I have subscribed to Rahmit Sethi's emails. He wrote the book I Will Teach You How to Be Rich. If you are into business and making more money on the side, then read this:
Hey Tracy
Thanks for your responses to my last email on Wednesday. Tons of you sent me questions about earning money on the side (including some new ones I haven't heard before).
I want to send you some material on earning more -- stuff you've never seen before, including case studies, word-for-word scripts, and specific tactics you can use to identify a profitable idea and start earning more.
Notice this is different than most personal-finance "experts," who talk only about cutting back, not about earning more.
Do you know why?
They don't know how.
But I've raised my hourly rate from less than $20 to $3,000/hour in just a few years. I'd like to show you how I did that...and how thousands of my students have been earning more.
To start, here are 3 case studies of students who used my material to earn more:
Go from working for free to charging $250 an hour
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/case-study-how-garrett-went-from-working-for-free-to-charging-250-an-hour/?awt_l=I9oSI&awt_m=3i05yPGUoS5X8bn
Quadruple their rates (when they weren't even sure if they have anything to offer)
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/case-study-how-melanie-jumped-from-10hour-to-40hour/?awt_l=I9oSI&awt_m=3i05yPGUoS5X8bn
Turn their hobbies into money-making businesses
http://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/blog/case-study-how-brian-turned-a-hobby-into-a-business-and-almost-doubled-his-rates/?awt_l=I9oSI&awt_m=3i05yPGUoS5X8bn
So, heads up that I'll be sending you more emails than usual, because "earning more" has been so highly requested. And there are some core tactics and strategies you can use to make massive gains...and also some huge pitfalls to avoid (e.g., getting on Twitter).
So, stay tuned for new material on earning more. It starts on Tuesday...
-Ramit
P.S. Of course, if there are specific questions you have about earning more, just reply to this email and let me know. I get 600+ emails/day, so I can't respond to every one, but I do read them all. No assistant, no automation. Just me. I'll try to work the best questions into the emails I'm about to send you.
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Friday, March 16, 2012
Take action: call on the arrest of Joseph Kony
I got this from Amnesty International:
http://www.amnesty.ca/iwriteforjustice/take_action.php?actionid=851&utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Informz
The conviction of war criminal Thomas Lubanga Dyilo gives hope to victims of Africa's war criminals
<< Urge UN to arrest Joseph Kony and 11 war criminals
Call on the UN to arrest Joseph Kony and the 11 remaining war criminals
Kony
SEND THIS MESSAGE:
"I support Amnesty International’s call for the UN to provide all necessary resources to its peacekeeping missions and other offices in the region to protect civilians and support the arrest and surrender of individuals named in ICC arrest warrants."
<< Send a message to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Lubanga convicted!
DyiloJustice and hope for victims in the Congo. The International Criminal Court has convicted Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.Learn more
Video: The need to strengthen the International Criminal Court
ICC video
Radio: Alex Neve speaks about the Joseph Kony phenomenon
Listen to interview on CBC Calgary | See written transcript
News: Efforts to arrest Joseph Kony must respect human rights
It's difficult to escape the talk of Joseph Kony.
Over 70 million people have been introduced to this notorious leader of the Lord's Resistance Army by a video that has spread across the internet, newspapers, and types all media.
But to Amnesty International, Kony is a well-known war criminal whose horrific crimes have terrorized entire communities in Africa and fuelled our global campaigning for a powerful International Criminal Court (ICC). Joseph Kony is one of 11 people currently indicted by the ICC of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Africa.
Yesterday's announcement of the conviction of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a promising sign that our voices are being heard. It sends a powerful message to the remaining fugitives that their crimes will be punished. It provides hope for civilians throughout the region that the criminals who terrorize them can be stopped.
We must seize this new spotlight on Kony as a moment to secure the immediate arrest of all 11 indicted war criminals.
act now buttom
Fugitives like Joseph Kony, Bosco Ntaganda and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir are often shielded by powerful supporters and states. Because the ICC does not have ways of enforcing their convictions civilians in war-torn areas remain vulnerable to ongoing atrocities. Rapes and arbitrary detentions take place on a daily basis. Children are recruited as soldiers. And men, women and children continue to be attacked, killed and displaced.
Amnesty International is asking you to join us in urging the United Nations to provide political, diplomatic, and logistical support for efforts to arrest individuals named in ICC arrest warrants and to protect civilians in countries where the ICC is investigating crimes. And we're urging the UN to provide adequate resources to peacekeeping missions in the DRC, South Sudan, and for its office in the Central African Republic.
<< Please seize on this moment to speak out on behalf of the victims of war crimes.
Thank you for your steadfast commitment to human rights. So many people around the world have been awoken to terrible injustices taking place in Africa through the lens of a video on Joseph Kony. Together, the 3 million voices of Amnesty International supporters worldwide can and must now take the lead on action that brings justice to the victims of war criminals.
Sincerely,
Alex Neve
Alex sig
Alex Neve,
Secretary-General
Amnesty International Canadian Section
P.S. The wave of interest in Joseph Kony has created an unprecedented moment for human rights protection - an opportunity to mobilize action that will protect civilians and child soldiers from the worst forms of human rights abuses. But it's also moment to foster a deeper understanding of justice, and what it means to pursue justice for the worst kind of human rights violators. How we stop them is what shapes the world we live in, and the world our children inherit. Amnesty International stands steadfastly behind the International Criminal Court and the pursuit of justice within universal principles of international human rights. Please take action with us today.
http://www.amnesty.ca/iwriteforjustice/take_action.php?actionid=851&utm_source=Informz&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=Informz
The conviction of war criminal Thomas Lubanga Dyilo gives hope to victims of Africa's war criminals
<< Urge UN to arrest Joseph Kony and 11 war criminals
Call on the UN to arrest Joseph Kony and the 11 remaining war criminals
Kony
SEND THIS MESSAGE:
"I support Amnesty International’s call for the UN to provide all necessary resources to its peacekeeping missions and other offices in the region to protect civilians and support the arrest and surrender of individuals named in ICC arrest warrants."
<< Send a message to Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon
Lubanga convicted!
DyiloJustice and hope for victims in the Congo. The International Criminal Court has convicted Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.Learn more
Video: The need to strengthen the International Criminal Court
ICC video
Radio: Alex Neve speaks about the Joseph Kony phenomenon
Listen to interview on CBC Calgary | See written transcript
News: Efforts to arrest Joseph Kony must respect human rights
It's difficult to escape the talk of Joseph Kony.
Over 70 million people have been introduced to this notorious leader of the Lord's Resistance Army by a video that has spread across the internet, newspapers, and types all media.
