Got turned down for yet more jobs again today. Many temporary agencies are not hiring, many government contractors are not hiring - and that probably won't change till after the new President takes office. No-one wants to hire too many people, only to find out the jobs are cut, etc...
Friendship Hospital for Animals turned me down as well today. :( I really enjoyed the time I spent there (about 3 hours last week) observing the patient care, etc... Oh well just another tick mark in companies that don't want me... http://www.friendshiphospital.com/index.html
Hayfield Veternary Clinic didn't want me either - so I spent a few hours driving down, taking a tour, etc. before they figured out that my resume didn't have any experience. Then they started asking questions - idiots. Can't you read BEFORE I come down for the interview...?? http://www.hayfieldanimalhospital.com/
Like I said before, there's always f'n EFI. They're still hiring, I probably cannot do anything useful with my life, so why not go back... Poor Mari is working like 20 jobs and 30 hours a day, 8 days a week to keep my arse looking for jobs...
30 April, 2008
29 April, 2008
Top 20 Largest Banks (World-Wide)
1 UBS Switzerland
2 Citigroup United States – Our bank
3 Mizuho Financial Group Japan
4 HSBC United Kingdom
5 Crédit Agricole France
6 BNP Paribas France
7 ING Group Netherlands
8 JPMorgan Chase United States
9 Deutsche Bank Germany
10 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom
11 Crédit Agricole France
12 Bank of America United States
13 Barclays Bank United Kingdom
14 Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Japan
15 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland
16 ABN AMRO Netherlands
17 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Japan
18 Société Générale France
19 Banco Santander Central Hispano Spain
20 Morgan Stanley United States
2 Citigroup United States – Our bank
3 Mizuho Financial Group Japan
4 HSBC United Kingdom
5 Crédit Agricole France
6 BNP Paribas France
7 ING Group Netherlands
8 JPMorgan Chase United States
9 Deutsche Bank Germany
10 Royal Bank of Scotland Group United Kingdom
11 Crédit Agricole France
12 Bank of America United States
13 Barclays Bank United Kingdom
14 Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group Japan
15 Credit Suisse Group Switzerland
16 ABN AMRO Netherlands
17 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Japan
18 Société Générale France
19 Banco Santander Central Hispano Spain
20 Morgan Stanley United States
24 April, 2008
GREEN PARTY
BTW: Cynthia McKinney is the leader for the Green Party Nomination…
She is (1) a woman, and (2) of African ancestry... Also has many great things going for her. Therefore, she may win the nomination of the Green Party over Nader. But we shall see...
Although not one of my suggestions from before, she does rank pretty high in people who could actually get changes to occur.
She is most notable for introducing Articles of Impeachment (surprise for something OTHER than a BJ in the Oval Office - novel idea!)...
"At the end of the 2006 legislative session, McKinney introduced articles of impeachment against President George W. Bush as (H Res 1106), which makes three charges against Bush: manipulating intelligence and lying to justify the war in Iraq, failing to uphold accountability and violating privacy laws with his domestic spying program.
The second article also makes charges against Vice President Dick Cheney for helping to "fix" the intelligence in order to justify the Iraq War, and against Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for making false statements concerning Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction program."
23 April, 2008
It's a well known Fact there Normie - DCA
The original address of Washington National Airport was.... (and it's still valid)
1 AVIATION CIR
WASHINGTON DC 20001-6000
Just thought it was interesting.
1 AVIATION CIR
WASHINGTON DC 20001-6000
Just thought it was interesting.
CN Tower has officially lost its title.
The CN Tower is no longer the world's tallest free-standing structure.... As of September 2007, the Burj Dubai became the tallest...
* There are taller TV broadcasting towers; however, these are all supported by cables and other methods and are not freestanding!
