On Wisconsin's "Talking Heads"

Last week, the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel ran an investigative series on conflicts of interest affecting faculty at the University of Wisconsin medical school, one of the better known and more prestigious US state supported institutions. (The two main articles were "Doctors Face Pressure to Disclose All Side Pay," and "Drug Firms Wine, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:08:00

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Midnight asked: For every human being on earth, there are about 200 million insects. The harmonica is the world’s most popular instrument. By the time they are 65 years old, most Americans have watched more than nine years worth of television. The puck in ice hockey can travel at up to 118 mph (190 km/h) [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 06:14:49

How Darwin Devised His Theory of Evolution

This post is part of the Darwin's Big Idea series. When the HMS Beagle sailed into Falmouth, England on 2 October 1836, after a five-year voyage around the world, she carried a new scientific celebrity. The ship’s naturalist Charles Darwin had left Britain a virtual unknown - but the quality and quantity of specimens he had [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:26:52

Should Dr Shirine Boardman be reinstated?

The Leamington and Warwick Courier is asking the public for views on whether Dr Boardman should be reinstated.SHOULD DR BOARDMAN BE REINSTATED? ... to a company of which she was a director. Last week, the Trust upheld its decision to sack her following ... ? Your comments are welcome.”This needs clarification before the public can give an opinion. “The Comp [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:15:00

Slow Motion, Accelerated Achievment

In today’s competitive educational environment, everybody is looking for ways to do things faster or at an accelerated rate. Teachers have higher expectations placed on them but fewer days in which to teach all students to higher levels. Students also have higher expectations placed on them as they try to deal with heavier academic loads, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:16:56

another himbo (draw me nearer)

I had waited by the phone like I use to wait by the door when my mother went on dates and said to watch my brother ... the white paper as the water swished and swooshed ..His brush made grimacing faces as the water soaked ... was alarming and the footsteps of his own body kept his company. Above his head his babies were nestled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:30:19

Review Of ING Direct Savings and Electric Orange Checking Accounts

Back in the pre-Internet caveman days, the very concept of a high interest savings account consisted of a bank deposit at your local neighborhood ... of us know the company simply as ING or ING Direct. Arriving onto the scene in 2000 during a time when Internet ... brand to go viral with great appeal to early adopters, the company quickly captured a [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:12:20

Interview: Liza Corbett

As one of her biggest fan, I’m so happy to bring Liza Corbett here for an interview — her prints and her images are so very beautifully haunting ... could you tell us more about your thought process when you lay your pen to paper? Thank you so much ... been trying to work more on larger loose sheets of paper as I’m trying to be less constrained [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 15:45:27

Amicable developments

There have been so many anti-Prop 8 amicus briefs filed over the past few days, it's been hard to keep up ... have been putting pen to paper in hopes that fair-minded California will be able to "curiae" the ill that is Prop ... , or something like that. Here, let that obscure company's blog writer tell you about it: In September [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 20:04:34

Hedda, Hedda, Hedda

January 19, 2009 in Theater | Tags: Charles Isherwood, Hedda Gabler, Ibsen, plays, theatre She’s mean at the beginning and even meaner at the end ... from the Roundabout Theater Company starring Mary-Louise Parker and directed by Ian Rickson.In a review ... of a wanton, something of a lunatic.” Another writer for the paper, on the occasion of a revival in [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 16:33:16

Buying a Summit County vacation home without seeing it; would you do it?

You might be surprised at how often it happens ... , title company and inspector will all be able to access them there as well.  When we close, they will get their documents on a CD; not on reams of paper.  It is a very “green” way to buy real estate [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:29:31

How to Find Your Purpose in Life

How to Find Your Purpose in Life Growing up, I spent a lot of time thinking about the purpose of life. In school they would tell you the purpose is to go to heaven and to be a good person. “Why?” I always thought. There’s no question that being a good person is essential for living a fulfilling life. But what’s the point? Why do anything at all? [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:30:01

Is ad-supported journalism viable in a pay-for-performance age?