But to Amnesty International, Kony is a well-known war criminal whose horrific crimes have terrorized entire communities in Africa and fuelled our global campaigning for a powerful International Criminal Court (ICC). Joseph Kony is one of 11 people currently indicted by the ICC of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Africa.
Yesterday's announcement of the conviction of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is a promising sign that our voices are being heard. It sends a powerful message to the remaining fugitives that their crimes will be punished. It provides hope for civilians throughout the region that the criminals who terrorize them can be stopped.
We must seize this new spotlight on Kony as a moment to secure the immediate arrest of all 11 indicted war criminals.
act now buttom
Fugitives like Joseph Kony, Bosco Ntaganda and Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir are often shielded by powerful supporters and states. Because the ICC does not have ways of enforcing their convictions civilians in war-torn areas remain vulnerable to ongoing atrocities. Rapes and arbitrary detentions take place on a daily basis. Children are recruited as soldiers. And men, women and children continue to be attacked, killed and displaced.
Amnesty International is asking you to join us in urging the United Nations to provide political, diplomatic, and logistical support for efforts to arrest individuals named in ICC arrest warrants and to protect civilians in countries where the ICC is investigating crimes. And we're urging the UN to provide adequate resources to peacekeeping missions in the DRC, South Sudan, and for its office in the Central African Republic.
<< Please seize on this moment to speak out on behalf of the victims of war crimes.
Thank you for your steadfast commitment to human rights. So many people around the world have been awoken to terrible injustices taking place in Africa through the lens of a video on Joseph Kony. Together, the 3 million voices of Amnesty International supporters worldwide can and must now take the lead on action that brings justice to the victims of war criminals.
Sincerely,
Alex Neve
Alex sig
Alex Neve,
Secretary-General
Amnesty International Canadian Section
P.S. The wave of interest in Joseph Kony has created an unprecedented moment for human rights protection - an opportunity to mobilize action that will protect civilians and child soldiers from the worst forms of human rights abuses. But it's also moment to foster a deeper understanding of justice, and what it means to pursue justice for the worst kind of human rights violators. How we stop them is what shapes the world we live in, and the world our children inherit. Amnesty International stands steadfastly behind the International Criminal Court and the pursuit of justice within universal principles of international human rights. Please take action with us today.
laughing about murder/ speed date/ comedians
Mar. 6 Laughing about murder: I got one from The Simpsons.
Bart is praying, and Homer and Marge are listening.
Bart (praying): And please God, kill Sideshow Bob.
Marge: You can't ask God to kill somebody for you.
Homer: Yeah, you do your own dirty work.
Mar. 8 Jokes: I got this from Daily Silly. It was an average joke with a good twist at the end. It's a blonde joke, but it wasn't totally mean or dumb.
A world-renowned heart-surgeon and poker pro and a blonde cocktail waitress are sitting next to each other in a $1-2 NL cash game at the MGM in Las Vegas. The surgeon is upset as the blonde keeps winning big pots from him despite it being the first time she's ever played poker.
He suggests they play a prop bet where they ask each other questions; if they don't know the answer to the question; they have to pay the other person. She asks him how she's supposed to compete with a smart, world-renowned surgeon, as she's just a simple cocktail waitress. Eager to make her look stupid, he offers her odds, so that she has to pay him $5 for every time he stumps her, but he'll pay her $50 each time she stumps him. She agrees.
He asks her what the capital of Paraguay is and she shrugs and flips him a red $5 chip.
Her question for him is: "What rises in the evening, sleeps in the morning, and has twice as many brothers as sisters?"
He thinks and thinks and thinks, getting more frustrated, then whips out his iPhone, calls his friends, and finally checks the Internet for an answer. He finally gives up and shoves $50 in chips over to her.
"Well," he angrily demands, "what's the answer?"
She shrugs and flips him another $5 chip.
So who's more dumb? The blonde or the heart surgeon?
Here's another joke from Daily Silly. I got this one months ago, but I got it sent to me again. Here it is:
An airline's passenger cabin was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served them food and drinks. As the plane prepared to descend, he came Swishing down the aisle and announced to the passengers, "Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super." On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed a well-dressed rather exotic looking woman hadn't moved a muscle.
"Perhaps you didn't hear me over those big brute engines. I asked you to raise your trazy-poo, so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground." She calmly turned her head and said, "In my country, I am called a Princess. I take orders from no one." To which the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat, "Well sweet-cheeks, in my country I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray- up, B*&!@."
Speed date: So I went on another speed dating event recently. I went on 11 dates in one night. I thought one guy was cool, so I picked him. I got an email, and there were no matches. Damn. I'll wank it in my mind and say: "That guy wasn't that good looking anyway."
It wasn't a total waste of a night. I talked to the guys about their jobs and I learned a bit. One guy had 2 self-employed businesses. A landscaping company and a wedding DJ.
One East- Indian guy asked what I looked for in a guy. I said: "A sense of humor." So he told me a joke.
Guy: What do you call a bear without teeth?
Me: Bear saw?
(I don't know, that's the first thing that came to my mind.)
Guy: A gummy bear.
I then told him "my cat committed suicide" joke, but he didn't get it.
Blonde joke: Here's another blonde joke. However, who's more dumb? The blonde or the truck driver?
One day, while a blonde was out driving her car, she ran into a truck.
The truck's driver made her pull over into a parking lot and get out of the car.
He took a piece of chalk and drew a circle on the pavement. He told her to stand in the middle and not leave the circle.
Furious, he went over to her car and slashed the tires.
The blonde started laughing.
This made the man angrier so he smashed her windshield.
This time the blonde laughed even harder.
Livid, the man broke all her windows and keyed her car.
The blonde is now laughing hysterically, so the truck driver asks her what's so funny.
The blonde giggles and replies, "When you weren't looking, I stepped out of the circle three times!"
Mar. 13 Cop joke: I got this from Daily Silly. If you're a cop, do what the cop does in this joke. It will make your job easier.
A policeman pulled over a car, walked up to the driver's window, and asked the man if he knew why he was pulled over.
"No," the man replied.
"You failed to stop at the stop sign," the cop explained.
"But I did slow down!" the guy argued. The cop shook his head. "You are required to stop. That's why they're called stop signs."The man started to get belligerent. "Stop, slow down -- what's the difference?"
The cop pulled out his baton. "I can show you. I'm going to start hitting you with my baton. You tell me if you want me to stop or slow down."
Mar. 13 Getting scared about things that aren't supposed to be scary: This is the real life edition. It was back in 2008. I was in my computer class and asked my teacher Owen a question.
I held out a 3.5 floppy disk.
