TinyURL: Make Long URLs Useable
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The Surf Report - vol. 61 www.askSam.com
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Tuesday, January 3, 2006
Happy New Year! Since so many New Year's Resolutions revolve
around downsizing - smaller waistlines, less junk food,
simplified lifestyles, etc. - we've located a great way to
downsize the length of those out of control URLs - TinyURL.
We also have some great new free ebooks - Shakespeare's
Midsummer's Night Dream, BASEL II - the report from the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision and a new searchable version of
the US Patriot Act.
Plus, we have set training dates for January.
Wade
Wade Goodman
Product Manager - askSam
editor@askSam.com
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1) TinyURL - Making long URLs useable.
Are you sick of posting URLs in emails only to have them break
when sent causing the recipient to have to cut and paste it back
together?
Let's face it, some URLs, like our New Years Resolutions, are
unmanageable. TinyURL allows you to take a long URL and access
it with a much shorter, more manageable URL.
For example, the URL for the free online searchable version of
the Sarbanes Oxley Act is:
http://www.asksam.com/cgi-bin/as_web5.exe?Command=First&
File=Sarbanes-Oxley.ask
By using TinyURL we now have a more manageable URL of:
http://tinyurl.com/8lkku
TinyURL works for any long URL and they even offer a toolbar
button, the ability to hide and preview URLs and more. This is a
free service.
Visit TinyURL at:
http://www.tinyurl.com/
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2) New ebooks (FREE DOWNLOADS)
Download free, searchable copies of...
** BASEL II - International Convergence of Capital Measurement
and Capital Standards - A Revised Framework.
Basel II contains recommendations by bank supervisors and
central bankers from the 13 countries making up the Basel
Committee on Banking Supervision to revise the international
standards for measuring the adequacy of a bank's capital. It
was created to promote greater consistency in the way banks and
banking regulators approach risk management across national
borders.
See:
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/Basel_II/
** A Midsummer Night's Dream - by William Shakespeare
Written around 1594-5, A Midsummer Night's Dream is one of
Shakespeare's most popular romantic comedies.
See:
http://www.asksam.com/ebooks/Shakespeare/Midsummer.asp
The askSam eBook allows you to search, browse, and analyze the
text, either on-line or on your own PC.
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3) Most Popular askSam eBooks for December
The eBooks and databases we've been putting together have become
a very popular part of the askSam Web site. The most popular
eBooks for December:
1. Dickens' A Christmas Carol
2. Leonardo Da Vinci's Notebooks
3. The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
4. The Bible
5. The Area Code / Time Zone Database
Download these as well as our other eBooks at:
http://www.askSam.com/eBooks/
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4) 2-Day askSam 6 Training - January 26 & 27
Learn all about askSam 6. Wade Goodman, askSam Product Manager,
will hold a two-day intensive training course on
January 26 & 27
in our Perry, Florida office.
Reserve now, space is limited. Call 800-800-1997 or 850-584-6590
or go to:
http://www.asksam.com/four/surf61/training.asp
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5) NEW - Free Online Searchable Version of US Patriot Act
Search and analyze the text from the USA Patriot Act (Public Law
107-56). Passed after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks,
the Act expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the
stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States
and abroad. This expanded legal authority is also used to detect
and prosecute other alleged potential crimes. Among its
provisions, the USA PATRIOT Act amends the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act (FISA). Certain provisions of the act that were
set to expire, were recently extended. We've imported the
complete legislative text into a searchable askSam database
file. It's available on-line and as a download.
See:
http://www.asksam.com/eBooks/Patriot_Act/
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6) Download Trial Versions of:
askSam - Try askSam 6 - the newest version of the World's most
popular free form database.
SurfSaver - Save & Search Information You Gather on the Web.
askSam Resume Tracking System (RTS)- organize resumes,
applications, job requisitions, and other HR and recruiting
information.
Qsite - The Easy Way to Create and Manage Interactive,
Searchable Web sites
askSam Web Publisher - Call us at 850-584-6590 to set up an
on-line demo.
http://www.askSam.com/downloads.asp
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