Tallest Structures in the World:
01) Burj Dubai - 2,064 feet (as of 7 April, 2008) - 160 stories now still rising (see #1 below)
02) CN Tower - 1,815 feet (highest observation plat-form at 1,465 feet)
03) Sears Tower Antenna - 1,730 feet (inhabited to 1,451 feet - roof)
**) WTC Antenna - 1,727 feet (inhabited to 1,368 feet - roof)
04) Taipei 100 - 1,671 feet (tallest inhabited building)
05) Shanghai World Financial Center - 1,614 feet
06) Troll-A Platform - 1,549 feet (highest object ever moved to a different location)
07) BREN Tower - 1,516 feet (tower for science research in Nevada)
08) Petronas Towers - 1,482 feet
______________
(#1) - The Burj Dubai is rumored to reach a height of 2,736 feet which would make it precisely the height of the WTC towers put atop each other.
* There are taller TV broadcasting towers; however, these are all supported by cables and other methods and are not freestanding!
Tallest Structures in the World:
01) Burj Dubai - 2,064 feet (as of 7 April, 2008) - 160 stories now still rising (see #1 below)
02) CN Tower - 1,815 feet (highest observation plat-form at 1,465 feet)
03) Sears Tower Antenna - 1,730 feet (inhabited to 1,451 feet - roof)
**) WTC Antenna - 1,727 feet (inhabited to 1,368 feet - roof)
04) Taipei 100 - 1,671 feet (tallest inhabited building)
05) Shanghai World Financial Center - 1,614 feet
06) Troll-A Platform - 1,549 feet (highest object ever moved to a different location)
07) BREN Tower - 1,516 feet (tower for science research in Nevada)
08) Petronas Towers - 1,482 feet
______________(#1) - The Burj Dubai is rumored to reach a height of 2,736 feet which would make it precisely the height of the WTC towers put atop each other.
The Green Party can finally win - if they want to!
The green party could actually win this time around.
Nader needs to step down from Presidential candidate to VP and ask Gore to be the Presidential candidate.
The two of them can do alot of good for our country; however, Nader does not have the charisma to win an election - I think he's proven this time and time again.
IF Hillary steals the nomination (Bush-esque) then I will NOT vote for the clintoncrats again. It isn't like the dem's have been doing anything good in the congress since winning, so why would they start to do so now - especially under such a corrupt leader.
Hillary = McCain with only a minor amount of self-control...
Nader needs to step down from Presidential candidate to VP and ask Gore to be the Presidential candidate.
The two of them can do alot of good for our country; however, Nader does not have the charisma to win an election - I think he's proven this time and time again.
IF Hillary steals the nomination (Bush-esque) then I will NOT vote for the clintoncrats again. It isn't like the dem's have been doing anything good in the congress since winning, so why would they start to do so now - especially under such a corrupt leader.
Hillary = McCain with only a minor amount of self-control...
13 April, 2008
Australia's New Governor General
First Woman appointed as Governor-General of Australia. In the parlimentary system this is the "president" or "queen" of australia. The governor-general serves as the queen's (GB) representative in Australia.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/13/2215595.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Bryce
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/13/2215595.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quentin_Bryce
Toronto - here we come - ready or NOT!!!!
4th Largest City in North America (after: NYC, LA, and Chicago)...
7th Largest Metro-Area in North America
"The Centre of the Universe" - by Canadians not from Toronto
Hogtown - for previous agriculture processing reasons
Raccoon City - name stuck after the film Resident Evil (unfortunately)
Red Mercury and the potential of a "non-nuclear" atomic weapon
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/5176382.stm
This is an article from the BBC back in 2006.
The germans during WWII were researching something using "xerum 525." This was used in the "the bell" - a device with two spinning chambers going in different directions. The material was eerily similar to Red Mercury.
