Thursday, January 31, 2008
Drudge, global warming shuts down senate site.
It was interesting to read all the short articles about things going on within the senate, to some extent the articles seemed more humorous than informative. These articles were talking about the overload of hits on the senate blog about global warming, or rookie senates making embarrassing mistakes and President Bush talking about baseball. It is interesting that we take so much interest in some of the non-essential information provided.
A mother and daughter face up to facebook
It is true as to how fast the Facebook world has grown. As the author mentions, it is in a way, a double edged sword. In some ways facebook is bringing people together, giving people a sense of security that no matter what they still have all their facebook friends. It also reduces the amount and importance of social face to face interaction. Although people so readily add anyone they meet, it is understandable as to why some would not want to add their parents to their facebook “friends.” For many college students giving your parents unlimited access to your photos, who your friends are and what they are saying to and about you is just too much freedom.
A mother and daughter face up to facebook
It is true as to how fast the Facebook world has grown. As the author mentions, it is in a way, a double edged sword. In some ways facebook is bringing people together, giving people a sense of security that no matter what they still have all their facebook friends. It also reduces the amount and importance of social face to face interaction. Although people so readily add anyone they meet, it is understandable as to why some would not want to add their parents to their facebook “friends.” For many college students giving your parents unlimited access to your photos, who your friends are and what they are saying to and about you is just too much freedom.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Resume
Justin Badger
672 Darwin Ave. #4 Cell: 801-787-9595 e-mail: badger.justind@gmail.com
Logan, Utah 84321 _ _____
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Excellent Public speaker and presentation skills
• Developed, marketed own business-6 years
• Outstanding communication skills
• Fluent Portuguese speaker
• Team player
• Goal oriented, self motivated
• Excel, Power Point, Word
EDUCATION
Utah Valley State College Orem, UT 2003-2007
• Associates of Science Dec. 14th 2006
Utah State University
• Bachelor of Arts, Communications, public relations emphasis
• Anticipated graduation date: Dec. 2008
• G.P.A. 3.66
Related Course Work
• Public speaking
• Interpersonal communications
• Media Smarts
• News Writing
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summerhays Music Center/Piano Gallery July 2002-Present
Piano mover/ inventory control
• Arrange scheduling to deliver and pick up pianos to provide the best customers service and minimize wasted time and resources.
• Receive excellent reports from customer satisfaction surveys.
• Maintain consistent inventory records.
ShineOn Windows April 2001-Present
Part owner/ window washer
• Own partnership and operated company for past 6 years.
• Formulated business and marketing plan.
• Trained and supervised new employees.
• Maintain and organized business expenses, payroll, and taxes.
• Increased customer base from 0 to over 200 returning customers in less then 10 months.
• 35% Annual growth
Church Educational System January 2007-May 2007
Instructor
• Develop and taught lesson plan and curriculum.
• Maintain order and develop re pore with students.
Legacy Foundation July 2002-July 2003
Office Assistant
• Cataloged clientele information and aided in various office tasks.
The Senior Directory March 2007-Present
Sale rep
Responsible for all sales and client satisfaction in Utah county
Develop and execute sales presentations and follow-up
OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Volunteer church representative in Brazil for two years at own expense.
• Events planner, publicist, chaperon for Utah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, during tour to Brazil.
• Eagle Scout
672 Darwin Ave. #4 Cell: 801-787-9595 e-mail: badger.justind@gmail.com
Logan, Utah 84321 _ _____
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Excellent Public speaker and presentation skills
• Developed, marketed own business-6 years
• Outstanding communication skills
• Fluent Portuguese speaker
• Team player
• Goal oriented, self motivated
• Excel, Power Point, Word
EDUCATION
Utah Valley State College Orem, UT 2003-2007
• Associates of Science Dec. 14th 2006
Utah State University
• Bachelor of Arts, Communications, public relations emphasis
• Anticipated graduation date: Dec. 2008
• G.P.A. 3.66
Related Course Work
• Public speaking
• Interpersonal communications
• Media Smarts
• News Writing
WORK EXPERIENCE
Summerhays Music Center/Piano Gallery July 2002-Present
Piano mover/ inventory control
• Arrange scheduling to deliver and pick up pianos to provide the best customers service and minimize wasted time and resources.
