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Disorderly Conduct

post from Gails Blog on 24 July 2008 10:12:49 AM. © Gails Blog

One of the biggest issues for people who are having financial difficulties is the fact that everything about their money is disorganized. They pay bills late, don?t pay them at all, or pay the same bill twice. Yup, I?ve seen it with m?own eyes, people. They transfer money back and forth between numerous accounts, often [...]

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We want YOU to speak at the Thin Air New Media
Summit in Denver, Colorado!

post from The Business Blog at Intuitive.com on 24 July 2008 09:50:01 AM. © The Business Blog at Intuitive.com

I'm cribbing some of this material from Goldie Katsu, who is the chairperson of the Thin Air Summit. Read on, though!

For those of you who have joined us at the Denver area Podcaster's meetups you have heard some updates on the Thin Air Summit, but an update is long overdue.

The executive committee, Kit Seeborg, Rob McNealy, Erik Boles, Shandra Botello, Brian Yuhnke, Goldie Katsu and I have been doing a lot of planning and we wanted to bring you up to date and ask for your help.

The event will be happening at the Art Institute of Colorado, on November 7-9th. This first year event will be limited to 100 people making this event real opportunity to connect with the other attendees, share ideas and learn more about creating new media in depth.

For those who will be unable to attend this year, they will be able to watch the live cast of the keynotes and after the event the sessions will be released as podcasts.

The event itself will start on Friday night, November 7th with an introductory workshop. The workshop will be about "Everything You Wanted to Know About New Media but were Afraid to Ask". [With apologies to Woody Allen --Dave]

Saturday we transition to the conference with the focus on in-depth educational sessions and panels on creating, promoting and understanding new media.

In keeping with the Independent and Connected theme, the instructor led sessions are broken into three independent tracks:

Text - blogging, microblogging, web publishing
Audio - Podcasting, live audio shows, music
Video - Podcasting, Live Streaming, Video dialogues

The panels, which both start and end the day, will bring all of the attendees together as we explore common themes and look at defining and understanding new media in its many forms.

Right now we have a call for presentations open and this is where we need your help. Help spread the word about the call for presentations and if you have an expertise in new media and could lead an education session in one the above areas stop by the Thin Air Summit website and fill out the proposal form at:

http://www.thinairsummit.com/presenting/

If you haven't spoken at a conference before, this could be a good place for you to seek to either pull together or join a panel, and if you have spoken before but don't tend to travel out of Colorado too often, this is also a great opportunity for you to get involved in a grassroots Podcamp-esque event. Please, send us your best ideas!

Thanks!

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I Quit!

post from My Dollar Plan on 24 July 2008 09:29:04 AM. © My Dollar Plan

Well, I’m not sure exactly what to call it: retired, semi-retired, quit, took a leave of absence, became a stay at home mom, became a professional blogger. Whatever “it” is… I’m done. I’m going to start withdrawing from my retirement accounts, hang out with my kids more and write a few mornings each week. Getting [...]

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Spreading the Word: 300 Blogs I Encourage You to
Read

post from Slacker Manager on 24 July 2008 09:22:16 AM. © Slacker Manager

I admit it, I am addicted to good blogs by David ZingerWe do not use an extensive blog-roll on Slacker Manager. I published the list of blogs I follow on my site: www.davidzinger.com. There was such a positive response with people finding new blogs or rediscovering old blogs that I decided there was good value to [...]

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Fibonacci Channels Technical Indicator

post from Stock Market, Forex Currency and Futures Blog, Trading / Investing Strategies on 24 July 2008 09:15:00 AM. © Stock Market, Forex Currency and Futures Blog, Trading / Investing Strategies

Fibonacci channels are an advanced Fibonacci technical indicator helpful in determining support and resistance levels. They are variations of Fibonacci retracement lines, and are drawn diagonally rather than horizontally. Fibonacci channels can be applied to both long-term and short-term trends, and to up trends and downtrends.

Many modern trading systems allow traders to draw Fibonacci channels over price charts. First a base channel is created connecting a significant price top and price bottom. Then the first slopping line is created by connecting two tops (in an uptrend) or two bottoms (in a downtrend). Then parallel lines are drawn above or below this line at key Fibonacci levels of 23.6%, 38.2%, 50% and 61.8% of the original base channel width (done automatically by the trading system). Traders can also extend the levels to beyond 100% (161.8%, 200%, 261.8%, etc) if there is significant trends.

Interpreting Fibonacci channels is just like horizontal Fibonacci retracements. When one line is crossed in an uptrend it becomes support and above line becomes resistance. Similarly when one diagonal channel line is crossed in a downtrend it becomes resistance and below line becomes support. Most traders use Fibonacci channels with Fibonacci retirements and the price levels when they cross are given significant importance.

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Google's First Hubristic Leap: Competing With the
Internet

post from Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha on 24 July 2008 09:13:18 AM. © Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha

Jeff Jarvis submits:

Google’s (GOOG) hubris may have finally gotten the better of them. See this from the official Google blog about the launch of Knol, the Wikipedia-About.com-Associated-Content it just officially launched:

The web contains vast amounts of information, but not everything worth knowing is on the web. An enormous amount of information resides in people’s heads: millions of people know useful things and billions more could benefit from that knowledge. Knol will encourage these people to contribute their knowledge online and make it accessible to everyone.

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Baidu Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

post from Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha on 24 July 2008 09:13:18 AM. © Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha

Baidu.com, Inc. (BIDU)

Q2 2008 Earnings Call

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Amazon/Overstock Gamble May Pay Off

post from Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha on 24 July 2008 09:13:18 AM. © Internet Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha

Boaz Berkowitz submits:

I was surprised to notice how silent Amazon (AMZN) appeared to be vis-à-vis New York’s new tax law during the company's earnings call yesterday. Thomas Szkutak, Amazon’s Senior VP & CFO, brushed off questions regarding the tax issue as “too early to comment.” By contrast, in Overstock’s (OSTK) latest Q2 2008 earnings call transcript, the company had much to say about the issue. What really caught my attention was when Jonathan Johnson, Overstock’s SVP, stated that the New York State Senate had voted to repeal New York’s most recent tax law which would put this whole mess behind us.

For those of you who weren’t aware, New York State passed a new law that went into effect on June 1, 2008. The law, dubbed “the Amazon tax,” requires all internet companies with affiliates in NY State to charge sales tax on shipments bound for New York. The State expects this to increase tax revenue by $50 million.

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Do You Shop at Dollar Stores

Kiplinger's piece on the Dollar Tree got me to thinking about "dollar" stores in general. You know, those places where "everything is one dollar." Here's my question on them:

Are they great money savers or simply places full of trashy trinkets?

We hardly ever shop at dollar stores, but on some occasions they do come in handy. A few examples where dollar stores saved us some money:

My wife picked up some decorations for a cabin at church camp.
We got some party favors for my daughter's birthday party.
Stocking stuffers/small gifts during the holidays.

But other than that, we don't really frequent dollar stores since our thoughts are they are usually full of junk (and who needs more "stuff" around the house?)

What's your take on the issue? Do you like dollar stores or not?

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When the government buys up empty homes, its only
helping lenders and speculators, not the people who need help.

President Bush has continually expressed his opposition to a housing bill that proposes to include $4 billion in grants for local governments to buy and refurbish foreclosed properties.

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