What the bell was to do, no-one knows for sure, the entire project was secretive to the point where the leadership may not have known. The germans had an expert working on wonderweapons who hitler gave carte blanche to do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
The bell has been discussed a few times over the years, but everyone that was exposed to its operations (which were done within a chamber lined with 1' lead) would eventually turn into (for lack of a better word) black goo... Animals, plants, etc. all had the same issues.
http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/DIE%20GLOCKE.htm
Some believe that it was to be a "nuclear" weapon which does not require the same type of A-bomb tech to create the massive blast. IE you don't need to bring U235 to critcal mass to create the explosion. Just spin some 525...
This is an article from the BBC back in 2006.
The germans during WWII were researching something using "xerum 525." This was used in the "the bell" - a device with two spinning chambers going in different directions. The material was eerily similar to Red Mercury.
What the bell was to do, no-one knows for sure, the entire project was secretive to the point where the leadership may not have known. The germans had an expert working on wonderweapons who hitler gave carte blanche to do whatever he wanted whenever he wanted.
The bell has been discussed a few times over the years, but everyone that was exposed to its operations (which were done within a chamber lined with 1' lead) would eventually turn into (for lack of a better word) black goo... Animals, plants, etc. all had the same issues.
http://discaircraft.greyfalcon.us/DIE%20GLOCKE.htm
Some believe that it was to be a "nuclear" weapon which does not require the same type of A-bomb tech to create the massive blast. IE you don't need to bring U235 to critcal mass to create the explosion. Just spin some 525...
Buy your groceries AND get a B.A.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/education/article3736231.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164
NICE. This from a nation where most people with B. degrees have said that they're usless and were a great waste of money! Now a national grocey store chain is going to offer B.A. degrees! Degree-MILL!!!!!
Such crap!
NICE. This from a nation where most people with B. degrees have said that they're usless and were a great waste of money! Now a national grocey store chain is going to offer B.A. degrees! Degree-MILL!!!!!
Such crap!
Further reason why Citigroup needs to look b4 leaping
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/banking_and_finance/article3671568.ece
This is a continuation of the billions and billions they've already wrote down for the subprime industry so far... $10billion more...
Previously they bought the bank that allowed Arthur Anderson to coverup the debt of Enron! Please guys, look before buying!
This is a continuation of the billions and billions they've already wrote down for the subprime industry so far... $10billion more...
Previously they bought the bank that allowed Arthur Anderson to coverup the debt of Enron! Please guys, look before buying!
An evil regime beings to crumble
We can only hope that this will spread to here...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3736241.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164
Families to sue over government's failure to safeguard their lives in warzones and other places.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3732102.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164
The coronor's office can list that someone died due to serious failures. This coronor in England needs to get the highest awards from everyone!!! He's stood up against the US, against the war in Iraq, and against their government's lack of equipment for soldiers.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3728831.ece
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3736241.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164
Families to sue over government's failure to safeguard their lives in warzones and other places.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article3732102.ece#cid=OTC-RSS&attr=2015164
The coronor's office can list that someone died due to serious failures. This coronor in England needs to get the highest awards from everyone!!! He's stood up against the US, against the war in Iraq, and against their government's lack of equipment for soldiers.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article3728831.ece
Torch Relays
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23533011-1702,00.html?from=public_rss
Although it was started by the Nazi's as a way to show the "prosperity" of their nation, and then to highlight key portions of their own nation on television, the torch relay really does help bring nations together.
The IOC needs to review why there are so many protests where-ever the torch has gone this year. They aren't protesting the torch or the bearer. They're protesting the host nation's actions against a smaller NATION. In some instances people were protesting the "storm troopers" which accompanied the torch from China. People didn't want to have the elite fighting force of a communist nation paraded around their streets...
Although it was started by the Nazi's as a way to show the "prosperity" of their nation, and then to highlight key portions of their own nation on television, the torch relay really does help bring nations together.
The IOC needs to review why there are so many protests where-ever the torch has gone this year. They aren't protesting the torch or the bearer. They're protesting the host nation's actions against a smaller NATION. In some instances people were protesting the "storm troopers" which accompanied the torch from China. People didn't want to have the elite fighting force of a communist nation paraded around their streets...