Owen jokingly shrieks in fear when he saw it.
Me: This disk says it's copyrighted, and I can't save anything on it. There's a switch, but I don't know what it is.
Owen then flips the switch on it. Oh, there it is.
Mar. 14 Comedians: On Mar. 5, 2012, I found this in the Globe and Mail. University of Gil Greengross did a survey on 31 stand up comics. It turns out comics use "affiliative" humor like joking with friends or using laughs to relieve stress and depression in their everyday lives.
On stage, comics are more aggressive like mocking others and self-deprecating humor. In regular life, comics are "generally nice and surprisingly introverted."
Behavior: I remember that interview with Britney Spears. She said: "When I'm on stage, that's not really me. That's me as a performer." Now I have to think about work. When you work in a customer service position, you are kind of performing like being really nice and helpful to a customer.
Mar. 15 Reversal of situations: I wrote about this before. I'm going to add a bit more to it. This is from my blog:
Dec. 2 Five: I'm looking for a job and listening to the old British boy band Five interviews. You may remember them when they first came out in the late 90s. I have all 3 of their albums. Their songs are "Slam Dunk da Funk" and "When the Lights Go Out." Here's an interview when they first came out:
Abs: We just got together, and we're exploring what we can do together when you're in a house.
The entire audience of teen girls are cheering because it sounded sexual.
Rich and Scott are waving their arms to stop them.
Rich: Not like that, not like that!
Jay: He meant musically.
lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzqVysd-OFY
Me: Initially the audience thought the guys were so hot and talented. Then it was a reversal of situation when the audience then starts laughing at them. The audience and I know that Abs didn't mean anything sexual.
If you watch it, Abs face was straight and so was his tone of voice. A few people started saying "Ohhhh" and then everybody joined in. Rich and Scott were kind of laughing as they were waving their arms. The vibe was all light and funny.
Bart is praying, and Homer and Marge are listening.
Bart (praying): And please God, kill Sideshow Bob.
Marge: You can't ask God to kill somebody for you.
Homer: Yeah, you do your own dirty work.
Mar. 8 Jokes: I got this from Daily Silly. It was an average joke with a good twist at the end. It's a blonde joke, but it wasn't totally mean or dumb.
A world-renowned heart-surgeon and poker pro and a blonde cocktail waitress are sitting next to each other in a $1-2 NL cash game at the MGM in Las Vegas. The surgeon is upset as the blonde keeps winning big pots from him despite it being the first time she's ever played poker.
He suggests they play a prop bet where they ask each other questions; if they don't know the answer to the question; they have to pay the other person. She asks him how she's supposed to compete with a smart, world-renowned surgeon, as she's just a simple cocktail waitress. Eager to make her look stupid, he offers her odds, so that she has to pay him $5 for every time he stumps her, but he'll pay her $50 each time she stumps him. She agrees.
He asks her what the capital of Paraguay is and she shrugs and flips him a red $5 chip.
Her question for him is: "What rises in the evening, sleeps in the morning, and has twice as many brothers as sisters?"
He thinks and thinks and thinks, getting more frustrated, then whips out his iPhone, calls his friends, and finally checks the Internet for an answer. He finally gives up and shoves $50 in chips over to her.
"Well," he angrily demands, "what's the answer?"
She shrugs and flips him another $5 chip.
So who's more dumb? The blonde or the heart surgeon?
Here's another joke from Daily Silly. I got this one months ago, but I got it sent to me again. Here it is:
An airline's passenger cabin was being served by an obviously gay flight attendant, who seemed to put everyone in a good mood as he served them food and drinks. As the plane prepared to descend, he came Swishing down the aisle and announced to the passengers, "Captain Marvey has asked me to announce that he'll be landing the big scary plane shortly, so lovely people, if you could just put your trays up, that would be super." On his trip back up the aisle, he noticed a well-dressed rather exotic looking woman hadn't moved a muscle.
"Perhaps you didn't hear me over those big brute engines. I asked you to raise your trazy-poo, so the main man can pitty-pat us on the ground." She calmly turned her head and said, "In my country, I am called a Princess. I take orders from no one." To which the flight attendant replied, without missing a beat, "Well sweet-cheeks, in my country I'm called a Queen, so I outrank you. Tray- up, B*&!@."
Speed date: So I went on another speed dating event recently. I went on 11 dates in one night. I thought one guy was cool, so I picked him. I got an email, and there were no matches. Damn. I'll wank it in my mind and say: "That guy wasn't that good looking anyway."
It wasn't a total waste of a night. I talked to the guys about their jobs and I learned a bit. One guy had 2 self-employed businesses. A landscaping company and a wedding DJ.
One East- Indian guy asked what I looked for in a guy. I said: "A sense of humor." So he told me a joke.
Guy: What do you call a bear without teeth?
Me: Bear saw?
(I don't know, that's the first thing that came to my mind.)
Guy: A gummy bear.
I then told him "my cat committed suicide" joke, but he didn't get it.
Blonde joke: Here's another blonde joke. However, who's more dumb? The blonde or the truck driver?
One day, while a blonde was out driving her car, she ran into a truck.
The truck's driver made her pull over into a parking lot and get out of the car.
He took a piece of chalk and drew a circle on the pavement. He told her to stand in the middle and not leave the circle.
Furious, he went over to her car and slashed the tires.
The blonde started laughing.
This made the man angrier so he smashed her windshield.
This time the blonde laughed even harder.
Livid, the man broke all her windows and keyed her car.
The blonde is now laughing hysterically, so the truck driver asks her what's so funny.
The blonde giggles and replies, "When you weren't looking, I stepped out of the circle three times!"
Mar. 13 Cop joke: I got this from Daily Silly. If you're a cop, do what the cop does in this joke. It will make your job easier.
A policeman pulled over a car, walked up to the driver's window, and asked the man if he knew why he was pulled over.
"No," the man replied.
"You failed to stop at the stop sign," the cop explained.
"But I did slow down!" the guy argued. The cop shook his head. "You are required to stop. That's why they're called stop signs."The man started to get belligerent. "Stop, slow down -- what's the difference?"
The cop pulled out his baton. "I can show you. I'm going to start hitting you with my baton. You tell me if you want me to stop or slow down."
Mar. 13 Getting scared about things that aren't supposed to be scary: This is the real life edition. It was back in 2008. I was in my computer class and asked my teacher Owen a question.
I held out a 3.5 floppy disk.
Owen jokingly shrieks in fear when he saw it.
Me: This disk says it's copyrighted, and I can't save anything on it. There's a switch, but I don't know what it is.
Owen then flips the switch on it. Oh, there it is.
