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Average Salary of a Wal-Mart Store Manager

“In 1962 Sam Walton opened the first Wal-Mart in Rogers, Ark. By 1969 it had expanded internationally and was then incorporated as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. From its beginnings and up to the present day Wal-Mart has had many employees, and store managers can earn six figures.

Initial Wage

1. According to glassdoor.com, the average wage for a store manager at Wal-Mart is $85,000 to $115,000. The exact wage within these two figures would be based on relevant experience and time spent with the company in a similar role, assistant store manager, for example. These figures are only the basic wage, not including bonuses and benefits…”

Read more: The Average Salary of a Wal-Mart Store Manager | eHow.com http://www.ehow.com/facts_6974447_average-salary-wal_mart-store-manager.html#ixzz1Ce6FtXIf

 

  What the article does not say is the salaries of others.  Also you have to wonder just how truthful is Wal-Mart being with them.  I wonder about the “average” amount. I would rather see what is the “starting” pay of the employee.

  But the “average” hourly pay is reported as follows;  Sales Associate ($8.81), Cashier ($8.43), Department Manager ($11.22) and Cashier Associate (8.53). I guess they have other titles for employees and pay amounts.
  
  I think everyone pretty much knows that Wal-Mart is not a good company to work for… except now everyone is happy to just have a job.
  If Wal-Mart wants to become an American hero and be loved by employees and all Americans it would be very simple… Just pay the store employees a bonus each year. Give the store employees 1% of the profits from that store. 

Panasonic HDC-SD600K High-Def Camcorder

  I love my little digital camera.  I carry it every place with me at all times.  I got a new  cell phone and the camera in it is 3.2 MP.  It would be great if it turned out to take great photos and videos.  Then I would only have to carry my cell phone with me.

  I my videos on YouTube are getting a lot of good comments and I am starting to do a better job of making them.  It took me long enough. 

  But let me tell you … a camcorder makes great videos.  They do not slip in your pocket and are hard to carry around with you but the make excellent videos.
  Most of the videos I make are right here in my room. 
  I see that Amazon has the Panasonic HDC-SD600K 3MOS High-Def Camcorder with a 35mm wide angle lens and a 18x zoom on sale right now.  The normal price is $799.00 and it is on sale with free shipping for only $399.00 at this time.

  I hope the price of camcorders keeps coming down.  I used camcorders in the past pre-digital and they make some great videos. 

Take a look at my new android Samsung Intercept

  In this video from YouTube I tell you about my new android cell phone.  I also show you some of the apps on the Samsung Intercept.
  If you sign up ANY phone with Virgin Mobile please use my kickback code and we will both get 60 extra minutes of voice minutes:  eJ7W7Tnn

Flu Virus

  Was it last year that all the news media could talk about was the flu virus and how we all were going to die or was that two years ago? 
  I guess the flu season stars in October and I have not heard a word about it.
  I did get a flu shot this year.  I think in my life I had two or three flu shots.  This year I got one.
 

  Hand washing …hand washing … hand washing is the thing.
Plus what would help is if people could stay home when they got the flu.
  I think now it is hard for people to stay home.  People make less and have no union benefits and corporations are looking to rape the working man. So I look for a lot of people to be out sneezing and coughing all over us this year.

For Governors, Medicaid Looks Ripe to Slash

“Hamstrung by federal prohibitions against lowering Medicaid eligibility, governors from both parties are exercising their remaining options in proposing bone-deep cuts to the program during the fourth consecutive year of brutal economic conditions.

Because states confront budget gaps estimated at $125 billion, few essential services — schools, roads, parks — are likely to escape the ax. But the election of tough-minded governors, the evaporation of federal aid, the relentless growth of Medicaid rolls and the exhaustion of alternatives have made the program, which primarily covers low-income children and disabled adults, an outsize target…”    The New York Times

  Please use the link above to read The New York Times story.  I been commenting here on this subject.  I been trying to warn people.
  The NYT story does not bring home just how hard and how much this is going to hurt people.
  Some how the Republicans in Texas got the story out, in the past, that Texas had no budget problems and that everything was great and that it was because Texas did not try and regulate corporations. 
  The truth is Texas has major budget problems.  I am sure no governor wants to have money problems but Republicans do rub their hands with glee that they can cut things like public education and Medicaid.
  Gov. Rick Perry has said he is going to cut both big time. 
  I did not get to check out the story I saw to see if it is true but I read the other day that Gov. Rick Perry told a meeting of Republicans that he knew their kids went to private religious schools but if there were any that did not have them in those schools now they should put them in the schools because he was going to cut public education spending big time.
 
