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About me - Chuck Moyer

Middle age isn't slowing me down, if anything the downhill slope is giving me a chance to accelerate. Like the line from the Rush song says: "Young enough to remember the future, but old enough not to care what (they) think of me"

Twenty years in business working

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Entertainment > Musicians & Bands Top five progressive bands: 1 of 12
Musical influence, following and even creativity change over time, one's legacy changes very little. A mark of the great artists and groups of the progressive rock genre was one of innovation for the majority of their works; each release pushed the musical envelope. There were assaults on musical classification, depth and ima... More..
Business > Human Resources Finding good employees and making them great: 4 of 26
Are you Offering Drudgery or Accomplishment? Your applicants are what you recruit. If you want the best, the position you are offering needs to stand out from the rest. So many job posting, job expo speeches and initial interviews are laced with descriptions of monotony. A typical job description lays out the tasks the positi... More..
Entertainment > Movie Remakes & Adaptations Monty Python's King Arthur versus the real King Arthur: 1 of 6
Comedic absurdity is best when it is a short walk from reality in the opposite direction. Monty Python took a well known and classic yarn one that was typically and extremely British and dressed it up in parody.King Arthur in all the elements of Sir Thomas Malory's Le Morte D' Arthur' is the mythological hero of the English p... More..
Computers & Technology > Internet Software & Utilities Software reviews: Symantec Norton Antivirus (2008): 3 of 15
In addressing a growing problem of the cure becoming worse than the curse, Norton Antivirus (2008) has leapt ahead of the competition to make virus protection what it should be, unobtrusive. Security and protection work best when it works reliably and silently. Norton Antivirus has made some significant improvements in the sp... More..
Business > Project Management Basics of project management: 5 of 22
Five letters is all that is needed to summarize the basics of Project Management. IPECC. This is the acronym for the phases of a project: Initiate, Plan, Execute, Control and Close. It is also an effective way to explain the basics. But first we must start with a definition of a project. According to the Project Management In... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Music from the 70s: 5 of 20
It's hard to pinpoint the exact moment. Let alone what led to it. But 1977 became my musical vinculum, both a pinnacle and a fountainhead, a dihedral of musical forces, creativity and opus. Music became a love of mine.Even newer music and older music has traces back and forward to 1977. Its significance is not lost, it is con... More..
Entertainment > Music (Other) Great places to buy music books online: 1 of 4
The popular choice for purchasing music books online is sheetmusicplus.com. The advantage of this site over general book sites is its offering of only music books and abilities to browse titles by artist, composer, instrument and other music oriented categories.On line browsing not looking for a specific title - can be daunti... More..
Business > Finance & Insurance What is cost accounting?: 1 of 4
Everyone knows that revenue is a precursor to profits, but how much profit; that is the impedance behind Cost Accounting. Tax purposes and Wall Street projections are all about the aggregate revenue minus expenses. But this doesn't help make the micro level business decisions on whether individual products are profitable, the... More..
Politics, News & Issues > Conservation Will there be wars over the ownership of water?: 15 of 49
The human race has a long history of staking ownership claims to both territories and resources; in what seems like an innate trait linked not only to instinctive survival behavior but also economic viability. Waging of wars is a differentia of the human species and while battles have been fought over many things; boundaries,... More..
Business > Starting a Business What is a sole proprietorship?: 2 of 6
Are you ready to go on it your own? Do you have that idea for a business you think is a winner? Before you jump in, there are many things to plan out. What form of ownership your company takes is an early and important one. Ownership structure influences how risk, succession, and taxes are handled in your business. And can in... More..