While a great deal of what I write here is underinformed speculation, this piece is unusually speculative and underinformed ... and surprised - staggered, actually - at the size of the office. While the paper relies on dozens ... sixty full-time employees responsible for producing, distributing and monetizing the paper. I don’ [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:17:08

give me liberty….

Today, and probably for the past 28 years of my life, I was confronted with a particular dilemma a lot of us are faced with.  Perhaps because I had the clarity of being an objective observer, this instance was so much more clear cut than other obstacles I had awkwardly surmounted in the past, but nonetheless, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:34:06

Dealing with the Seven Year Itch, Working at Microsoft and a few thoughts on the Google Hiring Process

A few days ago someone asked how long I've been at Microsoft and I was surprised to hear myself say about 7 years. I hadn't consciously thought about it for a while but my 7th anniversary at the company is coming ... to be a big company person. Around that time, I looked around at a couple of places both within and outside [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 18:03:26

The Green Office

Photo not linked Do you work for a company or own a company that could use a little help going green? Why not start here, The Green Office ... , and are third party certified. They have cleaning supplies, paper, every kind of office supply you can think of, furniture, janitorial supplies, printer ink, break room supplies [more...]

Date: 2008-10-02 21:18:31

Clausewitz, “On War”, Book 1: Jason Bourne and ‘friction’

Last night I watched “The Bourne Ultimatum”, the film about renegade assassin Jason Bourne ... s out of paper. You punch in the wrong number, or forget to dial an outside line. Then an error message appears. Finally the paper feed jams… You get the drift. This is a simple illustration of an important [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 00:57:54

MoCo Submissions

+ Philip Edis presents the Chocolate Carpet, a veritable landscape of temptation, at IMM Cologne next week ... version is also an option. The company name and city name on the base can be replaced by the family ... _light.jpg + Tamsin van Essen's Warped Light is inspired by traditional paper lanterns [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:40:01

An Ickle Update

My MacBook Air was off being fixed today, hence the late night posting ... clean. Funny how company in distasteful things such as HW makes it much easier to do, not to mention ... is key if I am to be successful and also making sure that the house is well stocked with healthy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:57:28

How to save money with coupons

I started a poll in the forums asking if any of the readers actually save money by cutting coupons ... for a certain product go to the website of that product many times they have coupons you can print off ... by categories that work for me: Bathroom, Cleaning, Meat/Dairy, Condiment, Canned, Pasta/Rice, Beverage [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 14:23:24

Using E coupons & Paper coupons

Since the frugal blogging world is all talking about e coupons with paper coupons and the legitimacy of it I thought I would quickly give you my two cents too. You will notice that this week’s deals still include them matched with paper coupons ... was that we could use them with paper coupons. Here is the summary of what they said. While their [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 21:17:07

Hirschorn in The Atlantic: "What if the old media dies much more quickly?"

Atlantic contributing editor Michael Hirschorn has written a very smart piece in this month's edition ... is "End Times." The subhead is "Can America's paper of record survive the death of newsprint ... out of business—like, this May? It’s certainly plausible. ... The paper’s credit crisis comes against [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:43:35

Walmark Business Strategy

I. Introduction In the current environment of business, having a reliable and sound strategy is an indispensable requirement. However, in order to achieve this, an in-depth strategic analysis is necessary to establish the actual controversies and possible potentials of the held by the organisation [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 05:32:34

Belkin Whistleblower Alleges Systemic Wrongdoing: “This Only Scratches the Surface”

The technology blog Gizmodo just published an email from a person it says is a Belkin employee who wishes to remain anonymous ... has been dwindling, as it seems to be a common feeling that the company is clearly in a death spiral. In the past ... significantly. Further more, the company has been trying [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:45:46

Coney Island Rezoning Plan Released, Protests Promised

Photo courtesy Barry Yanowitz. At 1 p.m ... by developer Joe Sitt's company Thor Equities; the city will have to spend millions to buy Sitt's land ... shopping mall filled with retail, high rise buildings and hotels." And Brooklyn Paper speculates [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:55:36