  One problem for liberals is that the Medicaid program is so large that there is “Medicaid Fraud” and if you look you can find it.  The Republicans can find case after case of it.  The fraud is big time bucks AND when Americans read about it and see it they go into a rage and you can not blame them for it.
  Part of the problem also is that some people that are on Medicaid look like they could be working.  You look at them and they look OK.  But you can not tell by looking. 

  I do not have a problem going after Medicaid fraud.  But the Republicans want to away with helping people.  Plus they want to make it very hard for people.  
  What is going to happen to people is not going to be pretty.
  We need as a people and a nation to care for the old and the sick.

TSA shuts door on private contract airport screening

“Washington (CNN) -- A program that allows airports to replace government screeners with private screeners is being brought to a standstill, just a month after the Transportation Security Administration said it was "neutral" on the program.

TSA chief John Pistole said Friday he has decided not to expand the program beyond the current 16 airports, saying he does not see any advantage to it.

Though little known, the Screening Partnership Program allowed airports to replace government screeners with private contractors who wear TSA-like uniforms, meet TSA standards and work under TSA oversight. Among the airports that have "opted out" of government screening are San Francisco and Kansas City.

The push to "opt out" gained attention in December amid the fury over the TSA's enhanced pat downs, which some travelers called intrusive…” 

  I worked part time contract security for about five years.  I worked for all of the major contract guard corporations during that time.  I was working full time, in house, hospital security but worked the part time contract security on my days off for extra money for the family.
  So I know contact security inside and out.
  The best security for anyplace is your own in house security.  So I agree with the TSA.
  But Republicans hate federal employees.  Republicans love giving contracts to big corporations. 
  This is going to be a big battle.  The Republicans will lose it in Congress and on Fox “news” and on talk radio.  The Republican House will want to hold hearings and they will say this is pay back by President Obama to union thugs.  It is not going to be pretty.

NY man sentenced for streaking at Pa. Obama rally

“PHILADELPHIA — A New York man has been sentenced to probation for streaking at a rally for President Barack Obama in Philadelphia.

Twenty-four-year-old Juan Rodriguez of Staten Island, N.Y., was arrested on charges of indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and open lewdness after streaking at the October rally before thousands in the city's Germantown section.

He was trying to win a million-dollar prize offered by Internet billionaire Alki David. Rodriguez didn't get the $1 million.

The Philadelphia Daily News reports that a judge sentenced Rodriguez on Friday to two years' probation to be served in New York.

Rodriguez says he picked Philadelphia because he thought the city would be more lenient.

Prosecutors had been seeking 3 to 23 months in jail.”   

Information from: Philadelphia Daily News, http://www.philly.com

  I commented on that story.  I am not sure if it was on ShowMeBlog , Howard’s Notebook or on my YouTube site.  Often I miss the end of the story this time I just happened to find the above story.
  So the guy did not get the million dollars and was lucky he did not end up in jail.

Tucker the singing dog

“Tucker, a one and a half year old Schnoodle, plays the piano and sings along at least 3 or 4 times every day. In spite of all of his practicing, he really isn't getting any better at it.”

Best in Blogs: Week of January 24–28, 2011

Top Stories for the Week of January 24 - 28, 2011

“The war over Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother rages. It started when Amy Chua, the Yale Law professor who wrote the book, had an excerpt in the Wall Street Journal that the newspaper headlined Why Chinese Moms are Superior. It made people think she was saying something like Chinese moms are superior. Much backlash and link-baiting ensued in print and blogs, from "Amy Chua is a Wimp" in the NY Times to "Tiger Mother is a Scaredy Cat" on HuffPo. Others put it in context. Sandy Hingston at Philly Post writes: "We all want so badly to be good parents. We're all so scared we're not. Chua's child- rearing screed and the responses from her readers remind me: It's fear that makes us so adamant our way is the right way. We can't bear to think we might be wrong."

