As I’ve said previously, I survey employment ‘bulletin boards’ on the Internet on behalf of my clients in Panama City Rescue Mission. Here’s a typical help-wanted advertisement on Panama City.Craigslist.org:
Maintenance Man NEEDED! (Callaway, Fl.)
Date: 2010-09-02, 12:22PM EDT
Reply to: job-7____8@craigslist.org
We are looking for someone that is willing to be a Vendor for our property, for MAINTENCE, which means, picking up the ground, mowing, cutting shrubs, ECT.
Need: OWN TOOLS, EXPERINCE, And REFRENCES!!
The pay will be– A FREE 1BEDROOM APARTMENT EVERY MONTH..
Please contact the ____ Terrace Apartments at 850-___- ____.
Please ask for Angela or Chelsey.
Office Hours are Monday – Friday 9am-6pm.
CLOSED on SATURDAYS, and Sunday 1pm-5pm.
–Please leave a message if we do not answer.
Thank you,
Have a wonderful day.
September 2
topics: today's thought
You can outdistance that which is running after you, but not that which runs inside you. — a maxim in Rwanda
August 30
topics: today's thought
A child that has never been in a strange town thinks her mother cooks best. — a maxim from Togo
August 28
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No matter how short you are, you will always see the stars. - African proverb
August 26
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This is the longest ‘search term’ ever entered into a search engine (Google’s) to find tenPesos.com:
Which of the following attributes of a Toyota Scion would be most appropriate to emphasize in television commercials during an economic recession?
That’s right; someone typed all that into Google. And Google presented this weblog in the search results, although I haven’t written of Scion brand cars.
August 17
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remaining U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration schedule:
| 8/14 – 8/15 |
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Abbotsford |
British Columbia |
| 8/21 – 8/22 |
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Westfield |
MA |
| 8/25 – 1/0 |
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Atlantic City |
NJ |
| 8/28 – 8/29 |
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Coney Island Brooklyn |
NY |
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| 9/4 – 9/5 |
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Martinsburg |
WV |
| 9/10 – 9/11 |
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Pittsburgh |
PA |
| 9/18 – 9/19 |
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Whiteman AFB |
MO |
| 9/25 – 9/26 |
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McConnell AFB |
KS |
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| 10/2 – 10/3 |
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Salinas |
CA |
| 10/9 – 10/10 |
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Little Rock AFB |
AR |
| 10/16 – 10/17 |
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EL Paso |
TX |
| 10/23 – 10/24 |
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Houston |
TX |
| 10/30 – 10/31 |
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Cocoa Beach |
FL |
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| 11/6 – 11/7 |
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Lackland AFB |
TX |
| 11/13 – 11/14 |
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Nellis AFB |
NV |
August 10
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You learn a lot about a man by his behavior when hungry. – Zambian proverb
August 8
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I just watched an en enjoyable movie, Green Zone, set in Iraq in 2003. I recommend it. »→
August 5
topics: at home, today's thought
a brief survey of some automobile manufacturers’ and distributors’ efforts to market cars to U.S. Hispanics
Approximately fifty million Hispanic persons reside in the United States – about 15 percent of the general population (Zwaniecki, 2009). They comprise the fastest-growing segment of the U.S. population. The purchasing power of Hispanics is growing at a rate nearly three times as fast as that of the general population and is estimated to be one trillion dollars (MMD Newswire, 2010). »→
August 3
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