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QUOTE(aboz56 @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 02:40 PM) He said by middle of next week or around. Also there are two open positions and its been posted since late June so either 1) they haven't interviewed many people or 2) they haven't found anyone who they feel is qualified. One thing I tried to do was ask them questions specifically about the job and how they saw me fitting in. Are there any clues that I should have looked for during the interview to let me know what they thought of me? Obviously they wouldn't say anything bad directly to you and I felt I got excellent feedback throughout. Two of them were VP's of the office and the other one was the direct hiring manager. As far as contacting them, I just sent a thank you email and kept it very brief. Somethings I have learned over the years... -I hate HR people. I hate the questions they ask, I hate the pretenciousness of they way they have to interview you. They don't mean nearly as much as the people you would be working for. -I love interviewing with people who are from the areas I work in, because I know what they are looking for, and it is much more relaxed. -Listen to the situational questions asked by the people who would be your direct supervisors as usually there is a reason they are asking it. Usually it means there is something going on, and they don't want to add to the problem -Watch for red flags of a bad office. If you get asked a lot of situational questions, and not too much about yourself and what your skills are, there is something going on. Especially pay attention to the tone of the questions, and whether they are how you would react in a negative situation or a postitive situation. -Engage the people interviewing you, especially the ones you would be working for. The more personality you can show, the more you become a real person to them, and not just another interview. They want to know not only that you can do the job, but that you will fit into the personality of their office. -Don't be afraid to ask questions akin to why you should want to work for them, but obviously phrases much more professionally than that. -Learn as much as you can about a company and try to tie anything and everything that you have done, to what they are wanting you to do. The easier a company thinks you will fit, the more likely they are to pick you. -Pay attention to the follow up conversation after a question. The longer they talk about something, the better. If they don't like you, they won't waste their time, especially the supervisors vs the HR people.

Always ask at the end of an interview about a timetable. To be honest there is no way of telling how long it will be as there is no way of knowing how many interviews are still to come, if there will be more than one interview, how many positions there are etc. Ask all of this stuff at the end of last interview.

No one else wants to play along? I hate you all [takes ball and goes home]

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 12:48 PM) I'm not disagreeing on that point. However, the HRW piece makes a strong case that Israel is doing far more than just targeting the folks who are actually launching missiles, they've repeatedly targeted civilian installations and people with no connection to Hezbollah itself. There are also enough holes in this report to drive a mack truck through it. They repeatedly state that they interview villagers and other people in the area to ask if there was a legitimate reason for Israel to be targeting the affected area. If the government of Lebanon is impotent to stop Hezbollah, do you really think Joe Muhammed is going to speak out and say yes, indeed my neighbors are really firing missiles into Israel. #1 they know if they are found out, that they are dead, and #2, why would they ever make a statement that made Israel look good as the expense of their own people, when they hate Israel in the first place? #3 You see all of the time that people live next door to a serial killer for 20 years and don't know it, they always have an interview with a mass killers mom, and the first thing they say is that my boy couldn't have done, when they in fact did do it. People don't always know who their neighbors are, and what their politics are. Just because a human rights group walks into a village and asks questions during a war, it doesn't mean they are going to get truthful or even accurate answers. Plenty of photographic, film, and circumstancial evidence indicates that it is indeed the method of Hezbollah to hide amongst civilians and then use their deaths as a PR bonus to their side. There have already been instances in these very battles where casualties were lied about, exaggerated, and changed to make Israel look worse.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 12:37 PM) So, in other words, it's ok for Israel to level ANYONE's backyard, because Hezbollah is making use of some people's back yards. If they are allowing their backyard to be used as a mechanism for launching missiles into Israel, I think that makes a little bit of difference. It doesn't really make them a civilian anymore, no matter how hard they try to deny it.

QUOTE(RockRaines @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 11:20 AM) SOmething with clocks? I am guessing he means his time here is running out if he is going to look to start something...

So I guess this means he wasn't "misinterpreted" the first time he said, since he was so kind as to reiterate it again.

