Friday, August 27, 2010

Picasa vs. Flickr

Why does Google's Picasa web Albums still lag behind Flickr in versatility? In Flickr I can adjust the date for an image in a field. This is especially important when I scan an historical image. I want the date to be the date the image was taken, not the date that it was scanned that Google takes from the meta data. Flickr also lets me sort the images in any folder by the date. This adds utility to any folder. I can watch myself age as I progress through images of my youth to my current age. Scanned articles are now in chronological order. Flickr also has flexibility in the date fields for historical images so I can just pick a year, or just a month and a year. There is also a "circa" box I can check to let someone in the future know that there is uncertainty built into the date.

Tuesday, August 17, 2010

Wachovia gift card ripoff



What a ripoff a Wachovia gift card is. The person giving it to you pays cash for it, but after 12 months Wachovia charges you $2.50 a month as a service fee and deducts it from the card until all the money on the card is taken back by Wachovia. Why would you need to have a service fee if you are not using any service? Well, the answer is: so Wachovia can keep all the money on the card. I love laissez faire economics. There is also no telephone number on the card, and no easy access from the website to check the balance on the card. If you have $100 on the card, and the purchase is $107 with tax, the purchase gets declined. Ideally it would take the $100 on the card and the register would say that you owe $7 in cash. The only reason to not do that is to make it hard to use the card so that the $2.50 monthly fee starts to kick in.

Saturday, August 14, 2010

Windows Vista problem with Switch User

I am running Windows Vista and I still have the problem that when you try to switch between user accounts the computer just goes to a black screen, and the only way to get control of the computer back is to do a hard reboot by switching the computer off then on again. I have searched forums and found other users with the same problem but no solution, I thought that one of the updates would have taken care of it by now. The Microsoft help forum acknowledges the problem and says that is caused by third party software. It offers no solution ... or hope.

Friday, August 06, 2010

Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920- ) resume circa 1952-1954

Thomas P. Norton
268 Gorden Drive
Paramus, New Jersey
Oradel 8-6233 R
Office Manager
______________

Currently employed as Office Manager at Mutual Chemical Company of America, Jersey City Works, with twelve years of diversified management and executive experience in continuous-type, heavy-chemical, industrial plant of 350 employees. Responsible for Tímekeeping and Payroll, Plant Accounting Department and related Office Services with particular emphasis on Burroughs Machine Accounting, Office Systems and Cost Control.

I have a thorough knowledge of all Burroughs Accounting Machine Operations including: Unit and dual plan payroll writing; cost distribution; accounts payable (voucher register and cash disbursements); accounts receivable; stores inventory control; general ledger posting; billing; and equipment history records for maintenance control. My experience includes operations on the Burroughs 7200, 7800 and Sensimatic machines.
I am experienced in Personnel Administration including: wage and salary programs; union contract negotiations (with evaluation of union demands and interpretation in cents per hour); welfare plans (group insurance, hospitalization and pension programs); wage and employment surveys; employment and medical record keeping; plant safety program. I have had limited experience in employee interviews, recruitment, screening and hiring of new employees.
I have a working knowledge of Purchasing and Storeskeeping including: placing of bids, purchase orders and contracts; conducting price and market surveys; controlling maximum and minimum on hand quantities for a six thousand item maintenance stores inventory; conducting cyclic, periodic and reorder inventories.
I am also experienced in the flow of work from the origination of the purchase requisition through the passing of the invoice for payment.
I have had some experience in Traffic and Shipping; including domestic and export freight movement; receiving and warehousing.
I have worked with one of the leading management consultant firms in reorganizing our entire office progress; including the installation of a standard cost system.
I am interested in obtaining a position with a progressive organization as Office Manager or Assistant Office Manager, Burroughs Accounting Machine Supervisor or Administrative Assistant to the Plant Manager or Controller.
Chronological history of employment with Mutual Chemical of America

1/23/50 to date Office Manager as described on page one. I report directly to the Controller.
9/1/48 to 1/22/50 Assistant Office Manager (Generally the same as above but reported to the Office Manager) Did not hire new office employees.
12/30/46 to 8/31/48 Paymaster. Supervised Timekeeping and Payroll Departments.
4/1/46 to 12/29/46 Payroll Supervisor. Supervised Payroll Department only.
12/8/45 to 3/31/46 Production Clerk. Maintained all production records, calculated yields, throughputs and department volumes; issued reports on all phases of production. Reported to the Production Superintendent.
6/22/42 to 9/25/45
United States Navy Service. Honorable Discharge.
2/28/41 to 6/21/42
Traffic Clerk. Rated, routed and dispatched all outbound shipments. Handled routine claims for loss or damage. Paid freight bills on both inbound and outbound shipments. Maintained raw material receipts and finished goods shipped reports. Reported to the Traffic Manager.
History of prior employment

1938 to 1940 Traffic Clerk. Eagle Printing Ink Company, 165 Gates Avenue, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Education