Mar. 14 Comedians: On Mar. 5, 2012, I found this in the Globe and Mail. University of Gil Greengross did a survey on 31 stand up comics. It turns out comics use "affiliative" humor like joking with friends or using laughs to relieve stress and depression in their everyday lives.
On stage, comics are more aggressive like mocking others and self-deprecating humor. In regular life, comics are "generally nice and surprisingly introverted."
Behavior: I remember that interview with Britney Spears. She said: "When I'm on stage, that's not really me. That's me as a performer." Now I have to think about work. When you work in a customer service position, you are kind of performing like being really nice and helpful to a customer.
Mar. 15 Reversal of situations: I wrote about this before. I'm going to add a bit more to it. This is from my blog:
Dec. 2 Five: I'm looking for a job and listening to the old British boy band Five interviews. You may remember them when they first came out in the late 90s. I have all 3 of their albums. Their songs are "Slam Dunk da Funk" and "When the Lights Go Out." Here's an interview when they first came out:
Abs: We just got together, and we're exploring what we can do together when you're in a house.
The entire audience of teen girls are cheering because it sounded sexual.
Rich and Scott are waving their arms to stop them.
Rich: Not like that, not like that!
Jay: He meant musically.
lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzqVysd-OFY
Me: Initially the audience thought the guys were so hot and talented. Then it was a reversal of situation when the audience then starts laughing at them. The audience and I know that Abs didn't mean anything sexual.
If you watch it, Abs face was straight and so was his tone of voice. A few people started saying "Ohhhh" and then everybody joined in. Rich and Scott were kind of laughing as they were waving their arms. The vibe was all light and funny.
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Kony - turn awareness into action (Amnesty International)
Urge Obama to renew pressure on governments in Central Africa to end the recruitment and use of child soldiers.
Sign this petition:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=517367&msource=W1203EACPR1&tr=y&auid=10434958
Dear Tracy ,
A viral video exposing the horrors wrought by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has triggered an avalanche of attention, bringing awareness to tens of millions of people in just a week's time. Now Amnesty needs your help to transform unprecedented public awareness into meaningful action.
For more than two decades, Amnesty International has documented the abuses committed by the Lord's Resistance Army and their horrific impact on the lives of countless civilians in Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan.
The LRA's crimes are atrocious - mutilation, abduction, torture, rape, sexual slavery, pillaging, the conscription of children under the age of 15, and intentionally directing attacks against civilians.
The International Criminal Court indicted Kony and four other LRA leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2005. But despite persistent calls for his arrest from Amnesty and other human rights groups, Kony and other LRA indictees have remained at large for nearly seven years.
But Kony is just the tip of the iceberg in a region that has for decades been fraught with conflict and impunity. In the countries in which the LRA has operated since it was flushed out of Uganda - the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan - both government forces and other armed groups like the LRA have been responsible for decades of violence and abuses against civilians, including the abduction and forced recruitment of child soldiers, with little to no accountability. Further, the unregulated trade in small weapons and ammunition has ensured that guns and bullets are easy to obtain.
Last week, the Obama administration congratulated the organization behind the viral internet campaign targeted at Kony and reasserted its commitment to end the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa.1
But the White House must also pressure governments in the region by withholding military aid until they can demonstrate that they are taking concrete action to stop recruiting child soldiers, to demobilize or release children who are already part of government forces, and to bring those who recruit child soldiers to justice. Action is particularly crucial in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where children have died while carrying ammunition and supplies through the jungle for government forces.2
Call on President Obama to enforce legislation aimed at ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers today.
In solidarity,
Adotei Akwei
Director of Government Relations and International Advocacy
Amnesty International USA
P.S. - Join me tomorrow from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern for a live discussion about the Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and find out how you can help end abuses committed by armed groups and governments in Central Africa.
Sign this petition:
http://takeaction.amnestyusa.org/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?c=6oJCLQPAJiJUG&b=6645049&aid=517367&msource=W1203EACPR1&tr=y&auid=10434958
Dear Tracy ,
A viral video exposing the horrors wrought by Joseph Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has triggered an avalanche of attention, bringing awareness to tens of millions of people in just a week's time. Now Amnesty needs your help to transform unprecedented public awareness into meaningful action.
For more than two decades, Amnesty International has documented the abuses committed by the Lord's Resistance Army and their horrific impact on the lives of countless civilians in Uganda, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and South Sudan.
The LRA's crimes are atrocious - mutilation, abduction, torture, rape, sexual slavery, pillaging, the conscription of children under the age of 15, and intentionally directing attacks against civilians.
The International Criminal Court indicted Kony and four other LRA leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity in 2005. But despite persistent calls for his arrest from Amnesty and other human rights groups, Kony and other LRA indictees have remained at large for nearly seven years.
But Kony is just the tip of the iceberg in a region that has for decades been fraught with conflict and impunity. In the countries in which the LRA has operated since it was flushed out of Uganda - the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan - both government forces and other armed groups like the LRA have been responsible for decades of violence and abuses against civilians, including the abduction and forced recruitment of child soldiers, with little to no accountability. Further, the unregulated trade in small weapons and ammunition has ensured that guns and bullets are easy to obtain.
Last week, the Obama administration congratulated the organization behind the viral internet campaign targeted at Kony and reasserted its commitment to end the threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army in Central Africa.1
But the White House must also pressure governments in the region by withholding military aid until they can demonstrate that they are taking concrete action to stop recruiting child soldiers, to demobilize or release children who are already part of government forces, and to bring those who recruit child soldiers to justice. Action is particularly crucial in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where children have died while carrying ammunition and supplies through the jungle for government forces.2
Call on President Obama to enforce legislation aimed at ending the recruitment and use of child soldiers today.
In solidarity,
Adotei Akwei
Director of Government Relations and International Advocacy
Amnesty International USA
P.S. - Join me tomorrow from 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Eastern for a live discussion about the Lord's Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony and find out how you can help end abuses committed by armed groups and governments in Central Africa.
Jake McLaughlin/ Facebook crimes/ racism
Mar. 5 Jake McLaughlin: Today I was going through my writing notes. I then found a note of how I can kind of see the actor Jake McLaughlin in my The Vertex Fighter script. I had written about him before. You read the following and you can can see him in my script:
Jan. 9, 2011 blog post:
Jake McLaughlin: I found this actor today on The Mentalist. He plays this bad boy MMA fighter. I checked him out on imdb.com and he was a war veteran and served in Iraq for four years.
It's confirmed in the interview with him and Susan Sarandon on The View:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVA1LwjFdI
Also on imdb.com, it says he worked as a security guard at Universal Studios before joining the army.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2474864/
He's also on the TV show Crash which is a spin-off from the Oscar winning movie. He's married and has two kids.
