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My first boss often said, "once people find out you have some money, they get in line to try and get some". At this job, I was making $2.00/hour, and my moms boyfriend was drifting between jobs. He would borrow $5 and then repay it. Then he would borrow $10 and repay it. Then he would borrow $20 and repay it... Unbeknownst to me, this is a classic "confidence man" trick. He was winning my confidence by honoring his word multiple times… Continue

Tulip mania was a period in the Dutch Golden Age during which contract prices for bulbs of the newly introduced tulip reached extraordinarily high levels and then suddenly collapsed. At the peak of tulip mania in February 1637, tulip contracts sold for more than 10 times the annual income of a skilled craftsman. It is generally considered the first recorded speculative bubble. The term "tulip mania" is often used metaphorically to refer to any large economic bubble. @… Continue

Hi, We're writing to let you know about the upcoming launch of interest-based advertising, which will require you to review and make any necessary changes to your site's privacy policies. You'll also see some new options on your Account Settings page. Interest-based advertising will allow advertisers to show ads based on a user's previous interactions with them, such as visits to advertiser website and also to reach users based on their interests (e.g. "sports enthusiast"). To develop interest… Continue

greetings, i would like to share with you what i believe will be the future of union organizing and communication. instead of trying to describe how union social media can look and feel, i built a few examples, listed here. These sites are a work in progress. note the uxyz123members protocol. please follow suit. the "members" sidesteps domain squatting and allows any/all workers of the world to merge to form a super-u… Continue