generic or stock images or custom illustrations that help reinforce what the company does. Small graphic embellishments or boxes might be used to separate blocks of information.





11.List of Services or Products

A long list will usually clutter up a standard size business card but when using two-sided or folded business cards a bullet list of services offered or main product lines can extend the usefulness of the business card.


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Career of electrical engineer

Career of electrical engineer