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Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Jobs: Manager Global Security

Filed under: Jobs,Management Positions — Tags: , , , , — Matt @ 12:07 AM

 Newmont

Manager Global Security 

Job Number:

 090038

Description

Founded in 1921 and publicly traded since 1925, Newmont (www.newmont.com) is one of the largest gold companies in the world.  Headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the company has approximately 34,000 employees and contractors, with the majority working at Newmont’s core operations in the United States, Australia, Peru, Indonesia and Ghana.  Newmont is the only gold company listed in the S&P 500 index and in 2007 became the first gold company selected to be part of the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index.  Newmont’s industry leading performance is reflected through high standards in environmental management, health and safety for its employees and creating value and opportunity for host communities and shareholders. 

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Monday, February 9, 2009

Cool Stuff: Feral Jundi Statistics

Filed under: Cool Stuff,Year In Review — Tags: , , — Matt @ 6:11 PM

    I want to thank you the reader, for making Feral Jundi what it is, and I thought it would be interesting to show you guys some cool statistics.  Weapons, jobs, and legal stuff seem to be a big hit. By the way, I used Google Analytics for this report and it is an awesome tool.  –Matt

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My Top Ten US Reader States(1. being the most readers)

1. California

2. Idaho

3. Texas

4. Virginia

5. Florida

6. Washington

7. New York

8. Georgia

9. Tennessee

10. North Carolina

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Industry Talk: What is this DoS Security Protective Specialist All About?

Filed under: Government Work,Industry Talk,Jobs — Tags: , , — Matt @ 11:31 AM

 

     This is interesting, and certainly active on the forums.  What is this new position with DoS all about?  Well, I will tell you my personal opinion on it all.  Secretary Clinton needs us for the mission of protecting her people, but she really doesn’t like using private industry to do this.  So this is the next best thing.  You are basically a contractor that answers directly to the Foreign Service, as opposed to working for the Foreign Service through a full service company like Blackwater.  

     The crucial aspect of this, is that you will have to pass their 13 week DSTC academy, and then you can be called up and used for overseas stuff.  The caveat in this, is that you now have to answer to federal government management and structure.  Although some might look at that as a positive deal, because at least there are some protections in the government to make managers do what they are supposed to do.(EEO, Whistleblower Act, etc.)  But like most government, most managers are very good at working the system, and the strength of the checks and balances is questionable. Especially in a highly public incident that isn’t clear cut, kind of like the Nisour Square deal in Iraq.  And judging how DoS has treated that incident and Blackwater, I am not too confident on how they would treat contractors working directly for them. In forest fire fighting, I have seen management throw their people under the bus, to avoid getting involved and doing the right thing of protecting that employee.  

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Afghanistan: Blast Kills Two Contractors

Filed under: Afghanistan — Tags: , , , — Matt @ 9:39 AM

   Sad deal, and the point to bring up in this story, is booby trapping IED’s with remote detonation of that IED.  In Iraq and elsewhere, it is very common to have an attack, followed up with an attack.  The point is to draw in the QRF or emergency folks, or draw in folks who think the bomb is defused, and then initiate the secondary bomb.  It is very difficult to defend against, and a common tactic of the bomber.  Rest in peace, and my heart goes out to the families of the deceased and injured.  –Matt 

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Afghan blast kills two US nationals

February 8, 2009

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AFP) — A bomb killed four people, including two US nationals, in Afghanistan’s southern province of Helmand Sunday, a police commander said, in an attack claimed by the Taliban.

The explosion was in the dangerous Nad Ali district, one of Afghanistan’s main opium-growing areas, where Taliban insurgents are said to earn money by protecting the lucrative crop from US-backed efforts to eliminate it.

The US and NATO-led military forces confirmed the blast but not the casualties.

The group had been checking an improvised explosive device that they believed had been defused, Helmand deputy police chief Kamalodin Khan told AFP.

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Sunday, February 8, 2009

Kaizen: The New Influencers of Social Media Marketing

Filed under: Kaizen — Tags: , , — Matt @ 1:29 PM

   Now here is some juice for the PMC 2.0 guys out there.  This is mostly some Kaizen for you bloggers and ezine guys, but PMC/PSC and the military could use this stuff too.  I am not saying all of them are a good ideas, but these are things to think about as we evolve and improve.  –Matt 

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PRSA 2008 New Influencers of Social Media Marketing

Posted by Nicole on Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 –

    New influencers are creating new sources of media, who are these new influencers? You, me and even Joe the plumber. How is this possible? We are now publishers we are able to report, comment and even create news content, we have the news and the media is now coming to us.

     Paul Gillin, author of The New Influencers, states that there are Ten Secrets to Success of Social Media. But to understand these we must first realize that traditional media is declining and that search is the new circulation. Once we understand this we as PR professionals will be able to understand how each person is an influencer of media marketing and will become more successful in our marketing and media strategies.

    Secret # 1- Don’t Fear Negativity. We must learn to accept that we cannot control what people say, but that we can contain negativity to a certain degree. There are always going to be people that may disagree with what you say or what you do, but the trick is to realize it and accept it. If you make a mistake fess up to it. After all if you don’t and it is proven that you were in the wrong you are just adding fuel to the fire.

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