• Receive excellent reports from customer satisfaction surveys.
• Maintain consistent inventory records.
ShineOn Windows April 2001-Present
Part owner/ window washer
• Own partnership and operated company for past 6 years.
• Formulated business and marketing plan.
• Trained and supervised new employees.
• Maintain and organized business expenses, payroll, and taxes.
• Increased customer base from 0 to over 200 returning customers in less then 10 months.
• 35% Annual growth
Church Educational System January 2007-May 2007
Instructor
• Develop and taught lesson plan and curriculum.
• Maintain order and develop re pore with students.
Legacy Foundation July 2002-July 2003
Office Assistant
• Cataloged clientele information and aided in various office tasks.
The Senior Directory March 2007-Present
Sale rep
Responsible for all sales and client satisfaction in Utah county
Develop and execute sales presentations and follow-up
OTHER EXPERIENCE
• Volunteer church representative in Brazil for two years at own expense.
• Events planner, publicist, chaperon for Utah Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra, during tour to Brazil.
• Eagle Scout
Thursday, January 24, 2008
HTML Goodies
It is fascinating how much can be done using html to program. I had a fun time playing around with the different commands to be able to manipulate the texts styles, size, color and format. I enjoyed playing around with the different commands to ad images and alter their sizes and also the command to create links. The reading was very basic but very informative, the concepts are important to understand and grasp before moving to more advanced concepts.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Job Hunters
With the growing popularity of online social networking sites such as Facebook.com and myspace.com where anyone can develop an online profile I guess it is no surprise that employers have jumped on the bandwagon and started screening potential employees by looking at their online profiles. What is interesting however is how much leverage someone’s online profile can have on whether or not they receive a job. Many people argue that it is an invasion of privacy and an unreliable source for employers to judge them based on their myspace or facebook page, but non the less more and more employers uses these sites as a source to know more about a potential employee which makes it even more important to monitor what you post on your page.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Real Estate Investment Press Release
For immediate release
Jan. 21, 2008
Real Estate Investments for the Average Joe
ABC Real Estate LLC
123 Creative Way, Logan UT 84341
801-555-4567
President Bret Cob
Logan, Utah
LOGAN, Utah-ABC Real Estate LLC is using a creative way to help those that are inexperienced or who feel incapable to get involved in real estate investing. They use land trusts to optimize return for all investors. These trusts have been used for years among the rich and famous, and are now made available to the general public through ABC Real Estate.
Pres. Bret Cob said, “I don’t care about making a lot of money, I care about helping people.” ABC Real Estate takes care of all the paper work and ensures that payments will be made for at least 60 days to minimize risk for investors. In essence what ABC Real Estate has done is they use beneficiary directed equity holding land trusts and through these trusts they have taken all the characteristic of an ideal home buyer or real estate investor and have divided the characteristics among four people, “mitigating risk and maximizing gain” to allow more people the option of receiving a greater return on their investment. Cob said, “I will guarantee a 10 percent APY on the investment, but it is likely to see up to 40 percent.”
ABC Real Estate was founded by Cob in 2007 based out of Draper, Utah. They have just created a strategic partnership with Evan Nielson, who will be opening a branch in Logan making the opportunity more accessible to citizens of Cache Valley.
“ABC Real Estate is looking for people that have money and want to get involved in a high return safe investment, also people with good credit scores who want to use their credit to make some money, and resident investors to live in the home who may want to build credit” Cob said.
Anyone interested in learning more about this investment opportunity can contact Bret Cob or Evan Nielson at the contact number above.
Media Contact:
Justin Badger
801-787-9595
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Jan. 21, 2008
Real Estate Investments for the Average Joe
ABC Real Estate LLC
123 Creative Way, Logan UT 84341
801-555-4567
President Bret Cob
Logan, Utah
LOGAN, Utah-ABC Real Estate LLC is using a creative way to help those that are inexperienced or who feel incapable to get involved in real estate investing. They use land trusts to optimize return for all investors. These trusts have been used for years among the rich and famous, and are now made available to the general public through ABC Real Estate.