Me: I already saw him play a bad boy MMA fighter like my lead character Shawn. However, JM's character in The Mentalist episode "Blood Sport" was more of a jerk.
Facebook crimes: I got this article from Jay Smith through my blog. It's a really good infographic. At first some were funny about stupid criminals getting caught on Facebook, but then it started getting darker.
A light one at the top of the page is on Apr. 21, 2011. A 16 yr old male faces jail time for $247,000 worth of damage at a library. He talked about it on Facebook.
Andrew Dart on Jan. 25, 2011 is a sexual predator. He was communicating electronically with underage girls. 40 of his friends were girls under the age of 16.
Then Nona Belomosoff was found dead in a creek when she went camping with a stranger she met on Facebook who offered her a job.
At the bottom, it talked about people who were murdered after they posted online about their breakup and/or divorce on Facebook.
http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/features/20-cases-solved-by-facebook.html
Mar. 9 Racism: More about racism. I got 2 flashbacks of white guys dissing my race back in jr. high school. I even got a flashback of 2009 where my white friend Justin told me about this Native guy dissing white people on the bus. I can list more. So basically all the races diss each other.
Primetime: Now I'm getting another flashback of the news magazine TV show Primetime. This was from like 2006? They put a "What Would You Do?" What if you were riding in a taxi, and the cab driver starts saying racist things? Do you join in because it's a one-on-one conversation?
This can get offensive here. There was one case I think it was a Latino woman. She dissed about Asian drivers. However, there was a white guy talking about how he would like to put Mexicans in some range and shoot at them. The host John Quinones confronts him about it.
That was so socially awkward and embarrassing than the one on The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. (You know where those 2 male judges diss Jamie's poor performance and Jamie heard all the mean comments?) On Primetime, the white guy said that it was a joke, and he didn't mean it.
There were some people who weren't racist. They showed one white guy in the back listening and he was kind of uncomfortable listening. There was also 2 teen girls sitting in the back. I think they may be black or Latino. The cab driver was talking, and the teen girls were texting each other back and forth about how rude the driver was.
Song: I was thinking about that song called "Ladies" by Sarai. It's a party song, but her best lyric in it is this: "Don't matter if you're black or white/ All shapes and size/ Spread love worldwide/ I mean, we're all the same color inside/ So why divide? There's no reason why."
I like "We're all the same color inside." Here's her video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljryaTP4YmA&ob=av2e
Mar. 12 Twilight: I finally read the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I never seen the movies. I had the chance to watch the first one on TV, but I went and looked for a job instead. My sister bought the book and then gave it to me. I wanted to see what the hype is all about. I'm not really into reading novels because it's too long. I like to inform myself by reading newspaper and online articles.
I would say the book is average. It's about a girl named Bella who falls in love with the vampire Edward. Edward is very romantic and tells everything, his thoughts and feelings to Bella in the last half of the book. It would be a very unrealistic if he said everything in his mind in the beginning. But at least it's the last half.
The book is 498 pages. The parts I liked had the most suspense and tension. In the first half of the book, there was a real life situation where Bella is in danger. I really felt the fear. In the last half of the book, another supernatural situation arises. It was scary. She had to run and hide. It was an unpredictable ending.
It did have what most movies and TV shows do: Kidnap and threaten to hurt someone close to the lead character, so the lead character will come out and fight the antagonist.
I don't know, I feel like I'm too old for this. Though I would like to watch the movie so I can compare it to the novel. I'm not really attracted to Edward. He's romantic and sensitive. Maybe if I watch the movie, I'll fall in love.
Mar. 13 Blast from the past: Yesterday I went to a job training session. This young woman walks in, and I thought: "Mary-Ann from jr. high school?" During our break, I went to see the sign where we are to write our names. It was her. So I approached her and introduced myself. She remembers me and we chatted a bit.
She went to college for 2 yrs and didn't like this college program. She then went to another 1 yr college program and graduated out of it and has a position in her field. That's good. I went to her Halloween party in gr.9, bday party in gr. 9, and bday party in gr. 10. I did see her in 2003 when we went to this school to upgrade our marks. We chatted a bit. Now in 2012, I bump into her.
Then I thought: "Wasn't I Facebook friends with her earlier?" I then looked and I had sent a request.
New people: Afterwards I had to make a 10min walk to a bus stop to get home. This East Indian guy Kalit from the training session was walking to it too. We chatted a bit. He has a wife, 2 sons who are 7 and 5 yrs old. He takes English as a second language in school. There is kind of a language barrier because I have to get him to spell things out due to his accent.
He says he has family who's been in this country for 10 yrs. His kids like it here. I told him to go to career counseling and wished him luck in finding a career where he can use his education.
Jan. 9, 2011 blog post:
Jake McLaughlin: I found this actor today on The Mentalist. He plays this bad boy MMA fighter. I checked him out on imdb.com and he was a war veteran and served in Iraq for four years.
It's confirmed in the interview with him and Susan Sarandon on The View:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJVA1LwjFdI
Also on imdb.com, it says he worked as a security guard at Universal Studios before joining the army.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2474864/
He's also on the TV show Crash which is a spin-off from the Oscar winning movie. He's married and has two kids.
Me: I already saw him play a bad boy MMA fighter like my lead character Shawn. However, JM's character in The Mentalist episode "Blood Sport" was more of a jerk.
Facebook crimes: I got this article from Jay Smith through my blog. It's a really good infographic. At first some were funny about stupid criminals getting caught on Facebook, but then it started getting darker.
A light one at the top of the page is on Apr. 21, 2011. A 16 yr old male faces jail time for $247,000 worth of damage at a library. He talked about it on Facebook.
Andrew Dart on Jan. 25, 2011 is a sexual predator. He was communicating electronically with underage girls. 40 of his friends were girls under the age of 16.
Then Nona Belomosoff was found dead in a creek when she went camping with a stranger she met on Facebook who offered her a job.
At the bottom, it talked about people who were murdered after they posted online about their breakup and/or divorce on Facebook.
http://www.criminaljusticedegreesguide.com/features/20-cases-solved-by-facebook.html
Mar. 9 Racism: More about racism. I got 2 flashbacks of white guys dissing my race back in jr. high school. I even got a flashback of 2009 where my white friend Justin told me about this Native guy dissing white people on the bus. I can list more. So basically all the races diss each other.
Primetime: Now I'm getting another flashback of the news magazine TV show Primetime. This was from like 2006? They put a "What Would You Do?" What if you were riding in a taxi, and the cab driver starts saying racist things? Do you join in because it's a one-on-one conversation?