Damn, I hate making lists like that because I always forget people... I definately need Flaxx invovled. He'd have to be in charge of the beer and music at my fundraisers/inaugural ball. Flaxx=Event Coordinator for Team Southsider

QUOTE(Flash Tizzle @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 02:57 AM) They're created to discuss the game after its conclusion. Is it any different than a "White Sox Winner" thread? Or is it that only acceptable because it doesn't depress you? Can't have it both ways. Either both or none. That's why WSI is what it is -- any discussions relating to positivity are heralded, whereas threads negative in nature (aside from post game threads) are disregarded. Would someone like to explain why else the Javier Vazquez thread was closed when there obviously wasn't a reason besides negative commentary? There weren't exactly personal insults within it. And don't answer, "because how many times can you hear Vazquez is THE SUXORS11111!!!!", because I've seen numerous threads with far less to offer allowed to remain. Actually, it would be more constructive to Soxtalk for an all-encompassing Vazquez thread to exist. I guess you missed the post about punching Javy in the face before it got deleted, huh? I know the WSI and thread police have been having a field day about what is and isn't done here, but in general, just because the mods and admins here don't make a dog and pony show about showing off everytime we do something, doesn't mean there isn't a rhyme or reason to what is being done. The very fact that this stuff gets talked about in public and not deleted should be proof enough of our intents here. If we were looking to blow sunshine up everyone's butts, questions like this would be deleted and told to use PMs or emails to address their concerns. And please don't give me the crap about postive threads being "heralded" here. They might get a few happy posts, but right as rain, you will get the people who feel that they have to crap on anything positive that gets said here. I am sick of people thinking just because they will call out people, it makes them somekind of superfan who is better than everyone else who doesn't dwell on the negatives. Plus I always hear about how Sox fans will talk about the negative so it makes them better than Cub fans... Have you listened to Cub fans the last few years? They have been more negative than just about anyone as far as I have heard, I guess that makes them great fans then? What separates good Sox fans from Cub fans is the depth of their converstations and baseball knowledge. If you switched all of the "Guillen"'s to "Baker"'s and Vazquez/Garcia"'s to "Prior/Wood"s and you might think you were at NSBB somedays.

QUOTE(danman31 @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 01:23 AM) Not to be an ass, but do we really need White Sox loser threads? Seems kinda depressing and who wants to talk about a loss? I guess even some Sox fans need their own little "L" flag, huh?

Happy Birthday :cheers

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Jul 30, 2006 -> 06:27 PM) 34 children die in Israeli Air Strike . Israel will slow down/halt operations in southern lebanon for 48 hours in response. So now it turns out those numbers might have been a little bit lower than first reported... More like half. http://www.nysun.com/article/37288 http://haaretz.com/hasen/spages/745828.html

My campaign team Rex-Campaign manager Kap-Finance manager Steff-Get out the vote organizer Nuke-Door to door, get out the vote Gage-Internet site manager Murcie/Balta/LCR-(dis)information and rumor specialists Spiff-Debate preparer Tex-Spin Doctor Snb-Security coordinator

Tex gave me an idea in another thread... If you were running for an office, and had to hire only people from Soxtalk, who would you hire, and what would you put them in charge of? Have some fun

QUOTE(Texsox @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 08:10 AM) You planning on having Kap as your campaign treasurer? I'll bet there could be some really cool campaign posters. Let's have a Soxtalk, send Mike to the School Board contest I believe you would be excellent as a shool board member, you've been boaring us for years that gives me a fun thread idea...

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 07:03 AM) I know its not Congress, but I should find out about my chances for filling a vacated school board term today... I am not holding my breath as there are 12 people looking for one spot, and among them are some way over-qualified politicians, but I am definately proud of my first jump into the political realm. Having gone through it and still feeling pretty good about myself and my abilities, I am seriously considering a run in the election this fall. VOTE SOUTHSIDER!!! I didn't get picked as a finalist for the position, but I am pretty sure I am still going to run for the full term. QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Aug 1, 2006 -> 04:48 PM) But you should see what he does with kittens. That's nothing compared to what Mel and I are going to do to the Jews [/green]