How To Start An Office Cleaning Business

It is very common for several different business establishments and offices to go in search of cleaning services depending on their needs. You might want to realize how much you can actually earn by starting your own cleaning business ... with a more stable financial income. Starting your own cleaning business could be very easy [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:52:53

Italy Slips Slowly But Steadily Into Its Worst Recession In Over 30 Years

The Italian economy continued to contract sharply in the third quarter of 2008 as exports fell sharply - declining at the fastest rate in three years - under the impact of a global slump which weighed down on foreign demand for Italian products, and pushed the Italian economy into its worst recession since at least 1975 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 21:24:37

Selling your home in the winter

When it comes to selling, the winter season is often not an ideal time to put your house on the market ... can’t get to it easily, the house is less likely to sell. Keep walkways and driveways free of snow ... , its time to brighten its interior. If visitors are coming during the day, clean your windows thoroughly [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:09:06

YOU CAN GET A JOB IN THIS MARKET!

YOU CAN GET A JOB IN THIS MARKET! Career Action Plan   There are many ways to find a job! See below ... t advertised on the job boards or in the paper. Then build a target list of companies that you want ... you or if they know of anyone that works at one of your targeted companies and ask them to sponsor you into the company through [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:19:47

Three Cinematic Theme Parties for the Home Entertainment Crowd

By Myscha Theriault Looking to stay in more and find ways to make it enjoyable? Movies and dinner parties are each affordable ways to go, certainly. How about combining the two into a themed event to take things to the next level? Following are three complete party plans to get you started [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:46:24

Tucson Citizen Gets Closure Deadline; Clear Channel Radio Chopping 1,500

Add the Tucson Citizen to the list of newspapers that will meet its demise if a buyer is not found ... the paper only has about 17,000 readers vs. 117,000 for the Arizona Daily Star. I guess the “afternoon” paper is a dinosaur. I remember growing in San Diego we had two local newspapers, The Union [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 22:54:55

Quotes about WOMEN

“Be very careful if you make a woman cry, because God counts her tears. The woman came out of a man’s rib. Not from his feet to be walked on ... are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. - Amelia Earhart Never lose an opportunity [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:34:27

The Journalism Bubble

You've heard about the housing bubble. And the dot-com bubble. I'm here to tell you about The Journalism Bubble ... occurs when investors speculate on a particular class of company (like newspapers) or asset (like houses) in a way that causes their value to rise far above what that company or value will be worth [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:02:45

Little Trees Air Freshener Company Ads Warn People Not To Mess With Its Trademark

Little Trees Air Freshener Company Ads Warn People Not To Mess With Its Trademark from the seems-a-bit-proactive dept We've seen a variety of overly ... we hadn't seen before. He was reading the latest (paper) copy of PhotoShop User Magazine and discovered the following advertisement: Little-Trees-Ad Now, I have no problem with the company [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:19:00

Serving Two Masters: Patient and Bureaucrat

Serving Two Masters: Patient and Bureaucrat By admin | January 19, 2009 Submitted by CARPE DIEM Most doctors want to serve patients ... that health care providers must learn to serve is the private insurance company or the government ... and the bureaucrat. ~From Cato Institute’s Briefing Paper “Does the Doctor Need a Boss?” by Arnold Kling [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:32:53

Commentary on Terrorism and Risk Communication by Howard Kunreuther

Commentary on Terrorism and Risk Communication by Howard Kunreuther by The Editors The Conversation January 16th, 2009 Editors’ Note: From time to time, we receive particularly well-considered expert commentary on an issue of Cato Unbound. This month we received two such commentaries, and we are pleased to run the first of them today [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 19:38:51

Chinese Company BYD Makes Bold Prediction to Enter U.S. Market by 2011

Chinese battery, turned electric car manufacturer, BYD made a presentation at the Detroit auto show last week. (”BYD” stands for “Build Your Dreams.”)  Company chairman, Wang Chuan-Fu, made the bold prediction ... , it appears that the company still has a few strides to make before entering the U.S. market– [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:08:24

Is Your Own Business Really More Risky Than Working For Someone Else?

by Mike Paetzold Starting your own business is risky but… Isn’t it just as risky if not more so to be working for someone else? If you have watched the news or read a paper over the past year I am sure that you realize ... of the economy is changing. The days of going to work for a company and it lasting your life time [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 03:04:23

Paul Russell: Is the National Post biased?