Pres. Bret Cob said, “I don’t care about making a lot of money, I care about helping people.” ABC Real Estate takes care of all the paper work and ensures that payments will be made for at least 60 days to minimize risk for investors. In essence what ABC Real Estate has done is they use beneficiary directed equity holding land trusts and through these trusts they have taken all the characteristic of an ideal home buyer or real estate investor and have divided the characteristics among four people, “mitigating risk and maximizing gain” to allow more people the option of receiving a greater return on their investment. Cob said, “I will guarantee a 10 percent APY on the investment, but it is likely to see up to 40 percent.”
ABC Real Estate was founded by Cob in 2007 based out of Draper, Utah. They have just created a strategic partnership with Evan Nielson, who will be opening a branch in Logan making the opportunity more accessible to citizens of Cache Valley.
“ABC Real Estate is looking for people that have money and want to get involved in a high return safe investment, also people with good credit scores who want to use their credit to make some money, and resident investors to live in the home who may want to build credit” Cob said.
Anyone interested in learning more about this investment opportunity can contact Bret Cob or Evan Nielson at the contact number above.
Media Contact:
Justin Badger
801-787-9595
-End-
Friday, January 18, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Rule of Etiquette
I guess it comes as no surprise that many of the rules of online etiquette are in many ways the same rules of interpersonal etiquette with people face to face. The general rule of thumb that I gathered from the readings was to never say anything online that you wouldn’t say to a person’s face. For some reason just because we can’t see the person’s face we justify poor etiquette and rudeness.
Since all one has to use while communicating through the internet is words, void of voice, tone, expression and body language one must use their words carefully and precisely. Using correct spelling and grammar becomes extremely important.
Since all one has to use while communicating through the internet is words, void of voice, tone, expression and body language one must use their words carefully and precisely. Using correct spelling and grammar becomes extremely important.
Saturday, January 12, 2008
Email Etiquette
I never realized how detrimental poor e-mail etiquette could be to a company or organization, simple one e-mail that does not include a disclaimer or that accidentally contains a virus or inappropriate racial or sexist comments could cause a libel case and cause the company to be sued. Maintaining proper etiquette and being aware of wording that may annoy or offend your customers and employees helps to maintain good customer satisfaction and employee moral. It is always better it implement company policies and place disclaimers to protect one’s company from future problems that may arise than to assume that the companies with which one communicates with don’t pay attention to such minor details.
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Letter to Cousin
Dear Tyson,
How are you doing? I am going to school up at Utah State majoring in public relations and really enjoying it. Public relations, in a way, is quite similar to marketing and advertising, however, the difference is that rather than pitching a product necessarily for sales often PR professionals promote understanding about a company to the public.
PT Barnum best described the difference with this quote, “If the circus is coming to town and you paint a sign saying “Circus Coming to the Fairground Saturday,” that’s advertising. If you put the sign on the back of an elephant and walk it into town, that’s promotion. If the elephant walks through the mayor’s flower bed, that’s publicity. And if you get the mayor to laugh about it, that’s public relations.”
Often a marketing or advertising professional will plan an event or promote a product; the public relations person’s responsibility is to generate positive news coverage about that event.
Public Relations professionals also work with situations such as crisis control or internal public relations, which is the process of promoting positive messages to employees within a company to encourage employee moral.
An example of crisis control would be, for example, when McDonalds received so much negative press from the documentary “Supersize Me” their PR person’s responsibility was to generate positive press which they did by putting healthier items on their menu.
I have heard it all summed up best by someone calling public relations “professional brown nosing.” I am not too far into the program yet but it seems to be a very exciting field. I hope all is well with you and hope to hear from you soon.
-Justin Badger
How are you doing? I am going to school up at Utah State majoring in public relations and really enjoying it. Public relations, in a way, is quite similar to marketing and advertising, however, the difference is that rather than pitching a product necessarily for sales often PR professionals promote understanding about a company to the public.
PT Barnum best described the difference with this quote, “If the circus is coming to town and you paint a sign saying “Circus Coming to the Fairground Saturday,” that’s advertising. If you put the sign on the back of an elephant and walk it into town, that’s promotion. If the elephant walks through the mayor’s flower bed, that’s publicity. And if you get the mayor to laugh about it, that’s public relations.”
