Friday, March 24, 2006
Thursday, March 23, 2006
What employers really need to focus their efforts on is why are people looking for a job, versus trying to get them to stop them from looking for it !
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A quarter of U.S. workers who use a computer admit using it to hunt for a new job on company time, according to a survey released on Wednesday.
Among workers who believe their Internet use is monitored by their bosses, one-quarter use their work computer for job-hunting, according to research conducted for professional staffing company Hudson Highland Group Inc.
"It's one of the ways employees deal with work-life balance issues," said Robert Morgan, chief operating officer at Hudson Talent Management, one of the company's divisions. "Because we're spending so much time at work, that's the only time we have to schedule some of those appointments."
One-third of workers who think their managers are unaware of their personal Web surfing use their work computer to find a new job, according to the study.
Half of the workers surveyed said their companies monitor their computer use, while three-quarters said they believe their bosses know how much they use the Internet for nonwork activities.
Job-hunters may not be overly concerned about what their bosses know, Morgan said.
"Once they've made that decision to make a job change, they're probably less concerned about their current employer finding out," he said.
"What employers really need to focus their efforts on is why are people looking for a job, versus trying to get them to stop them from looking for it at work."
Among managers, 24 percent admitted to job-hunting on their work computer, the survey showed. Among nonmanagers, the figure was 23 percent.
More than two-thirds of workers said they spend "hardly any" time on personal e-mails, surfing the Web, in chat rooms or blogging in a typical work day, it said.
One percent said they spend more than two hours a day at work on such activities, it said.
First smokes and now drinks!
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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - Texas has begun sending undercover agents into bars to arrest drinkers for being drunk, a spokeswoman for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission said on Wednesday.
The first sting operation was conducted recently in a Dallas suburb where agents infiltrated 36 bars and arrested 30 people for public intoxication, said the commission's Carolyn Beck.
Being in a bar does not exempt one from the state laws against public drunkeness, Beck said.
The goal, she said, was to detain drunks before they leave a bar and go do something dangerous like drive a car.
"We feel that the only way we're going to get at the drunk driving problem and the problem of people hurting each other while drunk is by crackdowns like this," she said.
"There are a lot of dangerous and stupid things people do when they're intoxicated, other than get behind the wheel of a car," Beck said. "People walk out into traffic and get run over, people jump off of balconies trying to reach a swimming pool and miss."
She said the sting operations would continue throughout the state.
Thursday, March 09, 2006
Tuesday, March 07, 2006
My Dream Night of 3/6/06
My Dream Night of 3/6/06
Myself and 3 other boys and 2 girls, a total of 6. This took place in the 1300's or so (not sure but we were in a tribe, like Native American).
We jump out of our tree house and head to the beach of the river. We go there from time to time to find treasure and food. On this day we found some cool things, but the things that start the story were this cones we could see sticking out so we dig the out and they ended up being a cage tide to a stick to carry and in the cages was one frog per cage. Once we saw what they were we knew they were from postures (hunters). And we knew that they would not be far behind. I wanted to leave them but one of the other boys did not. So we took them as we ran with them to the nearest tree. The 3 boys and the 1 girl got right up and then I helped and so did the other help the last girl (what seemed to be my love). Then I started to climb and as I was climbing I saw a four wheeler in the background it was the postures (hunters) and they were looking for there frogs. At this point we were scared to get caught and that they would kill us. We are up in the tree quite as can be. But one of the hunters came up to us. He was skinny and some deform to his face. And said aloud I found them. We then spoke up and said here is your frogs please let us go. Well they got everyone down. I was in the tree and asked why they were tying us boys up and putting us in a boat in the river. And how come the girls were not in there as well. And someone spoke and said Girls are not allowed on a boat with the men (some how I knew that rule). I said goodbye my love, I shell return for you. All the boys hand were tied together and the mad a circle were all 8 of are hands were tied to each others. We start heading down the river. Going faster and faster. Pulling and trying to get loose, but we are not having any luck. Then a big rock is up ahead. We crash into it and it shatters the boat and the rope so we can break free. I swim to the shore and another boy does too. Then we see the other two are still headed to the waterfall. We were yelling tell them to swim, but they could not. I looked at the other boy on the shore with me and told him we would have to jump those are our boys. We jump and fall down the waterfall.
We land in the water below and the water is clear and blue as ever. We are at the bottom and we see 4 beautiful girls in bikinis. We come up to the breath and we are in a building. And there is a show going on like a Broadway musical. We step out dripping wet. Walking down this row well this beautiful lady is singing. And there are people on our left and right watching her. So we follow her. And she points out but does not stop singing for us not to step on the carpet only the stone walk way (because we were soaked).
We follow her to this back room were. There was a bunch of rich people. And she left us there with what we thought was the guy in charge. My friends try to explain to him what happen and the rich people also in the room started to laugh. I look out the window and I see a lot of building and cars. And I said to my friends, I think we are in the future. They when freaked out wanted to know how we get back. And then the Lady comes back in and the room quiets. I try to talk to her but she speaks French and only a little bit of English. I could tell she is in charge, of this place. I then ask if she had a translator, she points to a computer. I spoke into it and told her the story and told her I just want to get back to my love. And that I jump to help save my friends. So then she asked me to show her on the map where we are from. And the map was a
She then points to the back of the room. There was a world map back there. And I said to one of my friends got to the map and show her about where we came from. Don't mind the name cause that changed from since. He goes over and point to
The man then said very well Madam. Right, This way boys. And the Lady then spoke up and said have them take the GW poll test to see what they think. He leads us to the next room. Where he picks up the remote and says answer the questions all together. Just yes or no. First question (don't remember what it was, I think it was something like was the lady nice), we all spoke up and said YES. Then the second question, some of the boys were talking over it, and they did not hear it. But I heard it and it said "Blah. Blah. Blah...would the lady profit from building a train to your land?" I was like NO! And then the others said NO! And the Man still put yes.
Then I woke up...