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Get Valuable Computer Based Training Online – FREE!
Educating yourself about computers and software programs
represents a very expensive proposition in both time and
money.
Anyone who has ever seen those Video Professor
advertisements on TV knows that a simple tutorial on CD-Rom
costs $59 plus shipping and handling. Most people don’t
realize computer and software training is readily available
online, some of it as good or better than the introductory
courses that can cost you a lot of money.
Would you like to learn how to set up a web page? Do you
want to learn how to use your word processor for
accomplishing more than just typing simple letters? How
about learning to use all the great “secret” features in
your email program?
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Escaping from your Job Search Groundhog Day
The actor Bill Murray earned critical acclaim for his performance in 2003’s Lost in Translation. It was a great movie about someone feeling like he was in a rut – both with his career and his personal life – and how he escaped from it. An even more striking example of someone stuck in a rut can be found in a movie Bill Murray starred in ten years earlier – 1993’s Groundhog Day. Some of you may have seen the movie. Even if you have, I’d like to recount the highlights of the story for you and how this perspective can help you in your job search.
THE GROUNDHOG DAY STORY
In Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a Read the rest of this entry »
No CommentsBlackjack – Increase Your Odds With Basic Strategy Plus
Blackjack Basic Strategy, played perfectly in a game with favorable rules, will reduce
the edge against you to about one half of one percent, the best odds of any game
in the casino.
But still – it’s a negative edge. While you can win in the short term on any given day,
in the long term that one half percent edge against you will eventually grind you
down if you play long enough and frequently enough.
An advanced basic strategy – or what we call Basic Strategy Plus – is necessary for
you to step up from being a casual player to being a serious recreational player who
has a Read the rest of this entry »