1933 to 1937 Graduate of Henry Snyder High School, Jersey City, New Jersey.
1937 to 1938 International Correspondence School. Course in "Railway Mail Clerk".
1939 to 1940 LaSalle Institute. Course in “Traffic Management”.
1943t o 1944 United States Armed Forces Institute. Course in "Traffic Management”.
1946 to 1948 New York University. Selected courses in Management, including: "Business Organization and Management","Office Management", "Traffic and Shipping" and “Purchasing and Storeskeeping".
1952 to date International Accountants Society. Presently taking ninety assignment course in "Accounting” with emphasis on Standard Costs.
I am also a member, through my company, of the American Management Association, Office Management Division; Society for the Advancement of Management, Northern New Jersey Chapter; Jersey City Industrial Forum; Rutgers University Extension Division; and the Jersey City Executives Club and take full advantage of the educational features of these organizations by attending as many lectures, forums, seminars and meetings as is possible.
Personal information
Born July 8, 1920 in Jersey City, New Jersey. United States Citizen. Married. Have two children. Own my own home.
References

  • Mr. Jerome Dahan, Plant. Manager, Mutual Chemical Company of America, 201West Side Avenue, Jersey City 5, New Jersey.
  • Horace Walton, Controller, Mutual Chemical Company of America, 279 Madison Avenue, New York 16, New York.
  • Mr. William J. Mackay, Treasurer, Mutual Chemical Company of' America, 270 Madison Avenue, New York 16, New York.
  • Russell E. Stevens, Jr., Operations Manager New England Division of the Allstate Insurance Company, Regional Office, 10 Commerce Court, Newark 2, New Jersey. Formerly Office Manager at Mutual Chemical Company of America, Jersey City Works and my immediate superior for, three years.
  • Mr. Michael J. Noonan, Personnel Director, Universal-Rundle Corporation, River Road, Camden, New Jersey. Formerly Personnel Manager at Mutual Chemical Company of America, Jersey City Works and my associate for some five years.
  • Mr. George Street, Sales Supervisor, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, 92 Washington Street, Newark, New Jersey.
  • Mr. Arthur Winter, Salesman, Burroughs Adding Machine Company, 4 Foye Place, Jersey City, New Jersey.
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton III (1920- ) resume circa 1952-1954

Thursday, August 05, 2010

Thomas Patrick Norton II (1920-2011) resume circa 1952-1954

Thomas P. Norton
268 Gorden Drive
Paramus, New Jersey
Oradel 8-6233 R
Office Manager
______________
Currently employed as Office Manager at Mutual Chemical Company of America, Jersey City Works, with twelve years of diversified management and executive experience in continuous-type, heavy-chemical, industrial plant of 350 employees. Responsible for Tímekeepíng and Payroll, Plant Accounting Department and related Offíce Services with particular emphasis on Burroughs Machine Accounting, Office Systems and Cost Control. I have a thorough knowledge of all Burroughs Accounting Machine Operations including: Unit and dual plan payroll writing; cost distribution; accounts payable (voucher register and cash disbursements); accounts receivable; stores inventory control; general ledger posting; billing; and equipment history records for maintenance control. My experience includes operations on the Burroughs 7200, 7800 and Sensimatíc machines.
I am experienced in Personnel Administration including: wage and salary programs; union contract negotiations (with evaluation of union demands and interpretation in cents per hour); welfare plans (group insurance, hospitalization and pension programs); wage and employment surveys; employment and medical record keeping; plant safety program. I have had limited experience in employee interviews, recruitment, screening and hiring of new employees.
I have a working knowledge of Purchasing and Storeskeepíng including: placing of bids, purchase orders and contracts; conducting price and market surveys; controlling maximum and minimum on hand quantities for a six thousand item maintenance stores inventory; conducting cyclic, periodic and reorder inventories.
I am also experienced in the flow of work from the origination of the purchase requisition through the passing of the invoice for payment.
I have had some experience in Traffic and Shipping; including domestic and export freight movement; receiving and warehousing.
I have worked with one of the leading management consultant firms in reorganizing our entire office progress; including the installation of a standard cost system.
I am interested in obtaining a position with a progressive organization as Office Manager or Assistant Office Manager, Burroughs Accounting Machine Supervisor or Administrative Assistant to the Plant Manager or Controller.
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton III (1920- ) resume circa 1952-1954