A contributor ar RedState defends Chua. "I congratulate her. I wish I was more like her and admire the tremendous success that her two daughters enjoy in their lives. Other people have different reactions and this, for America is unfortunate." On Tuesday Chua was the guest on The Colbert Report and explained, people, it's a memoir of her own life with her own strict mother and her daughter, not an advice book telling American parents they're screwing up. "To her credit she did not back down under Colbert's (rather serious) questioning - which is more than can be said about many a politician!!" says Business Insider. Meanwhile, a WSJ follow-up at its China RealTime blog says the book in China is being called "Being a Mom in America." And now there is talk of some sort of movie.

Meanwhile, over at Geekdad they've taken the strategy of most American dads and remained oblivious of the entire situation, with posts like What's New In Pokemon Black/White? In other China news, at the Australian Open on Thursday, Li Na beat Caroline Wozniacki to become the first Chinese player in history to advance to the finals of any Grand Slam tennis tournament. In her post-match interview, Li was all jokes. Her tiger mother must have forced her to be hilarious! Snoring husbands? Reluctant mothers? Jokes about playing only for prize money? That's fantastic stuff and funnier than anything I saw on Leno, Letterman or Stewart this week. A star is born," writes Busted Racquet.

It wouldn't be a week-in-review without some Facebook news that makes you wonder why you're using it. Here comes "Sponsored Stories," a new advertising feature in which can put your check-ins and "likes" into ads for companies, as the accompanying mock-up from Mashable illustrates. "Users seeing their friends "liking" or checking in to Whole Foods will drive increased trust and increased traffic," Mash explains. (Pause for cold shudder.) Concludes Faster Forward: "One aspect of this ad program should be easy to predict: People won't like it."

Apparently 1,800 people "liked" a message that hackers left on the Mark Zuckerberg fan page, according to TechChunks. "It wasn't just Zuckerberg's fan page which was affected. Facebook declined to say which other pages had been hit by hackers exploiting the vulnerability - but it appears that other 'high-profile' pages were also impacted," says Naked Security, where they explain "what really happened." On Wednesday Facebook announced new security features to protect accounts. "While the announcement isn't necessarily a result of [the Zuckerberg page breach]," says ReadWriteWeb. "It's a good reminder of the importance of always using a secure connection to access your accounts online."

President Obama had a TV show this week, and his State of the Union address got the usual 21st century treatment: rather than making an old- fashioned word cloud using the content of the speech, NPR asked its listeners to describe the speech using three words, then created a word cloud using just those words suggested. That's' why "salmon" came up large in all versions of the cloud, which NPR ran separately for Republicans, democrats and independents. I Hate The Media created a cloud of the actual words in the address, and less aquatic stuff like "new" and "people" and "American" dominates. "Funny thing, though," says IHTM. The words 'debt' and 'deficit' aren't even in the top fifty. You might even say we had a deficit deficit."

Obama made a lot of long-range promises, and Gizmodo takes us to a future state by analyzing what the speech means for the world of tomorrow: "The President of the United States just shouted out Facebook in the State of the Union address. Wow. Not particularly surprising, given that social media helped (in part) to push Obama into the White House. But still... Obama mentioned the Internet a whopping six times, as opposed to a whopping zero in last year's address. Could it be all that The Social Network Oscar buzz?"

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I should get my antenna today

 

  I ordered the PowerQ POWERHD-100 Indoor Portable Pop-Up Digital HDTV Antenna on the 26th.  Today is the 28th and it looks like I am going to get it today in the mail.
  It helps I guess that it was sent from Mesquite (TX) and I am in Fort Worth (TX).
  I have a usb device hooked up to my laptop computer that lets me see TV on my laptop computer.  I use my laptop as a desktop computer so I end up watching TV on my HP 23 inch monitor. 
  I am just using an old set of rabbit ears.  So it will be interesting to see how this antenna works.  If it works out I could take it with my laptop if I go someplace and watch over the air TV.