Often a marketing or advertising professional will plan an event or promote a product; the public relations person’s responsibility is to generate positive news coverage about that event.
Public Relations professionals also work with situations such as crisis control or internal public relations, which is the process of promoting positive messages to employees within a company to encourage employee moral.
An example of crisis control would be, for example, when McDonalds received so much negative press from the documentary “Supersize Me” their PR person’s responsibility was to generate positive press which they did by putting healthier items on their menu.
I have heard it all summed up best by someone calling public relations “professional brown nosing.” I am not too far into the program yet but it seems to be a very exciting field. I hope all is well with you and hope to hear from you soon.
-Justin Badger
Monday, January 7, 2008
Cache Valley sled dogs training hard, even if only in mud, for K9 Challenge
Cache Valley sled dogs training hard, even if only in mud, for K9 Challenge
By Justin Badger
December 10, 2007 The fourth annual K9 Challenge dog sled race, Jan. 17-19, will begin at the Sinks at the top of Logan Canyon trail head and travel up to 100 miles along the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Amy Eskelsen, one of the organizers, said the race started four years ago when about five of the local mushers, including herself, thought it would be fun to have a race in Cache Valley. Over the last couple of years, she said between 10 and 15 teams from all over Utah and other Western states have competed.
Eskelsen said Cache Valley is a good place for a dog sled race because there is a good trail system at the Sinks and the county's search and rescue service and U.S. Forest Service are extremely helpful. However, Eskelsen said the No. 1 reason for holding the race in Cache Valley is that "Cache National Forest is one of the most beautiful places I've seen and I wanted to share that with people," Eskelsen said.
Eskelsen said this formerly small-town event has spread beyond its borders, bringing in mushers from all over the West. In fact last year's race served as a qualifier for the Iditaro, a 1,150-mile race across the rugged yet beautiful Alaskan wilderness from Nome to Anchorage in subzero temperatures, lasting about 10 to 17 days.
Sue Morgan of Richmond, who is training for this year's Iditarod race on March 1, said she has been interested in sled dog racing for a long time, but it wasn't till 1999 that she had the means to get dogs for a team. This will be Morgan's second time racing in the Iditarod.
Morgan lightheartedly said, "The idea of racing across Alaska sounded pretty nifty to me, but some people might question my sanity."
Eskelsen said the various breeds of sled dogs actually run better in the cold weather.
"Anything above 20 degrees Fahrenheit is warm for these guys," Eskelsen said.
Morgan said many professional mushers train about eight months out of the year and, even if there is no snow teams still have to train. To adapt to conditions where snow is sparse, mushers use ATVs or carts for the dogs to pull.
Morgan said during the Iditarod, dogs will run up to 100 miles a day at an average speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour, typically 50 miles from 6 a.m. to noon, then rest and travel another 50 miles from 5 p.m. to midnight.
"It is important that people do everything they can to keep their dogs happy. No matter what you do you can't force a dog to run," Morgan said, "But they love to run this is what they are raised and bread for, you deprive them if they can't run."
There are specific breeds of dogs for the specific type of racing that you want to do and dogs can cost anywhere from $200 to $5,000, Morgan said. A typical price, she said, is $1,200 for a good dog.
After the mushers spend two weeks alone with their dogs out in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, Morgan said you get pretty attached.
"[The dogs] are like my kids," Morgan said. "They are like teenagers, so cute and excited about life. I would be devastated if anything happened to one of my dogs."
Morgan said at this point she is not racing to win, but racing to have a good time and meet people.
"The beauty of it is spending time your dogs, it is a nice feeling to be out there with the dogs and hearing the runners," Morgan said. "It's just a nice feeling."
Morgan said she will be in Montana training for the Iditarod and will not be able to run the K9 Challenge this year, but Eskelsen said she still expects about 15 mushers to participate.
The public is also invited to come watch the teams start the race. Eskelsen said it is interesting to see all the work involved in transporting and hooking up the dog teams. Eskelsen said it is also a good way for residents to support teams from Cache Valley and educate people about this sport, and learn more about other dog sports. Eskelsen said she got involved with the sport through skijoring, which is being pulled by one or two dogs while wearing skis.