Wait a second. What is the difference between Egypt cracking down on the Muslim Brotherhood, and Israel cracking down on Hezbollah? To me the only difference is that Hezbollah ran back into Lebannon and hid amongst the civilian population. In reality, Israel is cracking down on Hezbollah right now. Why is a positive when Egypt does it, but Israel shouldn't counteract when suffering not only terror attacks, but invasion, kidnappings, and rocket attacks at the hands of a similar organization? Also to counter your point about them destroyed and moving on, the Brotherhood currently holds 20% of the seats in Egypt's Parliment, forming the largest opposition block to the current government. Their block would have been much larger in reality, but many of their members were arrested prior to the "open" elections, and the rest were forced to run as "independants". There is still an active debate as to whether they should stay banned or not. Granted you got the part about them not carrying out attacks in Egypt lately right, but still to categorize them as "moved on" is completely wrong. If the Palestians themselves were so important to the rest of the middle east, and not just a pawn to a political gain, they would have been taken care of a long time ago. With all of the worry about the plight of these people living in poverty within ghettos and refugee camps, why has not one middle eastern country, let alone all of them finally said "stop the violence, stop the destruction and loss of life, come live with us, and we will take care of you as our Muslim brothers"? If you split the people of these "failed states" amongst the vast size and wealth of the rest of the Islamic middle east alone, not to mention places like Indonesia, the Palestinians would barely be a blip when blended into the current populations. Within a generation or two they would be completely absorbed into their new countries and no one would ever know the difference. Even if they didn't want to bring them into their own countries, within the vast expanses of countries like Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Jordan etc, they could have carved off a piece of land and gave it to them as their own, if they were really interested in supplying the Palestians their own state independant of anyone else. To me a solution like that would prove more to me that they were interested in peace than any Syrian missle or terror attack could ever prove. You want to know why it will never happen? Because then the toltarian governments of the middle east lose their biggest diversion to their own shortcomings. In general they could give a care less to the plight of their "brothers" or they would be offering to shelter and feed them, instead of giving them bombs and terror advice. Heck even the Cedar Revolution that you so proudly point to as a central arguement only happened because Syria had Lebanon's President killed, not because there was some revolutionary lust for freedom within the people. The want for freedom only happened after Syria committed basically an act of war, and the people of Lebanon finally hit their breaking point. If Rafik Hariri were still alive, Syria would still control Lebanon, and Hezbollah would still be chucking rockets into Israel, as they would still be getting supplies from Iran and Syria.

QUOTE(Rex Kickass @ Aug 3, 2006 -> 12:42 AM) Pulling their forces out of Gaza is a relative term. They never really fully withdrew, still maintaining checkpoints within the strip. They did force their own people out at gunpoint.

QUOTE(Soxbadger @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 02:46 PM) Balta, That argument is flawed. It suggests that the people in Lebanon who blame the Israeli's would have ever sided with the Israeli's. I do not agree, if you had any inclination to side with the Isreali's, you would still side with them. Israel was attacked by Hezbollah, not the other way around. I do not understand how you can blame the country who was attacked for responding. There is nothing that Israel can do. Israel has sat on its hands for decades as the powers that be around them try and come up with plans and strategies to ensure their destruction. The Israeli's have bent over backwards to create stability by handing over prescious land to various middle east countries, and in the end it does nothing. There is no good will created. the people do not say "Wow, Israel got attacked and then gave the land back, what an honorable country." Instead they want more, more land, more power, they want there to be no Israel. So in the end, the position Israel has to take is; Who the f cares what the countries that surround us think? When they actually do something, not just placate western society with their words about how they are going to stop terrorism, how they are going to work towards peace, then maybe they should be given some credibility. But right now, they have 0. So I do not believe the Lebanese, if they truely wanted this to stop, it would stop. This is all about the freing of terrorists, something that the US and the rest of the world has to stand strong on. You can not give into releasing terrorists by the threat of more terror. If anything you must take that threat, and show the terrorists that you have no fear. That any threat they make will be retaliated against far worse than anything they can imagine. Either they all live in peace, or they all live in fear. The Lebanese, Hezbollah, and many other would love Israeli's to live in constant fear. And now the Israeli govt is letting them walk a mile in their shoes. See also Strip, Gaza. Israel gives it back to the Palestinians, and immediately Hamas uses it to launch rockets from there into Israel. I don't think surrendering to them really won their hearts and minds either. In reality this has been going on since pre-history. These people have always, and will always, hate each other. I really believe that there is nothing that anyone can do to stop the killing. Slamming Israel for everytime that they kill someone is pointless, as it it impossible to pick out one point in time to start condeming one side for, because you can always go back to the happening by the other side right before that for justification. Its war, people get killed. It has been going on for thousands of years or so, and will probably go on until one side nukes the otherside and everyone else has to leave the area.

Threadjackers :headshake

Rumor in today's Trib is that Aramis Ramirez will use an option in his contract and opt out of the last two years of his deal to test the free agent market after this season.

QUOTE(Balta1701 @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 12:38 PM) Didn't they already trade David Riske for him? Seriously, a.) you think they'd really go for him and b.) you think he could clear waivers? I think he'd get through waivers, but I'm just not sure Boston's willing to panic and give up anything and take on that contract all at once. No one will claim Lopez, unless its the Yanks were trying to block the Red Sox.

Its my kinda Town

QUOTE(Chisoxfn @ Aug 2, 2006 -> 12:05 PM) Ya, I'm not a big strip club guy. Although it is fun if you have some girls tag along. What kind of strip clubs have you been hanging out in... Not that there is anything wrong with that

The Alomar one from last week was awesome. PH6 is the most innovative Sox site out there, bar none.