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Handing someone a blank check doesn't sound like the smartest thing to do. However, that may be just what you're doing when you pay your bills every month. You're probably saying, “I would never send anyone a blank check. That's absurd!” It's easier than you think to turn your mortgage payment into a blank check. It's just one way to commit check fraud. Criminals are “washing” checks in order to fund their dishonest shopping sprees.Check washing involves taking a check that has already been written, “washing” it with a chemical solvent and rewriting the check so that a criminal can reuse it. Most of the time, they will only change the re
From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters at www.managing-creativity.comThe Hero's Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.The Hero's Journey:a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and
British archeologist Charles Leonard Woolley unearthed the earliest known board game in the late 1920’s. He was excavating a burial tomb in Ur, what is now southern Iraq. The game, buried with other treasure, had been interred nearly 4,500 years earlier. The Royal Game of Ur is the earliest known board game. Not only did Woolley find the game board and game pieces, he also found instructions for playing the game. They were engraved in cuneiform texts located at the site. The Royal Game of Ur, or the ‘game of 20 squares’ was a race game with two players racing to the end of the board. Since that time similar game boards have been found throughout the ancient world, from Egypt to India. Th
Skeptic or not, I can anticipate some of the questions that you're thinking."What's the catch?"Well the software really can be downloaded and used for free. It's called Asterisk. It's available under the GNU Public License. It has developed its own following and even has an annual convention. Commercial systems have also been developed around Asterisk.Asterisk was originally developed by Mark Spencer, who works at a company called Digium. But many others have now contributed to Asterisk. That's the beauty of open-source software. Running Asterisk gives you the capabilities of a private branch exchange (PBX).
Measurement of student achievement through rigorous statewide testing has been a standard in Texas for many years. Houston schools implemented its first merit pay program for teachers in the year 2000.Houston Schools believe the old program had too low incentives and unanimously passed the new model in January, making it the largest merit pay program in the nation. Officials believe the new program ties teacher rewards more closely to student improvement and to individual teacher efforts. Though no research has been done on the impact of such programs on improved student achievement, other programs have been tried in New York, Denver and Ken
We all know the importance of training and developing our staff. It keeps team members motivated, generating increased productivity. They eagerly use their skills to the benefit of the business. So why is it that we continue to take short-cuts with training?There are a couple of reasons. First, some fear training their employees. They don’t want to spend big money to train workers, only to see them quit and use their new skills to benefit a competitor.In Stephen R. Covey book, The Speed of Trust, there is a quote from an unidentified CEO. Someone asked him, “What if you train everyone and they all leave?” He responded, “What if
Franchising is now exceeding over a Trillion dollars per year. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, franchising is the safest road to success for the new businessperson. Franchising is literally fraud free in the United States and the cases, which are purported as fraud by the FTC are generally completely bogus and merely used as public relations ploys thru creative writing tactics of prosecutors on behalf of competitors of franchise companies.Franchising is a proven business concept that originated in the United States over 100 years ago, first with Singer Sewing Machine Company and then with General Motors. During the last 45 years
Board games have been popular in nearly every known civilization. Many civilizations were playing board games before they developed any form of written language.
Board games come in two basic types. The first uses strategy to win the game. The object is to block or capture opposing game pieces or to capture larger portions of the game board. Monopoly and checkers are both examples of the strategy game. Strategy alone does not insure victory.
Chance plays a significant role in most board games, but not all. Some of
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