This can get offensive here. There was one case I think it was a Latino woman. She dissed about Asian drivers. However, there was a white guy talking about how he would like to put Mexicans in some range and shoot at them. The host John Quinones confronts him about it.
That was so socially awkward and embarrassing than the one on The Jamie Kennedy Experiment. (You know where those 2 male judges diss Jamie's poor performance and Jamie heard all the mean comments?) On Primetime, the white guy said that it was a joke, and he didn't mean it.
There were some people who weren't racist. They showed one white guy in the back listening and he was kind of uncomfortable listening. There was also 2 teen girls sitting in the back. I think they may be black or Latino. The cab driver was talking, and the teen girls were texting each other back and forth about how rude the driver was.
Song: I was thinking about that song called "Ladies" by Sarai. It's a party song, but her best lyric in it is this: "Don't matter if you're black or white/ All shapes and size/ Spread love worldwide/ I mean, we're all the same color inside/ So why divide? There's no reason why."
I like "We're all the same color inside." Here's her video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljryaTP4YmA&ob=av2e
Mar. 12 Twilight: I finally read the book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I never seen the movies. I had the chance to watch the first one on TV, but I went and looked for a job instead. My sister bought the book and then gave it to me. I wanted to see what the hype is all about. I'm not really into reading novels because it's too long. I like to inform myself by reading newspaper and online articles.
I would say the book is average. It's about a girl named Bella who falls in love with the vampire Edward. Edward is very romantic and tells everything, his thoughts and feelings to Bella in the last half of the book. It would be a very unrealistic if he said everything in his mind in the beginning. But at least it's the last half.
The book is 498 pages. The parts I liked had the most suspense and tension. In the first half of the book, there was a real life situation where Bella is in danger. I really felt the fear. In the last half of the book, another supernatural situation arises. It was scary. She had to run and hide. It was an unpredictable ending.
It did have what most movies and TV shows do: Kidnap and threaten to hurt someone close to the lead character, so the lead character will come out and fight the antagonist.
I don't know, I feel like I'm too old for this. Though I would like to watch the movie so I can compare it to the novel. I'm not really attracted to Edward. He's romantic and sensitive. Maybe if I watch the movie, I'll fall in love.
Mar. 13 Blast from the past: Yesterday I went to a job training session. This young woman walks in, and I thought: "Mary-Ann from jr. high school?" During our break, I went to see the sign where we are to write our names. It was her. So I approached her and introduced myself. She remembers me and we chatted a bit.
She went to college for 2 yrs and didn't like this college program. She then went to another 1 yr college program and graduated out of it and has a position in her field. That's good. I went to her Halloween party in gr.9, bday party in gr. 9, and bday party in gr. 10. I did see her in 2003 when we went to this school to upgrade our marks. We chatted a bit. Now in 2012, I bump into her.
Then I thought: "Wasn't I Facebook friends with her earlier?" I then looked and I had sent a request.
New people: Afterwards I had to make a 10min walk to a bus stop to get home. This East Indian guy Kalit from the training session was walking to it too. We chatted a bit. He has a wife, 2 sons who are 7 and 5 yrs old. He takes English as a second language in school. There is kind of a language barrier because I have to get him to spell things out due to his accent.
He says he has family who's been in this country for 10 yrs. His kids like it here. I told him to go to career counseling and wished him luck in finding a career where he can use his education.
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Women's rights are non-negotiable (Amnesty International)
Women's human rights are at a turning point in Afghanistan. But where there's a plan, there's hope.
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now
Dear Tracy,
Shocking brutality, discrimination, denial of education. Just a few of the human rights abuses Afghan women face.
Dozens of girls daring to seek an education were sickened when gas filled their school -- allegedly caused by a Taliban attack. An 18-year-old bride had her nose and ears cut off as punishment for running away from her abusive in-laws. The Taliban shot a pregnant woman dead for alleged adultery after forcing her to abort her fetus.
The U.S. is going to withdraw from Afghanistan. But the the risks that Afghan women face daily -- and hard work it will take to ensure their human rights -- remain.
We need a plan.
Today, International Women's Day, let's make sure the women of Afghanistan are not left behind.
Tell the U.S. government that women's human rights are non-negotiable, and Afghanistan should not be an exception. The U.S. should adopt an Action Plan for Afghan women before leaving the country in the hands of the Afghan government and the Taliban.
In 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a promise to Afghan women: "We will not abandon you, we will stand with you always." Protecting human rights in Afghanistan -- including the rights of women -- was one of the reasons the U.S. and NATO cited for invading Afghanistan back in 2001.
But now this pledge to the Afghan people is in danger of being broken, and the very justification for being in Afghanistan in the first place -- defending human rights -- is in danger of being completely abandoned. All because of political expediency.
A U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is imminent. But the U.S. shouldn't abandon Afghanistan's women.
Peace talks are underway between the U.S., the Afghan government led by President Hamid Karzai, and the Taliban. As these sides negotiate the future of Afghanistan, women must be included and their rights must be protected.
Women's participation will build a better peace in Afghanistan. But will women even be equally represented at the talks that will determine their fate? So far the answer is an unacceptable "No." We know all too well what happens when women aren't at the table -- their voices are silenced and their needs are left out.
Amnesty has a plan to promote women's rights in Afghanistan and to make sure Afghan women are able to shape their own destiny -- but we need you to take action to make it a reality.
Demand that the U.S. keep its promise to Afghanistan's women. It can leave Afghanistan, but not its commitment to women's human rights.
Sincerely,
Cristina Finch
Policy and Advocacy Director, Women's Human Rights
Amnesty International USA
http://www.amnestyusa.org/get-involved/take-action-now
Dear Tracy,
Shocking brutality, discrimination, denial of education. Just a few of the human rights abuses Afghan women face.
Dozens of girls daring to seek an education were sickened when gas filled their school -- allegedly caused by a Taliban attack. An 18-year-old bride had her nose and ears cut off as punishment for running away from her abusive in-laws. The Taliban shot a pregnant woman dead for alleged adultery after forcing her to abort her fetus.
The U.S. is going to withdraw from Afghanistan. But the the risks that Afghan women face daily -- and hard work it will take to ensure their human rights -- remain.
We need a plan.
Today, International Women's Day, let's make sure the women of Afghanistan are not left behind.
Tell the U.S. government that women's human rights are non-negotiable, and Afghanistan should not be an exception. The U.S. should adopt an Action Plan for Afghan women before leaving the country in the hands of the Afghan government and the Taliban.
