dcunni2990

@dcunni2990 (120)

United States • Age 59

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The 2nd Presidential Debate

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 25 Oct 12

I watched the 2nd Presidential Debate, last week, and found it was more energetic because not only was Romney confident, strong, concise & detailed, but Obama was too. Obama actually criticized Romney, unlike he did during the...

barack obama

mitt romney

The Vice-Presidential Debate

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 15 Oct 12

I watched the Vice Presidential Debate last week. Paul Ryan worked out with weights before the debate prep. and is considered a good debater in the House of Reps. Biden is ano old bureaucrat with old liberal ideas. Ryan is a young...

the presidential election

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I Submitted My 5th Article...but

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 7 Oct 12

On Thursday, I didn't sleep well because I stayed up late because of the debate Wed. night. My Helium article on "Why British Police Don't Carry Guns" was due that evening @ 8. I was busy exercising in late morning, watching...

article writing

deadlines

overconfidence

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The Great Debate

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 5 Oct 12

I watched the 1st Presidential Debate on Wednesday night after tyring to take a nap from 7:30-8:55. I couldn't. I had a bad night sleeping the night before. I had a headache & was tired, but I really paid close attention to the...

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My 4th Article Submitted to Helium and Accepted!

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 3 Oct 12

From Monday to Tuesday, I have been working on my next article for Helium.com - Mitt Romney's foreign policy positions - I finsished by Tues. morning but since I had used a website for a source, I had to find info. on embedding...

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Completed & Submitted my 2nd Article on Helium!

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 28 Sep 12

I worked on my article on the Libertarian Party on Wed. for Helium.com, with little sleep the night before (less than an hour). I had saved Internet sources on my Desktop, on my laptop computer, and wrote some things on Mon. and...

deadlines

embedded links

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Going to my college alma mater today

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 21 Sep 12

I will be going to Sage College of Albany today for the annual Alumni Weekend. It's for 2 days but I will just be going to the one today around 3:00 and will be joining my friend Latelle (also a Sage alumni) in looking @ the art...

alma mater

college alumni

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I Completed & Submitted My 2nd Article on Helium, but....

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 21 Sep 12

I researched, wrote, edited, cited and submitted my 2nd article for Helium on Wed. night, but...I learned the next day that they didn't accept it! They said it was cited a lot in the paragraphs and @ the end, but it wasn't cited...

proper citations

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I Finally Got My 1st Article on Helium!

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 14 Sep 12

After being on Helium.com since June, after submitting my 1st article in late June and having it rejected because I had too many words and couldn't get a photo in it on time, after missing the deadline of 2 articles that I signed...

freelance writing

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I've Been Sick for About a Month

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 3 Aug 12

I haven't written on mylot since June after I had applied for freelance writer for Helium. I hadn't applied to any assignments until June 23, because I had been busy with my volunteer jobs, watering my lawn, etc. Once, I had some...

headaches

sleep loss

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I Applied to Helium as a Freelance Writer

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 3 Jun 12

As I mentioned in previous posts, I belong to oDesk, ever since March 31. I had applied to 6 specific jobs, it cold be the best paying online writing job there is, if you actually get one, but I only had 1 job offer which I...

freelance writing

helium

odesk

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Warning! The Windows Care is a Scam!

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 30 May 12

I had been using my laptop computer without anti-virus software on it for a few days last week. I had also lost wireless capability for about a month, meaning every time I go online I have to plug in the internet cord into the...

computer scams

identity theft

the windows care

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I Got My 1st Job Notification from oDesk!

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 19 May 12

Since applying to my 1st job on oDesk in April, I applied to 2 more this (Tues. & Wed.)- mostly article writing of various kinds, one with a fixed price, the other one with an hourly price for longer than 2 months. I was checking...

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Too Much Time Volunteering

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 3 May 12

I've been looking for online writing jobs since Jan. I thought I found one which I thought would work out for me, in April, but I hadn't had any luck with specific writing jobs. I looked online again last week & this week & found...

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Capitalism & Competitivness

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 24 Apr 12

In his recent article, David Brooks talks about the founder of Paypal, Peter Thiel, who said that people confuse capitalism and competitiveness. We try to be competitive in life to get ahead financially and with status. But...

capitalism

competitiveness

creativity

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Applied to my 1st job on oDesk

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 16 Apr 12

After joining oDesk on March 31, filling out my application, updating & posting my resume, writing a cover letter, uploading 4 writing samples, taking 3 tests on the site, & looking on the site for specific jobs - writing, typing,...

odesk

online data entry jobs

online writing jobs

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Journey's Escape

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 12 Apr 12

I've loved Journey ever since I heard the Departure album. I didn't really hear the Escape album 'till the fall of '82. And when Frontiers came out in early '83, I loved it esp. "Seperate Ways" "After the Fall" "Faithfully" "Send...

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Still Working on My Application to oDesk

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 3 Apr 12

After I applied for oDesk & filled out the questionaire on Sat., I still worked on my application. I looked on my computer at all my documents to see which ones I should upload onto the Sample Writing part of the application. I...

odesk

writing samples

Applied as a Writer/Typist/Data Entry Clerk for ODesk

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 31 Mar 12

I updated my resume today & then applied to Seed but I couldn't get access to the sign up page after about 10 times. So, I applied to ODesk & filled out a questionaire including my goal in summary, skills, experience & education....

freelance data entry clerk

freelance typist

freelance writer

odesk

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A Supermarket Being Built Near Our Street

dcunni2990 @dcunni2990 (120) • United States 29 Mar 12

Starting in September 2011, there was a proposal by a development company called Columbia, to build a Shop Rite Supermarket where the Otto's Oldsmobile lot is in my hometown of Colonie, NY. Suddenly last year, Shop Rite, which...

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