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Spelling Puree:

Bad: purey Good: puree I always get tripped up on this word so I’ll use a visual image. When you puree something you make big pieces into smaller pieces. So the two little EEs at the end of puree represent … Continue reading

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Posting of an article printed on families web site:

I had one of my non-fiction articles printed on a web site that promotes family values. Here is the link and the article: http://staging.familius.net/opening-the-box-object-lesson-for-families Opening the box object lesson for families By melva gifford  |  Sun, 10/20/2013 I’m an author and storyteller. … Continue reading

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Web sites for job leads:

Here are a bunch of web sites that offer job openings. Many of them will repeat the same jobs. The ones I prioritize on for technology jobs is: indeed, dice and careerbuilder.com. If you have some to add on the … Continue reading

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Salesmanship techniques:

During the summer, I attend a Success 2013 two day workshop that presented several motivation speakers. I took notes. Here are some ideas by Tom Hopkins. This is going to be a different topic as this is teaching as today’s … Continue reading

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A riddle given during a job interview:

I had three job interviews this week and accepted a position with dialogue marketing. It was during the interview with Tomax up in Salt Lake, that I had a very interesting test question presented to me. For anyone who can … Continue reading

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Spelling bulletin:

Bad: bullitin Good: bulletin. A lot of times a bulletin will have multiple announcements. Sometimes people will INsert a symbol to separate topics by a BULLET-points Ie: ∙.  Thus bullet-in. We’ll see if that helps me spell this correctly.

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Good, bad and the ugly

Last winter I attended a symposium called Life, The Universe and Everything. Here are the notes from one of the presentation. I don’t recall the author but look up the books mentioned here and you should be able to find … Continue reading

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Secret price codes for retailers:

Most of this info came from the notes I took while listening to a radio show called The Browser. For more efficient shopping, you can determine what products are on sale by the last number in the price of the … Continue reading

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Hindsight, Taking full advantage of Training:

Recently I took some training for a potential job for a web hosting company. Though I paid attention, took notes etc. in the end I did not pass the test for employment. This has given me an opportunity to reflect … Continue reading

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Observation about potatoes:

I just made an interesting observations and I want to see if others agree. when I boil potatoes and start peeling off the skin I’ve had more success pulling a potato peel away from the potato if I do it … Continue reading

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