In 2010, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a promise to Afghan women: "We will not abandon you, we will stand with you always." Protecting human rights in Afghanistan -- including the rights of women -- was one of the reasons the U.S. and NATO cited for invading Afghanistan back in 2001.
But now this pledge to the Afghan people is in danger of being broken, and the very justification for being in Afghanistan in the first place -- defending human rights -- is in danger of being completely abandoned. All because of political expediency.
A U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan is imminent. But the U.S. shouldn't abandon Afghanistan's women.
Peace talks are underway between the U.S., the Afghan government led by President Hamid Karzai, and the Taliban. As these sides negotiate the future of Afghanistan, women must be included and their rights must be protected.
Women's participation will build a better peace in Afghanistan. But will women even be equally represented at the talks that will determine their fate? So far the answer is an unacceptable "No." We know all too well what happens when women aren't at the table -- their voices are silenced and their needs are left out.
Amnesty has a plan to promote women's rights in Afghanistan and to make sure Afghan women are able to shape their own destiny -- but we need you to take action to make it a reality.
Demand that the U.S. keep its promise to Afghanistan's women. It can leave Afghanistan, but not its commitment to women's human rights.
Sincerely,
Cristina Finch
Policy and Advocacy Director, Women's Human Rights
Amnesty International USA
challenge/ job likeability/ body language
Mar. 3 Challenge:
Flashback: I got a flashback of gr. 4. There is a spelling test of 100 words. The first 20 are really easy and short words like "rain." This new girl Robyn was frustrated and bored. She kept saying: "This is so easy." The rest of the other kids were saying: "It's going to get harder." It looks like she likes to be challenged.
The Simpsons: This also reminds me of The Simpsons where Bart and Lisa went to military school. Bart goes there because he's forced to and Lisa goes there because she wants to be challenged.
Bart: I thought you wanted a challenge.
Lisa: Yeah, a challenge that I could achieve.
Well, it's not much of a challenge then. lol.
School: It really depends on what the challenge is. I just talked to one of Dan L.'s friends who took a magazine writing class. She saw that it was going to be really hard, and she doesn't want to be a magazine writer, so she dropped the class. The class was an elective and not a requirement.
Same goes with me. I had to take one of three electives: computer research, rhetoric, or technical writing. I took rhetoric because I've never done it. Then it was really hard, so I didn't do well in it. I then decided to take computer research which was level 2 of another computer class I did. I did well in level 1, and then I did well in level 2.
Physically/ mentally: If you want a job that's not physically demanding, then work at an office or a call centre where you sit all day. If you want a job that's physical, then work at a restaurant.
If you want a job that's mentally challenging, work at an office or a science lab. Restaurants can be mentally challenging. If you work as a cook, you are thinking and keeping up with the rush of orders. As a server, you are thinking about getting orders and dealing with customers. You have to prioritize as the customers are the first people to deal with. Other tasks like washing coffee pots may be second on the list.
Call Centre #5: If you want a job that's not physically or mentally demanding, go and work at Call Centre #5. You sit all day and then you have to wait 1 or 2 min. for the computer to make a phone call. You are pretty much zoning out between calls by watching the two TVs there.
The other 4 call centres I worked at were mentally challenging because you have to achieve the goal of getting as much completed surveys done. However, I can't say Call Centre #5 was easy money. It was in 2010 when I worked there and the wage was a bit higher than min. wage. I was also dismissed after 2 days and my friend was dismissed after 3 days.
Mar. 5 Rant: I mentioned earlier that Job Bank has been down for awhile. Now it's back up. I then started typing in things into the search engine, and it kept saying that there's an unexpected error. Damn.
Job likeability: I was thinking about this blog comment that Anonymous made on my blog on July 10, 2010. (I had to look up that one.)
"I mean this in the most polite way possible: You need to start living your life. Move out. Get, and keep, a job (even if you don't like it, that's how it works)." He goes on longer.
I want to tell him, that I have worked at jobs that I don't like and I just keep working there until I have to quit to go to school full-time or I get laid off.
Call Centre #2: For example back in 2006, I worked at Call Centre #2 for 5 months. After 3 months I started really disliking it. I worked for another 2 months until I quit to go to school full-time.
Call Centre #3: Same goes for Call Centre #3. I worked there full-time for the first 2 weeks because of the projects we're working on. Then I only got part-time and worked at night. I disliked it because I thought I was full-time. Then they started cancelling my shifts due to lack of work. Then one of my supervisors told me to get more completes by: "You have to lie your ass off."
After 3 months, they didn't give me any shifts at all, but I didn't quit. I kept calling once at the beginning to see if I got shifts.
Fruit Place: Most recently over the holidays, I worked at the Fruit Place for 2 weeks. I didn't like it, but I can suffer through 7 days of work in a period of 2 weeks. I kept telling myself it was temporary.
Mar. 6 Hospital: Maybe it's the law of attraction. I mentioned before back in 2010 I applied at some hospitals and I got a call to come into an interview for a food service position. I had gotten hired at Restaurant #1 and didn't want to interview for another position. So I turned it down.
My self-confidence did kind of take a hit when I was unemployed for months and I didn't think I would do well at a hospital. Now that I have worked at my current job for over a year, my confidence is back up.
I applied at some hospitals a few weeks ago and I got a call back for the same food service position. I did the interview this time. They asked really good questions and I thought the interview went well. It's mainly about availability to be able to work here. I want to work at the restaurant one day a week.
References: I gave them my references and I called my 2 managers from the Soup place today. One picked up and we chatted a bit. I asked to get an email address in case they changed their phone numbers for whatever reason.
Mar. 7 Career counseling: Here's a mild rant. I have a career counseling session today and it took me 30 min. to get there. I'm there and I'm 30min early. The entire time I'm reading the newspaper. I sit down for a min. and then I get a call that she's cancelling. So I reschedule next week, and I would have to leave work a little bit earlier to get there.
I'm not totally annoyed because I was being productive by reading the newspaper, and it's not too cold waiting for the bus. I didn't miss any work so I didn't lose out on making any money.
Temporary: I will have a temporary job that will start later. I just called them to get some more info because I asked: "What if I'm not good at it?" I've never done it before, but the person calmed me down about the training session.
Driving rant: I was looking for a job on Kijiji and I found this rant. It's from a woman who says that if you want a job in Edmonton, you need a car and a driver's license. She says she lost friends and was in car accidents herself, so she doesn't drive. She rants about how if you have a car, you will get hired even if you don't have experience.
