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Has Anyone heard of Thrive Learning Institute

Fri, 17 Jul 2009 20:44:19 -0700

Pretty accurate when you hear it from the people who have actually been there.

A Midwest Journal: Sold a calf - made up with the new ones coming on...

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:25:40 -0700

Just another approach to farming - what farmers don't tell you about some of the animals they raise and then have to take to market...

Called Into Question

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 07:56:18 -0700

Another Thrive Learning / Bright Builder Internet scam story. Here, as a tool of Colton Moody, they are participating in an attempt to buy the Attorney General by contributing to his campaign (Call centers gave approximately 1/4 of Atty Genl Shurtleff's war chest - most controlled or influenced by Moody.)

Online Millionaire Plan Notes: My Gift to Share with You This Season - Your Own Prosperity

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 08:05:31 -0800

Here's my gift to you this season -
Don't underestimate your own prosperity; share it.

There's a lot I could say here about how the current economic scene might be affecting us. In any season of the year, there are those who have no job, whose future doesn't seem very bright. And around those people you may find others who are spreading gloom and disaster instead of cheerful optimism.

Why would someone be optimistic when they have no job, bills are coming due, their responsibilities are mounting up?

Here's a surprising answer - at least to some:

You are more prosperous than you give yourself credit.

Dr. Robert C. Worstell - Inspirational, Motivational Books and Philosophy

Thu, 18 Dec 2008 04:18:31 -0800

New home page - enjoy!

http://www.earnitforyou.com/Free_Bay.html

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 19:36:21 -0800

THIS IS ONE OF THE BIDFUEL SCAMS. PURE JUNK. Get billed $39.95 the first month for nothing you can use. Learn eBay for free and save our money.

The Social Media Marketing Blog: How You Can Use Social Media to Help the U.S. Auto Industry

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 18:14:07 -0800

Looks like the news has it wrong, as usual. Ford has been improving things and Scott Monty gives the facts as he sees them...

http://www.slideshare.net/abluecircle/whose-brand-is-it-presentation

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:51:49 -0800

Is the brand yours? Or your customer-clients'? This presentation asks some pretty tough questions...

Social Media Leads the Future of Technology & HBS Working Knowledge

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 09:11:20 -0800

Advertising on the Web is very effective in the sense that advertisers can reach great scale and do precision targeting. The challenge is to discern consumers' intent.

"Search is unbelievably efficient because you look at a little query box. You can tell exactly what people care about, and you can serve an ad that is relevant at scale. In social media, that is very difficult to do. It's very hard to know what people care about with respect to buying things, because you are inferring intent, you're not taking intent directly from the consumer," said Decker.

"Advertisers really want to be there: They love the demographics, they are increasingly comfortable with some of the brand risks of what that might mean. But Internet advertising still doesn't perform very well, and that's a challenge. How do you serve the right ads to the right user and understand what it is that that individual would be interested in buying?"

National Journal Magazine - Curb Your Enthusiasm, Democrats

Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:47:16 -0800

"Not since 1860 will there be a transition as difficult," said former Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska. "He's not going to have the luxury of time." Among Barack Obama's strengths are his calm demeanor, his candor, and his ability to inspire -- all of which are likely to be crucial. For jittery Americans worried about their jobs, their houses, and their retirements; for restless members of his own party who would rather worry about Iraq, climate change, and health care, the new president will need to call upon all of his powers of measured reassurance. Call him the soother-in-chief.

He'll have to be a soother in a hurry, though. The Democrats who run Congress are eager to start erasing the frustrations of the past eight years. Unity of purpose will last for a while -- but not a long while.

Democrats are already arguing. Should they take advantage of their victory and push for as much as possible as quickly as possible before the chance is lost? Or should they follow an "all deliberate speed" strategy, with the emphasis on deliberate -- not overreaching, keeping the party together, even forging alliances with Republicans where possible? Obama's temperament would suggest the latter approach. The impatience of his anti-war supporters, and his recruiting of the hard-edged Rahm Emanuel for his chief of staff, suggest otherwise.

Patrick Griffin, who was President Clinton's legislative aide, argues for two prongs: Even while dealing with the financial mess, he says, the administration should push hard for one, or perhaps two, big projects and resign itself to pursuing an incremental slog on the other issues it faces.