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True story: Early in my career I worked for a life insurance company as a policyholder service representative. My specific area of expertise (and what led me into the pension business) was annuities and IRAs. The vast majority of my day was spent explaining to (justifiably) angry policyholders why their annuity was worth $225.00 or [...]

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The first in a series of essays and notes based on Leader Killers and Antagonists in the Church by Dr. Kenneth C. Haugk.
Definitions & References
Antagonism, Defined: Hostility that results in active resistance, opposition, or contentiousness.
Antagonism in Chemistry: A phenomenon where two or more agents in combination have an overall effect which is less than the [...]

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The economy sucks, and us with it

by Karoli on November 10, 2008

Yep, it hits here, too. Not the job, thankfully. I’m grateful every day to have the job and to be able to do it reasonably well.
But for the last six months the business has not been good and isn’t going to get better any time soon. When other businesses are struggling to keep afloat there’s [...]

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[Note: This post concerns Firstline Security, Inc., incorporated in Orem, Utah, NOT Firstline Security Systems headquartered in Anaheim, CA]
Commenter Paul, who is a first-year “Advertising Director” for Firstline Security in Washington State (Vancouver area), was recruited out of Texas A&M university and has been trying to convince me that my criticism of Firstline is unfair [...]

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Dave: What About Wireless?

by Karoli on August 2, 2007

Forgive me if I sound hyperfocused. I am. So Dave Winer’s series of posts today about the State of the Platform resonated with me, particularly this:
The great thing about the Internet was and is that it’s the platform without a platform vendor. That’s why it has been the engine of growth and innovation [...]

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After I posted about the Eldest’s situation last night, my friend Liz Ditz picked up on it and dug very deep. She’s updating it periodically as she finds more information. 
Read Liz’ post first, then come back to this one.  Her post has many great links to media, news and consumer feedback about this.  Mine [...]

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