My advice is that if you want a job without a car, you will be able to find one. It's the saying: "Opportunities will always surround if you know where to look." I've been there myself and I have found a lot of positions that don't need a car. Keep your head up. I emailed that comment to her ad.
http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-customer-service-UPSET-DISGUSTED-FRUSTRATED-IN-EDMONTON-W0QQAdIdZ361206154
Job interview: Today I went to a job interview for an office. It was an okay interview. The pay, shifts, location is good. I think I can handle the duties.
Body language: Larry Dignan emailed me this article through my blog. It's called "44 Body Language Mistakes You're Probably Making." It's very helpful and increases your emotional intelligence. You can read people. Some are tips for dating, specific tips for men and women. It gives tips for work and job interviews.
http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2012/03/06/44-body-language-mistakes-youre-probably-making/
Flashback: I got a flashback of gr. 4. There is a spelling test of 100 words. The first 20 are really easy and short words like "rain." This new girl Robyn was frustrated and bored. She kept saying: "This is so easy." The rest of the other kids were saying: "It's going to get harder." It looks like she likes to be challenged.
The Simpsons: This also reminds me of The Simpsons where Bart and Lisa went to military school. Bart goes there because he's forced to and Lisa goes there because she wants to be challenged.
Bart: I thought you wanted a challenge.
Lisa: Yeah, a challenge that I could achieve.
Well, it's not much of a challenge then. lol.
School: It really depends on what the challenge is. I just talked to one of Dan L.'s friends who took a magazine writing class. She saw that it was going to be really hard, and she doesn't want to be a magazine writer, so she dropped the class. The class was an elective and not a requirement.
Same goes with me. I had to take one of three electives: computer research, rhetoric, or technical writing. I took rhetoric because I've never done it. Then it was really hard, so I didn't do well in it. I then decided to take computer research which was level 2 of another computer class I did. I did well in level 1, and then I did well in level 2.
Physically/ mentally: If you want a job that's not physically demanding, then work at an office or a call centre where you sit all day. If you want a job that's physical, then work at a restaurant.
If you want a job that's mentally challenging, work at an office or a science lab. Restaurants can be mentally challenging. If you work as a cook, you are thinking and keeping up with the rush of orders. As a server, you are thinking about getting orders and dealing with customers. You have to prioritize as the customers are the first people to deal with. Other tasks like washing coffee pots may be second on the list.
Call Centre #5: If you want a job that's not physically or mentally demanding, go and work at Call Centre #5. You sit all day and then you have to wait 1 or 2 min. for the computer to make a phone call. You are pretty much zoning out between calls by watching the two TVs there.
The other 4 call centres I worked at were mentally challenging because you have to achieve the goal of getting as much completed surveys done. However, I can't say Call Centre #5 was easy money. It was in 2010 when I worked there and the wage was a bit higher than min. wage. I was also dismissed after 2 days and my friend was dismissed after 3 days.
Mar. 5 Rant: I mentioned earlier that Job Bank has been down for awhile. Now it's back up. I then started typing in things into the search engine, and it kept saying that there's an unexpected error. Damn.
Job likeability: I was thinking about this blog comment that Anonymous made on my blog on July 10, 2010. (I had to look up that one.)
"I mean this in the most polite way possible: You need to start living your life. Move out. Get, and keep, a job (even if you don't like it, that's how it works)." He goes on longer.
I want to tell him, that I have worked at jobs that I don't like and I just keep working there until I have to quit to go to school full-time or I get laid off.
Call Centre #2: For example back in 2006, I worked at Call Centre #2 for 5 months. After 3 months I started really disliking it. I worked for another 2 months until I quit to go to school full-time.
Call Centre #3: Same goes for Call Centre #3. I worked there full-time for the first 2 weeks because of the projects we're working on. Then I only got part-time and worked at night. I disliked it because I thought I was full-time. Then they started cancelling my shifts due to lack of work. Then one of my supervisors told me to get more completes by: "You have to lie your ass off."
After 3 months, they didn't give me any shifts at all, but I didn't quit. I kept calling once at the beginning to see if I got shifts.
Fruit Place: Most recently over the holidays, I worked at the Fruit Place for 2 weeks. I didn't like it, but I can suffer through 7 days of work in a period of 2 weeks. I kept telling myself it was temporary.
Mar. 6 Hospital: Maybe it's the law of attraction. I mentioned before back in 2010 I applied at some hospitals and I got a call to come into an interview for a food service position. I had gotten hired at Restaurant #1 and didn't want to interview for another position. So I turned it down.
My self-confidence did kind of take a hit when I was unemployed for months and I didn't think I would do well at a hospital. Now that I have worked at my current job for over a year, my confidence is back up.
I applied at some hospitals a few weeks ago and I got a call back for the same food service position. I did the interview this time. They asked really good questions and I thought the interview went well. It's mainly about availability to be able to work here. I want to work at the restaurant one day a week.
References: I gave them my references and I called my 2 managers from the Soup place today. One picked up and we chatted a bit. I asked to get an email address in case they changed their phone numbers for whatever reason.
Mar. 7 Career counseling: Here's a mild rant. I have a career counseling session today and it took me 30 min. to get there. I'm there and I'm 30min early. The entire time I'm reading the newspaper. I sit down for a min. and then I get a call that she's cancelling. So I reschedule next week, and I would have to leave work a little bit earlier to get there.
I'm not totally annoyed because I was being productive by reading the newspaper, and it's not too cold waiting for the bus. I didn't miss any work so I didn't lose out on making any money.
Temporary: I will have a temporary job that will start later. I just called them to get some more info because I asked: "What if I'm not good at it?" I've never done it before, but the person calmed me down about the training session.
Driving rant: I was looking for a job on Kijiji and I found this rant. It's from a woman who says that if you want a job in Edmonton, you need a car and a driver's license. She says she lost friends and was in car accidents herself, so she doesn't drive. She rants about how if you have a car, you will get hired even if you don't have experience.
My advice is that if you want a job without a car, you will be able to find one. It's the saying: "Opportunities will always surround if you know where to look." I've been there myself and I have found a lot of positions that don't need a car. Keep your head up. I emailed that comment to her ad.
http://edmonton.kijiji.ca/c-jobs-customer-service-UPSET-DISGUSTED-FRUSTRATED-IN-EDMONTON-W0QQAdIdZ361206154
Job interview: Today I went to a job interview for an office. It was an okay interview. The pay, shifts, location is good. I think I can handle the duties.
Body language: Larry Dignan emailed me this article through my blog. It's called "44 Body Language Mistakes You're Probably Making." It's very helpful and increases your emotional intelligence. You can read people. Some are tips for dating, specific tips for men and women. It gives tips for work and job interviews.
http://www.onlinecollegecourses.com/2012/03/06/44-body-language-mistakes-youre-probably-making/
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