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For years, I have been writing things like, "just go online," and "check out our online services at www.socialsecurity.gov." In the back of my mind, I have always known that not everybody has or wants to use the Internet for their Social Security business. Of course, we do encourage people to avail themselves of the services and information offered at www.socialsecurity.gov. .
Ram and the Art of Extra-Terrestrial Poker
Last week I had the pleasure of playing on TalkSport and 888.com's freeroll as a bounty player, which was a delight because it was a "win-win" (a very sad PR phrase) situation. Although I am not a pro poker player, I am a poker pro and was indeed being paid to play this freeroll. I had made it in my own tiny little way! I was indeed a sponsored player. I was proud to say I came 15th out of 999 players, to qualify for the final to win a seat at the 888.com UK Poker Open. Great! The point is, my job is one big poker game itself. I have been through at least six check-raises and bad beats with major corporates in the last year in my bid to develop sponsorships .
Travel Search Marketing: Time for a Test Drive?
For whatever reason, the travel search space is not getting the same attention that local, social, shopping and multimedia verticals are these days. But the funny thing is, travel search is all of those things, isn't it? It's the result of all of those verticals combined. And travel search, one of the oldest verticals within the industry, has recently been seeing a surge in popularity. With the intersection of applications from the other verticals and the trend towards specialized search features, travel search is becoming more robust, more complicated, and is offering more opportunities to search marketers. Putting a number on the growth of the travel search industry is fairly difficult, since it's a category with many moving parts. The Top 100 'Travel' category of Web sites shuffles constantly from month to month.
Guest editorial: If Good Ethics is Good Business, What's the Problem?
Though the number of cases of ethical scandals in corporate America continues to increase, some companies are still not deterred. It takes as little as one employee's action to create a major ethical breech. Yet, some company leaders still do not understand. A young man in his upper twenties worked diligently for the financial services company for five years. He was well versed in the legalities of the industry and received multiple awards for surpassing his sales' goals. One of his top producers decided he should get compensated for doing business with the young man's company. Of course this type of compensation is illegal and unethical. The producer actually put his desire in writing. Once the young man received this letter, he took it directly to his manager. His manager says, "Look, this stuff happens.
Chipola News
CHIPOLA REVAMPS SUMMER SCHEDULE FOR EARLY REGISTRATION -- Marianna -- Chipola College officials have revamped the Summer Schedule to provide more classes at more convenient times as well as new classes that extend from Summer I to Summer II. Several new classes and times have been added to both terms. More than 30 evening courses and six distance learning courses are available during the two six-week summer sessions. Several classesincluding ENC 1101, ENC 1102 and Humanities and Frenchhave been extended to run for 12 weeks rather than 6. At left: Chipola College student Lindsay Short gets help with her schedule from college counselor Lindsay Roach. Summer I classes begin May 8. Summer II classes begin June 25. Currently-enrolled students may register for both summer terms, April 10 through April 20. Current students with 30 or more hours may register Tuesday, April 10.
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