JANUARY 2009 NEWSLETTER

Becket Athenaeum NewsletterJanuary 2009 I apologize for the lack of a December newsletter. What with the saga of savage ice, and the holidays appearing without warning…well, I'm sure you know this story well. It was a dramatic end to 2008, and I feel certain we are now in what will prove to be a spectacular new year! [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:12:00

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Get Your Computer Startup Under Control With Autoruns

Your friendly neighborhood admin is back again with another Windows tool to help you tame your computer ... But if you are not into computers and their inner workings this window can be confusing to you. There is no breakdown of what an application or service does as you can see below. You are just given raw data and the option [more...]

Date: 2008-07-09 14:45:20

The Broken Window Effect

As an adult I've returned to various locations from my childhood and found the white picket fences, station wagons, ... not happen overnight. What happened in these places is the same thing that can happen in a business or your personal life. I call it the "Broken Window Effect"Imagine the perfect "Lake Wobegone [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 11:00:00

slavery. in the united states. today.

From the Associated Press. Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to USBy Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press WriterIRVINE, Calif. (AP) -- Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn't much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 18:37:00

Stretch Your Windows Desktop for Maximum Space

No one desktop is like the other. Some people tend to clutter their desktops rigorously, others prefer clear open space, ... cluttered and requires a thorough cleaning now and then, I belong to the last group when it comes ... in your taskbar. Move the mouse to the top of the dark grey window until your cursor switches to a hand. Right [more...]

Date: 2008-08-12 16:14:05

Ultimate Process Manager 4.1.3

An extended task manager focused on fighting against viruses or other mailcioussoftwareUPM is extended task manager focused on fighting against ... many other inefficient tools for automatic malware cleaning. Thanks to possibility of exporting ... possibility to test running process with web service VirusTotal.com, which in the present time uses 32 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 01:00:04

Third-hand smoke and chemtrails — invisible toxin fears

Fears that invisible toxins — in such tiny amounts they can barely even be measured — are everywhere and can cause brain damage or cancer in babies and children were reinforced this week by media and a medical journal. So great were the fears among parents, and so great were the political and financial impetus of the professionals behind them, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 06:50:00

Provident Living: Practice Thrift and Frugality

"Practice thrift and frugality. There is a wise old saying: “Eat it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” Thrift is a practice of not wasting anything. Some people are able to get by because of the absence of expense. They have their shoes resoled, they patch, they mend, they sew, and they save money [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:13:00

Local Small Business vs. Online Small Business

The term "Small Business," is being tossed around with disdain these days, especially with the on-line marketing crowd ... . I'm talking about local businesses like pool cleaning services, massage therapy, window replacement ... its products and services to a local or regional market. The Internet can easily complement this business [more...]

Date: 2008-12-11 23:39:40

Travel Green Category Definitions

Travel Green Category Definitions New in 2009 we are including Travel Green Practices on our website. www.ExploreMinnesota.com ... HVAC annually, use HEPA filters, test air periodically, environmentally responsible cleaning, fume-free products, use low VOC materials. Eco-friendly landscape & facility design: minimize water [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 20:18:26

The Essential Time-Saving Guide for Busy People

Your lives are always busy, I’m sure, but the holidays always seem to add even more craziness to everyone’s schedule ... up the schedule. Why use these tips? First, to keep yourself sane during busy times — we all tend ... readers know — simplify your schedule by doing fewer things but focusing on the important things [more...]

Date: 2008-12-07 23:35:55

6 Secrets To Help Find Dependable, Professional Window Cleaning Services

By Steven Magill Choosing a professional window cleaning service does not need to be difficult. It only requires that you do a little research ... . If you are searching for a professional window cleaning service, you can run into the same problems ... looking for just the right professional window cleaning service: 1. Ask around. If you know someone [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 09:04:47

Start the year clean: Engage the kids, repurpose old items

There’s something about the new year that brings on a cleaning frenzy in my life ... training with our kids will pay many dividends in getting the cleaning job done … together. Marlo ... this? I spoke with Amy Olson, spokesperson for THE MAIDS Home Services, to find some industry tips [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 18:04:09

It Really All Adds Up

Someone asked me in response to the posting on giving mandatory budgeting information to newly engaged couples if I had any ideas as to what material ... , screw driver etc.), basic fix-it supplies (nails, screws, duct tape etc.), tape measure, household [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 13:53:09

Knowledge is power for business owners

by Jay NaPier While many business owners are focusing on news and recession, profitable business owners are focused on how to improve their business. having the right focus for your business will make a difference between failure and success ... you should be asking yourself to increase the profits in your business? Having the right relationship [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 19:52:13

Maxthon 2.5.1 Build 4075 - Final

Maxthon (Formerly MyIE2) is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface. It can open multiple web pages within one browser window, and uses little system resources ... you, such as, Page Zooming, Simple Collector, Web Services, Password protecting Tabs, URL Aliases and many [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 10:27:08

Global Mentalist News Round Up

Much is news in the global mentalist world - but not much is new. This round up mentions student mental health; celebrity mental health; a nutritionist’s advice on psychotropic medications and natural remedies; a couple of recently published books and coping with the stress of the credit crunch. But we begin (and end) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-13 05:44:59

What do YOU think about this ?