Methane reserve a mere 1.2billion km away
BUT - if we really wanted to use methane which is just being wasted, we can do what many companies have started doing. Capping landfills and sewer processing facilities and capturing the released methane and then using it to generate power, etc.
That would be a much better idea. This way the methane isn't just allowed to enter our atmosphere where it does not belong. In addition, there are other heavier hydrocarbons and other gases which can also be used.
Two cups of tea and water - $212,000,000
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/7342774.stm
At least there is one place where the dollar is weaker than our own - Zimbabwe.
This could happen here if all trust in the dollar is lost - it too could spiral out of control... Bush, just keep doing what you've been doing...
At least there is one place where the dollar is weaker than our own - Zimbabwe.
This could happen here if all trust in the dollar is lost - it too could spiral out of control... Bush, just keep doing what you've been doing...
Robonaut - our tax dollars at work.
http://robonaut.jsc.nasa.gov/
First point is how do they have a photo of it on Mars already? In the upper right corner of the article they have a little photo of this thing on Martian terrain... Oh well...
I think that they should have come up with this for applications around the world now instead of for Mars in the future.
First point is how do they have a photo of it on Mars already? In the upper right corner of the article they have a little photo of this thing on Martian terrain... Oh well...
I think that they should have come up with this for applications around the world now instead of for Mars in the future.
The hands and arm could have been used to help disabled people - maybe Iraqi injured "war-fighters" coming back without such appendages anymore.
or Why not use this to help out in hazardous situations where we shouldn't be sending people?
Does anyone else see a link to the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica or is just me?
Does anyone else see a link to the Cylons from the original Battlestar Galactica or is just me?
Two extinct plants found again in Queensland
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/12/2214961.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/energy-smart/sunshine-states-poor-resource-record/2008/04/12/1207856890510.html
How does one miss a meter and half tall plant???
Good news for these two plants, but that doesn't mean that the world is any less in trouble than before...
http://www.theage.com.au/news/energy-smart/sunshine-states-poor-resource-record/2008/04/12/1207856890510.html
How does one miss a meter and half tall plant???
Good news for these two plants, but that doesn't mean that the world is any less in trouble than before...
The God Particle may have been found.
The God particle is the last of the sub-atomic particles to be located... It is the last of the bosons and this 78 year-old physist thinks it should be found soon... He's only been looking for 40years!
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/08/2210402.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/08/2210402.htm
Can a company own a color?
Cadbury Schwepps has been in court arguing that a competitor cannot use the color purple for their candy bar wrappers since 2005.
An Australian Federal court recently ruled that they do not own the color and that others can package their products in purple as well...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/11/2214362.htm
Cadbury did not like the ruling so they have filed an appeal... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/11/2214856.htm
We'll see what happens...
An Australian Federal court recently ruled that they do not own the color and that others can package their products in purple as well...
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/11/2214362.htm
Cadbury did not like the ruling so they have filed an appeal... http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/11/2214856.htm
We'll see what happens...
08 April, 2008
Finally, a REAL minivan?
I don't like minivans - never had, never will. But this would be the closest to being like as a minivan in my mind.
Designed by Porsche, and co-built by Porsche and VW, it will have the VW name...
VW Routan
http://www.vwroutanminivan.com/routan/
Designed by Porsche, and co-built by Porsche and VW, it will have the VW name...
VW Routan
http://www.vwroutanminivan.com/routan/
03 April, 2008
Puppy?
LadyBug was a Kumpi! Kumpi - a friend upon who's life you depend. I'm really going to miss her! :( I just wish that there was something more that we could have done for her. I hope she has enough of her Kumpi Senior food and treats where-ever she ends up... Mari and I are really going to be lonely without her in our lives!
It was only less than 2 years we shared with her, but it is difficult to think of a time without her lying next to the couch with us or putting her head in our laps to be taken out or rubbed...
To you LadyBug - we'll forever love you!
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