If you want to be a contributor for PickyDomains (we pay via PayPal every month) here is how it works. When we get a new order, you’ll be able to suggest your domain names. If a client decides to register your name, you get half of the fee ($25).
Occasionally, we see a domain name that clients decide not to register that has a great resale potential. In these instances, we may register such a domain and resell it on Sedo or GreatDomains.Com. After the sale is complete, you’ll get a third of list value (since we have to incur expenses and fees that domain brokers have, your cut is less then 50%).
Either way, if you are good at coming up with cool short memorable
domain names, you’ll be able to make a few bucks with PickyDomains. Register now to become a contributor.
"Fourteen years ago, Chris Clark shelled out 20 bucks to register the domain name "pizza.com." This afternoon, he sold it for $2.6 million"
I know of people who complain that their prepaid gift card had a little bit left on it but they're not able to use it. First of all, you must know the exact amount of your remaining balance. If you have a $4 balance and wish to purchase a $5 item, you must ask the cashier to enter $4 debit. Once that is done, you can pay the rest in cash or use another card.
Get my money seminars here. Downloadable gems for $3!
USA Today Follow Up
Federal workers are enjoying an extraordinary
boom time during a recession that has cost 7.3
million jobs in the private sector. The growth in six-figure salaries has pushed
the average federal worker's pay to $71,206, compared with $40,331 in
the private sector.
======================================================================================
Health care. The Federal Employee Health Benefits Program offers
the widest selection of health-care plans of any U.S. employer. Federal
employees also have access to vision and dental plans, life insurance,
flexible-spending accounts and long-term care plans. Retired federal employees also can continue health
benefits at the same monthly cost that they paid before retirement.
Paid time off. Federal employees enjoy liberal amounts of paid time off, including 13 days of sick leave per year, 10 paid federal holidays, and 13 to 26 days of paid vacation, depending on years of service.
Retirement benefits. Federal employees have access to retirement benefits through the Civil Service Retirement System or the Federal Employees Retirement System. Under both plans, retired employees receive an annuity, which is complemented by Social Security benefits and participation in the Thrift Savings Plan that offers 401(k)-type investment options.
Family-friendly policies. Another notable benefit of federal employment is family-friendly policies, including flexible work schedules, telecommuting, part-time jobs and job sharing. Not to mention the fact that federal employees enjoy first priority and subsidies at a number of top-notch day-care facilities.
Pay. In addition to these benefits, federal employees are paid relatively well. Salaries are set with regard to the market as well as local cost-of-living differences, which allows them to remain at least somewhat competitive. Federal jobs are classified in one of 15 successively higher pay grades, and each pay grade is divided into 10 steps. In addition to receiving an annual cost-of-living increase, federal employees are practically guaranteed periodic within-grade pay raises.
Protection. Also, federal employees cannot be unceremoniously
fired. They can formally challenge personnel decisions by making an
appeal to the U.S. Merit Systems Protection Board, which has authority
to review a wide range of matters, including removals, lengthy
suspensions, reductions in grade or pay, denials of within-grade salary
increases, and denials of restoration or reemployment rights.
In yet another example of unintended consequences that make problems worse, new appraisal rules (Home Valuation Code of Conduct) are slowing the housing recovery.
The HVCC went into effect at the beginning of May. The HVCC forces a firewall between lenders/brokers and home appraisers. Now, lenders and brokers are forced to use appraisal management companies. Realtors say some of these appraisers are not only not local, they don’t even have access to the local MLS. They are doing appraisals using computer models, often incorporating distressed sales as comps, and often not even knowing that the home had extensive renovations or an addition. As a result, the appraisals are coming in far lower than the agreed-upon purchase price.
The other day I was watching the news and they had a Chicago chef, along with an expert forager, picking up food along side a Wisconsin road. So I got to thinking about expanding my free food post with a few web sites below. Happy hunting!
- Mushroom Guide
- Apple Picking
- Comprehensive Guide (not a freebie)
Had you made the move into GAZ ($16.21) on April 29th and sold today ($18.59), you still made money.
It's easy for an egomaniac like Jim Cramer to move stocks, but he austricizes others for spotting arbitrage opportunities. Instead, he should have been telling you to buy, buy, buy natural gas ETFs like other smart investors were.
There is no shortage of students studying for careers in Math and Science. There is a shortage of jobs. That's the simply bottom line finding of a new study from the Urban Institute.
The study shows that between 1985 and 2000 435,000 U.S. citizens and permanent residents a year graduated with Bachelors, Masters, and Doctoral degrees in Science and Engineering. That's three times the number of jobs in Science and Engineering added per year, 150,000 during that time.
Separately Michael Teitelbaum at the Alfred P. Sloan
Foundation told Congress last week that neither he nor a separate study
by the RAND Corporation can find any evidence of worker shortages.
If you are tired of going from job to job, career to career, why not tip me? For $3 you get to download both my seminars - Thriving in a Global Economy/Computerized Tools for Profitable Investing - and take control of your own life!