It’s naive to think that any news organization is perfectly objective in its coverage of certain events or issues ... In Friday’s paper, readers were treated to some of this so-called “honest reporting” [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:54:00

Register cutting pages, combining sections

The changes are coming fast and furious at the “Newspaper Iowa Depends Upon ... that the paper will be shedding some pages and combining some sections in an attempt to cut costs ... that all newspaper employees of Gannett Co. Inc., the Register’s parent company, will have to take unpaid [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 16:46:47

Is Your Job the Right One for You?

My job is the right one for me. This realization dawned on me a few weeks ago, and I can't tell you what a relief that was. I mean, I have been pretty happy in my job ever since I joined the company about 10 months ago, but there is more to it than that. The job that's right for you does all of the following: makes [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 17:00:00

Reports: NYT In Talks With Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim For Cash Infusion; Board To Meet Monday

Reports: NYT In Talks With Mexican Billionaire Carlos Slim For Cash Infusion; Board To Meet Monday By Staci D ... to invest “about $250 million” in its parent company could come as early as Monday. But, the same people ... , who bought 6.4 percent of the company’s shares last fall, would get 10-year notes with warrants [more...]

Date: 2009-01-18 05:34:37

Top Small Business Marketing Trends for 2009

Marketing in 2008 became decidedly social — and 2009 will see the social elements of marketing accelerate. Social media went from being on the cutting edge, to approaching the mainstream. When I say “social” I mean marketing driven by word-of-mouth relationships [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 04:10:27

Perfect Pioneer Biscuits - AND A GIVEAWAY!!

Today, I am excited - doubly excited. Triply excited, even ... you about a great company and the icing on the cake is, I get to bring you a giveaway!! Since starting ... people who read Southern Plate! Pioneer Brand is a company I have been wanting to work [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:46:10

HTC lowers its guidance for revenue growth in 2009, says paper

.fullpost{display:inline;}High Tech Computer (HTC) has lowered its guidance for revenue growth in 2009 amid the global economic slowdown, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report.The paper quoted HTC CEO Peter Chou as saying that the company expects its revenues to grow at a double-digit rate in 2009, compared [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:10:00

Do You Want To See My Company's Business Plan?

Do You Want To See My Company's Business Plan? In the spirit of motivating you to create a great plan for your company, I would like to share the first chapter of our company's plan with you. Disarming The Firing Squad ... in 2009 New white paper details the opportunity for agencies to grow their service business despite [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 23:33:09

inspiration weeks Day 11: Kima of Kup Kup Land

My relationship with Kima started in the spring of 2007 when I fell in love with her whimsical felt collages on flickr. At that time I was redoing Deborah's bedroom as a surprise and birthday gift for her while she was away spending 10 weeks in Nice, France on exchange [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 05:03:45

Promotional awareness to bring public attention

Promotional awareness portions are very productive tools that your organizations can exercise to bring public attention to noteworthy justifications ... promotional awareness goods such as essential chains, magnets, sticky messages, paper clips, and lapel [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 00:24:39

Is Ad-Supported Journalism Viable in a Pay-for-Performance Age?

... of the office. While the paper relies on dozens of unpaid correspondents and pay-per-piece freelance ... , distributing and monetizing the paper. I don’t mean to suggest that this is excessive [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 19:21:10

Sink or Swim in the Pool Building Industry

Profile on: Ed “Skip” Ast, President and CEO of Shasta Pools and Spas “Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your heart…” ( ... to work for another pool company where most of the people I worked with became my friends.  In order [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 20:02:19

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