"It gets addicting once you start," Eskelsen said.
There will also be a number of opportunities for those that want to help out with the event. Volunteer opportunities will include such things as dog handlers, selling raffles to help raise funds and other opportunities. If people are interested they can contact Amy Eskelsen through the event's Web site.
"It's gonna be a fun weekend," Eskelsen said.
By Justin Badger
December 10, 2007 The fourth annual K9 Challenge dog sled race, Jan. 17-19, will begin at the Sinks at the top of Logan Canyon trail head and travel up to 100 miles along the Wasatch-Cache National Forest.
Amy Eskelsen, one of the organizers, said the race started four years ago when about five of the local mushers, including herself, thought it would be fun to have a race in Cache Valley. Over the last couple of years, she said between 10 and 15 teams from all over Utah and other Western states have competed.
Eskelsen said Cache Valley is a good place for a dog sled race because there is a good trail system at the Sinks and the county's search and rescue service and U.S. Forest Service are extremely helpful. However, Eskelsen said the No. 1 reason for holding the race in Cache Valley is that "Cache National Forest is one of the most beautiful places I've seen and I wanted to share that with people," Eskelsen said.
Eskelsen said this formerly small-town event has spread beyond its borders, bringing in mushers from all over the West. In fact last year's race served as a qualifier for the Iditaro, a 1,150-mile race across the rugged yet beautiful Alaskan wilderness from Nome to Anchorage in subzero temperatures, lasting about 10 to 17 days.
Sue Morgan of Richmond, who is training for this year's Iditarod race on March 1, said she has been interested in sled dog racing for a long time, but it wasn't till 1999 that she had the means to get dogs for a team. This will be Morgan's second time racing in the Iditarod.
Morgan lightheartedly said, "The idea of racing across Alaska sounded pretty nifty to me, but some people might question my sanity."
Eskelsen said the various breeds of sled dogs actually run better in the cold weather.
"Anything above 20 degrees Fahrenheit is warm for these guys," Eskelsen said.
Morgan said many professional mushers train about eight months out of the year and, even if there is no snow teams still have to train. To adapt to conditions where snow is sparse, mushers use ATVs or carts for the dogs to pull.
Morgan said during the Iditarod, dogs will run up to 100 miles a day at an average speed of 10 to 12 miles per hour, typically 50 miles from 6 a.m. to noon, then rest and travel another 50 miles from 5 p.m. to midnight.
"It is important that people do everything they can to keep their dogs happy. No matter what you do you can't force a dog to run," Morgan said, "But they love to run this is what they are raised and bread for, you deprive them if they can't run."
There are specific breeds of dogs for the specific type of racing that you want to do and dogs can cost anywhere from $200 to $5,000, Morgan said. A typical price, she said, is $1,200 for a good dog.
After the mushers spend two weeks alone with their dogs out in the rugged Alaskan wilderness, Morgan said you get pretty attached.
"[The dogs] are like my kids," Morgan said. "They are like teenagers, so cute and excited about life. I would be devastated if anything happened to one of my dogs."
Morgan said at this point she is not racing to win, but racing to have a good time and meet people.
"The beauty of it is spending time your dogs, it is a nice feeling to be out there with the dogs and hearing the runners," Morgan said. "It's just a nice feeling."
Morgan said she will be in Montana training for the Iditarod and will not be able to run the K9 Challenge this year, but Eskelsen said she still expects about 15 mushers to participate.
The public is also invited to come watch the teams start the race. Eskelsen said it is interesting to see all the work involved in transporting and hooking up the dog teams. Eskelsen said it is also a good way for residents to support teams from Cache Valley and educate people about this sport, and learn more about other dog sports. Eskelsen said she got involved with the sport through skijoring, which is being pulled by one or two dogs while wearing skis.
"It gets addicting once you start," Eskelsen said.
There will also be a number of opportunities for those that want to help out with the event. Volunteer opportunities will include such things as dog handlers, selling raffles to help raise funds and other opportunities. If people are interested they can contact Amy Eskelsen through the event's Web site.
"It's gonna be a fun weekend," Eskelsen said.
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