Read below….and post your comment: Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to the United States By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press Writer IRVINE, Calif. – Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:06:27

Keep Your Computer Back To Shape Using EasyCleaner

After a period of using, your Windows becomes “fatty” and “obese” because of duplicated, temporary files and invalid entries from the Registry ... EasyCleaner and you will get this window: EasyCleaner The service buttons are on the left side ... that service. To clean invalid entries from Windows Registry, you choose the Registry button (the first [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 16:01:23

Cleaning Up A Mess Called ‘Hurricane Greed’

Some housing bubble news from Wall Street and Washington. Bloomberg, “Builders in the U.S. broke ground in May on the fewest houses in 17 years ... if they are not trying to hold onto cash. It is a perfectly sensible business practice, but obviously [more...]

Date: 2008-06-17 18:31:21

Child Maid Trafficking Spreads to US

By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, AP(Story submitted by Victor Moore)IRVINE, Calif. (Dec. 29) -- Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn't much [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 21:19:00

Save Gas, Save Money: 66 Ways To Spend Less On Gasoline

While the rising cost of oil has the price of gasoline skyrocketing faster than global warming is melting glaciers, people everywhere are preparing for cross-country road trips to Grand Canyon National Park and summer camps in Maine [more...]

Date: 2008-06-24 07:07:22

Lecture ready. Class, not so much.

What a day! The minute I picked up my morning coffee, all daily routines went out the window in a madcap day of getting shit together for my trip ... by imaginative instructors who both imagined that they had simultaneously booked my services, picking [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 03:04:00

Business success strategies revealed

By Jay NaPier While many business owners are focusing on news and recession, profitable business owners are focused on how to improve their business. having the right focus for your business will make a difference between failure and success ... with your customer is important to the success of your business. It's important to show your customers [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:54:36

Window Cleaning Benefits, Tips & An Important Notice

How To Pound Home The Benefits of Your Window Cleaning Services: -Cutting Edge WFP Technology.Insured. Bonded.10 years Experience ... , but features of your services!When you assemble and design your window cleaning marketing pieces ... more..Have you taken the window cleaning marketing poll? Click on the picture below to cast [more...]

Date: 2009-01-13 16:41:00

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

Note: West Ridge Academy is licensed by the State of Utah, and their license is up for renewal this month ... (BSTUVER@utah.gov), at the Utah Department of Human Services, Office of Licensing.Update: Apparently emails ... its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:29:00

Find a Good Window Cleaning Service

Ask around. If you know someone who has their windows cleaned by a service, as which company they use ... cleaning service. If you feel comfortable asking, inquire as to the charges. This will give you a good starting point to work from. Look online for reviews of window cleaning services in your area [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 18:23:54

Breed Spotlight:

Breed Spotlight: January 19th, 2009 Toy Manchester Terrier Height: 10 to 12 inches. Weight: up to 12 pounds. History: The Manchester Terrier was developed as a rat hunter in nineteenth century Manchester, England by a man named John Hulme. The Manchester was considered to be the best vermin hunting breed of the day [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:04:39

Firefox add-ons for developers

A short list of add-ons for firefox I compiled — mostly for developers and even more mostly for my own needs. Aardvark (Developer Page) Powerful and user-friendly selector utility for selecting elements and doing various actions on them. It can be used for cleaning up a page prior to printing it (by removing and isolating elements [more...]

Date: 2008-09-30 20:38:28

Recommended Software Downloads

Below we have included a list of applications that we have tested extensively and found to be of the highest quality ... capabilities (draw on images), desktop/window capturing, thumbnail viewer/creator, multimedia player [more...]

Date: 2008-10-29 03:36:03

PAUL WHITMORE: UNFIT TO COMMAND

On December 30, 2008 I was called to the office of the Director of the Veterans Transitional Facility (afterwards referred to as the Facility) and was told that my services as Assistant Manager were no longer needed. I was also informed that I would be asked to leave the Facility on January 30, 2009 by Mr. Paul Whitmore, the Director [more...]

Date: 2009-01-11 07:20:00

Best Computer Applications ... available for free

In this article I have included a list of softwares and applications, tested and proved to be of highest quality and usability. We have included downloadable applications, available for free. I hope this will improve computer usage experience and resolve many of the problems which I had experienced overtime [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 05:58:34

Trapped in a Mormon Gulag

By Eric Norwood Republished with author's permission Further info at Mormon Gulag This story is about Eric Norwood's personal experiences at a ... when they employed its services in hopes of corralling their spiritually wayward son. Being kidnapped [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 17:14:26

The 3 Ways to Immediately Charge More For Your Window Cleaning

The 3 Ways to Immediately Charge More For Your Window Cleaning January 13, 2009 – 11:25 pm Okay, here’s another quick lesson on pricing, ... away. That being said, the only price that you should be interested in as a window cleaning business ... step you should take to achieve that? Here it is: Price your services based on User-Side Value (USV [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 04:25:12

The Cleaning Industry - Commercial Or Consumer

There are two primary sectors that you can choose to service on once you’ve started your own cleaning business. They are – the commercial and the consumer arena. Commercial cleaning services would include carpet cleaner, window cleaners and janitorial services that would include all aspect of cleaning [more...]

