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To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (30038)	5/14/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: Jeff Vayda	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

The I* birds will be used to supply just what they originally were designed to: phone service. The way the whole affair was structured, it appears to me to have been very favorable for the Bat people. They got bunches of money up front for system integration, satellite construction, launch service, ect. Then they are in line for huge fees for maintenance. Now they will be first in line to get paid on the restructuring. Mot will take over the 'new' system, at a significantly lower cost structure. It still remains to be seen if they can market it. Jeff Vayda

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (30038)	5/14/1999 1:14:00 PM
From: Jim Lurgio	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

Caxton, Would you believe analog is still in the toaster ? boston.com

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (30038)	5/15/1999 8:21:00 AM
From: 2brasil	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 152472

now that made me laugh? seen this pdq type phone? neopoint.com

To: Caxton Rhodes who wrote (30038)	5/16/1999 11:23:00 AM
From: CDMQ	Respond to of 152472

heads are unnecessary): The road to a new job takes a good map Staff Writer May 16, 1999 castoffs rekindled their old cigarette habit for a day and downed a bottle of Absolut to drown their sorrows. A few weeks later, Shankman, who had sobered up and returned to his native Manhattan, donned his finest business suit, slung on a sandwich board emblazoned with his poster-sized resume and stood on the bustling corner of 51st Street and Park Avenue. By the end of the day he passed out 850 resumes; executives had even stopped their cabs and limousines to grab a copy. The stunt generated 150 calls, 27 interviews and six job offers. Not everyone who' s been laid off, however, need take Shankman' s novel approach. Losing a job can be akin to losing a loved one, with the usual emotional stages of anger, denial and, finally, acceptance. One of the first things one should do when fired is to deal with the anger, says Duncan Mathison of Drake Beam Morin, an outplacement firm in San Diego. While there' s nothing wrong with jumping right back into the saddle, finding a job should be done with a clear head and focused strategy. Line up interviews, if possible, two or three weeks down the road and take the interim time to decompress and deal with any lingering resentment. "You have to get over your anger," Mathison says. "Otherwise, you can come across in interviews as a bitter person." Most of the best jobs are found through networking, that grapevine of friends, family, associates and people you can cold-call for job leads. "The best jobs never hit the classifieds," says Tim Johnston, vice president of outplacement at Torchiana Mastov & Sapiro in the Bay Area. Job hunters should make a list of all the people they know. They also should make a list of 50 to 100 companies for which they' d like to work, and show that list -- rather than a resume -- to network contacts. Mathison says when meeting with unfamiliar network sources, do so at their places of business, rather than over lunch at a restaurant, because most people keep the names and numbers of professional contacts at the office. A word to the wise: Never hit up a network source directly for a job. That is bad form, and it puts the person on guard. Here are some other tips on how to cope with a layoff and land a job: Take stock in yourself and examine what type of job would work best for you, including the type of boss, pay, benefits and long-term goals you want. "Take this opportunity to jump the right way," Johnston says. Target your search and research companies that interest you. "Targeted searches are much better than the shotgun approach," Mathison says. Polish your resume, emphasizing accomplishments as they relate to a desired position, rather than a chronology of job titles. "We tell people if they have diamonds and rubies on their resume, then get rid of the rubies and leave only diamonds," Mathison says. Be able to answer the question "Tell me about yourself" in two minutes or less, vectoring your comments as they relate to the desired position. Once you land a job, keep your network channels open and mentally have a game plan in case you get laid off again. "Never burn bridges," Johnston says. "You should always have an exit strategy." OK. Now you' re ready to hit the job trail. But whatever happened to Shankman, the New Yorker with the sandwich board resume? He' s running his own public relations agency called, aptly enough, the Geek Factory. Copyright 1999 Union-Tribune Publishing Co.