Thomas Patrick Norton III (1920-2011) resume circa 1952-1954



Thomas P. Norton
268 Gorden Drive
Paramus, New Jersey
Oradel 8-6233 R
Office Manager
______________
Currently employed as Office Manager at Mutual Chemical Company of America, Jersey City Works, with twelve years of diversified management and executive experience in continuous-type, heavy-chemical, industrial plant of 350 employees. Responsible for Tímekeepíng and Payroll, Plant Accounting Department and related Offíce Services with particular emphasis on Burroughs Machine Accounting, Office Systems and Cost Control. I have a thorough knowledge of all Burroughs Accounting Machine Operations including: Unit and dual plan payroll writing; cost distribution; accounts payable (voucher register and cash disbursements); accounts receivable; stores inventory control; general ledger posting; billing; and equipment history records for maintenance control. My experience includes operations on the Burroughs 7200, 7800 and Sensimatíc machines.
I am experienced in Personnel Administration including: wage and salary programs; union contract negotiations (with evaluation of union demands and interpretation in cents per hour); welfare plans (group insurance, hospitalization and pension programs); wage and employment surveys; employment and medical record keeping; plant safety program. I have had limited experience in employee interviews, recruitment, screening and hiring of new employees.
I have a working knowledge of Purchasing and Storeskeepíng including: placing of bids, purchase orders and contracts; conducting price and market surveys; controlling maximum and minimum on hand quantities for a six thousand item maintenance stores inventory; conducting cyclic, periodic and reorder inventories.
I am also experienced in the flow of work from the origination of the purchase requisition through the passing of the invoice for payment.
I have had some experience in Traffic and Shipping; including domestic and export freight movement; receiving and warehousing.
I have worked with one of the leading management consultant firms in reorganizing our entire office progress; including the installation of a standard cost system.
I am interested in obtaining a position with a progressive organization as Office Manager or Assistant Office Manager, Burroughs Accounting Machine Supervisor or Administrative Assistant to the Plant Manager or Controller.
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton III (1920- ) resume circa 1952-1954
Thomas P. Norton

268 Gorden Drive
Paramus, New Jersey
Oradel 8-6233 R
Office Manager
______________
Currently employed as Office Manager at Mutual Chemical Company of America, Jersey City Works, with twelve years of diversified management and executive experience in continuous-type, heavy-chemical, industrial plant of 350 employees. Responsible for Tímekeepíng and Payroll, Plant Accounting Department and related Offíce Services with particular emphasis on Burroughs Machine Accounting, Office Systems and Cost Control. I have a thorough knowledge of all Burroughs Accounting Machine Operations including: Unit and dual plan payroll writing; cost distribution; accounts payable (voucher register and cash disbursements); accounts receivable; stores inventory control; general ledger posting; billing; and equipment history records for maintenance control. My experience includes operations on the Burroughs 7200, 7800 and Sensimatíc machines.
I am experienced in Personnel Administration including: wage and salary programs; union contract negotiations (with evaluation of union demands and interpretation in cents per hour); welfare plans (group insurance, hospitalization and pension programs); wage and employment surveys; employment and medical record keeping; plant safety program. I have had limited experience in employee interviews, recruitment, screening and hiring of new employees.
I have a working knowledge of Purchasing and Storeskeepíng including: placing of bids, purchase orders and contracts; conducting price and market surveys; controlling maximum and minimum on hand quantities for a six thousand item maintenance stores inventory; conducting cyclic, periodic and reorder inventories.
I am also experienced in the flow of work from the origination of the purchase requisition through the passing of the invoice for payment.
I have had some experience in Traffic and Shipping; including domestic and export freight movement; receiving and warehousing.
I have worked with one of the leading management consultant firms in reorganizing our entire office progress; including the installation of a standard cost system.
I am interested in obtaining a position with a progressive organization as Office Manager or Assistant Office Manager, Burroughs Accounting Machine Supervisor or Administrative Assistant to the Plant Manager or Controller.
Source: Thomas Patrick Norton III (1920- ) resume circa 1952-1954

Wednesday, August 04, 2010

Wedding of Ralph Freudenberg (1903-1980) to Wladyslawa Joan Dombrowska (1916-1995)

Wedding of Ralph Freudenberg (1903-1980) to Wladyslawa Joan Dombrowska (1916-1995) in 1964. Image from the collection of Burnett Peter Van Deusen (1913-1993) scanned by Mark Andrew Dahl (1970- ) in 2010.

Tuesday, August 03, 2010

Anthony Falletta, Jr. (1965-2010)



Anthony Falletta, Jr. (1965-2010) died in a car accident along the Garden State Parkway. (b. January 18, 1965; Paterson, New Jersey - August 2, 2010; AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center, Pomona, New Jersey)

Obituary:
Anthony Falletta Jr, age 45 of Island Heights, passed away Monday, August 2nd at AtlantiCare Regional MedicalCenter. Born in Paterson, he was raised in Jefferson Township, lived in Hamilton Square before moving to Island Heights six years ago. He was employed as a Project Superintendent for The Earle Companies in Wall Township. He was a member of United Methodist Church in Island Heights. All who knew Anthony will remember his devotion to his family wife, children, relatives, friends and people with whom he came into contact. Surviving are his wife Beth, his children Anthony Joseph "AJ" and Kristina, his parents Anthony Sr. and Phyllis of Toms River, his brother Thomas and his wife Kathleen of New Egypt, his sister Suzanne and her husband Pete of Howell, mother-in-law Joan Schwendel of Jefferson Township, brother-in-law Paul Schwendel and his wife Gina, sister-in-law Tracy Ames and her husband David along with many nieces and nephews. Visitation will be held Thursday, August 5th from 2-4 and 7-9 PM and Friday, August 6th from 9:00 AM until the Funeral Service beginning at 10:30 AM at Carmona-Bolen Home For Funerals, 412 Main Street, Toms River, NJ 08753. Cremation will be private. In lieu of flowers contributions to AJ's and Kristina's college fund are appreciated.