Date: 2008-12-18 06:47:30

Florida REO Preservation Experts

GENESIS TOTAL HOME SERVICES INC. Call Bill McCullough (561) 574-8186 bmccullough@genhomeservices ... Removal, Landscaping, Drywall, Water Damage, Mold Inspections & Removal ... .com Restoration and Preservation Services for the REO Property Industry Serving Palm Beach [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 13:29:24

Cleaning Service - Magnetic Signs That Work

Looking for other businesses to take on is a good thing most especially if you are a cleaning expert ... for you to do is look for other prospective clients who can make your cleaning service earn a steady ... can surely drive more customers to your cleaning service business and make them stay for good [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 00:17:33

Maxthon 2.5.1 Build 4075 Final

Maxthon 2.5.1 Build 4075 Final is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface ... window when cleaning browser history- Fixed a GDI leakage when tab is dragged- Fixed a favorites ... . It can open multiple web pages within one browser window, and uses little system resources [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 13:46:00

Wlodimir Ledochowski's WW2 Holocaust Pentagram

It is very well understood, however, that Monaco is entirely under the control of Ledochowski, that proud, imperious, and able Pole who made Bismarck such worlds of trouble in the old Kulterkampf day and who has been able to impose his will very often upon even the present Pope [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 04:30:00

Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US

December 29, 2008 — budsimmons Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to USBy RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer Rukmini Callimachi, Associated Press WriterSun Dec 28, 3:16 pm ETIRVINE, Calif. – Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door.They watched through their window as the child [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 22:17:35

Go Green & Put Some Green Back In Your Pocket

The economy is bad, gas prices are high, ... , costlier natural items, and some of those green gadgets that cost more now and end up helping you save ... I think you might see why going green really won’t cost you anything more…in fact going green will save [more...]

Date: 2008-07-23 17:34:02

Messy, messy, messy!

Some of you have heard me talk about my shabby cottage where I live with Mr. Shabby, a Dalmation named Cleo and a salvaged kitty named Gracie ... in the cabinets below are some cleaning supplies. But nothing will clean that sink of it's age.And here [more...]

Date: 2008-12-14 18:40:00

Revenues Plummet; Rell Acts

With key state revenue numbers falling dramatically, Gov. M. Jodi Rell Monday ordered more budget cuts for this fiscal year ... If the service being provided is not essential, it will be terminated. If it is essential, we will seek [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 02:19:53

Washington Consignment Closes, Still Owes People Money

Arlene Reba, 74, stood outside Nest, a new consignment shop on Wisconsin Avenue NW in Tenleytown, and peered in ... all of his endeavors, making it one-stop shopping for cleaning services, painting, interior design [more...]

Date: 2008-10-30 19:26:06

Franchising: Business to Business vs. Business to Consumer

Franchising: Business to Business vs. Business to Consumer By S Reddy | January 15, ... sectors in franchising. Products and services range from temporary personnel placement to commercial window cleaning. They include sign companies, computer support, business coaching, printing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 00:10:33

Looking for Green Coupons?

Looking for Green Coupons? eco banter, green banter No Comments » Who doesn’t love a good coupon? ... for you to specify eco-friendly when searching for maid service, window and carpet cleaning ... of our house cleaning services.  Visit SustainLane GreenSaver for details - Click Here. BidMyCleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 18:55:23

[Dbworld] CFP: Personalization in Mobile and Pervasive Computing (with UMAP 2009)

From: “Zhiwen Yu” <yu at ccm.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp> www.micloud ... , as supporting these browsers no longer remains a priority, cleaning up the hacks is as easy as deleting ... on window resize */ @media tty { i{content:”\”;/*” “*/}} * html #container { height: 1%; } /*” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 06:54:26

Pet News - Pet Advice - Pet Photos

Company Looks for Next Celebrity Dog or CatThe Dog ChannelDog and cat owners invited to participate in photo contest ... that airborne pet hair is never allowed to build up in your air. This means you'll spend less time cleaning [more...]

Date: 2009-01-02 12:54:00

Maxthon 2.5.1 Build 4075 Final

Maxthon Formerly MyIE2 is a powerful web browser with a highly customizable interface It can open multiple web pages within one browser window and ... format Added a notice window when cleaning browser history Fixed a GDI leakage when tab is dragged [more...]

Date: 2009-01-14 11:21:12

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